Wadh.Minasian 425 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Collection 55
A collection of four works on different subjects.
Physical Description
Extent: 161 ff.
Binding
Brown leather, 11 × 17 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 71
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a treatise called ʾUṣūl-i dīn. The author describes the five principles of Islam in a succinct and simple way in five chapters: chapter 1, Oneness; chapter 2, Justice; chapter 3, Prophethood (Nubuvvah); chapter 4, Imāmah; and chapter 5, Resurrection.
ff. 1b-119b
Principles of Islamic jurisprudence
Language(s): Persian
Title: ʾUṣūl-i dīn
Title: اصول دین
Title: ʾUṣūl-i ʿaqāyid
Title: اصول عقاید
Incipit: ||… و مرتب گردانیدم بر پنج باب. باب اول در توحید است و در آن چند فصل است فصل اول در اثبات وجود واجب تعالی شانه…
Explicit: … واجب است بر بندگان شکر حق تعالی بر نعمتهایش و حمدش بر کرم و آلایش و رضا در حالی بقدرش و قضایش پس بدرستیکه حق تعالی ولی هر چیزی است…
Colophon: فی ۱۶ صفر المظفر سنه ۱۲۷۱.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 71
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MAL 2/31
- MNL 3/132
- NLI 5/14289, 5/13807
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 2/192
- DEN 1086
On the Web:
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (Russian stamp), buff, regular thickness, glossy.
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 11 cm.
Dimensions (written): 10.5 × 6 cm.
Collation
ff. 1b-119b
Layout
15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Persian content in Nastaʿalīq and Arabic content in Naskh, regular hand, one hand.
Decoration
Rubricated titles; rubricated line above Arabic phrases.
Additions: Rectangular stamp on f. 1a: illegible.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1271 AH; 1855 CE
2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 404
Contents
Summary of Contents: While the work's title is not known, it is a collection of various hadiths quoted from the Prophet and ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib.
ff. 120a-127a
Language(s): Arabic
Hadith
Title: Unknown
Incipit: ||بسمله، قال رسول‌الله ص قال لو ان الاشجار و اقلام و البحر من الارض…
Explicit: … و انه قسیم الجنه و النار و انه صعد ظهر رسول و رمی الصنم الکبیر من ظهر الکعبه.
Colophon: فی ۲۳ صفر المظفر ۱۲۷۱.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 404
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (Russian stamp), buff, regular thickness, glossy.
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 11 cm.
Dimensions (written): 10.5 × 6 cm.
Collation
ff. 120a-127a
Layout
15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Naskh, regular hand, one hand.
Decoration
Rubricated titles; rubricated line above Arabic phrases.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1271 AH; 1855 CE
3) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 182
Contents
Summary of Contents: ʾAsrār al-shahādah is one of the works by Sayid Kāẓim Rashtī. Once on his return journey from Karbalā, while stopping in Qazvīn due to an illness, the author asked the translator - who was one of his followers - to translate this book into Persian. Upon a request from ʿAbd al-Vahhāb Qazvīnī, the book of Asrār al-shahādah sets out to describe and analyze the martyrdom of Ḥaz̤rat-i Imām Ḥusayn (sa) and the secrets of the Ṭaf event (Karbalā). It also includes some related hadiths and a comparative statement about some Quranic verses and the incidents of Āshūrā.
ff. 129b-133a
Language(s): Persian
History
Title: ترجمه و شرح اسرار الشهاده
Incipit: بسمله، حمد و ثنایی که فوایح روایح اخلاص و اختصاصش فیض اثمار جنت الماوی و طیب…
Explicit: … و بقدر مقدور بایضاح تعبیر معانی کوشیده تا مقصود آن مقصد. و صلی الله علیهم… اعوذ بالله من الشیطان الرجیم.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 182
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- NLI 5/14990
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- DEN 1/779
On the Web:
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (Russian stamp), buff, regular thickness, glossy.
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 11 cm.
Dimensions (written): 10.5 × 6 cm.
Collation
ff. 129b-133a
Layout
15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Naskh, regular hand, one hand.
Decoration
Rubricated titles; rubricated line above Arabic phrases.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1271 AH; 1855 CE
4) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 373
Contents
Summary of Contents: Sayid Kāẓim Rashtī, who was the second in rank after Shaykh Aḥmad Iḥsāʾī of Shaykhiyah, was questioned by a number of Shaykhiyah believers about their beliefs. He therefore authored this book in Arabic detailing their beliefs, as well as giving a biography of Shaykh Aḥmad Iḥsāʾī, the founder of Shaykhiyah faith, including his written works and permissions. The current copy is a Persian translation of the book by one of the author's followers, Muḥammad Raz̤ī bin Muḥammad Riz̤ā. It has been printed several times.
ff. 133a-161a
Language(s): Persian
Title: Dalīl al-mutaḥayyirīn
Title: دلیل‌المتحیرین
Incipit: بسمله، حمدله، اما بعد چنین گوید بنده جانی و اسیر فانی کاظم ابن قاسم الحسینی الرشیدی که جناب مولای امجد و بزرگوار…
Explicit: … فی کربلا الحسین ع علیه و صلوات الله و سلامه شرف الله بشرف الاصول فانه غایة المامول و نهایة المسول. بتاریخ شب یازدهم شهر شوال المعظم تمام شد سنه ۱۲۵۸.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 373
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MAJ 45/112
- MNL 2/40
- UTL 17/411
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 8/360
- DEN 4/1247
On the Web:
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (Russian stamp), buff, regular thickness, glossy.
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 11 cm.
Dimensions (written): 10.5 × 6 cm.
Collation
ff. 133a-161a
Layout
15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Naskh, regular hand, one hand.
Decoration
Rubricated titles; rubricated line above Arabic phrases.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1271 AH; 1855 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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