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Scope and Contents A monograph written in 1200 A.H. / 1785 C.E. by Ḥāfiẓ Ghulām Ḥakīmah b. Shaykh Abī’l-Fayz̤ Dihlavī, a Sunni intellectual, about Shi'a theology and religion. Its compilation was justified by the prevalence of the Shi'a sect in the region.The author must have been known also as Mawlavī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz as the note on f.1a indicates:کتاب تصنیف مولوی عبدالعزیزThe present copy was commissioned by Mountstuart Elphinstone.Paginated, the numerals being South Asian in...