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Book/Printed Material The Key to Success, Also Known As the Medium to All Parties and Attainment of Prosperity.

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Title

  • The Key to Success, Also Known As the Medium to All Parties and Attainment of Prosperity.

Summary

  • This illuminated manuscript is of a wird (prayer) called "Miftāḥ al-najāḥ al-mukanná bi-al-wasīlah ilá kull ḥizb wa-falāḥ", attributed to 'Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib, the fourth caliph of Islam. According to the colophon, this work was completed by Shaykh Kamāl ibn 'Abd al-Ḥaqq al-Sabzawārī, the calligrapher and illuminator, in Astarabad (present-day Gorgan, Iran) in 941 AH (1534 AD). The text, divided into five compartments, is in calligraphic vocalized Naskh script in black ink and vocalized Thuluth in gold ink outlined in black. Illuminated rosettes with colored dots serve as verse markers. The decorated colophon (folio 8b) is written in Tawqī' and Riqā' scripts in gold ink. Later bequest (waqf) seal impressions of the Vizier al-Shahīd 'Alī Pāshā, dated 1130 AH (1717 AD), appear on folios 2a, 2b, and 3a. The brown leather binding with interconnected gold-tooled lobed medallions, discs, and doublures (ornamental linings inside the book covers) with filigree decoration is contemporary with the manuscript. The manuscript is from the Walters Art Museum and is designated Walters W. 579.

Names

  • Shaykh Kamāl ibn 'Abd al-Ḥaqq al-Sabzawārī Calligrapher.|ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, circa 600-661 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1534.

Headings

  • -  Iran, Islamic Republic of--Golestān--Gorgan
  • -  600 to 661
  • -  Arabic calligraphy
  • -  Illuminations
  • -  Islamic calligraphy
  • -  Islamic manuscripts
  • -  Prayers

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: Foliation: i + 9 + i. Dimensions: 16.5 centimeters wide by 23.5 centimeters high. Framing lines in dark blue, black, gold, light green, and red.
  • -  Original resource at: Walters Art Museum.
  • -  Content in Arabic.
  • -  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

  • 2021667196

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Shaykh Kamāl Ibn 'Abd Al-Ḥaqq Al-Sabzawārī Calligrapher.|ʻAlī Ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, Circa 600-661 Author. The Key to Success, Also Known As the Medium to All Parties and Attainment of Prosperity. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1534] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667196/.

APA citation style:

Shaykh Kamāl Ibn 'Abd Al-Ḥaqq Al-Sabzawārī Calligrapher.|ʻAlī Ibn Abī Ṭālib, C. (1534) The Key to Success, Also Known As the Medium to All Parties and Attainment of Prosperity. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667196/.

MLA citation style:

Shaykh Kamāl Ibn 'Abd Al-Ḥaqq Al-Sabzawārī Calligrapher.|ʻAlī Ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, Circa 600-661 Author. The Key to Success, Also Known As the Medium to All Parties and Attainment of Prosperity. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1534] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667196/>.