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[IO Islamic 1023] ديوان كمال اسمعيل

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Kamâl Isma’îl.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1055 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 1023 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1055 Dîwân-i-Kamâl Isma’îl (ديوان كمال اسمعيل). The lyrical poems of Kamâl-aldîn Isma’îl bin Jamâl-aldîn Muḥammad bin ‘Abd-alrazzâḳ of Iṣfahân, who was a pupil of Suhrâwardi, panegyrist of the Ṣâ’id family, and is usually called خلاّق المعانى. He was tortured to death by the Moghuls, A.H. 635 (A.D. 1237, 1238); comp. Haft Iḳlim, No. 870, col. 441 in this Cat.; Bodleian Cat., Nos. 638-643; Rieu ii. p. 581; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 783; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 454; see also Butkhâna, No. 23 in Bodleian Cat., col. 199, and Âtashkada, No. 416, ib., col. 297. This dîwân consists of the following parts: 1.Ḳaṣîdas and tarkibbands, on fol. 1b, with a short mathnawî and two ḳiṭ’as at the end. Beginning of the first ḳaṣîdah: اى جلال تو بيانها را زبان انداخته عزّت ذاتت يقين را در گمان انداخته Beginning of the mathnawî, on fol. 209a: تا زبانم بكام جنبانست – در ثناء رئيس لنبانست 2. A large series of ḳiṭ’as, intermixed with a few ghazals, on fol. 213b. Beginning: عشّاق كه قدر دل شناسند – دل از غم يار بر نگيرند 3. Ghazals, without any order, on fol. 319b, beginning: اى دل و جان بياد تو زنده الخ. 4. Rubâ’îs, on fol. 359b, beginning: اى مدح تو آورده قلم را بسخن الخ. Dated by Sulṭân ‘Alî of Mashhad, A.H. 905 (A.D. 1499, 1500). No. 1023, ff. 412, 2 coll., each ll. 17; beautiful and clear Nasta’lîḳ; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each part, a vignette on fol. 1a, all the headings throughout in gold; size, 10 in. by 63/4 in.

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[IO Islamic 776] جواهر الذات

<ul> <li>Jawâhir-aldhât.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1048 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 776 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1048 Another copy of the Hailâjnâma, or third daftar of the Jawâhir-aldhât. Beginning: بنام كردگار فرد بيچون الخ. On fol. 31b there appears as another title for this daftar, or rather for the whole of the Jauhar-i-Dhât, just as in Rieu’s copy of the first daftar, جواهر نامه, see above, No. 1031, 17 (جواهر نامه هست اسرار منصور). Dated the 2nd of Ṣafar, A.H. 902 (A.D. 1496, Oct. 10). No. 776, ff. 342, 2 coll., each ll. 12; large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; size, 9¾ in. by 6 in.

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[IO Islamic 111] جواهر الذات

<ul> <li>Jawâhir-aldhât.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1047 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 111 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1047 Another copy of the second daftar of the Jawâhir-aldhât. This copy begins: تعالى الله زهى ديدار پر نور الخ. Dated the 10th of Shawwâl, A.H. 1021 (A.D. 1612, December 4). No. 111, fol. 113, 4 coll., each ll. 25; small, but clear Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; the last pages a little injured; size, 8 in. by 4¾ in.

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[IO Islamic 203] ديوان شمس تبريز

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Shams-i-Tabrîz.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1109 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 203 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1109 Dîwân-i-Shams-i-Tabrîz (ديوان شمس تبريز). An excellent and very rich collection of the minor or lyrical poems of Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî, usually styled ديوان شمس تبريز, since the poet uses as takhalluṣ in his ghazals the name of his spiritual guide, Shams-aldîn of Tabrîz (whose death is commonly fixed in A.H. 645=A.D. 1247, 1248), but of course known also as ديوان مولانا رومى or ديوان جلال الدين رومى ; other copies of the whole or of extracts of this dîwân are described in Bodleian Cat., Nos. 673-675; Rieu ii. p. 593 sq.; W. Pertsch, p. 69, and Berlin Cat., pp. 798 and 799; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 497; G. Flügel i. p. 522 sq.; Cat. Codd. Or. Lugd. Bat. ii. p. 113; J. Aumer, p. 16; Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 214; Krafft, p. 65 etc. The whole dîwân has been lithographed in Lucknow, 1879; one of the Tarjî’ât has been printed in Ṭahrân, A.H. 1274. Select poems have been edited, with metrical German translation, by Vincenz von Rosenzweig, in ‘Auswahl aus den Diwanen des grössten mystischen Dichters Persiens, Mewlana Dschelaleddin Rumi,’ Vienna, 1838; others have been poetically reproduced in German by Rückert etc. Contents: Preface in prose, by the anonymous editor of this collection, who compiled it in Rabî’-alawwal, A.H. 817 (A.D. 1414, May, June), comp. Bodleian Cat., No. 673; beginning:حمد موفور و ثناى نامحصور پاك از وصمت فتور و قصور الخ. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 6b, beginning: شاه جسم و جان ما خندان كن دندان ما (MS. اى) سرمه كش چشمان ما اى چشم جانرا توتيا Tarji’ât, on fol. 482a, beginning: شاهد ما زرخ گرفت نقاب – گر خورشيد پرتوى برتاب A few ḳiṭ’as at the end of this part. Rubâ’îs and some fards, on fol. 494a, beginning: در مذهب عشّاق قرارى دگرست وين بادۀ ناب را خمارى دگرست No date. This MS. was purchased at Ḥaidarâbâd, the 25th of June, 1784, for forty rupees. No. 203, ff. 505, 2 centre-coll., each ll. 17, and a third on the margin, ll. 34; Nasta’lîḳ; two illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1b and 6b; size 95/8 in. by 5 in.

[IO Islamic 143] كلّيّات سعدى

<ul> <li>Kulliyyây-i-Sa’dî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1127 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 143 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1127 The same. This collection is different from all the preceding ones, since a considerable number of the usual items are entirely missing, and some altogether new parts have been introduced. The copy contains: 1.Bûstân, on fol. 1b, beginning: بنام جهاندار جان آفرين الخ 2.Gulistân, on fol. 74b. 3.Dîwân, consisting of: a. Persian ḳaṣidas, on fol. 131b, beginning: اوّل دفتر الخ. b.Tarjî’ât, on fol. 153a margin, beginning: در عهد تو ای نگار دلبند-بس عهد که بشکند وسوگند (corresponding to the second poem in No. 1117 in this Cat., fol. 346b). c. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 158b, comprising, as the same part in Nos. 1120 and 1121 in this Cat. does, the Ṭayyibât, Badâ’i’, Khawâtîm, and early ghazals; the initial ghazal is the second in No. 1121, fol. 207a: اى نفس خرّم باد صبا – از بر يار آمدۀ مرحبا d. Muḳaṭṭ’ât, on fol. 278a, beginning likewise as in No. 1121: سخن بذكر تو الخ. e.Rubâ’îs, on fol. 285b, beginning, as in No. 1121: (in No. 1121 جهانرا ) خداونديست تدبيردهانرا . 4.The second risâlah, in five مجلس , on fol. 293b, beginning:.الحمد لله الذى خلق الوجود الخ 5.Another risâlah, on fol. 304b, which contains, like the usual third risâlah, a story not by Sa’dî himself, but referring to the poet’s intercourse with renowned personages (see Bacher’s remark in his ‘Sa’dî-Studien,’ p. 85), but different in wording from the third in the preceding copies; it begins: اى دل مجرّد طريقت طريقت وسالك كوى حقيقت شهباز جانباز هماى ره شيراز مصلح الدين سعدى شيرازى عليه الرّحمة و الغفران ميگوید بگوش هوش بشنو الخ. 6.The fifth risâlah, در نصيحة الملوك, on fol. 307b, beginning here: الحمد لله و هوا لى من حمد ثمّ الصّلوة على رسول الله افضل الخ. 7.Pandnâma (پندنامه), or book of counsels, also called, from the word with which it begins, Karîmâ (كريما) or Kitâb-i-Karîmâ; beginning, on fol. 313b : كريما ببخشاى بر حال ما – كه هستم اسير كمند هوا The authorship of Sa’dî with regard to this didactic mathnawî, which is apparently composed after the model of Farîd-aldîn ‘Aṭṭâr’s Pandnâma, has been much disputed; it is not included in Bîsutûn’s (or Ibn Bisutûn’s) edition; on the other hand, as Rieu ii. p. 865b has shown, it has been ascribed to Sa’dî as early as A.H. 842 (A.D. 1438, 1439), and it is found in the Calcutta edition (fol. ٢٠٠ sq.); other text-editions (printed or lithographed): in Gladwin’s Persian Moonshee (with English translation), 1801; revised edition, by W.C. Smyth, 1840; see also Rousseau, Flowers of Persian Literature, London, 1801, and the Persian and Reader, vol. i, Calcutta, 1835, pp. 78-97; Persian and Hindûstânî, ib., 1829; Persian with Latin translation, by Geitlin, Helsingfors, 1835; Calcutta, A.H. 1242 and 1270 (with Rekhta translation) in the ‘Persian Primer,’ Lucknow, A.H. 1263, 1264, etc.; Lahore, 1887; Bombay, 1887; Agra, 1887; Cawnpore, 1888, etc. An older English translation, Calcutta, 1788. French translation, by Garcin de Tassy, in his ‘Exposition de la foi musulmane,’ Paris, 1822, and in the same author’s ‘Allégories, récits poétiques et chants populaires,’ 2nd ed., Paris, 1876, pp. 197-200. A metrical German translation of select passages of the Pandnâma is found in the notes to K.H. Graf, Rosengarten, Leipzig, 1846, pp. 239, 244, 253, 260, 281, 293, and 297-298; comp. besides Zenker i. 418 sq. and 1468, ii. 480 sq.; Bodleian Cat., Nos. 688. 12 and 748; Rieu ii. p. 865b; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., pp. 803 and 825 A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 549. 8.Short mathnawîs, on fol. 317b, beginning: نامه آغازم بنام ذوالجلال آنكه بيرون ذاتش از وهم و خيال 9.Khabîthât (or Muṭâyabât), here wrongly styled Hazliyyât, on fol. 324b, beginning with the usual prose-preface: قال السّعدى الزمنى الخ. No date. There are wanting in this copy the usual risâlas, except the second and the fifth; the Marâthî, Mufradât, Hazliyyât, Ṣâḥibiyyah, Mulamma’ât, Muḍḥikât, and the Arabic ḳaṣîdas. No. 143, ff. 330, 2 centre-coll., each ll.17, and a third on the margin, ll. 26; Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispieces and small headings on ff. 1b, 74b, 131b, 293b, 304b, 313b, and 317b; size, 11¼ in. by 7 in.

[IO Islamic 530] شرح بستان

<ul> <li>Sharḥ-i-Bustân.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1150 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 530 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1150 Sharḥ-i-Bustân (شرح بستان). ‘Abd-alwâsi’ Hânsawi’s commentary on the Bûstân, beginning, on fol. 41b: ربّنا لا تواخذنا إن نسينا او اخطانا و صلّ على نبيّك و رسولك محمّد سيّدنا و مولانا و على آله و اصحابه الخ ميگويد معترف بعجز و نادانى در فهم الفاظ و درك معانى عبدالواسع هانسوى كه الخ ; comp. A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 552. ‘Abd-alwâsi’ of Hânsî (see above, col. 403) is also the author of the غرائب اللغات, an alphabetical glossary of Hindî words with Persian explanation, improved and re-edited by Sirâj-aldîn ‘Alî Ârzû, and of a Persian Grammar, printed 1851 in Cawnpore, comp. Rieu iii. pp. 1030a and 1096b. The text of the Bûstân (introduction) begins, on fol. 42b: بنام جهاندار جان آفرين ; Book I, on fol. 61a; II, on fol. 106b; III, on fol. 130a; IV, on fol. 149a; V, on fol. 171a; VI, on fol. 182a; VII, on fol. 188b; VIII, on fol. 206b; IX, on fol. 216a; X, on fol. 218a. Fol. 50b is left blank, but there is no lacuna. Not all verses, but only the difficult ones, are explained by the commentator. This copy was finished after a careful collation by Muḥammad Naṣîr, the son of Sayyid Lutf-allâh, who was also an inhabitant of Hânsî, the 8th of Ṣafar, A.H. 1140 (A.D. 1727, Sept. 25). On fol. 220 a fragment in Hindûstânî: خيال بزبان هندى. No. 530, ff. 41-220, ll. 11; large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; the first two pages sprinkled with gold; size, 8½ in. by 4½ in.

[IO Islamic 3431] گلستان

<ul> <li>Gulistân.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1164 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 3431 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1164 The same. This copy is dated by Bîmćand, who calls himself a ملازم عدالت ديوانى , a servant or official of the civil court, the 14th of Ṣafar, A.H. 1208=8th of the month Âsin, in the year 1200 of the Bangâlî era=A.D. 1793, Sept. 21. It was presented by W.B. Smith, Esq., March 30, 1816. No. 3431, ff. 143, ll. 7; very clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 77/3 in. by 55/8 in.

[IO Islamic 2808] گلستان

<ul> <li>Gulistân.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1161 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 2808 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1161 The same. Copied A.H. 1185 (A.D. 1771, 1772). Occasionally some interlinear glosses. Bibliotheca Leydeniana. No. 2808, ff. 1-71, ll. 14; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 83/8 in. by 63/4 in.

[IO Islamic 2840] قران السعدين

<ul> <li>Ḳirân-alsa’dain.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1210 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 2840 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1210 The same. Beginning as in the two preceding copies. It is dated at Shâhjahânâbâd the 27th of Ṣafar, in the 28th year of ‘Âlamgîr’s reign (which is called by mistake A.H. 1099, instead of 1096=A.D. 1685, Febr. 2). Bibliotheca Leydeniana. No. 2840, ff. 117, 2 coll., each ll. 17; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 63/4 in. by 33/8 in.

[IO Islamic 96] هشت بهشت

<ul> <li>Hasht Bihisht.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1207 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 96 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1207 The same. This copy, many leaves of which are worm-eaten or otherwise damaged, was finished the 8th of Rabî’-alawwal, A.H. 1102 (A.D. 1690, Dec. 10). The first three pages have been supplied by another hand. No. 96, ff. 141. 2 coll., each ll. 12-13; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 6¾ in. by 4½ in.

[IO Islamic 466] ديوان ابن يمين

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Ibn Yamîn.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1230 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 466 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1230 Dîwân-i-Ibn Yamîn (ديوان ابن يمين). An incomplete copy of the poetical works of Amîr Fakhr-aldîn Maḥmûd bin Amîr Yamîn-aldîn Muḥammad Mustaufî of Faryûmad (three days’ journey from Sabz-wâr), commonly known as Ibn Yamîn, who died in Faryûmad, A.H. 745 (A.D. 1344, 1345); see Haft Iḳlîm, No. 770 (col. 434 in this Cat.); Bodleian Cat., Nos. 790-792; A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 433, 434; G. Flügel i. p. 545; Rieu ii. p. 825b; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 86, etc.; and Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 358. The statement made in the last-named Catalogue, that the poet (according to the preface of his dîwân) wrote or collected his poems in A.H. 756 (A.D. 1355) is probably due to some kind of error, as according to one of Sprenger’s copies already in A.H. 753 (A.D. 1352) one of the poet’s friends compiled a preface to the collected diwân. The present collection contains: Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 1b, beginning, ابتدا ميكنم بنام خدا ( the second hemistich is torn away), agreeing with the beginning of No. 791 in the Bodleian Cat.; the second bait of this initial ghazal, viz. اى خداوند قادر يكتا - مبدء كون خالق اشيا Corresponds to the beginning of No. 790 in the Bodleian Cat., and of the second copy in Sprenger’s Catal., p. 434, l. 12. One tarjî’band, on fol. 91a, beginning (as in No. 790 of the Bodleian Cat.): چو نور ذات در تابد زذرّات دو عالم محو گردد در يكى ذات A few rubâ’îs, one mukhammas, and some fards, on fol. 94b; beginning of the first poem: طلب كن تا خبر از گنج يابى تو كى اين گنج را بى رنج يابى Three mystical mathnawîs, the first of which begins, on fol. 99b: كون و مكان (read نَبُد) پیش از آندم كه نبود بود آن گنج گرانمایه نهان corresponding to the first mathnawî in No. 791 of the Bodleian Cat., and seems to contain six majlis; the second, on fol. 111a, is headed: نسخۀ دلفريب جان سوز است نام اين نسخه مجلس افروز است from which it is evident that its title is مجلس افروز (which also appears in the last bait on fol. 124a); the third, on fol. 124a (like the first without any heading), begins with the initial bait of the preceding section (on fol. 94b), viz. طلب كن تا خبر از گنج يابى الخ ; this mathnawî breaks off on fol. 125b; there are besides two lacunas, one after fol. 2 and the other after fol. 51, and some leaves are severely injured. No. 466, ff. 125, partly 3 coll., the first and third ll. 10, the middle in diagonal lines, ll. 6; and partly 2 coll., each ll. 13; irregular Nasta’lîḳ; size, 8¾ in. by 5½ in.

[IO Islamic 3337] Biography

<ul> <li>Biography.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1222 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 3337 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1222 A biography of Amîr Khusrau, with specimens from his dîwâns (احوال امير خسرو و معه اشعارها), beginning: خواجه امير خسرو دهلوى امير شعرا و خسرو بلغاست شرح كمالاتش زياده از آنست كه درين اوراق الخ. No date. No. 3337, olim 14. J. 13, ff. 33-43, ll. 17; clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 95/8 in. by 55/8 in.

[IO Islamic 1766] انشاء امير خسرو

<ul> <li>Inshâ-i-Amîr Khusrau.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1221 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 1766 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1221 Inshâ-i-Amîr Khusrau ( انشاء امير خسرو). Letters on Ṣûfic topics, mystic love, Persian and Indian music, and similar subjects, written in a very flowery prose style, intermixed with numerous verses, by Amîr Khusrau, forming a sequel to the preceding work on epistolography, the رسائل الاعجاز. The first letter is headed (on fol.2a): عجيب و غريب نامه كه خود قاصد شده و اظهار حال عاشق بمعشوق نموده و پاسخ از زبان معشوق شنوده الخ. Occasional short interlinear glosses. The copy appears to be incomplete at the end. The first owner was Muḥammad Darwîsh. No. 1766, ff. 83, ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 81/8 in. by 53/4 in.

[IO Islamic 80] ديوان حافظ

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Ḥâfiż.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1249 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 80 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1249 The same. Contents: Ghazlas, in alphabetical order, on fol. 1b, beginning as usual. The same short mathnawî of ten baits, as in Nos. 1246 and 1247 above, beginning, on fol. 186a: هر كه آمد در جهان الخ. Muḳaṭṭa’ât, on fol. 186b, beginning: فساد چرخ الخ. Rubâ’îs, on fol. 194a, beginning: جز نقش تو ىر نظر نيايد مارا جز كوى تو رهگذر نيايد مارا See W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., No. 849, p. 488. This copy was presented to Major Robert MacKenzie by William Shep. Greene, 1709. No. 80, ff. 198, 2 coll., each ll. 12; excellent Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; ornaments throughout; size, 83/8 in. by 51/4 in.

• [IO Islamic 407] خورشيد و جمشيد/فراقنامه

<ul> <li>Mathnawîs.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 407 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 1243 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <a href="https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7537/page/n379/mode/2up">1243</a> Two mathnawîs by <a href="https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjKMcbGJ4yKVvjPQw6qBbm">Salmân of Sâwa</a>. 1. Khwurshîd u Jamshîd (خورشيد و جمشيد) or Jamshîd u Khwurshîd (جمشيد و خورشيد), the love-story of the prince of China and the princess of Rûm, completed in Jumâdâ II, A.H. 763 (A.D. 1362, April), at the request of <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1144809">Sulṭân Uwais</a> [otherwise <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2214-871X_ei1_COM_0213">Uwais I</a>]. Beginning, on fol. 261b: الهر پردۀ پندار بگشای – در گنجینۀ اسرار بگشای Extracts from this mathnawî are given in the Khulâṣat-alkalâm, No. 35 ([Ethé and Sachau,] <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3344766">Bodleian Cat</a>., col. <a href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_hn8pAAAAYAAJ/page/n161/mode/2up">298</a>).[ed note: = entry number 35 in Khulāṣat al-Kalām (خلاصة الكلام)] 2. Firâḳnâma (فراقنامه), the book of separation, completed A.H. 761 (A.D. 1360); beginning, on fol. 369b : بنام خداى كه از تيره خاك برآميخت اين جوهر جان پاک No date. No. 407, margin-column, ff. 261b-396a, ll. 44; clear Nasta’lîḳ; ornaments throughout. <ul> <li>[ed note: Quick <a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/person_36059765">link </a>to manscripts of other works by this author.]</li> </ul>

[IO Islamic 2387] ديوان حافظ

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Ḥâfiż.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1247 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 2387 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1247 Another copy of the same. Contents: Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 1b, beginning: الا يا ايّها الخ. One tarkîbband and one mukhammas (the latter = Brockhaus, No. 693), on fol. 186a. Mathnawîs, on fol. 189a; the first beginning: الا اى آهوى الخ (Brockhaus, No. 685). Muḳaṭṭa’ât, on fol. 194b, beginning: فساد چرخ نه بینیم و نشنویم همی که چشمها همه کورست و گوشها همه کر A short mathnawî of ten baits, on fol. 202b, beginning: هر كه آمد در جهان پر زشور عاقبت می بایدش رفتن بگور See fol. 19b in the preceding copy. Rubâ’îs, on fol. 203a, beginning: نه قصّۀ آن شمع چگل (چوگل) نئوان گفت الخ (Brockhaus, No. 633). Dated by Muḥammad Ḥusain in the month Ramaḍân, of the 23rd year (of whose reign is not stated: it must be either Shâhjahân’s, A.H. 1059= A.H. 1649, Sept.- Oct., or ‘Âlamgir’s, A.H. 1091=A.D. 1680, Sept.-Oct.). No. 2387, ff. 210, 2 coll., each ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ, by three different hands, the oldest on ff. 7-27, 68-79, 84, 85, and 90-210, the middle one on ff. 60-67, 80-83, and 86-89, the youngest on ff. 1-6 and 28-59; size, 81/8 in. by 5 in.

[IO Islamic 1041] ديوان سلمان

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Salmân.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1238 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 1041 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1238 A somewhat smaller copy of the same. Contents: Ḳaṣîdas, tarjî’bands, ḳiṭ’as, and ghazals, all mixed together, on fol.1b, beginning: هر دل كه در .هواى الخ Rubâ’îs, on fol. 220b, beginning: اى كارگذاران درت شمس و زحل الخ, corresponding to the beginning of this part, in No. 807 of the Bodleian Cat. On ff. 230b-244b a complete index of the poems contained in this copy, styled (somewhat insufficiently) فهرست قصائدات سلمان. Fol. 180 and a part of fol. 182b left blank. Various readings and additions are occasionally found on the margin. No date. No. 1041, ff. 244, 2 coll., each ll. 19; Nasta’lîḳ, written by three different hands (as it seems), viz. ff. 1-56 by the first, ff. 57-229 by the second, and ff. 230-244 by the third; size, 9½ in. by 5 in.

[IO Islamic 2305] ديوان حافظ

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Ḥâfiż.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1250 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 2305 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1250 The same. Contents: Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 1b, beginning as usual. A few mathnawî-baits and a series of ḳiṭ’as, the latter beginning, on fol. 233b: آصف عهد زمان الخ. Rubâ’îs, on fol. 239b, beginning: امشب زغمت ميان خون الخ (Brockhaus, No. 626). Dated by Hidâyat-allâh at Multân the 5th of Sha’bân, A.H. 1147 (A.D. 1734, Dec. 31). College of Fort William, 1825. No. 2305, ff. 245, 2 coll., each ll. 9; large Nasta’lîḳ, written on paper sprinkled with gold: illuminated frontispiece; the first two pages adorned with gold arabesques; size, 91/8 in. by 51/2 in.

[IO Islamic 1704] ديوان حافظ

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Ḥâfiż.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1258 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 1704 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1258 The same. Contents: Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol.1b. Tarkîbbands, a few mathnawîs (the first beginning: الا اى آهوى الخ), and the usual mukhammas, on fol. 183a. Ḳiṭ’as, on fol. 193a, beginning:دل منه الخ . Rubâ’îs, on fol. 201b, beginning as in No. 1249: جز نقش تو الخ. No date. No. 1704, ff. 209, 2 coll., each ll. 14; clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; size, 81/8 in. by 47/8 in.

[IO Islamic 3509] ديوان حافظ

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Ḥâfiż.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1252 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 3509 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1252 The same. Contents: Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 1b, beginning as usual. Three ḳiṭ’as, the first of which, on fol. 154a, begins: دل منه بر دنيى الخ (see No. 1246). One tarjî’band, on fol. 155a, beginning: اى داده بباد دوستدارى الخ (see Bodleian Cat., No. 816). A mukhammas, on fol. 157a, last line, beginning as in Nos. 1246, 1247, and 1251. Mathnawîs, on fol. 158b, the first beginning: الا اى آهوى الخ. Rubâ’îs and fards, on fol. 168a, beginning:كاش حافظ الخ ; the second (which in many copies heads this part) corresponds to Brockhaus, No. 617, مردى زكنندۀ الخ. Colophon on fol. 175a, giving the date of the copy as the first of Dhû-alḥijjah, A.H. 1198 (A.D. 1784, Oct. 16), and the name of the transcriber as Ghulâm Alî bin Muḥammad اروشى. On fol. 175b (the last page) the beginning of a ḳaṣîdah: در بدخشان لعل اگر الخ . No. 3509, ff. 175, 2 coll., each ll. 16; small Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; size, 4½ in. by 3 in.