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Nahj al-balaghah, part 1 only

1 copy of Tarjumah-'i Nahj al-balāghah by Sharīf al-Murtaz̤á, ʿAlam al-Hudá ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, 966-1044 or 1045

Author: Sharīf al-Murtaz̤á, ʿAlam al-Hudá ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, 966-1044 or 1045 علم الهدى أبو القاسم علي بن الحسين موسوى الشريف المرتضى

Title: Tarjumah-'i Nahj al-balāghah

Title: ترجمهٴ نهج البلاغه

Collection of official correspondence and speeches attributed to Imām ʿAlī ibn Abū Ṭālib, later compiled by Sharīf al-Murtaz̤á

Original Arabic passages are followed by Persian translation

This volume only retains the first part of the work

Worm-eaten; fragile

Not dated

Language(s): Persian & Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 68 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 219 × 133 mm.

Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 18th century CE ; India

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/26_f026r

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MSS Eur E207/26_f026r

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