Or 14562 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Volume containing several works including Shiʻīte text on acts of worships

1. ff 1v-34r
Author: Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī, 1627 or 8-ca. 1699 مجلسى، محمد باقر بن محمد تقى
Title: Rīsālah dar bayān-i ādāb-i tajhīz va taghsīl va takfīn va dafn-i āmvāt-i muʼminīn va muʻmināt
Title: رساله در بیان اداب تجهیز و تغسیل و تکفین و دفن اموات مؤمنين و مؤمنات

Treatise on the customary practices of preparing the dead and the conduct of funerals

This work is dated 1099

Title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 6.

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 6.
2. ff 35v-73r
Compiler: Compiler Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī, 1627 or 8-ca. 1699 مجلسى، محمد باقر بن محمد تقى
Title: Mafātīḥ al-ghayb
Title: مفاتیح الغیت

A selection of Shīʼite Traditions

Language(s): In Arabic with Persian paraphrases

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 3.
3. ff 74v-81r
Author: Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī, 1627 or 8-ca. 1699 مجلسى، محمد باقر بن محمد تقى
Title: Risālah dar akhlāq
Title: رساله در اخلاق

A brief tract mainly concerning ethics

Title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 4.

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 4.
4. ff 82v-86v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Adʻīyāʼ
Title: ادعياء

Prayers and blessings upon the Prophet and his family. Unattributed, probably traditional

Title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 6.

Text is autograph

Language(s): In Arabic with interlinear Persian translation

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 6.
5. ff 87r-125v
Author: Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Muḥammad Taqī, 1627 or 8-ca. 1699 مجلسى، محمد باقر بن محمد تقى
Title: Rīsālah dar ādāb-i ziyārat-i Aʼimma
Title: رساله در اداب زیارت أئمة

Guide to the ethiquette of visiting shrines of the Imāms, with prayers

Text is autograph

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 6.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 128 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 12 cm.

History

Origin: Undated CE ; Iran

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on M. I. Waley: Supplementary handlist of Persian manuscripts, 1966-1998. London, 1998

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