[IO Islamic 2783] كلّيّات عرفى

<ul> <li><strong>Kulliyy&acirc;t-i-&rsquo;Urf&icirc;.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1452 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 2783 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1452</p> <p>Another copy of the same Kulliyy&acirc;t.</p> <p>This copy contains:</p> <p>1.A prose-preface, usually styled رسالۀ نفس نفيس (see W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 901, and Rosen, Persian MSS., p. 261), on fol. 1^b, beginning: حمدى كه از نهايت شايستگی منزّه از شائبۀ تعيّن و تخصيص آمده الخ. This preface is found in No. 1053 of the Bodleian Cat. too.</p> <p>2.Majma&rsquo;-alabk&acirc;r, on fol. 7^b, beginning as in the preceding copy.</p> <p>3.Khusrau u Sh&icirc;r&icirc;n, or rather Farh&acirc;d u Sh&icirc;r&icirc;n, on fol. 50^b, likewise beginning as in the preceding copy.</p> <p>4.Ḳaṣ&icirc;das, on fol. 64^b, beginning: اقبال كرم ميگزد ارباب همم را الخ, see the remark in the preceding copy.</p> <p>5.Ḳiṭ&rsquo;as, on fol. 134^b, beginning, as most copies do (see the preceding copy):</p> <p>اى دل راهزن كه از عرشم &ndash; بحضيض ثرى فرستادى</p> <p>6.Ghazals, in alphabetical order, except the first two; beginning of the initial ghazal, on fol. 144^b:</p> <p>اى نه فلك ز خوشۀ صنع تو دانۀ</p> <p>وز قصر كبرياى تو عرش آشيانۀ</p> <p>Beginning of the first alphabetical ghazal the same as in the preceding copy.</p> <p>7.Rub&acirc;&rsquo;&icirc;s, on fol. 208^b.</p> <p>Dated the 3rd of Jum&acirc;d&acirc;-alawwal, A.H. 1066 (A.D. 1656, Feb. 28).</p> <p>No. 2783, ff. 226, 2 coll., each ll. 16; Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1^b, 7^b, 50^b, 64^b, and 144^b; size, 7^3/4 in. by 4^3/8 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>