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Subject(s)

• Kulaynī, Muḥammad ibn Yaʻqūb -941?—Kāfī [Browse]
• Hadith (Shiites) [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Contains

• Kulaynī, Muḥammad ibn Yaʻqūb, -941?. Kāfī. [Browse]
• کلىنى، محمد بن ىعقوب، -941? کافى. [Browse]

Summary note

A Persian translation of Mullā Ṣadrá's commentary on the Kitāb al-Tawḥīd of Uṣūl al-Kāfī, translated by ʻAbd al-Vahhāb ibn Ḥājj Muṣṭafá. Translator's introduction on fol. 1b-11b. Original ḥadīths in Arabic. Followed on fol. 264b by a Persian poem.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from 11b.
• Title in note on fol. 1a: Tarjamah-i sharḥ-i Mullā Ṣadrá ʻalayhi al-raḥmah az Kitāb-i Tawḥīd az Uṣūl-i Kāfī mutarjim-i ʻAbd al-Vahhāb ibn Ḥājj Muṣṭafá.
• Title on fol. 12a: Sharḥ-i Fārsī va tarjamah az Kitāb-i Tawḥīd-i sharḥ-i Mullā Ṣadrá bar Uṣūl-i Kāfī.
• On front cover: Label reading "195" in Arabic script.
• On spine: Partially torn label reading "Sharḥ-i [...] Uṣūl-i Kāfī musammá bi-Mashāriq-i [...]" in Arabic script.
• Physical description: 28-30 lines per page; written in naskh in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Fol. 1-11 appear to be written by a different hand, likely as a substitution for missing text; lacuna after fol. 11. Insert between fol. 70-71. Some staining, smudging and paper repairs.
• Origin: Translation written during the time of Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh (r. 1797-1834) (fol. 9b). This copy completed 1 Ramaḍān 1238 H. [12 May 1823] (fol. 264b).
• Incipit: الحمد لله الذي جعلني ممن شرح صدره لمشارق الانوار فهو على نور من ربه فجعلني من امه سيد الكونين محمد صلى الله عليه وآل واولاده الاطهار الابرار

Binding note

Full red leather; blue pastedowns and flyleaves.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

On fol. 1a: Owner's note dated 26 Muḥarram 1257 H. [20 March 1841]. Owner's note and stamps of Rayḥān Allāh al-Mūsavī dated 17 Jumādá II 1322 H. [29 August 1904]. Note concerning text dated 1340 H. [1921 or 2]. Owner's note and stamp of ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ʻAlī al-Ḥasanī.

OCLC

739953310

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