Lot 65
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MUHAMMAD BAQIR BIN MUHAMMAD TAQI 'ALLAMA MAJLISI (d. 1698 AD): KITAB ZAD AL-MA'AD
MUHAMMAD BAQIR BIN MUHAMMAD TAQI 'ALLAMA MAJLISI (d. 1698 AD): KITAB ZAD AL-MA'AD
MUHAMMAD BAQIR BIN MUHAMMAD TAQI 'ALLAMA MAJLISI (d. 1698 AD): KITAB ZAD AL-MA'AD
MUHAMMAD BAQIR BIN MUHAMMAD TAQI 'ALLAMA MAJLISI (d. 1698 AD): KITAB ZAD AL-MA'AD
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MUHAMMAD BAQIR BIN MUHAMMAD TAQI 'ALLAMA MAJLISI (d. 1698 AD): KITAB ZAD AL-MA'AD

SIGNED 'ALI REZA IBN HAJJI JA'FAR, QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1248/1833-84 AD

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MUHAMMAD BAQIR BIN MUHAMMAD TAQI 'ALLAMA MAJLISI (d. 1698 AD): KITAB ZAD AL-MA'AD
SIGNED 'ALI REZA IBN HAJJI JA'FAR, QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1248/1833-84 AD
A book of prayers in the Shi'a tradition, Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 430ff. plus three flyleaves, each with 12-17ll. black naskh, selected folios with interlinear Persian translation in red nasta'liq, catchwords, some words picked out in gold, titles in gold thuluth on gold ground within cartouches, chapter headings and instructions in red thuluth on the upper right hand margin of each folio, text within black-ruled gold frame, catchwords, fully illuminated opening bifolio, two colophons signed and dated on folios X and X, in Qajar lacquered binding
Text panel 6 ¾ x 3 5/8in. (17.2 x 9.3cm.); folio 9 5/8 x 6in. (24.5 x 15.2cm.)
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Muhammad Baqir b. Muhammad Taqi b. 'Allama Majlisi al-Isfahani (AH 1037-1110/1627-98 AD) was one of the foremost religious thinkers of his time and among the most prolific authors in Twelver Shi'ism. He held the office of Shaykh al-Islam under Shah Sulayman (d. AH 1106/1694 AD) and Mulla Bashi under Shah Sultan Husayn (d. AH 1125/1713 AD). He wrote several important works, the most famous being Bihar al-anwar (Seas of Lights) and Zad al-ma'ad (Provisions for the Resurrection), a text in Arabic containing prayers for each day of the year, with titles and explanatory introductions given in Persian, (Leiden, 1986, pp.1086-88).

The colophon states that this volume was created for the Hajji 'Abd al-Baqi a merchant from Kashan.

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