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Book/Printed Material Milestones of the Divine Revelation.

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Title

  • Milestones of the Divine Revelation.

Summary

  • Al-Ḥusayn ibn Masʻūd al-Baghawī (circa 1044-circa 1117), nicknamed muḥyī al-sunnah (Reviver of the Prophet's traditions), was a Shāfiʻi scholar and Qurʼan exegete. He was born, and possibly died, in Bagh or Baghshor, an old town that was located in Khorasan between the ancient cities of Herat (in present-day Afghanistan) and Merv (near present-day Mary, Turkmenistan). Preserved in this manuscript copy is the second and last part of al-Baghawī's maʻālim al-tanzīl (Milestones of the divine revelation), an exegesis of the Holy Qurʼan. The manuscript starts with al-kahf (The cave), the 18th surah (chapter), and goes on to include the remainder of the Muslim Holy Book, with its 114 chapters. The main text is inscribed in frames of gold, green, and red lines. All the verses are written and voweled in red ink, in the same lines with the exegesis, which follows in black. There is minimal text on the margins, with the exception of catchwords and rubricated text indicating the beginnings of the sections. The manuscript, copied by [illegible] Ibn ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻil in 1110 AH (1699), was owned by a Muḥammad ibn Sālim ibn 'Āmir al-Ṭawqī as recently as 1946.

Names

  • Baghawī, al-Ḥusayn ibn Masʻūd, died 1117? Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1699.

Headings

  • -  Afghanistan
  • -  Turkmenistan
  • -  1044 to 1117
  • -  Arabic manuscripts
  • -  Islamic manuscripts
  • -  Koran -- Commentaries

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 430 pages ; 22 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Sultan Qaboos University Library.
  • -  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

  • 2021667313

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Baghawī, Al-Ḥusayn Ibn MasʻŪd, Died 1117? Author. Milestones of the Divine Revelation. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1699] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667313/.

APA citation style:

Baghawī, A. I. M. (1699) Milestones of the Divine Revelation. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667313/.

MLA citation style:

Baghawī, Al-Ḥusayn Ibn MasʻŪd, Died 1117? Author. Milestones of the Divine Revelation. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1699] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667313/>.