Wadh.Minasian 335 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a brief commentary on the Quran attributed to Imām Ḥasan ʿAskarī (AS), including interpretations of the two Suras of Fātiḥat al-Kitāb and Baqarah. Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Daffāq quotes from Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad and Abū Muḥammad Jaʿfar ibn Aḥmad, both quoting from Abū Yaʿqūb and Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad Sayyār, who said that their fathers were Shiites living under the ruling of Ḥasan ibn Zayd ʿAlavī, nicknamed as Dāʿī ila al-Ḥaq, in Astarābād. As Ḥasan ibn Zayd ʿAlavī treated his opponents rigorously, they fleed with their families and presented themselves to Imām Ḥasan ʿAskarī. He welcomed them, and presented them a commentary on the Quran which included some information on the family of Muḥammad (SA). This book is that commentary. A Persian translation of this work was lithographed in 1320 AH (1902) in Mumbai under the title "Jawāhir al-Īmān fī Tafsīr al-Qurʾān".
Language(s): Arabic
Quran Commnetary
Title: Tafsīr-i Imām Ḥasan ʿAskarī
Title: تفسیر امام حسن عسکری
Incipit: بسمله، حمدله، قال محمد بن علی بن محمد بن جعفر بن دقاق حدثنی الشیخان الفقیهان ابوالحسن محمد بن احمد بن علی عن الحسن بن شاذان و ابومحمد جعفر بن محمد بن علی القمی…
Explicit: … و لا تکتموا الشهاده و من یکتمها فانه اثم قلبه یعنی کافر قلبه.
Colophon: هذا اخر ما بعد من تفسیر الامام ابی محمد الحسن بن علی العسکری… انا الکاتب لهذه الاوراق یوسف ابن محمد… بعد قد فرغ من تسوید هذا الکتاب و اتمامه عصر یوم الاربعاء ثامن عشرین من شهر المحرم الحرام سنه الف و مائتین و ست خمسین من الهجره النبویه و ان کان الشروع فیه قبل هذا العام یعشره سنین… تم تم تم تم.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 195
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MAJ 11/255
- MAL 1/147
- MNL 2/71
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 4/285
- ARP 2/1612
- DEN 3/122
Printed editions:
- Tehran, 1392 Shamsī/2013
On the Web:
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, regular thickness, one size, glossy; rubricated lines above pieces of information.
Extent: 228 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 15 cm.
Dimensions (written): 14 × 9 cm.
Layout
16 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿalīq, one hand, relatively small. Yūsif ibn Muḥammad یوسف ابن محمد
Additions: Notes on f. 1a: handwriting exercises by «میرزا نظرعلی و میرزا رضاقلی در ۱۳ شهر ربیعالاخر سنه ۱۲۴۶» . Birth notes on f. 228b related to the years 1223, 1247, 1252, 1255, 1258, 1262, 1264, 1266, 1269, and 1272 AH.
Binding
Light brown leather, 16 × 12 cm, front + back cover; decorated and lined, tooled edges.
Condition
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 28 Muḥarram 1256 AH; 1 April 1840 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
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
- ALZ:
- ARP:
- DEN:
- FAW:
- MAJ:
- MAL:
- MNL:
Please fill out your details.