This work is compiled from ethical topics and related instructions, and is composed in two volumes. The first volume is written at the time of Shāh ʿAbbās (1642-1666) and the second at the time of Shāh Solaymān (1666-1693). The author intended to create a work of 8 volumes (to correspond the number of the gates of paradise), but he passed away before completing it. His son, Muḥammad Shafīʿ, has later composed a third volume for the series. The first volume has an introduction and a part (the first Bāb). The introduction is about preaching, gathered under three topics. The first part, which is about the transitory world and its depravities, has three chapters, each containing several sections in turn. The second volume has a part (i.e. the second Bāb) and 8 sections. The scond part is about the human life, gathered under 5 topics. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Title

This work is compiled from ethical topics and related instructions, and is composed in two volumes. The first volume is written at the time of Shāh ʿAbbās (1642-1666) and the second at the time of Shāh Solaymān (1666-1693). The author intended to create a work of 8 volumes (to correspond the number of the gates of paradise), but he passed away before completing it. His son, Muḥammad Shafīʿ, has later composed a third volume for the series. The first volume has an introduction and a part (the first Bāb). The introduction is about preaching, gathered under three topics. The first part, which is about the transitory world and its depravities, has three chapters, each containing several sections in turn. The second volume has a part (i.e. the second Bāb) and 8 sections. The scond part is about the human life, gathered under 5 topics. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 14

Place of origin

Unknown place of origin

Date

1838

Language

Persian

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Western (watermark), natural buff, regular, one size, glossy. Edge mending of the first folio and final folio.

Physical extent

241 + 1 ff.

Hands

Nasta_liq mixed with Shikastah, regular, one hand. Anonymous

Decoration

Rubricated titles and lines above Quranic verses and hadiths.

Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.

Subject

Islamic ethics--Early works to 1800