Details

Subject(s)

• ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib Caliph approximately 600-661—Miʾat kalimah [Browse]
• Proverbs, Arabic [Browse]
• Shīʻah—Doctrines [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Contains

• Ghālib, Asad Allāh Beg Khān, 1797-1869. Ṣad Kalimah. [Browse]
• غالب، اسد الله بگ خان، 1797-1869. صد کلمه. [Browse]
• ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661. Miʾat kalimah. [Browse]
• علي بن ابي طالب، الخليفة، approximately 600-661. مئة كلمة. [Browse]

Summary note

Collection consisting of a doctrinal treatise and a commentary on the proverbs of ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 1a.
• Physical description: 12 lines per page; written in shikastah in black on machine-made and blue glazed, laid paper. Catchwords; text 1 rubricated in blue. Quatrains written in two columns, in naskh, and vocalized. Some staining and smudging. In good condition.
• Origin: Text 1, 1264 H [1847 or 8] (fol. 8a). Text 2 likely written around the same time.
• Incipit (text 1): الحمد لله اقرارا بنعمة و لا الاه الا الله اخلاصا بربوبية
• Incipit (text 2): الحمد لله ... اما بعد اين صد کلمه است از کلمات ... اسد الله الغالب عن ابن ابى طالب

Binding note

Full black leather with gold-painted fillets.

Language note

Persian and Arabic.

Contents

• 1. fol. 1a-8a: Hāz̲ā Kitāb-i Sirāj al-munīr / Mīrzā Muḥammad ibn Gul Muḥammad Valiyānī. Treatise on doctrine consisting of five bāb: (1) mukallif iʻtiqād kunad bi-dil; (2) dar ʻadl; (3) dar nubūvat; (4) dar imāmat; (5) dar maʻād.
• 2. fol. 8b-20b: Ṣad kalimah / Asad Allāh al-Ghālib. The proverbs of ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib in Arabic with Persian explanation in the form of quatrains.
• 3. fol. 20b-21b: [Notes].

Other title(s)

• Kitāb-i Sirāj al-munīr
• کتاب سراج المنىر

OCLC

805128546

Statement on responsible collection description

Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...