Details

Subject(s)

• Prayer—Islam—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Religious life—Shīʻah—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Shīʻah—Customs and practices—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Tr

• Khvānsārī, Muḥammad ibn Āqā Ḥusayn, -1701? [Browse]

Related name

• خوانسارى، محمد بن آقا حسىن، d. 1701? [Browse]

Summary note

A Persian translation of Bahāʾ al-Dīn al-ʻĀmilī's Miftāḥ al-falāḥ, a text explaining daily Shiʻite religious practices, by Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Khvānsārī and dedicated to Safavid Shāh Ṣafī II [r. 1666-1694]. Translator's introduction is on fol. 1a-3a.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fore edge.
• Physical description: 22 lines per page; written in naskh in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords; extensive marginal notes. Arabic prayers vocalized and accompanied by interlinear Persian translation in red. Incomplete at beginning. Some insect damage in the margins and a few paper repairs; damp staining mainly in upper margin. Damage has not resulted in loss of text.
• Origin: Copy completed 3 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1131 H. [17 September 1719] (fol. 116b).
• Incipit (fol. 3a): سپاس مر خداىرا که دلالت کرد مارا بر جاده نجات و هداىت فرمود مارا بسوى آنچه واجب مىکرد

Binding note

Full reddish brown leather with simple blind-stamped and tooled geometric design.

Language note

Persian.

References

Āghā Buzurg. Dharīʻah (1936), IV, 138 (no. 665)

Other title(s)

ترجمه مفتاح الفلاح

Title in Āghā Buzurg

• Tarjamah-i Miftāḥ al-falāḥ

OCLC

726170396

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