Wadh.Minasian 540 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: This treatise is prepared to provide the pilgrimage customs of holy places and several pilgrimage prayer texts. The compiler firstly presents the instructions and customs for religious journeys, and continues to unfold, in his multiple chapters, many (pilgrimage) prayer texts for every holy place, with their specific customs, recommended praises and salavats, and required oaths. The book has been written in 1085 AH/1675.
Language(s): Persian
Prayers
Title: Tuḥfat al-zāʾir
Title: تحفة الزائر
Incipit: || (Missing the list of contents and the first folio) … این رساله را مسمّی گردانید به تحفه الزائر و مرتب داشت بر مقدمه و دوازده باب و خاتمه. امّا المقدمه…
Explicit: (The text continues to the end of chapter 4 on the practices of Al-Sahla Mosque) هر دو روز یا سه روز باین مسجد میآید و با کسی سخن نمیگوید پس پرسید که شما گمان دارید که کی باشد گفتیم گمان ما آنست که خضر باشد گفت والله که من …
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 161
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MAJ 5/40
- UTL 14/3849
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 3/438
- DEN 2/954
Printed editions:
- Tehran, 1314 AH/1897
Physical Description
Support: Oriental paper, natural buff, varying thickness (regular and thick), one size, glossy.
Extent: 88 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 12 × 6 cm.
Condition
Layout
14 lines per page
Hand(s)
Graceful cursive Naskh, several hands, regular
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
Binding
Pasteboard (marbled paper sides), 13×19.5 cm
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th century 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)
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