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[IO Islamic 118] شاهنامه

<ul> <li>Shâhnâma.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 861 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 118 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 861 Another copy of the same. Contents: The older preface on fol. 1b, beginning as in the preceding copy. Genealogical index of all the Persian kings, quoted by Firdausî, on fol. 7a. Another genealogical index in verse ( فهرست منظوم شاهنامه), on fol. 9a. Alphabetical index of the Pahlawî (and other uncommon) words, used by Firdausî in his epopee, on fol. 10b. The poem itself is divided into two halves, viz.: First half, on fol. 12b, beginning: بنام خداوند جان و خرد الخ. Second half, on fol. 318b, beginning with Gushtâsp’s reign: چو گشتاسپ را داد لهراسپ تخت الخ. The first half is dated by Ḥâfiż Aḥmad bin Muḥammad the 23rd of Ramaḍân, A.H. 1009 (A.D. 1601, March 28); the second is not dated. No. 118, ff. 596, 4 coll., each ll. 25; Nasta’lîḳ; vignettes on ff. 1a, 12a, and 318a; illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1b, 12b, and 318b; pictures on ff. 338a, 365a, and 430b. Part of ff. 58a, 79a, 102b, and 180b left blank; many headings and single verses missing or injured; ff. 487 and 556 supplied by a more modern hand; size, 133/8 in. by 93/8 in.

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[IO Islamic 3442] شاهناشاهنامه

<ul> <li>Shâhinshahnâma.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 901 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 3442 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 901 Shâhinshahnâma (شاهناشاهنامه). One of the most modern imitation of the Shâhnâma in honour of the exploits of Fatḥ ‘Alî Shâh, king of Persia (A.H. 1212-1250=A.D. 1797-1834), by the poet laureate Fatḥ ‘Alî Khân Kâshî, with the takhalluṣ Ṣabâ (who died, according to Rieu iii. p. 1082a, and Schefer, Ambassade au Kharezm, A.H.1238=A.D. 1822, 1823), see Bodl. Cat., Nos. 520; G. Flügel i. p. 603; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 957; Fundgruben des Orients, vi, Heft iv. p, 29 sq.; vol. 7, pp. 273 and 281; vol. 9, p. 1 sq.; vol. 17, p. 32 sq.; vol. 18, p. 44 sq.; and vol. 70, p. 71. Introduction by the author, on ff. 1b-9b, beginning: نخست چون بنگری جهانی بینی پر از چون وچند همی بست و گشاد بينى و ستم و داد الخ. Beginning of the epopee, on fol. 10b: بنام خداوند آموزگار – نگارندۀ نامۀ روزگار This most superb and splendidly executed copy was made by order of Fatḥ ‘Alî Shâh himself, and finished by the transcriber, Mahdî alḥusainî alfarâhânî, the Kâtib of the royal residence, the first of Rajab, A.H. 1225 (A.D. 1810, August 2). Received from Comm. Of Corresp., 28th March, 1816. No. 3442, ff. 451, 4 coll., each ll. 20; excellent Nasta’lîḳ; gorgeous frontispieces on ff. 1b, 10b, and 11b; ff. 1b, 2a, 10b, and 11a magnificently illuminated; smaller illumination on ff. 313a, 314a, and the last two pages; very fine pictures on ff. 28a, 32a, 37a, 44b, 56a, 64b, 78b, 88a, 97b, 102a, 110a , 111a, 112a, 113a, 114a, 115b, 116b, 130b, 145b, 150b, 153b, 156b, 201a, 212b, 218b, 235a, 239a, 245a, 263a, 280a, 317b, 339a, 343a, 354a, 382a, 387b, 389b, and 396b; splendid eastern binding with flowers ; size, 153/4 in. by 97/8 in.

[IO Islamic 609] ديوان سنائى

<ul> <li>Diwân-i-Sanâ’î.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 928 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 609 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 928 Diwân-i-Sanâ’î ( ديوان سنائى). A small collection of the lyrical poems of Sanâ’î (for copies of the complete dîwân see Bodleian Cat., No. 537, and Rieu ii. p. 551a), containing chiefly ḳaṣîdas, interspersed with a few ghazals and ḳiṭ’as. Beginning: اى در دل مشتاقات از عشق تو بوستانها از حجّت بيچونى از صنع تو برهانها Ff. 9-13 are misplaced; the right order is 9, 12, 10, 11, 13; there sems besides to be a lacuna after fol. 23b. No date. No. 609, ff. 1-48a, 2 coll., each ll., 15, and a third on the margin, ll. 28; Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece: the first two pages splendidly adorned; a drawing on fol. 1a and a picture on fol. 48a; size, 9¾ in. by 5½ in.

[IO Islamic 2722] اشعار سنائى

<ul> <li>Ash’âr-i-Sanâ’î.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 927 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 2722 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 927 Ash’âr-i-Sanâ’î( اشعار سنائى). A large collection of Sanâ’î’s poetical works, but arranged in a somewhat confusing manner. Contents: A prose preface (ديباچه), which is apparently that of Muḥammad bin ‘Alî al-Raffâ (or bin ‘Alî Raḳḳâm, see above in No. 921), as the beginning is the usual one of that preface, viz.: الحمد لله الخبير بخفيّات الضمائر العليم بحقّيّات ( بخبيّات Rieu) السرائر المنزّه عن الامثال و النظائر المتعالى عن العشيرة و العشائر الخ; but at the end of this preface, on fol. 7a, the following statement appears, that this collection of Sanâ’i’s poetical works is entitled: كتاب الحدائق فى الحقائق , and consists of ten ḳisms, viz.: قسم اوّل در نامها و جوابها كه وى نوشته است. قسم دويم در توحيد ربّ العالمين جلّ جلاله. قسم سيوم در نعت پيغمبر محمّد مصطفا صلوات الله و سلامه. قسم چهارم اندر موعظه وزهد و حكمت. قسم پنجم در مدحيّات و مراثى. قسم ششم در غزلّيات. قسم هفتم فى المقطّعات و المراثى و الهزليّات. قسم هشتم در رباعياّت. قسم نهم در مراتب حال انسانى كه آنرا كنوز الرموز خوانند و سير العبّاد الى المعاد نيز خوانند. قسم دهم در كارنامه كه ببلخ نوشته بود و سنائى آباد فى الزهد و الموعظة و السلوك و العشق‘ In the collection itself these separate ḳisms are not forthcoming, except the first, ninth, and tenth. The first (in prose) begins, on fol. 7b, l. 1: پيش از آنكه لطف ديموميّت و حكمت ربوبيّت الخ. Then follows a large series of ḳaṣîdas, ḳiṭ’as, ghazals, and rubâ’îs, mixed together without any order, on fol. 23b, beginning: قد شهد الله جلّ ذكراه – بأنّه لا اله الاّ هو At the end of this series is written: تمّت الكتاب (!sic)الحدائق فى الحدائق الخ ; and it is dated the 17th of Ṣafar, A.H. 1000 and ( the second number is missing). On fol. 244a there is found a ḳaṣîdah in honour of Shaikh Abû-almafâkhir Muḥammad bin Manṣûr; on fol. 245a a new series of ḳaṣîdas begins, the first bait of which runs thus: اى نهاده پاى همّت بر سر اوج سما الخ, followed by ḳiṭ’as, on fol. 283b, and a string of ghazals in alphabetical order, except the first six, on fol. 295a. Beginning of the first alphabetical ghazal, on fol. 296a: اى همه خوشى در آغوش شما قبلۀ جانها بُناگوش شما The ninth ḳism begins on fol. 365a and contains, quite in agreement with the above index, the mystical mathnawî كنوز الرموز, otherwise styled سير العبّاد الى المعاد ( see No. 914 above). The tenth ḳism begins on fol. 380a and contains the second mathnawî mentioned in the index, the كارنامه (see Nos. 914 and 916 above), the heading of which runs here thus: آغاز كارنامه كه خواجه سنائى از بلخ بفرنين ( بغزنين read) فرستاد بجماعت دوستان و ياران مذكور الخ. At the end of the copy, on ff. 393b-411, a third mathnawî is found, viz. the عقلنامه (see Nos. 914 and 915 above), introduced by a short preface in prose, beginning: الحمد لله حمدًا بكافى نعمه الخ; this mathnawî is, according to the index and the colophon on fol. 411a, also styled سنائى آباد. No. 2722, ff. 411, 2 coll., each ll. 15-24; written by different hands in various forms of Nasta’lîḳ; some of the last pages injured; size, 93/8 in. by 6-63/8 in.

[IO Islamic 898] شرح حديقه

<ul> <li>Sharḥ-i-Ḥadîḳah.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 924 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 898 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 924 Another copy of the same. The prefaces, both of the poet and his editor, the account of Ilâhî’s share, the short introductions, and the fatwâ are wanting in this copy, which begins at once with the initial bait of Bâb I of the Ḥadîḳah; beginning of the commentary as in the preceding copy. It is rich in original glosses and notes, which make this copy especially valuable. The first gloss is: درون سالكان بنور عرفان و برون بنور شريعت. Bâb II, on fol. 60b; III, on fol. 126a; IV, on fol. 140a; V, on fol. 143b; VI, on fol. 153a; VII, on fol. 177b; VIII, on fol. 185a; IX, on fol. 188b; X, on fol. 207a. The date of composition is again A.H. 535, but (as a various reading) there is written بيست above the word سى. On fol. 1a the poet is again called by mistake ثنائى. This copy was made in Muḥammadshâh’s reign, at the request of Mîr Mu’min Ghulâm-i-Ḥasan wa Ḥusain (مير مؤمن غلام حسن و حسين), by Shaikh Jamâl Muḥammad Ḳuraishî alhâshimî. The year is omitted, only the 22nd of Rabî’-alawwal is given as date. No. 898, ff. 276, ll. 19 (the verses in 4 coll.); Nasta’lîḳ; size, 103/8 in. by 6 in.

[IO Islamic 2552] ديوان خاقانى

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Khâḳânî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 967 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 2552 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 967 A very large, but defective copy of the same. This copy (which is incorrectly styled, on fol. 1a, Kulliyyât-i-Khâḳânî) contains ḳaṣîdas, tarjî’bands, ghazals, and ḳiṭ’as, all mixed together, without any order. Beginning as usual. On fol. 406a a series of rubâ’îs begins with the same bait as in No. 2460 (964 above): اين چرخ بد آئين الخ. This part is incomplete at the end; it breaks off on fol. 415b; the last rubâ’î corresponds to the fourth in No. 2460, fol. 450a. On the fly-leaves, at the end, there are written some lines in Arabic, beginning: قال النبىّ صلّى الله عليه و آله الخ. No. 2552, ff. 415, 2 coll., each ll. 19; Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; some embellishments on the first two pages; size, 103/8 in. by 61/4 in.

[IO Islamic 2677] ديوان انورى

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Anwarî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 935 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 2677 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> Anwarî (Nos. 935-949). 935 Dîwân-i-Anwarî (ديوان انورى). The complete lyrical poems of Auḥad-aldîn ‘Alî Anwarî, commonly called the greatest ḳaṣîdah-writer of Persia, who was the panegyrist of Sulṭân Sanjar, and died probably A.H. 585 or 587 (A.D. 1189 or 1191); the Haft Iḳlîm (see above, col. 416, No. 528) fix his death in A.H. 580 (A.D. 1184); all the earlier dates given in tadhkiras, as for instance 540 or 547, are absolutely impossible; comp. on this question and on Anwari’s life and poetical achievements in general, Rieu ii. p. 554 sq.; Bodleian Cat., Nos. 543-558, and 1980; W. Pertsch, p. 83, and Berlin Cat., p. 743 sq.; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 331 sq.; G. Flügel i. p. 502; Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 319; J. Aumer, p. 10; Krafft, p. 62; Rosen, Persian MSS., p. 170; and the Russian monograph of V. Joukowski or Shukovski, St. Petersburg, 1883 (see also W. Pertsch in the ‘Literaturblatt für orientalische Philologie,’ ii. pp. 10-18). The poet was born in Mahnah, in the Dasht-i-Khâwarân, near Abîward, and therefore used as first takhalluṣ Khâwarî. His dîwân has been printed, resp. lithographed in Tabrîz, A.H. 1260 and 1266; in Lucknow, 1880. Contents: A short preface, in prose, on fol. 1b, beginning: مهتر شغلى كه اصحاب نطق و دراست بدان نازند و ارباب فهم و فراست آنرا دستور سازند الخ. Ḳaṣîdas and tarjî’bands in alphabetical order, except the first, on fol. 2b. Beginning of the initial poem: مقدّرى نه بآلت بقدرت مطلق كند بشكل بخارى چو گنبذ ازرق Beginning of the first alphabetical poem, on fol. 3b: باز اين چه جوانى و جمال است جهانرا وين حال كه نو گشت زمين را و زمانرا Ḳiṭ’as arranged alphabetically, on fol. 188b, beginning: ايا صدرى كه از روى بزرگى – فلك را نيست با قدر تو بالا Ghazals, also in alphabetical order, on fol. 271a, beginning: از دور بديدم آن پرى را – آن رشك بتان آزرى را Short satirical mathnawîs (sometimes called هزليّات or, as in the following copy, مثنويّات در هجو), on fol. 323a, beginning: حبّذا گیر قاضئ گیرنگ – آنکه دارد زسنگ خارا ننگ Rubâ’îs, in alphabetical order, on fol. 327a, beginning: اى هجر مگر نهايتى نيست ترا وى وعدۀ وصل غايتى نيست ترا Anwarî’s dîwân ends on fol. 352b, and is dated by Mu’izz-aldîn Ḥasanî, the 7th of Muḥarram, A.H. 1061 (A.D. 1650, Dec. 31). On f. 353-359 there is written by another hand a series of anonymous mathnawî-baits, beginning abruptly: بشنو نكته گر اهل هوشی خویش را به که سگ بفروشى Some of the last pages are damaged; large water-spots throughout the whole copy. No. 2677, ff. 359, 2 coll., each ll. 19; Nasta’lîḳ; ff. 216 and 353-359 supplied by other hands; size, 11½ in. by 7 in.

[IO Islamic 514] قصائد انورى

<ul> <li>Ḳaṣâ’id-i-Anwarî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 945 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 514 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 945 Another copy of the same. The same ḳaṣîdas, arranged alphabetically, beginning as usual. The second (or first alphabetical) ḳaṣîdah, on fol.2a, beginning:صبا بسبزه بياراست باغ دنيى را الخ, is the second in the preceding copy too. Rich marginal notes. Copied A.H. 1120 (A.D. 1708, 1709), in Bahâdur-shâh’s reign, by ‘Abd-alkhâliḳ Gharib. No. 514, ff. 239, 2 coll., each ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 81/4 in. by 51/2 in.

[IO Islamic 240] ديوان ظهير الدين شفروه

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Żahîr-aldîn Shufurwah.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 934 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 240 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 934 Dîwân-i-Żahîr-aldîn Shufurwah ( ديوان ظهير الدين شفروه). According to the short prose preface, on fol. 1b:امام عالم بارع افضل اكمل ظهير الدين شفروه اصفهانى روّح الله روحه مردى بى نظير و حكيم بوده است و مستجمع جميع علوم و واعظ نيز در عهد سلطان ارسلان بوده و مدح او و پسرش طغرل گفته الخ, this copy contains the extremely rare dîwân-not met with in any other collection- of Żahîr-aldîn ‘Abdallâh Shufurwah of Iṣfahân, who was a cousin of the better-known Sharaf-aldin Muḥammad Faḍl-allâh or ‘Abd-almu’min Shufurwah (see Haft Iḳlim, Nos. 867 and 868, col. 441 in this Cat.; Âtashkada, Nos. 391 and 406, Bodleian Cat., cols. 276 and 277; and A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 17, No. 35), and, like him, a panegyrist of Sulṭân Arslân bin Ṭughrul Saljûḳî (A.H. 556-571=A.D. 1161-1176) and of his son and successor, Sulṭân Ṭughrul III (A.H. 571-590=A.D. 1176-1194); comp. also the Makhzan-algharâ’ib, No. 1492 in Bodleian Cat., col. 349, where he is praised as an expert in law, tradition, and Ḳurân-interpretation, and where some poetical extracts are given, which, however, cannot be traced in this copy. The dîwân consists of ḳaṣîdas, intermixed with a few ghazals, ḳiṭ’as, and four rubâ’îs. Beginning of the dîwân, on fol. 1b: اى هستئ بى نشان نشانت – بيخود خرد از علوّ شانت No date. No. 240, ff. 1-88, 2 coll., each ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ; worm-eaten; size, 83/8 in. by 43/4 in.

[IO Islamic 387] خمسۀ نظامى

<ul> <li>Khamsa-i-Niżâmî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 976 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 387 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 976 The same. Contents: 1.Makhzan-alasrâr, on fol. 1b. 2. Khusra u Shîrîn, on fol. 37b. 3. Lailâ u Majnûn, on fol. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, on fol. 212b. 5a.The first part of the Iskandarnâma (اقبالنامۀ اسكندرى), on fol. 293b. 5b. The second part of the Iskandarnâma (خردنامۀ اسكندرى), on fol. 400b. The copy concludes on fol. 454b, and on ff. 455-468 some parts of the last mathnawî are repeated, but not in any coherent form; for instance, fol. 456b, l. 11, corresponds to fol. 433a, l. 3, but the preceding portions in both parts are quite different. On fol. 453a, l. 5, there appears the وفات حكيم , i.e. the انجامش روزگار نظامى, see above in No. 973. No date. But on fol. 1a there is the seal of a former owner, rather effaced, dated A.H. 1070 (A.D. 1659, 1660), and another of Shâh Mîrkhân (dated A.H. 1147. A.D. 1734, 1735). In August, 1782, this MS. came into the possession of Mr. Richard Johnson. No. 387, ff. 468, 4 centre-coll., each ll. 17; beautiful Nasta’lîḳ; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each mathnawî, the first two pages luxuriously adorned; a vignette on fol. 1a; miniature paintings on ff. 4a, 17a, 47b, 55a, 61b, 64a, 65b, 70a, 71b, 83a, 93b, 95b, 102b, 104a, 124a, 132a, 167b, 182a, 201b, 225b, 227a, 232a, 235b, 237b, 244a, 252a, 259b, 264b, 267a, 279a, 284b, 306b, 311a, 318a, 334a, 337b, 346b, 364b, 372b, 374a, 386a, 396a, 422b, 438a, 442b, 456a, 466a, and 468a; size, 10½ in. by 6½ in.

[IO Islamic 789] خسرو و شيرين

<ul> <li>Khusrau u Shîrîn.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 999 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 789 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 999 Khusrau u Shîrîn. Another copy of Niżâmî’s خسرو و شيرين, without a date. Beginning: خداوندا در توفيق بگشاى الخ. No. 789, ff. 73, 4 coll., each ll. 21; small, but distinct Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; pictures on ff. 15b, 23b, 27a, 30b, 41a, 44b, and 67a; size, 97/8 in. by 6 in.

[IO Islamic 1504] ليلى و مجنون

<ul> <li>Lailâ u Majnûn.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1003 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 1504 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1003 The same. Another, very modern, copy of Lailâ and Majnûn, dated the 26th of Dhû-alḥijjah, A.H. 1222 (A.D. 1808, February 24), by Munshî Mihr Khaḍîb. The poem concludes on fol. 162a, and is followed by some baits from the pen of the transcriber himself, as it seems. On ff. 163-166 baits of another mathnawî, not belonging to Lailâ and Majnûn, are written, beginning: گفتم كه چو پیریم کند پست فرزند جوان بگيردم دست No. 1504, ff. 166, 2 coll., each ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 12¾ in. by 7½ in.

[IO Islamic 1057] ليلى و مجنون

<ul> <li>Lailâ u Majnûn.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1001 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 1057 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1001 The same. This copy was finished the 19th of Rajab, in the 49th year of – (probably ‘Âlamgîr’s reign, =A.H. 1117, A.D. 1705, November 6), by ‘Abd-alraḥîm for Ghulâm Ḥusain, known as Walî Muḥammad. On several pages a few hemistichs and single words are omitted. No. 1057, ff. 159, 2 coll., each ll. 13; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 8½ in. by 4¾ in.

[IO Islamic 155] Iskandarnâma

<ul> <li>Iskandarnâma.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1024 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 155 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1024 The same. Dated the 4th of Ṣafar, A.H. 1223 (A.D. 1808, April 1), by Muḥammad ‘Alî of Iṣfahân. No. 155, ff. 124, 2 coll., each ll. 15; large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 123/8 in. by 73/4 in.

[IO Islamic 3384] Farîd-aldîn's Mathnawîs

<ul> <li>Mathnawîs.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1036 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 3384 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1036 Two mathnawîs by Farîd-aldîn ‘Aṭṭâr. This copy contains: 1.Manṭiḳ-alṭair, on ff. 3b-226b. 2.Bîsarnâma, on ff. 227a-239a, beginning: من خدايم من خدايم من خدا فارغم از كبر و از كين و هوا The initial bait of this poem in No. 559 (1031 in this Cat.), fol. 152b, and in A. Sprenger’s first copy, Catal., p. 349, is here the third; whereas the beginning of Sprenger’s second copy appears here as second bait. On ff. 1a-3a there is a short account of some Pîrs of the Ḳâdirî seet in Multân, headed نقل عنايت نامه, and written by Muḥammad Ghauth ibn Sayyid Isma’îl ibn Shaikh ‘Abd-alḳâdir ibn Shaikh Mûsâ Ḥasanî alḥusainî algîlânî, who states that his grandfather ‘Abd-alḳâdir, who died the 17th of Dhû-alḥijjah, A.H. 1087 (A.D. 1677, February 20), invested him (after the premature death of his father), A.H. 1082 (A.D. 1671, 1672), with the خرقه. This copy is dated by Nû-allâh in the Ṣûbah of Khândîs, the 17th of Sha’bân, A.H. 1105=A.D. 1694, April 13 (here called the 38th year of ‘Âlamgîr’s reign, whereas it is more correctly the 37th, ‘Âlamgir having declared himself emperor of Dihlî in Dhû-alḳa’dah of A.H. 1068=A.D. 1658, August). Presented by J. H. Peile, Esq., and received the 19th September, 1818; transferred to Civil College, 9 August, 1819 (Haileybury). No. 3384, olim 19. J. 12, ff. 239, 2 coll., each ll. 10; large and excellent Nasta’lîḳ, written on brown paper, sprinkled with gold; marbled margin throughout, except on the last six leaves; illuminated frontispiece on fol. 3b; size, 9 in. by 5 in.

[IO Islamic 3312] مثنوی معنوی

<ul> <li>Mathnawî-i-Ma’nawî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1073 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 3312 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1073 The same. This copy, which is collated and dated the 23rd of Jumâdâ-alawwal, A.H. 1130 (A.D. 1718, April 24), by ‘Abdallâh, contains: A Persian paraphrase and explanation of the (Arabic) preface of the first daftar, on fol. 1b, beginning: هذا كتاب اين كتاب المثنوى المعنوى مثنوئ معنويست و نسبت او بسوى معانى آنست كه مقصد اصلى الخ. Daftar I, on fol. 3b; II, on fol. 68b; III, on fol. 119b; IV, on fol. 190b; V, on fol. 248b; VI, on fol. 311b. The prefaces are complete and agree in wording with those in the preceding copy, except that of Daftar V, which begins (as in Nos. 1063 and 1066 above): بدانيد و آگاه باشید که شریعت همچو شمعيست الخ. No. 3312, olim 17. J. 2, ff. 381, 4 coll., each ll. 19; Nasta’lîḳ; an illuminated frontispiece on fol. 1b and at the beginning of each daftar; size, 101/8 in. by 67/8 in.

[IO Islamic 3270] مثنوی معنوی

<ul> <li>Mathnawî-i-Ma’nawî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1065 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 3270 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1065 The same. All the daftars have the usual prose-prefaces, the preface of the first, on fol. 1b, breaks off at the end of the first page. Daftar I, on fol. 2b; II, on fol. 48b; III, on fol. 90b; IV, on fol. 145b; V, on fol. 195b; VI, on fol. 245b (the preface of the last begins here: ربّ زِدْنى علماً مجلّد ششم الخ) This copy was transcribed by Muḥammad Ṭâhir ibn Ḳâḍî Muḥammad ‘Alî in the citadel of كواندامه (belonging to Sulṭân Muḥammad ‘Âdilshâh); the first daftar was finished the 12th of Dhû-alḳa’dah, A.H. 1066 (A.D. 1656, Sept. 1); the second, the 13th of Dhû-alḥijjah in the same year (A.D. 1656, Oct. 2 ); the third, the 12th of Muḥarram, A.H. 1067 (A.D. 1656, Oct. 31); the fourth, the 7th of Ṣafar in the same year (A.D. 1656, Nov. 25); the fifth, the 8th of Rabî’-alawwal (A.D. 1656, Dec. 25); and the sixth, the 6th of Jumâdâ-alawwal (A.D. 1657, Feb. 20). Occasionally various readings and short glosses on the margin. No. 3270, olim 11. J. 8, ff. 298, 4 coll., each ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ; a large illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each daftar; size, 135/8 in. by 81/4 in.

[IO Islamic 2451] مثنوی معنوی

<ul> <li>Mathnawî-i-Ma’nawî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1068 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 2451 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1068 The same. Good copy, with all the prose-prefaces, finished on a Sunday ( فى يوم الاحد) in Ṣafar , A.H. 1085 (A.D. 1674, May- June). Daftar I, on fol. 1b; II, on fol. 75b; III, on fol. 142b; IV, on fol. 227b ; V, on fol. 295b; VI, on fol. 373b. No. 2451, ff. 459, 2 centre-coll., each ll. 17, and a third on the margin, ll. 32; small, but clear Nasta’lîḳ; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each daftar; size, 95/8 in. by 5 in.

[IO Islamic 992] تذكرة الاوليا

<ul> <li>Tadhkirat-alauliyâ.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1054 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 992 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1054 A fragment of the same. This incomplete copy breaks off in the biography of Shaikh Junaid Baghdâdî (No. 43 in the preceding copies), which begins on fol. 152a and forms here the forty-first biography. Beginning as usual. No. 992, ff. 1-168b, ll. 19; large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 107/8 in. by 63/8 in.

[IO Islamic 1271] تذكرة الاوليا

<ul> <li>Tadhkirat-alauliyâ.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1053 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 1271 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1053 The same. This copy of the first part of the Tadhkirat-alauliyâ comprises, according to the index on ff. 5b-6b, seventy-three biographies; but in the text itself the number of biographical accounts amounts to seventy only, and even of these four are entirely missing. There are consequently wanting here Nos. 18-20, 45, 71, and 72 of No. 1051 above. 1.On fol. 6b; 2. on fol. 10b; 3. on fol. 16b; 4. on fol. 28a; 5. on fol. 33a; 6. on fol. 34a; 7. on fol. 38b; 8. on fol. 39b; 9. on fol. 41a; 10. on fol. 52b; 11. on fol. 61a; 12. on fol. 76a; 13. on fol. 82a; 14. on fol. 94a ; 15. on fol. 115b; 16. on fol. 120a; 17. Abû ‘Alî Shaḳîḳ (as in the index of the preceding copy), on fol. 124a; 18-20. Missing although the catch-words are all right; 21. on fol. 129a ; 22. on fol. 132a; 23. on fol. 134a; 24. on fol. 137b; 25. on fol. 138a; 26.Muḥammad bin Ḥarb (in the index correctly, Aḥmad bin Ḥarb), on fol. 139a; 27. on fol. 140b; 28. Isma’îl bin ‘Abdallâh Sirrî, on fol. 144a; 29. on fol. 154a; 30. on fol. 156b; 31. on fol. 161b; 32. on fol. 162b; 33. on fol. 163b; 34. on fol. 167a; 35. on fol. 169b; 36. on fol. 176a; 37. on fol. 178a; 38. on fol. 181b; 39. on fol. 185b; 40. on fol. 187a; 41. on fol. 188b; 42. on fol. 190a; 43. on fol. 190b; 44. on fol. 207a; 45. Missing; 46. Abû-alḥusain Thaurî (in the index correctly, Nûrî), on fol. 210b; 47. ‘Uthmân (instead of Abû ‘Uthmân) Ḥîrî, on fol. 212a; 48. on fol. 214a; 49. Ibn ‘Aṭṭâr, both in text and index, on fol. 215b; 50. on fol. 219a; 51. on fol. 220a; 52. on fol. 220b; 53. Abû Ya’ḳûb bin Isḥaḳ, on fol. 222a; 54. on fol. 223b; 55. on fol. 225a; 56. on fol. 226a; 57. on fol. 226b, last line; 58. on fol. 227b; 59. on fol. 232a; 60. on fol. 234a; 61. on fol. 235a; 62. Abû-alkhair Nassâj, on fol. 235b; 63. on fol. 236b; 64.=66 in No. 1051 above; 65.=64 in the same copy, on fol. 238a; 66.=65 in the same copy, on fol. 239a; 67. ‘Abdallâh Aḥmad Maghribî, as in No. 65 of the preceding copy, on fol. 239b; 68. on fol. 240b; 69. on fol. 241a; 70. on fol. 243b. Beginning as in the two preceding copies. No date. No. 1271, ff. 248, ll. 17; irregular Nasta’lîḳ, written by different hands; size, 107/8 in. by 63/4 in.