Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Wadh.Minasian 550 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection

Collection 79

A collection of two works.

Physical Description

Extent: 116 ff.

Binding

Brown leather, 13.5×21.5 cm, front + back cover, single layer of leather only.

Condition

Cover detached from the copy.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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

1) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 282

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".
ff. 1b-38a
Language(s): Arabic

Logic

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: … بل نرید بکونه جزء من العلم ان التصدیق بوجود الموضوع جزء منه و هذا الجواب مردود لان الشیخ الرئیس قد صرح فی الشفاء بان التصدیق بوجود الموضوع من المبادی التصدیقیه فلا یکون انه جزاعلی حده بل مندرجا فی المبادی التصدیقیه.
Colophon: تمت… فی عشرین من شهر ذیقعده الحرام سنه الف و سبعین من الهجرة النبویه.

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

  • FAW 282

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

On the Web:

Physical Description

Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, regular thickness.
Dimensions (leaf): 20.5 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 14 × 6 cm.

Collation

ff. 1b-38a

Condition

Water damage on folios.

Layout

20 lines per page

Hand(s)

Shikastah Nastaʿalīq, one hand, regular hand.

Decoration

Rubricated titles.

History

Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1660 AH; 1660 CE

2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 323

Contents

Summary of Contents: This is a gloss on a new commentary written by ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad Qūshchī on Tajrīd al-Kalām (of Khvājah Naṣīr). This gloss is written in honour of Sulṭān Abū al-Ghāzī Masʿūd, and the writer has tried to provide explanations for passages, resolve some issues, and answer some counterargument.
ff. 38b-116b
Language(s): Arabic

Kalām (Islamic Scholastic Theology)

Incipit: بسمله، قضایا منطقک خارجة عرض القیاس… اما بعد فیقول… حامد بن برهان بن ابی‌ذر الغفاری… و سمه الله بتجرید العلائق و جعله جامع الحقائق هذه حدائق الفووائد…
Explicit: … فلا یرد ما نقل عن بعض الفضلاء انه یجوز ان یکون التالی… ||

Current catalogues show that there are very few copies of this work available.

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

  • FAW 323

Similar Copies in Other Libraries:

  • NLI 17/387

Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:

  • DEN 4/534

Physical Description

Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, regular thickness.
Dimensions (leaf): 20.5 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 14 × 6 cm.

Collation

ff. 38b-116b

Condition

Water damage on folios.

Layout

20 lines per page

Hand(s)

Shikastah Nastaʿalīq, one hand, regular hand.

Decoration

Rubricated titles.

History

Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1660 AH; 1660 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)
  • NLI: (National Library of Iran)
  • UTL: (Central Library of University of Tehran)

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