Author
Naṣīr Ṭūsī
Subject
Religious literature, Persian, Shīʻah--Controversial literature, Sunnites--Relations--Shīʻah, Polemics
Type
Book
Language
ara,fas
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
508
Physical Dimensions
508 ff. Dimensions (leaf): 300 × 170 mm.
Library
FIHRIST Library
Library Asset ID
Delhi Persian 253
Record ID
32366
Library Location
Oriental Manuscripts, British Library
Notes
Miscellaneous collection of excerpts and treatises on Shīʿah and Sunnī polemic works, with detailed and often lengthy filiation, codicological, and philological annotations. Volume not dated; items i, j, n, and v dated separately (ranging Ṣafar 1253-12 Rajab 1257/May-June 1837-30 August 1841). Neat scribal nastaʿlīq, rough shikastah āmīz and taʿlīq, by multiple hands. Corrections and collation notes. Stamped and pencil foliation. Lacking original binding. Binding damaged, deep red half leather IOL covers; label of bookbinders Eyre and Spottiswoode stamp dated Jan 1910. Folios rebound; distinct water stains, cropped, wormholes, later repairs. Condition fair.
Koleksiyon
India Office Library
Biçim
codex
