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Delhi Persian 623A
- Record Id:
- 032-003409654
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- 032-003409654
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100058426301.0x000006
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 623A
- Title:
- 1 copy of Ḥidāyat al-s̱ālis̱ah
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
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- 032-003409654
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003409654
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 129 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1647
- End Date:
- 1647
- Date Range:
- 1647
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph,, 0600?-0661,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000447153020,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/34436377 - TEI:
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India Office Library
Delhi Persian 623A
Contents
1 copy of Ḥidāyat al-s̱ālis̱ah
Language(s): Persian and ArabicHistorical account of the early khulafāʾ or caliphs and ʿAlavī imams, especially Imām Ḥusayn, focussing on the nature of legitimate succession from the Sunnī perspective, by an unnamed author.
The work is described as the third section or Ḥidāyat al-s̱ālis̱ahfrom the larger work entitled Hidāyat al-suʿadāʾ fī al-khilāfat va bughá.
The work as presently constituted is organised into twelve chapters, each termed jalvah or epiphany.
Dated colophon (f. 129v): completed by Sayyid Murtaz̤á ibn Sayyid Muntajab resident of Kūʾir (Koir Gawan, northern Bihar state), late Thursday afternoon, 22 Shaʿbān 1[0]57/22 September 1647.
Clear Persian naskh occasionally slipping into nastaʿlīq.
Intermittent foliation in pencil.
Lacking original binding.
Paper dust wrapper (BEIC legal publication on Act II of 1848); watermarked (Britannia/Minerva seated in crowned oval frame; not dated); labels, torn and stained.
Folios mostly unbound; severely cropped, stained, wormholes, later repairs.
Condition fragile.
Title: Jalvat al-ḤusaynTitle: جلوة الحسينPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 129 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 237 × 142 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1647-08-22 22_Sha'ban_1057 AH; 22 August 1647 CE Bihar, Koir Gawan ; India, Bihar, Koir GawanProvenance and Acquisition
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876
1876
Government of India
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