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Manuscript/Mixed Material Īn mujallad-i suvvum ast az Kitāb-i ḥayāt al-qulūb tālīf khādim-i akhbār aʼimmah-ʼi aṭhār Muḥammad Bāqir ibn-i Muḥammad Taqī اين مجلد سوم است از كتاب حيوة القلوب تاليف خادم اخبار ائمة اطهار محمد باقر بن محمد تقي / Hyât-ul-Kuloob, or Life of Hearts, vol. III

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Title

  • Īn mujallad-i suvvum ast az Kitāb-i ḥayāt al-qulūb tālīf khādim-i akhbār aʼimmah-ʼi aṭhār Muḥammad Bāqir ibn-i Muḥammad Taqī

Other Title

  • اين مجلد سوم است از كتاب حيوة القلوب تاليف خادم اخبار ائمة اطهار محمد باقر بن محمد تقي
  • Hyât-ul-Kuloob, or Life of Hearts, vol. III

Summary

  • Biographies of Pre-Islamic prophets, Qurʼanic prophets and Shiite Imams.

Names

  • Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī, 1627 or 1628-approximately 1699, author
  • Merrick, James Lyman, 1803-1866, former owner

Created / Published

  • 4 Shawwāl 1252 [12 January 1837]

Contents

  • kitāb-i suvvum. Aʼimmah aṭhar.

Headings

  • -  Prophets, Pre-Islamic
  • -  Prophets in the Qurʼan
  • -  Imams (Shiites)
  • -  Shīʻah
  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Iran

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian
  • -  Title from 1b.
  • -  Scribe's name in colophon: Safar Najmī[?].
  • -  Place of writing not recorded; probably in Iran.
  • -  Former owner's name, J. L. Merrick, on front flyleaf.
  • -  Paper: light cream colored polished laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink with some red overlining; catchwords on rectos.
  • -  Naskh; 16 lines in written area 15.5 x 9.7 cm.
  • -  Folios 1b-201b.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M 54.
  • -  Binding is contemporary light brown leather with embossed medallions front and back.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  ‏Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد الله الذي اوصح لنا مناهج الهدى لبمفاتح الكلم ...
  • -  ‏Explicit/Colophon: تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب في يوم الاربع شهر شوال المكرم سنة اثنين وخمسون وماتين بعد الالف ...

Medium

  • 201 leaves (16 lines), bound : paper ; 21.5 x 16 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP75.26 .M3 1837

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015481528

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Persian Language Manuscript Project are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir Ibn Muḥammad Taqī, 1627 Or Approximately 1699, Author, and James Lyman Merrick. Īn mujallad-i suvvum ast az Kitāb-i ḥayāt al-qulūb tālīf khādim-i akhbār aʼimmah-ʼi aṭhār Muḥammad Bāqir ibn-i Muḥammad Taqī. [4 Shawwāl 12 January 1837, 1837] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2015481528/.

APA citation style:

Majlisī, M. B. I. M. T. & Merrick, J. L. (1837) Īn mujallad-i suvvum ast az Kitāb-i ḥayāt al-qulūb tālīf khādim-i akhbār aʼimmah-ʼi aṭhār Muḥammad Bāqir ibn-i Muḥammad Taqī. [4 Shawwāl 12 January 1837] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2015481528/.

MLA citation style:

Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir Ibn Muḥammad Taqī, 1627 Or Approximately 1699, Author, and James Lyman Merrick. Īn mujallad-i suvvum ast az Kitāb-i ḥayāt al-qulūb tālīf khādim-i akhbār aʼimmah-ʼi aṭhār Muḥammad Bāqir ibn-i Muḥammad Taqī. [4 Shawwāl 12 January 1837, 1837] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2015481528/>.