This is a work written in an introduction and five parts on Shiite Scholastic Theology (Kalām) in honour of Shāh Sulṭān Ḥusayn Ṣafavī. The introduction briefly outlines the principles of the religion. The first part is on the Reasoning of the Existence of God in 12 chapters, the second on the God's Justice in 8 chapters, the third on Prophethood (Nubuvvah) in 6 chapters, the fourth on Imāmat in 6 chapters, and the fifth on Imāmat. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin
Wadh.Minasian 291
Wadham College, University of Oxford
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Title
This is a work written in an introduction and five parts on Shiite Scholastic Theology (Kalām) in honour of Shāh Sulṭān Ḥusayn Ṣafavī. The introduction briefly outlines the principles of the religion. The first part is on the Reasoning of the Existence of God in 12 chapters, the second on the God's Justice in 8 chapters, the third on Prophethood (Nubuvvah) in 6 chapters, the fourth on Imāmat in 6 chapters, and the fifth on Imāmat. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin
Shelfmark
Wadh.Minasian 291
Place of origin
Unknown place of origin
Date
1786
Language
Persian
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Western paper (watermark), natural buff, regular thickness, one size, glossy.
Physical extent
48 ff.
Hands
Graceful Nastaʿaliq and graceful cursive Naskh, two hands, regular hand. Titles are blank. Anonymous
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
Subject
Islam--Doctrines
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People associated with this object
- Mohammad Emami
- Anonymous
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Ali Mir-Ansari
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Minasian, Caro Owen
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Khvānsārī, Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, d. ca. 1714