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Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitāb-i akhlāq al-muḥsinī كتاب اخلاق المحسني

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Title

  • Kitāb-i akhlāq al-muḥsinī

Other Title

  • كتاب اخلاق المحسني

Summary

  • Text on fundamentals of Islamic ethics.

Names

  • Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, -1504 or 1505, author
  • Munro, Thomas, Sir, 1761-1827, former owner

Created / Published

  • Jumādá al-awwal 1222 [July/August 1807]

Headings

  • -  Islamic ethics--Early works to 1800
  • -  Religious life--Islam--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  India

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Title and date from colophon.
  • -  Scribe's name in colophon: Muḥammad Gaws̲.
  • -  Bookplate of former owner, Thomas Munro, page 2 of cover.
  • -  Probably written in India.
  • -  Paper: cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; catchwords on rectos.
  • -  Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 21 x 11 cm.
  • -  Folios 1b-162a.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M 44.
  • -  Binding is contemporary red leather Indian binging with gold embossed medalions in center, corners, and margins.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Incipit: حضرت پادشاه علي الاطلاق و شاهنشاه بالاستحقاق عزت كلمته و جلت قديرته ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب كتاب اخلاق المحسني ... جمادى الاول سنة يكهزار و دو صد و بست ودو هجري ...

Medium

  • 162 leaves (15 lines), bound : paper ; 28.3 x 17 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BJ1291 .K3 1807

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015481529

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Persian Language Manuscript Project are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Kāshifī, Ḥusayn VāʻIẓ, -1504 Or 1505, Author, and Thomas Munro. Kitāb-I Akhlāq Al-Muḥsinī. [Jumādá al-awwal July/August 1807, 1807] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015481529/.

APA citation style:

Kāshifī, Ḥ. V. & Munro, T. (1807) Kitāb-I Akhlāq Al-Muḥsinī. [Jumādá al-awwal July/August 1807] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015481529/.

MLA citation style:

Kāshifī, Ḥusayn VāʻIẓ, -1504 Or 1505, Author, and Thomas Munro. Kitāb-I Akhlāq Al-Muḥsinī. [Jumādá al-awwal July/August 1807, 1807] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015481529/>.