Wadh.Minasian 80 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Collection 9
A collection of 10 books on different subjects
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 253 ff.
Binding
Light brown leather, 12 × 20 cm, front + back cover, single layer of leather only.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
1) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 329
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a commentary on Sharḥ-i Tajrīd. He had originally written a comprehensive commentary called Rīyāz̤ al-Quds, but admitting it may have been too tiresome for readers to complete, he prepared a selection of Rīyāz̤ al-Quds in 1037 AH. He applies some ideas from the works of Fārābī, Ibn Sīnā, Bahmanyār, and Suhrivardī in this commentary, as would Mashāʾīyān, Kalāmīyān, and Ishrāqīyān do.
ff. 1a-79b
Language(s): Arabic
Kalām (Islamic Scholastic Theology)
Title: حاشیة شرح التجرید
Title: Ḥāshīyat Sharḥ al-Tajrīd
Incipit: بسمله، و به نستعین عونک یا واجبات الحیات و ملهم الخیرات… فیقول افقر عبادالله الی رحمه ربه الغنی احمد بن زین العابدین العلوی… انی قد علقت فی سالف الزمان علی ما علقه الفاضل الربانی شمس‌الدین محمد الخفری علی الهیات کتاب التجرید من تعلیقات… و لما کانت موسومه بریاض القدس فسمیتها بعد تلخیصها بحظیره الانس من ارکان ریاض القدس… و کان الشروع فی ذلک فی اوایل شهر الله المعظم ذی الحجه الحرام سنه سبع و ثلثین بعد الالف من هجره…
Explicit: … والمفروض خلافه و علی الاول انه کان قد احتاج الی مرجح آخر فامّا ان یلزم… ||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 329
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MAJ 16/305
- UTL 3/249
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 11/334
- DEN 4/665
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Western paper, natural buff, regular thickness, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 19.5 × 12 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 8.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 1a-79b
Layout
16 lines per page
Hand(s)
Graceful Naskh, regular hand, one hand. Anonymous.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th century CE
2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 149
Contents
Summary of Contents: al-Shamsīyah fī al-Qawāʾid al-Manṭiqīyah is a work on logic written by Najm al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn ʿUmar Katibī Qazvīnī (died 693 AH/1294). There have been numerous commentaries written on this work, the most well-known of which being "Taḥrīr al-Qawāʿid al-Manṭiqīyah fī Sharḥ al-Risālat al-Shamsīyah" written by Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Rāzī Buvayhī", known as "Quṭb-i Rāzī" (694-766 AH, 1294-1364). On this work itself, two famous glosses have been written: first, a brief gloss on the introduction and preface of Quṭb-i Rāzī's work, called "Ḥāshīyat al-Muqaddamah Taḥrīr al-Qawāʻid al-Manṭiqīyah fī Sharḥ Risālat al-Shamsīyah" written by Burhān al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Kamāl al-Dīn Ḥamīd; and second, a more comprehensive gloss on the full content of Quṭb-i Rāzī's work, called "al-Ḥāshīyat ʿalá Taḥrīr al-Qawāʻid al-Manṭiqīyah" written by Mīr Sayyid Sharīf Jurjānī (740-816 AH/1339-1413). During the same century (i.e. 9th Hijrī AH/15th), ʿImād al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyá Fārisī wrote a supergloss on the work of Mīr Sayyid Sharīf Jurjānī and called it Ḥāshīyah Ḥāshīyah ʿalá Taḥrīr al-Qawāʻid al-Manṭiqīyah, known simply as "Ḥāshīyah-i ʿImād". The current copy is "Taḥrīr al-Qavāʿid al-Manṭiqīyah fī Sharḥ al-Rasālah al-Shamsīyah" of Quṭb-i Rāzī.
ff. 80a-87b
Language(s): Arabic
Logic
Title: Sharḥ-i Shamsīyah-i Quṭbī
Title: شرح شمسیه قطبی
Incipit: ||… قد تبین لدی برهانه لعلمی بانّ العلم فی هذه العصر… و تقریرات شائقه تعجب استماعها الاذان و سمّیته بتحریر القواعد المنطقیه فی شرح الرساله الشمسیه و خدمت به عالی حضرت… و هو المخدوم الاعظم و دستور اعاظم الوزراء فی العالم صاحب سیف و القلم… قال و رتبته علی مقدمه و ثلث مقالات و خاتمه… امّا المقدمه ففیه بحثان الاول فی ماهیه المنطق و بیان الحاجه الیه و الثانی فی موضوعه… و امّا لمقالات فثلث فاوّلها فی المفردات و الثانیه فی القضایا و احکامها و الثالثه فی القیاس و امّا الخاتمه ففی مواد الاقیسه و اجزاء العلوم…
Explicit: … کقولنا کل انسان حیوان فاذن یکون بینهما عموم و خصوص من وجه و علی هذا فقس المحصورات الباقیه… لمّا عرفت مفهوم موجبه الکلیه امکنک ان تعرف… ||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 149
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- GIE 2/41
- GIP 61/61
- NLI 8/343, 374, 9/68, 100
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 3/388
- ARP 164
- DEN 2/858
Printed editions:
- Tehran, 1300 AH/1883
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Western paper, natural buff, regular thickness, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 19.5 × 12 cm.
Dimensions (written): 13 × 7.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 80a-87b
Layout
15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Graceful cursive Naskh, regular hand, one hand. Anonymous.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 12-13th century AH; 18-19th century CE
3) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 336
Contents
Summary of Contents: A treatise in Islamic philosophy. Title and author are unknown as incipit and explicit are defective.
ff. 88a-95b
Language(s): Arabic
Islamic philosophy
Title: [Ḥikmat]
Title: [حکمت]
Incipit: ||… منا فیه للوحدة بالذات عما یعرضه الکثرة لا یعرضه الوجود من حیث یعرضه الوجود…
Explicit: … بکلام تعلیل آخر و انما یکون ذلک التعلیل…جزءه غیر ملایم لانه راجع الی ان الواجب… ||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 336
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Western paper, natural buff, regular thickness, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 19.5 × 12 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15 × 7 cm.
Collation
ff. 88a-95b
Layout
21 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Naskh, one hand. Anonymous.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 12th century AH; 18th century CE
4) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 337
Contents
Summary of Contents: A treatise in Islamic philosophy. Title and author are unknown as incipit and explicit are defective.
ff. 96a-101b
Language(s): Arabic
Islamic philosophy
Title: [Ḥikmat]
Title: [حکمت]
Incipit: ||… الالهی هو الذی یبحث فیه عن الانساب الاولی للموجود الطبیعی و التعلیمی…
Explicit: … ان یکون الموضوع للعلم المبحوث عن احواله فی المطالب مطلوب الوجود فیه… ||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 337
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Western paper, natural buff, regular thickness, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 19.5 × 12 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15 × 7 cm.
Collation
ff. 96a-101b
Layout
21 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Naskh, one hand. Anonymous.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 12th century AH; 18th century CE
5) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 774
Contents
Summary of Contents: A treatise in Kalām (Islamic Scholastic Theology). Title and author are unknown.
ff. 102a-106b
Language(s): Arabic
Kalām (Islamic Scholastic Theology)
Title: [Kalām]
Title: [کلام]
Incipit: ||… الشرعیه لایحسن اقول نعم یمکن…
Explicit: … فی بعض الصور فلا یکون اشتقاق اذ لا یکون اصاله و فرعیه. ||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 774
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Western paper, natural buff, varying thickness (thin and regular), one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 19.5 × 12 cm.
Dimensions (written): 13 × 7 cm.
Collation
ff. 102a-106b
Layout
21 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿalīq, regular hand, one hand. Anonymous.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 12th century AH; 18th century CE
6) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 338
Contents
Summary of Contents: A treatise in Islamic philosophy. Title and author are unknown as incipit and explicit are defective.
ff. 107a-127b
Language(s): Arabic
Islamic philosophy
Title: [Ḥikmat]
Title: [حکمت]
Incipit: ||… و یقول المصدق به عند هولا و ان کان بالحقیقة هو النسبة فقط لکن لما توقف…
Explicit: … ان التجرد واجب الثبوت للذات نظر الی الذات کانت الذات… ||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 338
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Western paper, natural buff, regular thickness, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 19.5 × 12 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15 × 7 cm.
Collation
ff. 107a-127b
Layout
21 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Naskh, one hand. Anonymous.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 12th century AH; 18th century CE
7) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 335
Contents
Summary of Contents: A treatise in Islamic philosophy. Title and author are unknown as incipit and explicit are defective.
ff. 128a-135b
Language(s): Arabic
Islamic philosophy
Title: [Ḥikmat]
Title: [حکمت]
Incipit: ||… العقول الفعاله لا یکون لها الوهم فلا یکون الوهمیات الادراک انما هو للنفس و لیس للحاسه الا الاحساس…
Explicit: … صورة الشیی کما له الاول و کیفیة کما له الثانی فی… و الصور الاشد و لا تضعف و اذا اشتدت الکیفیة… ||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 335
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Western paper, natural buff, varying thickness (thin and regular), one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 19.5 × 12 cm.
Dimensions (written): 13 × 7.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 128a-135b
Layout
29 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿalīq, regular hand, one hand. Anonymous.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 12th century AH; 18th century CE
8) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 89
Contents
Summary of Contents: This work contains a thousand answers to the queries about the duties for Islamic prayer (Ṣalāh), prepared in an introduction, three chapters, and a conclusion. The introduction is on "al-Ṣalāt al-Wājibah", the first chapter on "al-Muqaddamāt", the second chapter on "al-Muqārināt", and the third chapter on "al-Munāfīyāt",... Of the famous commentaries written on this work, one may refer to a book called "Sharḥ-i Alfīyat al-Shahīd" by Muḥaqqig Karakī.
ff. 136a-178b
Language(s): Arabic
Principles of Islamic jurisprudence
Title: al-Alfīyat al-Shahīd
Title: الالفیة الشهید
Title: al-Alfīyat fī al-Fiqh
Title: الالفیة فی الفقه
Incipit: بسمله، حمدله، اما بعد، فهذه رساله وجیزه فی فرض الصلوه اجابه لالتماس من طاعه حتم و اسعافه غنم والله المستعان و هی مرتبه علی مقدمه و فصول ثلثه و خاتمه. اما المقدمه فالصلوه الواجبه افعال المعهوده…
Explicit: … العالم بها ما لم یستوعب الاحتراق و لو اطلق القضاء علی صلوة الطواف… و کذا… ||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 89
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- GIE 2/19
- GIP 36-37
- MAJ 10/280
- MNL 1/53
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 2/296, 6/22-26, 13/107-114
- ARP 84
- DEN 2/115
- TAB 8/205
Printed editions:
- Tehran, 1271, 1308, 1312 AH
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Oriental paper, natural buff, varying thickness (thin, regular), one size. ⟨Edge mending of initial and terminal folios.⟩
Dimensions (leaf): 19.5 × 12 cm.
Dimensions (written): 9 × 6.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 136a-178b
Layout
7 lines per page
Hand(s)
Calligraphic Naskh, large hand, one hand. Anonymous.
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
Additions: Birth note on f. 136b: 1242 AH.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 12th century AH; 18th century CE
9) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 615
Contents
Summary of Contents: In the Minasian collection, there are a number of manuscripts under the generic title of [Ṣarf va Naḥv]. The subject of all of these copies is the grammar of Arabic language, but their titles and authors are unknown due to various reasons, including the missing of their opening or ending folios.
ff. 179a-234b
Language(s): Arabic
Arabic language--Grammar
Title: [Ṣarf va Naḥv]
Title: [صرف و نحو]
Incipit: ||… بل هی لحضر ما نفسها لابد و الی فی الهن السابع…
Explicit: … و اما ما بتاء التانیث مذکور الترخیم فیه و بهذا عوامل آخر… ||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 615
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Western paper, natural buff, varying thickness (thin, regular), one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 19.5 × 12 cm.
Dimensions (written): 13.5 × 8 cm.
Collation
ff. 179a-234b
Layout
23 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿalīq, regular hand, two hands. Anonymous.
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th century CE
10) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 278
Contents
Summary of Contents: Lāhījī first wrote a comprehensive commentary on the topics of Sharḥ-i Jadīd of Qūshchī on Tajrīd al-ʿAqāyid of Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭusī, and then summerised it as this work in order to prevent people hating its prolongation. This commentary has "Qawlahū, Qawlahū" [= said...said] titles on the topics of Jawāhir wa ʾIʿrāz̤ [= principles and laterals].
ff. 235a-253b
Language(s): Arabic
Kalām (Islamic Scholastic Theology)
Title: حاشیة شرح التجرید الجدید
Title: Ḥāshiyah Razzāqīyah
Title: حاشیة رزّاقیه
Incipit: بسمله، یا من تقدس ذلته عن مشابهة الجواهر و الاعراض و تنزه فعله عن مقابلة غرض و العوض… فیقول… عبدالرزاق لاهیجی… انی کنت شرحت فیما مضی فی تعلیق حواشی مباحث جواهر الشرح الجدید للتجرید…
Explicit: … قائما بذاته فی الوجود الکلی و قائما بالموضوع فی الوجود الاصلی فیما لا محاله… فی استحاله.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 278
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MNL 15/65
- NLI 7/37, 13/463
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 6/115
- DEN 4/150-249
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Western paper, natural buff, regular thickness, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 19.5 × 12 cm.
Dimensions (written): 11.5 × 5.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 235a-253b
Layout
22 lines per page
Hand(s)
Graceful Naskh, regular hand, one hand. Anonymous. Titles are unwritten.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th 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).
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