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Book/Printed Material The Life of the Prophet.

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Title

  • The Life of the Prophet.

Summary

  • Maghāzī al-Nabī (The life of the Prophet) depicts the life of the Prophet Muhammad in poetical form. The original work was composed by a famous Arabic and Persian scholar of Kashmir, Ya'qub Ṣarfī (1521--95). The unique poetic and biographical work, transcribed in two columns on each page of manuscript, includes some supplications and eulogies for the Prophet of Islam. Each column is bordered in lines inlaid with gold. The writing of the manuscript is clear and vivid.

Names

  • Shaik̲h̲ Yaʻqūb Ṣarfī, 1521-1595 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1886.

Headings

  • -  Saudi Arabia
  • -  570 to 632
  • -  Biography
  • -  Muḥammad, Prophet, died 632
  • -  Persian poetry
  • -  Prayers

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 184 leaves ; 27 x 17 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Allama Iqbal Library, University of Kashmir.
  • -  Content in Persian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667178

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Shaik̲H̲ YaʻQūb Ṣarfī, Author. The Life of the Prophet. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1886] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667178/.

APA citation style:

Shaik̲H̲ YaʻQūb Ṣarfī, A. (1886) The Life of the Prophet. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667178/.

MLA citation style:

Shaik̲H̲ YaʻQūb Ṣarfī, Author. The Life of the Prophet. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1886] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667178/>.