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Tuḥfat al-zā ̒ir = The pilgrim's gift

Title	Tuḥfat al-zā ̒ir = The pilgrim's gift
Author	Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī, $d 1627 or 8-ca. 1699
Publication Date:	1830
Subject	Manuscripts--Arab countries
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	23 x 15 cm. (9 x 6 in.)
Library:	UCLA Digital Library
Library Asset ID	MS 1656/11
Record ID	zz00090qx5
Library Location	Exhibit Collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts, 1492-1848 - University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
Date	1830
Notes	Qayani Collection of Arabic and Persian Manuscripts (Collection 1053), 1053/9 \| Religion. Majlisῑ’s Ṣafawid-period treatise on pilgrimage, with a guide for reading one's fortune using the manuscript written on the very last leaf (304b). The author states that he wrote the book in Persian because most people could not read the Arabic books written on this topic. Text in Persian and Arabic \| public domain

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Tuḥfat al-zā ̒ir = The pilgrim's gift

Author Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī, $d 1627 or 8-ca. 1699

Publication Date 1830

Subject Manuscripts--Arab countries

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 23 x 15 cm. (9 x 6 in.)

Library UCLA Digital Library

Library Asset ID MS 1656/11

Record ID zz00090qx5

Library Location Exhibit Collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts, 1492-1848 - University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections

Date 1830

Notes Qayani Collection of Arabic and Persian Manuscripts (Collection 1053), 1053/9 | Religion. Majlisῑ’s Ṣafawid-period treatise on pilgrimage, with a guide for reading one's fortune using the manuscript written on the very last leaf (304b). The author states that he wrote the book in Persian because most people could not read the Arabic books written on this topic. Text in Persian and Arabic | public domain