A Twelfth-Century Manuscript’s Relocation from Medina to Mashhad

Document Type : pajoohesh

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10.22081/jap.2018.66052

Abstract

In the present article, the author focuses on a 12th century manuscript which belonged to Yahyā bin al-Seyyed Alavi, and was given as a gift to Abdulkarim Khalīfati al-Abbāsi. Forty years later, the mentioned book, which was among the left heritage of this family, was purchased by one of the Sādāts of Barzanji family in Medina, and sold to Abduljād bin Muhammad Mahdi Hosseini Mashhadi. In this way, the book has been moved from Medina to Mashhad.

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