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Subject(s)

• Muslim martyrs—Biography—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Shiites—Biography—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Large maqtal consisting of 30 majlis in three volumes.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 6a.
• Physical description: 22 lines per page; written in naskh in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords; a few marginal notes and corrections. Inserts between fol. 4-5, 7-8, 39-40, 117-118, 123-124, 149-150, 229-230, 261-262, 263-264. A few leaves at the beginning and end are loose. Light staining and smudging. In good condition.
• Origin: Copy completed in Shīrāz by Aḥmad valad-i ḥurmat va ghufrān sipāh Mullā Muḥammad Taqī Dārābī on 3 Jumādá II 1257 H [23 July 1841] (fol. 284b).
• Incipit: الحمد لله الذي جعل الدنيا جنة لاعدائه وسجنا لاحبائه ومحلا لامتحانه وابتلائه

Binding note

Full black leather with gold-stamped central mandorla and pendants; orange paper doublures.

Language note

Persian.

References

Āghā Buzurg, Dharīʻah (1936), XI, 328

Other title(s)

رياض الشهادة وكنوز السعادة في مناقب السادة ومصائب الغرر الميامين القادة

Title given by Āghā Buzurg

• Riyāḍ al-shahādah wa-kunūz al-saʻādah fī manāqib al-sādah wa-maṣāʼib al-ghurar al-mayāmīn al-qādah

OCLC

778074493

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