Skip to main content
zenodoopen

[IO Islamic 1023] ديوان كمال اسمعيل

<ul> <li><strong>D&icirc;w&acirc;n-i-Kam&acirc;l Isma&rsquo;&icirc;l.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1055&nbsp;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 1023 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1055</p> <p>D&icirc;w&acirc;n-i-Kam&acirc;l Isma&rsquo;&icirc;l (ديوان كمال اسمعيل).</p> <p>The lyrical poems of Kam&acirc;l-ald&icirc;n Isma&rsquo;&icirc;l bin Jam&acirc;l-ald&icirc;n Muḥammad bin &lsquo;Abd-alrazz&acirc;ḳ of Iṣfah&acirc;n, who was a pupil of Suhr&acirc;wardi, panegyrist of the Ṣ&acirc;&rsquo;id family, and is usually called خلاّق المعانى. He was tortured to death by the Moghuls, A.H. 635 (A.D. 1237, 1238); comp. Haft Iḳlim, No. 870, col. 441 in this Cat.; Bodleian Cat., Nos. 638-643; Rieu ii. p. 581; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 783; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 454; see also Butkh&acirc;na, No. 23 in Bodleian Cat., col. 199, and &Acirc;tashkada, No. 416, ib., col. 297. This d&icirc;w&acirc;n consists of the following parts:</p> <p>1.Ḳaṣ&icirc;das and tarkibbands, on fol. 1<sup>b</sup>, with a short mathnaw&icirc; and two ḳiṭ&rsquo;as at the end. Beginning of the first ḳaṣ&icirc;dah:</p> <p>اى جلال تو بيانها را زبان انداخته</p> <p>عزّت ذاتت يقين را در گمان انداخته</p> <p>Beginning of the mathnaw&icirc;, on fol. 209<sup>a</sup>:</p> <p>تا زبانم بكام جنبانست &ndash; در ثناء رئيس لنبانست</p> <p>2. A large series of ḳiṭ&rsquo;as, intermixed with a few ghazals, on fol. 213<sup>b</sup>. Beginning:</p> <p>عشّاق كه قدر دل شناسند &ndash; دل از غم يار بر نگيرند</p> <p>3. Ghazals, without any order, on fol. 319<sup>b</sup>, beginning:</p> <p>اى دل و جان بياد تو زنده الخ.</p> <p>4. Rub&acirc;&rsquo;&icirc;s, on fol. 359<sup>b</sup>, beginning: اى مدح تو آورده قلم را بسخن الخ.</p> <p>Dated by Sulṭ&acirc;n &lsquo;Al&icirc; of Mashhad, A.H. 905 (A.D. 1499, 1500).</p> <p>No. 1023, ff. 412, 2 coll., each ll. 17; beautiful and clear Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each part, a vignette on fol. 1<sup>a</sup>, all the headings throughout in gold; size, 10 in. by 6<sup>3/4</sup> in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

ShareScore

28/100

Overall dataset sharing score

Score breakdown

These five areas show where the dataset supports — or may limit — practical reuse.

Stewardship
8
Harmonization
4
Access
16
Reuse readiness
0
Engagement
0

Topics