''Tafsīr al Burhān'' is an
exegesis
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on the
Quran
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written by the
Zaydi
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Imam
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Genealogy
# Imam Ali al-Murtada
# Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba
# Zayd
# al-Hasan
# Ali
# Abdullah
# Ahmad
# Abdullah
# Muhammad
# Isa ...
in the 11th century. The book is still in existence in manuscript.
[Abū al-Fatḥ al-Daylamī']
2nd entry
on Brill Encyclopedia of Islam
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by Muhaqqeq, Simin; Poor, Daryoush Mohammad
References
Shia tafsir
Zaydi literature
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