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This is one of the most important references of Shiite jurisprudence, compiled in 20 chapters and 15 thousands questions from ritual purity (Ṭahārah) to blood money and ransom (Diyat). The authoring of the work was completed in 676 or 696 AH/1277 or 1297. The author has written this work upon a request from his son, Fakhr al-Muḥaqqiqīn. Many explanatory volumes and commentaries have been written on this work so far, including "Majmaʿ al-Fāʾidah va al-Burhān" of Muqaddas Ardabīlī. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Wadh.Minasian 511

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 one of the most important references of Shiite jurisprudence, compiled in 20 chapters and 15 thousands questions from ritual purity (Ṭahārah) to blood money and ransom (Diyat). The authoring of the work was completed in 676 or 696 AH/1277 or 1297. The author has written this work upon a request from his son, Fakhr al-Muḥaqqiqīn. Many explanatory volumes and commentaries have been written on this work so far, including "Majmaʿ al-Fāʾidah va al-Burhān" of Muqaddas Ardabīlī. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 511

Place of origin

Unknown place of origin

Date

1705

Language

Arabic

Contents

Author: Ibn al-Muṭahhar al-Ḥillī, al-Ḥasan ibn Yūsuf, 1250-1325 Ḥillī, Jamāl al-Dīn Ḥasan ibn Sadīd al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn ʿAlī, 1250-1326 ابن المطهر الحلي، الحسن ابن يوسف، ۱۳۲۵-۱۲۵۰ حلی، علامه جمال‌الدین ابومنصور حسن بن سدیدالدین یوسف بن علی (۶۴۸-۷۲۶ ق / ۱۲۵۰-۱۳۲۶ م)‏ ʿAllāmah Ḥillī علامه حلّی Abū Manṣūr ابو منصور Title: Irshād al-aẕhān ilā aḥkām al-Īmān Title: ارشاد الاذهان الی احکام الایمان

Form

codex

Support

Western paper (watermark), natural buff, varying thickness (thin and regular), one size, glossy. Water damage on the last 14 folios. Edge mending on the initial and final folios.

Physical extent

214 ff.

Hands

Cursive, graceful Naskh, regular hand, three hands. Marginalia in Nastaʿalīq and Shikastah Nastaʿalīq; annotated. Kūshluvān Fūman, Muḥammad Taqī ibn Āqā Mīrzāy کوشلوان فومن، محمد تقی بن آقا میرزای

Decoration

Rubricated titles.

Acquisition

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

Subject

Islamic law

Jurisprudence

Islamic law--Early works to 1800

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  • کوشلوان فومن، محمد تقی بن آقا میرزای
  • Mohammad Emami
  • Ali Mir-Ansari

  • Minasian, Caro Owen

  • Ibn al-Muṭahhar al-Ḥillī, al-Ḥasan ibn Yūsuf, 1250-1325

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