Endnotes

1 Usual references for his life are al-Khwansari, Rawdat al-jannat (Tehran, 1392/1972), v. 7, pp. 127-146 and al-Tunikabuni, Qisas al-‘ulama’ (Tehran, 1364Sh/1985), pp. 131-132. A full chronology of Mirza Muhammad’s life and adventures remains a desideratum in the field.

2 He records his birthdate as “Monday, 21st Dhu l-Qa'da ^*1p” - corresponding to 1178AH (equiv­

alent to 12th May 1765). See Akhbari, Sahifat al-safa’, fol. 256r (Majlis-e Shura-ye Islami Library, Tehran, MS #9487).

3 Muhammad Husayn Kashif al-Ghita’, al-‘Abaqat al-‘anbariyya (Beirut, 1418/1998), p. 185.

4 There exists an uncritical edition (which appears to be a straightforward transcription of a manuscript) published in 1342/1923-24) in Najaf: in this edition, the work reaches 187 pages. After Kumail Rajani and Nebil Husayn completed the critical edition printed here, the Manshurat Dar al-Husayn in Karbala published a new typeset of the 1923-24 Najaf edition and added a few references. That edition reaches 317 pages, with an introduction and notes.

5 Agha Buzurg al-Tihrani, al-Kiram al-barara (Beirut, 1430/2009), p. 205.

6 Agha Buzurg al-Tihrani, al-Dharfa ila tasanif al-Shda (Beirut, 1403/1983), v. 16, p. 105 #133. The bibliographical database Fihristwareh-ye dastnawishthay-e Iran (vol. 7, pp. 860-861) lists 16 manuscripts of this work housed in different libraries of Iran.

7 Al-'Amili, Sharh al-bidaya fi Ilm al-diraya (Qum, 1390Sh/2011), pp. 29-30; al-'Amili, Muntaqa l-juman (Qum, 1362Sh/1983), pp. 2-3.

8 Al-Sharif al-Murtada, al-Dharfa ila usul al-sharda (Tehran, 1348Sh/1969), pp. 517-562; Ibn Idris al- Hilli, al-Sara’ir (Qum, 1410/1989), v. 1, p. 47.

9 Al-Kulayni, al-Kafi (Tehran, 1407/1986), v. 8, p. 390.

10 Al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, pp. 162-163; Ibn Babawayh al-Saduq, al-Tawhid (Qum, 1398/1977), pp. 410-411.

11 Al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v.

12 Qur’an 76:3.

13 Qur’an 41:17.

14 Al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 163; Ibn Babawayh al-SadUq, al-Tawhid, p. 411. For the exegetical gloss of fa-hadaynahum as bayyanna lahum, see al-Qummi, Tafsir al-Qummi (Qum, 1404/1983), v. 1, p. 360.

15 Qur’an 90:10.

16 Al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 163; Ibn Babawayh al-SadUq, al-Tawhid, p. 411.

17 Al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, pp. 164-165.

18 Al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 177. For a close variant, see al-Himyari, Qurb al-isnad (Qum, 1413/1992), p. 351. The author adds the gloss 'ala l-umma.

19 Al-Barqi, al-Mahasin (Qum, 1371/1951), v. 1, p. 236; al-Saffar al-Qummi, Basa’ir al-darajat (Qum, 1404/1983), p. 347; al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 178; Ibn Babawayh al-SadUq, Kamal al-din (Tehran, 1395/1975), pp. 203-204.

20 Al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, pp. 181-183; Ibn Babawayh al-SadUq, Kamal al-din, p. 411.

21 Al-Saffar, Basa’ir al-darajat, p. 26; al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 183.

22 Ibn Babawayh al-SadUq, Kamal al-din, p. 302; For a close variant, see al-Qummi, Tafsir al-Qummi, v. 1, p. 359; al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 339.

23 Ibn Babawayh al-SadUq, Kamal al-din, p. 122.

24 Al-^cAmili, Ma'alim al-din (Qum, 1374/1954), p. 197; al-Sharif al-Murtada, Rasa'll al-Murtada (Qum, 1405/1984), v. 1, pp. 3-96.

25 Al-Sharif al-Murtada, Rasa'il al-Murtada, v. 3, pp. 312-313.

26 Al-Barqi, al-Mahasin, v. 1, p. 195; al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 23; v. 8, p. 268.

27 Al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 23; v. 8, p. 268. The hadith of the Prophet and al-Sadiq’s statement appear together as a single report in al-Kafi.

28 Al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, pp. 172-173.

29 Al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 65.

30 Al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 65.

31 Qur’an 59:7; Al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, pp. 63-64.

32 Al-Barqi, al-Mahasin, v. 1, p. 206; al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 43; Ibn Babawayh al-SadUq, al-Amali (Teh­ran, 1376Sh/1998), p. 507.

33 Al-Barqi, al-Mahasin, v. 2, pp. 299-300.

34 Al-^cAyyashi, Tafsir al-'Ayyashi (Tehran, 1380/1960), v. 1, pp. 12-13; Ibn Babawayh al-SadUq, al-Khisal (Qum, 1362Sh/1984), p. 358.

35 Al-Barqi, al-Mahasin, v. 2, p. 335: al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, pp. 65-66.

36 Al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 66.

37 Al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 67.

38 Qutb al-Din al-Rawandi, al-Khara’ij wa-l-jara’ih (Qum, 1409/1988), v. 2, p. 902; al-TUsi, Kitab al-ghayba (Qum, 1411/1990), pp. 378-379. This passage [55-56] is missing in B. There are also several discrep­ancies in A. See A, fols. 5v-6r.

39 Al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 58.

40 Al-Barqi, al-Mahasin, v. 1, p. 146.

41 Al-Barqi, al-Mahasin, v. 1, p. 213; al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 58.

42 Al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 57.

43 Al-^cAyyashi, Tafsir al-'Ayyashi, v. 1, p. 168; al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, v. 8, pp. 117-118.

44 Ibn Babawayh al-SadUq, 'Uyun akhbar al-Rida (Tehran, 1378/1958), v. 2, pp. 21-22.