Publication Date
1843
Publication Place
-
[1843-1899?]
Subject
Shīʻah—Prayers and devotions—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton
Type
Book
Language
ar, fa
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
170
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963764543506421
Record ID
g445cg77f
Library Location
HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 1040, HSVM Electronic Resource, ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 1040, ELF1 Electronic Resource
Date
01-01-1843 T00:00:00 G/12-31-1899 T:Khas:Khasz — 1843-1899
Notes
Collection of Shiʻite texts. | Ms. codex., Title from text 2., Manuscript erroneously foliated beginning on second leaf. Record follows erroneous foliation., Physical description: Text 1, 13 lines per page; written in naskh in black on machine-made paper; rubrication and catchwords. Text 2, 19 lines per page, in two columns; written in naskh in black on machine-made paper; rubrication and catchwords. Occasional staining., Origin: Text 2, Shaʻbān 1259 H [September 1843], by Muḥammad ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥājj Mullā Abū [!] al-Qāsim al-Sumdānī [?] (leaf 151b). Text 1 likely written at a somewhat later date. | 1. leaves 1(bis)b-11b: [Treatise on fundamental Shiʻite beliefs]., 2. leaves 12b-151b: al-Tuḥfah al-Qiwāmīyah fī fiqh al-Imāmīyah / Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Mahdī al-Sayfī., 3. leaves 154a-165b: Nuqilat min Miṣbāḥ al-Kafʻamī. Selections from Junnat al-amān al-wāqiyah wa-jannat al-īmān al-bāqiyah, a collection of prayers and devotions., 4. leaves 168b-169a: [Marriage formula]. | Limp brown leather with blind-tooled fillets.