[IO Islamic 282] ديوان فائح

<ul> <li>D&icirc;w&acirc;n-i-F&acirc;&rsquo;iḥ</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1736 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 282 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <p><span>1736</span></p> <p><span>D&icirc;w&acirc;n-i-F&acirc;</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>i</span><span>ḥ (</span><span><span><span><span><span>ديوان فائح</span></span></span></span></span><span>).</span></p> <p><span>The d&icirc;w&acirc;n of a Persian poet with the takhllu</span><span>ṣ F&acirc;</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>i</span><span>ḥ, who is not mentioned in any tadhkirah. It consists merely of ghazals, in alphabetical order, and is incomplete at the end, breaking off in the midst of the letter </span><span><span><span><span><span>ك</span></span></span></span></span><span>. </span></p> <p><span>Beginning:</span><span><span><span><span><span>الهى زاتش دل آب ده تيغ زبانم را الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>.</span></p> <p><span>Many pages are severely injured; a great number of baits besides are crossed out. Some additional ghazals are found on the margin of the eight leaves.</span></p> <p><span>The last bait, which occurs here on fol. 175</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>, runs thus:</span></p> <p><span><span><span>تصوير ترا خواست كند نقش مصوّر</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>شد بار وجود تو زنازك بدنى رن</span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span>The proper order of ff. 40-47 is: 40, 45, 46, 41-44, 47.</span></p> <p><span>No. 282, ff. 175, 2 coll., each ll. 11; Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ size, 8&frac14; in. by 4&frac34; in.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>