Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Wadh.Minasian 261 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: In this treatise, Azharī has analysed the book ʾAlfīyah of Ibn Mālik Naḥvī (600-672 AH). He has analysed each of 1000 couplets of ʾAlfīyah, sentence by sentence.
Language(s): Arabic

Arabic syntax

Incipit: || … تفصیلاً مفعوله علی تقدیر مضاف الیه والتقدیر و هو بسبق جایز تفضیلی من اقامه السبب مقام السبب…
Explicit: … و هذا آخر ما اوردنا فی هذا الملحقهو الحمد لله رب العالمین.
Colophon: تمت الکتاب بعون الملک الوهاب سادس ۲۰۴ [؟] شهر صفر المظفر سنه ۱۱۱۶، تم تم تم تم تم تم تم.

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

  • FAW 183

Similar Copies in Other Libraries:

  • GIE 2/55
  • GIP 385
  • MAL 1/171
  • NLI 9/25

Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:

  • DEN 3/314

Printed editions:

  • Cairo, 1343 Shamsī/1924

Physical Description

Support: Oriental paper, natural buff, varying thickness (thin, regular and thick), one size, glossy. ⟨Edge mending and back bone mending of initial and final folios.⟩
Extent: 322 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 17.5 × 11.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 14 × 8 cm.

Layout

15 lines per page

Hand(s)

Cursive Naskh, one hand, relatively large

Decoration

Rubricated titles.

Additions: Note on f.322b: این کتاب مال محمد ابراهیم ابن مرحوم… .

Binding

Cardboard with cloth wrapper, 18.5 × 12.5 cm, front + back cover.

History

Origin: Unknown place of origin; Ṣafar 1116 AH; 1704 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

Entry to the Library is permitted upon presentation of a valid university ID card (for admissions procedures, please visit Wadham College Library, Persian Studies Section). Please Contact persian.library@wadham.ox.ac.ukfor further information on the availability of this manuscript.

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)
  • GIE: (Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Manuscripts)
  • GIP: (Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Photographed and Microfilmed Manuscripts)
  • MAL: (Malek National Museum and Library)
  • NLI: (National Library of Iran)

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