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Manuscript/Mixed Material Minhāj al-najāh منهاج النجاه / Colophon: Minhāj al-najāt

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Title

  • Minhāj al-najāh

Other Title

  • منهاج النجاه
  • Colophon: Minhāj al-najāt

Summary

  • Treatise on the Islamic doctrines of salvation and faith.

Names

  • Fayḍ al-Kāshī, Muḥammad ibn Murtaḍá, 1598 or 1599-1680 or 1681
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [18th century?]

Headings

  • -  Salvation--Islam
  • -  Faith (Islam)
  • -  Islamic ethics
  • -  Islam--Doctrines--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from fol. 3a.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing not determined.
  • -  Paper; coarse tan paper with no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication and some red overlining; catchwords.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, SII, p. 585.29
  • -  Naskh; 15 lines in written area 14.5 x 8 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1a-3a, 3b-82a.
  • -  "25. III 1468 =3.728."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 3-728.
  • -  Binding; black quarter leather with black grain sides; former owner's name in lower left corner of cover.
  • -  Incipit: وبه نستعين، البسملة. الحمد لله الذي هدانا للدين القويم والنهج المستقيم والصلوة على من بعث بالملة البيضاء ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: فتهلك هلاكا لا يرجي فلاحك ولا ينتظر صلاحك. انتهى كلامه اعلى الله مقامه. هذا انتهاء منهاج النجات.

Medium

  • 82 leaves (15 lines), paper : bound ; 18.5 x 12.2 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP166.77 .F39 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496678

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Arabic Language Rare Materials Collection 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 Arabic Language Rare Materials Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Fayḍ Al-Kāshī, Muḥammad Ibn Murtaḍá, 1598 Or Or 1681, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Minhāj Al-Najāh. [18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496678/.

APA citation style:

Fayḍ Al-Kāshī, M. I. M., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. Minhāj Al-Najāh. [18th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496678/.

MLA citation style:

Fayḍ Al-Kāshī, Muḥammad Ibn Murtaḍá, 1598 Or Or 1681, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Minhāj Al-Najāh. [18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496678/>.