Details

Subject(s)

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

Summary note

Biography of the family of the Prophet and the Imāms, in 14 bāb.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol 1b.
• On front cover: Label reading "310" in Arabic script.
• Physical description: 26 lines per page; written in naskh in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords; Arabic quotations overlined in red and vocalized. Slight foxing and damp staining, a few pages torn; otherwise in excellent condition.
• Origin: Copy completed 11 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1249 H. [22 March 1834] (fol. 407b).
• Incipit: حمد بىحد و ثناى بىعدد معبودى را سزد که بافاضۀ انوار وجود مکنونات ظلمات عدم را بعرصۀ ظهور در آورده بکمالات لاىقه تجلى ساخت

Binding note

Full brown leather with blind-stamped central mandorla and pendants, heavily worn; blue pastedowns.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

Owner's note dated 1334 H. [1915 or 16] on fol. 1a.

References

Āghā Buzurg. Dharīʻah (1936), XII, 174

OCLC

725324196

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