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Delhi Persian 83*
- Record Id:
- 032-004378000
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004378000
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169703388.0x000001
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 83*
- Title:
- 1 copy of a work by Amjad ʿAlī Is̲nā ʿAsharī
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
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- [{ "id" : "032-004378000", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Delhi Persian 83*: 1 copy of a work by Amjad ʿAlī Is̲nā ʿAsharī" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004378000
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004378000
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 9 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- 1800-1840
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Amjad ʿAlī Is̲nā ʿAsharī
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India Office Library
Delhi Persian 83*
Contents
1 copy of a work by Amjad ʿAlī Is̲nā ʿAsharī
Language(s): Persian and ArabicFragment of an untitled polemic treatise rebutting objections raised on doctrinal and ritual details in Shi’ism, focusing especially on the relationship of Ḥanafī scholars with Imām Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq, written in dialogic form by Amjad ʿAlī Is̲nā ʿAsharī.
The work is defective at end.
Not dated at end; dateable to the nineteenth century.
Nastaʿlīq with Arabic quotations in naskh.
Paper dust wrapper (BEIC legal publication on rates of duty, not dated); watermarked (lion rampant guardant holding sceptre in crowned oval frame; not dated); label, creased and stained.
Folios detached; cropped, strong water stains causing smudging and sticking of folios, wormholes.
Condition fragile.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 9 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 224 × 166 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1800-184019th century IndiaProvenance 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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