Wadh.Minasian 705 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

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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.

Language(s): Arabic

Arabic language--Syntax

Title: ʾAlfīyah

Title: الفیه

Author: ‎Ibn Mālik, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, -1274‏ ابن مالک، محمد بن عبدالله، -۱۲۷۴ Ibn Mālik, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh bin Mālik al-Andulusī, 600-12 Shaʿbān 672/1204-1274 ابن مالک، محمد بن عبدالله بن مالک الاندلسی، ۶۰۰-۱۲ شعبان ۶۷۲ق/۱۲۰۴-۱۲۷۴م

Incipit: قال محمد هو ابن مالک / احمد ربی الله خیر مالک…

Explicit: … و آله الغز الکرام البرره / و صحبه المنتخبین الخیره.

Colophon: تمت الکتاب… بتاریخ شهر ذیقعده ۱۲۴۱

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

FAW 83

Similar copies in other libraries:

GIE, 2/19
NLI, 8/260; 10/232-233
MAJ, 10/1915, 22/294

Similar manuscripts 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:

Digitized version of another copy of this work

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Western paper (watermark), blue, thick, one size, glossy.

Extent: 53 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 20.5 × 15.5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 14 × 9 cm.

Layout

9 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Cursive Naskh, several hands, large hand. Some couplets translated into Persian. Anonymous

Additions: Grammatical notes on ff. 1-2. Grammatical notes on the last folio. Oval stamps on ff. 1-2: المتوکل علی الله عبده محمد کریم […] ۱۲۳ . Oval stamps on ff. 1-2: بندهٔ آل محمد کریم ۱۲۳۷ . Oval stamps on ff. 1-2: عبده ابن محمد علی . Rectangular stamp on the last folio: ابن محمد اسمعیل […] ۱۲۳ .

Binding

Black leather, 16 × 21 cm, front + back cover, single layer of leather only.

Decorations eliminated.

Condition

Cover detached from the copy; head band and stitching in disarrey.

History

Origin: Dhu al-Qidah 1241 AH; 1826 CE ; Unknown place of origin

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.

Funding of Cataloguing

Wadham College (University of Oxford)

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