Wadh.Minasian 418 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Collection 53
A collection of two works
Physical Description
Extent: 129 ff.
Binding
Black leather, 16 × 22 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard.
Medallion + two half-medallion; decorated tooling at edges.
Condition
Burned.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
1) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 82
Contents
Summary of Contents: ʾAlfīyah is one of the most reliable grammatical works in the Arabic literature. It is a versified work including 1,000 couplets composed in Rajaz metric. ʾAlfīyah is compiled in 71 chapters. Numerous commentaries have been written on this work so far, of which Suyūṭī's commentary is the most popular in the Iranian religious schools.
ff. 1b-129b
Language(s): Arabic
Arabic language--Syntax
Title: ʾAlfīyah
Title: الفیه
Title: Arjūzah
Title: ارجوزه
Incipit: قال محمد هو ابن مالک / احمد ربی الله خیر مالک…
Explicit: … و آله الغز الکرام البرره / و صحبه المنتخبین الخیره.
Colophon: تم الکتاب… فی یوم خمیس و فی عشر اول شهر جمادی الاخر… سنه ۱۲۴۱ فی ید…
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 82
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- GIE 2/19
- MAJ 10/1915, 22/294
- NLI 8/260, 10/232-233
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 13/105
- ARP 84
Printed editions:
- Tehran, 1279, 1304 AH
- Cairo, 1368 AH
- Tabriz, 1307, 1325 AH
On the Web:
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, varying thickness (thin, regular and thick), one size, glossy.
Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 15 cm.
Dimensions (written): 14 × 4 cm.
Collation
ff. 1b-129b
Layout
8 lines per page
Hand(s)
Shikastah-looking Nastaʿaliq, one hand, fairly large hand. Marginalia: annotation of the text in cursive Nastaʿalīq.
Additions: Rectangular stamp on f. 1a: العبد المذنب محمد جعفر Oval stamp on f. 1b: الراجی عبده نظام‌الدین موسوی Note on f. 1a: که قیمتش شش هزار دینار است و یک دینار کم، بیشتر نباشد ۱۳۰۰ . Scribe's name and some decorations eliminated.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1241 AH; 1826 CE
2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 801
Contents
Summary of Contents: Durj al-Maz̤āmīn is a versified work by Mullā Mukhtār Qārī Iṣfahānī in Tajwid which was composed in 949 AH in 72 couplets. The date of composition, number of couplets, poem's name, and composer's name are presented in abjad in the last two couplets. Several commentaries have been written on this work, including the commentary of Mullā Jaʿfar Sharīʿatmadār Astar'ābādī, and the present commentary of Muḥammad bin Sulaymān al-Madʿū bil-Muḥsin. This commentary has an explanatrory aspect only.
ff. 31b-40b
Language(s): Persian
Arabic orthoepy (Tajweed)
Title: Luʾluʾ-i Rūḥ al-Maz̤āmīn
Title: لولوء روح المضامین
Incipit: بسمله، حمد له، اما بعد چنین گوید… محمد بن سلیمان المدعوا بالمحسن… چون که ملا مختار تجوید عظیم درآورده بعضی عبارات آن احتیاج بتوضیح و بیان داشت و بعضی از اخلاء روحانی خواهش نمودند که این قلیل بضاعت این را شرح نموده…
Explicit: … در هنگام قرائت و تلاوت قرآن مستحب است امری که در قرآن وارد شده است محمول بر استحباب است.
According to available catalogues, very limited copies exist of this work.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 801
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MNL 7/16, 16/262
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 13/242
- DEN 8/1137
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, varying thickness (thin, regular and thick), one size, glossy.
Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 15 cm.
Dimensions (written): 14 × 4 cm.
Collation
ff. 31b-40b
Layout
8 lines per page
Hand(s)
Shikastah Nastaʿalīq, one hand, regular hand.
Additions: Scribe's name and some decorations eliminated.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th century 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).
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Wadham College (University of Oxford)
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