Or Ms 372: لوامع ربّانی در ردّ شبهات نصرانی Lawāmi‘-i rabbānī dar radd-i shubuhāt-i naṣrānī, undated (extant by 18th cent. C.E.)
Scope and Contents
A treatise giving the Muslim side in a controversy with the Christian Geronimo Xavier, and in vindication of Islam. It was compiled, according to numerous quatrains at the end, each line of which forms a chronogram, in 1031 A.H. (1621 C.E.), by Sayyid Aḥmad b. Zayn al-‘Ābidīn al-‘Alawī al-‘Āmilī. See A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library by Mohammad Hukk et al. (1925) for more information.
Dates
- Creation: undated (extant by 18th cent. C.E.)
Creator
- Ḥusayn, Muḥammad (Scribe) (Scribe, Person)
Language of Materials
Persian (Script: nasta'līq)
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Extent
1 volume
Other Finding Aids
Hukk, Mohammed Ashraful; Ethé, Hermann; and Robertson, Edward, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., 1925).
Custodial History
Bears two seals respectively of Fāz̤il-Khān (1114 A.H., 1702 C.E.) and Rushd-Khān Ḥasanī
Processing Information
Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.
Creator
- Ḥusayn, Muḥammad (Scribe) (Scribe, Person)
Source
- Anderson, Adam, 1797-1853 (Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice) (Donor, Person)
- Anderson, James, 1758-1833 (Persian Interpretor, East India Company) (Former owner, Person)
Repository Details
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