Miftāḥ al-Falāḥ; مفتاح الفلاح

Name:

ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1600

Description:

Work on Shīʻite daily religious customs and practices. This copy is very neatly written; some minor page repairs, a portion of the pages are stained, but still legible.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Partially effaced purple owner's stamp with the name Terbiet visible (f. 150v). Probably Tarbiyat Library in Tabriz, in service from 1898-1908 and run by Muḥammad ʻAlī Khān (1877 or 1878-1940).; Sold on eBay July 2014; accessioned 2018.

Relation:

The Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366327; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex1959.html

Subject:

Shiites; Religious life -- Islam -- Early works to 1800; Religious life -- Islam; Islam -- Customs and practices -- Early works to 1800; Islam -- Customs and practices; Shiites -- Customs and practices -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, Arabic; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

151 leaves : paper; 170 x 100 (120 x 66) mm bound to 174 x 111 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from introduction (f. 2r).; Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.; Layout: 12 long lines; border-ruled.; Script: Written in small, neat naskh; pointed, unvocalized.; Decoration: Rubrications in red including some marginal headers. Textblock border-ruled in blue.; Binding: Black leather cover over thin pasteboard with faint blind-stamped frame. Endbands in blue and white and tan and white thread in a chevron pattern.; Origin: The copy is undated, but an owner's note places it before A.H. 1041 (1631) (Flyleaf 1r and 1v, in the front).; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1959

Collection:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund