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[IO Islamic 2838] ديوان سامى

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Sâmî</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1704 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 2838 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1704 Dîwân-i-Sâmî (ديوان سامى). Lyrical poems by a poet with the takhalluṣ Sâmî, identical with Khwâjah ‘Abdallâh Sâmî, who was in the service of A’żamashâh and died under Muḥammadshâh (reigned A.H. 1131-1161=A.D. 1719-1748) in Lâhûr; see A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 156. An elder Shaikh Sâmî Jazâ’iri of Mashhad came to India in Akbar’s reign, see Makhzan-algharâ’ib, No. 1001 (Bodleian Cat., col. 336); a Luṭf ‘Alîbeg Sâmî is mentioned, ib., No. 1085 (Bodleian Cat., col. 338). Contents: Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 1b, beginning: چون زبى برگى ندارد خامه در دل آه را ساخت از خون جگر شنگرف بسم الله را Tarjî’bands, mukhammasât, ḳiṭ’as, and a few rubâ’îs, on fol. 133a, beginning: اى دل چكنم كه با تو سازم الخ. A mathnawî, on fol. 146a: چهل تن بحكم قضا و قدر – بيكبار كردند عزم سفر The copy ends, on fol. 148b, without a date; on fol. 149b the first seven baits of another mathnawî are written (whether belonging to the same poet or not, is impossible to say), beginning: الهى گریه ام را تازگى ده – فغانم را بلند آوازگى ده Many additions by other hands on the margin; on ff. 128-132 one top-corner has been cut off and part of the text destroyed. No. 2838, ff. 149, 2 coll., each ll. 9; small, but clear Nasta’lîḳ; small illuminated frontispiece; size, 5½ in. by 3¼ in.

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[IO Islamic 114] ديوان ثابت

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Thâbit</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1701 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 114 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1701 Dîwân-i-Thâbit (ديوان ثابت). Lyrical poems by Mîr Muḥammad Afḍal (or Afḍal-aldin Muḥammad), with the takhalluṣ Thâbit, who was born at Dihlî and died there the 13th of Rabî’ I, A.H. 1151 (A.D. 1738, July 1); see Rieu ii. p. 709b; A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 154 and 578. Contents: Three short mathnawîs in honour of God, the prophet, and ‘Ali. Beginning of the first (در توحيد و اظهار شوق و عرض نياز بدرگاه بى نياز ): خداوندا دلم را سادگى ده – زقيد ما سوا آزادگى ده Ghazals, in alphabetical order, preceded by a ḳaṣidah in honour of ‘Alî and followed by some mathnawî-baits. Beginning of the ḳaṣîdah, on fol. 151b: گر شبى خيز زغم آه از دل شيداى من بگذرد از نه فلك آهنگ شيون را يمن Beginning of the first ghazal, on fol. 152a: هست تا نام خوشت در دل غم پيشۀ ما نيست جز ذكر تو بر دفتر انديشۀ ما Dated the 24th of Shawwâl in the 30th year of Muḥammadshâh’s reign (=A.H. 1160, A.D. 1747, Oct. 29). This full dîwân, of which this copy only represents a small portion, was collected by Thâbit’s disciple Band-i-’Alî. Thâbit’s son, Mîr Muḥammad ‘Ażim Thabât, who died A.H. 1161 (A.D. 1748), is likewise renowned as poet, see A .Sprenger, loc. cit. No. 114, ff. 149-162, 2 coll., each ll. 19-20; very careless Nasta’lîḳ; size, 8¼ in. by 4½ in.

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[IO Islamic 2728] ديوان رحيم

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Raḥîm</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1705 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 2728 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1705 Dîwân-i-Raḥîm (ديوان رحيم). A collection of ghazals by a poet with the takhalluṣ Raḥîm, who is probably identical with Muḥammad Raḥîmkhan Karâ’ilî, the son of Shâh Wirdî, the ruler of Karâ’il, with the takhalluṣ Raḥîm, who was first at the court of Nâdirshâh (A.H. 1148-1160=A.D. 1736-1747), and later on in the service of Muḥammadshâh, see Makhzan-algharâ’ib, No. 904 (Bodleian Cat., col. 334); A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 156; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 642, No. 148. There are mentioned besides in the last-named work three other poets with the same nom de plume, viz. Nawwâb ‘Abd-alraḥîm Khânkhânân (No. 146), Mirzâ Raḥîm (No. 147), and Mîr Raḥîm Farrâsh (No.149). The ghazals are arranged alphabetically, but only extend as far as the letter د ; between ff. 104 and 105 there is moreover a lacuna. Beginning: حمد تو گشت جوهر تيغ زبان ما روشن بود چو آئنه فكر بيان ما No date. Bibliotheca Leydeniana. No. 2728, ff. 105, 2 coll., each ll. 13; Nasta’lîḳ, the last two pages in diagonal lines by a different band in Shikasta; size, 87/8 in. by 43/4 in.

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[IO Islamic 2346] ديوان امّيد

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Ummîd</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1703 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 2346 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1703 Dîwân-i-Ummîd (ديوان امّيد). Lyrical poems of Ḳizilbashkhân, whose original name was Mirzâ Muḥammad Riḍâ, with the takhalluṣ Ummîd, a native of Hamadân and a pupil of Mirzâ Ṭâhir Waḥîd (see Nos. 1653-1655 above) and of Mîr Najât (the lyrical poet and author of the famous mathnawî on wrestling, گل كشتى, who died A.H. 1126=A.D. 1714; see Bodleian Cat., Nos. 1162-1165). He came to India under Bahâdurshâh and died in Dihlî, A.H. 1159, 9th of Jumâdâ I (A.D. 1746, May 30). He left besides his Persian dîwân a few Rekhta verses; see Rieu ii. p. 711b; A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 149, 153, 300, and 581; comp. also Âtashkada, No. 776 (Bodleian Cat., col. 289), and Khulâṣat-alafkâr, No. 39 (ib., col. 304), where an earlier date for his death is given, viz. A.H. 1155. This copy contains only ghazals, in alphabetical order, beginning: اى شكارى آهوى صد افگند صيّادها اى خراب از خلوه ات مانند سيل آبادها The initial ghazal, quoted in Sprenger’s copy, is here the second. The ḳaṣîdas, ḳiṭ’as, mukhammasât, mufradât and rubâ’îs are entirely wanting here. on fol. 1a and at the end this dîwân is wrongly ascribed to Ṭâlib Âmulî (see Nos. 1524-1529 above). No date. This copy belonged formerly to the College of Fort William. No. 2346, ff. 1-27, 2 coll., each ll. 15-20; Shikasta; size, 73/4 in. by 55/8 in.

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[IO Islamic 2710] انورنامه

<ul> <li>Anwarnâma</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1716 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 2710 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1716 Anwarnâma (انورنامه). A mathnawî, celebrating the exploits of Nawwâb Anwarkhân (or Anwar-aldînkhân), the ruler of the Carnatic, who died A.H. 1162 (A.D. 1749), by Mîr Muḥammad Isma’îlkhân, with the takhalluṣ Abjadî, who had been tutor of Anwarkhân’s son and successor, Nawwâb Muḥammad ‘Alî ‘Umdat-almulk (A.H. 1163-1210=A.D. 1750-1795), and who dedicated this work to him, for which he received 6,700 rupees, and was, A.H. 1189 (A.D. 1775, 1776), appointed king of poets; comp. No. 501 above, where the توزك والاجاهى is described, a special history of the Carnatic, based on this Anwarnâma, with a eulogium of Abjadî, by Munshî Burhân (or Burhânkhân) bin Ḥasan, who completed the muḳaddimah and the first daftar A.H. 1200 (A.D. 1786). This mathnawî was composed in A.H. 1174 (A.D. 1760, 1761), see fol. 276a, last verse; other copies of the same are noticed in W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., pp. 944 and 945, and A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 308. Abjadî wrote besides a Persian dîwân, containing ghazals and rubâ’îs (see A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 307), and a Rekhta dîwân, likewise containing ghazals and rubâ’îs, with a few ḳiṭ’as at the end (preserved in No. 2512 of the India Office Collection, dated A.H. 1192, 15th of Muḥarram=A.D. 1778, Febr. 13). This mathnawî begins: خدایا توئی شاه فرمانروا-توئی آفرینندۀ ما سوا The story itself begins, on fol. 10b, with this heading: در بيان آغاز داستان انور نامه و ذكر رياست و محاربات نوّاب انور الدّينخان الخ . Various readings and occasional glosses of particular interest on the margin. No date. Bibliotheca Leydeniana. No. 2710, ff. 276, 2 coll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 91/8 in. by 57/8 in.

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[IO Islamic 954] ديوان وفا

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Wafâ</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1718 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 954 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1718 Dîwân-i-Wafâ (ديوان وفا). Lyrical poems of Mirzâ Sharaf-aldîn ‘Alî alḥusainî of Ḳumm, with the takhalluṣ Wafâ (see fol. 2b, last line, and fol. 3a, first line), who was, according to the Makhzan-algharâ’ib, No. 3011 (Bodleian Cat., col. 393), a descendant of Mirzâ Muḥammad Hâshim Ḥusainî Ḳummî from father’s side, and of Maulânâ ‘Abd-alrazzâḳ Fayyâḍ from mother’s side. According to Ḥairat’s مقالات الشّعرا (A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 160), he was originally in the service of Nâdirshâh, but went in A.H. 1162 (A.D. 1749) to India and lived at Dihlî in Wâlih’s house. The Makhzan-algharâ’ib, on the other hand, asserts that he reached Dihlî still in Muḥammadshâh’s reign, and the Âtashkada, No. 842 (Bodleian Cat., col. 292), says, he remained about thirty years in India and returned to Persia in A.H. 1183 (A.D. 1769, 1770); if the latter remark is correct, he must have gone to Dihlî about A.H. 1152, 1153 (A.D. 1739, 1740). According to the same Âtashkada he made, after his return to Persia, the pilgrimage to Makkah, and died A.H. 1194 (A.D. 1780). Another copy of his dîwân is described in A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 584. This copy contains: A preface in prose, on fol. 1b, beginning: بهترين حمدى كه عندليبان شيرين زبان گلشن نظم در گلزار معانى الخ. Ḳaṣîdas, in honour of the prophet, ‘Alî, and the Imâms, some also in praise of ‘Alî Ḳulîkhân Bahâdur, i.e. Wâlih, the poet (see above and No. 1708), beginning, on fol. 8b: مبادا همچو من بيجا كسى از خان و مان خيزد الخ. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 36a, beginning: الهى خون بجوش آوردمى تيغ زبانم را برنگين جلوه گى دست و گريبان كن بيانم را Rubâ’îs, with some tarjî’ât at the end, on fol. 96b, beginning: مائيم كه خون ديده آرايش ماست الخ Incomplete at the end; the mathnawî لؤلؤ منظوم , found in Sprenger’s copy, is wanting here. No. 954, ff. 114, 2 coll., each ll. 9; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 7½ in. by 51 in.

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[IO Islamic 464] لعل و گوهر

<ul> <li>La’l-u-Gauhar</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1717 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 464 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1717 La’l u Gauhar (لعل و گوهر). The love-story of La’l and Gauhar (ruby and pearl), a mathnawî based upon older sources and completed A.H. 1192 (A.D. 1778), by Ḥasan ‘Alî ‘Izzat, who was commissioned to write this poem by Nawwâb Fatḥ ‘Alîkhân Bahâdur, better known as Tîpû Sulṭân (who succeeded his father Ḥaidar ‘Alîkhân in the government of Maisûr, A.H. 1197=A.D. 1782). Beginning, on fol. 8b: الهى ده زعين لطف و رافت بگلزارى (بگلزار read) كلامم بوى الفت It concludes on fol. 69a; the date appears in the last verse but two: ز هجرت يكهزار وصد و هشتاد كه بود اِثنَا عَشَر بالاى تعداد A version of the same story and with the same title (قصّۀ لعل و گوهر) in Dakhnî verses is preserved in No. 2495, f. 83a-97b of the India Office Library. On ff. 1-5a there are written by another hand some mystical tracts, beginning: بدانكه اين رسالۀ دم از خواصّ الحيات نوشته مى شود‘ آفتاب و ماهتاب هر چه تأثير الخ. Ff. 6 and 7 are left blank. At the end there are some more blank leaves, but on the last two leaves the first twenty-nine verses of the mathnawî are repeated. No. 464, ff. 69, 2 centre-columns, each ll. 9, and a margin-column, ll. 16; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 83/4 in. by 67/8 in.

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[IO Islamic 2725] نجيب نامه

<ul> <li>Najibnâma</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1715 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 2725 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1715 Najibnâma (نجيب نامه). A poetical history of the life and exploits of the famous Rohilla chief Najîb-aldaulah or Najîbkhân, who was nominated by Aḥmadshâh Durrânî A.H. 1170 (A.D. 1756, 1757) Amîr-alumarâ, retained the absolute mastership of Dihlî until his death in A.H. 1185 (A.D. 1771), comp. Rieu i. p. 306, where a special history of Najîbkhân is noticed, and Beale, Orient. Biogr. Dict., p. 202 (in the latter his death is wrongly fixed in Rajab, A.H. 1184=October, 1770). This mathnawî was composed by Muḥyî-aldîn, son of Abû-alḥasan (see, for instance, fol. 138b), with the takhalluṣ Dhauḳî (see fol. 133a, l. 4, fol. 139b, l. 5, fol. 184b, l. 2, etc.), the same who wrote ḳaṣidas in praise of the principal Shaikhs of the Ḳâdiri order under the title of مدائح المشايخ (see A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 389), and was him self a zealous champion of the said order, as the last hemistich of this mathnawî proves: كنم ختم اين نامه بر نام غوث ‘ The date of composition does not appear. According to the last verses the poem contains 1,400 baits, and was written in seven days; the poet was at that time thirty-five years old. Dated the 25th of Ṣafar, A.H. 1213 (A.D. 1798, Aug. 8). Bibliotheca Leydeniana. No. 2725, ff. 131-199, 2 coll., each ll. 11; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 83/4 in. by 61/8 in.

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[IO Islamic 1306] واقعات ايران و هند

<ul> <li>Wâḳi’ât-i-Îrân-u-Hind</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1714 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 1306 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1714 Wâḳi’ât-i-Îrân u Hind (واقعات ايران و هند ). Short historical memoirs by the same Ḥazîn (see fol. 2b, II. 1 and 2), who relates in them all the remarkable events in Persia and India from A.H. 1134 to 1154 (A.D. 1722-1741), beginning with the ‘calamities of Iṣfahân and the prevalence of the Afghân power’ (حادثات اصفهان و استيلاى افاغنه). They open thus:الحمد لوليه و نشكر على نعمائه و نسأله النّفى و نعتصم الخ. This copy is dated the 17th of Muḥarram, A.H. 1183 (A.D. 1769, May 23), by Shaikh Karîmbakhsh. No. 1306, ff. 60, ll. 11; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 9½ in. by 6 in.

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[IO Islamic 569] غزليّات حزين

<ul> <li>Ghazaliyyât-i-Ḥazîn</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1713 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 569 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1713 Ghazaliyyât-i-Ḥazîn (غزليّات حزين). A large collection of ghazals only, in alphabetical order, by Ḥazîn, beginning, on fol. 9b (as in the preceding copy): درين درياى الخ. They were transcribed in the very year of Ḥazîn’s death, A.H. 1180. On ff. 1b-8a another hand has written in diagonal lines a series of ḳaṣîdas and ḳiṭ’as by the same Ḥazîn, beginning, on fol. 1b: مسخّر كرده حسن فتنه گر دلهاى مفتنونرا سواد داغ سودا خيمۀ ليليست مجنونرا This additional part is dated in the month Shawwâl, A.H. 1172 (A.D. 1759, June). Another complete copy of Ḥazin’s ghazals is described in W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 945; a large series of them, ib., p. 699, No. 23. The present copy belonged originally to Mr. Richard Johnson. No. 569, ff. 321, 2 coll., each ll. 17; irregular Nasta’lîḳ; the first eight leaves written by another hand diagonal lines; size, 111/2 in. by 55/8 in.

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[IO Islamic 903] ديوان حزين

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Ḥazîn</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1712 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 903 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1712 Dîwân-i-Ḥazîn (ديوان حزين). A collection of poetical works by Shaikh Muḥammad ‘Alî Jîlânî Ḥazîn, the well-known author of the تذكرة الاحوال (his autobiography) and the تذكرة المعاصرين (or biographies of contemporary poets), written A.H. 1154 (A.D. 1741) and 1165 (A.D. 1752) respectively; see Nos. 677-679 above. He wrote four dîwâns, the last of which he completed A.H. 1155 (A.D.1742), and died in Banâras the 13th Jumâdâ I, A.H. 1180 (A.D. 1766, Oct. 17). Contents of this collection: A short preface in prose, on fol. 1b, beginning: انت الظّاهر فليس فوقك شئْ – وانت الباطن فليس دونك شئْ – آن نور ماه و انجم از پرتو تو تابى – خاك ز عزّت تو زهر ذرّه آفتابى ‘ لا احصى ثناء عليك انت كما اثنيت على نفسك و الصّلوة على من ارسلته الخ بعد از حمد و ستايش و درود و نيايش شكسته الخ Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 2b, beginning (as in the Bodleian, Berlin, and Sprenger’s copies): درين درياى بيپايان درين طوفان شور افزا دل افگنديم بسم الله مجريها و مرسيها Rubâ’îs, on fol. 201a: شد صيد خم زلف رسائى دل ما افتاد بدام اژدهائى دل ما Muḳaṭṭa’ât, on fol. 218b, interspersed with a few ḳaṣîdas, the first of which (on ff. 226b-227b) was composed, according to the last bait, A.H. 1132, the 7th of Shawwâl (A.H. 1720, Aug. 12). Mathnawîs, on fol. 230a; the first is entitled چمن و انجمن , and begins: بنام آنكه آذر را چمن ساخت دل دوزخ شرر را اتجمن ساخت It breaks off on fol. 236b, l. 2, but is continued on ff. 243a-245a; the second is called تذكرة العاشقين and begins on fol. 236b, l.4: ساقى زمئ موّحدانه – ظلمت بر شرك از ميانه This breaks off on fol. 240a, l. 4, but a short chapter on fol. 242b, l. 5 to fol. 243a, l. 3, simply styled مثنوى, seems to belong to the same poem, as it is written in the same metre; the third is a short extract from the خرابات, beginning, on fol. 240a, l. 6: الا اى جهاندار فرخنده خوى دمى گوش بگشا بفرخنده گوى and ending on ff. 242b, l. 3. No date. Complete copies of Ḥazîn’s poetical works (كلّيّات حزين) are described in Bodleian Cat., No. 1184, A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 425; copies of his dîwân in Rieu ii. pp. 715-717; a copy of his seven mathnawîs in Bodleian Cat., No. 1185; extracts from the خرابات are noticed in W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 696, No. 6, some of his ḳaṣîdas, ib., p. 695, No. 1. Ḥazîn’s poetical works, with the addition of his autobiography and his tadhkirah, have been lithographed under the title of كلّيّات حزين, in Lucknow, A.H. 1293. Among other prose-treatises of the same Ḥazîn are to be mentioned the رسالۀ فرسنامه on farriery, the رساله در خواصّ الحيوان or تذكرۀ صيديّه on zoology, the رساله در اوزان مثقال و درهم و دينار و غيره on the weight of coins and on legal measures in Khurâsân (all three described in Rieu ii. p. 483); an enumeration of the warlike expeditions of Persian kings against India down to Aḥmadshâh Abdâlî (W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 54, No. 11); and the واقعات ايران و هند, see further below in No. 1714. No. 903, ff. 245, 2 coll., each ll. 17; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 91/8 in. by 55/8 in.

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[IO Islamic 392] واله و سلطان

<ul> <li>Wâlih-u-Sulṭân</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1711 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 392 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1711 Wâlih u Sulṭân (واله و سلطان). The story of the love of poet Wâlih (see above, No. 1708) with his cousin Khadîjah Sulṭân or Khadîjah Begam, daughter of Ḥasan ‘Alîkhân, by the same Shams-aldîn Faḳîr, composed A.H. 1160 (A.D. 1747), see fol. 107a, ll. 11-13, where two chronograms are given, viz. نظم منيع and شخص معنى. Beginning: اى واله حسن دلكشت جان عشق تو بهر دو كون سلطان No date. No. 392, ff. 111, 2 coll., each ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 103/8 in by 51/4 in.

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[IO Islamic 256] ديوان شهيد

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Shahîd</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1709 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 256 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1709 Dîwân-i-Shahîd (ديوان شهيد). The large dîwân of a modern poet with the takhalluṣ Shahîd, who is probably identical with Mirzâ Muḥammad Bâḳir Shahîd, who was still alive in A.H. 1169 (A.D. 1756), see A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 150, last line. Another Shahîd of Kashmîr is mentioned in W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 684, l. 21. Contents: Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 1b, beginning: زهى انديشۀ ذات تو مستغنى زدقّتها زوصف پشت بر ديوار حيرت مانده فطرتها Ḳiṭ’as, tarkîbbands, ḳaṣîdas, short mathnawîs, and rubâ’is, on fol. 370b; beginning of the ḳiṭ’as: اى شهيد هوا دلت تا كى – آرزومند آرزو باشد The first mathnawî, on fol. 446a, begins: خداوندا كريما كارسازا – قديما قادرا عاجز نوازا This copy is defective at the end, and besides greatly damaged in the last pages; it was purchased at Ḥaidarâbâd. No. 256, ff. 456, 2 coll., each ll. 14; small, but clear Nasta’lîḳ; size, 8½ in. by 5 in.

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[IO Islamic 114] ديوان واله

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Wâlih</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1708 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 114 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1708 Dîwân-i-Wâlih (ديوان واله). The lyrical poems of Nawwâb ‘Alîḳulîkhân Dâghistânî Shamkhâlî, with the takhalluṣ Wâlih, who was born A.H. 1124 (A.D.1712), in Iṣfahân, as son of Muḥammad ‘Alîkhân; the rising power of Nâdirshâh drove him from Persia and he fled to India, where he arrived A.H. 1147 (A.D. 1734, 1735), and entered Muḥammadshâh’s service; here he composed in A.H. 1149 (A.D. 1736, 1737) a mystical mathnawî نجم الهدا or the ‘star of guidance,’ followed by another of romantic character, the مرزا نامه (see A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 589), and in A.H. 1161 (A.D. 1748) his famous tadhkirah رياض الشّعرا (see Bodleian Cat., Nos. 377, 378; Rieu i. p. 371 sq.; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 132; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 622 sq.; Bland in Journal As. Soc., ix. pp. 143-147, etc.). He died in Dihlî A.H. 1169, 1st of Rajab (A.D. 1756, April 1); see on his life Rieu, loc. cit. and iii. p. 1086a; Khulâṣat-alafkâr, No. 301 (Bodleian Cat., col. 312), and Makhzan-algharâ’ib, No. 3018 (ib., col. 393). His dîwân, a much larger copy of which is described in Bodleian Cat., No. 1182, was completed A.H. 1157 (A.D. 1744, 1745); his love adventures with his cousin Khadîjah Sulṭân have been treated in a mathnawî by Faḳîr (see No. 1711 below). This copy contains: Ḳaṣîdas, without any order, beginning (as in the Bodleian copy): منم كه نيست مرا در جهان شبيه و مثال مگر خداى غفو ستم و حق متعال Ghazals, in alphabetical order, beginning (likewise as in the Bodleian copy), on fol. 57a: عالم برند رشك بعيش مدام ما گر عكس چهرۀ تو در افتد بجام ما The first ghazal, quoted in the Makhzan-algharâ’ib, is found here on fol. 58a. Ḳiṭ’as and a few mathnawî-baits at the end, beginning, on fol. 99a: گلى از خارزار دشت فنا – برياض بقا فرستادم This too agree with the initial ḳiṭ’ah in the Bodleian copy. No date. No. 114, ff. 44-101, 2 coll., each ll. 17; careless Nasta’lîḳ; size, 8¼ in. by 4½ in.

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[IO Islamic 468] كلّيّات فقير

<ul> <li>Kulliyyât-i-Faḳîr</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1710 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 468 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1710 Kulliyyât-i-Faḳîr (كلّيّات فقير). The poetical works of Mîr Shams-aldin Faḳîr ‘Abbâsî, who was born at Shâhjahânâbâd A.H. 1115 (A.D. 1703, 1704), and perished A.H. 1180, according to one tadhkirah only A.H. 1181 (A.D. 1766, 1767), by shipwreck while on his pilgrimage to Makkah, see A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 158, 223, and 394-396; Khazâna-i-’âmirah, No. 95 (Bodleian Cat., col. 258); Khulâṣat-alkalâm, No. 52 (ib., col. 299); Khulâṣat-alafkâr, No. 202 (ib., col. 309); and Makhzan-algharâ’ib, No. 1993 (ib., col. 362). Besides the works contained in these so-called كلّيّات, Faḳîr wrote two mathnawîs, viz. the واله و سلطان (see the following copy) and the شمس الضّحى, the noon-sun, in praise of the Imâms, also styled معجزات چهارده معصوم (see A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 395); various prose-treatises on prosody, rhetorical art, etc., for instance, the وافية فى علم العروض و القافية, on metres and rhyme, in a مقدّمه, two ركن, and a خاتمه, and the خلاصة البديعى, on tropical figures, in a مقدّمه, two فصل, and a خاتمه (see W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 623), and some Rekhta verses. According to A. Sprenger, loc. cit., and the Makhzan-algharâ’ib, he used originally the takhalluṣ Maftûn. Contents: I.Dîwân, consisting of 1.Ḳaṣîdas, tarjî’s, and tarkîbbands, on fol. 1b, beginning: اى غم عشق تو شورى در جهان انداخته طشت عاشق را زبام آسمان انداخته 2.Ḳiṭ’as and chronograms, on fol. 46b, beginning: سؤالى كرد با من نكته دانى كه اى جانت بسرّ غيب همدم 3.Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 54b, beginning: اى در طلب نام تو آواره نشانها گم كرده ره معنئ وصف تو بيانها 4.Rubâ’îs, on fol. 155b, beginning:اسم الله كه هست سرمايۀ جان الخ . II.Mathnawîs, viz.: 5.Durr-i-maknûn (درّ مكنون), the hidden pearl, or the story of the daughter of the Ḳaiṣar of Rûm, مليكه or نرجس خاتون, and the Imâm Ḥasan ‘Askari, composed A.H. 1169 (A.D. 1755, 1756), beginning, on fol. 167b: خداوندا ره تفريد بنما – بروى من در توحيد بگشا In A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 396, this mathnawî is called مولود امام مهدى, the birth and miracles of Imâm Mahdî. 6.Tuḥfat-alshabâb (تحفة الشباب), the present of youth, on fol. 281b, beginning: مرحبا اى صبح ايّام وصال – مرحبا اى آفتاب بيزوال composed A.H. 1163 (A.D. 1750). 7.Mathnawî dar wâḳi’a-i-jânsûz-i-Karbalâ (مثنوى در واقعۀ جانسوز كربلا ), the heart-burning calamity of Karbalâ, on fol. 286b, beginning: باز از ماه محرّم در جهان – تازه شد داغ مصيبت دوستان 8.Mathnawî darta’rîf-i-daulatkhâna-i-Nawwâb Amîr-alumarâ Sâdâtkhân Bahâdur (مثنوى در تعريف دولتخانۀ نوّاب امير الامرا ساداتخان بهادر), description of the palace of the Nawwâb Sâdâtkhân Bahâdur, on fol. 289b, beginning: دگر بر روى طبع نكته پرداز درى گرديده از فيض سخن باز 9.Taṣwîr-i-maḥabbat (تصوير محبّت), the image of love, or the story of Râmćand the son of the Betel seller, on fol. 294b, beginning: خداوندا دلى ده شعله سانم كه از سوزش فتد آتش بجانم Composed A.H. 1156 (A.D. 1743), the title being a chronogram. Dated the 22nd of Dhû-alḥijjah, A.H. 1184 (A.D. 1771, April 8), by Muḥammad Ḥusain Ghûrî. No. 468, ff. 323, 2 coll., each ll. 15; clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 81/2 in. by 47/8 in.

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[IO Islamic 2093] ديوان مخلص

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Mukhliṣ</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1707 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 2093  here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1707 Dîwân-i-Mukhliṣ (ديوان مخلص). Lyrical poems by Râi Ânand Râm Mukhliṣ, a Khatrî of Dihlî, son of Râjah Mardî Râm, a Khatrî of Lâhûr; he was a pupil of Bîdil (see Nos. 1676-1686 above), was appointed wakîl of the Nawwâb I’timâd-aldaulah Ḳamar-aldînkhân Bahâdur, A.H. 1132 (A.D. 170) in Muḥammadshâh’s reign, and died A.H. 1164 (A.D. 1751), in the fourth year of Aḥmadshah’s reign. His house in Dihlî was frequented by many poets and learned men. He left besides his Persian dîwân some Rekhta poetry, a collection of letters, edited A.H. 1149 (A.D. 1736, 1737), a history of the war of Nâdirshâh with Muḥammadshâh (see Elliot, History of India, viii. P. 76), and a dictionary of poetical phrases and proverbial sentences, entitled مرآت الاصطلاح , and composed A.H. 1158 (A.D. 1745); comp. Rieu iii. p. 997; see besides A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 159 and 262; and Makhzan-algharâ’ib, No. 2683 (Bodleian Cat., col. 383). This copy contains: Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 175a, beginning: الهى آب و رنگ شور بلب ده بيانم را زبرگ لاله قدرى خونچكان تر كن زبانم را Rubâ’îs, on fol. 255b, beginning: فصل گل و جوش ابر سرمست برآ مخلص اگرت ذوق طرب هست برآ This copy was written in the poet’s lifetime and dated the 10th of Rabî’-althânî, A.H. 1157 (twenty-sixth year of Muḥammadshâh’s reign=A.D. 1744, May 23). No. 2093, ff. 175-260, 2 coll., each ll. 14; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 8¾ in. by 5 in.

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[IO Islamic 207] منتخب ديوان معجز

<ul> <li>Muntakhab-i-dîwân-i-Mu’jiz</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1706 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 207 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1706 Muntakhab-i-dîwân-i-Mu’jiz (منتخب ديوان معجز). Selections from the lyrical poems of Muḥammad Niżâm (or as he is called here in the colophon: Mirzâ Jalâl Miyân Niżâmkhân) with the takhalluṣ Mu’jiż, who was an Afghân of Kâbul and died at Dihlî A.H. 1162 (A.D. 1749); see A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 129, 159, and 506; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 943, where a copy of his complete works is described, written A.H. 1205 (A.D. 1790, 1791) by his pupil Ghulâm Murtaḍâ Surûrî, who was still alive in A.H. 1211 (A.H. 1796, 1797), in Lucknow, and excelled also as poet, see his dîwân, ib., pp. 948-950, and A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 573. This selection contains chiefly ghazals, in alphabetical order, intermixed with a few rubâ’îs and fards (on ff. 1b-287b), some mukhammasât (on ff. 287b-290b), and a full series of rubâ’îs at the end (on ff. 290b-309). Beginning of the ghazals (as in Sprenger’s and Pertsch’s copies): اى گفتگوى عشق تو خون كرد سينها چون داغ لاله رانده در آتش سفينها Two hemistichs omitted on fol. 79a. Copied at the request of Miyân Raḥîmkhân, the son of Raḥmatkhân, and dated the 2nd of Dhû-alḳa’dah, A.H. 1163, the third year of the emperor Aḥmadshâh’s reign (=A.D. 1750, Oct. 3), one year after the poet’s death. No. 207, ff. 309, 2 coll., each ll. 15; distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 9½ in. by 5½ in.

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[IO Islamic 2944] كلّيّات شائق

<ul> <li>Kulliyyât-i-Shâ’iḳ</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1729 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 2944 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1729 Kulliyyât-i-Shâ’iḳ (كلّيّات شائق ). Complete poetical works of Mîr Ghulâm Ḥusain. with the taḳhalluṣ Shâ’iḳ, the son of Sayyid Fatḥ ‘Alî alraḍawî aljâlisî, who flourished under Ghâzî-aldîn Ḥaidar, the eldest son of Nawwâb Sa’âdat ‘Alîkhân of Oudh (Ghâzî-aldîn Ḥaidar succeeded his father as ruler of Oudh A.H. 1229=A.D. 1814, and died A.H. 1243=A.D. 1827, after a reign of thirteen years); another copy of these poems, styled ديوان شائق , is described in A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 569. Contents: Ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 1a, beginning: نور بخش مهر و ماه و لؤلؤ لالاستى جلوه ساز گلشن و هم لعل و هم خاراستى They are chiefly in praise of God, Muḥammad, and the Imâms. A mathnawî, containing stories based on legends and traditions of the prophet and Imâms, on fol. 17b, beginning: بنام خداوند ديّان دين – ضيا بخش دلها به نور يقين Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 35b, beginning: بدرد عشق تو دارم چو دين و دنيى را بريده ام زدل خويشتن تمنّى را Rubâ’îs, on fol. 99a, the first two not in the usual rubâ’î-metre; beginning of the initial quatrain: درد پنهان چو بدل داشتم از دلبر خويش الخ. Beginning of the first rubâ’î in the usual metre (the third of the series): اين سوزش عشقت بجگر داشتيست الخ. Ḳiṭ’as and chronograms, on fol. 103a, beginning: تنگ روزى چو شد و تلخى لش يكى از اهل عرب پشت دو تا The ta’rîkh on Mirzâ Jân Tapish’s death, quoted in Sprenger, is found here on fol. 107a: حالا بكسوف آمد سخن اردو (read ماه) ماهى = A.H. 1220 (A.D. 1805, 1806). Tapish of Dihlî was a well-known Rekhta poet who composed, among other works, a يوسف و زليخا in Hindûstânî, see A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 297. The last ta’rîkh is on the death of Sayyid Ḥasanbakhsh, which took place the 10th of Muḥarram, A.H. 1236 (A.D. 1820, Oct. 18). The collection winds up with a poetical prayer (فاتحة سيّد الشّهدا ) for Ḥusain, the martyr of Karbalâ. No. 2944, ff. 113, 2 coll., each ll. 12; large Nasta’lîḳ; size, 10 in. by 7 in.

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[IO Islamic 2844] رحيما

<ul> <li>Raḥîmâ</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1728 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 2844 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1728 Raḥîmâ (رحيما). A poem on ethical and religious questions, in the form of a series of mukhammasât, a vademecum of practical wisdom, by Muḥibb-alḥaḳḳ, who completed it on the عيد الفطر or festival of the breaking of the fast, i.e. the 1st Shawwâl, A.H. 1233 (A.D. 1818, Aug. 4), see fol. 22b, last mukhammas (styled تأريخ كتاب و اسم مؤلّف ). Beginning: بحمد الهى زبان كن روان – رحيم است دستار روزى رسان Dated, on fol. 23a, the 20th of Ṣafar, A.H. 1240 (A.D. 1824, Oct. 14). On fol. 23b there is added by the same Muḥibb-alḥaḳḳ a ḳaṣîdah in honour of Mr. Jenkins (مستر جنكنس ), in which, apart from the chief rhyme, running through the whole poem, inside each bait a special and always varying rhyme is found in three repetitions, viz. in the middle of the first hemistich, at the end of the first hemistich, and in the middle of the second hemistich. Beginning: مظهر لطف خدا – مصدر جود و سخا مخزن مهر ووفا – معدن علم و حيا ساعد تو با ظفر – سكّه تو بر سيم وزر سرو قدس خوب تر – سايه چو ظلّ هما No. 2844, ff. 23, ll. 15 (5 mukhammasât) in a page; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 14 in. by 10¾ in.

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[IO Islamic 2148] ديوان خاقان

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Khâḳân</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1730 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 2148 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1730 Dîwân-i-Khâḳân (ديوان خاقان ). The poems of Fatḥ ‘Alî Shâh of Persia (reigned A.H. 1212-1250=A.D. 1797-1834), who used Khâḳân as his takhalluṣ; compare Bodleian Cat., No. 1201; Rieu ii. p. 721; J. Aumer, p. 41; Rosen, Persian MSS., p. 269; Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 403, etc. This most magnificent copy, gorgeously illuminated throughout, received its final redaction A.H. 1227 (A.D. 1812), in the presence of the royal author himself, in Ṭahrân. See the following Persian note on fol. 1a: اين ديوان هميون موسوم به ديوان خاقان در سنۀ ١٨١٢ عيسوى مطابق سنۀ ١٢٢٧ هجرى در حضور مصنّف شاهنشاه جهان پناه فتحعلى شاۀ قاجار در دار الخلافۀ طهران تصحيح يافت ‘. Contents: Dîbâća, on fol. 1b, beginning: ناظم العوالم بديع المناظم احتبس هواءً و احترس عماءً الخ. This introduction, as well as the shorter prefaces, prefixed to the various portions of the dîwân, and the khâtimah were written by the minister and court-poet of Fatḥ ‘Alî Shâh, Mirzâ ‘Abd-alwahhâb, with the takhalluṣ Nashât, whose odes are preserved in the Bodleian Library, see Bodleian Cat., No. 1200, and in the British Museum, see Rieu ii. p. 722. A note at the end of this MS. also confirms Nashâṭ’s authorship of these prose-portions. Ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 7a, beginning: چشمت زسحر جادوى بابل نشان دهد زلفت نشان زسنبل باغ جنان دهد Preface to the ghazals, on fol. 14b, beginning: مطلع هر كلام براعت نظام نام ناظمى سزد كه ابيات موزون روح فلكى را الخ. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 16a, beginning: از مهر روی گلرخان در سینه دارم خارها الخ. Tarkîbbands with a dîbâća in three lines, on fol. 85b. Fards, ḳiṭ’as, and other minor poems, again with four introductory lines in prose, on fol. 88b. Rubâ’îs (with two line as introduction), on fol. 95b. Marâthî or elegies (likewise prefaces by two lines in prose), on fol. 97b. Short mathnawîs (with three lines in prose), on fol. 100b; among them a ساقى نامه , on fol. 102a, beginning: چمن تازه شد باز چون روى يار بده ساقى آن بادۀ خوشگوار Khâtimah, on fol. 107b. This copy was received from Comm. Corresp., 28th March, 1816. No. 2148, ff. 110, 2 coll., each ll. 12; Nasta’lîḳ; most and 16a; ff. 1b, 2a, and 14b-16a splendidly embellished; minor illuminations throughout at the beginning of each single poem, of the same high and refined style of art; magnificent Eastern binding of exquisite taste; size, 9¼ in. by 5½ in.

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