Manuscript Sources
The Sharh Zubdat al-usul of Mazandarani is a well-copied work; there are numerous manuscripts available in the libraries of Iraq, Iran, India and elsewhere. I have retrieved references to 28 copies, but there are surely many more.
The manuscripts used in this edition (with their abbreviation used in the footnotes of the edition) are listed below, together with folio or page number (as used and marked by the cataloguist/librarian):KG1: Kashif al-Ghita3 Library, Najaf, no. 1370 (copy dated 1130/1717-18, pp. 418-420) KG2: Kashif al-Ghita3 Library, Najaf, no. 1189 (copy dated 1328/1910-11, pp. 336-341)
The Kashif al-Ghita3 Library manuscripts were retrieved from the image collection published by the library titled and published on a series of 72 CDs.
M1: Majlis-e Shura-ye Islami Library, Tehran, no. 2707 (copy dated 1103/1691-92, fols. 196r-198v)
M2: Majlis-e Shura-ye Islami Library, Tehran, no. 1170 (copy dated 1183/1769-70, pp. 272276)
M3: Majlis-e Shura-ye Islami Library, Tehran, no. 4292 (copy dated 1235/1819-20, fols. 136r-138r)
M4: Majlis-e Shura-ye Islami Library, Tehran, no. 3861 (copy dated 1308/1890-91, pp. 440-447)4
Figure 1.1 MS Kashif al-Ghita’, Najaf (#1370), p. 418
Figure 1.2 MS Kashif al-Ghita’, Najaf (#1189), p. 337

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