Fols. 184; 23 x 16.2 cm.; written surface 19.5 x 12.5 cm.; 18 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with vowel signs; with catchwords; entries in red. A collection of orations and wisdom sayings in verse and prose attributed to the Caliph ʻAlī A.D. 556-661. Beg.: بسم الله الرحمن الرحىم قال الشرىف السىد الرضي ذو الحسبىن ابوالحسن محمد بن الطاهر ... اما بعد حمد الله الذي جعل الحمد ثمنا لنعمائه Colophon: نجز الکتاب الحمد لله ربّ العالمىن کما هو أهله ومستحقّه وصلى الله على سىدنا خاتم الانبىاء وسىد الاصفىاء محمد وآله النجباء وسلّم وکرّم وعظّم Marginal notes. On the title page and on the folio before are a number of notes. Immediately after the colophon and the following two folios, one of which has been replaced by a later hand, are further quotations attributed to ʻAlī. On the following folio are several verses of poetry and a note by an owner dated A.H. 1307 [A.D. 1890]. MS in fair condition; Arabic leather binding. MS from the... Acquired from Massayah, A.D. 1928. Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt (1299 AH), II, p. 14; Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 406/7. Lithographed in Tabrīz, A.H. 1247; Beirūt, A.D. 1885.
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