Ṣafvat al-ṣafāʾ

Item Overview

Title: Ṣafvat al-ṣafāʾ
Alternative title: صفوة الصفاء
Author: Tawakkul ibn Ismāʿīl, $d d. 1371
Date Created: 960 [1552 or 1553]
Date: 1552/1553
Language: Persian
Collection: Minasian (Caro) Collection of Persian and Arabic Manuscripts

Notes

Summary: A biography and hagiography of Shaykh Ṣafī al-Dīn Ishāq Ardabīlī (d. A.H. 735), ancestor of the Safavids. Cover is illuminated.

Physical Description

Dimensions: 29 x 20.5 cm.

Keywords

Genre: Manuscripts
Subjects: Sufis--Biography--Early works to 1800
Iran--History--Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736--Early works to 1800
Safi al-Din,--Shaykh,--ca. 1252-1334

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: 491
ARK: ark:/21198/zz000srqt8
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Rights statement: public domain