Details

Subject(s)

• Muḥammad Prophet -632—Family—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Imams (Shiites)—Biography—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Alids—Biography—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Shiite biography of the Prophet, Fāṭimah, and the Imams.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 2a; title also appears on fore edge and on horizontal spine label.
• On cover: Label reading "85" in Arabic script.
• Physical description: 21 lines per page; written in neat naskhi in black on cream glazed, laid European paper. Headings in red; keywords and Arabic quotations overlined in red. A few marginal notes; catchwords. First leaf of text missing. Binding and first leaf partly detached; otherwise in excellent condition.
• Origin: Copy completed 19 Ṣafar 1227 H. [4 March 1812] at al-Madrasah al-Ṣadrīyah in Tehran, by Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Tihrānī (fol. 257a).

Binding note

Full brown leather binding with stamped central mandorla, pendants, and fillets.

Language note

Persian.

References

Storey, C. A. Persian literature, I, 220.

OCLC

708251417

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