Persian MS 146 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)

Summary of Contents: An incomplete abridgement of the Dah Majlis (Ten Assemblies) in alternating prose and verse, anonymously redacted from the Rawz̤at al-Shuhadā’ (Garden of Martyrs) of Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī, (d. ca. 1504) related biographcial accounts of the family of the Prophet that especially highlights afflictions endured by Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī and those loyal to him at the Battle of Karbala. The volume lacks a title and preface and opens abruptly with the first Majlis on 1a and then continues with not just ten, but fourteen majālis. Although undated, the colophon indicates that a scribe named Sharaf ‘Alī copied the manuscript on behalf of Mirzā Bahā’ al-Dīn ‘Alī Bayg, proabbly in circa 1700 CE.