Wadh.Minasian 418 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

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Collection 53

A collection of two works

Physical Description

Form: codex
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
Author: ‎Ibn Mālik, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, -1274‏ ابن مالک، محمد بن عبدالله، -۱۲۷۴ Ibn Mālik, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh bin Mālik al-Andulusī, 600-12 Shaʿbān 672/1204-1274 ابن مالک، محمد بن عبدالله بن مالک الاندلسی، ۶۰۰-۱۲ شعبان ۶۷۲ق/۱۲۰۴-۱۲۷۴م
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

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Physical Description

Form: codex
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
Author: ‏Qārī, Mullā Muḥammad Muḥsin bin Sulaymān, active 18th century قاری، ملا محمد محسن بن سلیمان (۱۲ق/۱۸م)‏
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

Form: codex
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)

Key to Abbreviations

  • ALZ: (الذریعه)
  • ARP: (فهرست کتاب‌های چاپی عربی)
  • DEN: (فهرستواره دست‌نوشته‌های ایران - دنا)
  • FAW: (Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford - Minasian Collection)
  • GIE: (Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Manuscripts)
  • MAJ: (Library, Museum and Documentation Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly)
  • MNL: (Mar'ashi Najafi Library)
  • NLI: (National Library of Iran)

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