[IO Islamic 1425] Miscellaneous-Poetry

<ul> <li>Miscellaneous-Poetry</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1765 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 1425 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span>1765</span></p> <p><span>Miscellanies.</span></p> <p><span>A large collection of Persian compositions in prose and verse, containing:</span></p> <p><span>1.An incomplete copy of J&acirc;m&icirc;</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>s </span><span><em>Law&acirc;</em></span><span><span><em>&rsquo;</em></span></span><span><em>i</em></span><span><em>ḥ</em></span><span> (see No. 1357, 15; No. 1358, 2; and Nos. 1368-1373 above), on ff. 1</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span>-13</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>, defective at the beginning and injured moreover on fol. 1.</span></p> <p><span>2.A story from Muḥammad</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>s life, on ff. 14</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span>-16</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>اسناد هفت كلام ربّانى </span></span></span><span><span><span>چ</span></span></span><span><span><span>هارده حديث </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>يغمبر عليه السّلام اسرار تمام الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>.</span></p> <p><span>Dated the 28th of Dh&ucirc;-alḳa</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>dah, A.H. 1066 (A.D. 1656, Sept. 17).</span></p> <p><span>3.Grammatical fragments, on ff. 17</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span>-26</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span>, for instance:</span></p> <p><span>; </span><span><span><span><span><span>فصل در بيان تنوين باب </span></span></span><span><span><span>ا</span></span></span><span><span><span>لمداد </span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; </span><span><span><span><span><span>فصل در قلب</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; </span><span><span><span><span><span>فصل در بيان اخفا</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>;</span></p> <p><span>; </span><span><span><span><span><span>فصل در بيان مخارج حروف</span></span></span></span></span><span>;</span><span> </span><span><span><span><span><span>فصل در بيان هاى ضمير و هاى اصلى و هاى سكته </span></span></span><u><span><span><span>الخ</span></span></span></u><span> </span></span></span><span>; </span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>در بيان ادغامات</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; </span><span><span><span><span><span>فصل در بيان الف ولام تعريف</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; </span><span><span><span><span><span>فصل در بيان ساكن</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span>; </span><span><span><span><span><span>فصل در بيان قواعد وقف</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>.etc ;</span></p> <p><span>4.</span><span><span><span><span><span>قَفِيل نام</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>امام حسين</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>(the scourge-book of Im&acirc;m </span><span>Ḥ</span><span>usain), a lamentation over </span><span>Ḥusain</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>s martyrdom, on fol. 26</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>.</span></p> <p><span>5.Short Persian commentary on S&ucirc;ras 73 (</span><span><span><span><span><span>سورة الْمز</span></span></span><span><span><span>َ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ّمِّل</span></span></span></span></span><span>) and 74 (</span><span><span><span><span><span>سورة المُدَّثِّر</span></span></span></span></span><span>), on ff. 27</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span>-35</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>.</span></p> <p><span>6.A poetical Persian paraphrase of verses and phrases of the </span><span>Ḳ</span><span>ur&acirc;n, on ff. 36</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>-52</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>, 81</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span>-82</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>, and 89</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span>-90</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>.</span></p> <p><span>7.Ni</span><span><span>ż</span></span><span>&acirc;m&icirc;</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>s </span><span><em>Makhzan-alasr&acirc;r</em></span><span> (see No. 972 sq. above), on ff. 53</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span>-75</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>.</span></p> <p><span>8.Fragment of a Persian commentary on the initial ḳaṣ&icirc;dah of </span><span><em>Kh&acirc;ḳ&acirc;n&icirc;</em></span><span><span><em>&rsquo;</em></span></span><span><em>s</em></span><span> d&icirc;wan (see No. 950 sq. above), beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>دل من </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ير تعليم است الخ</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, on ff. 75</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span> and 76</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span>.</span></p> <p><span>9.Some other </span><span>ḳaṣ&icirc;das of the same </span><span><em>Kh&acirc;ḳ&acirc;n&icirc;,</em></span><span> on ff. 76</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>-78</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>.</span></p> <p><span>10.A short mystical mathnaw&icirc;, entitled entitled: </span><span><span><span><span><span>ترغيب القلوب</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>(identical with the </span><span><span><span><span><span>مرغوب القلوب</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>in Nos. 1840 and 1841 below), on ff. 79</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span>-80</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>, in ten fa</span><span>ṣls, beginning:</span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>ب</span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ويم حمد ربّ العالمين را</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>عطا كو كرد بر ما عقل و دين را</span></span></span></p> <p><span>11.Extracts from Persian d&icirc;w&acirc;ns, on ff. 88</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>-83</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span> (the order of leaves is inverted).</span></p> <p><span>12.A ghazal of Shaikh </span><span><em>Au</em></span><span><em>ḥad&icirc; Kirm&acirc;n&icirc;</em></span><span>, correctly </span><span><em>Auhad-ald&icirc;n Kirm&acirc;n&icirc;</em></span><span> (died A.H. 697=A.D. 1298) , the spiritual guide of </span><span><em>Auḥad&icirc; Mar&acirc;gh&icirc;,</em></span><span> who died A.H. 738 (A.D. 1337, 1338), on fol. 91</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span>.</span></p> <p><span>13.Mathnaw&icirc;-fragments, on ff. 91</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>-124</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>; the larger portion is filled by the </span><span><span><span><span><span>مظهر الآثار</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>of Khw&acirc;jah </span><span><em>H&acirc;shim</em></span><span> of Tattah, correctly M&icirc;r </span><span><em>H&acirc;shim&icirc; </em></span><span>of Kirm&acirc;n, surnamed Sh&acirc;h Jah&acirc;ng&icirc;r, who completed this </span><span>Ṣ&ucirc;fic mathnaw&icirc; in Tattah, A.H. 940 (A.D. 1533, 1534), and was slain during his pilgrimage, A.H. 948 (A.D. 1541, 1542), see further down in this Cat. Copied A.H. 1065 (A.D. 1655).</span></p> <p><span>14.Shabistar&icirc;</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>s </span><span><em>Gulshan-i-r&acirc;z</em></span><span> (see No. 1761, 2 above), on ff. 125</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span>-136</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span> (fol. 131</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span> does not belong to it).</span></p> <p><span>15.</span><span><span><span><span><span>رقعه</span></span></span></span></span><span>, a note, on fol. 136</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>.</span></p> <p><span>16.Various </span><span>ḳaṣ&icirc;das, a short mathnaw&icirc;-fragment, and a ghazal, on ff. 137</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span>-151</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>.</span></p> <p><span>17.A mathnaw&icirc; on the seven days of the week, styled : </span><span><span><span><span><span>ساعت نام</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>روزهاء كريم</span></span></span></span></span><span>, on ff. 152</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span>-153</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>, beginning:</span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ر تو خواهى كه </span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>رددت فيروز</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>كار و بار جهان بتو هر روز</span></span></span></p> <p><span>18.Various poetical fragments, a </span><span><span><span><span><span>معراج نامه</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>(on the ascension of Mu</span><span>ḥammad), in form of a ḳaṣ&icirc;dah, by Muḥtasham, who died A.H. 996 (see Nos. 1447 and 1448 above), a </span><span><span><span><span><span>وفات نام</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>حضرت</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, etc,. on ff. 154</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>-164</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>.</span></p> <p><span>No. 1415, ff. 164; written by different hands, mostly in careless </span><span>Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ, with a great variety in the number of lines; size, 11</span>^{<span>1/4</span>}<span> in. by 5</span>^{<span>1/8</span>}<span> in.</span></p>