This work contains an introduction, two articles, and a conclusion. ʿAllāmah Ḥillī authored this work upon a request from his son. He has been busy writing this book in Dinavar and Gorgan in 709 AH/1310 and 712 AH/1313. The author has mentioned at the beginning of his work that there are a thousand reasons provided in the book to confirm the Imamah of Imam ʿAlī, a thousand reasons to refute the doubts cast by the opponents over Imamah, and sufficient reasons to prove the Imamah of the other Shiite Imams. However, once the book is reviewed, the topics discussed therein appear to be mainly trying to prove the concept of Imamah in the Shia faith. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Title

This work contains an introduction, two articles, and a conclusion. ʿAllāmah Ḥillī authored this work upon a request from his son. He has been busy writing this book in Dinavar and Gorgan in 709 AH/1310 and 712 AH/1313. The author has mentioned at the beginning of his work that there are a thousand reasons provided in the book to confirm the Imamah of Imam ʿAlī, a thousand reasons to refute the doubts cast by the opponents over Imamah, and sufficient reasons to prove the Imamah of the other Shiite Imams. However, once the book is reviewed, the topics discussed therein appear to be mainly trying to prove the concept of Imamah in the Shia faith. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 239

Place of origin

Unknown place of origin

Date

1613

Language

Arabic

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Oriental paper, natural buff, varying thickness (thin, regular and thick), one size, glossy. Edge mending carried out on initial folios.

Physical extent

159 ff.

Hands

Cursive Nastaʿalīq, several hands, regular hand. Titles are unwritten. The script on the first 20 folios is older. Anonymous

Decoration

Rubricated titles.

Acquisition

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

Subject

Islam--Doctrines