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[IO Islamic 1945] غزليّات فغانى

<ul> <li>Ghazaliyyât-i-Fighânî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1392 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 1945 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1392 Ghazaliyyât-i-Fighânî (غزليّات فغانى). Ghazals by Bâbâ Fighânî of Shîrâz, who had originally the takhalluṣ of Sakkâkî, and died in Khurâsân A.H. 922 or 925 (A.D. 1516 or 1519); the former date is found in the Lubb-altawârîkh, the latter in Sâm Mirzâ (see Notices et Extraits iv. p. 305), the Haft Iḳlim, No. 212 ( col. 394 in this Cat.), the Butkhâna, No. 38 (col. 200 in the Bodleian Cat.), etc.; comp. also Bodleian Cat., Nos. 992-994; Rieu ii. p. 651; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., pp. 886 and 887; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 21, No. 176, and pp. 403-404; Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 384; Cat. Codd. Or. Lugd. Bat. ii. p. 122; J. Aumer, p. 34; Bland, Century of Persian Ghazals, No. 9. Wrong dates of his death are A.H. 911 (A.D. 1505, 1506) in Safînah, No. 3 (col. 212 in the Bodleian Cat.), and A.H. 915 (A. D. 1509, 1510) in the Khulâṣat-alafkâr, No. 198 (ib. col. 309). He was a court-poet of Sulṭân Ya’ḳûb; compare on his poetical style and the great number of imitators he found, the Makhzan-algharâ’ib, No. 1869 (col. 359 in the Bodleian Cat.) The ghazals are arranged alphabetically and begin: اى سر نامه نام تو عقل گره گشایرا ذكر تو مطلع سخن عشق غزل سرايرا Dated A.H. 1051 (A.D. 1641, 1642). No. 1945, margin-column, ff. 129b-164a, ll. 32-36; careless Nasta’lîḳ.

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