Wadh.Minasian 571 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: A treatise on Manṭiq and Kalām in Arabic. Taftāzānī completed its writing in Rajab 789. The original title, according to its introduction, has been غایة تهذیب الکلام فی تحریر المنطق و الکلام . Tahẕīb al-Manṭiq wa-al-Kalām is nearly a complete and brief course of Islamic logic and scholastic theology, a textbook whose prose style shows Taftāzānī's literary skills and his competency in delivering educational content. Taftāzānī has tried to make this work attractive while writing it in a simple and concise style. In his introduction, he states he has written the treatise to educate, inform, and guide the knowledge seekers, his son in particular. Tahẕīb al-Manṭiq wa-al-Kalām includes two parts: Manṭiq, known as Tahẕīb al-Manṭiq, and Kalām, known as Tahẕīb al-Kalām, which have also been used independently. Tahẕīb al-Manṭiq includes an introduction, two 'destinations' (sections) in 14 chapters, and a conclusion. Tahẕīb al-Kalām is in fact an abridged version of Taftāzānī's other work, المقاصد فی علم الکلام , which includes discussions on General Matters and Theology, in a vein appealing to the scholastic system of the followers of Sunnah.
ff. 163b-176b
Language(s): Arabic
Logic
Title: تهذیب المنطق والکلام
Incipit: الحمدلله الذی هدانا سواء الطریق و جعل لنا التوفیق خبر رفیق و الصلوة علی من ارسله هدی هو بالاهتداء حقیق و نورا به الاقتداء یلیق و علی آله و اصحابه… و بعد فهذا غایة تهذیب الکلام فی تحریر المنطق و الکلام و تقریب المرام و تقریر عقائد الاسلام…
Explicit: والتحدید ای فعل الحد والبرهان ای طریق الی الوقوف علی الحق والعمل به و هذا بالمقاصد اشبه.
Colophon: تمت الکتاب تحریرا فی تاریخ خمسه عشر شهر رمضان المبارک… سمت تحریر یافت سنه ۱۰۴۹ کتبه الفقیر حجةالله الحسینی، تم تم تم تم تم تم. مرکب بد و خاطر افکار بود / نوشتن خط خوب دشوار بود. الکاتب، حجه الله سنه ۱۰۴۹.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 571
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- GIE 2/57
- MAL 4/793
- MNL 2/162
- NLI 18/23
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ARP 230
- DEN 3/473
Printed editions:
- Tehran, 1361 Shamsī/1982
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Oriental paper, natural buff, regular thickness, one size, glossy.
Extent: 28 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 10 cm.
Dimensions (written): 10 × 4 cm.
Layout
6 lines per page
Hand(s)
Calligraphic Nastaʿalīq, regular, one hand; annotated (Nastaʿalīq and Shikastah Nastaʿalīq) marginalia. حسینی، حجه الله Ḥusaynī, Ḥujjat Allāh
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
Additions: Notes on f.28b: Logical comments and tables.
Binding
No binding.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1049 AH; 1639 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
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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