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[IO Islamic 2701] انوار سهيلى

<ul> <li>Anwâr-i-Suhailî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 763 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 2701 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 763 A still more defective copy of the same. It opens abruptly thus: باد رفتار بر جاى خشك آيد ، آتش زده گشت كوه و كان هم الخ, corresponding to No. 3458 (757 above), fol. 8a, ll. 9 and 10; the first twenty-leaves or more are greatly injured and partly destroyed by worms. No date; end of the twelfth century of the Hijrah. No. 2701, ff. 330, ll. 16; very clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 101/8 in. by 73/8 in.

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[IO Islamic 182] انوار سهيلى

<ul> <li>Anwâr-i-Suhailî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 764 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 182 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 764 Another defective copy of the same. No date. A lacuna on fol. 146b, corresponding to No. 3458 (757 above), fol. 168a, l. 6, to fol. 176a, l. 12. The right order of ff. 155-201 is: 155, 157, 156, 158, 159, 161, 160, 162-184, 193-200, 188, 187, 186, 185, 192, 191, 190, 189, 201. No.182, ff. 306, ll. 17; Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; size, 11 in. by 6 in.

FIGURE 8 in The first record of Ia io Thomas, 1902 (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Sundaic Subregion, with a description of a new subspecies from peninsular Thailand

FIGURE 8. Bayesian phylogram using GTR+I+G nucleotide substitution model based on the mitochondrial CytB gene of Ia io and other vespertilionids as outgroup. The node labels indicate posterior probability values. Samples included in this analysis are listed in Appendix.

FIGURE 5 in The first record of Ia io Thomas, 1902 (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Sundaic Subregion, with a description of a new subspecies from peninsular Thailand

FIGURE 5. Biplot between skull length and maxillary toothrow length of I. io peninsulata subsp. nov. and I. io io.

FIGURE 2 in The first record of Ia io Thomas, 1902 (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Sundaic Subregion, with a description of a new subspecies from peninsular Thailand

FIGURE 2. Ia io peninsulata subsp. nov., PSUZC-MM2012.159 (paratype), female, from peninsular Thailand. Not to scale.

FIGURE 1 in The first record of Ia io Thomas, 1902 (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Sundaic Subregion, with a description of a new subspecies from peninsular Thailand

FIGURE 1. Map of the localities of specimens of Ia io analysed in this study; black dots = specimens examined for morphological analysis only; red dots = specimens used for genetic analysis only; half black/red dots = specimens used for both morphological and genetic analyses. Type localities of the nominate subspecies io and the new subspecies peninsulata, as well as the other two synonyms, Ia longimana and Parascotomanes beaulieui, are indicated. The grey shaded area is the known distribution of Ia io based on data in the IUCN Red List.

FIGURE 4 in The first record of Ia io Thomas, 1902 (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Sundaic Subregion, with a description of a new subspecies from peninsular Thailand

FIGURE 4. Dorsal (left) and ventral view (right) of the baculum of I. io peninsulata subsp. nov., PSUZC-MM2012.158 (holotype), male, from peninsular Thailand. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURE 7 in The first record of Ia io Thomas, 1902 (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Sundaic Subregion, with a description of a new subspecies from peninsular Thailand

FIGURE 7. Bayesian tree using HKY+I+G nucleotide substitution model based on the mitochondrial COI gene of Ia io and other vespertilionids as outgroup. The node labels indicate posterior probability values. Samples included in this analysis are listed in Appendix.

FIGURE 3 in The first record of Ia io Thomas, 1902 (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Sundaic Subregion, with a description of a new subspecies from peninsular Thailand

FIGURE 3. Comparison of the cranial and dental characters between (a) I. io peninsulata subsp. nov., PSUZC-MM2012.158 (holotype), male, from peninsular Thailand, and (b) I. io io BMNH.2.6.10.2 (holotype), male, from China. Scale bar = 5 mm.

FIGURE 6 in The first record of Ia io Thomas, 1902 (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Sundaic Subregion, with a description of a new subspecies from peninsular Thailand

FIGURE 6. Principal component analysis based on 12 craniodental measurements of I. io peninsulata subsp. nov. and I. io io. Factor loading scores are in table 2.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.