Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitāb-i akhlāq al-muḥsinī

Title

• Kitāb-i akhlāq al-muḥsinī

Other Title

• كتاب اخلاق المحسني

Summary

• Text on fundamentals of Islamic ethics.

Names

• Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, -1504 or 1505, author
• Munro, Thomas, Sir, 1761-1827, former owner

Created / Published

• Jumādá al-awwal 1222 [July/August 1807]

Headings

• -  Islamic ethics--Early works to 1800
• -  Religious life--Islam--Early works to 1800
• -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
• -  India

Notes

• -  Manuscript.
• -  Persian.
• -  Title and date from colophon.
• -  Scribe's name in colophon: Muḥammad Gaws̲.
• -  Bookplate of former owner, Thomas Munro, page 2 of cover.
• -  Probably written in India.
• -  Paper: cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; catchwords on rectos.
• -  Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 21 x 11 cm.
• -  Folios 1b-162a.
• -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M 44.
• -  Binding is contemporary red leather Indian binging with gold embossed medalions in center, corners, and margins.
• -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
• -  Incipit: حضرت پادشاه علي الاطلاق و شاهنشاه بالاستحقاق عزت كلمته و جلت قديرته ...
• -  Explicit/Colophon: تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب كتاب اخلاق المحسني ... جمادى الاول سنة يكهزار و دو صد و بست ودو هجري ...

Medium

• 162 leaves (15 lines), bound : paper ; 28.3 x 17 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

• BJ1291 .K3 1807

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/plmp.m044

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2015481529

Online Format

• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2015481529

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