Wadh.Minasian 753 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection

Summary of Contents: This work contains a thousand answers to the queries about the duties for Islamic prayer (Ṣalāh), prepared in an introduction, three chapters, and a conclusion. The introduction is on "al-Ṣalāt al-Wājibah", the first chapter on "al-Muqaddamāt", the second chapter on "al-Muqārināt", and the third chapter on "al-Munāfīyāt",... Of the famous commentaries written on this work, one may refer to a book called "Sharḥ-i Alfīyat al-Shahīd" by Muḥaqqig Karakī.

Language(s): Arabic

Principles of Islamic jurisprudence

Title: al-Alfīyat al-Shahīd

Title: الالفیة الشهید

Title: al-Alfīyat fī al-Fiqh

Title: الالفیة فی الفقه

Author: Shahīd al-Awwal, Muḥammad ibn Makkī, 1333 or 1334-1380‏ شهید اول، محمد ابن مکی، ۱۳۳۳ یا ۱۳۳۴-۱۳۸۰ Shahīd al-Awwal, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Makkī ʿĀmilī Jazīnī شهید اول، ابو عبدالله محمد بن محمد مکی عاملی جزینی ابو عبدالله Abū ʿAbd Allāh

Incipit: بسمله، حمدله، اما بعد، فهذه رساله وجیزه فی فرض الصلوه اجابه لالتماس من طاعه حتم و اسعافه غنم والله المستعان و هی مرتبه علی مقدمه و فصول ثلثه و خاتمه. اما المقدمه فالصلوه الواجبه افعال المعهوده…

Explicit: … المغرب و ثنائیه بعدها و ان کانت اربعا قضی الحاضر و المسافر الخمس و المشتبه یزید علی الحاضر ثنائیتین قبل المغرب و ثنائیه بعدها و فرضه التعیین و کذا لوفاته الخمس و اشتبه الیومان اجتزاء…||

Colophon: None.

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

FAW 90

Similar copies in other libraries:

GIE, 2/19
GIP, 36-37
MAJ, 10/280
MNL, 1/53

Similar manuscripts listed in other catalogues:

ALZ, 2/296, 6/22-26, 13/107-114
TAB, 8/205
ARP, 84
DEN, 2/115

Printed editions:

Tehran, 1271, 1308, 1312 AH

On the Web:

Digitized version of another copy of this work.

Physical Description

Form: codex

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

Extent: 65 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 15 × 10 cm.

Dimensions (written): 5.5 × 4 cm.

Layout

6 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Graceful Naskh, one hand, fairly large hand. Marginalia in both Naskh and Nastaʿalīq. Anonymous

Additions: Comparison note on the last folio. Notes eliminated on both front and back doublures.

Binding

Maroon leather, 11 × 16 cm, front + back cover, leather+pasteboard, honey-coloured leather doublure.

Condition

Cover damaged by insects and corrosion.

History

Origin: 12th century AH; 19th century 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.

Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World