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Manuscript/Mixed Material Iʻtiqādnāmah اعتقادنامه / Persian creed

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Title

  • Iʻtiqādnāmah

Other Title

  • اعتقادنامه
  • Persian creed

Summary

  • Statement of Shiite creed in Persian.

Names

  • Amherst College. Library, former owner
  • Merrick, James Lyman, 1803-1866, associated name

Created / Published

  • 1238 [1822 or 1823]

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Caption title.
  • -  Label on page 3 of cover: "Class 895 no. 202, Amherst College Library, 8706, presented by J.L. Merrick; withdrawn 11/21/27."
  • -  Name of scribe not indicated.
  • -  Probably written in Iran.
  • -  Paper; light cream color woven paper with watermark "J. WHATMAN 1821"; black ink with rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Diwanī script; 14 lines in written area 15.5 x 8 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-57a.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M97.
  • -  Contemporary Western medium brown marbled leather binding with thin gold border; marbled endpapers.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

Medium

  • 57 leaves (14 lines), paper : bound ; 25 x 18.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP194 .I864 1822

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016503590

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:

Amherst College. Library, Former Owner, and James Lyman Merrick. Iʻtiqādnāmah. [1822 or 1823, 1822] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016503590/.

APA citation style:

Amherst College. Library, F. O. & Merrick, J. L. (1822) Iʻtiqādnāmah. [1822 or 1823] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016503590/.

MLA citation style:

Amherst College. Library, Former Owner, and James Lyman Merrick. Iʻtiqādnāmah. [1822 or 1823, 1822] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016503590/>.