[IO Islamic 207] منتخب ديوان معجز

<ul> <li>Muntakhab-i-d&icirc;w&acirc;n-i-Mu&rsquo;jiz</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1706 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Eth&eacute;, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 207 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <p><span>1706</span></p> <p><span>Muntakhab-i-d&icirc;w&acirc;n-i-Mu</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>jiz (</span><span><span><span><span><span>منتخب ديوان معجز</span></span></span></span></span><span>).</span></p> <p><span>Selections from the lyrical poems of Mu</span><span>ḥammad Ni</span><span><span>ż</span></span><span>&acirc;m (or as he is called here in the colophon: Mirz&acirc; Jal&acirc;l Miy&acirc;n Ni</span><span><span>ż</span></span><span>&acirc;mkh&acirc;n) with the takhalluṣ Mu</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>ji</span><span><span>ż</span></span><span>, who was an Afgh&acirc;n of K&acirc;bul and died at Dihl&icirc; A.H. 1162 (A.D. 1749); see A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 129, 159, and 506; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 943, where a copy of his complete works is described, written A.H. 1205 (A.D. 1790, 1791) by his pupil Ghul&acirc;m Murtaḍ&acirc; Sur&ucirc;r&icirc;, who was still alive in A.H. 1211 (A.H. 1796, 1797), in Lucknow, and excelled also as poet, see his d&icirc;w&acirc;n, ib., pp. 948-950, and A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 573. This selection contains chiefly ghazals, in alphabetical order, intermixed with a few rub&acirc;</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>&icirc;s and fards (on ff. 1</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>-287</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>), some mukhammas&acirc;t (on ff. 287</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>-290</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>), and a full series of rub&acirc;</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>&icirc;s at the end (on ff. 290</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>-309).</span></p> <p><span>Beginning of the ghazals (as in Sprenger</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>s and Pertsch</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>s copies):</span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>اى </span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>فت</span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>وى عشق تو خون كرد سينها</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>چ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ون داغ لاله رانده در آتش سفينها</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span>Two hemistichs omitted on fol. 79</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span>.</span></p> <p><span>Copied at the request of Miy&acirc;n Raḥ&icirc;mkh&acirc;n, the son of Raḥmatkh&acirc;n, and dated the 2nd of Dh&ucirc;-alḳa</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>dah, A.H. 1163, the third year of the emperor Aḥmadsh&acirc;h</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>s reign (=A.D. 1750, Oct. 3), one year after the poet</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>s death.</span></p> <p><span>No. 207, ff. 309, 2 coll., each ll. 15; distinct </span><span>Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; size, 9&frac12; in. by 5&frac12; in. </span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>