The Brethren of Sincerity original: Ikhwān al-ṣafā, Basra.

THE BRETHREN OF SINCERITY;

OR,

BROTHERS OF PURITY.

TRANSLATED FROM THE HINDUSTANI,

PROFESSOR JOHN DOWSON, M.R.A.S.,

STAFF COLLEGE, SANDHURST.

A blue oval library stamp containing the text: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CITY OF WASHINGTON around the edge, and the year 1875 in the center. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 1875 CITY OF WASHINGTON

LONDON:

TRÜBNER & CO., 60 PATERNOSTER ROW.

1869.

Ikhwánu-s Safá A 10th-century secret society of Muslim philosophers in Basra who produced an influential encyclopedia of sciences.