Finding Aid for the Richard (Rouhollah) Karubian Collection of Arabic and Persian Manuscripts LSC.1183
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Title: Richard (Rouhollah) Karubian collection of Arabic and Persian manuscripts
Creator:
Karubian, Richard
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1183
Physical Description:
2.5 linear feet
(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1510-1900
Abstract: Collection consists of Persian and Arabic manuscripts dating from the Safawid period to the end of the 19th century. Most
of the manuscripts reflect trends in early modern Iranian intellectual history, including original compositions, items from
school curricula, and works of popular religiosity. Also includes one Christian manuscript containing sermons translated from
Syriac into Arabic, dating from the early 19th century.
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Gift of Richard (Rouhollah) Karubian, 1989. Addition to the collection gift of John Karubian, 2007.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
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Collection consists of Persian and Arabic manuscripts, and one Syriac manuscript, dating from the Safawid period to the 20th
century. There are nine works of jurisprudence, four works of a theological nature, three works of popular religion, including
devotionals and martyrology, a notebook containing sample letters for royal audience, and a Syriac manuscript. The manuscripts
reflect trends in early modern Iranian intellectual history, including original compositions, items from school curricula,
and works of popular religiosity. The collection also includes a fine copy of Fay? al-Kashi's Minhaj al-nijat.
Manuscripts are arranged in original manuscript number order.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Archives.
Manuscripts, Persian -- Archives.
Karubian, Richard--Collector.
[Shiite jurisprudence] Manuscript no. 1 1817
A work of Shiite jurisprudence regarding menstruation and ritual purity.
- Author: [Khuwansari, Mu?ammad ibn ?usayn, d. 1713]
- Scribe: ''Abd al-Ra?man ibn Ustad Qurban
- Language: Text in Arabic
- Origin: Qajar Iran
- Layout: 22 lines of text per page.
- Script: Naskh.
- Binding: Brown leather, blind stamped.
- Additional description: Text in black, some section numbers or Koranic phrases in red ink. Occasional marginalia and damage.
[Nahj al-balagha kitab mawal? wa al-?ikam] / [The height of eloquence : book of exhortations and aphorisms] Manuscript no. 2 1681
Third part of the Nahj al-Balagha, a collection of sermons and sayings attributed to the first Shiite Imam 'Ali ibn Abi ?alib
(ca. 600 -661), as collected by Mu?ammad ibn al-?usayn Sharif al-Ra?i (969 or 70-1016). The text on the first page starts
mid-sentence.
- Author: ['Ali ibn Abi ?alib 600 (ca.)-661.]
- Language: Text in Arabic
- Origin: ?afawid Persia
- Layout: 13 lines of text per page.
- Script: Naskh.
- Binding: Brown morocco.
- Additional descriptive data: Spine title. Text in black ink, occasionally underlined with red, with marginalia in several hands throughout. Some water damage.
[Ikhti?ar shar? sharayi' al-Islam fi masa'il al-?alal wa al-?aram] / [The abridgement of the commentary on 'the rules of Islam regarding the questions of what is lawful and what is unlawful'] Manuscript no. 3 1720
Abridged commentary of the author's grandfather, Zayn al-?n ibn 'Ali 'Aamili, also known as the second martyr (1506-1559),
on a work of jurisprudence by Ja'far ibn al-?asan Mu?aqqiq al-Hillii (1205 or 6-1277). On the rules of ritual purity.
- Author: Shahid al-Thani, Zayn al-Din ibn 'Ali, 1506-1559
- Scribe: Mu?ammad ?ahir Dilmaqani
- Language: Text in Arabic
- Origin: ?afawid Persia
- Layout: 29 lines of text per page.
- Script: Naskh.
- Binding: Bound in black leather, blind stamped.
- Additional descriptive data: Text in black ink, number headings written or underlined in red. Leaf three is blank. Damage to text block along the spine.
Irshad al-adhhan ilá al-a?kam al-iman / The guiding of minds to the strongest faith Manuscript no. 4 1510
'Allama al-?illi's work on Shiite jurisprudence and theology.
- Author: Ibn al-Mu?ahhar al-?illi, al-?asan ibn Yusuf, 1250-1325.
- Scribe: 'Abd al-Jawad ibn Zayn ibn ['Ali] [al-?asanaba?]
- Language: Text in Arabic
- Origin: Ottoman Empire or ?afawid Persia
- Layout: 21 lines of text per page.
- Script: Naskh.
- Binding: Burgundy leather boards with black leather spine and edges. Back cover detached.
- Additional descriptive data: Text in black ink, with headings in red and extensive marginalia.
- Contents:
- ff. 1a-1b: title page and table of contents;
- ff. 1b: opening;
- ff. 1b-5b: cleanliness;
- ff. 5b-15a: prayer;
- ff. 15a-19b: charity;
- ff. 19b-22a: fasting;
- ff. 22a-30a: pilgrimage;
- ff. 30a-33a: jihad;
- ff. 33a-41b: trade;
- ff. 41b-50a: debts;
- ff. 50a-58b: rent;
- ff. 58b-65b: gifts;
- ff. 65b-77a: marriage;
- ff. 77a-83b: separation;
- ff. 83b-88a: manumission;
- ff. 88a-93a: faith;
- ff. 93a-97a: hunting;
- ff. 97a-102b: inheritance;
- ff. 102b-112a: judicature;
- ff. 112a-119a: limitations;
- ff. 119a-127a: crimes;
- ff. 127a-133b: mulcts for homicide;
- ff. 134a: marginalia.
[Commonplace book] Manuscript no. 5 [ca. 18--?]
Personal notebook containing poetry, drafts of letters, and prose. The poems on the first five leaves are by ?afi?, and are
indicated as such in red ink. Some of the letters, found on leaves 16b-24a, are addressed to a son or daughter.
- Language: Text in Persian
- Origin: Qajar Iran
- Layout: Varies.
- Script: Nasta'liq.
- Binding: Brown leather, blind stamped.
- Additional descriptive data: Text in black ink on blue paper, with a few headings in red.
Sharaayi' al-Islam fi masa'il al-?alal wa al-?aram / The rules of Islam regarding the questions of what is lawful and what is unlawful Manuscript no. 6 [ca. 18--?]]
Shiite jurisprudence.
- Author: [Mu?aqqiq al-Hillii, Ja'far ibn al-?asan, 1205 or 6-1277]
- Language: Text in Arabic and Persian
- Origin: Qajar Iran
- Layout: 19 lines of text per page.
- Script: Naskh.
- Binding: Blue marbled wrappers over boards.
- Additional descriptive data: Text in black ink, with headings in red and fairly extensive marginalia. Occasional interlinear Persian translation, and chapter headings.
- Contents:
- ff 1a-1b: prayer and opening;
- ff. 1b-14a: cleanliness;
- ff. 14a-36b: prayer;
- ff. 36b-47a: charity;
- ff. 47a-49a: the fifth;
- ff. 49a-55a: fasting;
- ff. 55a-56b: remaining constantly in worship;
- ff. 56b-75a: pilgrimage;
- ff. 75a: minor pilgrimage;
- ff. 75a-82a: jihad;
- ff. 82a-82b: commanding the good and forbidding evil;
- ff. 82b-97a: trade;
- ff. 97a-101a: the bankrupt;
- ff. 101a-103b: interdiction;
- ff. 105a-109a: guarantee;
- ff. 109a-111a: settlement;
- ff. 111a-112b: corporation;
- ff. 112b-115a: silent partnership;
- ff. 115a-116b: temporary sharecropping;
- ff. 116a-118a: sharecropping contract;
- ff. 118a-119: custody;
- ff. 119a-120b: loan;
- ff. 120b-123a: rent;
- ff. 123a-128a: representation [power of attorney];
- ff. 128a-131b: charitable endowment;
- ff. 131b-132b: housing and confining;
- ff. 132b-133a: bestowal;
- ff. 133a-134b: precedence;
- ff. 134b-141b: wills;
- ff. 141b-170a: marriage;
- ff. 170a-179b: divorce;
- ff. 179b-182a: divorce [at the insistence of the wife], and peaceful separation;
- ff. 182a-186b: ?ihar divorce;
- ff. 186b-188a: annulment of unconsummated marriage;
- ff. 188a-190b: allegation of adultery;
- ff. 190b-193a: liberty;
- ff. 193a-194b: manumission [after the death of the master];
- ff. 194b-197a: correspondence;
- ff. 197a-201a: affirmation [confession];
- ff. 201a-202a: [wages?];
- ff. 202a-206a: faithfulness;
- ff. 206a-229b: pledge;
- ff. 229b-232b: hunting and slaughter;
- ff. 232b-236a: food an drink;
- ff. 236a-240b: usurpation;
- ff. 240b-244b: [preemption?];
- ff. 244b-247a: cultivation of virgin land;
- ff. 247a-249b: that which has been found;
- ff. 249b-263b: obligations;
- ff. 263b-278b: judgeship;
- ff. 278b-285b: testimonials;
- ff. 285b-279b: punishments;
[Bab al-?alat min sharayi' al-Islam fi masa'il al-?alal wa al-?aram] / [Chapter on prayer from the rules of Islam regarding the questions of what is lawful and what is unlawful] Manuscript no. 7 1863
Shiite jurisprudence. The composition dates to three years prior to the copy date (1863). Appears to be an excerpt or exposition
on prayer from a broader theological collection referred to as Sharayi' al-Islam, but its authorship is not noted (179a).
- Scribe: Mu?ammad ?adiq al-Wa'i? al-I?fahani
- Language: Text in Arabic
- Origin: Qajar Iran
- Layout: 21 lines of text per page.
- Script: Naskh.
- Binding: Unbound text block.
- Additional descriptive data: Text in black ink, with headings in red and some marginalia. Water damage throughout.
[Tam?d al-qawa' id al-u?uliyya wa al-'arabiyya li-tafri fawa'id al-a?kam al-shar' iyya] / [Introducing fundamental and Arabic rules in order to bring forth the useful things of legal rulings] Manuscript no. 8 1892
Manuscript version of a work by Shahid al-Thani, the famous Shiite scholar who lived in the Ottoman empire (see MS 11 for
a duplicate version). The manuscript begins without the customary opening and prayer, suggesting that this is the last volume
in a multi-volume composition. The composition date is given as Friday 8 January of 1551 (final leaf).
- Author: Shahid al-Thani, Zayn al-Din ibn 'Ali, 1506-1559
- Language: Text in Arabic
- Origin: Qajar Iran
- Layout: 16 lines of text per page.
- Script: Naskh.
- Binding: Unbound text block.
- Additional descriptive data: Text in black ink with some marginalia. Some water damage. Occasional impression of colorless stamp in Cyrillic script at bottom left corner of leaves.
Mifta? al-fala? / Key to prosperity Manuscript no. 9 1880-1881
Shaykh Baha'i, Shiite theological work intended for students (2b) and composed in March of 1616 (178b).
- Author: 'Amili, Baha' al-Din Mu?ammad ibn ?usayn, 1547-1621
- Scribe: Qawam al-?n ibn Mu?ammad Taq? al-?usayni
- Language: Text in Arabic
- Origin: Qajar Iran
- Layout: 14 lines of text per page.
- Script: Naskh.
- Binding: Brown leather.
- Additional descriptive data: Text in black ink, with chapter headings, punctuation, and underlining in red. Occasional marginalia and staining.
- Contents:
- ff. 1b-2a: opening and introduction;
- ff. 2a-66b: Chapter one: what one does between dawn and sunrise;
- ff. 66b-79b: Chapter two: what one does between sunrise and noon;
- ff. 79b-107b: Chapter three: what one does between noon and sunset;
- ff. 107b-124b: Chapter four: what one does between sunset and sleep-time;
- ff. 124b-132b: Chapter five: what one does between sleep-time and midnight;
- ff. 132b-178b: Chapter six: what one does between midnight and dawn;
- ff. 178a: scribe's note.
Kashf al-ghi?a' 'an mubhamat al-shari 'a al-gharra' / Removing the cover from the obscurities of the brilliant law Manuscript no. 10 1930
Shiite jurisprudence.
- Author: [Janaji, Ja'far ibn Kha?ir, 1743 or 4-1811 or 12]
- Language: Text in Arabic
- Origin: Iran
- Layout: 31 lines of text per page.
- Script: Naskh.
- Binding: Black leather.
- Additional descriptive data: Text in black ink, with headings in red. Occasional staining and damage to spine.
- Contents:
- ff. 1b: opening and introduction;
- ff. 1b-28a: First field;
- ff. 28a-: Second field.
Tam?d al-qawa' id al-u?uliyya wa al-'arabiyya li-tafri' fawa'id al-a?kãm al-shar'iyya / Introducing fundamental and Arabic rules in order to bring forth the useful things of legal rulings Manuscript no. 11 1639
Work by prolific sixteenth-century Shiite scholar Shahid al-Thani, who lived in Ottoman Syria/Lebanon. In the opening statements,
Shahid (1b) states that the science of jurisprudence (fiqh) is a noble one, and the ink of scholars is more virtuous than
the blood of martyrs. Therefore, ceaseless research of jurisprudence, beginning with the study of the fundamentals and Arabic,
is of paramount importance. Completion date for the composition is recorded as Friday 8 January 1551 (final leaf).
- Author: Shahid al-Thani, Zayn al-Din ibn 'Ali, 1506-1559
- Language: Text in Arabic
- Origin: Ottoman Empire or ?afawid Persia.
- Layout: 21 lines of text per page.
- Script: Naskh.
- Binding: Limp black leather.
- Additional descriptive data: Text in black ink, with headings in red on 47b. Staining and water damage throughout.
[Minhaj al-nijat] / [The right paths to salvation] Manuscript no. 12 no date
Persian translation of Fay? al-Kashi's "Minhaj al-nijat", a comprehensive book of Shiite devotionals. The manuscript contains
several hundred prayers in Arabic, in addition to narrative prologues in Persian that describe the origins of some prayers.
Several pages from the beginning, the end, and the middle are missing. The first full prayer, starting at the bottom of on
1a, is the "prayer of the small coat of mail (jawshan-I ?aghir)".
Although the title page is no longer attached, a number of clues allow for making an inference on the identity of the book.
First, on a small piece of paper measuring 6 × 3 × 7 cm. (torn from a dedication page, judging by the decorative gilding between
the lines, and the occurrence of the words "royal crown and throne"), there are two key words. These are on the backside of
the gilded page and read "al-nijat 'Abbasi". Since this section is in Persian, the Arabic definite article added to the word
"nijat" suggests a title of a book--most likely "Minhaj al-nijat", the Arabic book written by Mu?ammad ibn Murta?á Fay? al-Kashi
(1598 or 9-1680 or 81) while sojourning in the ?afawid capital Isfahan during the reign of Shah 'Abbas II (the king whose
name is attached to the title).
The second clue is provided in the margin of 95a where a hand, while clarifying a certain phrase in one of the prayers, refers
to the discrepancy between the "original manuscript" and "the manuscript of Muhaj al-Da' awat" . The original is most likely
the Arabic original of al-Kashi, and the second text, "Muhaj al-da' awat wa-manhaj al-' ibadat", is the book of Shiite prayers
composed by the 13th century scholar 'Ali ibn Musá Ibn ?awus (1193-1266).
- Author: [Fay? al-Kashi, Mu?ammad ibn Murta?á, 1598 or 9-1680 or 81]
- Language: Text in Persian and Arabic
- Layout: 17 lines of text per page.
- Script: Naskh; Arabic texts vocalized.
- Binding: Unbound text block.
- Additional descriptive data: Text in black ink with headings in red or gold, enclosed in a painted border. Occasional staining and tears.
- Contents:
- ff. 1a-68a: Remainder of chapter two;
- ff. 68a-84a: Chapter three: prayers for times of trouble;
- ff. 84a-131b: Chapter four: prayers for repelling enemies;
- ff. 131b-171b: Chapter five: "warder" prayers;
- ff. 171b-176b: Chapter six: prayers for repelling devils and witchcraft;
- ff. 177a-192b: Remainder of chapter twelve;
- ff. 193a-200b: Chapter thirteen: prayers of repentance;
- ff. 200b-205b: Chapter fourteen: prayers of praising the Prophet;
- ff. 205b-218a: Chapter fifteen: prayers attributed to various prophets;
- ff. 218a-227a: Chapter sixteen: prayers for asking for guidance;
- ff. 227a-244a: Chapter seventeen: on the virtues of reading the Koran;
- ff. 244a-264b: Chapter eighteen; on the several names of God;
- ff. 264b-314b: Chapter twenty: on the merits of Friday nights;
- ff. 314b-335b: Chapter twenty one: on weekday prayers;
- ff. 335b-358b: Chapter twenty two: prayers to follow required prayers;
- ff. 358b-376b: Chapter twenty three: on what to do during the month of Rajab;
- ff. 376b-392b: Chapter twenty four: on what do for the month of Sha' ban;
- ff. 392b-418b: Chapter twenty five: on what to do for the month of Rama?an.
Muntakhab kitab jawahir al-adhkar / Selection of the book of the jewels of remembrances Manuscript no. 13 1848
Shiite book of prayers. It is an abridgement of another text known as "Jawahir al-adhkar".
- Scribe: Ibn 'Abd al-?usayn Mu?ammad Nayrizi
- Language: Text in Arabic and Persian
- Origin: Qajar Iran
- Layout: 13 lines of text per page.
- Script: Naskh; Arabic texts vocalized.
- Decoration: Illumination on leaves 1b and 2a.
- Binding: Brown leather.
- Additional descriptive data: Text in black ink, with headings in red. Rows underlined in yellow, contained in a painted border. Staining and water damage throughout.
- Contents:
- ff. 1b-2b: Opening and table of contents (incomplete);
- ff. 2b-6b: Chapter one: the merits of prayer;
- ff. 6b-8a: Chapter two: rebuking of abandoning prayer;
- ff. 8a-10b: Chapter three: things that come before prayer for a speedy results;
- ff. 10b-11b: Chapter four: things that must be done after the prayer;
- ff. 11b-14b: Chapter five: the etiquette of prayer;
- ff. 14b-47b: Chapter six: prayers extracted out of the adored leaves;
- ff. 47b-48b: Chapter seven: when the sun enters Aries;
- ff. 48b-50a: Chapter eight: on what to do on Nawruz;
- ff. 50a-51b: Chapter nine: on what to do after that;
- ff. 51b-56b: Chapter ten: on the manners of observing the crescent moon;
- ff. 56b-69b: Chapter eleven: on what to do during the month of Mu?arram;
- ff. 69b-74a: Chapter twelve: on what to do during the month of ?afar;
- ff. 74a-83a: Chapter thirteen: on what to do during the month of Rabi ' al-al-ulá;
- ff. 83a: Chapter fourteen: on what to do during the month of Rabi' al-Thani;
- ff. 83a-83b: Chapter fifteen: on what to do during the month of Jumadá al-ulá;
- ff. 83b-84b: Chapter sixteen: on what to do during the month of Jumadá al-Thani;
- ff. 84b-96b: Chapter seventeen: on the virtues and requirements of the month of Rajab;
- ff. 96b-102b: Chapter eighteen: on the virtues and requirements of the month of Sha ' ban;
- ff. 102b-139a: Chapter nineteen: on the virtues and requirements of the month of Rama?an;
- ff. 139a-144b: Chapter twenty: on what to do during the month of Shawwal;
- ff. 144b-145a: Chapter twenty one: on what to do during the month of Dhu al-Qa' da;
- ff. 145a-162b: Chapter twenty two: on what to do during the month of Dhu al-?ijja;
- ff. 162b-165b: Chapter twenty three: on the manners and virtues of saying laudations;
- ff. 165b-206: Chapter twenty four: necessary prayers for the one's welfare in this world and the next.
[Ta'wilat al-Ayat] / [Commentaries upon Koranic verses] Manuscript no. 14 1842-1843
Exegetical work of the early Shiite scholar Sharif al-Murtadá. 1b begins with an incomplete sentence, "Thus says the... 'Ali
ibn al-?usayn ibn Musá al-Musawi" which indicates the identity of the author (the full name occurs in the text also, ex. 221).
This is followed by a phrase marked in red which reads, "ta'wil ?aya" (commentary upon a verse), and is followed by a verse
from the Koran (Chapter 17, verse 16). Furthermore, someone has written on the top-edge "Ta'wilat-I Sayyid Murtadá", meaning,
Commentaries of Master Murtadá.
- Author: Sharif al-Murtadá, 'Alam al-Hudá 'Ali ibn al-?usayn, 966-1044 or 5
- Scribe: Mu?ammad Taqi [al-?usayni?] al-Zanuzi
- Language: Text in Arabic
- Origin: Qajar Iran
- Layout: 21 lines of text per page.
- Script: Nasta'liq.
- Binding: Black leather.
- Additional descriptive data: Text in black ink, with headings in red on 1b. Occasional marginalia and staining; water damage throughout.
[Book on the Shiite Imams] Manuscript no. 15 1813
Book on the lives, martyrdoms, sayings, and the pilgrimage customs to the tombs of Shiite Imams, but especially ?usayn ibn
'Ali. The author begins by expounding on the merit of weeping for the martyrs, and tells the stories of the martyrdom of ?usayn
and his family at the battle Karbala, as well as the poisoning of ?usayn's brother êasan ibn 'Ali. The author cites early
Shiite scholarly authorities such as Ibn ?awus and Sharif al-Murtadá. It is similar to a separate work on martyrdoms entitled
"Naw?a al-a?zan", composed in 1648 by Yusuf ibn Agha Beg Dihkhwaraqani, and dedicated to Shah 'Abbas II (Storey I: 215). Someone
has excerpted some lines from the Dihkhwaraqani text and written them in the margin of 90a.
- Scribe: Bani (?) al-Khalil al-Khurasani al-Shirazi
- Language: Text in Arabic
- Origin: Tabriz, Iran
- Layout: 19 lines of text per page.
- Script: Naskh.
- Binding: Brown leather.
- Additional descriptive data: Text in black ink with headings and punctuations in red on 1b. Marginalia in Persian and Arabic; occasional staining.
Qawa' id al-a?kam fi ma' rifa al-?alal wa-al-?aram / The foundation of rulings in learning what is lawful and what is unlawful Manuscript no. 16 [18--]
Part 1 of a two-volume work of Shiite jurisprudence by al-?illi, a student of the famous Na?ir al-Din al-Tusi.
- Author: [Ibn al-Mu?ahhar al-?illi, al-?asan ibn Yusuf, 1250-1325]
- Language: Text in Arabic
- Origin: Qajar Iran
- Layout: 17 lines of text per page.
- Script: Naskh.
- Binding: Limp brown leather.
- Additional descriptive data: Text in black ink, with headings in red and extensive marginalia. Staining and water damage throughout.
- Contents:
- ff. 1b: prayer and opening;
- ff. 1b-17a: cleanliness;
- ff. 14a-36b: prayer;
- ff. 36b-46a: charity;
- ff. 46a-53a: fasting;
- ff. 53a-75a: pilgrimage;
- ff. 75b-88a: jihad;
- ff. 88a-116a: business transactions;
- ff. 116a-141a: debts;
- ff. 141a-151a: sureties;
- ff. 151a-168b: unlawful arbitrariness;
- ff. 168b-198a: rent;
- ff. 198a-261b: gifts and charitable endowment.
?ira? [va qira?]-i ?aqq / Right path [or lamp] of truth Manuscript no. 17 1846
A work of Shiite theology dedicated to the third Qajar king Mu?ammad Shah (r. 1835-48). The manuscript seems to be in the
author's hand. He writes that he had written a more extensive work on the same topic which had been misunderstood in some
circles, so he composed a second text to clarify the more controversial points.
- Author: Burujirdi, Muî?ammad ?usayn ibn Ma 'sum
- Language: Text in Persian
- Origin: Qajar Iran
- Layout: 16 lines of text per page.
- Script: Naskh.
- Binding: Brown leather, blind stamped.
- Additional descriptive data: Text in black ink, with punctuations, headings and early marginal explanations in red. Occasional staining. Text block separated from binding.
[Unknown] Manuscript no. 18 [1572?]
Karshuni religious manuscript.
- Language: Text in Syriac
- Layout: 27 lines of text per page.
- Script: Serto.
- Binding: Brown leather.
- Additional descriptive data: Text in black ink, with punctuations and headings in red. Staining and water damage throughout.