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Title

  • Sharh-i namaz

Summary

  • This work is not a commentary on the namāz, but a selection of Qurʼānic sūrahs and prayers to be read during Ramaḍān.

Names

  • Ṭālib Nizhād, scribe

Created / Published

  • 1241 [1825 or 1826]

Contents

  • Sūrat Yāsīn -- Sūrat al-Mulk -- Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ -- Sūrat al-Fatḥ -- [various prayers for Ramaḍān]

Headings

  • -  Ramadan--Prayers and devotions
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Iran

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic and Persian.
  • -  Title from container.
  • -  Copied by Ṭālib Nizhād.
  • -  Written in Iran.
  • -  Paper: light grey inlaid paper on dyed paper in orange and greyish green; text interlined with gold leaf; elaborate unwans for Qurʼān verses and gold ink for other section headings; text within and elaborate ruled border of gold and red; text in black and gold ink with marginal section headings also in gold; no rubrication; no catchwords.
  • -  Naskh; 9 lines in written area 15.7 x 8.7 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-48b.
  • -  Library of Congress. Arabic manuscript, M63.
  • -  Dark red leather contemporary binding; embossed with gold border; and center medallions. gold embossing at four corners of cartouche with center medallion; rebacked nore recently with brown leather spine.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

Medium

  • 48 leaves (9 lines), paper : bound ; 23 x 15 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP186.4 .S486 1825

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016496951

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:

Ṭālib Nizhād, Scribe. Sharh-I Namaz. [1825 or 1826, 1825] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496951/.

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Ṭālib Nizhād, S. (1825) Sharh-I Namaz. [1825 or 1826] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496951/.

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Ṭālib Nizhād, Scribe. Sharh-I Namaz. [1825 or 1826, 1825] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016496951/>.