Wadh.Minasian 226 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: Ibn Khātūn, the translator, was a student of Shaykh Bahāʾī and one of the scholars of his time. He has been gaining knowledge in Shaykh Bahāʾī's lessons for years. When he arrived at the court of Sultan Quṭb Shāhī (died 1035 AH/1616), of the Quṭb Shāhī dynasty of India, he was commissioned to translate a book from Arabic to Persian, as were other scholars of his time. He therefore selected Shaykh Bahāʾī's Arbaʿīn for translation, a book containing 40 hadiths, and called it Tarjumah-'i Quṭb-i Shāhī upon completion.
Language(s): Persian
Hadith
Translator: Ibn Khātūn al-ʿĀmilī, Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī, active 17th century ابن خاتون عاملی، محمد علی، ۱۱ق/
Title: Tarjumah-'i Quṭb-i Shāhī
Title: ترجمهٔ قطب شاهی
Title: Tarjumah-'i Arbaʿīn
Title: ترجمهٔ اربعین
Incipit: بسمله، ای از تو حدیث معرفت را تبیین / وی ترجمهٔ وصف تو تنزیل مبین…
Explicit: … از مخفیات عالم فلکی سزاوار آنست که تصدیق نمایی آنجماعت… و بیده مفتاح الابواب و هانا اختم الکلام حامد الله علی التوفیق للاتمام.
Colophon: فرغ عنه فی تاسع عشر شهر شعبان المعظم سنه ۱۰۷۵. کتبه العبد الفقیر حاج حسن علی ابن المرحوم شیخ […]
This is one of the oldest copies of Tarjumah-'i Quṭb-i Shāhī.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 176
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MAJ 37/209
- NLI 3/147
- UTL 13/3267
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- COM 4/2277
- FAP 3208
Printed editions:
- Tehran, 1387 Shamsī/2009
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, varying thickness (thin, regular and thick), one size; rubricated titles, rubricated line above Quranic verses and hadiths.
Extent: 307 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 28 × 20 cm.
Dimensions (written): 17 × 11.5 cm.
Condition
Water damage.
Layout
17 lines per page
Hand(s)
Graceful Naskh, one hand, regular Ḥāj Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Shaykh [...] حاج حسن علی ابن شیخ […]
Additions: Oval stamp on the first and last folios: محمود الطباطبایی ۱۲۵۶ . Rectangualr, illegible stamp on f.2.
Binding
Lacquer, plain black with ruling and gilt decorative frame, 21×29 cm, front + back cover, double layer (lacquer + brown leather)
Condition
Cover edges corroded; head band and stitching in disarray
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 17 Shaʿbān 1075 AH; 1664 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
Record Sources
This record was created based on the information published in: Mir-Ansari, Ali, 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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