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[IO Islamic 281] Miscellaneous-Poetry

<ul> <li>Miscellaneous-Poetry</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1764 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 281 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1764 Poetical miscellanies and fragments. A collection of lyrical and epical poems, mostly fragmentary, bound together with a defective copy of a prose-story, for the greater part in a very precarious state. Contents: 1.Ghazals, by Shâhî (died A.H. 857), Ḥâfiż, Âṣafî (died A.H. 923), Jâmî, etc. forming a sort of anthology, on ff. 1b-50a, usually four baits in a page. 2.Fragment of the dîwân of Ṣâ’ib, containing ghazals, in alphabetical order, on ff. 51b-66b, beginning: اگر نه مدّ بسم الله الخ, and breaking off already in the first rhyme-letter ا (comp. above, No. 1606, 3 etc.); 2 columns, each ll. 15. 3.Fragment, defective both at the beginning and end, of an allegorical mathnawî, حسن و دل (beauty and heart, see, for instance, fol. 71a), by a poet with the takhalluṣ Ṣairafî (i.e. Maulânâ Ṣalâḥ-aldîn of Sâwa, who came to India Akbar and still flourished under Jahângîr, to whom this poem is dedicated, see fol. 69b), on ff. 67a-111b; 2 columns, each ll. 15. 4.A large portion of the mystical mathnawî زاد المسافرين (provision for travellers), by the great Ṣûfic poet and writer Mîr Fakhr-alsâdât Ḥusainî (i.e. Ḥusain bin ‘Âlim bin Abî-alḥasan alḥusainî), who died after A.H. 720 (A.D. 1320), see complete copies of the same in Nos. 1832-1834 below. It begins, on fol. 112b:اى برتر از آن همه كه گفتند الخ , and breaks off on fol. 151b. 5.A fragment, defective both at beginning and end, of the كارستان (see fol. 156a) or كارنامه , an Indian story of the exploits and adventures of Wâlâ Akhtar, the prince of Hurmuz, composed A.H. 1050 (A.D. 1640, 1641) in Jaunpûr by the same Abû-albarakât Munîr of Lâhûr (who has been mentioned in No. 16 of the preceding copy), and dedicated to the emperor Shâhjahân, on ff. 152a-196b, ll. 15. No. 281, ff. 196, written by different hands in different styles of Nasta’lîḳ; small illuminated frontispiece on fol. 1b; size, 7¼ in. by 4 in.

[IO Islamic 902] Persian Poetry

<ul> <li>Persian-Poetry</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1755 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 902 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1755 Another rough album of Persian poetry, beginning with an incomplete copy of the famous little mathnawî سوز و گداز by Nau’î (died A.H. 1019; see above, No. 1485), the first hemistich of which runs here thus: الهى سينه ام را نالگى ده الخ. The remaining portion of this MS. contains extracts from the dîwâns of well-known lyrical poets, Âhî (died A.H. 927), Kalîm (Abû Ṭâlib, died A.H. 1062), Nâṣir ‘Alî (died A.H. 1108), Fuḍûlî (of Baghdâd, died A.H. 970), Mîr Siyâdat (Jalâl-aldîn, flourished about A.H. 1081), Jalâl Asîr (died A.H. 1049), Mullâ Munîr of Lâhûr (died A.H. 1054), etc. No. 902, ff. 64, 3 or 2 coll. in a page; written by different hands in Nasta’lîḳ and Shikasta; many leaves left blank, others partly filled; injured and effaced in many places; illuminated frontispiece, partly damaged; size, 93/8 in. by 51/4 in.

[IO Islamic 2832] Poems

<ul> <li>Poems</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1760 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 2832 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1760 Miscellanies. 1.On ff. 205-234a: a short mathnawi in Dakhnî verses, entitled قصّۀ ابو شحمه, and beginning: راهى ميرى دلمين يون گيان دى الخ. Copied at Patna. 2.On ff. 234b-237b: a few ḳaṣîdas and ḳiṭ’as, partly in Persian, partly in Hindûstânî; the first is styled مناجات غوث الاعظم (in honour of ‘Abd-alḳâdir Gîlânî, who died A.H. 561=A.D. 1166), the second مدح (in honour of Muḥammad), both in Persian; the third is in Hindûstânî, without any heading; the fourth, in honour of the prophet (رسول الله ), again in Persian; the fifth, again in honour of ‘Abd-alḳâdir, and the sixth, headed مدح حضرت صلعم, are both in Hindûstânî. No. 2832, ff. 205-237, the first part in 2 coll., each ll. 11; the second in diagonal lines; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 6½ in. by 4¼ in.

[IO Islamic 58] اشعار

<ul> <li>Poems</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1752 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 58 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1752 Poems by prince Jahândârshâh. A collection of Persian and Hindûstânî poems, ghazals, rubâ’îs, and mathnawî-baits, by the same prince Jahândârshâh, entitled on the fly-leaf: بياض عنايتى مرشد زاده. This title seems to be written by mere mistake on the fly-leaf of this MS., as it properly belongs to the preceding album, whereas the title given to that collection, ‘Poems by the prince Jahândârshâh,’ refers to this copy. That this collection contains the prince’s own poetry, is proved by the takhalluṣ Jahândâr, which very often occurs. Contents: Persian lyrical poems, on fol. 1b, beginning: پيش من تحفۀ نوكار كهن هر دو يكيست كوه و صحرا و كف دشت و چمن هر دو يكيست Hindûstânî lyrical poems, on fol. 9b, beginning: خود بخود چو يار همسى آج سكچانى لكا الخ A Hindûstânî mathnawî, on fol. 62a, headed: مثنوئ , شهرزادۀ عالم ميرزا جوان بخت جهاندار شاه دام اقباله’ and beginning: الهى ركهه مچهى آوارۀ عشق – ميرى دل كوكر آتشپارۀ عشق This mathnawî concludes on fol. 71a and is followed on ff. 73a-86a by another Hindûstânî mathnawî, or rather a collection of mathnawî-baits, by the emperor Shâh ‘Âlam, as the following heading seems to imply: ارشاد حضور پر نور شاه عالم پادشاه غازى خلّد الله ملكه و سلطانه’. Copied by Muḥammad ‘Alî of Mashhad. No. 58, ff. 86, 8 baits on every page; clear Nasta’lîḳ; size, 9 in. by 47/8 in.; in outward appearance both MSS., Nos. 57 and 58, are quite alike.

[IO Islamic 1488] Persian and Rekhta Poetry

<ul> <li>Poetry-Album</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1758 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 1488 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> Miscellaneous Poetry in Persian, Hindûstânî, Dakhnî, and Turkish, and Extracts in Verse and Prose (Nos. 1758-1772) 1758 An album of Persian and Rekhta poetry, containing different collections in alphabetical arrangement, the proper order of the leaves being this: ff. 1-31, 88-150, 32-87, 151-229. First series, on ff. 1b-31 and 88-105: Persian ghazals and mukhammasât by various poets, beginning, on fol. 1b: الحمد لذاته العلى الاعلى – النّعت لاسماء صفات الحُسْنى Second series, on ff. 106b-150b and 32a-87b: Persian rubâ’îs, arranged alphabetically, without any author’s name, beginning, on fol. 106b: ياران چو نصير نيستم هرزه درا امّا حرفى حقّى بگويم بشما Third series, on ff. 151b-194b: Rekhta ḳaṣidas, ghazals, mukhammasât, etc. Fourth series, on ff. 195a-229: Persian miscellaneous poems, rubâ’îs by Ḥishmat (Muḥammad ‘Alî, pupil of ‘Abd-alghanîbeg Ḳabûl, who died A.H. 1139 was over thirty years in A.H. 1136), Bîdil (died A.H. 1133), etc.; fards, ḳiṭ’as, ta’rîkhât, ghazals, mathnawî-baits, etc., on fol. 203b sq., by Nâṣir bin Khusrau (died A.H. 481); Ḳizilbashkhân Ummîd (died A.H. 1159), Shaikh Ḥazîn (died A.H. 1180), Ṣâ’ib (died A.H. 1088), Ḥâfiż (died A.H. 791), Mukhliṣ Kâshî (see No. 1687 above), Fiṭrat (died A.H. 1106), Shaikh Niżâmî, Luṭf ‘Alîbeg Sâmî, and other minor poets. Many pages left blank for later insertion of poems in their proper alphabetical place. No date. No. 1488, ff. 229, ll. 9-12; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 73/8 in. by 41/4 in.

[IO Islamic 900] Miscellaneous-Poetry

<ul> <li>Miscellaneous-Poetry</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1766 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 900 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1766 Scattered selections from Persian works in verse and prose, put together without any order. The copy begins with extracts from the poems of Shaikh ‘Aṭṭâr (died A.H. 627, see Nos. 1031-1054 above), Mirzâ Ḳâsim, Maulânâ ‘Abdî (an ‘Abdî of Bâkû died A.H. 965; an ‘Abdî of Nîshâpûr was the uncle of Shâh Maḥmûd Zarîn-ḳalam, a third was ‘Abdî of Abarḳûh under Shâh Ṭahmâsp, a fourth ‘Abdî of Gunâbâd, a protégé of prince Ibrâhîm Mirzâ Jâhî Ṣafawî and author of a mathnawî گوهر شاهوار, a fifth lived in India under Shâhjahân, about A.H. 1051), etc.; Ḥakîm Jauharî (probably Jauharî Zargar, the contemporary of Athîr-aldîn Akhsîkatî, who died A.H. 608, see Haft Iḳlîm, No. 1481, col. 490 above), is found on fol. 9a; then follow again ‘Aṭṭâr, Ḥâfiż, etc.; several ḳaṣîdas and rubâ’is; extracts from Jâmî, Shaikh Rûzbahân Ṣûfî (on fol. 30a, see No. 1747, fifth Shaikh ab infra), Shâh Shujâ’, Mirzâ Raḍî Artîmânî (see No. 1522 above), Shaikh Auḥadî (died A.H. 738), Ḳulî Salîm (died A.H. 1057, see No. 1558 above), Abû Turâbbeg (under Shâh ‘Abbâs I, see No. 1528 above), Ḥijâbî, Shaikh Abû-alḳâsim (on fol. 33b), Thanâ’î (died A.H. 996), Ṣâ’ib, Khâḳânî, a مناجات by Amîr Khusran (died A.H. 725, on fol. 36b), etc.; a ساقينامه, by Aḳdasî (of Mashhad, died A.H. 1003, on fol. 41b), another by Ḥakîm Partawî (of Shîrâz, about A.H. 1000, on fol. 43a), a third by Mashrab (on fol. 48a); poems by Asadî of Ṭûs (died between A.H. 421 and 432, see No. 893 above, on fol. 54b), etc., by Niżâm of Astrâbâd (died A.H. 921, on fol. 61b), etc., by Salmân (of Sâwa, died A.H. 778 or 779, see Nos. 1237-1243 above, on fol. 64b); a mathnawî on Muḥammad’s ascension to heaven, در معراج (on fol. 76b sq.); short pieces in prose (on fol. 98b), intermixed with poetry, by Auḥadî, etc.; a fourth ساقينامه, by Ḥakîm ‘Aṭâi (on fol. 104a); prose-extracts from a book, entitled اخلاق رسول (on fol. 106a); poems by Niżâmî (on fol. 109b); prose-stories, etc. (on fol. 110a sq.); در ذكر فضيل عياض (on fol. 123b sq., see on Fuḍail bin ‘Iyâḍ the Safînat-alauliyâ, No. 96, col. 284 in this Cat.); در فضيلت و آداب نماز شب (on fol. 135b sq.); extracts from a book on traditions, and other scattered prose-pieces (on fol. 139a sq.). No. 900, ff. 176; written in Nasta’lîḳ by different hands; great variety in the number of columns and lines in a page; size, 97/8 in. by 57/8 in.

[IO Islamic 57] مجموعۀ اشعار

<ul> <li>Poem-Collection</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1751 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 57 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1751 A collection of short extracts, chiefly rubâ’îs and fards, from the poems of old and modern Persian authors, collected in form of an album, as it seems, by prince Jahândârshâh, or with his full title, Mirzâ Juwânbakht Jahândârshâh, the eldest son of Shâh ‘Âlam, who died in Banâras the 24th of Sha’bân, A.H. 1202 (A.D. 1788, May 30); see a sketch of his life in Francklin’s History of Shah Aulum, pp. 154-162, and comp. Rieu iii. pp. 946 and 1084. On the fly-leaf is written عنايتى مرشد زاده , ‘Poems by the prince Jahândârshâh,’ but that these are not the prince’s own verses, but extracts, made by him from others, we see from the headings of the single piece, beginning with extracts from Ghazâlî of Mashhad (died A.H. 980) thus: چرخ فانوس خيال و عالمى حيران درو مردمان چون صورت فانوس سر گردان درو From fol. 17 down to the end the headings are wanting, but sometimes a takhalluṣ occurs, for instance Ṣa’dî and others, and proves these poems likewise to be from the dîwâns of other poets. Copied in the month Ramaḍân, A.H. 1198 (A.D. 1784, July-August), by Ḥâfiż Muḥammad Wâsi’ Khân. No. 57, ff. 97, 2 coll., each containing five baits; clear Nasta’liḳ; size, 9 in. by 47/8 in.

[IO Islamic 1085] نقل بياض

<ul> <li>Naḳl-i-bayâḍ</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1757 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 1085 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1757 Naḳl-i-bayâḍ (نقل بياض). Another kind of album with selections from Persian poets, beginning: رفعت زدرت سپهر آموخته است حاشا كه ارادۀ جفا با تو كنيم There are many lacunas between the single leaves. The principal portion breaks off on fol. 30b. Ff. 31a-39a, also filled with poetical quotations, are of much smaller size and written by another hand, apparently bound together with the first part by mere chance. No. 1085, ff. 39, 2 coll. on ff. 1-30, varying much in the number of lines; 3 and 4 columns (partly in diagonal lines) on ff. 31-39; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 8 in. by 4¾ in. on ff. 1-30; 7 in. by 4½ in. on ff. 31-39.

[IO Islamic 1050] Poems

<ul> <li>Poems</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1759 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 1050 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1759 Short mathnawîs in Hindûstânî, Dakhnî, and Persian. 1.Bahlûl-i-Ṣâdiḳ (بهلول صادق), in Rekhta verses, on fol. 1b, beginning: سنا يك روز مين صاحب زبان سين الخ. 2.Wafâtnâma-i-Paighambar (وفات نامۀ پيغمبر), ‘the story of the prophet’s death,’ in Dakhunî verses, on fol. 8b, beginning: يو دنياتو فانى عجب باغ هى الخ. 3.’Îsâ u Kallah (عيسى و كلّه), in Persian verses, on fol. 22b, beginning: ناگهان روزى زتقدير خدا الخ. Attached to this mathnawî and written by the same hand is a Persian story in prose, the story of Sulṭân Sanjar (died A.H. 552=A.D. 1157), on ff. 25b-27, beginning: حكايت سلطان سنجر ماضى السّلطان الاعظم و الخاقان المعظّم سلطان سنجر الماضى ابن سلطان ملكشاه رحمة الله عليه الخ. No. 1050, ff. 27, ll. 10 (on ff. 1-7) in Shikasta; ll. 13 (on ff. 8-21) in Nasta’lîḳ; ll. 15 (on ff. 22-27), also in Nasta’lîḳ, by another hand; size, 75/8 in. by 43/4 in.

[IO Islamic 2559] Miscellaneous-Poetry

<ul> <li>Miscellaneous-Poetry</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1761 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 2559 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1761 Miscellaneous Persian and Turkish poetry. This MS., the leaves of which are misplaced to an almost bewildering extent, contains: 1.On ff. 1-8, 95, 9-17, 23-52, 93, 94, 96-143: A Turkish adaptation and amplification of Shabistarî’s Gulshan-i-râz, by a Turkish poet Shîrazî (كتاب گلشن راز ترجمۀ شيرازى), incomplete at the end with probable lacunas between the various fragmentary pieces, beginning: نفس اوردى نفس رحمان نسيمى معطّر اولِد جان و دل حريمى 2.On ff. 144-173 and 19-22 : the Persian original of the Gulshan-i-râz, with the omission of the first thirteen verses, beginning, on fol. 144a : جهان و خلق امر اينجا يكى شد الخ, corresponding to ver. 14 in Whinfield’s edition, London, Trübner, 1880. On the Gulshan-i-râz (composed A.H. 717=A.D. 1317), by Maḥmûd Shabistarî (died A.H. 720=A.D. 1320), see Bodleian Cat., No. 1260, and further down under ‘Ṣûfism’ in this Cat. 3.On ff. 18 and 53-86b: a large fragment (end of the second daftar) of Farîd-aldîn ‘Aṭṭâr Jawâhir-aldhât (جواهر الذّات), comp. fol. 86a, l. 9: كنون عطّار گفتى جوهرى ذات الخ ; see No. 1031, 17; No. 1033, 2; No. 1035, 2; and Nos. 1046 and 1047 above. 4.Ff. 86b and 87a: a few Persian ḳiṭ’as and rubâ’îs. 5.Ff. 87b -92b and 174a-183a: Nâṣir bin Khusrau’s Rûshanâ’înâma (روشنائى نامه), beginning: بنامى (! sic) كردگارى (!) پاك داور كه هست از فهم و فكر و عقل برتر Comp. No. 904 above. 6.Ff. 183b-184b: a Turkish tarkibband. The whole copy is written by a scribe who was apparently ignorant of Persian, as the spelling in the few lines quoted above proves. The simple Iḍâfat he expresses, for instance, almost always by a full ى . Bibliotheca Leydeniana. No. 2559, ff. 184, 2 coll., each ll. 15; Turkish hand; size, 81/4 in. by 6 in.

[IO Islamic 505] Miscellaneous-Poetry

<ul> <li>Miscellaneous-Poetry</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1768 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 505 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   1768 Miscellanious. This MS., written like some of the preceding ones, by a very rude and inexperienced hand, contains: 1.A short collection of letters by Ni’mat-allâh, a Jew entitled انشاء نعمت , on fol. 1b, beginning : الحمد لله ..... بندۀ درگاه ..... اشتباه نعمت الله بنى اسرائيل الخ 2.Maḥmûdnâma (محمود نامه), a collection of ghazals (from five to seven baits), by an unknown author, arranged in the form of a dîwân, so that for every rhyme-letter there appears one ghazal, and forming a complete poem, treating of the well-known story of Maḥmûd and Ayâz (the best known poetical version of which is the mathnawî of the same title, by Zulâlî. See No. 1494, 2 above); in the concluding verse of each stanza ‘Maḥmûd,’ or ‘Maḥmûd u Ayâz’ appears as a kind of takhalluṣ. Beginning, on fol. 12a: اى داغ بر, دل از غم خال تو لاله را الخ. 3.Sa’dî’s alleged پندنامه (see No. 1127, 7 above), beginning, on fol. 28a: كريما ببخشاى الخ. 4.A Rekhta mathnawî, on fol. 39a, At the end of No. 2 is written: اين كتاب در سركار تپوّ سلطان است. No. 505, ff. 48. 2 coll., each ll. 9; rude Shikasta; also, 7¾ in. by 5½ in.

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Cigarskruie: Journal of Educational and Islamic Research

Cigarskruie: Journal of Educational and Islamic Research, published on Septemberr 20, 2023, by the Saniya Institute with an ISSN 3025-8685 (online). The scope of Cigarskruie's publications is the results of research in the field of education, including (1) Education Policies; (2) Education History; (3) Education Art and Culture, (4) Education and Technology; (5) Educational Development; (6) Psychology of Education; (7) Health Science of Education; (8) Education Management, and (9) Education Social-Society. As for research in the Islamic Studies field, including (1) Islamic Studies and its Problems; (2) The History of the Journey of Islam from time to time; (3) The Object of Islamic Studies (faith & shariah); (4) Primary Resource of Islamic Studies Object (al-Qur'an, al-Hadith & Ijtihad); (5) Contemporary al-Qur'an, al-Hadith, and Islamic Law Study Model; (6) Islami and Challenges in Modernity; and (7) Modern Ideology of Islam; and Islamic Religious Education .

Dünyanın hükümdarları; Rulers of the World [IO Islamic 3058]

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تاریخ طبری Tāʾrīḫ-i Ṭabarī, Taberî'nin Tarihi [IO Islamic 2669] FOLIO 15r

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IO Islamic 3310. Persian Translation of Abû Ja'far Muhammad bin Jarir bin Yazid al Ṭabari's General History

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IO Islamic 747. Persian Translation of Abû Ja'far Muhammad bin Jarir bin Yazid al Ṭabari's General History

IO Islamic 747. Persian Translation of Abû Ja’far Muhammad bin Jarir bin Yazid al Ṭabari’s General History