Wadh.Minasian 151 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
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Summary of Contents: This is a brief commentary on the Quran, initially written in 871 AH by Jalāl al-Dīn Maḥallī Shāfiʿī, covering the surah of Baqarah up to the surah of Asrāʾ. After him, due to the enthusiasm shown by people interested in it, Jalāl al-Dīn Suyūṭī completed and supplemented it following the same style, and added a commentary on the surah of Ḥamd.Language(s): ArabicQuran - commentary
Title: Tafsīr-i JalālaynTitle: تفسیر جلالینTitle: Tafsīr-i JalālīTitle: تفسیر جلالیIncipit: الحمدللّه جملة خبریة قصد بها الثناء علی الله بمضمونها من انه تعالی مالک لجمیع الحمد من الخلق او مستحق لان یحمدوه…Explicit: فان الناس یوسوسون ایضا بمعنی یلیق بهم فی الظاهر ثم تصل وسوستهم الی القلب و … بالطریق المؤدی الی ذلک والله تعالی اعلمColophon: … هذا التفسیر فی ۱۸ شهر ربیع الاول سنه ۱[…]۶۸…References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 197
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MAJ 26/106, 35/109
- NLI 10/112-113
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ARP 200
- DEN 3/127
Printed editions:
- Urmia, 1385 Shamsī/1965
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Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: Western paper (with watermark), natural buff, thin, thick, and normal thickness, one size.Extent: 1+376+1 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 20.5 × 13.5 cm.Dimensions (written): 18.5 × 11 cm.Condition
Many initial and final folios have had their edges mended.Layout
21 lines per page
Hand(s)
Graceful and cursive Naskh, several hands, normal size The copy begins in a graceful Naskh script, but its neatness diminishes as we proceed towards the end of the copy. The handwriting is of very low quality towards the end. The date of copying written at the end is damaged.
Decoration
Rubricated titles; Quranic verses in cinnabar; incipit has a gilt frontispiece; one-line decorative frame.
Additions: There are two ownership notes on the initial folio, of whcih one is wiped out. On f. 1a: قد تشرفت بهذا التفسیر الجلالی مشحونا بالدرر… و لا تنظروا الی رواءه خطه و کاتبه فی اشد العذاب مع سارق الکلام الملک الوهاب… الحاج میرزا محمد علی ابن المبرور الشهید الحاج میرزا بابا ابن محمد خان ابن اسمعیل خان فسایی… کنت متوطنا و متولدا فی قصبه اصطهبانات. حرره فی ۱۹ شهر ج ۲ سنه احدی و ثلثمائه بعد الالف ; on f. 376b: a note on ownership transfer; on the first final end leaf: prayers.Binding
Maroon leather, 14.5 × 21.5 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard
Gilt tooling (a medallion, two finials, and rectangular corner-pieces)
Condition
The cover and its decorations are damaged.History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 11th century AH; 17th century CE The second digit in the origin year is wiped out (hence, 1[...]68), but it appears to be ‘0’, in which case the origin year will be 1068 AH/1658.Provenance and Acquisition
Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Mīrzā Bābā ibn Muḥammad Khān ibn Ismaʿīl Khān Fasāyī میرزا محمد علی ابن میرزا بابا ابن محمد خان ابن اسمعیل خان فسایی
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)
Key to Abbreviations
- ARP: (فهرست کتابهای چاپی عربی)
- DEN: (فهرستواره دستنوشتههای ایران - دنا)
- FAW: (Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford - Minasian Collection)
- MAJ: (Library, Museum and Documentation Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly)
- NLI: (National Library of Iran)
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