Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Wadh.Minasian 764 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection

Collection 108

A collection of three works

Physical Description

Extent: 114 ff.

Binding

Green leather, 15 × 22 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard.

Condition

The cover is newly built.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.

1) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 464

Contents

Summary of Contents: In this work, under the impression of the number seven having sacred properties, seven sessions are prepared under the names of the seven days of the week. In each session, the author writes some content related to the day, including some ethical narratives and hadiths, and historical stories about prophets. At the beginning of each session, there are a Quranic verse and a hadith appropriate for the day on which a discussion is presented, followed by a narrative having the number seven mentioned somewhere as well as some supplementary ethical preachments and customs.
ff. 1a-57a
Language(s): Arabic

Ethics

Incipit: ||… و الکوفه و الرابع العراق و الشام و الخراسان الی بلخ و الخامس الروم و ارمنیه…
Explicit: … ثم قال الله تعالی لجبرئیل قل لمحمد هل ترید منی الدیه فقال الرسول نعم الدیه تکون امتی والله اعلم تمت الرساله بعون الله تعالی.

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

  • FAW 464

Similar Copies in Other Libraries:

  • MAJ 24/121
  • MAL 5/243
  • MNL 14/168

Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:

  • DEN 6/37
  • KAS 2/20

Printed editions:

  • Cairo, 1429 AH/2008

On the Web:

Physical Description

Support: Western paper (plain), dark buff, thick, one size; rubricated titles.
Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 14 cm.
Dimensions (written): 16 × 10 cm.

Collation

ff. 1a-57a

Condition

Water damage on some folios; book mending at some folio edges.

Layout

20 lines per page

ff. 1a-57a

Hand(s)

Naskh, one hand, regular. Anonymous.

Additions: Contains marginalia.

History

Origin: Unknown place of origin; 11-12th century AH; 17-18th century CE

2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 113

Contents

Summary of Contents: The author says that the work is a collection of whimsical hadiths, delicate points and references, and playful narratives, which are taken from various works such as Kutub al-tāj, and put together in a number of sessions.
ff. 57b-114b
Language(s): Arabic

Hadith

Incipit: بسمله، حمدله، صلواه، قال الشیخ الامام المصنف زینه الائمه زین الواعظین… سلیمان بن داوود النسفی… اودعت فی هذا جملا و جوامعا من صناعه المذکرین مشتملا علی وعد الله و اوردت فیه من الاحادیث الغریبه و النکاة اللطیفه و الاشارة الظریفه… و سمیته کتاب بهجه الانوار من خفیات الاسرار استنبطه من اخرجت کتب الکثیره مثل کتاب التاج و اللطایف و المواید… و اخذت من النکاه ظرایفها و من الاشاراه طرایفها و کل لفظ استحسنه بالفارسیه کتبته کذالک تبرکا بالفاظ المشایخ الکبار… مجلس فی قوله تع و لقد خلقنا الانسان…
Explicit: … یعرفون اهل الجنه یوم القیمه قال النبی… بآثار و ضوئهم لانه علی ای موضع بلغ ما ماء الوضوء ففی یوم القیمه ضوء مثل القیمه لیله البدر.

According to available catalogues, the copies of this work are very limited in number.

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

  • FAW 113

Similar Copies in Other Libraries:

  • UTL 16/369

Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:

  • ALZ 3/160
  • DEN 2/548

Physical Description

Support: Western paper (watermark), dark buff, thick, one size; rubricated titles.
Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 14 cm.
Dimensions (written): 16 × 10 cm.

Collation

ff. 57b-114b

Condition

Water damage on some folios; book mending at some folio edges.

Layout

20 lines per page

ff. 57b-114b

Hand(s)

Cursive Naskh, one hand, regular. Anonymous.

Additions: Note on end paper 2; dispersed hadiths.

History

Origin: Unknown place of origin; 11-12th century AH; 17-18th century CE

Additional Information

Record Sources

This record was created by Dr Mohammad Emami based on the information published in the Persian catalogue by Dr Ali Mir-Ansari (Catalogue of the Persian and Arabic Manuscripts in the Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford (Minasian Collection), Tehran: Miras-e Maktoob, 2016).

Availability

Entry to the Library is permitted upon presentation of a valid university ID card (for admissions procedures, please visit Wadham College Library, Persian Studies Section). Please Contact persian.library@wadham.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Funding of Cataloguing

Wadham College (University of Oxford)

Key to Abbreviations

  • ALZ: (الذریعه)
  • DEN: (فهرستواره دست‌نوشته‌های ایران - دنا)
  • FAW: (Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford - Minasian Collection)
  • KAS: (کشف‌الظنون عن اسامی الکتب والفنون)
  • MAJ: (Library, Museum and Documentation Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly)
  • MAL: (Malek National Museum and Library)
  • MNL: (Mar'ashi Najafi Library)
  • UTL: (Central Library of University of Tehran)

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