Wadh.Minasian 623 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Collection 94
A collection of two works
Physical Description
Extent: 1+101+2 ff.
Binding
Brown leather, 18 × 23 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard.
Simple tooling (medallion + two half-medallion)
Condition
The copy's spine is torn.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
1) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 81
Contents
Summary of Contents: ʾAlfīyah is one of the most reliable grammatical works in the Arabic literature. It is a versified work including 1,000 couplets composed in Rajaz metric. ʾAlfīyah is compiled in 71 chapters. Numerous commentaries have been written on this work so far, of which Suyūṭī's commentary is the most popular in the Iranian religious schools. Suyūṭī's commentary (al-Bahjat al-Marz̤īyah) is written in the marginalia of this copy.
ff. 1a-104a
Language(s): Arabic
Arabic language--Syntax
Title: ʾAlfīyah
Title: الفیه
Title: Arjūzah
Title: ارجوزه
Incipit: قال محمد هو ابن مالک / احمد ربی الله خیر مالک…
Explicit: … و آله الغز الکرام البرره / و صحبه المنتخبین الخیره.
Colophon: تمت الکتاب… تحریر فی شهر هفتم ذی‌القعده الحرام در روز جمعه سنه ۱۲۱۱… بدست فقیر الحقیر… ملا فتحعلی قره‌جه‌داغی… ولد مرحوم علی… در روز جمعه و در ماه مزبور باتمام رسید. بتعجیل تمام، سهو و نیسان را عفو فرمایند. این نوشتم تا بماند روزگار / من نمانم خط بماند یادگار. م م م… (۱۴)
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 81
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- GIE 2/19
- MAJ 10/1915, 22/294
- NLI 8/260; 10/232-233
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ALZ 13/105
- ARP 84
Printed editions:
- Tehran, 1279, 1304 AH
- Cairo, 1368 AH
- Tabriz, 1307, 1325 AH
On the Web:
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), plain and dark buff, blue, pistachio, varying thickness (thin and regular), one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 22 × 17 cm.
Dimensions (written): 14 × 7 cm.
Collation
ff. 1a-104a
Layout
10 lines per page
Hand(s)
Cursive Naskh, one hand, fairly large hand. Marginalia: a commentary called 'al-Bahjat al-Marz̤īyah' in Nastaʿalīq, Shikastah Nastaʿalīq, and Shikastah. Qarah'chah'dāghī, Mullā Fatḥʿalī ibn ʿAlī قره‌چه‌داغی، ملا فتحعلی بن علی
Decoration
Rubricated line above couplets and titles.
Additions: Oval, illegible stamp on endpaper 1. Rectangular, illegible stamp on endpaper 1. Miscellaneous notes on endpaper 1. Ownership note removed on endpaper 1.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 7 Dhu al-Qidah 1211 AH; 1797 CE
2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 116
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a famous commentary on Alfīyah of Ibn Malik on Arabic syntax. Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṭāʾī al-Jīlānī known as Ibn Mālik composed a work including 1,000 couplets called 'Arjūzah' on Arabic syntax. This 1000-couplet composition in syntax is known as Alfīyah of Ibn Mālik. Numerous commentaries and annotations have been written on this work, that are listed in Kashf al-Ẓunūn. This work has always been a textbook used in Iranian religious schools and published several times in Iran and outside Iran.
ff. 1a-104a
Language(s): Arabic
Arabic language--Syntax
Title: Sharḥ-i Suyūṭī
Title: شرح سیوطی
Incipit: بسمله، احمدک اللهم علی نعمتک و آلائک و اصلی و اسلم علی محمد خاتم انبیائک… امّا بعد فهذا شرح لطیف مزجته بالفیه ابن مالک مهذب المقاصد واضح المسالک… لم یسبقه الیها غیره من الشروح و سمیته بالبهجه المرضیه فی شرح الالفیه…
Explicit: … عند صدور اولو الالباب و قال ابن عبّاس رضی الله عنه ما اوتی عالم علما الا و هو شاب فالحمدلله هدانا لهذا و ما کنا لنهتدی لو لا ان هدینا الله لقد جاءت رسل ربنا… و بارک علی محمد و آله و اصحابه و ازواجه و ذرّیاته کما بارکت علی ابراهیم و علی آل ابراهیم فی العالمین انک حمید مجید و اختم و لنا بخیر و اصلح لنا… و سایر المسلمین برحمتک یا ارحم الراحمین و یا اکرم الاکرمین.
Colophon: تمت الکتاب… تحریر فی شهر هفتم ذی القعده الحرام در روز جمعه سنه ۱۲۱۱… بدست فقیر الحقیر… ملا فتحعلی قره‌جه‌داغی ولد مرحوم علی… در روز جمعه و در ماه مزبور باتمام رسید. بتعجیل تمام، سهو و نیسان را عفو فرمایند. این نوشتم تا بماند روزگار / من نمانم خط بماند یادگار
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 116
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- NLI 16/203, 15/175
- SEP 3/263
Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:
- ARP 134
- DEN 2/554
On the Web:
Physical Description
Support: Western paper (watermark), plain and dark buff, blue, pistachio, varying thickness (thin and regular), one size.
Dimensions (leaf): 22 × 17 cm.
Dimensions (written): 14 × 6 cm.
Collation
ff. 1a-104a
Layout
10 lines per page
Hand(s)
Nastaʿalīq and Shikastah Nastaʿalīq, two hands, regular hand. The text is written in the maeginalia. Qarah'chah'dāghī, Mullā Fatḥʿalī ibn ʿAlī قره‌چه‌داغی، ملا فتحعلی بن علی
Decoration
Rubricated line above couplets and titles.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 7 Dhu al-Qidah 1211 AH; 1797 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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