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.
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
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
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 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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