Wadh.Minasian 235 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Collection 26
A collection of two related works on logic.
Physical Description
Extent: 115 ff.
Binding
Brown leather, 11.5×26 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard.
Branded with gold (medallion + two half-medallion + corner-pieces at two corners).
Condition
Damage to the decoration; edge mending, corner mending, and back bone mending by leather.
History
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".
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
1) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 150
Contents
ff. 1b-74b
Language(s): Arabic
Logic
Title: Sharḥ-i Shamsīyah-i Quṭbī
Title: شرح شمسیه قطبی
Incipit: بسمله، ان ابهی درر تنظم ببنان البیان و ازهر زهر تنشر فی اردان الاذهان حمد مبدع انطق الموجودات بایات وجوب وجوده و شکر منعم اغرق المخلوقات… و بعد فقد طال الحاح المشتغلین علی المترددین الی ان اشرح لهم الرساله الشمسیه و ابین فیه القواعد المنطقیه… 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 والقلم… 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 والثانیه فی القضایا و احکامها والثالثه فی القیاس و امّا الخاتمه ففی مواد الاقیسه و اجزاء العلوم…
Explicit: … الموضوعات الموجوده فی الخارج و ان عینتم به ان الایجاب یستدعی مطلق الوجود فالسالبه… یستدعی مطلق الوجود لان المحکوم علیه لابد ان یکون… ||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 150
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MNL 12/196
- NLI 13/385
- SEP 4/153
- UTL 9/907, 11/943
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- DEN 6/698
- KAS 2/1063
Physical Description
Support: Oriental paper, natural buff, regular thickness, one size, glossy.
Dimensions (leaf): 25 × 15.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 17 × 9 cm.
Collation
ff. 1b-74b
Hand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿalīq, one hand, regular.
Additions: Rectangular stamp on f.1b: …عبدالرحیم… .
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 12-13th century AH; 18-19th century CE
2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 281
Contents
ff. 75b-115b
Language(s): Arabic
Logic
Title: Ḥāshīyah-'i Sharīfī
Title: حاشیهٔ شریفی
Title: Ḥāshīyah-'i kūchak
Title: حاشیهٔ کوچک
Incipit: بسمله، قوله و رتبته علی مقدمه و ثلاث مقالات و خاتمه، قوله هکذا وجد عبراه المتن فی کثیر من النسخ و الصواب انّ لفظ ثلث ههنا زیادت وقعت سهوا من القلم الناسخ یدلّ علی ذلک…
Explicit: … من اللفظ و ذلک انَما یکون بالوضع لانّ الدلاله للفظ بعقلیه او… لیست بمعتبره کما مرّت الیه الاشاره فلذلک قال من حیث وضع… ||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 281
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MAJ 14/147
- NLI 11/24
- UTL 17/115
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 3/388
- DEN 4/51
- KAS 1063
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Physical Description
Support: Oriental paper, natural buff, regular thickness, one size, glossy; The expression قال و اقول written in cinnabar; rubriacted line above some expressions.
Dimensions (leaf): 25 × 15.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 17 × 9 cm.
Collation
ff. 75b-115a
Condition
Water damage on some folios.
Layout
13 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive calligraphic Nastaʿalīq, one hand, regular hand.
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
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Wadham College (University of Oxford)
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