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Title

  • Ṭarab al-majālis

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Summary

  • On creation in Islam and Islamic ethics.
  • Ṭarab al-majālis (The delight of assemblies) is a book of moral advice written in the 13th century by Husayn ibn ʻAlim, also known as Mir Husayni Haravi (1272 or 1273-circa 1317), a well-known Sufi. Born in Ghor (in present-day Afghanistan), the author appears to have spent much of his adult life in nearby Herat, hence the appellation Haravi. The work is divided into five sections: creation; various classes of human beings; the superiority of humans to animals; ethical behavior; and vice. The edition presented here is a lithographic printing produced in Tashkent, Russian Turkestan (present-day Uzbekistan) in 1914-15, during the waning years of the tsarist empire. It was published at the Yakovlev printing press, which was known for printing works in Persian and other non-European languages during the first decades of the 20th century. The book has sustained considerable damage to a number of its initial and final leaves and has been partially repaired. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Mīr Ḥusaynī Haravī, Ḥusayn ibn ʻĀlim, 1272 or 1273-approximately 1317, author

Created / Published

  • Shāsh [Uzbekistan] : Maṭbaʻ-i Yaklūf, 1333 [1914]

Headings

  • -  Uzbekistan

Notes

  • -  Lithographed.
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  In Persian.
  • -  Acquired for LC only.

Medium

  • 161 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 23 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PK6495.M56 T3 1914

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2002344682

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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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:

Mīr Ḥusaynī Haravī, Ḥusayn Ibn ʻĀlim, 1272 Or Approximately 1317, Author. Ṭarab Al-Majālis. [Shāsh Uzbekistan: Maṭbaʻ-i Yaklūf, 1914, 1914] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002344682/.

APA citation style:

Mīr Ḥusaynī Haravī, Ḥ. I. ʻ. (1914) Ṭarab Al-Majālis. [Shāsh Uzbekistan: Maṭbaʻ-i Yaklūf, 1914] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002344682/.

MLA citation style:

Mīr Ḥusaynī Haravī, Ḥusayn Ibn ʻĀlim, 1272 Or Approximately 1317, Author. Ṭarab Al-Majālis. [Shāsh Uzbekistan: Maṭbaʻ-i Yaklūf, 1914, 1914] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2002344682/>.