Wadh.Minasian 325 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Collection 39
A collection of 8 books on different subjects
Physical Description
Extent: 148 ff.
Binding
Black leather, 12 × 18 cm, front + back cover, single layer of leather only
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
1) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 188
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a well-known text on the morphology of Arabic language, known also as "Sharḥ-i Taṣrīf", "al-ʿIzzá fī al-Taṣrīf" and "al-Taṣrīf al-ʿIzzá". The work has received attention and respect from scholars and scientists throughout centuries, and has been used as a textbook for the students of Islamic sciences. Several commentaries, appendices, and translations have been written for or about this work. There would be few, if any, libraries in the world which lack a copy of "al-Taṣrīf" or "Sharḥ-i Taṣrīf" of Zanjānī.
ff. 1b-35b
Arabic language--Morphology
Language(s): Arabic
Title: al-ʿIzzá fī al-taṣrīf
Title: العزی فی التصریف
Title: al-Taṣrīf al-ʿizzá
Title: التصریف العزی
Title: al-Taṣrīf
Title: التصریف
Incipit: بسمله، حمد له، اعلم ان التصریف فی اللغه التغییر و فی الصناعة تحویل الاصل الواحد الی امثلة مختلفة لمعان مقصودة لا تحصل الا بها…
Explicit: … من الفعل کقول حسن الطعمة و الجلسة و الرکبة.
Colophon: تمت بالخیر فی سنة الف و مائتان و ست و خمسون بعد الهجرة النبویه المصطفویه سنة ۱۲۵۶.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 188
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MAL 1/139-140
- NLI 12/21
- UTL 17/463
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 12/47
- DEN 3/7
Printed editions:
- Tehran, 1343 AH/1925
On the Web:
Physical Description
Support: Blue, mixed thickness (regular, thick), glossy
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 11 cm.
Dimensions (written): 10 × 6 cm.
Collation
ff. 1b-35b
Layout
8 lines per page
Hand(s)
Graceful Naskh, large hand, one hand Mīrzā Muḥammad ibn Mīrzā Iskandar میرزا محمد بن میرزا اسکندر The scribe's name is given in the second work within the same manuscript which is written with the same handwriting.
Additions: Miscellaneous notes on end leaves 1 and 2.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1256 AH; 1840 CE
2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 620
Contents
Summary of Contents: In the Minasian collection, there are a number of manuscripts under the generic title of [Ṣarf va Naḥv]. The subject of all of these copies is the grammar of Arabic language, but their titles and authors are unknown due to various reasons, including the missing of their opening or ending folios.
ff. 37b-51a
Language(s): Persian
Arabic language--Grammar
Title: [Ṣarf va Naḥv]
Title: [صرف و نحو]
Incipit: بسمله، حمدله، بدان که اسدک الله تعالی فی دارین که جمله…
Explicit: … بالف قلب کردند مران شد التقاء ساکنین شد میان یا و نون تنوین یا را حذف کردند مرا شد.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 620
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), blue, mixed thickness (regular, thick)
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 11 cm.
Dimensions (written): 12.5 × 7 cm.
Collation
ff. 37b-51a
Layout
12 lines per page
Hand(s)
Graceful Naskh, fairly large hand, one hand Mīrzā Muḥammad ibn Mīrzā Iskandar میرزا محمد بن میرزا اسکندر
Additions: Explanatory notes in marginalia.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1256 AH; 1840 CE
3) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 559
Contents
A treatise.
ff. 52b-73a
Language(s): Arabic
Arabic language--Syntax
Title: شرح العوامل المائة فی النحو
Incipit: بسمله نحمدک یا علیم علیما الهمتنا علیه من الطریق المستقیم و نشکرک یا کریم… و بعد قال المؤلف رحمة‌الله علیه و رضی عنه العوامل جمع العامل و العوامل ما یرفع او ینصب…
Explicit: فهذا الذی ذکرناه علی فهم المبتدی فاطلب المام فی جامع الکلام والله تعالی هم و الملک العلام و الصلوه و السلام علی سید الانام محمد علیه التحیه و السلام.
Colophon: تمه الکتاب… فی سادس عشر شهر ذیقعده الحرام بجهه فرزند گرام میرزا محمد ولد میرزا ابوالقاسم بن میرزا عبدالرضا قزوینی تحریر یافته شد سنه ۱۲۵۱.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 559
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MAJ 34/20, 42/58
On the Web:
Physical Description
Support: Blue, mixed thickness (regular, thick), one size
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 11 cm.
Dimensions (written): 11 × 6 cm.
Collation
ff. 52b-73a
Layout
13 lines per page
Hand(s)
Graceful Naskh, regular hand, one hand
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1251 AH; 1836 CE
4) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 142
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a brief treatise on the rules of Arabic orthoepy (Tajweed), compiled in several chapters.
ff. 74b-108b
Language(s): Persian
Arabic orthoepy (Tajweed)
Title: Tajwīd al-Qurʾān al-Karīm
Title: تجوید القرآن الکریم
Incipit: بسمله، حمدله، صلوه، امّا بعد یقول اقلّ خلق الله… ابن حاجی محمد طاهر محمد زمان تبریزی… بفرمایش یکی از صاحبان صادق… چند کلمهٔ در علم تجوید… که دانستن آن بر کافّهٔ اهل ایمان لازم است… بقلم آورده که مبتدی را تبصره و منتهی را تذکره حاصل شود… فصل بدانکه عمدهٔ ارکان ایمان نمازست که الصلوه عمود الدین…
Explicit: … و در یازده سوره تهلیل را علاوه بر تکبیر کرده‌اند و آن یازده سوره این است زلزله… ناس و بعضی تحمید را اضافه نموده‌اند باین نحو ادا نمایند الله اکبر… و لله الحمد.
Colophon: تمت الکتاب التجوید بجهه فرزندی امر میرزا محمد بن ابوالقاسم بن عبدالرضا بن میرزا کاظم قزوینی تحریر یافته شد. سنه ۱۲۵۵.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 142
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MNL 15/255, 22/250
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 3/367
- DEN 2/828
- FAP 1/1191
On the Web:
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), blue, mixed thickness (regular, thick), one size
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 11 cm.
Dimensions (written): 12 × 6 cm.
Collation
ff. 74b-108b
Layout
11 lines per page
Hand(s)
Calligraphic Naskh, fairly large hand, one hand Ordered by Mīrzā Muḥammad Qazvīnī.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1255 AH; 1840 CE
5) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 609
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a treatise on the questions around ritual purity (Ṭahārah) and prayer (Ṣalāh) in Islam, extracted by the author from "Maṣābīḥ al-Qulūb" of Mīr Muḥammad Ḥusayn Iṣfahanī.
ff. 110b-125a
Language(s): Persian
Islamic jurisprudence and rituals
Title: Ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm
Title: صراط المستقیم
Incipit: بسمله، حمدله، چنین گوید محمد ابراهیم ابن محمد علی اصفهانی که این رساله‌ایست در بیان بعضی از مسائل اصول و فروع و آنرا مسمی نمودیم بصراط المستقیم و بدانکه آنچه در این رساله نوشته‌ام از مسائل طهارت و صلاة از مصابیح القلوب مولانا حاج میر محمد حسین اصفهانی بیرون آورده‌ام…
Explicit: … بعد از آن سر بر می‌دارد و مینشیند و بار دیگر… باین طریق که اشهد ان لا اله… رحمة الله و برکاته.
There is no sign of this work in any of the available catalogues. It appears to be unique.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 609
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (plain and watermark), blue, mixed thickness (regular, thick)
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 11 cm.
Dimensions (written): 10 × 6 cm.
Collation
ff. 110b-125a
Layout
15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Shikastah Nastaʿalīq, regular hand, one hand
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th Century CE
6) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 32
Contents
Summary of Contents: In Minasian collection, there are 19 manuscripts under the generic title of Adʿīyah [Prayers]. The reason is that their individual titles have remained unknown for different reasons, including defective incipits and explicits.
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), blue, thick, one size
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 11 cm.
Dimensions (written): 12.5 × 6.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 126b-133b
Layout
12 lines per page
Hand(s)
Naskh, regular hand, one hand
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th Century CE
7) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 339
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a brief treatise on some various medical topics, including nutrition.
ff. 134b-142a
Language(s): Persian
Medicine
Title: [حکمت در گفتار جالینوس]
Incipit: بسمله، حکمت از گفتار جالینوس و جاماسب میباشد. اما باید آدم از چهار چیز نکند اول از بسیار خوردن دویم از…
Explicit: … بعد دانهٔ فلفل پنج دانه صبح و پنج دانه عصر.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 339
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), blue, mixed thickness (regular, thick), one size
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 11 cm.
Dimensions (written): 12 × 6.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 134b-142a
Layout
12 lines per page
Hand(s)
Shikastah Nastaʿalīq, regular hand, one hand
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th Century CE
8) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 895
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a versified liturgy composed on the basis of Shiite thoughts. This liturgy has about one hundred and twenty couplets and is attributed to Ghazālī Mashhadī.
ff. 143b-148b
Language(s): Persian
Poetry
Title: Munājāt'nāmah
Title: مناجات‌نامه
Incipit: بسمله، خدایا بزرگی سزاوار تست/که لوح و قلم نقش پرگار تست…
Explicit: … هزاران درود و هزاران سلام/ز ما بر محمد علیه‌السلام.
Colophon: بجهه نورچشمی میرزا محمد ابن میرزا اسکندر تحریر شد سنه ۱۲۵۶.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 895
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), blue, mixed thickness (regular, thick), glossy
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 11 cm.
Dimensions (written): 10 × 6 cm.
Collation
ff. 143b-148b
Layout
12 lines per page
Hand(s)
Shikastah Nastaʿalīq, regular hand, one hand
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1256 AH; 1840 CE
Additional 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).
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