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[IO Islamic 2953] Khazâna-i-'âmirah
<ul> <li><strong>Khazâna-i-’âmirah.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 688 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 2953 here with notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>688</p> <p>The same.</p> <p>No date. Complete index, on ff. 1<sup>b</sup>-6<sup>b</sup>. Beginning of the tadhkirah on fol. 7<sup>b</sup>.</p> <p>No. 2953, ff. 404, ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ, by different hands; size, 11<sup>1/4</sup> in. by 7 in.</p> <p> </p>
[IO Islamic 3176] Sarw-i-Âzâd
<ul> <li><strong>Sarw-i-Âzâd</strong><strong>.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 684 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 3176 here with notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>684</p> <p>Another, incomplete, copy of the same.</p> <p>Beginning as in the preceding copy. <em>First fa</em><em>ṣl</em>, on Persian Poets, on fol. 3<sup>a</sup>; the <em>second faṣl</em>, on Hindûstânî poets, is entirely missing here.</p> <p>Copied A.H. 1265 (A.D. 1849).</p> <p>No. 3176, ff. 1-158, ll.17; very distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 10<sup>3/8</sup> in. by 8 in.</p> <p> </p>
[IO Islamic 2736] Khazâna-i-'âmirah
<ul> <li><strong>Khazâna-i-’âmirah.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 686 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 2736 here with notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>686</p> <p>Another copy of the same.</p> <p>Beginning as in the preceding copy; an index on the fly-leaves. The first and the last three pages rather effaced.</p> <p>Dated Rabî’-alawwal, A.H. 1193 (A.D. 1779, March, April).</p> <p>No. 2736, ff. 185, ll. 27; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 9<sup>1/8</sup> in. by 6<sup>5/8</sup> in.</p> <p> </p>
[IO Islamic 2954] Khazâna-i-'âmirah
<ul> <li><strong>Khazâna-i-’âmirah.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 687 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 2954 here with notations and hyperlinks]</strong>.</li> </ul> <p>687</p> <p>The same.</p> <p>Another excellent copy, without a date. Complete index on ff. 1<sup>a</sup>-6<sup>a</sup>. Beginning of the tadhkirah in the middle of fol. 6<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>No. 2954, ff. 376, ll. 15; large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 11<sup>3/8</sup> in. by 7 in.</p> <p> </p>
[IO Islamic 1013] Lubb-i-Lubâb
<ul> <li><strong> Lubb-i-Lubâb.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 695 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 1013 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>695</p> <p>Lubb-i-Lubâb ( لبّ لباب ).</p> <p>An epitome from the large and well-known tadhkirah رياض الشعرا, by ‘Alî Ḳulîkhân, with the takhalluṣ Wâlih (which was completed A.H. 1161=A.D. 1748, comp. Bodleian Cat., Nos. 377 and 378; Rieu i. p. 371; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 622 sq.; Bland, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, ix. p. 143; A. Sprenger, Catal., p.132, No. 18, etc.), made by Ḳamar-aldîn ‘Alî bin Sanâ-allâh alḥusainî alnâṣirî for Mr. Richard Johnson.</p> <p>This copy is the compiler’s autograph, and finished by him the 12th of Rajab, A.H. 1194 (A.D. 1780, July 14), at Lucknow.</p> <p>Beginning: حمدى منزّه از وصمت انقطاع سزاى بارگاه كليمى است كه انّه تذكرة للمتّقين نعت كلام الخ .</p> <p>It contains nearly all the same poets, who are quoted in the رياض, but much shorter, with a few biographical notices and a few specimens of their poetry; but in spite of its being only an abridgment, it is of some value as the author has made sometimes interesting additions, which are not found in the larger work. It is alphabetically arranged, and begins with Shaikh Abû Sa’îd bin Abû-alkhair.</p> <p>No.1013, ff. 236, ll.15 Shikasta; size, 10<sup>1/4</sup> in. by 6<sup>3/8</sup> in.</p> <p><br> </p>
[IO Islamic 2929] Âtashkada
<ul> <li><strong> Âtashkada</strong><strong>.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 693 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 2929 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>693</p> <p>Âtashkada (آتشكده ) .</p> <p>The comparatively oldest copy of Ḥâjî Luṭf ‘Alibeg Iṣfahânî’s famous collection of biographies of Persian poets , styled Âtashkada or the Fire-temple, and compiled during the years A.H. 1174-1193 (A.D. 1760-1779), comp. Bodleian Cat., Nos. 384-386, where a complete list of all the biographies is given; Bland, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, vii. p. 345 sq.; Rieu i.p. 375; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 624; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 161, etc. The chapter on the ‘royal and princely poets ‘has been edited by N .Bland. London, 1844; the whole work has been lithographed at Calcutta, A.H. 1249, and at Bombay, A.H. 1277. This copy, by far older than those in the Bodleian Library, the British Museum, and in Berlin, was made by Muḥammad Ḥasan almûsawî, at Shirâz, for Mirzâ Muḥammad, and finished in the month Jumâdâ-alawwal, A.H. 1196 (A.D. 1782, April-May), only three years after the completion of the original work itself.</p> <p>Beginning: فروغ آتشكدۀ دل و زبانۀ اخگر زبان سپاس بيقياس قديمى است الخ .</p> <p>Complete index of poets on ff. 3<sup>b</sup>-5<sup>b</sup>.</p> <p><em>First Censer</em> (مجمرۀ اولى ), the older poets, subdivided into –</p> <p>A flame (شعله ), containing royal and princely poets, on fol. 5<sup>b</sup>.</p> <p>A first firebrand ( اخگر ) : the poets of Îrân, in five sparks (شراره ): (<em>a</em>) Poets of Âdharbaijân and its dependencies, on fol. 14<sup>b</sup>; (<em>b</em>) Poets of Khurâsân, on fol. 29<sup>a</sup>; (<em>c</em>) Poets of Ṭabaristân, Jurjân, Lâhîjân, Rasht, and Mâzandarân, on fol. 80<sup>a</sup>; (<em>d</em>) Poets of ‘Irâḳ-i-Arab and ‘Irâḳ-i-‘Ajam, on fol. 88<sup>b</sup>; (<em>e</em>) Poets of Fârs, on fol. 137<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>A second firebrand: the poets of Tûrân, in three sparks: (<em>a</em>) Poets of Balkh and its dependencies, on fol. 156<sup>b</sup>; (<em>b</em>) Poets of Khwârizm, on fol. 162<sup>b</sup>; (<em>c</em>) Poets of Transoxania, on fol. 166<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>A third firebrand: poets of India, in three sparks: (<em>a</em>) Poets of the Dakhan, on fol. 181<sup>b</sup>; (<em>b</em>) Poets of Dihlî, ib; (<em>c</em>) Poets of Kashmîr, on fol. 184<sup>a</sup>, and a lustre (فروغ ) , containing poetesses, on fol. 184<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p><em>Second Censer</em> (مجمرۀ ثانيه ), modern and contemporary poets, subdivided into two rays (پَرْتَوْ ), viz. : (<em>a</em>) The modern poets, on fol. 185<sup>b</sup>; (<em>b</em>) Khâtimah and autobiography of the author himself, with extracts from his own works, on fol. 221<sup>b</sup>.</p> <p>This copy was brought from Persia, 1801.</p> <p>No. 2929, ff. 244, 4 coll., ll. 25; excellent, but small Nasta’lîḳ, the first two pages splendidly embellished; illuminated frontispiece; magnificent eastern binding; size, 11<sup>3/4</sup> in. by 7<sup>3/8</sup> in.</p> <p> </p>
[IO Islamic 3445] Âtashkada
<ul> <li><strong> Âtashkada</strong><strong>.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 694 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 3445 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>694</p> <p>Another copy of the same.</p> <p>This copy of the Âtashkada was written by the author’s own son, ‘Alî Muḥammad alshîrâzî alburûjirdi (ابن المرحوم لطفعلى على محمّد الشيرازى مسكناً البروجردى موطناً ), in the reign of Fatḥ ‘Alî Shâh of Persia, and finished in the month Ṣafar, A.H. 1215 (A.D. 1800, June, July). Index on ff. 3<sup>b</sup>-5<sup>b</sup>.</p> <p><em>First Censer</em> (مجمره ), older poets, on fol. 5<sup>b</sup>.</p> <p><em>The flame</em> ( شعله ), on fol. 5<sup>b</sup>; <em>first firebrand </em>(اخگر ), poets of Îrân, in five sparks (شراره ), on ff. 14<sup>a</sup> (heading omitted), 28<sup>a</sup>, 77<sup>a</sup>,85<sup>a</sup>, and 133<sup>a</sup>; <em>second firebrand</em>, poets of Tûrân, in three sparks, on ff. 152<sup>a</sup>, 157<sup>b</sup> (margin), and 161<sup>a</sup> (here must be read شرارۀ ثالثه instead of ثانيه ); <em>third firebrand</em>, poets of India, in three sparks, on ff. 175<sup>b</sup> (first and second شراره ) and 177<sup>b</sup> margin (here again شرارۀ ثالثه to be read instead of ثانيه ) .</p> <p><em>The lustre</em> ( فروغ ), poetesses, on fol. 178<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p><em>Second Censer</em>: modern and contemporary poets, on fol. 179<sup>a</sup>; <em>Khâtimah</em> (author’s autobiography, etc.), on fol. 211<sup>b</sup> margin.</p> <p>A geographical index on the fly-leaves at the end of the MS.</p> <p>No. 3445, ff. 235, 4 coll., each ll. 17, and a fifth on the margin, ll. 34; neat, but very small Nasta’lîḳ; large illuminated frontispiece, the first two pages gorgeously embellished; size, 8<sup>2/8</sup> in. by 5<sup>3/8</sup> in.</p> <p> </p>
[IO Islamic 2452] Tadhkira-i-'Alî Ḥusainî Gardîzî
<ul> <li><strong>Tadhkira-i-’Alî Ḥusainî Gardîzî .</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 700 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 2452 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>700</p> <p>The same.</p> <p>This copy , which contains, according to the index on ff. 32<sup>b</sup> and 33<sup>a</sup>, 108 poets, was transcribed in Calcutta byامحد (? امجد) على پنداوى , in the year 1213 of the Bangâlî era (=A.D. 1805, 1806), and begins in the usual way, on fol. 33<sup>b</sup>. The author’s name appears on fol. 34<sup>a</sup>, first line; the first biography (‘Alîkhân Ârzû), on fol. 36<sup>a</sup>, l. 1; the last (Yakrû), on fol. 118<sup>b</sup>.</p> <p>Bibliotheca Leydeniana.</p> <p>No.2452, ff. 32-119, ll. 13; distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 8<sup>3/8</sup> in. by 6<sup>1/4</sup> in.</p> <p> </p>
[IO Islamic 3168] Tadhkira-i-'Alî Ḥusainî Gardîzî
<ul> <li><strong>Tadhkira-i-’Alî Ḥusainî Gardîzî .</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 698 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 3168 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>e. <em>Rekhta Poets.</em></p> <p>698</p> <p>Tadhkira-i-’Alî Ḥusainî Gardîzî (تذكرۀ على حسينى گرديزى ).</p> <p>A tadhkirah of Rekhta poets, by ‘Alî alḥusainî al-gardîzî (see fol. 1<sup>b</sup>, l.3 ab infra), compiled in Persian, A.H. 1165 (A.D. 1752), at Dihlî, comp. A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 178; Rieu iii. p. 1071; Garcin de Tassy, Littérature Hindouie, etc., 2nd ed. i. p. 523; Journal Asiatique, 5<sup>e</sup> Série, ii. p. 369. It is arranged alphabetically, and contains, according to the index on ff. 70<sup>b</sup> and 71<sup>a</sup>, ninety-seven biographies. It begins with Sirâj-aldîn ‘Alîkhân Ârzû (see above, Nos. 680 and 681), on fol.3<sup>b</sup>, and ends with ‘Abd-alwahhâb Yakrû, a pupil of Âbrû, on fol. 70<sup>b</sup>, l.2.</p> <p>Beginning: ابتداى سخن بحمد سخن آفرينى سزاست كه سر لوح نسخۀ كائنات را الخ .</p> <p>This is the oldest of the India Office copies, dated A.H. 1180 (A.D. 1766, 1767), and belonged formerly to Mr. J. Edward Hall (Benares, 1851), who lent it to Dr. A. Sprenger, as we learn from the latter’s Catal., p. 178, note. On ff. 71<sup>b</sup> and 72 there is added by another hand the index of some Hindûstânî medical work. A few Rekhta baits, on fol. 1<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>No. 3168, ff. 1-72, ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ, written by two different hands (the first on ff. 1-31, the second in the handwriting of the colophon and date on ff. 32-71<sup>a</sup>); size, 8<sup>1/8</sup> in. by 4<sup>1/2 </sup>in.</p> <p> </p>
[IO Islamic 3115] Khulâṣat-alafkâr
<ul> <li><strong>Khulâṣat-alafkâr.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 697 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 3115 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>697</p> <p>Another copy of the same.</p> <p>The list of poets begins on fol. 8<sup>b</sup>, and concludes on fol. 320<sup>b</sup>. The ذيل or appendix contains only sixteen names in this copy as compared with the 159 or 160 of other copies. The four treatises on ethics, music, prosody, and medical science are entirely missing here; but the fifth, viz. the abridgment of general history, لبّ السير و جهاننما , in four bâbs, is found here on ff. 322<sup>b</sup>-390.</p> <p>Beginning as in the preceding copy. No date.</p> <p>No. 3115, ff. 390, ll. 21; clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 10<sup>3/8</sup> in. by 7<sup>7/8</sup> in.</p> <p> </p>
[IO Islamic 3170] Tadhkira-i-'Alî Ḥusainî Gardîzî
<ul> <li><strong>Tadhkira-i-’Alî Ḥusainî Gardîzî .</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 699 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 3170 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>699</p> <p>Another copy of the same.</p> <p>This copy, dated by Mu’în-aldîn Bhagalpûrî the first of Dhû-alḥijja, A.H. 1216 (A.D. 1802, April 4), belonged originally to Tîpû’s library. Later owners of it were: Ḥâfiż Aḥmad Kabîr, Maulawî Riḍâ Ḥasankhân Bahâdur, and Mr. J. Edward Hall, who got it from the latter, the 22nd of October, 1848, at Calcutta.</p> <p>This is the second of the two copies lent by Mr. Hall to Dr. A .Sprenger, see the latter’s note in his Catal., loc. cit. The first biography, that of ‘Alîkhân Ârzû, begins here on fol. 3<sup>b</sup>, last line; the last, that of ‘Abd-alwahhâb Yakrû, on fol. 79<sup>b</sup>. There is no index in this copy.</p> <p>Beginning as in the preceding copy.</p> <p>No. 3170, ff. 79, ll. 13; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 8<sup>3/4</sup> in. by 5<sup>3/8</sup> in.</p> <p> </p>
[IO Islamic 2692] خلاصة الافكار
<ul> <li><strong>Khulâṣat-alafkâr.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 696 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 2692 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>696</p> <p>Khulâṣat-alafkâr (خلاصة الافكار ) .</p> <p>Perhaps the fullest and most valuable copy extant of Abû Ṭâlib ibn Marḥûm (in the Bodleian MS. Maghfûr) Ḥâjî Muḥammad Begkhân Tabrîzî aliṣfahânî’s (born A.H. 1166 = A.D. 1753, died A.H. 1221= A.D. 1806) important and rare tadhkirah of Persian poets, compiled in A.H. 1206 and 1207 (A.D. 1791-1793), comp. Bodleian Cat., No. 391, where the complete list of 494 poets is given; Rieu i. p. 378; Bland, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, ix. pp. 153-158; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 163; Elliot, History of India, viii. p. 298, etc.; see also Bodleian Cat., No. 1855, where the author’s travels in Europe during A.H. 1213-1218 (A.D. 1799-1803) are described under the title of مسير طالبى فى بلاد افرنجى , and No. 1994, where his diwân is noticed. This copy was made, as an English letter inserted in this MS. informs us, by Mr. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Swinton_(botanist)">George Swinton</a>, from the original work, and revised by the author in his own hand, when in Calcutta, 1804, after his return from England. Mr. Swinton gives, besides, the following particulars as to the fate of his copy: ‘Having lent it afterwards to the late Dr. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no91006101/">Leyden</a>, it passed, with his own books, into the hands of his executors, who sold the Oriental portion of his collection to the Honourable Court of Directors (i.e. of the East India Company), in Leadenhall Street. I had quite lost sight of it until last year, when I accidentally learnt where it was. The Honourable Court were graciously pleased, on my application, to restore it to me, and I thus became once more possessor of a work to which I had attached a peculiar value for the sake of its author, under whom I had studied Persian in London, previously to my appointment to the Bengal Civil Service. Having now gratified my desire of having it again, I conceive that I cannot more appointedly manifest my regard for the memory of its author, as one of the most enlightened and noble-minded of the natives of India, nor better evince my grateful sense of the Honourable Court’s liberality in placing the work at my disposal, than by replacing it on the shelves of their Library for the general benefit of Oriental scholars who, like myself, are admirers of the Persian Muse.’</p> <p>This letter is dated ‘29th August, 1851, 4 Athol Crescent, Edinburgh.’ The MS. was numbered 53 in the Bibliotheca Leydeniana, and is the same which Mr. Bland has described in No. xi of his valuable paper; the pages containing the description are annexed to this copy.</p> <p>Beginning, on fol. 1<sup>b</sup>: لآلى منشور سپاس و ستايش باستحقاق نثار دامن كبرياى ناظمى تواند بود الخ.</p> <p>The twenty-eight Ḥadiḳas, containing biographies and poetical specimens of 310 poets, begin, on fol. 8<sup>b</sup>, with Abû Sa’îd bin Abû-alkhair.</p> <p>The ذَيْل or appendix, giving specimens of 159 (in Elliot 181: 160) other poets, begins on fol. 328<sup>a</sup>; the Khâtimah, with twenty-four more poets, including the author himself, on fol. 344<sup>b</sup>.</p> <p>The five treatises begin on fol. 366<sup>a</sup>: 1. رساله ىر علم اخلاق (on ethics), on fol. 366<sup>a</sup>. 2. مصطلحات موسيقى (on music), on fol. 368<sup>b</sup>. 3. در علم عروض وقافيه (on prosody and rhyme), on fol. 370<sup>b</sup>. 4. مختصر در فنون خمسۀ طبّ (on medicine), on fol. 376<sup>a</sup>. 5. لُبّ السِيَر و جهاننما (universal history, biography, and geography), on fol. 396<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>The fifth and last treatise, the longest of all, is subdivided into four bâbs, viz.: (<em>a</em>) در تبيين احوال انبيا (the ancient prophets); (<em>b</em>) وقائع خلفاء ( the Khalîfs), in seven faṣls ; (<em>c</em>) in seven faṣls, on the wise men of Greece and Rome, the companions, etc., of the prophet (صحابه و تابعين), Shaikhs, ‘Ulamâs, and poets of Islâm; (<em>d</em>) the other dynasties of the East, contemporary with and posterior to the ‘Abbâside Khalîfs; although the historical notices are very short and concise, they abound in many and very correct chronological dates; on fol. 418<sup>b</sup>, l. 4 ab infra, for instance, Rûdagî’s death is fixed (and no doubt correctly) in A.H. 343 (A.D. 954, 955). This abridgment of universal history, which sometimes appears as a separate work (see Rieu iii. p. 895, and Bland, loc. cit., p. 47), was compiled A.H. 1208 (A.D. 1793, 1794). Beginning of the Lubb-alsiyar wa jahânnumâ: الحمد لله ربّ العالمين ..... امّا بعد ابجد خوان دبستان نادانى ابوطالب ابن محمّد تبريزى الخ.</p> <p>The chronogram for the commencement of the whole work, viz. 1206, is جمع يكجا خلاصة الافكار.</p> <p>Bibliotheca <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no91006101/">Leydeniana</a>.</p> <p>A few leaves (ff. 107-110) are unfortunately quite parched, and consequently almost crumbling to pieces.</p> <p>No. 2692, ff. 473, ll. 23; small, neat, and very distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 12<sup>1/2</sup> in. by 8<sup>3/4</sup> in.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
[IO Islamic 1400] مجالس المؤمنين
<ul> <li><strong>Majâlis-almu’minîn.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 704 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 1400 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>f. <em>Miscellaneous.</em></p> <p>704</p> <p>Majâlis-almu’minîn (مجالس المؤمنين ) .</p> <p>Biographies of famous Shî’ites, from the beginning of Islâm to the rise of the Ṣafawî dynasty, and the triumph of the Shî’ah faith as the acknowledged state religion in Persia, A.H. 905 (A.D. 1499), composed between A.H. 993-1010 (A.D. 1585-1602), by <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n84173662/">Nûr-allâh bin Sharîf alḥusainî almar’ashî alshûshtarî</a>, and entitled Majâlis-almu’minîn (see fol. 2<sup>b</sup> , ll.6 and last but one); comp. Bodleian Cat., Nos. 367-370; <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr91025331/">Rieu</a> i [=<em><a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1301270">Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum</a></em>, volume 1], p. 337 ; <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85070830/">W. Pertsch</a>, <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/8428709">Berlin Cat</a>., p. 564 sq.; <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79009953/">Goldziher</a>, <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/85084023">Beiträge zur Literaturgeschichte der Shî’a und der sunnitisehen Polemik</a>, Wien, 1874; <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr92027299/">O. Loth</a>, Zeitschrift der D. M. G., vol. 29, p. 676. Printed in Ṭaharân, A.H. 1268.</p> <p>The work is divided into an introduction (فاتحه ) and twelve sections (مجلس ), viz.;</p> <p>فاتحه در تحقيق تعريف مطلق شيعه و شيعۀ اماميّۀ اثناعشريّه (on the Shî’ah in general and the Imâmiyyah or Ithnâ-’ashariyyah sect in special), on fol. 2<sup>b</sup>, last line.</p> <p>مجلس اوّل در ذكر بعضى از اماكن لطيفه و مواطن شريفه كه آنرا با ائمّۀ طاهرين و شيعۀ با اخلاص ايشان اختصاص خاصّ حاصل است (on places connected with the Shî’ah and the Imâms), on fol. 10<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>مجلس دوم در بيان طائفۀ چند كه بتشيّع مشهور و در سلك اهل ايمان مذكورند ( on some Shî’ah tribes ), on fol.51<sup>b</sup>.</p> <p>مجلس سيوم در ذكر اكابر شيعه از اصحاب حضرت سيّد الانام ( on the great Shî’ites among the Aṣḥâb or companions of the prophet ), on fol. 66<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>مجلس چهارم در ذكر اكابر دين و افاضل مؤمنين از زمرۀ تابعين ( on the Tâbi’în or followers of the Aṣḥâb) , on fol. 129<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>مجلس پنجم در ذكر بعضى از اکابر متکلمین و افاضل مفسّرين و محدّثين و اعاظم فقهاء مجتهدين و اعيان از تبّع تابعين… (on the great theologians, commentators, traditionists, leading legists, etc., among the Tubba’ Tâbi’în, or the second generation after the Aṣḥâb), on fol. 154<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>مجلس ششم در ذكر جمعى از صوفيان صافى طويّت كه نزد سالكان مسالك طريقت الخ ( on the Ṣûfîs ; the heading is incomplete ), on fol. 280<sup>b</sup>.</p> <p>مجلس هفتم در ذكر مشاهير حكماء اسلام و متكلّمين اعلام كه اكثر ايشان عالم بفروع و اصول شريعت حضرت رسول بوده اند ( on the Ḥakîms or philosophers ), on fol. 364<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>مجلس هشتم در ذكر ملوك نامدار و سلاطين كامگار از فرقۀ تاجيّه (on the famous Shî’ah kings), on fol. 391<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>مجلس نهم در ذكر امراى نامدار و سپهسالاران عالى تبار كه كريمان روزگار و شاهسواران كارزار بوده اند (on the famous Shî’ah Amîrs, generals, etc.), on fol. 464<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>مجلس دهم در ذكر وزراى عظام و كاتبان كرام (on the great Shî’ah Wazîrs and secretaries), on fol. 478<sup>b</sup>.</p> <p>مجلس يازدهم در ذكر شعراى عرب كه مسند ارباب ادب اند (on the Arab poets), on fol. 507<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>مجلس دوازدهم در ذكر شعراى عجم (on the Persian poets), on fol. 545<sup>b</sup>.</p> <p>This last Majlis begins with Firdausî (on ff. 545<sup>b</sup>-557<sup>a</sup>), Asadî (on ff. 557<sup>a</sup>-558<sup>a</sup>), etc., and ends with Lisânî (on ff. 597<sup>a</sup>-598<sup>a</sup>).</p> <p>Beginning, on fol. 1<sup>b</sup>: نفحات دلگشاى حمد و رشحات جانفزاى ثنا كه از جهت شمال اعتقاد الخ .</p> <p>The author, <a href="https://en.wikishia.net/view/Al-Sayyid_Nur_Allah_al-Husayni_al-Shushtari">Sayyid Nûr-allâh</a>, suffered for his Shî’ah tendencies under the emperor Jahângir (A.H. 1014-1037=A.D. 1605-1627), see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Thomas_Colebrooke">H. T. Colebrooke</a>, Asiatic Researches, vol. vii. p. 338.</p> <p>No date.</p> <p>No. 1400, ff. 598, ll. 23; written in unequal Nasta’lîḳ, by different hands; size, 11<sup>1/4</sup> in. by 7 in.</p> <ul> <li>[<strong>ed note</strong>: Quick <a href="https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/person_60491736">link</a> to other manuscripts of this author.]</li> </ul> <p> </p>
metadata [IO Islamic 1026] ترجمۀ المسالك و الممالك
<ul> <li><strong>Tarjuma-i-almasâlik wa-almamâlik .</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 707 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 1026 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>IX. GEOGRAPHY, COSMOGRAPHY, AND</p> <p>TOPOGRAPHY.</p> <p>707</p> <p>Tarjuma-i-almasâlik wa-almamâlik ( ترجمۀ المسالك و الممالك ) .</p> <p>The same Persian adaptation of the famous geographical work by Abû Isḥâḳ Ibrâhîm bin Muḥammad al-Fârisî, better known as al-Iṣṭakhrî, called مسالك الممالك, and probably completed A.H. 340 (A.D. 951, 952), as a revised and enlarged edition of Abû Zaid Aḥmad bin Sahl al-Balkhîs (died A.H. 322=A.D. 934) صور الاقاليم or اشكال البلاد, which is described in G. Flügel ii.424 and 425, and begins :الحمد لله مبدئ ( مبتدئ ) النعم و ولى الحمد و صلّى الله على سيّد المرسلين وآله اجمعين امّا بعد چنين گويد خداوند سخن كه مراد ما از تصنيف اين كتاب الخ .</p> <p>It is besides identical with the one noticed in Ḥ. Khalfa, v. p. 509, No. 11869. On the very intricate question of the relationship between Abû Zaid Balkhî’s and Iṣṭakhrî’s respective works and the frequent mixture of both, as well as on the different Persian paraphrases extant, comp. especially De Goeje’s splendid article on the ‘Istakhrî-Balkhî Frage’ in the Zeitschrift der D. M. G. vol. xxv , pp. 42-58, and Rieu i. p. 416; other versions are noticed in Ḥ. Khalfa iv. p. 112; W. Pertsch, p. 61; B. Dorn, Das Asiatische Museum, p. 666; Rieu, loc. cit., etc. An abridged Persian translation is contained in Sir W. Ouseley’s ‘Oriental Geography of Ebn Haukal,’ London, 1800; a fuller version in the صور البلدان by Muḥammad bin As’ad bin ‘Abd-allâh, see Bodleian Cat., No. 396. The title given to the work on fol. 1<sup>b</sup>, l. 11 in the present copy, is just as in Flügel’s: مسالك و ممالك . Unfortunately our MS. is very defective; there is a large lacuna of, at least, fourteen leaves after fol. 1<sup>b</sup>, comprising the greater part of the preface and the beginning of the geography itself, and at the end the copy is incomplete also. On ff. 2<sup>a</sup>-3<sup>a</sup> a part of the ذكر درياى پارس is found ; on fol. 3<sup>b</sup> the ذكر ديار مغرب begins. The copy breaks off on fol. 95<sup>b</sup>, in the middle of a chapter, styled: مسافات شهرهاى سغد و سمرقند .</p> <p>No. 1026, ff. 95, ll. 17 ; good old Naskhî; many maps; some leaves injured; size, 10<sup>1/8</sup> in. by 6<sup>3/4</sup> in.</p>
metadata [IO Islamic 3126] گلشن هند
<ul> <li><strong>Gulshan-i-Hind.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 703 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 3126 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>703</p> <p>Gulshan-i-Hind ( گلشن هند ) .</p> <p>A tadhkirah of the most famous Rekhta poets, written in Hindûstânî by <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85104481/">Mirzâ Luṭf,</a> A.H. 1215 (A.D. 1800, 1801), at the request of Mr. <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88068489/">[John] Gilchrist</a> (see fol.2<sup>a</sup>, l. 4 ab infra, and fol. 2<sup>b</sup>, l. 12).</p> <p>Beginning:</p> <p>رعنائى اور زيبائى دلبران سخن لو اس زينت آفرين كى حمد سى حاصل هى الخ</p> <p>The first poet of this alphabetical tadhkirah is <em>Âftâb</em>, on fol. 4<sup>a</sup>; the last, Yakrang, on fol. 195<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>No date. On the inner side of the binding is an entry from A.H. 1265 (A.D. 1849). Comp. A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 184.</p> <p>No. 3126, ff. 196, ll. 17; the larger portion is written in Shikasta; ff. 42-79 and 81-104 in large and stiff Nasta’lîḳ; fol. 76<sup>b</sup> and parts of fol. 133 left blank; a few pages in diagonal lines; size, 11<sup>1/8</sup> in. by 6<sup>1/4</sup> in.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
metadata [IO Islamic 3399] An anonymous autobiography dated 1253/1837.
<ul> <li><strong>Anonymous .</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 706 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 3399 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>706</p> <p>The autobiography of a modern Persian, who occupied various positions, in the reign of Fatḥ ’Ali Shâh (A.H. 1212-1250 = A.D. 1797-1834), but conceals his name with the greatest care. He was born the 16th of Jumâdâ II, A.H. 1197, at Iṣfahân (A.D. 1783, May 19), see fol. 5<sup>a</sup>, ll. 4 and 3 ab infra, and began to note down the events of his life, at the request of some true friends and companions, in the month Dhû-alḥijjah, A.H. 1239(A.D. 1824, August), see fol. 2<sup>b</sup>, l. 4 sq. He mentions incidentally his grand-uncle ’Abd-alraḥîmkhân (fol. 41<sup>b</sup>, l. 6), and three brothers of his, viz. Mirzâ ’Alî Akbar, Mirzâ ’Alî Riḍâ, and Fatḥ-allâhkhân (fol. 42<sup>b</sup>). If the last-mentioned brother should be identical with Fatḥ-allâhkhân, son of Luṭf ’Alîkhân, the last reigning prince of the Zand dynasty (who was defeated, captured, and murdered in A.H. 1209=A.D. 1795), the anonymous author would of course be a son, and probably the youngest son, of that unfortunate ruler also, but الله اعلم !</p> <p>The biography itself is divided into four bâbs, with the following headings:</p> <p>1.در كيفيّت نسب , on fol.3<sup>b</sup> (the author traces his genealogy back to Ḥâjî Ḳiwâm-aldîn Shîrâzî, a contemporary of Shâh Shujâ’-i-Mużaffarî, A.H.760-786=A.D. 1359-1384).</p> <p>2.از زمان ولادت الى اوان مغضوب شدن از سلطان جهانيان و قبلۀ عالم و عالميان , on fol. 5<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>3.در انحراف مزاج مبارك سلطانى و اثبات حقّيّت ، احكام قضا نظام بادلّه و براهين عقليّه بتقدير قادر سبحانى on fol. 25<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>4.تفصيل احوال بعد از سياست و ياسا و اعطاف زياده از حدّ و احصى و الطاف شاهنشاه معدلت گستر ذرّه پرور ، , on fol. 38<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>On fol. 53<sup>a</sup> there is inserted a poetical description of the earthquake of Shîrâz, some years before the composition of this autobiography, by Mirzâ Kûćak, of Shirâz, a famous penman and calligrapher (see Rieu ii. P. 786<sup>b</sup>), entitled: مرزا كوچك در باب زلزله شيراز .</p> <p>On ff. 61<sup>a</sup>-139 a historical treatise by the author himself is added, a concise account of old Persian kings, entitled:</p> <p>گفتار در ذكر مختصرى از وقائع اوضاع و احوال ملوك پسنديده شيم عجم كبار چهار طبقه</p> <p>divided into the customary four ṭabaḳât, viz.: 1.Pishdâdians, on fol. 61<sup>b</sup>; 2.Kayânians, on fol. 80<sup>b</sup>; 3.Ashkânians, on fol. 93<sup>b</sup>; and 4. Sâsânians, on fol. 101<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>Beginning of the autobiography, on fol. 1<sup>b</sup>:</p> <p>بس بگرديد و بگردد روزگار، دل بدنيا در نبندد هوشيار الخ</p> <p>Dated the 29th of Ramaḍân, A.H. 1253 (A.D. 1837, Dec. 27), by Abû-alḳâsim bin ’Abd-alriḍâ, of Ḳazwin.</p> <p>No. 3399, olim 16. J. 13, ff. 139, ll. 9; clear Nasta’lîḳ; size, 6 in. by 4 <sup>1/8</sup> in.</p> <p> </p>
metadata [IO Islamic 259] طبقات شاهجهانى
<ul> <li><strong>Ṭabaḳât-i-Shâhjahânî .</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 705 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 259 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>705</p> <p>Ṭabaḳât-i-Shâhjahânî (طبقات شاهجهانى ).</p> <p>A large collection of succinct biographies of all the great Sayyids, Shaikhs, Saints, Ḥakîms, ‘Ulamâs, and poets, who flourished from the beginning of Tîmûr’s reign down to the reign of the emperor Shâhjahân, compiled about A.H. 1046 (A.D. 1636, 1637) by Muḥammad Ṣâdiḳ, and dedicated to Shâhjahân (A.H. 1037-1068=A.D. 1627-1658), comp. Rieu iii. p. 1009; Elliot, History of India, vii. p. 133. It is divided into ten ṭabaḳât (every one containing three bâbs), viz.:</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah I: Famous men in Tîmûr’s reign (A.H. 770-807 =A.D. 1369-1405), on fol. 6<sup>a</sup> (bâb II, on fol. 23<sup>b</sup>; bâb III, on fol. 30<sup>a</sup>).</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah II: Famous men, who lived under Mirzâ Mîrânshâh and died under Sulṭân Shâhrukh (A.H. 807-850=A.D. 1405-1447), on fol. 40<sup>a</sup> (bâb II, on fol. 63<sup>a</sup>; bâb III, on fol. 75<sup>b</sup>).</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah III: Famous men under Sulṭân Muḥammad bin Mirzâ Mîrânshâh and Mirzâ Ulughbeg bin Mirzâ Shâhrukh (A.H. 850-853 =A.D. 1447-1449), on fol.85<sup>b</sup> (bâb II, on fol. 95<sup>a</sup>; bâb III, on fol. 102<sup>b</sup>).</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah IV: Famous men, who lived and died under Sulṭân Abû Sa’îd Gûrgân (A.H. 854-873=A.D. 1450-1469), on fol. 109<sup>a</sup> (bâb II, on fol. 118<sup>a</sup>; bâb III, on fol. 124<sup>a</sup>).</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah V: Famous men, who lived and died under Mirzâ ‘Umar Shaikh Bahâdur, son of Sulṭân Abû Sa’îd Gûrgân (A.H. 873 - 899 =A.D. 1469-1494), on fol. 133<sup>b</sup> (bâb II, on fol. 147<sup>a</sup>; bâb III, on fol. 156<sup>b</sup>).</p> <p>Tabaḳah VI: Famous men under Sulṭân Bâbar (A.H. 900-937 = A.D. 1495-1530), on fol. 161<sup>b</sup> (bâb II, on fol. 179<sup>b</sup>; bâb III, on fol. 187<sup>a</sup>).</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah VII : Famous men under Sulṭân Humâyûn (A.H. 938-963 = A.D. 1531-1556), on fol. 192<sup>a</sup> (bâb II, on fol. 205<sup>b</sup>; bâb III, on fol. 215<sup>b</sup>).</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah VIII: Famous men under Sulṭân Akbar (A.H. 963 -1014 = A.D. 1556-1605), on fol. 223<sup>b</sup> (bâb II, on fol. 261<sup>b</sup>; bâb III, on fol. 284<sup>b</sup>).</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah IX: Famous men under Sulṭân Jahângîr (A.H. 1014-1037 = A.D. 1605-1627), on fol. 348<sup>a</sup> (bâb II, on fol. 369<sup>a</sup>; bâb III, on fol. 380<sup>a</sup>).</p> <p>Ṭabaḳah X: Famous men, contemporary with Sulṭân Shâhjahân, from A.H. 1037-1046 = A.D. 1627-1636, 1637, on fol. 395<sup>a</sup> (bâb II, on fol. 415<sup>b</sup>; III, on fol. 424<sup>a</sup>).</p> <p>After fol. 434 two leaves are missing. Worm-eaten and slightly injured throughout.</p> <p>No date.</p> <p>Beginning:</p> <p>آغاز سخن بسپاس و ستايش خداوند بى نياز الخ</p> <p>No. 259, ff. 435, ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated heading on fol. 1<sup>b</sup>; size, 7<sup>3/4</sup> in. by 4<sup>1/4</sup> in.</p> <p> </p>
[IO Islamic 3131] 'Iyâr-alshu'arâ
<ul> <li><strong> Iyâr-alshu’arâ'.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 702 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 3131 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>702</p> <p>‘Iyâr-alshu’arâ (عيار الشعرا ).</p> <p>The touchstone of poets, a very extensive, but utterly uncritical tadhkirah of Rekhta poets, by Khûb Ćand bin Bhawânî Ćand bin Râi Salâmatrâi bin ‘Ajâ’ib Râi Kâyath, with the takhalluṣ Dhakâ (acumen), or, as Sprenger reads, Dhukâ (sun), see fol. 2<sup>a</sup> , ll. 3 and 4, and fol. 137<sup>a</sup>, l. 9, a native of Dihlî, who lived in Sikandarâbâd, and compiled, or at least began to compile, this tadhkirah in A.H. 1208 =A.D. 1793, 1794, or 1213=A.D. 1798, 1799 (according to a rather ambiguous chronogram on fol. 2<sup>b</sup>, l. 8), at the request of his teacher Mîr Naṣîr-aldîn Naṣîr, see fol. 138<sup>a </sup>, l.7. The title appears on fol. 2<sup>b</sup>, l. 3. According to A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 184 and 185, he must have been engaged in this work more than thirty years, since a date as late as A.H. 1247 is found in it. He died A.H. 1262 (A.D. 1846). In the preface, on fol. 2<sup>a</sup>, l. 3 ab infra, he mentions his previous work, the ديوان ذكا .</p> <p>Beginning: حمد بيحدّ داورى را سزد كه به كلك قدرت نقش وجود انسان را بر كرسى الخ .</p> <p>The tadhkirah is arranged alphabetically, beginning with <em>Âftâb</em>, that is, the emperor Shâh ‘Âlam, on fol. 2<sup>b</sup></p> <p>The author’s own biography, with copious extracts from his Rekhta poem, begins on fol. 137<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p>No date.</p> <p>No. 3131, ff. 474, ll. 15; careless Nasta’lîḳ, mixed with Shikasta; size, 9<sup>3/4</sup> in. by 6 in.</p> <p> </p>
[IO Islamic 3255] Makhzan-i-Nikât
<ul> <li><strong>Makhzan-i-Nikât.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 701 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 3255 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>701</p> <p>Makhzan-i-Nikât ( مخزن نكات ) .</p> <p>The most valuable biography and anthology of the earlier Rekhta poets, written in Persian by Muḥammad Ḳiyâm-aldîn bin ‘Alî, with the takhalluṣ Ḳâ’im of Ćandpûr (see title and author’s name here on fol. 2<sup>a</sup>, ll. 6 and 8), comp. A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 179 (it is one of the authorities used by Sprenger, in his most valuable alphabetical list of Rekhta poets). The title is a chronogram, giving as date of composition A.H. 1168 (A.D. 1754, 1755), comp. also fol. 75<sup>a</sup>, ll. 3 and 4. The author died A.H. 1210 or 1207 (A.D. 1795, 1796, or 1792, 1793), comp. A. Sprenger, loc. cit.</p> <p>Beginning: رنگينئ كلمات و دلنشين فقرات بحمد سخن پناهى است كه بناى الخ .</p> <p>It is divided into three ṭabaḳas (see fol. 2<sup>b</sup>, ll. 2 and 3), viz. :</p> <p><em>First ṭabaḳah</em> (the older poets, در بيان اشعار شعراى متقدّمين ), on fol. 2<sup>b</sup>, beginning with Sa’dî, on fol. 3<sup>a</sup>, and ending with Mîr Ja’far, with the takhalluṣ Ja’far, the contemporary of Bidil (see A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 242, l. 21 sq.), on fol.13<sup>b</sup>.</p> <p><em>Second ṭabaḳah</em> (the poets of the middle period, در ذكر كلام سخنوران متوسّطين ), on fol. 14<sup>a</sup>, beginning with Shâh Mubârak, with the takhalluṣ Âbrû (A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 196, l. 5 sq.), on fol. 14<sup>b</sup> , and ending with the Afghân Kamtarîn (A. Sprenger, Catal.,p. 247, l. 18 sq.), on fol. 35<sup>a</sup>.</p> <p><em>Third ṭabaḳah</em> (the modern poets, در بيان اشعار و احوال شعراى متأخّرين ), on fol. 35<sup>a</sup>, beginning with Mîr Shams-aldîn Faḳîr (A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 223, l. 21 sq.), on fol. 36<sup>a</sup>, and ending with Ḳiyâm-aldîn ‘Alî (bin ‘Alî ?) Ḳâ’im, the author of this work.</p> <p>No date.</p> <p>No. 3522, ff. 86, ll. 11; clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 8<sup>1/4</sup> – 8<sup>3/4</sup> in. by 6<sup>1/8</sup>-6<sup>3/8</sup> in.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
[IO Islamic 1919] عجائب المخلوقات و غرائب الموجودات
<ul> <li><strong>‘Ajâ’ib-almakhlûḳât wa gharâ’ib almaujûdât .</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 712 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 1919 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>712</p> <p>‘Ajâ’ib-almakhlûḳât wa gharâ’ib almaujûdât (عجائب المخلوقات و غرائب الموجودات ).</p> <p>The same literal Persian prose-translation of the <em>first part</em> of Ḳazwînî’s cosmography which is described in G. Flügel ii. pp. 506-508 (styled there تحفة الغرائب ); the Bodleian Cat., Nos. 397 and 398; Rieu ii. p. 462 sq., and W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 367 sq.; comp. also Ḥ. Khalfa iv. p. 188; Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 258 ; De Sacy, Chrestomathie Arabe, 1st cd., iii. p. 414 sq. Beginning the same as in the Arabic original, and in the copies of Vienna, the British Museum, and the Bodleian Library, viz.: العظمة لك و الكبرياء لجلالك اللّهمّ الخ . According to the colophon of the second Vienna copy this translation was completed in the month Jumâdâ I, A.H. 890 (A.D. 1485, May, June).</p> <p>Ḳazwînî’s name runs here as in most of the abovementioned copies: زكريّا بن محمّد بن محمود الكمونى القزوينى . The dedication to ‘Izz-aldîn Shâhûr bin ‘Uthmân, mentioned by Rieu, loc. cit., is found neither in this nor in the following copy. This Persian version has been printed in Ṭaharân, A.H. 1264 (A.D. 1848).</p> <p>No date.</p> <p>No. 1919, ff. 259, ll. 25; Nasta’lîḳ, profusely illustrated throughout; illuminated frontispiece; size, 11 in. by 6<sup>1/4</sup> in.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
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