Wadh.Minasian 438 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Collection 58
A collection of three books on different subjects
Physical Description
Extent: 84 ff.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
1) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 621
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. 1a-74a
Language(s): Persian
Arabic grammar
Title: [Ṣarf and naḥv]
Title: [صرف و نحو]
Incipit: بسمله، بسم الله ابتدا می‌کنم بنام خداوندی که مستجمع جمیع صفات و منزه است از نقصان و زوال… کسی می‌گوید که چرا اسم را مقدم داشته‌اند بر الله…
Explicit: … و نزد بعضی دیگر عامل دو صفت آن عامل است که در موصوف است پس عامل در عالم دو قول ما جاءنی است..
Colophon: تمت الکتاب علی ید … ابن عالیجناب آخند ملا محمد طاهر اسماعیل جیلانی فی یوم شهر ذی القعده بیست و چهارم یوم پنجشنبه فی سنه ۱۲۴۷ در مدرسه ام سلطان.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 621
Physical Description
Support: Western paper with watermark, natural buff, varying thickness (regular, thick, thin), glossy, leaves of varying sizes.
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 11.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15 × 11.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 1a-74a
Layout
15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive naskh, regular, several hands, small hand. Jaylānī, Ismāʿīl ibn mullā Muḥammad Ṭāhir جیلانی، اسماعیل ابن ملا محمد طاهر
Additions: Oval, illegible stamp. Miscellaneous notes.
History
Origin: Madrasah-i Umm-i Sulṭān [Umm-i Sulṭān School]; 24 Zī al-Qaʿdah 1247 AH; 1832 CE
2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 5
Contents
Summary of Contents: This work is a guideline for Islamic education. The book has an introdution and 12 chapters as listed below: Chapter one, The nature of science and its prominence over other professions Chapter two, The student's intent, who should stand up for seeking knowledge for the sake of the truth and the elimination of ignorance. Chapter three, How to choose the scientific discipline, teacher and classmate Chapter four, Seriousness and ambition for education Chapter five, The time, quantity and order of the first lesson the student learns Chapter six, Trust Chapter seven, The time of learing science Chapter eight, The benefit of a teacher's advice and affection Chapter nine, How to take advantage of and use the teacher's time to recieve education Chapter ten, Self-righteousness Chapter eleven, A discussion on what can cause retention of memory or forgetfulness Chapter twelve, About what can cause providing or losing of livelihood and sustenance This book gained such an acceptability and reputation from the very time of its writing that it emerged as a textbook used in Islamic schools and seminaries, and it is also included in our time in the 'Jāmiʿ al-muqaddamāt', the most well-known elementary book of the students of religious sciences (seminary students). Many mentions of Sunni poets and scholars can be found in this book, with some of their poetry and advices. Some scribes have removed these poems and advices, and attributed the work to Khvājah Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī (597-672 AH / 1201-1273). This work contains 12 chapters, similar to many works attributed to Khvājah Naṣīr (in this copy, with an introduction).
ff. 74b-82a
Language(s): Arabic
Ethics
Title: آداب‌المتعلمین والمحصلین
Incipit: بسمله، احمد الله علي آلائه و اشکره علی نعمائه… امّا فکثیر من طلاب العلم لا یتیسر لهم التحصیل و ان اجتهدوا و لا ینفعوا… لأنهم اخطاط طریقه… فاردت ان ابين طريق التعليم علي سبیل علي ما رأیت فی الکتاب و سمعت فی اساتیدی… فابين المقصود فی فصول شئي الفصل الاول فی ماهیه العلم و فضله…
Explicit: الفصل الثاني عشر فيما يجلب الرزق… و اسباغ الوضوء و حفظ الصحه و لابدّ من أين یتعلم شيئا من الطب و یتبرک بالاثار الوارده فی الطب الذی جمعه الشیخ الامام ابوالعباس المستغفري فی کتابه المسمی بطب النبی یجده من یطلبه.
Colophon: تم الکتاب بعون الله الملک الوهاب علی ید حقیر عبادالله ابن ملامحمد طاهر اسماعیل جیلانی. تمام شد فی شهر ذالحجه الحرام دوازدهم فی سنه ۱۲۴۷.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 5
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- GIE 3/1
- MAJ 3/406, 9/637
- MNL 3/318, 10/34, 12/720, 18/200, 16/114, 24/18, 28/64, 31/58, 34/366, 382
- UTL 16/382
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 1/26
- ARP 4
- COM 2/919-920
- FAM 2/1491-1492
Printed editions:
- Tihrān, 1294, 1300, 1370 (AH) and 1387 (Sh. AH)
- Tabrīz, 1310
- Najaf, 1343 AH
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Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, varying thickness (regular, thick, thin), glossy, leaves of varying sizes.
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 11.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 11.5 × 6 cm.
Collation
ff. 74b-82a
Layout
15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Graceful naskh, regular, several hands Jaylānī, Ismāʿīl ibn mullā Muḥammad Ṭāhir جیلانی، اسماعیل ابن ملا محمد طاهر
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
History
Origin: Madrasah-i Umm-i Sulṭān [Umm-i Sulṭān School]; 12 Zīḥajjah al-Ḥarām 1247 AH; 1832 CE
3) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 361
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a poem in Arabic orthoepy (Tajweed) in 72 verses which, according to the last verses of the poem, is composed in the year 949 Q. Several commentaries have been written in this poem. In addition to this treatise, Mukhtār Iṣfahānī has written two more treatises in Tajweed, called Mukhtār al-Qurāʾ and a Persian treatise in Tajweed (Risālah-i Fārsī dar Tajvīd).
ff. 82b-84b
Language(s): Persian
Arabic orthoepy (Tajweed)
Title: Durj al-Maz̤āmīn
Title: Luluʾ-i Durj al-Maz̤āmīn
Title: al-Durrat al-Maz̤āmīn
Title: درج المضامین
Title: لولؤ درج المضامین
Title: الدرة المضامین
Incipit: بسمله، ای کلام از اعظم نام تو زیور یافته / وز صفات وز سپاست زیبی دیگر یافته
Explicit: صاد و سین و زا صفیری هست او بی اعتدال…||
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 361
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MNL 30/597
- NLI 16/369
- SEP 4/409
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 8/59
- DEN 4/1139
On the Web:
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, one size
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 11.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 12 × 6.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 82b-84b
Layout
15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive naskh and nastaʿliq, regular, two hands
Additions: The colophons on other works included in the manuscript have this information: Scribe: Ākhund bin Mullā Muḥammad Ṭāhir Ismāʿīl Jaylānī; Date: 1247; Location: Madrasah-i Umm-i Sulṭān It is likely that this poem on Tajweed is also scribed by Ākhund Jaylānī.
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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