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[IO Islamic 2628] 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 1301&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 2628 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1301</p> <p>J&acirc;m&icirc;&rsquo;s <em>first d&icirc;w&acirc;n</em>.</p> <p>Another copy of J&acirc;m&icirc;&rsquo;s <em>first</em> d&icirc;w&acirc;n, arranged exactly as in the preceding Kulliyy&acirc;t, and containing:</p> <p>Preface in prose, on fol. 1<sup>b</sup>, beginning:</p> <p>بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم &ndash; هست صلاى سر خوان كريم</p> <p>Ḳaṣ&icirc;das, tarj&icirc;&rsquo;&acirc;t, mar&acirc;th&icirc;, and short mathnaw&icirc;s, on fol. 5<sup>b</sup>, beginning: زان پیش کز الخ ; the mathnaw&icirc;s begin, on fol. 54<sup>a</sup>:بنام خداى كه الخ.</p> <p>Ghazals, the first six unalphabetical, on fol. 59<sup>b</sup>; beginning both of the initial and the first alphabetical ghazal as in the preceding copy. At the end of the same musammaṭ: الا اى ماه الخ, as noticed in Rosen, p. 238.</p> <p>Muḳaṭṭa&rsquo;&acirc;t, on fol. 307<sup>b</sup>, beginning:</p> <p>دلا منشين درين ويرانه چون چغد</p> <p>سوی مرغان قدسی آشیان پر</p> <p>See Rosen, p. 238.</p> <p>Rub&acirc;&rsquo;&icirc;s, on fol. 312<sup>a</sup>, beginning: سبحانك لا علم الخ .</p> <p>This very fine and old copy is not dated; it belonged formerly to Mr. Edw. Galley (ادوارد گلّى). Bibliotheca Leydeniana.</p> <p>No. 2628, ff. 323, 2 coll., each ll. 17; illuminated frontispiece on ff. 1<sup>b</sup>, 5<sup>b</sup>, and 59<sup>b</sup>; the first two pages with gold stripes; all the headings in gilt letters; neat and clear Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; good eastern binding; size, 9<sup>3/8</sup> in. by 5<sup>3/4</sup> in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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