Details

Subject(s)

• Shīʻah—Doctrines—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Headpieces (layout features)—Islamic countries—17th century [Browse]
• Illuminated manuscripts—Islamic countries—17th century [Browse]

Summary note

A commentary on Muḥammad's waṣīyah to Abū Dharr al-Ghaffārī.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from text on fol. 2a.
• Physical description: 25 lines per page; written in naskh in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text framed in blue and gold. Rubrication and catchwords; Arabic quotations vocalized and overlined in red. Extensive staining, mainly marginal; numerous paper repairs, particularly to fol. 1-8, 314-327, but text largely unaffected. Fol. 1, 327 are heavily damaged and have been mounted onto newer paper.
• Decoration: Illuminated ʻunwān on fol. 1b in gold and color. On fol. 1b-2a, margins illuminated with gold floral pattern and text set within clouds on gold ground. Illuminations are smudged and damaged.
• Origin: 3 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1086 H [18 February 1676], Muḥammad Muʼmin ibn Ḥaydar Muḥammad al-Mashhadī (fol. 327a). On the same page is a note, partially cut off, which states that the draft was completed on ... Jumādá II 10-3 H.
• Incipit: لآلى حمد و جواهر ثنا تحفه بارگاه جلال کبرياء حکىمى

Binding note

Rebound European-style in black leather.

Language note

Persian.

OCLC

806246248

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