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Subject(s)

• ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib Caliph approximately 600-661—Poems [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Related name

• علي بن ابي طالب، خليفة، approximately 600-661 [Browse]

Contains

ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661. Poems. [Browse]

Restrictions note

Access limited: Material extremely fragile; Apply to curator of manuscripts.

Summary note

Commentary on the poems of ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger, per Āghā Buzurg.
• On front cover: Label reading "Commentary of Dewan Ali with a long preface" along with other information concerning the ms. in English.
• On spine: Label reading "2" in Western script.
• Physical description: 21 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords; with charts and diagrams. Edges flecked with red. Numerous lacunae; fol. 47, 79-80, 88, 111, 120-121 are blank replacements. Insect damage, marginal damp staining, and numerous paper repairs; edges ragged. A number of leaves are detached. Text is legible, but ms. as a whole is in poor condition.
• Origin: 21 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1067 H [30 September 1657], Muḥammad valad-i Muḥammad (fol. 293a).
• Incipit: سپاس سعادت اساس و شکر عبادت لباس معبودى را که اعلام نبوت و ولاىت در مىدان فتوت هداىت بر افراشت

Binding note

Full brown leather with gold-stamped central diamond and fillets; leather on front cover is separated from board.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

Several owner's stamps on fol. iiia. Note dated 1139 H [1726 or 7] on fol. 293b.

References

Āghā Buzurg. Dharīʻah (1936), XIII, 266 (no. 986)

OCLC

820142065

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