[IO Islamic 884] Jâmî's First Dîwân

<ul> <li><strong>D&icirc;w&acirc;n-i-J&acirc;m&icirc;.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1304&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 884 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1304</p> <p>A defective copy of the same <em>first part</em>.</p> <p>The proper order of leaves in this copy is: ff. 16-39, 2-15, 40-50.</p> <p>Fol. 16^a opens at the end of a ḳaṣ&icirc;dah, corresponding to No. 2628 (1301 in this Cat.), fol. 7^b, l. 10; the first complete ḳaṣ&icirc;dah on the same page begins: بانگ رحیل از قافله الخ = No. 2628, fol. 7^b, line. penult.; the mathnaw&icirc;s begin, on fol. 46^b: بنام خداى الخ (=No. 2628, fol. 54^a), and go down to the end. The copy comprises therefore fol. 7^b, l. 10 to fol. 58^b of No. 2628. The first leaf (fol. 1^b), written by a more modern hand, contains a repetition of the first nine baits of a ḳaṣ&icirc;dah, beginning: اى سر از قدر الخ , corresponding to fol. 39^b, l. 8 sq. in this copy and to No. 2628, fol. 31^b, l. 10 sq.</p> <p>No date.</p> <p>No. 884, ff. 50, 2 coll., each ll. 17; distinct Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; illuminated frontispiece; size, 10 in. by 6^3/8 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>