Details

Subject(s)

• Islamic law—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Shīʻah—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Food—Religious aspects—Islam—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

A treatise on what is permitted and forbidden concerning food and drink according to Shiʻite law; consists of a muqaddimah, five faṣl, and a khātimah. Incomplete at end: copyist breaks off on fol. 197a.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from text on fol. 3b.
• On spine: Blank label of the Kitābkhānah-i Ulfat, and partially covered label reading "8 / 4 / 25" in Arabic script.
• Physical description: 14 lines per page; written in naskh on machine-made paper. Some leaves are gold-sprinkled. Rubrication and catchwords. Light staining; in excellent condition.
• Incipit: نمک خوان حق شناسى شورانگىزى سپاس بىقىاس منعم جهان آفرىن است

Binding note

Contemporary limp red leather with blind-tooled fillets.

Language note

Persian

OCLC

817129153

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