نشریه میراث شهاب
پیاپی 96 (تابستان 1398)

In this article, two precious manuscripts of the 10th century are elaborately introduced. These have been endowed by Āyatullāh Shahāb al-Dīn Mar‘ashaī to Lady Fāṭima Ma‘ṣūma (s) Library. The first manuscript involves seven treatises by Muḥaqqiq Karakī and others, while the second one entails two treatises.

The author has presented and analyzed new findings about several topics, including the travels of Ḥusayn b. ‘Abd al-Ṣamad ‘Āmilī, Zayn al-Dīn ‘Āmilī Shahīd Thānī, the biographical resources of the Twelver Shī‘a scholars of the Safavid era, the manuscripts of Khāja Muḥammad Pārsa Library in Bukhārā, a summary of Akhawān al-ṣafā treatises, As‘ad Afandī’s manuscript, a note by Shaykh Ṭūsī, and Sahla mosque.

The author first refers to the existence of 357 manuscripts in Imāmzāda Muḥammad Hilāl Library in Ārān, and notes that some of them are precious manuscripts. He then describes the criteria of preciousness, and introduces four bibliographers who have made great efforts to promote Ārān manuscripts. Next, he elaborately introduces 13 precious manuscripts of the aforementioned library, in a way that in line with their introduction, other precious manuscripts of those books which exist in other libraries are also introduced. The manuscripts of the books al-Khilāf by Shaykh Ṭūsī in the 6th century, Īḍāḥ al-Fawā’id by Fakhr al-Muḥaqqiqīn and Muhaj al-Da‘awāt by Ibn Ṭāwūs in the 8th century, and Irshād al-Adhhān by ‘Allāma Ḥillī in 804 LH are some of these precious manuscripts.

The author has found a manuscript from Anis al- ṭālibīn in mysticism written by Ṣalāḥ b. Mubārak Bukhārī (d. 793 LH) in the library of Āyatullāh Mar‘ashī Najafī. He thinks that ‘Alī Akbar Dihkhudā (12571334- SH) has relied on this manuscript in writing the book Lughat-nāmih. Based on observing this manuscript and its gloss, the author proves his claim; moreover, he shows its dictation and paleography features. Then, he suggests that other manuscripts of the texts referred by Dihkhudā be introduced.

The author has provided a list of roughly one hundred titles published and unpublished Persian and Arabic books and treatises in the science of kinship which is from letter A to letter R, based on Persian alphabet. He also has delivered a brief explanation on publication features or manuscripts of the work, literature of kinship studies, and the benefits of such studies.

The author has provided some autobiographies related to the Shī‘a scholars from the 12th to 14th centuries, namely Shams al-Dīn Matājī Kujūrī (1327 LH/1370 SH), Sayyid Muḥammad Kāḍim Jazāyirī Shūshtarī (1339 LH/1361 SH), Muḥammad ‘Alī Fashandī (1271 LH/ after 1323 LH), Sayyid Ya‘qūb Lāsimī Lārījānī (d. 1310 SH), and Mīrzā Abū Ṭālib Iṣfahānī (11661220- LH). In addition to the autobiography, the author presents new findings on each respective author’s life and works. Moreover, he has elaborately introduced some books, including Miṣbāḥ al-mutahajjidīn by Ibn Rāshid Ḥillī (9th century) and the collection of poems by Maddāḥ Kharaqānī (d. 1393 LH). This volume of information on these scholars and books can rarely be found in other works.

This article is an introduction and review of a short opinion seeking document in eighth century on the issue of endowment in which Muḥammad b. Shahāb al-Dīn Kizdarī ῌanafī has answered three questions with reference to Hanafite jurisprudence. This opinion seeking has been published based on the manuscripts from the mausoleum of Shaykh Ṣafī al-Dīn Ardabīlī.

The author has edited the text of the inscribed treatise of Inshā‘allāh by Sayyad ῌasan b. Dildār ‘Alī Lākhanuy (d. 1260 LH), Indian Shi‘a scholar, based on its only manuscript, and has provided a short biography of the writer. In this treatise, Sayyad explains the expression Inshā‘allāh (God willing) from literary, rhetorical, and theological aspects.

This article contains the text of the ode ending in “sh” sound by Amrī Shirāzī (d. 999 LH), the Ismailian poet, in reference to the anthology of manuscripts of the parliament. This ode is composed as a pastiche of the ode of Marāt al- ṣafā by Khāqānī. In addition to reviewing other poems ending in “sh” sound, the author has provided the biography of Amrī.