Delhi Persian 64A (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Lavami‘ of Majlisi, vol. 1
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1 copy of Lavāmiʿ by Majlisī, Muḥammad Taqī ibn Maqṣūd ʻAlī, 1594 or 5-1659 or 60
Translation of a larger Arabic treatise on the traditions of Imām Jaʿfar and the later aʾimmah of Twelver Shi‘ism, entitled Lavāmiʿ-i ṣāḥib'qirānī
The author (aged 70) was aided in his work by his patron, Shāh ʿAbbās II
The present volume consists of the section on purity or ṭahārah
Later replacement folios 256-430
Not dated at end
Unbound; loose folios; damaged by wormholes; very fragile
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