[IO Islamic 2753] Tadhkirat-alshu'arâ

<ul> <li><strong>Tadhkirat-alshu&rsquo;ar&acirc;&nbsp;.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 656 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Eth&eacute;</strong></a><strong><em>,&nbsp;</em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong>&nbsp;</a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a>&nbsp;<strong>number 2753 here with notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>d. <em>Persian Poets</em>.</p> <p>656</p> <p>Tadhkirat-alshu&rsquo;ar&acirc; ( تذكرة الشعرا ).</p> <p>The well-known biography of Persian poets by Daulatsh&acirc;h bin &lsquo;Al&acirc;-aldaulah Bakht&icirc;sh&acirc;h (according to W. Pertsch: <em>ibn</em> Bakht&icirc;sh&acirc;h) of Samarḳand, who completed this work A.H. 892 (A.D. 1487), and dedicated it to M&icirc;r &lsquo;Al&icirc; Sh&icirc;r. Hammer&rsquo;s &lsquo;Sch&ouml;ne Redek&uuml;nste Persiens&rsquo; are principally based on it. It is divided into a muḳaddimah, seven ṭabaḳ&acirc;t, and a kh&acirc;timah, comp. Notices et Extr. iv. p. 220 sq., where the full list of biographies is given; Bodleian Cat., Nos. 348-359 ; Rieu i. p. 364 ; W. Pertsch, Berlin Catal., p. 597 sq.; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 7 sq.; Cat. Des MSS. et Xyl., p. 308 sq.; G. Fl&uuml;gel ii.p. 366 sq.; J. Aumer, p. 1; Ḥ. Khalfa ii. p. 262 , No. 2819 ; Dorn, Das asiatische Museum, p. 349, No. 19; Rehatsek, Mulla Firuz Library, p. 130 sq.; Rosen, Persian MSS., p. 160, etc. On the various articles of this work, translated into European languages, see W. Pertsch, loc. cit. A Turkish translation of it , entitled سفينة الشعرا , appeared in Constantinople , A.H. 1259. Daulatsh&acirc;h died A.H. 900 (A.D. 1494 , 1495).</p> <p>This copy , excellently written and comparatively old , begins , on fol. 1^b:</p> <p>تحمیدی که شاهباز بلند پرواز اندیشه بسیاجت (بساحت وread) فضای (کبریایadded in the other copies) آن طیران الخ.. Muḳaddimah, on fol. 11^a.</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah I (beginning with R&ucirc;dag&icirc;), on fol. 17^b; II ( beginning with Azraḳ&icirc;), on fol. 38^b; III (beginning with Niż&acirc;m&icirc;), on fol. 64^a; IV (beginning with Far&icirc;d-ald&icirc;n &lsquo;Aṭṭ&acirc;r), on fol. 88^a; V (beginning with &lsquo;Im&acirc;d Faḳ&icirc;h), on fol. 118^a; VI (beginning with Sayyid Ni&rsquo;mat-all&acirc;h of K&ucirc;hist&acirc;n), on fol. 155^a; VII (beginning with Am&icirc;r Sh&acirc;h&icirc;), on fol. 197^a. Kh&acirc;timah (beginning with J&acirc;m&icirc;), on fol. 223^a. In the text itself only the third ṭabaḳah is marked by a special heading; all the others have been determined both by the index on ff. 10^a-11^a and a comparison with the following copies.</p> <p>Dated the 9th of Rajab, A.H. 960 (A.D. 1553, June 21). Bibliotheca Leydeniana.</p> <p>No. 2753, ff. 246, ll. 17; Naskh&icirc;; size, 8^3/4 in. by 6^3/4 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>