This manuscript consists of forty one chapters written in 980 AH. Each chapter comprises of a versified psalm, as well as the titles of Sermon, Praise, Psalm, veneration of the Prophet, and eulogy about Amīr al-Muʾminīn (ʿA), and a preaching at the end. The content is quoted from narratives and hadiths. The work belongs to Z̤iyāʿ al-Dīn Gurgānī, written in 930 AH in honour of Shāh Ṭahmasb. The chapter titles are as follows: Chapter one, Principles of religion; Chapter two, Merits of Science and Scientists; Chapter three, The Virtue of Prayer; Chapter four, On the Virtue of the Reward of fasting;... Chapter thirty six, On Recognising One's Self and the Route of Satan; Chapter thirty seven, On Cognition, Satisfaction and Destiny; Chapter thirty eight, On Repelling Evils; Chapter thirty nine, On the Lament for the Life and Certainity in Almighty God; Chapter forty, on the Lovers and Shiites of the Family. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Title

This manuscript consists of forty one chapters written in 980 AH. Each chapter comprises of a versified psalm, as well as the titles of Sermon, Praise, Psalm, veneration of the Prophet, and eulogy about Amīr al-Muʾminīn (ʿA), and a preaching at the end. The content is quoted from narratives and hadiths. The work belongs to Z̤iyāʿ al-Dīn Gurgānī, written in 930 AH in honour of Shāh Ṭahmasb. The chapter titles are as follows: Chapter one, Principles of religion; Chapter two, Merits of Science and Scientists; Chapter three, The Virtue of Prayer; Chapter four, On the Virtue of the Reward of fasting;... Chapter thirty six, On Recognising One's Self and the Route of Satan; Chapter thirty seven, On Cognition, Satisfaction and Destiny; Chapter thirty eight, On Repelling Evils; Chapter thirty nine, On the Lament for the Life and Certainity in Almighty God; Chapter forty, on the Lovers and Shiites of the Family. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 752

Place of origin

Unknown place of origin

Date

18th century

Language

Persian

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Oriental paper, natural buff, varying thickness (regular, thick, thin) glossy. Rebinding at edges.

Physical extent

257 ff.

Hands

Cursive Nastiʿaliq, cursive Naskh, fairly large hand, three hands. Anonymous

Decoration

Rubricated titles; rubricated line above hadiths and Quranic verses.

Acquisition

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

Subject

Islamic ethics