[IO Islamic 877] كلّيّات سعدى

<ul> <li><strong>Kulliyy&acirc;y-i-Sa&rsquo;d&icirc;.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1119&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 877 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1119</p> <p>The same.</p> <p>Contents:</p> <p>1.The collector&rsquo;s preface, slightly defective at the beginning, on fol.1^b.</p> <p>2.Six ris&acirc;las; the <em>first</em>, on fol. 3^a (در تقرير ديباچه); the <em>second</em>, in five مجلس, on ff. 7^a, 9^a, 12^b, 14^b, and 17^b; the <em>third</em>, on fol. 23^a (رسالۀ صاحب ديوان), beginning here: خواجۀ صاحب فرمان نيكو سيرت الخ ; the <em>fourth</em>, on fol. 24^b (در عقل و عشق); the <em>fifth</em>, on fol. 26^b (در نصيحة الملوك); the <em>sixth</em>, on fol. 34^b, is styled here رسائل ثلاثة, and comprises the three stories, referring to Ab&acirc;ḳ&acirc;kh&acirc;n, Ankiy&acirc;n&ucirc;, and Malik Shams-ald&icirc;n, which form ris&acirc;las 6-8 in the preceding copy. The second story, on fol. 35^b, is headed here نصيحه و پند ; the third begins on fol. 37^b.</p> <p>3.Gulist&acirc;n, on fol. 38^b.</p> <p>4.B&ucirc;st&acirc;n, on fol. 110^b.</p> <p>5.Persian ḳaṣ&icirc;das, on fol. 205^a, beginning as in the two preceding copies.</p> <p>6.Mar&acirc;th&icirc;, on fol. 232^b, beginning as in the preceding copy.</p> <p>7.Mulamma&rsquo;&acirc;t, on fol. 237^a, also beginning as in the preceding copy.</p> <p>8.Ṭayyib&acirc;t, on fol. 247^b, beginning: اوّل دفتر الخ.</p> <p>9.Bad&acirc;&rsquo;i&rsquo; , on fol. 340^a, beginning as usual.</p> <p>10.Khaw&acirc;t&icirc;m, on fol. 381^a, beginning as in the preceding copy.</p> <p>11.Early ghazals, on fol. 396^b, beginning: اى يار الخ.</p> <p>12.Ṣ&acirc;ḥibiyyah, on fol. 403^b; prose-introduction and initial bait the same as in the preceding copy.</p> <p>13.Muḳaṭṭa&rsquo;&acirc;t, on fol. 424^a, beginning: تو آن نكردۀ از فعل خير با من و غير الخ (corresponding to fol. 355^a, l. 4, in No. 1117 in this Cat.)</p> <p>14.Rub&acirc;&rsquo;iyy&acirc;t, on fol. 429^b, beginning :هر ساعتم الخ.</p> <p>15.Fardiyy&acirc;t, on fol. 439^b, beginning: وربّ غلام صائب الخ.</p> <p>The Arabic ḳaṣ&icirc;das, the Tarj&icirc;&rsquo;&acirc;t, the Hazliyy&acirc;t or mock homilies, and the Muḍḥik&acirc;t are entirely wanting in this copy, which is besides slightly injured and effaced in many places. It is dated the 26th of Jum&acirc;d&acirc;-alth&acirc;n&icirc;, A.H. 951 (A.D. 1544, September 14).</p> <p>No. 877, ff. 444, 2 center-coll., each 11. 17, and a third on the margin, ll. 12; small, but distinct Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; an illuminated heading at the beginning of each part; size, 9^1/2 in. by 6^1/8 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>