عجيب المسائل. [رسالة در هيئت].

ʻAjīb al-masāʼil. [Risālah dar hayʼat].

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Persian
Published/​Created
[16--?], 1813.
Description
1 online resource (ii, 48, 46, ii leaves) : paper, illustrations

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Summary note
Composite manuscript with two works. The first on ritual practice with chapters on cleanliness, prayers, fasting, alms giving, pilgrimage, marriage, legal guardianship, and inheritance; the second text an astronomical treatise by ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Qūshjī.
Notes
  • Decoration: Rubrications in red; some diagrams in red.
  • Layout: Written in 14-16 long lines.
  • Manuscript codex.
  • Origin: The first item is undated, possibly produced in the 17th century, copied by Ghulām Muḥyī al-Dīn walad Muḥammad Akram (f. 48r). The second work is dated Jumādá al-Ūlá 1228 A.H.
  • Script: Written in taʻlīq and nastaʻlīq; pointed.
  • Shelfmark: MS Or 23.
  • Title of first work from introduction (f. 3r). Title of second work supplied by cataloger.
Location of originals
  • Original Columbia, Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
  • OPenn University of Pennsylvania Libraries.
Source of description
Item cataloged from digital facsimile and existing description.
Binding note
Bound in cardboard with plain paper sides, light brown spine and edges.
Language note
Persian.
Source acquisition
Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.
Other format(s)
Also available as a digital facsimile.
Other title(s)
  • ʻAjīb al-masāʼil.
  • عجيب المسائل.
  • Risālah dar hayʼat.
  • رساله در هيئت.
OCLC
1137728924
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