[IO Islamic 1950] كلّيّات امير خسرو

<ul> <li><strong>Kulliyy&acirc;t-i-Am&icirc;r Khusrau.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1188&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 1950 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1188</p> <p>The same.</p> <p>This copy of Am&icirc;r Khusrau&rsquo;s Kulliyy&acirc;t is much older than the preceding one, but defective both at the beginning and end.</p> <p>Contents:</p> <p>A.<em>Centre-columns</em>.</p> <p>1.Tuḥfat-alṣighar, the <em>first</em> d&icirc;w&acirc;n, defective at the beginning; it opens abruptly in the middle of a ḳaṣ&icirc;dah: گفتم درين گریوه بیابم امید عفو الخ , corresponding to No. 356 (1190 in this Cat.), fol. 5^a margin, last bait, and consists of ḳaṣ&icirc;das, tark&icirc;bbands, muḳaṭṭa&rsquo;&acirc;t (on fol. 44^b sq.), and the same mathnaw&icirc; as in the preceding copy, beginning, on fol. 46^b: هى هى اى تيره راى الخ.</p> <p>2.Wasaṭ-alḥay&acirc;t, the <em>second</em> d&icirc;w&acirc;n, with the prose-preface. Beginning of the preface, on fol. 51^b (different from that in the preceding copy): حمدى كه از ميان جان بر آيد و ثنائى كه از وسط دل گره گشاید حکیم حاکم را الخ .</p> <p>Beginning of the poetry, on fol. 60^a: حمد رانم بر زبان الخ. This d&icirc;w&acirc;n consists of ḳaṣ&icirc;das, tark&icirc;bbands, tarj&icirc;&rsquo;, and ḳiṭ&rsquo;as (on fol. 136^b sq.).</p> <p>3.Kit&acirc;b-alkam&acirc;l (كتاب الكمال), that is the <em>third</em> d&icirc;w&acirc;n, usually styled Ghurrat-alkam&acirc;l, with the prose preface. Beginning of preface, on fol. 142^b: غرّۀ كمال انسانى از ديباچۀ حمد الخ .</p> <p>Beginning of the poetry, as in the preceding copy on fol. 193^b: چه زهره خاك مسكين را الخ . It consists of ḳaṣ&icirc;das, tark&icirc;bbands, and ḳiṭ&rsquo;as (on fol. 282^b).</p> <p>4.Baḳiyya-i-Naḳiyyah, the <em>fourth</em> d&icirc;w&acirc;n, with the prose-preface. Beginning of the preface, on fol. 296^b: حمدى كه بقیّۀ نقيّه الخ .</p> <p>Beginning of the poetry, on fol. 306^b: زبان كه بر در معنى الخ. It consists of ḳaṣ&icirc;das, tark&icirc;bbands, and ḳiṭ&rsquo;as (on fol. 385^a).</p> <p>5.Ghazaliyy&acirc;t and rub&acirc;&rsquo;iyy&acirc;t, a very large collection, gathered from all four d&icirc;w&acirc;ns, but incomplete at the end. The ghazals are arranged alphabetically, except the first twelve. Beginning of the initial ghazals, on fol. 402^b: اى زخيال ما الخ, corresponding to the first ghazal of the <em>fourth</em> d&icirc;w&acirc;n in the preceding copy and that of the <em>third</em> d&icirc;w&acirc;n in No. 356 below (1190 in this Cat.), in Nos 754 and 755 of the Bodleian Cat., etc., see the full references in No. 4 of the preceding copy.</p> <p>Beginning of the first alphabetical ghazal, on fol. 405^b:</p> <p>چه اقبالست این یا رب که دولت داد رو مارا</p> <p>که در کوی فراموشان گذر شد یار زیبارا</p> <p>agreeing with the first in a smaller selection from Am&icirc;r Khusrau&rsquo;s ghazals in No. 763 of the Bodleian Cat.</p> <p>Beginning of the rub&acirc;&rsquo;&icirc;s, on fol. 874^b: پاکست خداوند الخ, see No. 4 in the preceding copy; they break off on fol. 877^b with a quatrain, beginning:</p> <p>قدرت ملكا زآسمان بيشتر است</p> <p>هر لحظه دل دشمن تو ريشتر است</p> <p>corresponding to No. 356 (1190 in this Cat.), fol. 405^b, l.3.</p> <p>B.<em>Margin-column</em>.</p> <p>6.Maṭla&rsquo;-alanw&acirc;r, defective at the beginning; the first verse on fol.1^a is not found in No.51 (1186 in this Cat.), but the second, مردمك چشم قمر شد زنور الخ, corresponds to fol. 6^b margin, first line, in that copy.</p> <p>7.Khusrau u Sh&icirc;r&icirc;n, on fol. 94^b.</p> <p>8.Majn&ucirc;n u Lail&acirc;, on fol. 214^b.</p> <p>9.Hasht Bihisht, on fol. 274^b.</p> <p>10.Iskandarn&acirc;ma (اسكندرنامه), i.e. &Acirc;&rsquo;&icirc;na-i-Iskandar&icirc;, on fol. 388^b.</p> <p>11.Ḳir&acirc;n-alsa&rsquo;dain, on fol. 516^b.</p> <p>12.Kit&acirc;b-i-Khiḍrkh&acirc;n&icirc; (كتاب خضر خانى), i.e. Khiḍrkh&acirc;n u Duwalr&acirc;n&icirc;, on fol. 623^b.</p> <p>13.Nuh Sipihr, on fol. 702^b.</p> <p>14.Fatḥ-alfut&ucirc;h ( فتح الفتوح), i.e. Mift&acirc;ḥ-alfut&ucirc;ḥ, on fol. 827^b.</p> <p>15.The same series of short mathnaw&icirc;s as in No. 14 of the preceding copy, the <em>first</em> of which, on fol. 848^a, has the same heading and beginning as there.</p> <p>This copy is dated A.H. 933 (A.D. 1526, 1527); the right order of ff. 82-88 is: 82, 87, 83-86, 88; that of ff. 224-370: 224, 361-369, 352-360, 256-263, 248-255, 241-247, 233-240, 225-232, 264-351, 370; and that of ff. 413, 416, 417, 414, 415, 418.</p> <p>Nos. 1950 and 1951, first vol. ff. 1-401, <em>second</em> vol. ff. 402-877, 2 centre-coll., each ll. 19, and a third on the margin of ff. 1-875^a, ll. 36; good Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; an illuminated heading at the beginning of each part, except the first, the sixth, and the last; size, 9^1/4 in. by 6^3/8 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>