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[Questions and answers on Shiʻī religious philosophy and practice].
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Persian
Published/Created
[Iran?] ;, [between 1725 and 1825?]
Description
1 online resource (40 leaves) : paper
Details
Subject(s)
Islam
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Customs and practices
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Early works to 1800
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Religious life
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Islam
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Early works to 1800
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Shīʿah
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Miscellanea
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Early works to 1800
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Shīʿah
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Customs and practices
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Early works to 1800
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Shīʿah
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Doctrines
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Early works to 1800
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Related name
Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund
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Summary note
Copy of a series of branching questions and answers about religious philosophy and practice, divided into chapters by topic. This copy begins and ends abruptly. The first complete chapter is kitāb-i tawḥīd (beginning f. 2r) and the last, incomplete, chapter is kitāb-i qaz̤ā (beginning f. 155r).
Notes
Binding: Rebound in modern brown leather.
Decoration: Rubrications in red.
Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.
Layout: 11 long lines.
Ms. codex.
Origin: The item is undated. Probably 18th century Iran.
Script: Written in naskh; pointed, vocalized.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Location of originals
Original Columbia, Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
OPenn University of Pennsylvania Libraries.
Language note
Persian.
Provenance
Sold on eBay in 2014.
Cite as
UPenn Ms. Codex 1964.
OCLC
1083523453
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