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Tuḥfat al-abrÄr fÄ« manÄqib al-aʾimma al-aá¹hÄr
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Ê¿ImÄd al-DÄ«n ṬabarÄ« (fl. 2nd half 7th/13th cent.) was a ShÄ«Ê¿Ä« religious scholar. Little is known about his personal life, just that he was born in ṬabaristÄn (todayâs MÄzandarÄn) and that he was from the generation after Naṣīr al-DÄ«n ṬūsÄ« (d. 672/1274). It is not known with whom he studied or when he left his region of origin. What we do know, is that he lived until 667/1268â9 in BurÅ«jird, that in 671/1272â3 he was a resident of Qum, and that in 672/1273â4, BahÄʾ al-DÄ«n al-JuwaynÄ« (d. 683/1284)âthen chancellor of the exchequer under the Mongol ruler AbÄqÄ KhÄn (d. 680/1282)âsent him to Isfahan to polemicise against the enemies of the ShÄ«Ê¿a. He is the author of some 18 works, ten of which are on Imamism, the doctrine on which Twelver ShÄ«Ê¿ism is founded. The Persian Tuḥfat al-abrÄr is one of these, published here for the very first time.