Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 1964: Questions and answers on Shiʻī religious philosophy and practice.University of PennsylvaniaThese images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 1964: Questions and answers on Shiʻī religious philosophy and practice. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.To the extent possible under law, University of Pennsylvania Libraries has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 1964: Questions and answers on Shiʻī religious philosophy and practice.. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloger.3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206.University of PennsylvaniaKislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and ManuscriptsMs. Codex 19649962793863503681http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1083523453Copy of a series of branching questions and answers about religious philosophy and practice, divided into chapters by topic. This copy begins and ends abruptly. The first complete chapter is kitāb-i tawḥīd (beginning f. 2r) and the last, incomplete, chapter is kitāb-i qaz̤ā (beginning f. 155r).PersianQuestions and answers on Shiʻī religious philosophy and practice.Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund1r[Questions and answers on Shiʻī religious philosophy and practice].
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40 leaves : 165 x 105 (115 x 72) mm bound to 171 x 113 mmModern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.11 long lines.Written in naskh; pointed, vocalized.
Rebound in modern brown leather.
The item is undated. Probably 18th century Iran.
between 1725 and 1825?Iran? ;Sold on eBay in 2014.Religious life--Shīʻah--Early works to 1800Islam--Customs and practices--Early works to 1800Shīʻah--Customs and practices--Early works to 1800Shīʻah--Miscellanea--Early works to 1800Shīʻah--Doctrines--Early works to 1800Codices (bound manuscripts)Manuscripts, Arabic--18th century