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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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For the main catalogue entry, see: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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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

Author: ‎‎‎Khuwānsārī, Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, -1713‏ ‎Khvānsārī, Āqā Jamāl Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1125 AH/1714 خوانساری، محمد بن حسین، -۱۷۱۳ خوانساری، آقا جمال محمد ابن حسین (۱۱۲۵ق/۱۷۱۴)‏ Title: ʾUṣūl-i dīn (Iʿtiqādāt) Title: اصول دین (اعتقادات)

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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  • Mohammad Emami
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  • Ali Mir-Ansari

  • Minasian, Caro Owen

  • Khvānsārī, Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, d. ca. 1714

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