[IO Islamic 2944] كلّيّات شائق

<ul> <li>Kulliyy&acirc;t-i-Sh&acirc;&rsquo;iḳ</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1729 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 2944 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <p>1729</p> <p>Kulliyy&acirc;t-i-Sh&acirc;&rsquo;iḳ (كلّيّات شائق ).</p> <p>Complete poetical works of M&icirc;r Ghul&acirc;m Ḥusain. with the taḳhalluṣ Sh&acirc;&rsquo;iḳ, the son of Sayyid Fatḥ &lsquo;Al&icirc; alraḍaw&icirc; alj&acirc;lis&icirc;, who flourished under Gh&acirc;z&icirc;-ald&icirc;n Ḥaidar, the eldest son of Naww&acirc;b Sa&rsquo;&acirc;dat &lsquo;Al&icirc;kh&acirc;n of Oudh (Gh&acirc;z&icirc;-ald&icirc;n Ḥaidar succeeded his father as ruler of Oudh A.H. 1229=A.D. 1814, and died A.H. 1243=A.D. 1827, after a reign of thirteen years); another copy of these poems, styled ديوان شائق , is described in A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 569.</p> <p>Contents:</p> <p>Ḳaṣ&icirc;das, on fol. 1^a, beginning:</p> <p>نور بخش مهر و ماه و لؤلؤ لالاستى</p> <p>جلوه ساز گلشن و هم لعل و هم خاراستى</p> <p>They are chiefly in praise of God, Muḥammad, and the Im&acirc;ms.</p> <p>A mathnaw&icirc;, containing stories based on legends and traditions of the prophet and Im&acirc;ms, on fol. 17^b, beginning:</p> <p>بنام خداوند ديّان دين &ndash; ضيا بخش دلها به نور يقين</p> <p>Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 35^b, beginning:</p> <p>بدرد عشق تو دارم چو دين و دنيى را</p> <p>بريده ام زدل خويشتن تمنّى را</p> <p>Rub&acirc;&rsquo;&icirc;s, on fol. 99^a, the first two <em>not</em> in the usual rub&acirc;&rsquo;&icirc;-metre; beginning of the initial quatrain: درد پنهان چو بدل داشتم از دلبر خويش الخ.</p> <p>Beginning of the first rub&acirc;&rsquo;&icirc; in the usual metre (the third of the series): اين سوزش عشقت بجگر داشتيست الخ.</p> <p>Ḳiṭ&rsquo;as and chronograms, on fol. 103^a, beginning:</p> <p>تنگ روزى چو شد و تلخى لش</p> <p>يكى از اهل عرب پشت دو تا</p> <p>The ta&rsquo;r&icirc;kh on Mirz&acirc; J&acirc;n Tapish&rsquo;s death, quoted in Sprenger, is found here on fol. 107^a: حالا بكسوف آمد سخن اردو (read ماه) ماهى = A.H. 1220 (A.D. 1805, 1806).</p> <p>Tapish of Dihl&icirc; was a well-known Rekhta poet who composed, among other works, a يوسف و زليخا in Hind&ucirc;st&acirc;n&icirc;, see A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 297.</p> <p>The last ta&rsquo;r&icirc;kh is on the death of Sayyid Ḥasanbakhsh, which took place the 10th of Muḥarram, A.H. 1236 (A.D. 1820, Oct. 18). The collection winds up with a poetical prayer (فاتحة سيّد الشّهدا ) for Ḥusain, the martyr of Karbal&acirc;.</p> <p>No. 2944, ff. 113, 2 coll., each ll. 12; large Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; size, 10 in. by 7 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>