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Medieval Islamic Lamp, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

"Ceramic piquera lamp from the site of Oreto, Granátula de Calatrava, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Middle Ages (Islamic). In the collection of the Ciudad Real Museum. Catalog number DO000252. Processed in Reality Capture from 425 images. Urit 9th century CE Citation: Garcés, A.Mª. & Romero, H. (2006): Las cerámicas transicionales del siglo IX de Oreto-Zuqueca. Granátula de Calatyrava (Ciudad Real.) aTempora Talavera de la Reina. Seis mil años de cerámica en Castilla-La Mancha', 2018: 380" This work is part of the collaboration agreement signed in 2020 between the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha and Global Digital Heritage for the digitization of the Cultural Heritage of Castilla-La Mancha region. We want to publicly thank the collaboration of the Museum of Ciudad Real, especially by its director José Ignacio de la Torre. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

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[IO Islamic 1740] ابيات شعرا

<ul> <li>Abyât-i-shu’arâ</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1750 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 1740 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1750 Abyât-i-shu’arâ (ابيات شعرا). Another, very short, anthology of Persian verses, taken for the greater part from the dîwâns of modern poets, without any special arrangement. Prominent contributors are Ṣâ’ib (died A.H. 1088), Wâlih (died A.H. 1169, see No. 1708 above), Shaukat (died A.H. 1107), Bîdil (died A.H. 1133), etc. It opens with a bait Ṣalâḥ-aldînkhân, with the takhalluṣ Ṣalâḥ. No date. No. 1740, ff. 13, ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 8¾ in. by 4¾ in.

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[IO Islamic 2678] Persian Anthology

<ul> <li>Persian-Anthology</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1749 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 2678 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1749 Persian anthology. A collection Persian poems, (a) ghazals, rubâ’îs, etc., by: Muḥtasham Kâshî (died A.H. 996; see Nos. 1447 and 1448 above), on fol. 1b; Sharaf-i-Jahân of Ḳazwîn (flourished under Shâh Ṭahmâsp and died A.H. 968), on fol. 11b; Fighânî of Shîrâz (died A.H. 922 or 925), on fol. 16a; Sharîf of Tabrîz (pupil of Lisânî), on fol. 17b; Lisânî of Shîrâz (died A.H. 941), on fol. 24b; Wiṣâlî (Muḥammad Amîn, died A.H. 967), on fol. 27a; (b) rubâ’îs only by: Ḥabîb-allâh of Shîrâz, on fol. 27b; Amîr Muḥammad Ḥâshim (was in Lâhûr A.H. 969); Mullâ Âhî (died A.H. 927); Ḥuḍûrî (died after A.H. 984, see No. 1442 above), ib., etc.; (c) mathnawî-baits by Niżâmî, etc., on fol. 29b; (d) rubâ’îs again by Ḳâtibî (died A.H. 838 or 839); Ghazâlî (of Mashhad, died A.H. 980), ib., etc.; (e) ghazals again by Fighânî (second collection), ib.; a lacuna after fol. 15. Many pages injured. Bibliotheca Leydeniana. No. 2678, ff. 1-31, 4-5 coll., in diagonal lines, with additional straight lines running between them; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 11¾ in. by 7¼ in.

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[IO Islamic 1265] اشعار متفرّقه

<ul> <li>Ash’âr-i-Mutafarriḳah</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1747 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 1265 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1747 Ash’âr-i-mutafarriḳah (اشعار متفرّقه). A collection of Persian poems, chiefly extracts from lyrical and didactical works, and rubâ’îs, by various old and modern poets. The authors represented in this ‘Safînah’ are the following ones (compare the index on the fly-leaf): Shaikh Abû-alḥasan Kharaḳânî (died A.H. 425), on fol. 1b. Shaikh Abû Sa’îd bin Abû-alkhair (died A.H. 440), on fol. 1b. Khwâjah ‘Abdallâh Anṣârî (died A.H. 481), on fol. 2b. Ḥakîm Sanâ’î (died probably A.H. 545), on fol. 3a. Shaikh Saif-aldîn Bâkharzî (died A.H. 658), on fol. 12b. Shaikh Majd-aldîn Baghdâdî (died A.H. 607 or 616), on fol. 12b. Shaikh Sa’d-aldîn Ḥummû’î (died A.H. 650), on fol. 12b. Shaikh Farîd-aldîn ‘Aṭṭâr (died A.H. 627), on fol.12b. Jalal-aldîn Rûmî (died A.H. 672), on fol.23a. Shaikh Aḥmad-i-Jâm (died A.H. 536), on fol. 34a. Shaikh Abû Sa’îd Buzghush (the father of Shaikh Najîb-aldîn ‘Alî of Shirâz, who died A.H. 678), on fol. 34b. Shaikh Abû-alḳâsim, the son of Yâsîn (according to the Khulâṣat-alafkâr, No. 4, col. 302 in the Bodleian Cat., an elder contemporary of Abû Sa’îd bin Abû-alkhair), on fol. 34b. Shaikh Abû-alfaḍl of Mahnah, on fol. 34b. Khwâjah Abû Sa’îd of Mahnah, ib. Khwâjah Abû-alnaṣr of Mahnah, ib. Khwâjah Abû-alḳâsim of Mahnah, ib. Shâh Ni’mat-allâh Walî (died A.H. 834), ib. Shaikh Fakhr-aldîn ‘Irâḳî (died A.H. 686 or 688), on fol. 36b. Shaikh Abû Hâmid Auḥad-aldîn Kirmânî (died A.H. 697), on fol. 37b. Shaikh Auḥadî Marâghî (died A.H. 738), on fol. 38a. Sayyid Nâṣir bin Khusrau ‘Alawî (died A.H. 481), on fol. 41b (twenty-five verses from his extremely rare سعادتنامه , edited by M. Fagnan, Z. D. M. G., vol. 34, pp. 643-674). Shaikh Najm-aldîn Dâya Râzî (died A.H. 654), on fol.42a. Bâbâ Afḍal-aldîn Kâshî (died A.H. 707), on fol. 42a (a rich collection of his rubâ’îs and also a rare tarjî’band). Shâh Ḳâsim-i-Anwâr (died A.H. 837), on fol.45b. Shaikh Najm-aldîn Kubrâ (died A.H. 618), on fol. 46b. Shaikh Abû ‘Alî Daḳḳâḳ (died A.H. 405 or 406), on fol. 46b. Mîr Sayyid ‘Alî Hamadânî (died A.H. 786), ib. Pîr Jamâl Ardastânî, on fol. 47a. Shaikh ‘Alâ-aldaulah Simnânî (died A.H. 736), ib. Shaikh ‘Izz-aldîn Maḥmûd Kâshânî (contemporary with the following Shaikh Kamâl-aldîn), ib. Shaikh Kamâl-aldîn ‘Abd-alrazzâḳ (died A. H. 730), on fol. 47b. Shaikh Auḥad-aldîn ‘Abdallâh bin Ḍiyâ-aldîn Mas’ûd Balyânî (died A.H. 680 or 686), on fol. 47b. Shaikh Abû Zarbûzjânî, ib. Shaikh Ḳuṭb-aldîn Abû-alfaḍl, ib. Shaikh Najm-aldîn Zarkûb, ib. Shaikh Muḥammad Lâhijî Asîrî Nûrbakshî (died after A.H. 910), ib. Bâbâ Kamâl Jandî (pupil and companion of Shaikh Najm-aldîn Kubrâ, who died A.H. 618), ib. Shaikh Raḍî-aldîn ‘Alî Lâlâ, ib. Shaikh Aḥmad Ghazâlî (died A.H. 517), ib. ‘Ain-alḳuḍât Hamadânî (died A.H. 533), on fol. 48a. Shaikh Maḥmûd Shabistarî, author of the گلشن راز (died A.H. 720), on fol. 48a. Shaikh Maghribî (died A.H. 807 or 809), on fol. 48b. Shaikh Muṣliḥ-aldîn Sa’dî (died A.H. 690), on fol.48b. Khwâjah Ḥâfiż (died A.H. 791), on fol. 54a. Maulânâ Saḥâbî of Astrâbâd (died A.H. 1010), on fol. 60a. Amîr Ḥusainî Sâdât (i.e. Fakhr-al-Sâdât, died A.H. 718), on fol. 68a. Shaikh ‘Imâd-aldîn Faḍl-allâh, on fol. 68b. Shâh Dâ’î Shîrâzî, pupil of Shah Ni’mat-allâh (died after A.H. 865), on fol. 68b. Shaikh Rûzbahân Ṣûfî (probably identical with Rûzbahân Shîrâzî, who died A.H. 606), on fol. 68b. Imâm Nûrbakhsh (i.e. Sayyid Muḥammad, the founder of the Nûrbakhshî order, died A.H. 869), on fol. 68b. Shaikh Kamâl Khujandî (died A.H. 803), ib. Amîr Khusrau of Dihlî (died A.H. 725), on fol. 70a. Amîr Ḥasan of Dihlî (died A.H. 727), on fol. 84b. No date. No. 1265, ff. 85, 4 coll., each ll. 25; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 113/8 in. by 63/4 in.

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[IO Islamic 3168] Persian Anthology

<ul> <li>Persian-Anthology</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1746 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 3168 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1746 Persian anthology. Contents: Ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 73b; tarkîbbands, on fol. 83b; a ḳaṣîdah in honour of ‘Alî, on fol. 89b; another series of ḳaṣîdas, ḳiṭ’as, tarkîbbands, and mukhammasât, on fol. 91a; a collection of ghazals, arranged alphabetically, on ff. 104b-152b; rubâ’îs, on fol. 153a sq. A قصيدۀ تأريخ من تصنيف غلام مصطفى سخن كه از هر مصراعش تأريخ برآيد در تعريف تعمير مكان كلان واقعۀ نانك رام كه بخدمت مهاراجه بهادر گذرانيده . on ff. 156a-158b, The poems collected here are mostly by modern poets of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, among them some by Hâtif, that is Sayyid Aḥmad of Iṣfahân, who died A.H. 1198 (A.D. 1784, see Bodleian Cat., No. 1188). The chief portion of this collection was written A.H. 1180=A.D. 1766, 1767 (see fol. 98a, l. 5). Beginning of the first ḳaṣîdah, on fol. 73b: اى ز گلزار جلالت لالۀ شمس الضّحى وز خمستان جمالت ساغرى بدر الدّجى On fol. 73a a خطبه in prose. The margin of many pages is covered with additional poetry. No. 3168, ff. 73-158, 2 coll., each ll. 15 (a few pages with oblique lines); Nasta’lîḳ; ff. 156-158 and a few pages here and there added by other hands; size, 81/8 in. by 41/2 in.

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[IO Islamic 2087] بياض

<ul> <li>Bayâḍ</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1745 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 2087 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1745 Bayâḍ (بياض). A similar album of Persian lyrics, arranged in forty chapters according to the topics of which they treat, by an anonymous compiler. Beginning of the preface, in prose, on fol. 1b: سپاس فراوان و ستايش بى پايان مر حضرت ذو الجلال را كه نگارندۀ لوح الخ. Index of the forty chapters, on ff. 3b-4b. Beginning of the first poem of the first chapter (فى التّوحيد): اى بصفّ صنع تو پايان شده چرخ برين الخ. The second chapter, on fol. 9a, is headed: فى مدح النّبى ; the third, on fol. 12a, فى احاديث النّبوى ; the fourth, on fol. 13a, فى المواعظ و النّصائح , and so on. The collection ends on fol. 91b. Ff. 92-108 are filled with vey roughly written extracts, both in prose and verse, by different hands. No date. No. 2087, ff. 108, 2 coll., each ll. 17; Nasta’lîḳ, on ff. 1-91; Shikasta, by various hands, often illegible, on ff. 92-108; size, 81/2 in. by 45/8 in.

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[IO Islamic 992] مجموعۀ مشتمل بچند ابواب در فنّ اشعار

<ul> <li>Majmû’a-i-mushtamil baćand abwab dar fann-i-ash׳âr</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1744 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 992 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1744 Majmû’a-i-mushtamil baćand abwab dar fann-i-ash׳âr (مجموعۀ مشتمل بچند ابواب در فنّ اشعار). Fragment of a collection of specimens of the different branches of poetry, by various authors, arranged according to the topics of which they treat, in a great number of chapters, for instance: در توحيد بارى تعالى – در نعت مصطفى صلّى الله عليه و سلّم - در حقائق و حكمت و موعظة – الخ. This copy contains only a portion of the whole, comprising ḳaṣîdas, ghazals, ḳiṭ’as, and rubâ’îs, chiefly by Sanâ’î, Sâzanî (died A.H. 569), Sa’dî, Khâḳânî (died A.H. 595), Amîr Khusrau, Niżâmî (died A.H. 598 or 599), ‘Irâḳî (died A.H. 686 or 688), etc. Beginning: ابتدا بسم الله الرّحمن – الرّحيم المتوالى الاحسان ׳ بعد از حمد و ثناء ربّ الودود و درود نامعدود الخ A lacuna after fol. 428. Many small blanks. No. 992, ff. 321b-460b, ll. 25; clear Nasta’lîḳ; size, 107/8 in. by 63/8 in.

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[IO Islamic 960] تحفت شعرا

<ul> <li>Tuḥfat-i-shu’arâ</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1743 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 960 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1743 Tuḥfat-i-shu’arâ (تحفت شعرا). An anthology of Persia poetry, incomplete both at the beginning and end, with lacunas after the first and the second leaf. It contains: 1.Some anonymous ḳaṣîdas, ghazals, and rubâ’îs, on fol. 1a, beginning: چو صبح از افق باز خندان بر آيد نفير از خروس سحر خوان بر آيد 2.Ghazals and rubâ’îs, by Maulânâ Waḥshî (died A.H. 991 or 992), on fol. 7a. 3.Ghazals and rubâ’îs, by Bâbâ Fighânî of Shîrâz (died A.H. 922 or 925), on fol. 26b. 4.A tarkîbband and ghazals, by Shaikh ‘Alî Naḳî (of Kamarah, died between A.H. 1012 and 1031), on fol. 45b. 5.One rubâ’î, by Abû-alfaraj Rûnî (died after A.H. 492, see No. 905 above), and one ghazal, by Ḥakîm Azraḳî (of Harât, died A.H. 527), on fol. 52a. 6.One ḳaṣîdah, by Kamâl Isma’îl Isfahânî the خلاّق المعانى (died A.H. 635), on fol. 52b. 7.Ḳaṣîdas and ghazals, by Mirzâ Ḳulî Mailî (of Harât, went to India A.H. 979 or 983), on fol. 55a. 8.Ghazals and rubâ’is, by Mîr ‘Abd-alghanî (of Hamadân, about A.H. 1000), on fol. 59a. 9.Poems, by Mas’ûd of Iṣfahân (son of Âḳâ Zamân Zarkash, lived in great distress at the time of Naṣrâbâdî, A.H. 1083-1092), on fol. 60b. 10.Ghazals, by Shifâ’î (died A.H. 1037), on fol. 62b. 11.Ghazals, by Khwâjah Ḥusain Thanâ’î (died A.H. 996), on fol. 64b. 12.A ḳaṣîdah, by Shâh Muḥammad Mâlâmâl, on fol. 72a. 13.A few rubâ’îs and one fard, by Mirzâ Niżâm-almulk, on fol. 74b. 14.Extracts from Jâmî’s سلسلة الذّهب (see above, No. 1300, 9 sq.), on fol. 75a; with a few other little poems by the same. 15.A ḳaṣîdah, by Kamâl Isma’îl Iṣfahânî (see No. 6), on fol. 76b. 16.A mathnawî, by Maulânâ Jismî (under Akbar), on fol. 78b. 17.Another rubâ’î, by Abû-alfaraj Rûnî (see No. 5), on fol. 81b: and a ḳaṣîdah and a ghazal, by ‘Imâdî of Ghazna (died after A.H. 582), on fol. 82a. 18.Ḳaṣîdas and ghazals, by Azraḳî and Shifâ’î (see Nos. 5 and 10), fol. 84b. 19.A sâḳînâma, by Partawî (of Shîrâz, about A.H. 1000), on fol. 92a. 20.Two ḳaṣîdas and one ghazal, by Mas’ûd bin Sa’d bin Salmân (died A.H. 525), on fol. 94b. 21.Rubâ’îs, by Ḥakîm Sanâ’î (died probably A.H. 545) and Mîr Mu’izzî (died A.H. 542), on fol. 97a. 22.Ghazals and rubâ’îs, by Shifâ’î (see Nos. 10 and 18) and Mîr Ṣabrî (i.e. Amîr Rûzbahân Ṣabrî of Iṣfahân, who was a contemporary of Taḳî Kâshî and still alive A.H. 993), on fol. 100a. 23.Ghazals, by Shaikh Âdhurî (died A.H. 866), Nau’î (died A.H. 1019), and Mîr Ṣabrî again, on fol. 102a. 24.Two rubâ’îs, by Auḥadî (died A.H. 738), and tarkîbband, by Shifâ’î (see Nos. 10, 18, and 22), on fol. 104b. 25.Ghazals and rubâ’îs, by Shukrî, Rûshanî of Hamadân (under Akbar), Mashhadî, Naṣîbî (died A.H. 944), Sa’dî (died A.H. 690), Asîr (i.e. Jalâl Asîr, died A.H. 1049), and Shaikh Abû Sa’îd bin Abû-alkhair (died A.H. 440), on fol. 107b. 26.Extracts from Amîr Khusrau’s خضر خانى (see col. 694, No. 11 in this Cat.), on fol. 109b. 27.Poetry, by Kamâl Sabzwârî (about A.H. 1000), Ṣadiḳî of Abarḳûh, and Maulânâ Muḥammad Ṣûfî (still alive A.H. 1038), on fol. 110b. 28.Rubâ’îs and ghazals, by Mîr Mughîth (i.e. Mîr Mughîth-aldîn Maḥwî of Hamadân, who died A.H. 1016) and Nawwâb Sanjar Mirzâ (under Shâhjahân), on fol. 112a. 29.Poetical specimens, by Maulânâ ‘Arshî (about A.H. 1000). Sa’dî (see No. 25), Anîsî (died A.H. 1014), Ḳâḍî Nûrî (died A.H. 1000), Maulânâ Ḍiyâ-aldîn Kâshî (contemporary with Taḳî Kâshî), Amîr Khusrau (died A.H. 725), Karamî, Âḳâ ‘Îsâ (perhaps identical with Ḳâḍî ‘Îsâ of Sâwa, died A.H. 896), Raḍî (of Artimân, under Shâh ‘Abbâs the Great), Muḥammad Ṣâliḥ, Rûshanî (see No. 25), Anwarî (died A.H. 585 or 587), and a short anonymous mathnawi, on fol. 114b. 30.A rubâ’i of Kamâl Isma’îl (see Nos. 6 and 15) extracts from a يوسف و زليخا , by Maḥmûdbeg Fusûnî (of Tabrîz, under Jahângir and Shâhjahân), and other poetry by the same, on fol. 119b. No. 960, ff. 123, 2 coll., each ll. 12; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 7¼ in. by 4¾ in.

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[IO Islamic 38] مجموعۀ اشعار

<ul> <li>Majmû’a-i-ash’âr</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1741 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 38 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1741 Majmû’a-i-ash’âr (مجموعۀ اشعار). A large collection of poetical extracts, consisting of ghazals, selections from mathnawîs, ḳaṣîdas, ḳiṭ’as, rubâ’îs, mukhammasât, riddles, etc., incomplete at the end. Contents: 1.Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on ff. 1b-188b, beginning: اين نسخه كه گلفروش هر انجمن است در هر ورقش مايۀ چندين چمن است The chief poets, from whose dîwâns extracts are given, are : Ṣâ’ib (died A.H. 1088), on ff. 1b, 7b, 10b, 14a, 20a, etc.; Nâṣir ‘Alî (died A.H. 1108), on fol. 3a; Himmat (perhaps Khwâjah Muḥammad Mirzâ Himmat, under Shâh ‘Abbâs II), on fol. 6a; Sanjar Kâshî (died A.H. 1021), and Fighânî (died A.H. 922 or 925), on fol. 7a ; Ghanî (of Kashmîr, died A.H. 1079), on ff. 8b, 19b, etc.; Shâpûr (died about A.H. 1020), and Sâbiḳ (under ‘Âlamgîr), on fol. 11b; Adham (Ibrâhîm Adham, died A.H. 1060), on fol. 12a; Khâliṣ (died A.H. 1122), on ff. 13a, 15b, etc.; Tamannâ, on fol. 16b; Istighnâ, on fol. 17a; Jâmî (died A.H. 898), and Ṭâlib Âmulî (died A.H. 1035 or 1036), on fol. 18a; Raḍî (i.e. Raḍî Artîmânî, under Shâh ‘Abbâs I), on fol. 18b; Fiṭrat (died A.H. 1106), on ff. 19b, 20b, etc.; Jam (Muḥammad Sharîf Jam of Mashhad, or Mîr ‘Abd-alkarîm Jam, both under Jahângîr), on fol. 19b; Shaukat (died A.H. 1107), on fol. 21a; Ḥâfiż (died A.H. 791), on fol. 180a, etc. etc. A large lacuna after fol.65. 2.Mathnawî-baits (for instance, from Firdausî), tarkîbbands, mukhammasât, and other specimens of poetry, on ff. 188b-200a, beginning: حكيم اين جهان را چو دريا نهاد بر انگيخت موج اندرو تند باد 3.Riddles (معمّا), on ff. 200b-204b, beginning: گر دست دهد بپايت افگندن سر الخ 4.Another series of ghazals, ḳiṭ’as, mathnawî-baits, etc., in alphabetical order, on ff. 206b-242a, concluded by rubâ’îs , on ff. 242a-248a, beginning: از دورئ او گر نكنم ناله عجب نيست خاموش كند فرقت گل مرغ چمن را 5.Selections from Niżâmî’s Khamsah (see above, No. 972 sq.), on ff. 249b-298b, beginning: اى همه هستى زتو پيدا شده خاك ضعيف از تو توانا شده 6.Mirât-aljamâl (مرآة الجمال), ‘the mirror of beauty,’ containing poetical descriptions (تعريفات) of the human form and its charms (see a similar work by Ṣâ’ib, No. 1618, col. 885 above), on ff. 299b-310b, beginning: گر من زچشم خلق نهان دارم اين بياض عيبم مكن كه هيچ ندارم درين گناه 7.Some ḳaṣîdas and short mathnawîs, on ff. 311b-323b, beginning: پر شد زعطر خوشدلى از بسكه روزگار الخ. A lacuna after fol. 313. 8.Another series of short mathnawîs, defective at the end, on ff. 324b-327. No. 38, ff. 327, 2 coll., each ll. 19; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 103/8 in. by 61/4 in.

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[IO Islamic 3481] اشعار

<ul> <li>Poems</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1742 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 3481 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1742 Poetical extracts. A collection of Persian poetry by different poets, the most prominent of whom are: Ṣâ’ib (died A.H. 1088), on fol. 1b, beginning: اگر نه مدّ بسم الله بود تاج عنوانها الخ, see No. 1606, 3 above; Ḳâsim Dîwâna (still alive A.H. 1136), on fol.57a; Mirzâ ‘Abd-alḳâdir Bîdil (died A.H. 1133), on ff. 77a and 97a (the first series of specimens is dated A.H. 1174=A.D. 1760, 1761); Nâṣir ‘Alî (died A.H. 1108), on fol. 108a; Fiṭrat (died A.H. 1106), on fol. 124a; Shaukat (died A.H. 1107), on fol. 146a (this part is dated A.H. 1173=A.D. 1759, 1760); Hilâlî (died A.H. 939), on fol. 160b; Kalîm (died A.H. 1062), on fol. 174a; Shaikh Muḥammad ‘Alî Ḥazîn (died A.H. 1180), on fol. 185a; Ṣaidî (Mîr Ṣaidî of Ṭahrân, died A.H. 1069), on fol. 193a, etc. The fly-leaves and a part of the margins are also filled with poetical specimens. No. 3481, olim 13. J. 28, ff. 240, written partly in Nasta’lîḳ (on ff. 1-56 and 174-181, 2 coll., each ll. 15), partly in Shikasta; size, 9 in. by 5¾ in.

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[IO Islamic 1231] رباعیّات

<ul> <li>Rubâ’iyyât</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1748 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 1231 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1748 Rubâ’iyyât. A collection of rubâ’iyyât by different Persian poets. Unfortunately no author’s name is added to the single piece, but a great number at least of the first portion of these rubâ’îs belong to the famous Shaikh Abû Sa’îd bin Abû-alkhair (died A.H. 440, 4th of Sha’bân, A.D. 1049, January 12), as a comparison with those published by Dr. Ethé in the ‘Sitzungsberichte der Königl. Bayr. Akad. der Wissenschaften, 1875, Phil.-histor. Classe, pp. 145-168’ shows; No. 2 of that collection, for instance, is found here on fol. 2a, ll. 4 and 5; No. 3, on fol. 3b, ll. 6 and 7; No. 12, ib., ll. 8 and 9; No. 5, on fol. 4a, ll. 1 and 2, etc. Later on appear rubâ’îs by Jâmî (died A.H. 898), ‘Urfî (died A.H. 999), Ṣâ’ib (died A.H. 1088), & c. Beginning of the initial rubâ’î: اى نام تو ديباچۀ مجموعۀ راز نازند بنام تو همه اهل نياز No date. No. 1231, ff. 76, 4½ rubâ’îs on each page; careless Nasta’lîḳ; size, 7½ in. by 4¼ in.

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[IO Islamic 1083] Maḥmûdnâma

<ul> <li>Maḥmûdnâma</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1769 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 1083 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1769 Another copy of the Maḥmûdnâma. The same collection of ghazals, forming the story of Maḥmûd and Ayâz, as in No. 2 of the preceding copy. Beginning the same. No date. No. 1083, ff. 76-84, 2 coll., each ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 81/4 in. by 53/8 in.

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[IO Islamic 1425] Miscellaneous-Poetry

<ul> <li>Miscellaneous-Poetry</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1765 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 1425 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   1765 Miscellanies. A large collection of Persian compositions in prose and verse, containing: 1.An incomplete copy of Jâmî’s Lawâ’iḥ (see No. 1357, 15; No. 1358, 2; and Nos. 1368-1373 above), on ff. 1a-13b, defective at the beginning and injured moreover on fol. 1. 2.A story from Muḥammad’s life, on ff. 14a-16b, beginning: اسناد هفت كلام ربّانى چهارده حديث پيغمبر عليه السّلام اسرار تمام الخ. Dated the 28th of Dhû-alḳa’dah, A.H. 1066 (A.D. 1656, Sept. 17). 3.Grammatical fragments, on ff. 17a-26a, for instance: ; فصل در بيان تنوين باب المداد ; فصل در قلب ; فصل در بيان اخفا ; ; فصل در بيان مخارج حروف; فصل در بيان هاى ضمير و هاى اصلى و هاى سكته الخ ; در بيان ادغامات ; فصل در بيان الف ولام تعريف ; فصل در بيان ساكن ; فصل در بيان قواعد وقف .etc ; 4.قَفِيل نامۀ امام حسين (the scourge-book of Imâm Ḥusain), a lamentation over Ḥusain’s martyrdom, on fol. 26b. 5.Short Persian commentary on Sûras 73 (سورة الْمزَّمِّل) and 74 (سورة المُدَّثِّر), on ff. 27a-35b. 6.A poetical Persian paraphrase of verses and phrases of the Ḳurân, on ff. 36b-52b, 81a-82b, and 89a-90b. 7.Niżâmî’s Makhzan-alasrâr (see No. 972 sq. above), on ff. 53a-75b. 8.Fragment of a Persian commentary on the initial ḳaṣîdah of Khâḳânî’s dîwan (see No. 950 sq. above), beginning: دل من پير تعليم است الخ , on ff. 75b and 76a. 9.Some other ḳaṣîdas of the same Khâḳânî, on ff. 76b-78b. 10.A short mystical mathnawî, entitled entitled: ترغيب القلوب (identical with the مرغوب القلوب in Nos. 1840 and 1841 below), on ff. 79a-80b, in ten faṣls, beginning: بگويم حمد ربّ العالمين را عطا كو كرد بر ما عقل و دين را 11.Extracts from Persian dîwâns, on ff. 88b-83b (the order of leaves is inverted). 12.A ghazal of Shaikh Auḥadî Kirmânî, correctly Auhad-aldîn Kirmânî (died A.H. 697=A.D. 1298) , the spiritual guide of Auḥadî Marâghî, who died A.H. 738 (A.D. 1337, 1338), on fol. 91a. 13.Mathnawî-fragments, on ff. 91b-124b; the larger portion is filled by the مظهر الآثار of Khwâjah Hâshim of Tattah, correctly Mîr Hâshimî of Kirmân, surnamed Shâh Jahângîr, who completed this Ṣûfic mathnawî in Tattah, A.H. 940 (A.D. 1533, 1534), and was slain during his pilgrimage, A.H. 948 (A.D. 1541, 1542), see further down in this Cat. Copied A.H. 1065 (A.D. 1655). 14.Shabistarî’s Gulshan-i-râz (see No. 1761, 2 above), on ff. 125a-136a (fol. 131a does not belong to it). 15.رقعه, a note, on fol. 136b. 16.Various ḳaṣîdas, a short mathnawî-fragment, and a ghazal, on ff. 137a-151b. 17.A mathnawî on the seven days of the week, styled : ساعت نامۀ روزهاء كريم, on ff. 152a-153b, beginning: گر تو خواهى كه گرددت فيروز كار و بار جهان بتو هر روز 18.Various poetical fragments, a معراج نامه (on the ascension of Muḥammad), in form of a ḳaṣîdah, by Muḥtasham, who died A.H. 996 (see Nos. 1447 and 1448 above), a وفات نامۀ حضرت , etc,. on ff. 154b-164b. No. 1415, ff. 164; written by different hands, mostly in careless Nasta’lîḳ, with a great variety in the number of lines; size, 111/4 in. by 51/8 in.

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[IO Islamic 2634] Miscellaneous-Poetry

<ul> <li>Miscellaneous-Poetry</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1770 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 2634 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1770 Miscellanies. 1.نقل حكم نامۀ اتاليق شاه زاده, on fol. 1b, beginning: باسم محمّد جعفر و مهدى عليخان و غلام حيدر معلّم زيب نگارش مى بايد الخ. 2.پندنامۀ حيدرى, on fol. 4b, in mathnawî-baits, beginning: پس از حمد رب نعت خير الورا هم از بعد مدح همه اوصيا Bibliotheca Leydeniana. No. 2634, ff. 12, ff. 10 on ff. 1-3; 2 coll., each ll. 9 on ff. 4-12; Shikasta; size, 8 in. by 6 in.

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[IO Islamic 483] Miscellaneous-Poetry

<ul> <li>Miscellaneous-Poetry</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1763 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 483 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1763 A large collection of miscellaneous works in prose and verse. This collection of treatises, loosely bound together, contains: 1.An anonymous treatise in prose, not even specified in the index on the fly-leaf, beginning, on fol. 1a: .... و سپاس مصوّرى كه ارژنگ آسمان را بنقوش انجم پرداخته الخ ; ll. 25; written in careless Nasta’lîḳ and Shikasta. 2.Another short anonymous treatise, likewise not marked in the index, beginning, on fol. 9b: آب و رنگ بهارستان سخن ثناى چمن سرائيست كه به نسيم هدايتش طفل الخ ; 12-13; rude handwritings in careless Nasta’lîḳ. 3.دستان, according to the index, by Muḥyî-aldîn Ghulâm, with the takhalluṣ Khushdil, comprising letters, notes, short stories, etc. beginning, on fol. 14a:منّت منّانى كه معنى آشنايان حقيقت انديش امراى عالى و قارش و حمد سلطانى الخ ; ll. 21-24; careless Nasta’lîḳ and Shikasta, very much resembling the handwriting of No. 1. 4.نسخۀ خطّ و سواد , a treatise on the style of writing, called Naskhu Ta’lîḳ and their respective character, by Majnûn bin Maḥmûd alrafîḳî (see fol. 38a, l. 6), beginning, on fol. 36b: حمد و سپاس استادى را كه كاتب لوح و قلم بيچون و حافظ نون و القلم الخ. Another copy of the same is noticed in Bodleian Cat., No. 1369, and Rieu ii. 531b; Majnûn was the takhalluṣ of the great penman and Nasta’lîḳ-writer, Mîr ‘Alî-alkâtib of Mashhad, who lived at the court of ‘Abdallâhkhân Uzbeg in Bukhârâ, and died about A.H. 950 (A.D. 1543, 1544). He wrote besides a رسم الخطّ in verse and a رسالۀ وضع نسخ و تعليق , likewise in mathnawî-baits, both on the same topics, see Bodleian Cat., loc. cit., and No. 1370; Rieu, loc. cit., and p. 532a; see also iii. p. 1089; ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ. 5.مثنوئ ناصر على, the same religious mathnawî, by Nâṣir ‘Alî of Sirhind (who died A.H. 1108), which is found in Nos. 1646-1648 above, beginning, on fol. 50a: الهى ذرّۀ دردى بجان ريز الخ ; usually seventeen baits in a page; clear, but small Nasta’lîḳ. 6.Some scattered pieces in prose, on ff. 71a-75b, written in Shikasta. 7.انشاء امان الله حسينى, a collection of letters by Amân-allâh Ḥusainî, on fol. 76b, beginning: حمد وافر مر خداى را كه ياقوت قوّت ناطقۀ بى بها در عقد انشاى كبرياى او بى بهاست الخ. Amân-allâh Ḥusainî, with the epithets of Khânazâdkhân Fîrûzjang and later on of Khânzamân, was the son of Mahâbatkhân Zamânbeg and greatly distinguished himself under Jahângîr and Shâhjahân; he died A.H. 1044 or 1046 (A.D. 1634-1637), and left besides a dîwân, in which he uses Amânî as takhalluṣ (a copy is described in the Bodleian Cat., No. 1095, see also A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 330) and a general history, an Arabic and Persian dictionary, styled چهار عنصر دانش (see Rieu ii. pp. 509 and 510); a گنج باداوارد on Indian agriculture (ib. p. 489b), an امّ العلاج on purgatives (ib., p. 794a, No. III), and the same انشا (ib., p. 877a, No. II), of which a considerable portion is found here; the انشا (or رقعات) has been printed in Calcutta, and lithographed in Lucknow, A.H. 1269, see also W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 129, No. 14, and a complete copy further down in this Cat.; ll. 13, large rude Nasta’lîḳ, sometimes plain Shikasta. It comprises ff. 76b-99b and 119a-139a, dated the 10th of Shawwâl, A.H. 1075 (A.D. 1665, April 26), at Lâhûr, and written by Sayyid ‘Abd-allaṭîf. 8.Two other prose-tracts, one treating of rhetorics and tropical figures, inserted into the two halves of the preceding work, on ff. 100a-118a, very rudely written in Shikasta. 9.مثنوئ محيط اعظم (the great ocean), by ‘Abd-alḳâdir Bîdil (died A.H. 1133), in eight دور , only six of which are found in this incomplete copy, beginning with a preface in prose, on fol. 141b: حمد نشاء آفرينى كه ميخانۀ حقيقت انسانى الخ. The first دور begins on fol. 143b: خوش آندم كه در بزمگاه قدم الخ , see two other copies of the same in Nos. 1682 and 1683 above; 2 columns, each ll. 17; Shikasta. The last leaves extremely damaged. The two pages before it are filled with a رقعۀ محمّد قلى سليم , that is, the prose-story of the ‘Complaint of the mouse and request of the cat.’ noticed above in the complete works of Salim (who died A.H. 1057), No. 1558, 3; it begins: صاحب سليم سلامت فرياد الخ. 10.Scattered pieces in prose and verse. 11.A fragment of Shaikh Muḥammad Murâd’s writtengs, incomplete at the beginning, on fol. 188a. 12.بحر طويل محمّد بيك , beginning, on fol. 216a:ابتدا ميكنم اين نامه بر درد بنام ملك قادر قيّوم الخ. Other treatises with the same title بحر طويل, by Mir Sayyid ‘Alî Mihrî (under Shâh Sulṭân Ḥusain A.H. 1105-1135), and by Muḥammad Ḳâsim bin ‘Abd-alḳâdir Tûnî, are noticed in Rieu ii. p. 796a, No. VII, and p. 833b, No. IV (the latter in praise of Muḥammad and ‘Alî), see also W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., pp. 119, No. 13, and 175, No. 3. 13.Another fragment of only two pages (fol. 218), taken from Żuhûrî’s مينا بازار (see above, No. 1509, 6; and Rieu ii. p. 742a, No. IV). All three pieces, 11-13, written by the same hand in Shikasta, ll. 20-21. 14.Mirzâ Muḥammad Taḳî Munshî’s description of Banâras, etc, تعريف بنارس و درياى كنك , beginning, on fol. 219a: ديباچه از ميرزا محمّد تقى حمدى كه طرّاحان بناء اذكار الخ. 15.The same Muḥammad Taḳî’s contest between ‘mirror and target’ (مناظرۀ آئينه و نشانه ), on fol. 237a. 16.Naubâwa (نوباوه), a collection of letters and notes, by Abû-albarakât Munîr of Lâhûr (died A.H. 1054), compiled A.H. 1051 (A.D. 1641, 1642), beginning on fol. 240a : اين منتخب از بخت نكو فرجامش الخ. 17.Żuhûrî’s preface to the نورس (see No. 16 in the preceding copy), on fol. 264b, and some other treatises without any heading, the last dated A.H. 1104 (A.D. 1692, 1693). This tract and the preceding ones are all written in the same style of Shikasta, ll. 20-21. 18.انوار المشارق, by Ṭughrâ (see No. 1586, XVIII, above), incomplete at the beginning, on fol. 291a; ll. 15; careless Nasta’lîḳ. 19.رساله در فنّ انشاء, beginning, on fol. 299b: الا اى دوستان نكته پرداز – قدردان سخنهاى سرافراز ll. 13; Nasta’lîḳ. 20.Letters, notes, and other fragmentary prose-pieces, on fol. 306a sq. (خطوط و رقعات متفرّقه). 21.خطبۀ ديوان حكيم شفائى , i.e. Mirzâ Jalâl-aldîn Muḥammad Ṭabâṭabâ’î’s preface to the dîwân of Shifâ’î (died A.H. 1037); the same Ṭabâṭabâ’î wrote a preface to Ḳudsî’s dîwân (see above, Nos. 1531-1533 and Nos. 1552-1557), on fol. 312a, and other scattered prose-pieces; ll. 21-25; careless Nasta’lîḳ and Shikasta. No. 483, ff. 345; written by many different hands in the most various styles of Nasta’lîḳ and Shikasta; size, 8½ in. by 53/8 in.

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[IO Islamic 454] Bayâḍ

<ul> <li>Bayâḍ</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1767 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 454 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1767 Bayâḍ (بياض ). An album of Persian poetry and prose, containing miscellaneous pieces in a very confused order, many leaves being turned upside down. The principal contents are: 1.A ḳiṭ’ah by ‘Alî Ḥazîn (died A. H. 1180, see Nos. 1712-1714 above), reproaching Kashmîr (قطعه در مذمّت كشمير), on fol. 1a, and other miscellaneous lyric poems. 2.Mîr Najât’s دل كُشتى (a mathnawî on wrestling, composed A.H. 1112= A.D. 1700, 1701; Mîr ‘Abd-al’âl Najât died about A.H. 1126=A.D. 1714, see Bodleian Cat., Nos. 1162-1165; Rieu ii. p. 821; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 512; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 697, No. 10; lithographed at Lucknow (with commentary), A.H. 1258), on fol. 7b. 3.Mullâ Nau’î’s سوز و گداز (see No. 1485 above), on fol. 18a. 4.A ḳaṣîdah, by Hijrî (see Nos. 1440 and 1441 above), in homage of Nawwâb Âṣaf-aldaulah Bahâdur, on fol. 19b. 5.A tarjî’band, a mukhammas, and a short mathnawî, by Mîr Zain-al’âbidîn (see No. 20 below), on fol. 24b. 6.مناظرۀ سرما و گرما, a dispute between cold and heat, in prose, on fol. 30a. 7.Poems, by Mihrî (died about A.H. 1130), on fol. 35b. 8.Rubâ’iyyât. 9.On the tobacco-pipe (تعريف قليان تنباكو), in prose, on fol. 42b. 10.Several mukhammasât and other miscellaneous poems, on ff. 48b and 63a. 11.Admonitions, by ‘Abdallâh Anṣârî (نصائح عبد الله انصارى), the great mystic Shaikh, who died A.H. 481 (A.D. 1088), see No. 1778 sq. below, in prose, on fol. 68b. 12.A few poems, by Ḥazîn, on fol. 71a. 13.Ghazals, by Shaukat (died A.H. 1107, see Nos. 1628-1633), Mihrî, etc., on fol. 79a. 14.Historical incidents from Nâdirshâh’s time, beginning with A.H. 1149 (A.D. 1736), on fol. 80a. 15.A ḳaṣîdah by Nâṭiḳ (قصيدۀ ناطق ), and other poetry, on fol. 84a. 16.چار اندر چار, a prose-piece by ‘Ubaid Zâkânî (died A.H. 772), on fol. 89a, and another چار در چار, likewise in prose, by Maulânâ Mushfiḳî (of Bukhârâ, died A.H. 994), on fol. 87a. 17.Miscellaneous pieces in prose and verse. 18.قضا و قدر , a mathnawî on predestination, by Mirzâ Ṭâhir, on fol. 117b. 19.A ḳaṣîdah, by Mirzâ Ṭâhir, on fol. 119b. 20.Ḳaṣîdas, by Mîr Zain-al’abidîn, with the takhalluṣ Hijrî, on fol. 133b. 21.قضا و قدر, a second mathnawî of the same title, by Hijrî, on fol. 143b. 22.A short mathnawîقضا و قدر, by Muḥammad Salîm (see No. 1558, 5 above), on fol. 148b. 23.A fourth mathnawî قضا و قدر, by Ḥakîm Ruknâ (see No. 1572 above), on fol. 150b; a fifth mathnawî of the same title, by Amîrbeg Wâlih, is quoted in the Bodleian Cat., col. 768, e. 24.A mathnawî, by Mihrî, entitled سراپاى (description of the human figure, see Bodleian Cat., No. 1168), on fol. 153b. 25.Ḳaṣidas, rubâ’s, and fards, on fol. 164b. It might have been better to page the MS. from the back, as most of the poems are running in that way. Therefore in using this copy the reader must read backward. A short index of the more prominent pieces of this album is found twice, both on ff. 165b and 166b. No. 454, ff. 166; written in Nasta’lîḳ and Shikasta; size 9¼ in. by 4½ in.

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[IO Islamic 1319] Persian Poetry

<ul> <li>Persian-Poetry</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1756 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 1319 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1756 An album of Persian poetry, without any value, containing indifferent specimens of Persian ghazals and rubâ’îs, bound together without any order. Ṣâ’ib (died A.H. 1088) is the most conspicuous among the contributors. No. 1319, ff. 121; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 9¾ in. by 4¾ in.

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[IO Islamic 1521] Miscellaneous-Poetry

<ul> <li>Miscellaneous-Poetry</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1762 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 1521 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1762 Miscellanies. This MS., written by many different hands, contains a great number of complete and incomplete treatises, detached prose-pieces and fragments of poetry, all confusedly mixed together. The principal portions of this copy are as follows: 1.Extracts from the Shâhnâma (see No. 860 sq. above), beginning: بنام خداوند جان و خرد الخ. 2.A ساقى نامه, by Ṣidḳî (i.e. Sulṭân Muḥammad Ṣidḳî of Astarâbâd, a panegyrist of Shâh Ṭahmâsp, died A.H. 952), on fol. 10a, beginning: خوشا حال مستى كه منصور وار ميسّر شدش مستئ پايدار 3.Ghazals, by Ṣidḳî and ‘Urfî (died A.H. 999), on fol. 13a. 4.Fragment of an Inshâ, by Ghiyâth-aldîn bin Humâm, commonly called Khwândamîr, that is the famous author of the خلاصة الاخبار, the حبيب السّير, etc. (see Nos. 76-100 above), on fol. 18a, beginning: اى حمد تو ديباچۀ منشور كمال الخ. 5.Short extracts from Niżâmî’s mathnawîs (see Nos. 972-1027 above), ghazals by Ḥâfiż (see Nos. 1246-1274 above), a letter by Naṣîrâ of Hamadân (who was met by Taḳî Auḥadî in Shîrâz, A.H. 1015=A.D. 1606, 1607, see A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 512, and Rieu iii. p. 1093b) to the Wazîr of Iṣfahân, and various poetical specimens, especially mukhammasât, on fol. 24b. 6.Poems by Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî (see Nos. 1060-1115 above), Maulânâ Dakhlî (came from ‘Irâḳ to India under Akbar), Ḥâfiż, Khâḳânî (see Nos. 950-970 above), etc., on fol. 41a. 7.Extracts from Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî’s mathnawî, on fol. 50a. 8.A prose-piece, beginning: مرويست از امام جعفر صادق عليه السّلام كه هر كه سورۀ يسين را سه روز بر زعفران و گلاب نويسد الخ , and ghazals by different Persian poets, on fol. 51b. 9.A poetical description of Kashmîr, by Jân Ḳudsî (see Nos. 1552-1557 above), حاجى محمّد جان قدسى در تعريف كشمير, on fol. 62a, beginning: خوشا كشميرو خاك پاك كشمير الخ. Both from the initial bait and metre it is evident that this poem is different from the usual mathnawî in praise of Kashmîr, see No. 1552, 4. 10.Ghazals, by Maulânâ Ḥashrî, Shaikh Abû-alḳâsim, Ḥakîm Ruknâ (died A.H. 1066), Amîr Khusrau (died A.H. 725), Abû Ṭâlib Kalîm (died A.H. 1062), Maḥsharî (teacher of Mullâ Nażîrî of Nîshâpûr, who died A.H. 1021, see No. 1489 above), Shaikh Bû ‘Alî, Aḳdasî of Mashhad (died A.H. 1003), etc., a فائدۀ ده پند ديگر كه از قول بوزرجمهر حكيم , and few ḳiṭ’as and rubâ’îs, on fol. 64a. 11.A short story (حكايت), a few verses, a prescription جهت قوّة باه, and a محلوق (مخلوق) نامۀ پيغمبر on fol. 67a. 12.Another collection of Persian, poems by Sa’dî (died A.H. 690), Shâh Ḳâsim, Ahlî (of Shirâz, died A.H. 942), Waḥshî (died A.H. 991 or 992), Amîr Khusrau, etc., on fol. 70a. 13.از منشآت ارسطاطاليس حكيم, in verse, beginning: بدان اى خردمند نيكو سير الخ ; followed by ghazals of ‘Urfî, Shâhî (died A.H. 857), etc., and a series of fards, on fol. 73a. 14.Poems by Ḳâsim (probably Ḳâsim-i-Anwâr, who died A.H. 837), extracts from Jâmî’s سلسلة الذّهب (composed A.H. 890, see No. 1300, 9 above), ghazals by Kâtibi (died A.H. 838 or 839), Kamâl (Khujandî, died A.H. 803), etc., and a Turkish poem by Âyâzî (آيازى), on fol. 83a. 15.Selections from the لطائف الطّوائف, by ‘Alî bin Ḥusain alwâ’iż (see Nos. 778 and 779 above), arranged in a somewhat puzzling manner. There appears a fifth faṣl on the first page, fol. 88a, در ذكر بعضى از فوائد انفاس امام محمّد باقر ; a sixth on fol. 88b, در ذكر بعضى نكات لطيفۀ امام جعفر صادق ; a seventh on fol. 89a, در ذكر شمّۀ از انفاس متبرّكۀ امام موسى الكاظم ; then follows a second on fol. 89b, در لطائف شعرا نسبت توانگران و بخيلان ; after that a ninth on fol. 90a, در لطائف متفرّقۀ ظرفا ; and an eighth on the same page, در لطائف ظرفا باعراب ; again a seventh occurs on fol. 92b, در بديهه گفتن شعرا با يكديگر ; a third on fol. 93a, در ذكر بعضى از كلمات شريفۀ امام حسين ; again an eighth on fol. 93b, در بديهه كه عرفا و شعرا در وقت وفات گفته ; again a seventh on fol. 94a, در دين دارى و مسلمانئ پادشاهان ; and again a second on fol. 94b, در لطائف و فوائد حكماء متأخّرين. 16.The three prose-treatises by Żuhûrî (see No. 1509 sq. above). Viz. (a) Preface to the نورس , beginning: سرود سرايان الخ, on fol. 96a; (b) Preface to the گلزار ابراهيم, beginning: خرّمى چمن الخ, on fol. 98a; (c) Preface to the خوان خليل, beginning: اى از تو الخ, on fol. 101a. 17.Ghazals, by Ṣâ’ib (died A.H. 1088), Ḳâsim-i-Anwâr, etc., on fol. 104a. 18.Story of Buzurjmihr and Aristotle (!), on fol. 115b, beginning: الحمد لله .... آورده اند كه روزى نوشيروان عادل بخواجه بوزرجمهر حكيم الخ. It is a tract, similar to, if not identical with the ظفرنامۀ بزرجمهر , published by Schefer in his Chrest. Persane i. pp. ١-٦, comp. also Bodleian Cat., col. 765, No. 43. Dated at Daulatâbâd the 3rd of Muḥarram, A.H. 1175 (A.D. 1761, Aug. 4). 19.Poems by Shâh Ni’mat-allâh Walî (died A.H. 834), on fol. 120a. 20.اسناد فاتحۀ باژگونه , on fol. 121a, beginning: روايت ميكند از امير المؤمنين عثمان الخ. 21.Bread and sweatmeat (نان و حلوا), the well-known mathnawî by Bahâ-aldîn Muḥammad ‘Âmilî (died A.H. 1030), on fol. 122a, beginning: مرحبا اى بلبل دستان حى الخ , see Nos. 1517-1520 above. 22.A story, beginning: درويشى بدر خانۀ بازرگانى رسيد الخ, on fol. 125a. 23.An ethical treatise in forty bâbs, entitled تحفة السّلاطين, on fol. 126a, beginning: الحمد لله ..... امّا بعد بدانكه اين رسالۀ تحفة السّلاطين مبوّب بر چهل بابست و در هر بابى چهار نصيحت باب ا در آنكه چهار چيز پادشاهانرا نگاهدارد اوّل رعايت و محافظت الخ. It is identical with the رسالۀ تحفة الملوك , described in Bodleian Cat., col. 765, No. 45. 24.An astronomical treatise in verse by Khwâjah Naṣîr of Ṭûs (در دانستن آن كه ماه در كدام برج است), on fol. 128a; Naṣîr-aldîn of Ṭûs, the great philosopher and astronomer, died A.H. 672 (A.D. 1273, 1274). 25.A treatise on pearls, jewels, and precious stones, on fol. 129b, beginning : فهرست ابواب در معرفت جواهر و فائدۀ آن باب اوّل در معرفت مرواريد الخ. In twenty one bâbs (not twenty, as the fihrist states). 26.Another treatise, styled: كلمۀ چند در بيان حليۀ , صورت ظاهر انسان و شكل و شمائل و اعضا و جوارح ايشان, on fol. 136a. 27.Metaphysical and psychological tracts in various fuṣûl; the first faṣl is styled: در تمهيد معذرت جهت قصور ادراك و عبادت on fol. 138a. 28.A treatise on the horse, said to have been translated from Aristotle, in thirty bâbs (در معرفت انواع اسپان و هنر آن و الوان و افعال و علّت و دفع علّت ايشان الخ ), on fol. 142b followed by miscellaneous verses, a pros-fragment, and rubâ’îs. 29.Fragment of the first volume of Mirkhwând’s universal history, on fol. 150a. Title: تاريخ روضة الصّفا فى شرف الانبيا, see Nos. 24-75 in this Cat. 30.در خواصّ اسما و آيات, a large treatise on the hidden science and magic influence of special verses and phrases of the Ḳurân, translated from Arabic sources by ‘Abd-al’alî bin Ḥusain, A.H. 926 (A.D. 1520), on fol. 213b, beginning: الحمد لله الّذى انزل القرآن على عبده ليكون للعالمين نذيراً الخ. 31.Durr-almajâlis (دٌرّ المجالس), a collection of legends relating to the Patriarchs, Prophets, Muḥammad, ‘Alî, and various Saints, by Saif al-Żafar Naubahârî, in thirty-three chapters, on fol. 293b, beginning : حمدى كه از عنايت الهى بر زبان الخ ; comp. Rieu i. p. 44; J. Aumer, p. 58; G. Flügel iii. p. 444; Cat. Codd. Or. Lugd. Bat. i. p. 359; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 980, etc. 32.A poem by Ḥaidar (i.e. Ḥaidar Kulûć or Kulîćapaz, died A.H. 959), and various prose-fragments, among which an incomplete treatise on similar topics as No. 30, styled شرح ردّ سحر صحيح و مجرّب , and beginning on fol. 357b: روايت است كه روزى شخص پيش خواجه رشيد رحمة الله عليه آمد الخ. The right order of the leaves of this treatise is: fol. 357b, 351a-355b. On the fly-leaves in the beginning of the MS. there are also some scattered prose-fragments. No. 1521, ff. 357; written in many different styles of Nasta’lîḳ; size, 123/8 in. by 71 in.

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[IO Islamic 538] اشعار متفرّقه

<ul> <li>Ash’âr-i-Mutafarriḳah</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1754 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 538 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1754 Ash’âr-i-mutafarriḳah (اشعار متفرّقه). A rough sketch of an anthology of Persian lyric poetry, written by different hands, without any value. Even some Rekhta poetry occurs sometimes. A series of rubâ’îs by ׳Umar Khayyâm (died A.H. 517) begins on fol. 6b. No. 538, ff. 87, varying much in the number of columns as well as of lines; written by different hands in Nasta’lîḳ and Shikasta; many pages left blank, or only partly filled; size, 81/8 in. by 53/4 in.

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[IO Islamic 1900] مجموعۀ اشعار

<ul> <li>Poem-Collection</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1753 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 1900 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1753 A short, but very curious collection of Ṣûfic poetry, beginning with a series of short poems in honour of God, Muḥammad, the Tâbi’în, etc., arranged in the following manner: each part or hymn opens with a certain number of short mathnawîs (each comprising two baits), arranged alphabetically according to the end-rhyme; after that follows a مثنوئ مطلق which falls out of the alphabetical order (also comprising two baits), and then an equal number of strophes, each of which contains just as many hemistichs as there are mathnawîs belonging to that particular hymn; for instance, the first hymn on the unity of God consists of three mathnawîs, rhyming in ا, ب, and ت respectively, of an intermediate مثنوى مطلق, and three muthallathât; the second hymn on the Prophet contains four mathnawîs, rhyming in ث,ج,ح, and خ, and of four murabba’ât, separated from the mathnawîs again by the مثنوى مطلق, as is the case in all the following hymns; the third hymn has five mathnawîs, rhyming in د,ذ,ر,ز, and س, and five mukhammasât; the fourth has six mathnawîs, rhyming in ش,ص,ض,ط,ظ and ع, and six musaddasât; the fifth has seven mathnawîs, rhyming in غ,ف,ق,ك,ل,م, and ن, and seven musabba’ât; the sixth (and last) has three mathnawîs, rhyming in و, ه, and ى, but no corresponding strophes. This series of hymns is followed by a variety of other poems on spiritual and pantheistic matters, ghazals, mathnawîs, rubâ’îs, ḳiṭ’as, and one ḳaṣidah. Beginning: الحمد لله ربّ العالمين ...... اسم الله ذات رحمانرا – اسم اعظم صفات سبحانرا المثنويّات المُقيّد فى الالف و الباى و التاى فى التّوحيد بالحمد و الثّناء و المناجات العرفانى الخ. No date. Collated. No. 1900, ff. 17, coll., each ll. 19; clear Nasta’lîḳ; size, 97/8 in. by 51/2 in.

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