Wadh.Minasian 307 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

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Summary of Contents: This is one of the masnavis of Haft Awrang of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jamī. It includes an introduction on monotheism, praise, and the cause of writing, followed by forty 'ʿAqd' (sections) comprised of ethical and mystical topics, narratives, and prayers in 2700 verses, and a conclusion.
Language(s): Persian

Poetry

Author: Jāmī, 1414-1492 جامی، ۱۴۱۴-۱۴۹۲ Jāmī, Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān bin Aḥmad, 1414-1493 جامی، نورالدین عبدالرحمن بن احمد، ۸۱۷-۸۹۸ق/۱۴۱۴-۱۴۹۳
Title: Subḥat al-abrār
Title: سبحة الابرار
Incipit: || …نظرانرا بآن کاری و نه کامل خردانرا از آن اعتباری چون مقالات مستان همه بیهوده…
Explicit: … ختم الله لنا بالحسنی / همو مولانا نعم المولا
Colophon: تم الکتاب… فی عشر الاواخر من رمضان المبارک سنه خمس و الف…

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

  • FAW 462

Similar Copies in Other Libraries:

  • MAJ 37/49
  • MNL 29/584
  • UTL 2/325

Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:

  • ALZ 12/126
  • DEN 6/28

Printed editions:

  • Tehran, 1313 AH/1895

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, varying thickness (regular, thick), one size, glossy.
Extent: 61 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 20.5 × 13 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15 × 8 cm.

Condition

Oil damage

Layout

14 lines in two columns per page

Hand(s)

Cursive Nastaʿalīq, one hand, regular

Decoration

Rubricated titles and signs.

Additions: Oval stamp: عبده… الحسینی

Binding

Maroon leather, 14×21 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard

Ruled, tooled edges

Condition

Head band and stitching in disarray

History

Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1050 AH; 1640 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).

Availability

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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)
  • MAJ: (Library, Museum and Documentation Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly)
  • MNL: (Mar'ashi Najafi Library)
  • UTL: (Central Library of University of Tehran)

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