[IO Islamic 332] كلّيّات سعدى

<ul> <li><strong>Kulliyy&acirc;y-i-Sa&rsquo;d&icirc;.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1124&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 332 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1124</p> <p>The same.</p> <p>Another exquisitely written and most splendidly ornamented copy, likewise without a date.</p> <p>Contents:</p> <p>1.Six ris&acirc;las, in the following curious arrangement: the <em>first</em> corresponds to the second of the usual copies, i.e. the مجالس خمسه or five homilies, on ff. 4^b, 6^a, 9^a, 10^b, last line, and 13^b, beginning: الحمد لله الذى خلق الخ; the <em>second</em> is identical with the usual third, styled here در بيان صاحب ديوان و جواب, on fol. 18^b margin; the <em>third</em> is the usual fourth (therefore correctly called here (رسالۀ چهارم , styled در علم و عشق, on fol. 20^a; the <em>fourth</em> ( called correctly رسالۀ پنجم) corresponds to the usual fifth, styled در نصيحت ملوك, on fol. 21^b margin; The <em>fifth</em> to the <em>second story</em> of the usual sixth (therefore called here رسالۀ دوم در نصيحت ملك انكيانو), beginning: معلوم شد كه خسرو عادل الخ ; the <em>sixth</em> to the <em>third story</em> of the same ( called here رسالۀ سيوم در مدح ملك شمس الدين تازیگو), beginning: در زمان حكومت ملك عادل الخ. There are consequently missing the collector&rsquo;s preface, the usual <em>first</em> ris&acirc;lah در تقرير ديباچه, and the <em>first story</em>, رسالۀ ملاقات اباقا, of the usual <em>sixth</em> ris&acirc;lah.</p> <p>2.Gulist&acirc;n, on fol. 34^b.</p> <p>3.B&ucirc;st&acirc;n, on fol. 96^b.</p> <p>4.Arabic ḳaṣ&icirc;das, on fol. 166^b.</p> <p>5.Persian ḳaṣ&icirc;das, on fol. 173^b.</p> <p>6.Mar&acirc;th&icirc;, on fol. 197^b.</p> <p>7.Mulamma&rsquo;&acirc;t, on fol. 201^b.</p> <p>8.Tarj&icirc;&rsquo;&acirc;t, on fol. 205^b.</p> <p>9. Ṭayyib&acirc;t, on fol. 211^b. All theses parts begin as in the preceding copy.</p> <p>10.Bad&acirc;&rsquo;i&rsquo;, on fol. 288^b, beginning: اى كه انكار كنى عالم درويشانرا الخ (corresponding to No. 1117 in this Cat., Fol. 254^a, first line).</p> <p>11.Khaw&acirc;t&icirc;m, on fol. 322^b.</p> <p>12.Early ghazals, on fol. 335^b. Beginning of both parts as usual.</p> <p>13.Ṣ&acirc;ḥibiyyah, on fol. 342^b, with the usual pros-preface. The initial poem is the same as in Nos. 1118 and 1119 in this Cat., viz. نگين ختم رسالت الخ.</p> <p>14.Muḳaṭṭa&rsquo;&acirc;t, on fol. 357^b, beginning : تو آن نكردۀ الخ.</p> <p>15.Muṭ&acirc;yab&acirc;t (or Khab&icirc;th&acirc;t), on fol. 359^a margin, beginning:.قال السّعدى الخ</p> <p>The Rub&acirc;&rsquo;iyy&acirc;t, Mufrad&acirc;t, and Muḍḥik&acirc;t are wanting here.</p> <p>No. 332, ff. 366, 2 center-coll., each ll. 19, And a third on the margin, ll. 14; small, but clear Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; the whole copy beautifully embellished throughout; illuminated frontispieces, with luxurious ornaments on the same and the following page, on ff. 4^b, 34^b, 96^b, 166^b, 173^b, 211^b, 288^b, 322^b, 335^b, and 342^b; very carefully drawn pictures on ff. 1^b(Sa&rsquo;d&icirc;&rsquo;s likeness), 2^b, 3^a, 4^a, 18^a, 66^b, 100^b, 130^b, 181^b, 209^b, 228^b, 233^b, 250^a, 285^a, 310^b, 359^b, 363^b, 364^b, 365^a, and 366^a; size, 10^3/4 in. by 6^1/3 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>