Details

Subject(s)

• ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib Caliph approximately 600-661 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Concerning the virtues and deeds of ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, in 12 bāb. Table of contents on fol. 2a; medical prescription on fol. 256b.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 2b.
• On front cover: Label reading "182" in Arabic script.
• Ms. is erroneously numbered 1-257 in Western numerals beginning on front endpaper. Record follows erroneous numbering.
• Physical description: 17 lines per page; written in clear nastaʻliq in black on modern European paper. Headings in red or purple; catchwords. Arabic quotations overlined in red or purple. In excellent condition.
• Origin: Copy completed 16 Jumādá II (?) 1295 H. [17 June 1878] (fol. 256a).
• Incipit: خداوند اعطا کن نشاء ذوق * که آغازم بنامت نامه شوق

Binding note

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

Language note

Persian.

References

Storey, C. A. Persian literature, I, 214-215.

Other format(s)

Published (Bombay, 1269 [1853] and 1321 [1903]).

Other title(s)

• Manāqib al-Murtaḍawī
• مناقب المرتضوي

OCLC

709725349

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