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Subject(s)

• Astrology [Browse]

Summary note

A treatise on astrology dealing with the determination of the nature of future events. Perhaps a holograph.

Notes

• Title from f. 1a.
• Text begins on f. 2b.
• Leaf 2a bears two inscriptions, one dated 1322 H; the other 1387 H.
• Binding is recent. Soft cover. Black cloth over paper.
• On t.p. in red ink: Ḥusayn al-Majlisī al-Kilālī.
• Ms. in very small nastaliq on unglazed paper. 18 cm. x 11.2 cm. Headings and keywords in red ink. Catchwords; text partially vocalized. Some sections of text lined out; corrections and emendations in margins. Some marginalia.
• Paper is machine-made unglazed stock. Some minor stains and smudges. Edges somewhat frayed; minor tears. Slight discoloration.
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذي اطهر من اثار سلطانه ما حير مقل العقطل من عجائب قدرته ... اما بعد فيقول العبد الحقير الفقير الضعيف المذنب محمد حسين بن كاظم ...
• Explicit: ... يوم الجمعة من الطبع الى التلوع. ثم من الظهر الى العصر ثم من المغرب الى العشاء. وچون در زمان ما اكثرى از مردم استخاره بمصحف منكنند ...
• Colophon: ... والحمد انه اولا واخرا والصلاة والسلام على سيد المرسلين وعترته المقدسين نعته اله على اعاديهم اجمعين يا رب العالمين.

Provenance

AM 1993-168. Purchased from Worldwide Antiquarian, Special List 273.

OCLC

122958789

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