Wadh.Minasian 102 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection

Summary of Contents: This work is authored on the most essential provisions of Islām, comprised of an introduction, four 'destinations', and a conclusion. According to Al-Ẕarīʿah 1/521, all of the ʿIbādāt [Acts of Worship] and some of the Makāsib [Transactions] are discussed in this treatise. The author was one of the Shīʿa figures of his age, having enjoyed the classes and teachings of a range of scholar, such as Vaḥīd Bihbahānī, Sayid Muḥsin Kāẓimaynī, and Baḥr al-ʿulūm in Iraq, and Mīrzā-yi Qumī and Mullā Muḥammad Mahdī Narāqī in Iran. He has written several works, including "Nukhbat al-Aḥādīs̱ fī al-Vaṣāyā", "al-Ishārāt al-Uṣūl", "Īqāz̤āt", "Shavāriʿ al-Hidāyah", and "Risālah dar manāsik-i ḥajj".

Language(s): Persian

Islamic Jurisprudence

Title: Irshād al-mustarshidīn fī maʿrafat al-z̤arūrī min aḥkām al-dīn

Title: ارشاد المسترشدین فی معرفة الضروری من احکام الدین

Author: ‎Kirbāsī, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, 1766 or 1767-1844‏ ‎Karbāsī Khurāsānī Kākhī Iṣfahānī, Muḥammad Ibrāhīm bin Muḥammad Ḥasan, 1180-1262 AH/1766-1846‏ کرباسی، محمد بن ابراهیم کرباسی خراسانی کاخی اصفهانی، محمد ابراهیم بن محمد حسن (۱۱۸۰-۱۲۶۲ق/۱۷۶۶-۱۸۴۶)‏

Incipit: بسمله، حمدله، امّا بعد چنین گوید خادم علوم دینیه و مستفیض اسرار شرعیه ابن محمد حسن الخراسانی محمد ابراهیم… که این رساله‌ایست در معرفه ضروری احکام دین مبین مسمّی بارشاد المسترشدین… و مشتمل است بر مقدمه و چهار و خاتمه…

Explicit: … اظهر تعیین علاوه نمودن غسل باب و کافور است و احوط علاوه نمودن تیمم است بدل از متعذّر و اگر متعذّر یکغسل باشد…||

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References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

FAW 59

Similar copies in other libraries:

MNL, 2/133-134, 12/34
SEP, 1/545-547
AQR, 2/130
MAJ, 17/53
TCL, 2/24

Similar manuscripts listed in other catalogues:

ALZ, 1/520-521
DEN, 1/690
RAY, 3/354

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Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Western paper, natural buff, varying thickness (thin and regular), one size, glossy.

Extent: 1+172 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 20 × 14 cm.

Dimensions (written): 14.5 × 8.5 cm.

Layout

17 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Calligraphic Naskh, fairly large hand, one hand.

Decoration

Frontispiece (gilt, azure, cinnabar, white), triple ruling (gilt, black), single decorative frame (black); edge mending of initial folios.

Rubricated titles. Rubricated lines above Quranic verses and hadiths.

Additions: ‌Note on f. 1a: the copy's price in Rupees.

Binding

Black leather, 21 × 15 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard.

Dyeing illumination (medallion and two half-medallions); corner and back bone mending by leather.

History

Origin: 13th century AH; 19th century CE ; Iṣfahān

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

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.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Key to bibliographical abbreviations of alternative versions:

Libraries:

AQR: Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi; FAW: Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford (Minasian Collection); GIE: Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Manuscripts; GIP: Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Photographed and Microfilmed Manuscripts; GUL: Library of Ayatollah Gulpayigani; MAJ: Library, Museum and Documentation Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly; MAL: Malek National Museum and Library; MNL: Mar'ashi Najafi Library; NLI: National Library of Iran; SEP: Sepahsalar (Shahid Motahari) Mosque and School of Tehran; TCL: Tabriz Central Public Library; UTL: Central Library of University of Tehran;

Catalogues:

ALZ: الذریعه; ARP: فهرست کتاب‌های چاپی عربی; COM: فهرست مشترک نسخه‌های خطی فارسی; DEN: فهرستواره دست‌نوشته‌های ایران (دنا); FAM: فهرست نسخه‌های خطی فارسی; FAP: فهرست کتاب‌های چاپی فارسی; FIH: فهرستواره کتاب‌های فارسی; KAS: کشف الظنون عن اسامی الکتب و الفنون; RAY: ریحانة الادب فی تراجمِ المعروفین بالکنیة او اللّقب; TAB: طبقات اعلام الشیعه.

Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World