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The work is one of the famous interpretations of Qurʾān on which many interpreters rely. The interpretation is authored using a number of other interpretations together with some additions from the author himself. There have been many commentaries and annotations written on this interpretation so far. This copy covers from the beginning (Sūrat al-Tawḥīd) of Qurʾān to the beginning of Sūrat al-ʾAnʿām. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Wadh.Minasian 181

Wadham College, University of Oxford

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For the main catalogue entry, see: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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Title

The work is one of the famous interpretations of Qurʾān on which many interpreters rely. The interpretation is authored using a number of other interpretations together with some additions from the author himself. There have been many commentaries and annotations written on this interpretation so far. This copy covers from the beginning (Sūrat al-Tawḥīd) of Qurʾān to the beginning of Sūrat al-ʾAnʿām. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 181

Place of origin

Unknown place of origin

Date

16-17th century

Language

Arabic

Contents

Author: Bayḍāwī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUmar, -1286? Bayz̤āwī, Qāz̤ī Nāṣir al-Dīn Abū Saʿīd ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʻUmar, -685 or 692 AH/1286 or 1293 بیضاوی، عبدالله بن عمر، -۱۲۸۶؟ بیضاوی، قاضی ناصرالدین ابوسعید عبیدالله بن عمر (-۶۸۵ یا ۶۹۲ق/ ۱۲۸۶ یا ۱۲۹۳م)‏ Title: Anwār al-Tanzīl wa Asrār al-Taʾwīl Title: انوار التنزیل و اسرار التأویل Title: Tafsīr-i Bayz̤āvī Title: تفسیر بیضاوی

Form

codex

Support

Oriental paper, natural buff, varying thickness (thick, regular, thin), one size, glossy. Some folios with signs of water damage; edge mending of initial folios.

Physical extent

141 ff.

Hands

Cursive Naskh, one hand, regular hand; marginalia in Nastaʿalīq and Shikastah Nastaʿalīq. Anonymous

Decoration

Rubricated and green titles and verses.

Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.

Subject

Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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  • Mohammad Emami
  • Ali Mir-Ansari

  • Minasian, Caro Owen

  • Bayḍāwī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUmar, d. ca. 1286

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