[بحر المعارف].

[Baḥr al-maʻārif].

Author
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
  • Persian
  • Arabic
Published/​Created
[between 1785 and 1825]
Description
284 leaves : paper ; 304 x 192 (224 x 121) mm bound to 307 x 200 mm

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    Subject(s)
    Summary note
    Treatise on Sufi ethics.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title supplied by cataloger; on spine label and on fol. 1b, title erroneously given as Baḥr al-ḥaqāyiq.
    • Physical description: 22 lines per page; written in neat shikastah (Persian) and naskh (Arabic) in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Light staining and smudging. In excellent condition.
    • Incipit: اللهم يا واحد يا احد صل على صفوتك و صفوة خلقك محمد صلى الله عليه و آله و زببده
    Binding note
    Full black leather with blind-stamped central mandorla and fillets; green paper doublures.
    Language note
    Persian and Arabic.
    Provenance
    On fol. 233b, note dated 29 Muḥarram 1337 H [4 November 1918].
    References
    Āghā Buzurg. Dharīʻah (1936), III, 47 (no. 111)
    OCLC
    829245590
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