[IO Islamic 2678] Persian Anthology

<ul> <li>Persian-Anthology</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1749 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 2678 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <p><span>1749</span></p> <p><span>Persian anthology.</span></p> <p><span>A collection Persian poems, (</span><span><em>a</em></span><span>) ghazals, rub&acirc;</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>&icirc;s, etc., by: </span><span><em>Mu</em></span><span><em>ḥtasham K&acirc;sh&icirc;</em></span><span> (died A.H. 996; see Nos.</span><span> 1447 and 1448 above), on fol. 1</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>; </span><span><em>Sharaf-i-Jah&acirc;n</em></span><span> of </span><span>Ḳ</span><span>azw&icirc;n (flourished under Sh&acirc;h </span><span>Ṭ</span><span>ahm&acirc;sp and died A.H. 968), on fol. 11</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>; </span><span><em>Figh&acirc;n&icirc;</em></span><span> of Sh&icirc;r&acirc;z (died A.H. 922 or 925), on fol. 16</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span>; </span><span><em>Shar&icirc;f</em></span><span> of Tabr&icirc;z (pupil of Lis&acirc;n&icirc;), on fol. 17</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>; </span><span><em>Lis&acirc;n&icirc;</em></span><span> of Sh&icirc;r&acirc;z (died A.H. 941), on fol. 24</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>; </span><span><em>Wi</em></span><span><em>ṣ&acirc;l&icirc;</em></span><span> (Muḥammad Am&icirc;n, died A.H. 967), on fol. 27</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span>; (</span><span><em>b</em></span><span>) rub&acirc;&rsquo;&icirc;s</span><span> only by: </span><span><em>Ḥ</em></span><span><em>ab&icirc;b-all&acirc;h </em></span><span>of Sh&icirc;r&acirc;z, on fol. 27</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>; Am&icirc;r </span><span><em>Mu</em></span><span><em>ḥammad Ḥ</em></span><span><em>&acirc;shim</em></span><span> (was in L&acirc;h&ucirc;r A.H. 969); Mull&acirc; </span><span><em>&Acirc;h&icirc;</em></span><span> (died A.H. 927); </span><span><em>Ḥuḍ&ucirc;r&icirc; </em></span><span>(died after A.H. 984, see No. 1442 above), ib., etc.; (</span><span><em>c</em></span><span>) mathnaw&icirc;-baits by </span><span><span><em>Niż&acirc;m&icirc;</em></span></span><span>, etc., on fol. 29</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>; (</span><span><em>d</em></span><span>) rub&acirc;</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>&icirc;s again by </span><span><em>Ḳ&acirc;tib&icirc; </em></span><span>(died A.H. 838 or 839); </span><span><em>Ghaz&acirc;l&icirc;</em></span><span> (of Mashhad, died A.H. 980), ib., etc.; (</span><span><em>e</em></span><span>) ghazals again by </span><span><em>Figh&acirc;n&icirc; </em></span><span>(second collection), ib.; a lacuna after fol. 15. Many pages injured.</span></p> <p><span>Bibliotheca Leydeniana.</span></p> <p><span>No. 2678, ff. 1-31, 4-5 coll., in diagonal lines, with additional straight lines running between them;</span><span> </span><span>Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; size, 11&frac34; in. by 7&frac14; in.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>