Wadh.Minasian 702 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
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Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Collection 105
A collection of two works
Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 48 ff.Binding
Brown leather, 22 × 16 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard
Ruled, tooled edges
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
1) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 847
Contents
Summary of Contents: Shaykh Ḥusaynʿalī Tūysirkānī (died 1286 AH) was a jurisprudent, Islamic methodist, and a famous scholar and mujtahid of his time in Iṣfahān. He has several works on jurisprudence, principles of Islam etc. which are listed in al-Ẕarīʿah. This work is a brief treatise about the rules of washing, praying and fasting, in several chapters each in several sections. This work is not listed in al-Ẕarīʿah.ff. 1b-49bLanguage(s): PersianIslamic jurisprudence
Author: Tūysirkānī, Ḥusaynʿalī ibn Nawrūz ʿAlī, -1286 AH/1870 تویسرکانی، حسینعلی بن نوروز علی، -۱۲۸۶ق/۱۸۷۰Title: Masāʾl-i SharʿīyahTitle: مسائل شرعیهIncipit: بسمله، حمدله، بعد چنین گوید… حسینعلی تویسرکانی که این مختصری است در مهمات احکام و مسایل شرعیه… و آن مشتمل بر چند باب و هر بابی مشتمل است بر چند مقصد…Explicit: … بنا بر احوط و اقوی و سایر کفارات را بتفصیل در کشف الاسرار ذکر کردهایم. والله الهادی و الصواب.Colophon: تمت الرساله فی عشرین شهر صفر المظفر من شهور سنه ۱۲۷۴…According to the existing catalogues, only one copy exists of this work kept in the National Library of Iran. The current copy is ten years older than that copy, and has been scribed twelve years before the death of the author, possibly by the author himslef.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 847
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- NLI 5/16638
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- DEN 9/489
- RZJ 8/224
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: Western paper (watermark), buff, regular thickness, one size, glossy.Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 15 cm.Dimensions (written): 14 × 9 cm.Collation
ff. 1b-49bLayout
18 lines per page
Hand(s)
Graceful Naskh, one hand, regular
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
Additions: Explanatory notesHistory
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1274 AH; 1858 CE2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 181
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a treatise on the translation and interpretation of the prayer and its rules, that should be respected while saying a prayer (Namāz).ff. 43a-48bLanguage(s): PersianIslamic jurisprudence
Author: AnonymousTitle: [Tarjumah va tafsīr-i ṣalāt]Title: [ترجمه و تفسیر صلوة]Incipit: بسمله، حمدله، اما بعد، این رسالهایست در ترجمه و تفسیر صلوة و بندی از احکام تا آنکه نمازگزار تا در وقت بجا آوردن متذکر معنی آن بشود…Explicit: … و از عذابهای روز قیامت و شداید آن روز. این آخر آنچه در نظر بود از برای عوام نوشته شد. الحمد لله اولاً… بعون الله تعالی.Colophon: تمت الکتاب بعون الله تعالی بعون بید اقل الطلبه محمد کاظم الکرونی سهشنبه ۶ ذی الحجه.No similar copy was found in the existing catalogues.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 181
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: Western paper (watermark), buff, regular thickness, one size, glossy; rubricated titles.Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 15 cm.Dimensions (written): 15 × 9 cm.Collation
ff. 43a-48bLayout
20 lines per page
Hand(s)
Graceful Naskh, one hand, regular hand Karvanī, Muḥammad Kāẓim کرونی، محمد کاظم
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th century CEAdditional 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
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Funding of Cataloguing
Wadham College (University of Oxford)
Key to Abbreviations
- DEN: (فهرستواره دستنوشتههای ایران - دنا)
- FAW: (Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford - Minasian Collection)
- NLI: (National Library of Iran)
- RZJ: (روضات الجنات فی احوال العلماء و السادات)
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