Wadh.Minasian 220 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection

Summary of Contents: The principles of Islamic jurisprudence are compiled in this work with an argumentative and comprehensive methodology in two volumes: volume 1, on "mabādī-i lughavīyah va mabāḥis̱-i ʾalfāẓ" , and volume 2, on "adillah-'i ʿaqlīyah va sharʿīyah" .

Language(s): Arabic

Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence

Title: Ishārāt al-ʾuṣūl

Title: اشارات الاصول

Author: ‎‎‎Kirbāsī, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm,‏ ‎1766 or 1767-1844‏ ‎Karbāsī Khurāsānī Kākhī Iṣfahānī, Muḥammad Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad Ḥasan, 1262 AH/1846 کرباسی، محمد ابن ابراهیم، ۱۷۶۶ یا ۱۷۶۷-۱۸۴۴ کرباسی خراسانی کاخی اصفهانی، محمد ابراهیم بن محمد حسن، ۱۲۶۲ق/۱۸۴۶م

Incipit: بسمله، المنهج العاشر فی ادله الشرعیه و فیه مطالب. مقدمه تشتمل علی امور الاول الدلیل الغه فعیل بمعنی فاعل و عند الفقها کما فی النهایه و فیه نظر ما یمکن ان یتوصی…

Explicit: … وصلات الدنیا بل عن التوبه و الانابه و ابتلی بعملی و ایدی الاحیه عنّی منقطعه اعوذ بالله سبحانه منه و من امثاله

Colophon: در روز سه‌شنبه اجزاء آخر این کتاب بدست محمد کدکنی تمام شد فی تاریخ شهر ذیحجه الحرام ۱۲۷۹.

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

FAW 67

Similar copies in other libraries:

MAJ, 28/43
MNL, 5/34
UTL, 16/677

Similar manuscripts listed in other catalogues:

ALZ, 2/97
DEN, 1/837

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Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, varying thickness (thin, regular, thick), glossy. Papers of the first part of the copy are older. The last folio is missing and its content is rewritten by another scribe.

Extent: 232 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 30 × 19.5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 20.5 × 11 cm.

Layout

32 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Graceful Nastaʿaliq and cursive Naskh, two hands, regular hand. Titles are blank. Kadkanī, Muḥammad کدکنی، محمد Muḥammad Kadkanī is the scribe of the copy's second part, but there is no name of the first part's scribe. The first part is older.

Decoration

Rubricated titles.

Additions: ‌Note about the comparision on the last folio: بلغت تصحیح هذه النسخه الشریفه مع بعض اخوانه حتی فرغت من تصحیح مع… آقا سید محمد… فی لیله العاشر من شهر شوال المکرم سنه ۱۲۸۱ . There is a second note on the last folio from a religious student called Shaykh Ḥasan Qumī in 1282, who points out to his studentship in Iṣfahan.

Binding

Black leather, 20 × 31 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard.

Simple tooling (medallion and 4 half-medallion).

Condition

Damage to the cover's decoration.

History

Origin: 1279 AH; The first part is older. 1862 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.

Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World