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32 unnumbered pages (11 lines) bound ; 21.5 cm Gulshan-i rāz (The garden of mystery) is a 20th century text on the Nizari Ismaʻili belief system, written by Nadir Shah Kayani (circa 1897-circa 1971), a leader of the Ismaʻili community in Afghanistan. The title of this work deliberately echoes a celebrated Ismaʻili book of verse of the same name composed by Mahmud Shabistari in 1317. Nadir Shah's work is organized in 14 sections, each of which discusses a philosophical or religious topic such as nafs (the soul) or namaz (prayer). The first section, on tafakkur (the faculty of thought), is written as a commentary on a verse from the original Gulshan-i rāz. Kayani's leadership of the Ismaʻili community coincided with the reign of Muhammad Shah (Aga Khan III, 1877-1957). Much remains to be discovered about the Ismaʻili community of Afghanistan during this period. What is known is that Nadir Shah belonged to a family of Ismaʻili leaders based in the Kayan valley in northern Afghanistan. He was a prolific author who wrote both poetry and philosophical texts. The present work is a manuscript, most likely produced in Afghanistan. The script is nastaʻliq, written in black ink, 11 lines to the page, on a light-cream paper. The "third" in the title probably refers to Shabistari's original work as the first Gulshan-i rāz. The identity of the second Gulshan-i rāz is not clear; it could be a reference to the well-known commentary by Shams al-Din Lahiji, written in 1472-73. World Digital Library. Islamic topics in question and answer form, probabally written during early 20th century. az kalām-i ʻārif-i rabbānī Ḥaz̤rat Sayyid Nādir Shāh Kiyānī. از کلام عارف ربانى حضرت سيد نادر شاه کيانى. Manuscript. Nastalīq script; 11 lines in written area 21.5 x 14 cm. Paper is light cream; black ink. Probably written in Afghanistan. Also available in digital form. In Persian. Manuscripts, Persian Washington (D.C.) Afghanistan http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.16748 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/plmp.m165 2002341371 hdl:loc.wdl/wdl.16748 rda DLC 021217 20250606195456.6 13035946 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng