Wadh.Minasian 454 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection

Summary of Contents: 'Tahẕīb al-Manṭiq va al-Kalām' is a work in logic (Manṭiq) and scholastic theology (Kalām) of Saʿd al-Dīn Masʿūd Taftāzānī (died 792 AH/1390). Two parts of this work have been commented on and annotated since its creation in several works. One of the most important works written on the logic part is Mullā ʻAbd Allāh Yazdī's commentary known as 'Quluhū', which is one of the main textbooks in Shiite seminaries (religious schools).

Language(s): Arabic

Logic

Title: Ḥāshīyah ʿalá Tahẕīb al-Manṭiq

Title: حاشیه علی تهذیب المنطق

Title: Ḥāshīyah-i Mullā ʻAbd Allāh

Title: حاشیه ملا عبدالله

Author: Bihābādī, ʻAbd Allāh, -1573 or 1574‏ Yazdī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥusayn (981 AH/1573) بهابادی، عبدالله، -۱۵۷۳ یا ۱۵۷۴ یزدی، عبدالله بن حسین (۹۸۱ق/۱۵۷۳)‏

Incipit: ||بسمله، قوله الحمدلله افتتح بحمد الله بعد البسمله ابتداء بخیر الکلام و اقتدا بحدیث خیر الانام علیه الصلواه و السلام فان قلت حدیث البتداء…

Explicit: … قوله و هذا بالمقاصد اشبه ایّ الامر الثامن اشبه بمقاصد الفن بمقدماته… و ایاکم من الراسخین فی الامرین و رزقنا الله بفضله و جوده… والحمدلله رب العالمین.||

Colophon: تمت النسخه علی ید احقر الطلاب… حسین بن ملا شکور… بتاریخ شهر ۱۳ ربیع‌الآخر سنه …

The date of copying is eliminated from the colophon.

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

FAW 296

Similar copies in other libraries:

NLI, 1/323, 7/277, 10/233, 12/267
MNL, 1/223
AQR, 13/187
GIE, 1/84

Similar manuscripts listed in other catalogues:

ARP, 275
ALZ, 6/53-54
DEN, 4/87

Printed editions:

Tehran, 1372 Shamsī/1993

On the Web:

Digitized version of another copy of this work.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Western paper (plain and watermark), natural buff + blue, varying thickness (thin, regular, thick), one size, glossy.

Extent: 58 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 20 × 14 cm.

Dimensions (written): 14 × 7 cm.

Layout

15 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Graceful Naskh, one hand, regular hand. Marginalia: Naskh and Shikastah Nastaʿalīq. Ḥusayn ibn Mullā Shukūr حسین بن ملا شکور

Additions: Logical notes in marginalia. Oval stamp on f. 1b: عبده الراجی محمد مهدی .

Binding

Light brown leather, 15 × 21 cm, front + back cover, single layer of leather only.

Condition

Back bone and edge mending by leather.

History

Origin: Unknown place of origin; 12-13th century AH; 18-19th century CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.

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

Entry to the Library is permitted upon presentation of a valid university ID card (for admissions procedures, please visit Wadham College Library, Persian Studies Section). Please Contact persian.library@wadham.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Key to bibliographical abbreviations of alternative versions:

Libraries:

AQR: Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi; FAW: Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford (Minasian Collection); GIE: Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Manuscripts; GIP: Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Photographed and Microfilmed Manuscripts; GUL: Library of Ayatollah Gulpayigani; MAJ: Library, Museum and Documentation Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly; MAL: Malek National Museum and Library; MNL: Mar'ashi Najafi Library; NLI: National Library of Iran; SEP: Sepahsalar (Shahid Motahari) Mosque and School of Tehran; TCL: Tabriz Central Public Library; UTL: Central Library of University of Tehran;

Catalogues:

ALZ: الذریعه; ARP: فهرست کتاب‌های چاپی عربی; COM: فهرست مشترک نسخه‌های خطی فارسی; DEN: فهرستواره دست‌نوشته‌های ایران (دنا); FAM: فهرست نسخه‌های خطی فارسی; FAP: فهرست کتاب‌های چاپی فارسی; FIH: فهرستواره کتاب‌های فارسی; KAS: کشف الظنون عن اسامی الکتب و الفنون; RAY: ریحانة الادب فی تراجمِ المعروفین بالکنیة او اللّقب; TAB: طبقات اعلام الشیعه.

Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World