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Manuscript/Mixed Material Incomplete treatise on Shīʻah apologetics and the imams Shiʻite apologetic and the imams

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Title

  • Incomplete treatise on Shīʻah apologetics and the imams

Other Title

  • Shiʻite apologetic and the imams

Created / Published

  • 1136 [1723 or 1724]

Headings

  • -  Shīʻah--Apologetic works
  • -  Imams (Shiites)
  • -  Imamate
  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Iran
  • -  India

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian with passages in Arabic.
  • -  Title supplied by cataloger.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Written in either Iran or India.
  • -  Paper; cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and watermark of a cross within a circle; black ink with minimal rubrication and some red overlining; catchwords.
  • -  Naskh; 14 lines in written area 14 x 9.5 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1a-69b.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M140.
  • -  Flexible brown leather binding.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

Medium

  • 69 leaves (14 lines), paper : bound ; 19.2 x 14 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP194.1 .I53 1723

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017454674

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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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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