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Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitāb Rawḍat al-jannah كتاب روضة الجنة / Garden of paradise

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Title

  • Kitāb Rawḍat al-jannah

Other Title

  • كتاب روضة الجنة
  • Garden of paradise

Summary

  • Biographies of both Sunni and Shiʻah Muslims.

Names

  • Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn, 1811 or 1812-1895 or 1896, author
  • Merrick, James Lyman, 1803-1866, former owner

Created / Published

  • [185-?]

Headings

  • -  Muslims--Biography
  • -  Shīʻah--Biography
  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Iran

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Caption title.
  • -  Name of scribe not indicated.
  • -  Probably written in Iran.
  • -  Former owner's signature, J. L. Merrick, A.B.C.F.M., on fol. 1a
  • -  Paper; polished white laid paper with horizontal chain lines; no decorative elements; black ink with rubrication.
  • -  Naskh; 15 lines in written area
  • -  Fol. 1b-311a.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M 48.
  • -  Modern black leather binding; remains of original binding in pocket.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

Medium

  • 311 leaves (15 lines), bound : paper ; 21.5 x 16 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP70 .M744 1850z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016404190

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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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:

Muḥammad Bāqir Ibn Zayn Al-ʻĀbidīn, 1811 Or Or 1896, Author, and James Lyman Merrick. Kitāb Rawḍat al-jannah. [185-?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016404190/.

APA citation style:

Muḥammad Bāqir Ibn Zayn Al-ʻĀbidīn, 1. O. O. 1. & Merrick, J. L. Kitāb Rawḍat al-jannah. [185-?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016404190/.

MLA citation style:

Muḥammad Bāqir Ibn Zayn Al-ʻĀbidīn, 1811 Or Or 1896, Author, and James Lyman Merrick. Kitāb Rawḍat al-jannah. [185-?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016404190/>.