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Subject(s)

• Shīʿah—Doctrines [Browse]

Notes

• Spine title: Tuḥfah-ʾi Is̲nā ʻAsharīyah.
• Ms. in nastaliq on glazed oriental paper. Headings, keywords and some interlinear notations in red. Catchwords. Some marginal notations written in the text; many late 19th to early 20th centurty notes in Persian are slips of paper pasted to the relevant leaves. Paper has been repaired in numerous places because of water damage. Some leaves adhere.
• Binding is leather; red spine, green covers. Spine is plain with protective flap extending over foot end. Covers have borders of triple fillets separated by blind stamp scroll design. Centers have a blind shaped mandorla with vine motif in relief flanked at top and bottom by tulip designs in the same fashion. The tulips bear the legend: "ʻAmal ṣaḥā'if tūrah Khvājah." Doublures are marbeled paper. Chevron endbands.
• Incipit:بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم البدايه منك والنهايه اليك ... اما بعد ميكويد بنده دركاه ... حليم بن شيخ قطب (؟) الدين احمد بن شيخ ابو الفيض دهلوى ... اين رساله ايست در كشف احوال شيعه وبيان اصول وماخذ مذهب اشيان...
• Explicit: ... از درس كن كرده فنون از سينه [؟] آمد برونى شد منكر تكوين دونى در عصراو بى قال وقيل من يد الفقير التقصير الراجى من دعاء المومن المولى في السنه الثان وسبعون ومائتين والف.
• Colophon: ... ولا تحملناما لا طاقة لنا به واعف عنا واغفر لنا وارحمنا انت مولينا فانصرنا على القوم الكافرين وآخر به دعوتنا ان الحمد لله رب العالمين

OCLC

122838064

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