The subject of this work is the occultation of Imam Mahdi, the disappeared Imam in Shia Islam. According to the author, he had noted in Nishabour, while on a return trip from Mashhad, that people are in doubt about the occultation of Imam Mahdi. Therefore, he decided to author a book to prove the occultation of Imam Mahdi using intellectual and narrative reasons. He completed this work in 354 AH/965, creating the book of 'Ikmāl a-Dīn va Itmām al-Niʿmah' in 62 chapters. — Multiple dates; Jalīlīyah Mosque

Title

The subject of this work is the occultation of Imam Mahdi, the disappeared Imam in Shia Islam. According to the author, he had noted in Nishabour, while on a return trip from Mashhad, that people are in doubt about the occultation of Imam Mahdi. Therefore, he decided to author a book to prove the occultation of Imam Mahdi using intellectual and narrative reasons. He completed this work in 354 AH/965, creating the book of 'Ikmāl a-Dīn va Itmām al-Niʿmah' in 62 chapters. — Multiple dates; Jalīlīyah Mosque

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 432

Place of origin

Jalīlīyah Mosque

Date

1674

Language

Arabic

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Oriental paper, natural buff, varying thickness (thin, regular, thick), one size, glossy. Back bone mending for some folios. The paper used for this copy is one of the highest quality Oriental papers in this collection.

Physical extent

1+232 ff.

Hands

Cursive Naskh, one hand, regular hand. Amīr Ḥusayn ibn Sulṭān Muḥammad امیر حسین ابن سلطان محمد

Decoration

Rubricated line above some terms and expressions.

Acquisition

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

Subject

Islam--Doctrines