Wadh.Minasian 424 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Collection 54
A collection of eleven works on different subjects
Physical Description
Extent: 182 ff.
Binding
Leather, brown, 13.5 × 19 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 854
Contents
Summary of Contents: The author says: the issues with some Arabic expressions are either formal and related to parsing, or semantic and related to meaning. The latter has been discussed in detail in Sharḥ-i Favāyid-i Ṣamadiyah. In this treatise, parsing issues will be discussed, with a little on semantic issues, in two sections: First on what is related to parsing, and second on what is related to meaning. This treatise was finished in the month of Dhu al-Qi'dah, 1118 H.
ff. 1b-24b
Language(s): Arabic
Rhetoric
Title: al-Muṭraz fī al-Lughaz
Title: المطرز فی اللغز
Incipit: بسمله… الحمدالله الذی خلق الانسان و علم البیان و التبیان و هداه الی حل شکال الاشکال… اما بعد فیقول… بهاءالدین محمد الحسینی… ان اللغة قسمان بین اهل اللسان احدهما لفظی اعرابه مشکل و الاخر معنوی معناه مفصل و قد جمعت طرفا وافیا… من القسم الثانی من الالغاز فی شرحی علی الفوائد الصمدیه فی علم العربیه فحلت منه محل الطراز فاردت ان اجمع شیئا من القسم و بعض ما لا یتعلق بالاعراب من الثانی. و سمیته بالمطرز فی اللغز و رتبته علی قسمین: القسم فیما یتعلق بالاعراب…
Explicit: … تحقیق الحق و اصابه الصواب و کتب مولفه… بهاءالدین محمد الحسینی النائینی… فی ذیقعده الحرام لعام ثمانیه عشر و مائه و الف من هجرة النبویه.
Colophon: قد فرغت من تسوید هذه النسخة الشریفه فی محرم الحرام بعون الله الملک العلام.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 854
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MAJ 9/4003
- MNL 4/192
- UTL 8/459
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 21/149
- DEN 9/727
Physical Description
Support: Plain Western paper, buff, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 10.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 1b-24b
Layout
19 lines per page
Hand(s)
Nastaʿliq, regular, one hand.
Decoration
Rubricated titles, rubricated line above some expressions.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th century CE
2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 665
Contents
Summary of Contents: This work contains some of the regulations of the Islamic jurisprudence and disciplines in two introductions, thirty six 'Fāʾidah' and one conclusion.
ff. 25b-62b
Language(s): Arabic
Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence
Title: الفرائد الحائریة القدیمه
Incipit: بسمله، الحمد لله رب العالمین حمداً لا یقوی علی احصائه الا هو و الصلوة علی محمد و اله الطاهرین… اما بعد فانه لما بعد العهد اعنی زمان الائمة علیهم السلم…
Explicit: … الصلوة الی الاوقات المکروهه بمکة یتعلق منها الله تعالی…||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 665
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MAJ 27/45
- MNL 2/60
- SEP 1/598
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 16/330
- DEN 7/1165
Physical Description
Support: Plain Western paper, buff, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 10.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 25b-62b
Layout
19 lines per page
Hand(s)
Calligraphic Naskh, regular, one hand. Some titles are in blue. Many titles are blank.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th century CE
3) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 227
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a treatise on Jafr, in one introduction, three chapters and a conclusion.
ff. 63b-103b
Language(s): Persian
Jafr
Title: [Jafr]
Title: [جفر]
Incipit: بسمله، حمدله، و بعد چنین گوید عبدالصمد محمد بن میرزا محمد چون علم جفر صریح الفواید و صحیح القوائد بود زیرا که جملهٔ آن از ائمهٔ اطهار… و این رساله مشتمل است بر یک مقدمه سه فصل و یک خاتمه.
Explicit: … هر بار که عدد باتمام رسد از عقب آن بگوید اللهم انی ذکرتک بصفة…||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 227
Physical Description
Support: Plain Western paper, buff, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 10.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 63b-103b
Layout
10 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿliq, regular, one hand. A few folios are newly written.
Decoration
Rubricated titles, rubricated line above some expressions.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th century CE
4) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 735
Contents
Summary of Contents: A treatise on Jafr which is compiled in four chapters each in four sections. An ignorant scribe has written the title as 'Qudb al-Kashshāf'.
ff. 104a-129a
Language(s): Persian
Jafr
Title: Quṭb al-Kashshāf
Title: قطب الکشاف
Incipit: بسمله، حمدله، بدانکه هر مبتدی پوشیده نماناد که آنچه بدین فقیر کم‌بضاعت در عالم سنه از حضرت دانیال بدین فقیر رسید شمه‌ای از ان بیان نمایم….
Explicit: … گفتم این صورت ندارد نمی‌بندد اگر شما جهد کنید سر جنگ خواهید خورد اختیار با شماست والله اعلم.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 735
Physical Description
Support: Plain Western paper, buff, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 10.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 104a-129a
Layout
12 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿliq, regular, one hand.
Decoration
Rubricated titles, rubricated line above some expressions.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th century CE
5) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 68
Contents
Summary of Contents: A brief treatise in a few folios including some terms of Jafr which are put together with no logical order.
ff. 129b-132b
Language(s): Arabic
Jafr
Title: Iṣṭilāḥāt al-Jafrīyah
Title: اصطلاحات الجفریه
Incipit: بسمله، فی اصطلاحات الجفریه المحتاج الیها. ۱. حمل الکبیر عبارة عن حساب…
Explicit: … باطن الحروف علی باطنها او ضرب ظاهرها علی ظاهرها او ضرب الظاهر علی باطنها||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 68
Physical Description
Support: Plain Western paper, buff, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 10.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 129b-132b
Layout
14 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿliq, regular, one hand.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th century CE
6) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 228
Contents
Summary of Contents: A brief treatise in a few folios containing some principles of Jafr which are put together with no logical order.
Physical Description
Support: Plain Western paper, buff, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 10.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 133b-135a
Layout
14 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿliq, regular, one hand
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th century CE
7) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 37
Contents
ff. 135b-143b
Language(s): Persian and Arabic
Prayers
Title: [Adʿīyah]
Title: [ادعيه]
Incipit: بسمله یا دافع البلیات و یا مجیب الدعوات و یا قاضی الحاجات …
Explicit: … یا القدوس القدوس القدوس القدوس القدوس لا اله الا الله محمدا رسول الله علی ولی الله.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 37
Physical Description
Support: Plain Western paper, buff, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 10.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 135b-143b
Layout
10 lines per page
Hand(s)
Nastaʿliq, regular, one hand.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th century CE
8) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 3
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a collection of various customs that Muslims should perform in different Eids (Islamic day celebrations).
ff. 144b-156b
Language(s): Persian
Morality
Title: [Ādāb-i ʿīd]
Title: [آداب عید]
Incipit: بسمله، السلام و علیکم ایها الحاضرون السلام علیکم ایها المؤمنون … روایتست در روز عید محافظت کنند و حقوق عید اینست که اول هر بنده …
Explicit: … آمرزش والدین دفع … برآمدن حاجات مبارکی روز روز عزیز را فاتحه.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 3
Physical Description
Support: Plain Western paper, buff, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 10.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 144b-156b
Layout
15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿliq, regular, one hand.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th century CE
9) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 72
Contents
Summary of Contents: Al-Maʾmūn, the Abbasid caliph, reqested from Imām Riz̤ā to state the principles of the religion for him. Imām Riz̤ā wrote this treatise in Tawḥīd (monotheism), ḥarām (the forbidden), ḥalāl (the permitted), and religious duties. This work is also known as "Rasālat al-Riz̤ā ilā al-Maʾmūn fī uṣūl al-dīn min al-Tawḥīd va al-z̤ilāl va al-ḥarām va al-farāʾiz̤ va al-sunan yā tamām al-sharīʿah al-Muṣṭafavīyah".
ff. 157b-164b
Language(s): Arabic
Principles of Islamic
Title: Uṣūl al-dīn al-Raz̤avīyah
Title: اصول الدين الرضويه
Title: رسالة الرضا الي المأمون
Incipit: بسمله، حمدله، صلوة، اما بعد حدثنا ابوعلي بن محمد بن الحسين بن حسن بن فضل قال حدثنی احمد بن عیسی… ان المامون بعث الی علی ابن موسی الرضا…
Explicit: … الشریعة المصطفويه منقوله عن لسان الامام الهمام علی ابن موسي الرضا عليه السلام و علي آباء و اولاده المعصومين الطاهرين… برحمتک یا ارحم الراحمين.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 72
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MNL 6/145
- NLI 5/7059
- UTL 16/453
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- DEN 1/1079
Physical Description
Support: Plain Western paper, buff, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 10.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 157b-164b
Layout
14 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿliq, regular, one hand
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th century CE
10) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 476
Contents
Summary of Contents: It is noted at the beginning of the copy that the content of this copy is "Sūrat al-vilāyat va al-nūr" whcih had been found in ancient sheets written by ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd.
ff. 165b-168a
Language(s): Arabic
Ḥadīs̱
Title: [Sūrat al-vilāyat va al-nūr]
Title: [سورة الولاية والنور]
Incipit: بسمله، يا ايها الذين آمنوا بنور من الذين انزلنا هما یتلون علیکم آیاتی و يحذرونکم عذاب يوم عظيم…
Explicit: … و علي الذين سلکوا مسلکهم مني رحمة و هم في الغروفات آمنون.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 476
Physical Description
Support: Plain Western paper, buff, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 10.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 165b-168a
Layout
10 lines per page
Hand(s)
Naskh, regular, one hand
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th century CE
11) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 107
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a copy of the versified 'Bakhtīyār'nāmah' whose poet was not identified due to the missing folios at its beginning and end.
ff. 169a-182b
Language(s): Persian
Poetry
Title: Bakhtīyār'nāmah
Title: بختیارنامه
Incipit: ||… سحرگاهان که خورشید خطایی / بعالم داد نورش آشنایی …
Explicit: … قضا را آنچنان بادی برآمد / که خاک تیره بر گردون برآمد …||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 107
Physical Description
Support: Plain Western paper, buff, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 12.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 10.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 169a-182b
Layout
15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿliq, regular, one hand.
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).
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