Wadh.Minasian 316 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection

Summary of Contents: This work is compiled from ethical topics and related instructions, and is composed in two volumes. The first volume is written at the time of Shāh ʿAbbās (1642-1666) and the second at the time of Shāh Solaymān (1666-1693). The author intended to create a work of 8 volumes (to correspond the number of the gates of paradise), but he passed away before completing it. His son, Muḥammad Shafīʿ, has later composed a third volume for the series. The first volume has an introduction and a part (the first Bāb). The introduction is about preaching, gathered under three topics. The first part, which is about the transitory world and its depravities, has three chapters, each containing several sections in turn. The second volume has a part (i.e. the second Bāb) and 8 sections. The scond part is about the human life, gathered under 5 topics.

Language(s): Persian

Ethics

Title: Abvāb al-jinān

Title: ابواب‌الجنان

Author: Vāʿiẓ Qazvīnī, Muḥammad Rafīʿ, 1617 or 1618-1678 or 1679‏ Vāʿiẓ Qazvīnī, Mīrzā Rafīʿ al-Dīn Muḥammad, died 1678 واعظ قزوینی، محمد رفیع واعظ قزوینی، میرزا رفیع‌الدین محمد، درگذشته ۱۰۸۹ قمری

Incipit: بهترین مقالی که سرخیل کاروان فنون محاورت تواند بود و خوشترین کلامی که بشادابی لالی کلماتش تیغ زبان بیانرا آبگیری تواند نمود حمپ ثنای یگانه‌ایست جلّ شأنه…

Explicit: … لله الحمد که سالک خامهٔ بیان براهنمایی تأیید ملک منّان مرحلهٔ باب اول را از مراحل ثمانیه کتاب ابواب‌الجنان که بتنهایی مجلدی می‌تواند بود پیموده بسر منزل انجام آن رسید امید… بمذاق خاطر مشکل‌پسندان روزگار سازگار… و گوارا گردانیده و توفیق اتمام باقی ابواب را بر وجه صواب کرامت فرماید.

Colophon: … قد وقع الفرغ عن تسوید هذه النسخه الشریفه المسمی بالبواب ‌الجنان… بمطابق سنه الف و ماتین ثلاثه و اربعون من الهجره النبویه. کتبه حقیر … علی اصقر [اصغر] ابن محمد […]. سنه ۱۲۴۳. شد بتوفیق خدای لا ینام / این کتاب روزی چهارشنبه تمام..

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

FAW 10

Similar copies in other libraries:

GIE, 2/5-6
GII, 3
MAL, 2/6-7
SEP, 3/30-31

Similar manuscripts listed in other catalogues:

FAM, 2/1518-1522
COM, 2/2210-2211
FAP, 1/145
ALZ, 1/76
DEN, 1/109

Printed editions:

Tehran, 1274, 1275, 1283, 1300, 1330, 1360 Hijrī AH
Tabriz, 1260, 1263, 1271 Hijrī AH
Lucknow, 1865

On the Web:

Digitized version of another copy of this work.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Western (watermark), natural buff, regular, one size; edge mending of initial and final folios.

Extent: 2 + 185 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 15 cm.

Dimensions (written): 14 × 10 cm.

Layout

20 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Cursive naskh, one hand, regular. ʿAlī Aṣghar ibn Muḥammad, 1243 Hijrī AH. علی اصغر ابن محمد، ۱۲۴۳ ق.

Decoration

Rubricated lines above some expressions.

Additions: First and second end papers, religious narratives and anecdotes.

Binding

Black leather, 16 × 22 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard / simple tooling (medallion + 2 half-medallions), ruled / back bone mending by leather.

Condition

Disruption in the head band and detachment of the copy from its cover; destroy in the cover's ornaments and edges

History

Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1243 AH; 1828 CE

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

Islamic ethics--Early works to 1800

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