مقباس المصابىح.

Miqbās al-maṣābīḥ.

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Persian
Published/​Created
[1719]
Description
123 leaves : paper ; 214 x 136 (174 x 90) mm.

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    Summary note
    A treatise on supplications to be said after specific prayers and in certain situations, in ten faṣl. Text is preceded by an Arabic supplication with Persian commentary on fol. 2a-2b, and followed by an Arabic supplication on fol. 124b.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from fol. 3b.
    • Ms. is erroneously foliated beginning on the front flyleaf. Record follows erroneous foliation.
    • Physical description: 18 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on beige glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Arabic prayers vocalized. A few marginal notes. Lacuna after fol. 3b. Some staining and smudging and a few paper repairs. Text block is detached from binding, and fol. 1-3 are detached from text block.
    • Origin: Copy completed 21 Shaʻbān 1131 H [9 July 1719] (fol. 124b).
    • Incipit: الحمد لله الذي جعل الصلوة للمؤمنين معراجا والتعقيب لصعودها على معارج القبول منهاجا
    Binding note
    Loose in binding of limp brown leather with blind-stamped fillets; spine repaired. Paper doublures.
    Language note
    Persian.
    Other format(s)
    Published (1267 [1850 or 1]).
    OCLC
    777396456
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