Wadh.Minasian 112 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
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Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Collection 14
A collection of two books on different subjects
Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 234 ff.Binding
Black leather, 22.5 × 18 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
1) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 843
Contents
Summary of Contents: This work is, in fact, a fatwa treatise on the provisions of cleanliness and prayers, with some very brief references to the reasons. It is presented in several books, containing principles and topics for Persian-speaking followers, for the use of the public, and in a fatwa style. The book has two 'techniques', the first to include several topics and the second to include two article, the first article containing 17 chapters.ff. 1b-139bLanguage(s): ArabicIslamic jurisprudence
Title: Murshid al-ʿavāmTitle: مرشد العوامIncipit: بسمله، حمدله، اما بعد چنین گوید اقل عبادالله ابوالقاسم بن الحسن الجیلانی این چند کلمهایست در بیان مسائل عبادات حسبالاقتضای جماعتی از برادران دینی مرقوم قلم شکسته رقم میگردد و آنرا مسمی کردیم بمرشد العوام بچند کتاب. کتاب الصلوه چون نماز افضل اعمال دینیه است…Explicit: … میفرماید خدای تبارک و تعالی من روا داشتم شهادت شما را و آمرزیدم برای او آنچه را میدانم از جمله چیزها که شما نمیدانید و بنابراین قبل از مردن و بعد از مردن هر دو می توان نوشت. تمام شد. اللهم اغفر… یا الرحم الراحمین.Colophon: کتبه ابن میر نظام الرضوی. ختم هذا الکتاب در یوم الثلثا سیزدهم شهر شوال المکرم سنه ۱۲۲۵.References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 843
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: Western paper (watermark), blue, pistachio, varying thickness (regular, thin, thick).Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 17 cm.Dimensions (written): 15 × 9.5 cm.Collation
ff. 1b-139bLayout
19 lines per page
Hand(s)
Graceful Naskh, one hand, regular hand. Ibn Mīr Niẓām al-Raz̤avī ابن میر نظام الرضوی
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
Additions: Short explanations of the text in the marginalia.History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13 Shavvāl 1225 AH; 1810 CE2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 70
Contents
Summary of Contents: This copy includes an introduction, and various parts and chapters which deal with explanatory and affirmative topics, giving an account of the principles of the religion of Islam, and two religious principles of the Shiite faith.ff. 139b-234bLanguage(s): PersianTitle: ʾUṣūl-i dīnTitle: اصول دینPrinciples of Islamic jurisprudence
Incipit: بسمله، حمدله، امّا بعد چنین گوید اقل عباد الله ابوالقاسم ابن الحسن الجیلانی که این چند کلمهای است در اصول… و این مشتمل است بر مقدمه و چند باب مقدمه بدان که اصول دین سه چیز است…Explicit: … بنا بر اقوی و مختص امام است و در زمان غیبت مقتضی اخبار اینست …||References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 70
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MAJ 45/225
- MNL 22/58
- UTL 8/189
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 2/182
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Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: Western paper (watermark), blue, varying thickness (regular, thin, thick), one size.Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 17 cm.Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 9.5 cm.Collation
ff. 139b-234bLayout
19 lines per page
Hand(s)
Graceful Naskh, several hands, regular hand
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1225 AH; 1810 CEAdditional Information
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.
Funding of Cataloguing
Wadham College (University of Oxford)
Key to Abbreviations
- ALZ: (الذریعه)
- FAW: (Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford - Minasian Collection)
- MAJ: (Library, Museum and Documentation Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly)
- MNL: (Mar'ashi Najafi Library)
- UTL: (Central Library of University of Tehran)
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