[IO Islamic 1088] ديوان سنجر

<ul> <li><strong>D&icirc;w&acirc;n-i-Sanjar.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1488 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 1088 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1488</p> <p>D&icirc;w&acirc;n-i-Sanjar (ديوان سنجر).</p> <p>Complete poetical works of M&icirc;r Muḥammad H&acirc;shim, with the takhalluṣ Sanjar, the son of M&icirc;r Raf&icirc;&rsquo;-aldin Ḥaidar Mu&rsquo;amm&acirc;&rsquo;&icirc; of K&acirc;sh&acirc;n, with the takhalluṣ Raf&icirc;&rsquo;&icirc; (the great riddle-writer, who died A.H. 1032=A.D. 1622, 1623, see Saf&icirc;nah, No. 394 in Bodleian Cat., col. 224). Sanjar came to India A.H. 1000 (A.D. 1591, 1592), where the emperor Akbar bestowed upon him the takhalluṣ Far&acirc;gh&icirc; (used by him in some ghazals); after being imprisoned by Akbar and finally released, he went to Ibr&acirc;h&icirc;m &lsquo;&Acirc;dilsh&acirc;h&rsquo;s court in Bij&acirc;p&ucirc;r and died there, A.H. 1021 (A.D. 1612, 1613); comp. Blochmann, &Acirc;&rsquo;&icirc;n-i-Akbar&icirc;, p. 595; Rieu ii. p. 675^a; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 909; A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 123 and 571; see also Saf&icirc;nah, No. 366 (col. 223 in the Bodleian Cat.); Khaz&acirc;na-i-&lsquo;&acirc;mirah, No. 58 (ib., col. 257), and &Acirc;tashkada, No. 574 (ib. col. 282).</p> <p>Sanjar&rsquo;s brother, Mir Ma&rsquo;ṣ&ucirc;m (who died A.H. 1052=A.D. 1642, 1643), was likewise a good poet, see Saf&icirc;nah, loc.cit., No. 395.</p> <p>Contents:</p> <p>Ḳaṣ&icirc;das (in honour of Akbar, Sulṭ&acirc;n Khusrau bin Jah&acirc;ng&icirc;rsh&acirc;h etc.) and ḳiṭ&rsquo;as, on fol. 1^b, beginning:</p> <p>اى جوهر ذات تو زاشباه مبرّا</p> <p>نازان بوجود تو تبارك و تعالى</p> <p>Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 44^b, beginning:</p> <p>.اختيارى (اختيار) خود دارى هر چه میکنی یارا الخ</p> <p>At the end of this part some rub&acirc;&rsquo;&icirc;s.</p> <p>A mathnaw&icirc;, without any title (probably a ساقينامه), on fol. 125^b, beginning:</p> <p>الهى سينۀ درد آشنا ده</p> <p>غم از هر دل بستانى بما ده</p> <p>This last part is much injured.</p> <p>Dated A.H. 1041 (A.D. 1631, 1632).</p> <p>No. 1088, ff. 143, 2 coll., each ll. 16: Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1^b, 44^b, and 125^b; size, 7&frac12; in. by 4 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>