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One Hundred Sayings (Ṣad Kalima) of Imām `Alī

Title	One Hundred Sayings (Ṣad Kalima) of Imām `Alī
Author	Tabriz
Publication Date:	1500-1510
Type	Document
Language	ara,fas
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	256 mm x 167 mm x 11 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 180
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	1500-1510
Notes	One Hundred Sayings (Ṣad Kalima) of Imām `Alī. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, with varnished lacquer pasteboard and leather covers, 18 folios, Arabic and Persian text in naskh and nasta`liq scripts, with illuminated title heading (sarlawh, fol. 1v) and text frames throughout, and gold-flecked borders of pink, cream, blue, purple, green and yellow paper, One Hundred Sayings of Imām `Alī (Ṣad Kalima), with quotes in Arabic followed by paraphrases in Persian, the Arabic lines signed by Muḥammad Mu’min ibn `Abdullāh al-Bayānī (d. 1510) and the Persian lines by Shāh Maḥmūd al-Nīshāpūrī, possibly Tabriz, Iran, c. 1500-1510.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Lacquer, Varnish
Nesne Adı	Codex
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script, Nasta'liq script

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One Hundred Sayings (Ṣad Kalima) of Imām `Alī

Author Tabriz

Publication Date 1500-1510

Type Document

Language ara,fas

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 256 mm x 167 mm x 11 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 180

Library Location Persian collection

Date 1500-1510

Notes One Hundred Sayings (Ṣad Kalima) of Imām `Alī. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, with varnished lacquer pasteboard and leather covers, 18 folios, Arabic and Persian text in naskh and nasta`liq scripts, with illuminated title heading (sarlawh, fol. 1v) and text frames throughout, and gold-flecked borders of pink, cream, blue, purple, green and yellow paper, One Hundred Sayings of Imām `Alī (Ṣad Kalima), with quotes in Arabic followed by paraphrases in Persian, the Arabic lines signed by Muḥammad Mu’min ibn `Abdullāh al-Bayānī (d. 1510) and the Persian lines by Shāh Maḥmūd al-Nīshāpūrī, possibly Tabriz, Iran, c. 1500-1510.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Lacquer, Varnish

Nesne Adı Codex

Yazı Tipi Naskh script, Nasta'liq script