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Biḥār al-Anwār
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Biḥār al-Anwār, the magnum opus of Muḥammad Bāqir al-Majlisī (d. 1037–1110 or 1111/1628–1698 or 1699), consisting of an encyclopaedic compendium of Shiʿi ḥadīth.

The full title of the work is Biḥār al-anwār al-jāmiʿa li durar akhbār al-aʾimma al-aṭhār. In 1070/1660, having completed his Muṣannafāt al-aṣḥāb, the author resolved to write this work, although 1072/1662 is the first date recorded in the work itself (103/25…

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Muti`, Mahdi and Translated by Farzin Negahban, “Biḥār al-Anwār”, in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Farhad Daftary. Consulted online on 06 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1875-9831_isla_COM_000000127>
First published online: 2015



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