An Endowment Deed from the Final Days of Sheilk Bahāʾī’s Life
Document Type : pajoohesh
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10.22081/jap.2025.79093
Abstract
The mausoleum of Shaykh Ṣafī al-Dīn Ardabīlī was always held in special esteem by the Safavid monarchs, and for this reason it also attracted the attention of government and military officials who dedicated considerable properties to it as waqf. Among these endowments was a Qurʾān donated by Abū al-Qāsem Beg Eyvāghlī Shāmlū, a statesman of the reign of Shāh ʿAbbās I (r. 996–1038 A.H./1588–1629 C.E.), which he endowed to the shrine in the first decade of Rajab 1030 A.H. Although this Qurʾān has been introduced on several occasions and parts of it have even been published, none of these studies identified the author of its waqf-nāma. This article demonstrates that the waqf deed of this Qurʾān was composed and written in the hand of Shaykh Bahāʾī (d. 1030 A.H.), the renowned scholar of the Safavid period.
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