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One Hundred Sayings (Ṣad Kalima) of `Alī ibn Abī Talib (d. 661)

Title	One Hundred Sayings (Ṣad Kalima) of `Alī ibn Abī Talib (d. 661)
Author	Shiraz
Publication Date:	1460-1500
Type	Document
Language	ara,fas
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	215 mm x 138 mm x 16 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 126
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	1460-1500
Notes	One Hundred Sayings (Ṣad Kalima) of `Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (d. 661). Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, with leather bookbinding, 19 folios, Arabic and Persian text in thuluth and naskh scripts, with illuminated title heading (sarlawh, fol. 1v) and colophon (fol. 19r), One Hundred Sayings (Ṣad Kalima) attributed to `Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (Imām `Alī, d. 661), with direct quotations in Arabic (compiled by al-Jāḥiẓ (d. 869), under the title Maṭlub kull ṭālib min kalām Amīr al-Mu’minīn `Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib), followed by paraphrasing verses in Persian (composed by Rashīd al-Dīn Vaṭvāṭ, d. 1183), copied by Zayn al-`Abidīn ibn Muḥammad al-Kātib, Iran, c. 1460-1500.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Leather (material)
Nesne Adı	Codex
Yazı Tipi	Thuluth script, Naskh script

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One Hundred Sayings (Ṣad Kalima) of `Alī ibn Abī Talib (d. 661)

Author Shiraz

Publication Date 1460-1500

Type Document

Language ara,fas

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 215 mm x 138 mm x 16 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 126

Library Location Persian collection

Date 1460-1500

Notes One Hundred Sayings (Ṣad Kalima) of `Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (d. 661). Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, with leather bookbinding, 19 folios, Arabic and Persian text in thuluth and naskh scripts, with illuminated title heading (sarlawh, fol. 1v) and colophon (fol. 19r), One Hundred Sayings (Ṣad Kalima) attributed to `Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (Imām `Alī, d. 661), with direct quotations in Arabic (compiled by al-Jāḥiẓ (d. 869), under the title Maṭlub kull ṭālib min kalām Amīr al-Mu’minīn `Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib), followed by paraphrasing verses in Persian (composed by Rashīd al-Dīn Vaṭvāṭ, d. 1183), copied by Zayn al-`Abidīn ibn Muḥammad al-Kātib, Iran, c. 1460-1500.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Leather (material)

Nesne Adı Codex

Yazı Tipi Thuluth script, Naskh script