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Manuscript/Mixed Material Risālat Kashf al-maʻārif رسالة كشف المعارف

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Title

  • Risālat Kashf al-maʻārif

Other Title

  • رسالة كشف المعارف

Summary

  • Incomplete treatise on sufism.

Names

  • Shīrvānī, Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn, 1780-1837 or 1838

Created / Published

  • [19th century]

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Caption title.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Gift of Amir Jafar and Parvindokt Hasheminejad, donated by their son, Mehdi Hasheminejad, item belonged to Amir Jafar Hasheminejad's collection and originated from Qajar era minister, Mehdi Lahooti, Badaye Negar's holdings. May 31, 2019.
  • -  Written in Iran.
  • -  Paper; highly polished, light cream color laid paper with very faint vertical chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Nastaʻlīq; 23 lines in written area 15.5 x 8 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-13a; incomplete.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, [unnumbered].
  • -  Not bound; leaves sewn into a single gathering.

Medium

  • 13 leaves (23 lines), paper : unbound ; 22.1 x 14.3 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP188.9 .S5293 1800z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019418760

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:

Shīrvānī, Zayn Al-ʻĀbidīn, Or 1838. Risālat Kashf al-maʻārif. [19th Century] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019418760/.

APA citation style:

Shīrvānī, Z. A. Risālat Kashf al-maʻārif. [19th Century] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019418760/.

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Shīrvānī, Zayn Al-ʻĀbidīn, Or 1838. Risālat Kashf al-maʻārif. [19th Century] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019418760/>.