[IO Islamic 328] ديوان وصلى
<ul> <li><strong>Dîwân-i-Waṣlî.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1493 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </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> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 328 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1493</p> <p>Dîwân-i-Waṣlî (ديوان وصلى).</p> <p>The poems of Âghâ (Mirzâ or Khwâjah) Muḥammad Ṭâhir Waṣlî of Rai, the son of Khwâjah Muḥammad Sharif Hijrî (see above, No. 1440), and elder brother of Mirzâ Ghiyâthbeg I’timâd-aldaulah, the wazîr of Jahângîr and father of the famous Nûr Jahân Begam.</p> <p>Ghiyâthbeg died in Rabî’ I, A.H. 1031 (A.D. 1622, Jan.-Feb.), see Blochmann, Â’în-i-Akbarî, p. 509. The exact date of Waṣlî’s death in not known, see Haft Iḳlîm, No. 1116 (col. 461 in this Cat.); Safînah, No. 191 (col. 217 in the Bodleian Cat.), and Makhzan-algharâ’îb, No. 2971 (ib., col. 391).</p> <p>This collection contains:</p> <p>Ghazals, rubâ’is, and fards, in alphabetical order, on fol. 61<sup>b</sup>, beginning:</p> <p>خوشوقت وخندان بگذران خوشوقت و خندان صبح را</p> <p>شايد كه تا صبح دگر در یافت نتوان صبح را</p> <p>Tarjî’ât and some rubâ’îs, on fol. 82<sup>b</sup>, beginning:</p> <p>چه كرده ام كه دگر مهر بر دهان داری</p> <p>خدنگ ناز دگر باره در کمان داری</p> <p>A mathnawî, styled در صفت گنجفه , ‘on the game of cards,’ on fol. 91<sup>b</sup>, beginning:</p> <p>زر بدست وزير خواهد باج</p> <p>چون گدائي بچرخ خود محتاج</p> <p>Ḳaṣîdas, ḳiṭ’as, a few rubâ’îs, and one fard, on fol. 95<sup>a</sup>, beginning:</p> <p>نزديك شد دلا كه سر آيد زمان غم</p> <p>ندهد بروزگار دگر کس نشان غم</p> <p>Another mathnawî, entitled, خسرو و شيرين, ‘the love-story of Khusrau and Shîrîn, ‘on fol. 101<sup>b</sup>, beginning:</p> <p>الهى شيوۀ طاعت عطا كن – بنور خود دلم را آشنا كن</p> <p>This poem is incomplete in consequence of a lacuna after fol. 108.</p> <p>Another series of ḳaṣîdas, tarjî’s, ḳiṭ’as, ghazals, and rubâ’îs, beginning abruptly (in consequence of the same lacuna), on fol. 109<sup>a</sup>, in the middle of a ḳaṣîdah, rhyming in ى.</p> <p>Dated by ‘Abd-alraḳîb, the 24th of Shawwâl, A.H. 1069 (A.D. 1659, July 15).</p> <p>No. 328, ff. 61-149, 2 coll., each ll. 15-18; distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 10½ in. by 5½ in.</p> <p> </p>
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