Wadh.Minasian 518 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Collection 73
A collection of four books on different subjects
Physical Description
Extent: 63 ff.
Binding
Black leather, 12 × 16.5 cm, front + back cover, single layer of leather only; decorated tooled edges; cover detached from the manuscript.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
1) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 920
Contents
Summary of Contents: Allāmah Ḥillī (648-726 AH/1250-1326) abridged Miṣbāḥ al-mujtahid of Shaykh Ṭūsī into ten chapters, and called it Minhāj al-Ṣalāḥ fī Mukhtaṣar al-Miṣbāḥ. He then added to it a further chapter on Islamic beliefs, scholastic theology (Kalām), proving the existance of God, and His attributes, under the title of "al-Bāb al-Ḥādī ʿAshar fīmā yajib ʿalá al-Mukallifīn min Masāʾil Uṣūl al-Dīn". This chapter XI was most highly regarded by religious scholars, and was independently copied, commented on, translated and published. The present work is one of the well-known commentaries which was presented by Fāẕil Miqdād.
ff. 1b-42a
Language(s): Arabic
Kalām (Islamic Scholastic Theology)
Title: Sharḥ-i bāb-i ḥādī ʿashr
Title: شرح باب حادی عشر
Incipit: بسمله. الحمدلله الذی دل علی وجوده افتقار الممکنات و علی قدرته و علمه احکام المصنوعات، المتعالی عن مشابهة… نحمده حمداً یملاء الارض والسماوات… تعاقب الآنات. اما بعد فان الله لم یخلق العالم عبثا فیکون من اللاعبین… فمن تلک المقدمات، المقدمة الموسومة بالباب الحادی عشر من تصانیف شیخنا… جمال‌الدین ابی منصور الحسن بن مطهر الحلی… و کان قد سلف منی… ان کتبت شیئا یعین علی حلها… و سمیته النافع یوم الحشر فی شرح الباب الحدی عشر… قال: الباب الحادی عشر فیما یجب علی عامه…
Explicit: … فهذا ما تهیا لی تنمیقه و کتابته و اتفق لی جمعه و ترتیبه مع ضعف باعی و قصر ذراعی هذا مع حصول الاسفار و تشویش الافکار لکن المرجو من کرمه تعالی ان ینفع به کما ینفع باصله و ان یجعله خالصا لوجهه انه سمیع مجیب والحمد لله رب العالمین.
Colophon: فرغت… فی تسویده یوم الاحد ثلث عشرین شهر شوال المکرم فی سنة الثامن و الاربعین بعد الماتین و الالف… بید… محمد جعفر بن علی اکبر بن معزالدین بن علی اکبر بن اسدالله… الحمدلله رب العالمین.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 920
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MNL 29/586
- NLI 11/244
- UTL 17/237
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 3/5
- ARP 942
- DEN 10/440
Printed editions:
- Tihrān, 1374 Shamsī/1995
On the Web:
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, regular, glossy, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 15.5 × 11 cm.
Dimensions (written): 11 × 6 cm.
Collation
ff. 1b-42a
Layout
18 lines per page
Hand(s)
Naskh, regular, one hand. Muḥammad Jaʿfar bin ʿAlī Akbar محمد جعفر بن علی اکبر
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
Additions: Miscellaneous notes.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1248 AH; 1832 CE
2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 945
Contents
Summary of Contents: A brief treatise about the most important principles of Islamic jurisprudence in the opinion of the author.
ff. 42b-47b
Language(s): Arabic
Principles of Islamic jurisprudence
Title: نهج السبیل الی معرفة الجلیل
Incipit: بسمله، حمدله، اما بعد فهذه کلمات نظمت فی سمط التحریر و عقد التحریر مشتملة علی امهات عقاید الاصول المستفادة فی المعقول و المنقول ینتفع بها المبتدی و المنتهی و سمیتها بنهج السبیل الی معرفة الجلیل… مسئلة معرفة الله تعالی واجبة…
Explicit: … الی مرتبة الاجتهاد فی تحصیل الدلیل و تصحیح الاعتقاد بحیث یخلص من الشک و الارتیاب و یکون علی یقین من سلوک طریق الحق و الصواب. نسئل الله تعالی… من شافعین و لا صدیق.
Colophon: تمت فی یوم الاربعا فی لیلة النوروز فی سنه المذکور بی الحقیر و الفقیر المزبور. کاتبه… جعفر این علی اکبر الحسینی ۱۲۴۸.
No manuscript was found in the available catalogues with this title. It seems to be unique (single copy).
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 945
Physical Description
Support: Natural buff, regular, glossy.
Dimensions (leaf): 15.5 × 11 cm.
Dimensions (written): 10.5 × 6 cm.
Collation
ff. 42b-47b
Layout
18 lines per page
Hand(s)
Graceful naskh, regular, one hand. Ḥusaynī, Jaʿfar bin ʿAlī Akbar حسینی، جعفر بن علی اکبر
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1248 AH; 1832 CE
3) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 110
Contents
Summary of Contents: A work aiming at stating principles of Islamic jurisprudence, written and versified by Kashfī in Najaf. He has actually versified a self-authored text called al-ʾIjābat al-muz̤ṭarrīn. The author points out in the introduction that he has written and versified it for his friends. He has himself provided the titles of his book's sections, as: introdution, chapters (in monotheism, justice, prophethood, imamate, and the resurrection), and ending.
ff. 49b-62a
Language(s): Arabic
Principles of Islamic jurisprudence
Title: بلد الامین فی اصول الدین
Incipit: بسمله، بسم القدیم الملک العلام / انا فتحنا عقده الکلام… حررته فی النجف الغری / مشرفا بالمرتضی علی میته بالبلد الامین / فی البحث عن علم اصول الدین هذا هو الموسوم بالکلام / مصدره فی مصدر الاسلام… فصوله التوحید ثم العدل / و فی نبوه النبی فصل و رابع الفصول فی الامامه / خامسها المعاد و القیمه صنفته لاصدقاء الدین / هداهم الله الی الیقین انی حقیر الخلق فی الافاق / العلوی بن ابی اسحاق اجزاء کلی کلی الاجزاء / جیم و عین قبل فا و الراء…
Explicit: … صل علی المامول للشفاعه / وآله الی قیام الساعه و الحمد لله علی الاتمام / حمدا یکون لازم الدوام و الختم فی غیر الغیری غرا / من قد سری الله ای الکبری.
Colophon: تمت… بید الحقیر المذکور [محمد جعفر بن علی اکبر الحسینی] فی شهر ذی‌القعده الحرام فی سنه ۱۲۴۸ کتبت لنفسی قد سیکون لغیری الحمد لله علی الاتمام…
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 110
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MAJ 2/363
- MNL 2/199
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 3/144
- DEN 2/524
On the Web:
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, regular, glossy, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 15.5 × 11 cm.
Dimensions (written): 10 × 5.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 49b-62a
Layout
18 lines per page
Hand(s)
Graceful naskh, regular, one hand. Ḥusaynī, Jaʿfar bin ʿAlī Akbar حسینی، جعفر بن علی اکبر
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1248 AH; 1832 CE This copy is scribed during the author's life.
4) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 14
Contents
Summary of Contents: A collection of hadiths about women of the prophet of Islam addressing her daugther, Fātimah.
ff. 62b-63a
Language(s): Arabic
Hadith
Title: [Aḥādis̱ fī bāb al-nisāʾ]
Title: [احادیث فی باب النساء]
Incipit: احادیث فی باب النساء. بسمله، قل النبیصلی الله علیه و آله و سلم یا فاطمه ایما امره نظرت الی زوجها بوجه…
Explicit: … فی الجنه و زوجه الله بالف حوریه و کان کمن جاهد بین یدی محمد صلی الله علیه و آله و سلم.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 14
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, regular, glossy, one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 15.5 × 11 cm.
Dimensions (written): 14 × 9.5 cm.
Collation
ff. 62b-63a
Layout
27 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive naskh, regular, one hand.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 12th century AH; 18th 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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