[IO Islamic 3381] ديوان آصفى

<ul> <li><strong>D&icirc;w&acirc;n-i-&Acirc;ṣaf&icirc;.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1393 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 3381 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1393</p> <p>D&icirc;w&acirc;n-i-&Acirc;ṣaf&icirc; (ديوان آصفى).</p> <p>The lyrical poems of Khw&acirc;jah &Acirc;ṣaf&icirc;, the son of Muḳim-ald&icirc;n Ni&rsquo;mat-all&acirc;h of Ḳuhist&acirc;n, who was a pupil of J&acirc;m&icirc;, friend of M&icirc;r &lsquo;Al&icirc;sh&icirc;r, and flourished under Sulṭ&acirc;n Ḥusain Mirz&acirc;; he died, according to the best authorities, A.H. 923 (A.D. 1517), at Har&acirc;t, see Haft Iḳl&icirc;m, No. 832 (col. 438 in this Cat.), and Saf&icirc;nah, No. 34 (col. 213 in the Bodleian Cat.); other dates of his death are A.H. 920 (A.D. 1514), see &Acirc;tashkada, No. 289 (col. 272 in the Bodleian Cat.), and A.H. 928 (A.D. 1522), see the Khul&acirc;ṣat-alafk&acirc;r, No. 22 (ib. col. 303), and the Makhzan-alghar&acirc;&rsquo;ib, No. 61 (ib. col. 318); comp. also Bodleian Cat., Nos. 990 and 991; Rieu ii. p. 651 sq.; A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 20, 71, and 310; G. Fl&uuml;gel i. p. 577; W. Pertsch, p. 74, and Berlin Cat., pp. 893 and 894; Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 385; A. F. Mehren. P. 41; J. Aumer, p. 34. This copy contains chiefly ghazals in alphabetical order, with a few ḳiṭ&rsquo;as and rub&acirc;&rsquo;&icirc;s at the end; and although undated, it must take precedence over the following copies, as it is larger than those and has a number of various readings and glosses on the margin. Beginning of the first ghazal:</p> <p>ساز آباد خدايا دل ويرانى را</p> <p>يا مده مهر بتان هیچ مسلمانى را</p> <p>No. 3381, olim 13. J. 11, ff. 86, 2 coll., each ll. 15; Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; size, 8^1/4in. by 5^3/4 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>