مرشد العوام.

Murshid al-ʻavāmm.

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Persian
Published/​Created
[between 1775 and 1816]
Description
168 leaves : paper ; 209 x 152 (133 x 87) mm. bound to 211 x 159 mm.

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    Summary note
    Volume 1 of a treatise on Islamic ritual; this volume contains the kitāb al-ṣalāh.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from text on fol. 1b.
    • On spine: Label reading "Risālah" in Arabic script.
    • Physical description: 21 lines per page; written in naskh in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Some staining, particularly to fol. 1-3, 166-168, which are also ragged. Remainder of ms. in good condition.
    • Incipit: الحمدلله رب العالمين ... اما بعد چنين گويد اقل العباد ابو القاسم ابن الحسن الجيلاني كه اين چند كلمه ايست در بيان مسائل عبادات حسب الاقتضاي جماعتي از برادران ديني
    Binding note
    Limp black leather.
    Language note
    Persian.
    Provenance
    Several different owner's stamps on fol. 167b; note dated 1231H [1815 or 16], owner's note, and owner's stamp on fol. 168b.
    References
    Āghā Buzurg. Dharīʻah (1936), XX, 307
    Other title(s)
    • Murshid al-ʻawāmm
    • مرشد العوام
    OCLC
    807765305
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