Or 7831 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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1 copy of Z̤iyā' al-‘uyūn by Muḥammad Hādī ibn Mīr Mahdī Khān

Author: Muḥammad Hādī ibn Mīr Mahdī Khān Shāh Mīrza Mīrzā Mahdī Khān-i Ṣafavī شاه میرزا میرزا مهدی خان صفوی محمد هادی ابن میر مهدی خان

Title: Z̤iyā' al-‘uyūn

Title: ضیاء العیون

A treatise on the magical power of certain passages and letters in the Qur’ān with an account of the traditional seal of prophecy on the shoulder of the Prophet and its mystical peculiarities

It was completed at Hyderabad in 1114

Language(s): Persian

References

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 29.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 32 ff

Dimensions (leaf): 23.2 × 13.8 cm.

History

Origin: 18th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.

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