[IO Islamic 775] كلّيّات سعدى

<ul> <li><strong>Kulliyy&acirc;y-i-Sa&rsquo;d&icirc;.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1125&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 775 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1125</p> <p>The same.</p> <p>Contents:</p> <p>1.The collector&rsquo;s preface, on fol. 1^b.</p> <p>2.Five ris&acirc;las, i.e. ris&acirc;las 2-6 of the usual copies (the <em>first</em>, در تقرير ديباچه, is wanting here, just as in the preceding copy); the first (<em>second</em> ris&acirc;lah), in five مجلس , on ff. 5^a, 7^a, 10^a, 11^b, and 14^a; the second (<em>third</em> ris&acirc;lah), on fol. 18^b; the third (<em>fourth</em> ris&acirc;lah), on fol. 19^b (here entitled: از سؤال مولانا شمس الدين, and beginning: سؤال مولانا شمس الدين نطنزى از شيخ سعدى منظومه سالك راه خدا الخ; the fourth (<em>fifth</em> ris&acirc;lah), on fol. 21^a; the <em>fifth</em> (<em>sixth</em> ris&acirc;lah), containing the three stories , on fol. 27^b.</p> <p>A fihrist of the following sixteen parts (or books) of this copy, on fol. 30^b.</p> <p>3.Gulist&acirc;n, on fol. 31^a.</p> <p>4.B&ucirc;st&acirc;n, on fol.89^b.</p> <p>5.Arabic ḳaṣ&icirc;das, on fol. 154^a.</p> <p>6.Persian ḳaṣ&icirc;das, on fol. 160^a.</p> <p>7.Mar&acirc;th&icirc;, on fol. 184^b.</p> <p>8.Mulamma&rsquo;&acirc;t, on fol. 189^b, beginning here: وقتها يكدم نياسودى تنم الخ (corresponding to the initial bait in No. 782 of the Berlin Cat., Pertsch, p,. 805, and No. 683 of the Bodleian Cat., col. 530).</p> <p>9.Tarji&rsquo;&acirc;t, on fol. 194^a, beginning here: اى سرو بلند قامت دوست الخ (corresponding to the initial bait in No. 1117 in this Cat.).</p> <p>10.Ṭayyib&acirc;t, on fol. 200^b.</p> <p>11.Bad&acirc;&rsquo;i&rsquo;, on fol. 279^b.</p> <p>12.Khaw&acirc;t&icirc;m on fol. 332^a, beginning here: گر ماه من بر افگند نقابرا الخ.</p> <p>13.Early ghazals, on fol. 351^b, beginning here : وه كه گر من باز بينم روى يار خويش را الخ</p> <p>(corresponding to No. 1121 in this Cat., fol. 208^a margin).</p> <p>14. Ṣ&acirc;ḥibiyyah, on fol. 367^b, with the usual prose-preface; the first poem begins here: يا رب تو هر چه بهتر و نيكوترش بده الخ (see the same initial bait in No. 692 of the Bodleian Cat., col. 539).</p> <p>15.Muḳaṭṭa&rsquo;&acirc;t, on fol. 378^b, beginning: گويند سعديا الخ .</p> <p>16.Khabith&acirc;t (or Muṭ&acirc;yab&acirc;t), on fol. 386^a, beginning with the usual prose-lines; the initial bait of first poem corresponds to that in Nos. 1118 and 1122 in this Cat. On the margin of ff. 386^b-389^b there are added the Hazliyy&acirc;t styled: المجالس الثلثة فى الهزل.</p> <p>17.Rub&acirc;&rsquo;iyy&acirc;t, on fol. 395^b.</p> <p>18.Mufrad&acirc;t, on fol. 406^a.</p> <p>The Muḍḥiḳ&acirc;t are wanting in this copy. One leaf at the end seems to be missing. No date. The right order of ff. 400-410 is: 400, 409, 402, 403, 407, 404- 406, 401, 408, and 410.</p> <p>No. 775, ff. 410, 2 coll., each ll. 21 (on ff. 89^b-153^b, 3 coll.); Naskh&icirc;, many pages injured; an illuminated heading at the beginning of nearly every part; size, 9^3/4 in. by 5^5/8 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>