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[IO Islamic 328] ديوان ابو الفرج رونى

<ul> <li><strong>D&icirc;w&acirc;n-i-Ab&ucirc;-alfaraj R&ucirc;n&icirc;</strong> <strong>.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 905 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 328 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>905</p> <p>D&icirc;w&acirc;n-i-Ab&ucirc;-alfaraj R&ucirc;n&icirc; (ديوان ابو الفرج رونى).</p> <p>Lyrical poems by Ab&ucirc;-alfaraj bin Mas&rsquo;&ucirc;d al-R&ucirc;n&icirc;, who was born in L&acirc;h&ucirc;r (see the Haft Iḳl&icirc;m, No. 358), and flourished in the reigns of Sulṭ&acirc;n Ibr&acirc;h&icirc;m of Ghazna (A.H. 451-492=A.D. 1059-1099) and his son and successor Sulṭ&acirc;n Mas&rsquo;&ucirc;d III (A.H. 492-508=A.D. 1099-1114), to both of whom he addressed panegyrics.</p> <p>He is not to be confounded with an older poet, Ab&ucirc;-alfaraj Sijz&icirc;, who was attached to the court of the Amir Ab&ucirc; &lsquo;Al&icirc; S&icirc;mj&ucirc;r, the governor of Khur&acirc;s&acirc;n under the S&acirc;m&acirc;nides (see Haft Iḳlim, No. 303), and whose pupil &lsquo;Unṣur&icirc; was. The usual dates, assigned to Ab&ucirc;-alfaraj R&ucirc;n&icirc;&rsquo;s death, viz. A.H. 482 or 489 (A.D. 1089 or 1096), cannot be authentic, as the poet styles Sulṭ&acirc;n Mas&rsquo;&ucirc;d III, the reigning sovereign in various ḳaṣ&icirc;das; compare Bodleian Cat., Nos. 366 (Butkh&acirc;na, No. 1), 523, and 1333 (col. 823); Rieu ii. p. 547, and A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 308. This d&icirc;w&acirc;n, which is incomplete at the end, contains chiefly ḳaṣ&icirc;das, with a few ghazals, ḳiṭ&rsquo;as, and rub&acirc;&rsquo;&icirc;s.</p> <p>Beginning:</p> <p>سپهر دولت و دين پادشاه (آفتاب in other copies) هفت اقليم ابو المظفّر شاه مظفّر ابراهيم</p> <p>The copy breaks off on fol. 429<sup>b</sup>; ff. 430<sup>b</sup>-432 contain a short extract from Sa&rsquo;d&icirc;&rsquo;s B&ucirc;st&acirc;n, written by another hand. Dated by &lsquo;Abd-alraḳ&icirc;b the 24th of Shaww&acirc;l, A.H. 1069 (A.D. 1659, July 15).</p> <p>No. 328, ff. 378-432, 2 coll., each ll. 18; clear Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; size, 10<sup>1/2</sup> in. by 5<sup>1/2</sup> in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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