Wadh.Minasian 626 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Collection 97
A collection of two works
Physical Description
Extent: 59 ff.
Binding
Black leather, 19.5 × 13 cm, front + back cover, single layer of leather only
Condition
Cover detached from the copy; head band and stitching in disarray
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
1) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 186
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a well-known text on the morphology of Arabic language, known also as "Sharḥ-i Taṣrīf", "al-ʿIzzá fī al-Taṣrīf" and "al-Taṣrīf al-ʿIzzá". The work has received attention and respect from scholars and scientists throughout centuries, and has been used as a textbook for the students of Islamic sciences for years. Several commentaries, appendices, and translations have been written for or about this work. There would be few, if any, libraries in the world which lack a copy of "al-Taṣrīf" or "Sharḥ-i Taṣrīf" of Zanjānī.
ff. 1a-5a
Arabic language--Morphology
Language(s): Arabic
Title: al-ʿIzzá fī al-taṣrīf
Title: العزی فی التصریف
Title: al-Taṣrīf al-ʿizzá
Title: التصریف العزی
Title: al-Taṣrīf
Title: التصریف
Incipit: || … والقلب و یدخل الجازم فلیسقط العین اذا سکن ما بعده… اذا تحرک فتقول لم بصین…
Explicit: … بالکسر للنوع من الفعل تقول هو حسن الطعمة والجلسة والقعدة والوحدة و الرحمة.
Colophon: فرغ من تسوید هذه الرسالة الموسومة بالتصریف المنسوبة الی الشیخ ابی الفضایل عبدالوهاب ابن ابراهیم ابن عبدالوهاب الزجاجی تحریر شد. سنه ۱۲۲۳.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 186
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MAL 1/139-140
- NLI 12/21
- UTL 17/463
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 12/47
- DEN 3/7
Printed editions:
- Tehran, 1343 AH/1925
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff and blue, regular thickness, one size;
Dimensions (leaf): 18.5 × 12 cm.
Dimensions (written): 10 × 6 cm.
Collation
ff. 1a-5a
Layout
15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿalīq, one hand, regular
Additions: Illegibel, oval stamp.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1223 AH; 1809 CE
2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 552
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a brief commentary on the Shavāhid of al-Bahjat al-Marz̤īyah fī sharḥ al-ʾAlfīyah of Jalāl al-Dīn Suyūṭī. This commentary includes all 'shavāhid' of that work, whether or not they had been included in the Sharḥ-i shavāhid of Maḥmūd ibn Aḥmad ʿAynī (855 AH) entitled Farāʾid al-Qalāʾid. Ardabīlī provides a Persian translation after each Shāhid and mentions its position.
ff. 5b-59b
Language(s): Persian
Syntax
Title: شرح شواهد البهجة المرضیة
Title: Shavāhid-i Suyūṭī
Title: شواهد سیوطی
Incipit: بسمله، این کلمات چندی است که نوشته میشود در توضیح ابیاتی که در شرح سیوطی اعم از آنکه صاحب فراید ذکر کرده باشد آن ابیات را نکرده باشد…
Explicit: … چنین گوید اقل العباد نظامالدین بن ملااحمد اردبیلی که چون بعضی از طلبه خصوصاً ترکان از فهمیدن شواهد عربی اظهار عجز نمودند که اگر شواهد فارسی نوشته شود میتواند بود فهذا فقیر… باین امر قیام نموده چون فارسی را لفظ بلفظ بکلمات عربی سنجیدن اشکالی دارد بنابراین اگر سهوی و غلطی یافته امیدوار است که قلم عفو بر او کشیده از سهو و خطایی که شده درگذرند.
Colophon: تمت بتاریخ یوم الاربعا ۲۳ شهر ربیع الثانی ۱۲۲۴.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 552
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MNL 7/224
- NLI 14/129
- SEP 5/260
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 13/339
- DEN 6/810
Printed editions:
- Tehran, 1267 AH/1850
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (plain), blue and plain dark buff, regular thickness, one size, glossy.
Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 12 cm.
Dimensions (written): 14 × 6 cm.
Collation
ff. 5b-59b
Layout
11 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Naskh and Nastaʿalīq, three hands, regular hand
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1224 AH; 1809 CE
Additional 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)
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