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Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitāb-i Majālis al-muʼminīn کتاب مجالس المؤمنين

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Title

  • Kitāb-i Majālis al-muʼminīn

Other Title

  • کتاب مجالس المؤمنين

Names

  • Shushtarī, Nūr Allāh ibn ʻAbd Allāh, -1610 or 1611, author

Created / Published

  • 16 Rajab 1068 [19 April 1658]

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Caption title.
  • -  Written by Ibn Murād al-Ḥusaynī Muḥammad Zamān.
  • -  Probably written in Iran.
  • -  Paper; unpolished, slightly yellowed cream color laid paper with horizontal laid lines and no visible chain lines or watermarks; elaborate floral unwan in gold, light blue, red and dark blue; title in red in gold cartouche; text on fol. 1b-2a has interlinear gold design; text enclosed in ruled border of a thin blue and a wider gold line; black ink with rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Rieu, C. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts, I, 337
  • -  Work is dividedn into twelve Majlis, each has its own unwan and colophon.
  • -  Nastaʻliq; 29 lines in written area 25 x 15.7 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-321a.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M56.
  • -  Text block intact, lacks binding.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Near East scanned

Medium

  • 321 leaves (29 lines), paper : disbound ; 35.5 x 24.3 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP192.8 .S56 1658

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017481614

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Shushtarī, Nūr Allāh Ibn ʻAbd Allāh, -1610 Or 1611, Author. Kitāb-i Majālis al-muʼminīn. [16 Rajab 19 April 1658, 1658] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017481614/.

APA citation style:

Shushtarī, N. A. I. ʻ. A. (1658) Kitāb-i Majālis al-muʼminīn. [16 Rajab 19 April 1658] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017481614/.

MLA citation style:

Shushtarī, Nūr Allāh Ibn ʻAbd Allāh, -1610 Or 1611, Author. Kitāb-i Majālis al-muʼminīn. [16 Rajab 19 April 1658, 1658] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017481614/>.