Abū al-Ḥasan Bahāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsá ibn abī al-Fatḥ Hakkārī was a hadith scholar, poet, and literary figure of the Imamiyyah faith in the 7th century AH. He has several written works, including Kashf al-ghamah fī maʿrifat al-aʿimmat. This book provides a biographical account of the Prophet (PBUH), Fātimah and the twleve Imams. While writing the book, the author has taken a succinct approach. In each chapter, he first narrates some hadiths from the Sunnis and then proceeds to narrate some hadiths from the Shiite sources. At the end of each chapter, he adds some qasidas praising and remembering the subjected person. The book is composed in 12 chapters to follow the number of the 12 Imams. It has two parts, in the order of the names of the 14 Impeccables, beginning with Muḥammad and continuing with Fātimah and the Imams to finish with the twelveth Imam. Each chapter begins with the name and the date and place of birth, followed by a detailed biographical account. It proceeds to list instances of their virtues, miracles, and honours, followed by an account of their parentage, ancestry, and children. This work has been translated into Persian by ʿAlī ibn Ḥasan Zavvāraʼī under the title of Tarjumat al-Manāqib. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Title

Abū al-Ḥasan Bahāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsá ibn abī al-Fatḥ Hakkārī was a hadith scholar, poet, and literary figure of the Imamiyyah faith in the 7th century AH. He has several written works, including Kashf al-ghamah fī maʿrifat al-aʿimmat. This book provides a biographical account of the Prophet (PBUH), Fātimah and the twleve Imams. While writing the book, the author has taken a succinct approach. In each chapter, he first narrates some hadiths from the Sunnis and then proceeds to narrate some hadiths from the Shiite sources. At the end of each chapter, he adds some qasidas praising and remembering the subjected person. The book is composed in 12 chapters to follow the number of the 12 Imams. It has two parts, in the order of the names of the 14 Impeccables, beginning with Muḥammad and continuing with Fātimah and the Imams to finish with the twelveth Imam. Each chapter begins with the name and the date and place of birth, followed by a detailed biographical account. It proceeds to list instances of their virtues, miracles, and honours, followed by an account of their parentage, ancestry, and children. This work has been translated into Persian by ʿAlī ibn Ḥasan Zavvāraʼī under the title of Tarjumat al-Manāqib. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 41

Place of origin

Unknown place of origin

Date

1607

Language

Persian

Contents

Support

Oriental paper, plain and dark buff, regular thickness, one size, glossy.

Physical extent

286 ff.

Hands

Calligraphic Nastaʿalīq, one hand, regular

Decoration

Rubricated titles, rubricated line above Quranic verses and hadiths.

Acquisition

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

Subject

Imams (Shiites)--Biography

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632--Biography