MUHAMMAD BAQIR IBN MUHAMMAD TAQI MAJLISI (D.1698 AD), ZAD AL-MA'AD, COPIED BY IBN MARHUM HAJI QASIM YAZDI ABU AL-HASAN, PERSIA, QAJAR, DATED 1235 AH/1820 AD |

Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 391 leaves plus 1 fly-leaf, 18 lines to the page written in black naskh or red nasta’liq, ruled in blue, red and gold, titles in gold thuluth within polychrome and gold cartouches, occasional words marking the division in red ink in the margins, illuminated frontispiece decorated with finely interlacing scrolls against a gold ground, in a lacquer contemporaneous binding decorated with a central medallion with flowers against a scrolling ground

In good condition, some pages slightly loose, the margins are clean with minor stains and occasional rubbing to the ink, binding with minor restorations and cracquelure throughout, as viewed.
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Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi Majlisi was born in 1627 and was Shaykh al-Islam during the reign of Safavid Shah Sulayman (r.1666-94). The Zad al-ma’ad is a book of prayers and pious observances for ordinary and special days throughout the year.