Wadh.Minasian 152 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection

Summary of Contents: This is one of the most important works in logic in the Persian language. The author has compiled his work in 642 AH/1244 based on his own experiences in logic as well as citations from great logical philosophers. The work contains intricate points on logical issues that are unseen in the works of predecessors. The work is compiled in 9 "articles" on the following topics: (1) Madkhal-i manṭiq (Īsaghūjī); (2) Dar maqūlāt-i ʿushr (Qāṭīghūrīyās); (3) Dar ʿibārāt (Bārī armīnās); (4) Dar qīyās (Anuluṭīqāy-i avval); (5) Dar burhān (Anuluṭīqāy-i duvvum); (6) Dar jadal (Ṭūbīqā); (7) Dar mughāliṭah (Sūfasṭīqā); (8) Dar khaṭābat (Riṭurīqā); and (9) Dar Shiʿr (Biṭurīqā). Each of these articles is divided into smaller parts.

Language(s): Persian

Logic

Title: Asās al-iqtibās

Title: اساس الاقتباس

Author: ‎‎‎Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 ‎Ṭūsī, Khvājah Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan (11 Jumādī al-Ūlā 597-672 AH/1200-1274), 1201-1274 طوسی، نصیر الدین محمد بن محمد طوسی، خواجه نصیرالدین محمد بن محمد بن الحسن (۱۱ جمادی‌الاولی ۵۹۷-۶۷۲ ق/۱۲۰۰-۱۲۷۴)‏ Abū Jaʿfar ابوجعفر

Incipit: بسمله، رب زدنی علما خداوندا متعلمان حکمترا بالهام حقّ‌ و تلقین صدق و توفیق خیر موید گردان… تا نهایات مقاصد ایشان جز حلول در جوار احدیّت و وصول بجناب عزّت سرمدیّت نباشد و ذلک فضل الله یوتیه من یشاء. محرر این کتاب گوید… در تحریر این مجموع شروع کرده آمد بر عزم آنکه طرفی صالح از آنچه از اهل منطق درین فن استفاده کرده است… و چون این علم بنسبت با دیگر علوم خاصه با اقسام حکمت بمثابه قاعده و بنیاد است این مجموعه را باساس الاقتباس موسوم کرد…

Explicit: … و از جهت آنک علمی مفرد متکفل بیان این معانیست در این کتاب اقصار برین قدر کفایه بود و چون آنچه در صدر کتاب وعده داده بودیم باینجا رسید سخن قطع کنیم و ما توفیقی الا بالله… علی رسول الله محمد و آله اجمعین.

Colophon: تمام شد این کتاب بتاریخ سیم ماه ربیع الاول سنه ۱۰۵۸.

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

FAW 61

Similar copies in other libraries:

MNL, 17/67
MAJ, 2/352, 9/2, 10/4, 14/155, 164, 24/127

Similar manuscripts listed in other catalogues:

COM, 2/922
FAM, 2/1492

Printed editions:

Tehran, 1326, 1355, 1361, 1376 Hijrī Shamsī

On the Web:

Digitized version of another copy of this work.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Western paper (plain and watermark) and oriental paper, natural buff and blue, varying thickness (thin, regular and thick), one size. Oriental papers glossy.

Extent: 393 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 26 × 13.5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 19 × 7.5 cm.

Layout

22 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Cursive, graceful Naskh, regular hand, several hands; some titles and tables are blank.

Decoration

Rubricated titles; logical tables in black and red.

Additions: ‌ f. 1a Oval, illegible stamp on f. 393a.

Binding

Black leather, 27 × 14 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard.

Simple tooling (medallion + two half-medallions), triangular overhang on the back cover.

Condition

Decorations erased; back bone mending by leather.

History

Origin: 1058 AH; 1648 CE ; Unknown place of origin

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.

Funding of Cataloguing

Wadham College (University of Oxford)

Subjects

Logic

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