Wadh.Minasian 277 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: One of the most significant works on Arabic syntax which has commonly been used as a textbook in seminaries, and on which many commentaries have been written. The author wrote it for his brother, ʿAbd al-Ṣamad, and called the book Favāʾid Ṣamadīyah. Shaykh Bahāʿī wrote this book in 975 AH, at the age of 22. The content is divided into 5 'Ḥadīqah', as follows: 1) در مقدمات ; 2) در آنچه متعلق به اسم میباشد ; 3) در آنچه متعلق به افعال است ; 4) در جمل و توابع آن ; and 5) در مفردات .
Language(s): Arabic
Syntax
Title: al-Favāʾid Ṣamadīyah
Title: الفوائد صمدیه
Incipit: بسمله، احسن الکلام یبتدء بها الکلام و خیر… اما بعد فهذه فواید الصمدیه فی علم العربیه حوت من هذه الفن ما نفعه اعم و معرفته للمبتدئین اهم…
Explicit: … علی العاطف و الرط اسم بعده فعل الاختصاص الایجاب فلا یقال هل لم یقم بخلاف الهمزه نحو الم نشرح لک صدرک.
Colophon: تمت الکتاب بعون الملک الوهاب سنه ۱۲۴۵.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 690
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MAL 1/553-554
- NLI 3/3
- SEP 2/390
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 15/16
- DEN 7/1177
Printed editions:
- Qum, 1383 Shamsī/2004
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), dark buff, glossy; rubricated titles.
Extent: 24 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 20 × 15 cm.
Dimensions (written): 14 × 8 cm.
Condition
Copy contaminated by oil.
Layout
15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Naskh, one hand, regular
Additions: Oval stamp: عبده الراجی عباسعلی . Explanatory marginalia.
Binding
Light brown leather, 16×21 cm, front + back cover, single layer of leather only
Ruled, tooled edges
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1245 AH; 1830 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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