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Oldest manuscript of Nahj al-Balagha unveiled at Imam Reza Museum

A specialist in charge of manuscripts Organization of Libraries, Museums and Astan Quds Razavi Documentation Center, noted, "This manuscript belongs to the 6th century AH and it is written by "Mohammad bin Mohammad bin Ahmad al-Naqib" in 544 AH.

Mohammad Reza Fazel Hashemi added, "This manuscript has 174 pages and is written in the 17-line page, and the late Fazel Khan endowed it to the library of Astan Quds Razavi in ​​1065 AH. In this edition, in addition to the full text of Nahj al- Balagha, in the end, there are explanations about the stamps of Imam Ali (AS) and the appreciation of Nahj al- Balagha.

He went on to say that the treasure of the manuscripts of Astan Quds Razavi contains over 750 exquisite manuscript and lithographs of Nahj al-Balagha with descriptions and margins, and translations.

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