Wadh.Minasian 97 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a translation of Qaṣīdah-'i Ashknavānīyah of ʿAmīd al-Mulk Fālī who was imprisoned in Ashknavān castle and composed the qasida for his son while in the same prison. Several commentaries have been written on this qasida, but no Persian translation was found of it.
Language(s): Persian
Poetry
Translator: Anonymous
Title: [Qaṣīdah-'i Ashknavānīyah]
Title: [قصیدهٔ اشکنوانیه]
Incipit: بسمله، من یبلغن حمامات ببطحاء / ممتعات بسلسال و خضراء / کیست که برساند پیغام مرا بکبوترهایی که در بطحاء هستند…
Explicit: … گناهان من بالنسبه بعفو او کمتر است از قطرهای که در کنار دریا باشد.
Colophon: بتاریخ شهر رمضان المبارک ۱۳۰۱ هجری.
Existing catalogues do not mention any translation of this qasida into Persian. It seems to be unique.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 174
Similar Copies in Other Libraries (Arabic copies only):
- MAJ 16/36
- MAL 5/370
- MNL 32/48
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues (Arabic copies only):
- DEN 8/214
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (plain), natural buff, regular thickness, one size, glossy; couplets in cinnabar; text and interpretation in black.
Extent: 44 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 17.5 × 10.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 11.5 × 6 cm.
Layout
11 lines per page
Hand(s)
Shikastah Nastaʿalīq, one hand, regular
Binding
Brown leather, 11.5×18.5, front + back cover, single layer of leather only
Decorated, tooled edges
Condition
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; Ramadhan 1301 AH; 1884 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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