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[IO Islamic 1386] ديوان شمس تبريز

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Shams-i-Tabrîz.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1115 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 1386 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1115 The same. A smaller collection of ghazals in alphabetical order, defective at the beginning; it opens in the middle of a ghazal rhyming in ١, on fol. 271b. The second (i.e. the first complete one) begins in l. 5 of the same page: ساقيا در نوش آور شيرۀ عنقود را الخ, corresponding to No. 203 (1109 in this Cat.), fol. 23a margin, l. 17. Some rubâ’îs at the end. A few additions on the margin. This copy is written by the same hand as No. 1064 above, i.e. about A.H. 1029 and 1030 (A.D. 1620, 1621). No. 1386, ff. 271-335, 4 coll., each ll. 27-36; careless Nasta’lîḳ; size, 13 in. by 71/8 in.

[IO Islamic 2478] ديوان شمس تبريز

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Shams-i-Tabrîz.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1114 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 2478 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1114 The same. Another defective copy of ghazals in alphabetical order, beginning: اى طائران قدس را عشقت فزوده بالها درخرمن سوداى تو روحانيان را حالها Corresponding to No. 203 (1109 in this Cat.), fol. 18a margin, l. 3, and No. 2232 (1111 in this Cat.), fol. 7b, l. 4 ab infra (in both these copies there is in the second hemistich در حلقۀ substituted for در خرمن); the initial poem of No. 203 (1109 in this Cat.) is found here on fol. 4b. Lacunas after ff. 191 (ff. 192-194 left blank) and 196. On fol. 1a a seal of Abû Sa’îd Aḥmad, with the date A.H. 1096 (A.D. 1685). No. 2478, ff. 196, 2 centre-coll., each ll. 23, and a third on the margin, ll. 48; Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; many pages a little worm-eaten; size, 9¼ in. by 6 in.

[IO Islamic 2232] ديوان شمس تبريز

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Shams-i-Tabrîz.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1111 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 2232 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1111 The same. A very old and large, but unfortunately somewhat confused and extremely defective copy of Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî’s dîwân, consisting of several sections, each of which is arranged alphabetically. First section, ghazals intermixed with Tarji’ât, on fol. 5b, beginning, like the preceding copy, with the unalphabetical poem: الحمد لله الذى الخ. The second ghazal (the first alphabetical one) begins: داد و گفت ای پادشا چون بی نیازی تو زما الخ. A few other ghazals in the middle and also the last one are unalphabetical; two lacunas after ff. 26 and 32, the former breaking off with the fifth bait of a ghazal in ت, beginning: باز رسيديم زميخانه مست الخ, corresponding to No. 203 (1109 in this Cat.), fol. 81a, last line; the latter with the second bait of a ghazal in د, beginning: رفتيم و بقيّه را بقا باد الخ, corresponding to No. 203, fol. 100b, margin, l. 6 ab infra. Second section, of similar contents, on fol. 210b, beginning: عقل در يابد ترا يا عشق يا جان صفا الخ. Lacunas after ff. 266 (267a filled with a horoscope), 298, 328, and 366; the first breaking off with the second bait of a ghazal in د, beginning: در تابش خورشيدست الخ, corresponding to No. 203, fol. 124a margin, l. 19; after the second all ghazals in ر and a number of those in ز are missing; the first complete ghazal, on fol. 299a, begins: ساقئ روحانيان روح شدم خيز خيز, corresponding to No. 203, fol. 200a margin, l. 1; the third breaking off with the fourth bait of a ghazal in م, beginning : از اصل چو حور زاد باشيم الخ, corresponding to No. 203, fol. 261b, l. 5 whilst fol. 329a opens with a poem in ن : اى زهجران تو مردم طرب و راحت من الخ; the fourth breaking off in a ghazal in ى, beginning: اگر آب و گل ما را چو جان و دل پری بودی الخ, which cannot be traced in No. 203, nor in any of the other copies. Third section, of ghazals, on fol. 373a, beginning with a poem in د : اى كه بر روى تو خورشيد فلك كرده سجود الخ, after which at once ghazals in ر follow. A large lacuna after fol. 387 (fol. 388 filled with scribbling), which breaks off with the second bait of a ghazal in ر, beginning: اى دلير مهروى من الخ, which cannot be traced in the other copies; fol. 389a begins in the middle of a ghazal in ى. On fol. 407a sq. a series of rubâ’îs; at the end some poems without alphabetical order, again with lacunas after ff. 419 and 424. Ff. 1-5a contain a story in prose (حكايت) not connected with the dîwân at all. At the end of the first section appears the date A.H. 825 (A.D. 1422), and the name of the traoscriber of that part of the MS., Muḥammad ‘Âdil Ḳâsimkhân, of Harât. On fol. 1a among other entries the date A.H. 1022 (A.D. 1613). College of Fort William, 1825. No. 2232, ff. 425, 2 coll. Sometimes three and four, varying between 11 and 25 lines in a page; written partly in Nasta’lîḳ, partly in Shikasta, by a great number of different; size, 11¾ in. by 7 in.

[IO Islamic 580] ديوان شمس تبريز

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Shams-i-Tabrîz.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1113 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 580 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1113 The same. Another collection of Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî’s ghazals in alphabetical order, defective at the end, and forming the second half of the complete dîwân of the poet; it begins with poems rhyming in م and breaks off in a poem rhyming in ى. According to the Arabic paging the missing first half of this dîwân must have contained 406 leaves (this copy beginning with fol. ٤٠٧). Beginning of the first ghazal in م : اى عاشقان اى عاشقان از جان غلام حيدرم زيرا كه اندر راه دين حيدر مرا شد رهبرم This copy is a little worm-eaten and slightly injured in many places. Occasionally various readings on the margin. No. 580, ff. 276. 2 coll., each ll. 19; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 12 in. by 6½ in.

[IO Islamic 775] كلّيّات سعدى

<ul> <li>Kulliyyây-i-Sa’dî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1125 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 775 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1125 The same. Contents: 1.The collector’s preface, on fol. 1b. 2.Five risâlas, i.e. risâlas 2-6 of the usual copies (the first, در تقرير ديباچه, is wanting here, just as in the preceding copy); the first (second risâlah), in five مجلس , on ff. 5a, 7a, 10a, 11b, and 14a; the second (third risâlah), on fol. 18b; the third (fourth risâlah), on fol. 19b (here entitled: از سؤال مولانا شمس الدين, and beginning: سؤال مولانا شمس الدين نطنزى از شيخ سعدى منظومه سالك راه خدا الخ; the fourth (fifth risâlah), on fol. 21a; the fifth (sixth risâlah), containing the three stories , on fol. 27b. A fihrist of the following sixteen parts (or books) of this copy, on fol. 30b. 3.Gulistân, on fol. 31a. 4.Bûstân, on fol.89b. 5.Arabic ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 154a. 6.Persian ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 160a. 7.Marâthî, on fol. 184b. 8.Mulamma’ât, on fol. 189b, beginning here: وقتها يكدم نياسودى تنم الخ (corresponding to the initial bait in No. 782 of the Berlin Cat., Pertsch, p,. 805, and No. 683 of the Bodleian Cat., col. 530). 9.Tarji’ât, on fol. 194a, beginning here: اى سرو بلند قامت دوست الخ (corresponding to the initial bait in No. 1117 in this Cat.). 10.Ṭayyibât, on fol. 200b. 11.Badâ’i’, on fol. 279b. 12.Khawâtîm on fol. 332a, beginning here: گر ماه من بر افگند نقابرا الخ. 13.Early ghazals, on fol. 351b, beginning here : وه كه گر من باز بينم روى يار خويش را الخ (corresponding to No. 1121 in this Cat., fol. 208a margin). 14. Ṣâḥibiyyah, on fol. 367b, with the usual prose-preface; the first poem begins here: يا رب تو هر چه بهتر و نيكوترش بده الخ (see the same initial bait in No. 692 of the Bodleian Cat., col. 539). 15.Muḳaṭṭa’ât, on fol. 378b, beginning: گويند سعديا الخ . 16.Khabithât (or Muṭâyabât), on fol. 386a, beginning with the usual prose-lines; the initial bait of first poem corresponds to that in Nos. 1118 and 1122 in this Cat. On the margin of ff. 386b-389b there are added the Hazliyyât styled: المجالس الثلثة فى الهزل. 17.Rubâ’iyyât, on fol. 395b. 18.Mufradât, on fol. 406a. The Muḍḥiḳât are wanting in this copy. One leaf at the end seems to be missing. No date. The right order of ff. 400-410 is: 400, 409, 402, 403, 407, 404- 406, 401, 408, and 410. No. 775, ff. 410, 2 coll., each ll. 21 (on ff. 89b-153b, 3 coll.); Naskhî, many pages injured; an illuminated heading at the beginning of nearly every part; size, 93/4 in. by 55/8 in.

[IO Islamic 332] كلّيّات سعدى

<ul> <li>Kulliyyây-i-Sa’dî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1124 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 332 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1124 The same. Another exquisitely written and most splendidly ornamented copy, likewise without a date. Contents: 1.Six risâlas, in the following curious arrangement: the first corresponds to the second of the usual copies, i.e. the مجالس خمسه or five homilies, on ff. 4b, 6a, 9a, 10b, last line, and 13b, beginning: الحمد لله الذى خلق الخ; the second is identical with the usual third, styled here در بيان صاحب ديوان و جواب, on fol. 18b margin; the third is the usual fourth (therefore correctly called here (رسالۀ چهارم , styled در علم و عشق, on fol. 20a; the fourth ( called correctly رسالۀ پنجم) corresponds to the usual fifth, styled در نصيحت ملوك, on fol. 21b margin; The fifth to the second story of the usual sixth (therefore called here رسالۀ دوم در نصيحت ملك انكيانو), beginning: معلوم شد كه خسرو عادل الخ ; the sixth to the third story of the same ( called here رسالۀ سيوم در مدح ملك شمس الدين تازیگو), beginning: در زمان حكومت ملك عادل الخ. There are consequently missing the collector’s preface, the usual first risâlah در تقرير ديباچه, and the first story, رسالۀ ملاقات اباقا, of the usual sixth risâlah. 2.Gulistân, on fol. 34b. 3.Bûstân, on fol. 96b. 4.Arabic ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 166b. 5.Persian ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 173b. 6.Marâthî, on fol. 197b. 7.Mulamma’ât, on fol. 201b. 8.Tarjî’ât, on fol. 205b. 9. Ṭayyibât, on fol. 211b. All theses parts begin as in the preceding copy. 10.Badâ’i’, on fol. 288b, beginning: اى كه انكار كنى عالم درويشانرا الخ (corresponding to No. 1117 in this Cat., Fol. 254a, first line). 11.Khawâtîm, on fol. 322b. 12.Early ghazals, on fol. 335b. Beginning of both parts as usual. 13.Ṣâḥibiyyah, on fol. 342b, with the usual pros-preface. The initial poem is the same as in Nos. 1118 and 1119 in this Cat., viz. نگين ختم رسالت الخ. 14.Muḳaṭṭa’ât, on fol. 357b, beginning : تو آن نكردۀ الخ. 15.Muṭâyabât (or Khabîthât), on fol. 359a margin, beginning:.قال السّعدى الخ The Rubâ’iyyât, Mufradât, and Muḍḥikât are wanting here. No. 332, ff. 366, 2 center-coll., each ll. 19, And a third on the margin, ll. 14; small, but clear Nasta’lîḳ; the whole copy beautifully embellished throughout; illuminated frontispieces, with luxurious ornaments on the same and the following page, on ff. 4b, 34b, 96b, 166b, 173b, 211b, 288b, 322b, 335b, and 342b; very carefully drawn pictures on ff. 1b (Sa’dî’s likeness), 2b, 3a, 4a, 18a, 66b, 100b, 130b, 181b, 209b, 228b, 233b, 250a, 285a, 310b, 359b, 363b, 364b, 365a, and 366a; size, 103/4 in. by 61/3 in.

[IO Islamic 1391] كلّيّات سعدى

<ul> <li>Kulliyyây-i-Sa’dî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1123 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 1391 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1123 The same. Another excellent copy, splendidly illustrated, without a date; unfortunately this copy is injured and spoilt in many places. Contents: A.Centre-column: 1.The collector’s preface, on fol. 3b. 2.The usual six risâlas (كتاب رسائل): first, on fol. 8b; second, in five مجلس (در مجلس پنجگانه), on fol. 18b; third, on fol. 64b; fourth, on fol. 68a; fifth, on fol.73a; sixth (without a heading), in three risâlât or stories, in the same order as in the preceding copy, on ff. 95a, 97b, last line, and 102b. 3.Gulistân, on fol. 104b. 4.Hazliyyât (here wrongly styled Muḍḥikât, see No. 1120 in this Cat., fol. 399a sq.), beginning, on fol. 296b: اللعن ( اللّعين ) الشيطان الخ. B.Margin-columns: 5.Bûstân, on fol. 4b, beginning : بنام خداوند جان آفرين الخ. 6.Arabic ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 96b, beginning as usual: حسبت الخ. 7.Persian ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 104b, beginning : .شكر و سپاس الخ 8.Marâthî, on fol. 131b, beginning: .دل شكسته الخ 9.Mulamma’ât, on fol. 135b, beginning: تو خون خلق الخ. 10.Tarjî’ât, on fol. 139b, beginning: اى زلف تو الخ . 11.Ṭayyibât, on fol. 145b, beginning: اوّل دفتر الخ. 12.Badâ’i’, on fol. 221b, beginning: الحمد لله ربّ الخ. 13.Khawâtîm, on fol. 256b, beginning : سپاس و حمد الخ . 14.Early ghazals, on fol. 268b, beginning: اى يار ناگزير الخ. 15.Ṣâḥibiyyah, on fol. 273b, beginning: الحمد لله على نعمه الخ 16.Muḳaṭṭa’ât, on fol. 292b, beginning: تو آن نكردۀ الخ. 17.Muṭâyabât (or Khabîthât), on fol. 294b, beginning: قال السّعدى الخ . 18.Rubâ’iyyât, on fol. 303b, beginning: هر ساعتم اندرون الخ. 19.Fardiyyât, on fol. 313b, beginning: و ربّ علاّم الخ. The real Muḍḥikât are wanting in this copy, which was transcribed by Muḥammad bin Ḳiwâm of Shîrâz. No. 1391, ff. 316, 1 centre-col., ll. 10, 2 margin-coll., each ll. 24; Nasta’lîḳ; four large pictures, surrounded by gilt frames, on ff. 1b, 2a, 315b, and 316a, smaller pictures on ff. 21b, 22a, 27b, 47a, 53b, 61b, 62a, 72b, 95a, 148b, 149a, 168a, 175b, 183b, 184a, 215b, 219b, 237b, 251a, 306b, and 307a; ff. 2b, 3a, 3b, and 4a illuminated in the most luxurious manner, and the finest Eastern workmanship; other almost equally splendid illuminations throughout; particularly grand frontispieces, on ff. 96b, 104b, 131b, 135b, 139b, 145b, 221b, 256b, 268b, 273b, 292b, 294b, 296b, 303b, and 313b; size, 13¼ in. by 8½ in.

[IO Islamic 407] كلّيّات سعدى

<ul> <li>Kulliyyây-i-Sa’dî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1122 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 407 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1122 The same. Another splendid copy of Sa’di’ Kulliyyât, very carefully written, and tolerably old, but not dated. Contents: 1.The collector’s preface, on fol. 2b. 2.Six risâlas of the usual contents; first, on fol. 4b; second, in five مجلس, on ff. 8a, 10b, 14a, 15b, and 19a; third, on fol.25a; fourth, on fol. 26b; fifth, on fol.29a; sixth, containing the three stories (حكايات), viz. the رسالۀ ملاقات اباقا, on fol. 38a; the نصيحت انكيانو, on fol. 39a; and the حكايت ملك شمس الدين, on fol. 41a. 3.Gulistân, on fol. 42a. 4.Bûstân, on fol. 128b. 5.Arabic ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 260b, preceded by a فهرست, on fol. 259b; beginning: ملك الهوى قلبى و جاش مغيّر الخ (corresponding to fol. 342b, last line, in No. 1117 in this Cat.) 6.Persian ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 272b, preceded by a فهرست ; beginning: شكر و سپاس الخ . 7.Marâthî, on fol. 311b, beginning: دل شكسته الخ. 8.Mulamma’ât, on fol. 317b, beginning: تو خون خلق الخ. 9.Tarjî’ât, on fol. 324a, beginning : اى زلف تو الخ. 10. Ṭayyibât, on fol. 339b, preceded by a فهرست, on fol.333a; beginning: اوّل دفتر بنام الخ 11.Badâ’i’, on fol. 464b, preceded by a فهرست , on fol. 461a; beginning:الحمد لله ربّ العالمين الخ. 12.Khawâtîm, or as they are called here more fully, Ghazaliyyât-i-Khawâtîm (غزليّات خواتيم), on fol. 523b, preceded by a فهرست , on fol. 522a; beginning: سپاس و حمد بى پايان الخ. 13.Early ghazals, on fol. 544a, preceded by a فهرست, on fol. 543a; beginning: اى يار ناگزير الخ . 14.Ṣâḥibiyyah, beginning, on fol. 554a, with the usual short prose-introduction; the first poem begins here thus: ثنا و حمد بى پایان خدارا كه صنعش در وجود آورد مارا (see the same initial bait in Nos. 681 and 683 of the Bodleian Cat., coll. 528 and 530). 15.Muḳaṭṭa’ât, on fol. 586a, beginning: تو آن نكردۀ الخ. 16.Khabîthât, on fol. 589b, beginning with the usual prose-preface; the first initial poem begins thus: عارفى چشم دل بروى داشت الخ (identical with the beginning in No. 1118 in this Cat., fol. 462b) On fol. 600a there are added (as part of the Khabîthât) the Hazliyyât, beginning: (read اللعين) اللعن الشيطان الخ. 17.Rubâ’iyyât, on fol. 606a, beginning : هر ساعتم اندرون الخ. 18.Mufradât, on fol. 617b, beginning: السّعى فى دمى الخ (read و كلّ عدوّ بالغ) وكلّ بالغ (corresponding to fol. 374a, last line, in No. 1117 in this Cat.). The Muḍḥikât are wanting in this copy. An index on the fly-leaves. No. 407, ff. 623, 2 centre-coll., each ll. 17; clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; the first four pages luxuriously ornamented; splendidly illuminated frontispieces or smaller headings at the beginning of each part; size, 9½ in. by 5¾ in.

[IO Islamic 877] كلّيّات سعدى

<ul> <li>Kulliyyây-i-Sa’dî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1119 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 877 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1119 The same. Contents: 1.The collector’s preface, slightly defective at the beginning, on fol.1b. 2.Six risâlas; the first, on fol. 3a (در تقرير ديباچه); the second, in five مجلس, on ff. 7a, 9a, 12b, 14b, and 17b; the third, on fol. 23a (رسالۀ صاحب ديوان), beginning here: خواجۀ صاحب فرمان نيكو سيرت الخ ; the fourth, on fol. 24b (در عقل و عشق); the fifth, on fol. 26b (در نصيحة الملوك); the sixth, on fol. 34b, is styled here رسائل ثلاثة, and comprises the three stories, referring to Abâḳâkhân, Ankiyânû, and Malik Shams-aldîn, which form risâlas 6-8 in the preceding copy. The second story, on fol. 35b, is headed here نصيحه و پند ; the third begins on fol. 37b. 3.Gulistân, on fol. 38b. 4.Bûstân, on fol. 110b. 5.Persian ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 205a, beginning as in the two preceding copies. 6.Marâthî, on fol. 232b, beginning as in the preceding copy. 7.Mulamma’ât, on fol. 237a, also beginning as in the preceding copy. 8.Ṭayyibât, on fol. 247b, beginning: اوّل دفتر الخ. 9.Badâ’i’ , on fol. 340a, beginning as usual. 10.Khawâtîm, on fol. 381a, beginning as in the preceding copy. 11.Early ghazals, on fol. 396b, beginning: اى يار الخ. 12.Ṣâḥibiyyah, on fol. 403b; prose-introduction and initial bait the same as in the preceding copy. 13.Muḳaṭṭa’ât, on fol. 424a, beginning: تو آن نكردۀ از فعل خير با من و غير الخ (corresponding to fol. 355a, l. 4, in No. 1117 in this Cat.) 14.Rubâ’iyyât, on fol. 429b, beginning :هر ساعتم الخ. 15.Fardiyyât, on fol. 439b, beginning: وربّ غلام صائب الخ. The Arabic ḳaṣîdas, the Tarjî’ât, the Hazliyyât or mock homilies, and the Muḍḥikât are entirely wanting in this copy, which is besides slightly injured and effaced in many places. It is dated the 26th of Jumâdâ-althânî, A.H. 951 (A.D. 1544, September 14). No. 877, ff. 444, 2 center-coll., each 11. 17, and a third on the margin, ll. 12; small, but distinct Nasta’lîḳ; an illuminated heading at the beginning of each part; size, 91/2 in. by 61/8 in.

[IO Islamic 178] كلّيّات سعدى

<ul> <li>Kulliyyây-i-Sa’dî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1121 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 178 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1121 The same. Contents: 1.The collector’s preface, on fol. 1b, beginning as usual. There is an index, on fol. 2b, according to which this collection is to be divided into seven risâlas and sixteen kitâbs, the latter consisting of (1) سعدى نامه ; (2) گلستان ; (3)قصائد عربى; (4) ملمّعات و مثلّثات ; (5) قصائد فارسى ; (6) مراثى و ترجيع مراثى ; (7) ترجيعبند ; (8) طيّبات (9) بدائع ; (10) خواتيم ; (11) غزليّات قديم; (12) صاحبيّه ; (13) مقطّعات ; (14) خبيثات و مطايبات; (15)رباعيّات; (16) مفردات. The preliminary words of this index (comp. on the various modifications of the text, Rosen, Persian MSS., pp. 176-180) run here in a very short and inconsistent way, thus, on fol. 2a margin: بدان كه اين ديوان مشتمل است بر هفت (؟ هشت) رساله و شانزده كتاب چنانچه در افواه عوامّ منتشرست وازین است كه گویند دبوان شيخ بيست و چهار كتاب است پس بدين ترتيب بنياد كرده بولا نهاده شد’. In the copy itself no trace of this division is found, beyond the seven risâlas, the Gulistân, and Bûstân. 2.Seven risâlas, i.e. the usual six and the مجلس هزل, or the first of the three mock homilies counted as seventh; first risâlah, on fol. 2b margin; second (here must be read رسالۀ دوم instead of رسالۀ اوّل ), in five majlis, on ff. 5b, 7a margin, 10a, 11a, and 13a; third, on fol. 17a margin; fourth, on fol. 18b (در عقل و عشق, or as it is styled in the index: در عقل و عشق و رجحان عشق بر عقل) ; fifth, on fol. 20a; sixth, containing in this copy the second story only, در نصيحت انكيانو, on fol. 26a; seventh, on fol. 27a margin, beginning (as in No. 683 in the Bodleian Cat., col. 530, No. 7): چنین فرماید صاحب السیف و الفرس الخ. 3.Gulistân, on fol.30b. 4.Bûstân, or Sa’dînâma, on fol. 86b, beginning: بنام جهاندارجان آفرين الخ. 5.Dîwân (ديوان), consisting of: a.Ḳaṣîdas, the first of which is an Arabic one, beginning, on fol. 167b: . الحمد الله ربّ العالمين على الخ The second, or first Persian one, begins in the usual way: شكر و سپاس و منّت الخ b.Marâthî, on fol. 191b, beginning like the Tarjî’ât in the preceding copy: غريبانرا دل از مهر تو خونست الخ. c.Tarjî’ât, on fol. 200a, beginning: .اى زلف تو الخ d.Ghazals, in alphabetical order, comprising the Ṭayyibât, Bâdâ’i’, Khawâtîm, and early ghazals, exactly as No. 8 in the preceding copy, on fol. 206b margin. Beginning: سپاس و حمد بى پايان خدارا الخ (which is usually the initial bait of the Khwâtîm, see No. 1118 in this Cat., fol. 412b). e.Muḳaṭṭa’ât, in alphabetical order, on fol. 338b, beginning: سخن بذكر تو آراستن مراد آنست كه پیش اهل ادب منصبى بود ما را This poem is included in some copies in the Ṣâḥibiyyah, see, for instance, No. 694 in the Bodleian Cat., col. 540, and W. Pertsch, p. 97, No. 70. The initial ḳiṭ’ah of No. 1117 in this Cat., is found here on fol. 340a, l. 3 sq. f.Rubâ’îs (not separated by a special heading from the Muḳaṭṭa’ât), beginning apparently, on fol. 348b margin, with a quatrain in the metre of هزج ( مفاعيلن مفاعيلن فعولن ) : جهانرا الخ تدبير ( خداونديست) خداوندى است (see the same initial rubâ’î further down in No. 1127 in this Cat.); the first rubâ’î , in the orthodox metre, begins, on fol. 349a, as in No. 687 of the Bodleian Cat., col. 535, No. 23: اسيرند بيا الخ (read according to metre بدرگهت)عشّاق بدرگۀ تو. g.Muṭâyahât or Khabithât (here incorrectly styled فى الهزل و المزاخ), on fol. 356a margin; beginning of the prose-preface:قال السّعدى الزمنى بعض الخ. The first poem is identical with that in No. 1117 in this Cat.: خوش بود عيش الخ. h.Short mathnawîs (see No. 1120 in this Cat., in the part of the Mulamma’ât and the remark there-upon) here styled Naṣâ’iḥ (نصائح), or admonitions, and beginning, on fol. 360a margin: پيرى اندر قبيلۀ ما بود – كه جهان ديده تر زعنقا بود There are wanting in this copy the Arabic ḳaṣîdas, except the one at the beginning of No. 5, the Mulama’ât, the Ṣâḥibiyyah, the Hazliyyât, the Mufradât, and the Muḍḥikât. It is dated the 20th of Ramaḍân, A.H. 1039 (A.D. 1630, May 3), by Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Shîr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Jiw ibn Yûsuf. The copy was formerly in the possession of Sayyid Ḳuṭbi-khân, who bought it for twenty-five rupees. No. 178, ff. 364, 2 centre-coll., each ll. 14, and a third on the margin, ll. 13; Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1b, 30b, 86b, and 167b; size, 11 in. by 6¼ in.

[IO Islamic 843] كلّيّات سعدى

<ul> <li>Kulliyyây-i-Sa’dî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1120 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 843 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1120 The same. Contents: 1.The collectors’s preface, on fol. 2b. 2.The usual six risâlas; the first, on fol. 4a; the second, in five مجلس , on ff. 7a, last line, 9b, 12a, 13b margin, and 16a, last line; the third (here wrongly styled مجلس خامس), on fol. 21a, beginning: صاحب قران خواجۀ زمان الخ; the fourth ( here wrongly styled المجلس الرابع) , on fol. 22b; it is headed فى صفت العقل, and a few lines further down در تعريف عقل و عشق, and begins in the usual way: سالك راه الخ ; the fifth, on fol. 24a; the sixth, containing the three stories, on fol. 31a (the second story در مدح انكيانو is here designated as رسالۀ دوم ; and the third رسالۀ ملك شمس الدين as المجلس الثالث). 3.Gulistân, on ff. 34b-37b and 71a-115a. 4.Bûstân, on ff. 115b-171b, 48a-70b, and 172a-175a (the leaves from 47-172 being misplaced). 5.Arabic ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 175b. 6.Persian ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 183b. 7.Tarjî’ât, on fol. 208a margin, beginning: غريبان را دل از مهر تو خونست الخ. This initial bait is found in the immediately following copy, at the beginning of the Marâthî, and in No. 683 of the Bodleian Cat., col. 530, No. 13, at that of the ترجيعات و مراثي , a combination of refrain-poems and elegies which seems to be implied here too. 8.Ghazaliyyât (غزليّات), comprising the four branches, separated in all the preceding copies, viz. The Ṭayyibât, the early ghazals, the Badâ’i’, and the Khawâtîm, on fol. 223b, beginning: اوّل دفتر بنام ايزد الخ . Exactly the same combination of the minor lyrical pomes of Sa’dî is found in the following copy, No. 1121. These collected ghazals have been specially edited (together with the بهار دانش), Calcutta, about 1784, and 1811. 9. Ṣâḥibiyyah, on fol. 372b, beginning with the usual prose-introduction, thus الحمد لله على فضائل نعمه الخ. 10.Mulamma’ât and Mathnawiyyât (مثنويّات) , on fol. 384b, beginning: همه را ده چو میدهى مرسوم نه يكى را ده و دگر محرم Short pieces in mathnawî-form at the end of the Ṣâḥibiyyah are also noticed in Rieu’s first copy, on fol. 322 sq., and in Nos, 682 and 692 of the Bodleian Cat., coll. 529 and 539. 11.Muḳaṭṭa’ât, on fol. 389b, beginning, as in the preceding copy: تو آن نكردۀ از فعل الخ. 12.Khabîthât, or obscene poems, on fol. 391a, beginning: بعض الخ ( read السّعدى الزمنى) قال السّعد الومنى. 13.Hazliyyât (here wrongly styled Muḍḥikât and Hazliyyât, since the Muḍḥikât appear immediately after as a special item), i.e. the three mock homilies, on ff. 399a, 401b, and 403a, beginning: (read اللّعين) العن الشيطان الخ. 14.Muḍḥikât, on fol. 404b, beginning: شخصى از فقيهى الخ. 15.Rubâiyyât, on fol. 405b, beginning: اى چشم تو مست الخ, corresponding to the last but three in No. 1117 in this Cat., fol. 373a, and to the initial rubâ’î in No. 688 in the Bodleian Cat., col. 536 , No. 11. 16 Fardiyyât, on fol. 411a, beginning: و ربّ غلام الخ. Copied A.H. 1034 (A.D. 1624, 1625), by Maḥmûd the scribe of Shîrâz. No. 843, ff. 414, 2 centre-coll., each ll. 19, and a third on the margin , ll. 12; clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; luxurious illuminations throughout, the most splendid ones on ff. 2b, 3a, 34b, 35a, 115b, 116a, 175b, 176a, 183b, 184a, 223b, 224b, 372b, 373a, 405b, and 406a; pictures on ff. 1b,2a, 20b, 42b, 48b, 57a, 68b, 86a, 117a, 140b, 151b, 160a, 232a, 246a, 291a, 322a, 339a, 392a, 413b, and 414a; size, 13 in. by 7¾ in.

[IO Islamic 287] كلّيّات سعدى

<ul> <li>Kulliyyây-i-Sa’dî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1118 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 287 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1118 Another copy of the same. This copy of Sa’dî’s Kulliyyât, the next in age to the preceding one, contains: 1.The preface of ‘Alî bin Aḥmad bin Abûbakr Bîsutûn (or even bin Bîsutûn, see Rieu ii. p. 596b, and G. Flügel i. pp. 529 and 530), who collected and arranged Sa’dî’s works between A.H. 726 and 734 (A.D. 1326-1334), comp. Bacher, Sa’dî-Studien, pp. 82 and 83, and Rosen’s remarks about it, Persian MSS., p. 175 sq. It begins, on fol. 1b: شكر و سپاس معبودى را جلّت قدرته الخ, and has been translated into English by J.H. Harington, in his Introduction to the Calcutta edition of the Kulliyyât, pp. 24-26. 2.Eight risâlas, the first of which is wrongly styled here در مجلس پنجگانه (a title belonging properly to the second), and is simply identical with the usual first risâlah در تقرير ديباچه (comp. the following copies, and see Bacher, loc. cit., p. 84), beginning, on fol. 3b: سپاس بی غايت و ستايش بى نهايت الخ ; the second (in five مجلس, on ff. 6b, 8b, 11b, 13a, and 15b) contains, as in the preceding copy, the five homilies, and begins with the introductory ḳaṣidah (which is left out there): الحمد لله الذى خلق الوجود من العدم الخ ; the third is the usual one, رسالۀ صاحب ديوان or در سؤال صاحب ديوان, beginning, on fol. 21b: خواجۀ زمان نيكو سيرت الخ; it has been translated into English by Harington, Introduction, pp. 14-17, and into German by Graf, Lustgarten, ii. pp. 136-142; the fourth (also the usual one), در عقل و عشق, begins, on fol. 23b: سالك راه خدا پادشۀ ملك الخ ; the fifth (likewise the usual one), در نصيحة الملوك, begins , on fol. 25b: الحمد لله الكافى حسب الخلائق وحده الخ ; the text has been edited by Latouche (Zenker ii. 484); and by Barb (Vienna, 1856); the sixth, on fol. 32b, is styled here رسالۀ ملاقات اباقا , is identical with the first story of the usual sixth risâlah, Sa’di’s interview with Sulṭân Abâḳâ, and begins: شيخ سعدى رحمة الله عليه فرمود الخ ; it has been translated into English by Harington, Introduction, pp. 17-19, and into German by Graf, Lustgarten, ii. pp. 142-146; the seventh, on fol. 33b, is styled رساله در نصيحت و رغبت پروری (in the colophon simply نصائح), is identical with the second story (in some copies the third story) of the usual sixth risâlah, the نصيحت انكيانو or رسالۀ انكيانو, Sa’di’s advice to Aukiyânû, the Moghul governor of Fârs, A.H. 667-670 (A.D. 1268-1272), and begins: معلوم شد كه خسرو عادل دام دولته الخ ; the eighth, on fol. 35b, is styled رساله در فوائد سفر , is identical with the حكايت ملك شمس الدين تازيگو, or Sa’di’s anecdote relating to Malik Shams-aldîn, the chief revenue-collector or lord-lieutenant of Fârs since A.H. 676 (A.D. 1277), and begins: در زمان حكومت ملك عادل مرحوم شمس الدين الخ ; it has been translated into English by Harington, Introduction, pp. 19-21, and into German by Graf, Lustgarten, ii. pp. 146-148. 3.Gulistân, on fol.36b. 4.Bûstân (here styled again سعدى نامه), on fol. 107b. 5.Arabic ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 207b. 6.Persian ḳaṣîdas, on fol.214b, preceded by a فهرست, on fol. 213b; beginning as in the preceding copy. 7.Marâthî, on fol. 242b, preceded by a فهرست, on fol. 242a; they begin here: دل شكسته كه مرهم نهد دگر بارش الخ (Calcutta ed., fol. ٢٤٥). 8.Mulamma’ât, on fol. 247b, preceded by a فهرست on fol. 247a; they begin: تو خون خلق بريزى و روى در تابى الخ. 9.Tarjî’ât, on fol. 249b, beginning: اى زلف تو الخ (see the preceding copy, fol. 349a). 10.Ṭayyibât, on fol. 262b, preceded by a فهرست, on fol. 256b; they begin: اوّل دفتر بنام ايزد دانا الخ (Calcutta ed., fol. ٣٦٤). 11.Badâ’i’, on fol. 366b, preceded by a فهرست , on fol. 363b; beginning as in the preceding copy. 12.Khawâtîm, on fol. 412b, preceded by a فهرست, on fol. 410b; they begin: سپاس و حمد بي پایان خدارا الخ (Calcutta ed., fol. ۴١٥). 13.Ghazaliyyât-i-ḳadîm (غزليّات قديم), or early ghazals (wanting in the preceding copy), on fol. 430b, preceded by a فهرست, on fol. 429b; they begin : اى يار ناگزير كه دل در هواى تست الخ (Calcutta ed., fol. ۴٣٠). 14.Ṣâḥibiyyah (صاحبيّه), or epigrammatic poems (wanting in the preceding copy), on fol. 437b, beginning with the prose-introduction:الحمد لله على نعمه الخ (Calcutta ed., fol. ۴٣٨). Initial bait of the first poem: نگين ختم رسالت محمّد عربى شفيع روز قيامت محمّد مختار In other copies this poem is found among the Muḳaṭṭa’ât, see, for instance, No. 1121 in this Cat., fol. 345a, first line. These poems have been edited and translated into German by Bacher in ‘Sa’di’s Aphorismen und Sinngedichte,’Strassburg, 1879. 15.Khabîthât (خبيثات), or obscene poems, identical with the Muṭâyabât of the preceding copy (as they are styled here too at the end of the part), and beginning with the same lines in prose, on fol. 462b. Initial bait of the first poem: عارفى چشم دل بروى داشت الخ (corresponding to the seventh poem in the preceding copy, fol. 363b, and the initial poem in Nos. 681 and 747 of the Bodleian Cat.) 16.Hazliyyât (هزليّات), i.e. the mock homilies, called in the preceding copy مجلس هزل, in three مجلس, on ff. 472b, 476b, and 478b. Beginning of the first: اللّعين الشيطان الخ (Calcutta ed., ff. ۴٧٥-۴٨٠). 17.Muḍḥikât (مضحكات), or comic pieces in prose, on fol. 480b, beginning: شخصى از فقيهى سؤال كرد الخ ( Calcutta ed., fol. ۴٨١). 18.Rubâ’iyyât, on fol. 482b, beginning: هر ساعتم اندرون بجوشد خون را الخ. 19.Fardiyyât (فرديّات), or Mufradât, on fol. 494b, beginning: وربّ غلام صائم بطنه خلا الخ (corresponding to fol. 374a, l. 7, in the preceding copy). This copy, in which the Muḳaṭṭa’ât are wanting, is dated end of Muḥarram, A.H. 819 (A.D. 1416, March 30). By Fîrûzbakht bin Iṣfahânshâh. No. 287, ff. 499, 2 coll., each ll. 21; small Nasta’lîḳ; a small illuminated heading at the beginning of each part; larger illuminations on ff. 23a, 214a, 242a, 247a, and 499b; size, 7¾ in. by 4½ in.

[IO Islamic 472] بوستان

<ul> <li>Bûstân.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1138 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 472 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1138 The same. This copy was written by Kamâl; one half of the date is torn away, but what is left, viz. ٤٣, seems to indicate A.H. 1043 (A.D. 1633, 1634). No. 472, ff; 150, 2 coll., each ll. 14; excellent Nasta’lîḳ; illuminations on the first two pages; size, 8¾ in. by 5½ in.

[IO Islamic 2713] بوستان

<ul> <li>Bûstân.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1139 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 2713 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1139 The same. Beginning, the usual one: بنام خداوند جان آفرين الخ , but the various reading of جهاندار for خداوند (as in fact many copies read) has been suggested on the margin. The last bait of Graf’s edition is here the last but two; the additional two baits are: هزاران درود و هزاران سلام – زمان بر محمّد عليه السّلام ترا فتح و دولت هميشه مدام – بحقّ محمّد عليه السّلام، Copied A.H. 1081 (A.D. 1670, 1671) by ‘Abd-alrasûl ibn Maulânâ ‘Alî. Collated. Bibliotheca Leydeniana. On the fly-leaf at the back the following note: ‘The Bostan of Sadi; Palgatacherri, Aug., 1805; J. Leyden.’ No. 2713, ff. 150, 2 coll., each ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 95/8 in. by 57/8 in.

[IO Islamic 286] بوستان

<ul> <li>Bûstân.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1137 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 286 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1137 The same. Dated A.H. 1019 (A.D. 1610, 1611). No. 286, margin-col., ff. 1-116, ll. 36-38; Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece.

[IO Islamic 3485] بوستان

<ul> <li>Bûstân.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1136 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 3485 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul>   1136 Bûstân. Another copy of Sa’dî’s Bûstân, not dated, but old, probably belonging to the end of the tenth century of Hijrah. Beginning:بنام خداوند جان آفرين الخ. Bâb I, on fol. 5b; II, on fol. 40a; III, on fol. 58a; IV, on fol. 70b; V, on fol. 88a; VI, on fol. 95a; VII, on fol. 101a; VIII, on fol. 115b; IX, on fol. 124b; X, on fol. 131b. No. 3485, olim 20. J. 10, ff. 135, 2 coll., each ll. 15; very neat and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; size, 85/8 in. by 51/8 in.

[IO Islamic 3083] پند نامه

<ul> <li>Pandnâma.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1135 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 3083 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1135 The same. Beginning: كريما به بخشاى بر حال ما كه هستم اسيرى (!) كمند هوا Quite modern copy, dated the 16th of Rajab (without any year), by a scribe with the name of Muḥammad. No. 3083, ff. 1-9, ll. 14; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 73/4 in. by 53/8 in.

[IO Islamic 1345] پند نامه

<ul> <li>Pandnâma.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1134 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 1345 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1134 Pandnâma. Another copy of Sa’dî’s Pandnâma, beginning: كريما ببخشاى بر حال ما – كه هستم اسير كمند هوا comp. Nos. 1127 and 1133 in this Cat. Dated the 14th of Shawwâl, A.H. 1209 (A.D. 1795, May 4). No. 1345, ff. 1-10b, 2 coll., each ll. 13; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 71/2 in. by 45/8 in.

[IO Islamic 3299] Sa'dî's Works

<ul> <li>Kulliyyây-i-Sa’dî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1133 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 3299 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1133 Three works of Sa’dî. This splendid copy, illuminated throughout in the most gorgeous style, contains:- a.In the centre-column of ff. 1b-144b, Sa’dî’s Gulistân, slightly imperfect at the end (a few lines of the conclusion being missing in consequence of a lacuna after fol. 144). Bâb I, on fol. 12a; II, on fol. 44b; III, on fol. 69a; IV, on fol. 97a; V, on fol. 101a; VI, on fol. 117a; VII, on fol. 122a; VIII, on fol. 129b. b. In the margin-column of ff.1b-144b, Sa’dî’s Bûstân (at the end fifteen verses missing according to Graf’s edition, in consequence of the same lacuna). Bâb I, on fol. 8a; II, on fol. 41a; III, on fol. 58b; IV, on fol. 71b; fol. 89b, last line; VI, on fol. 97a; VII, on fol. 103b; VIII, on fol. 119b; IX, on fol. 129b; X, on fol. 141a. c.In the centre-column of ff. 145a-155a, Sa’dî’s Pandnâma, defective at the beginning (owing to the before-mentioned lacuna). There are five baits wanting; the first that appears here corresponds to the last on fol. 1b in the following copy. On the margin of ff. 145a-155a there is found the well-known religious mathnawî on the duties of a Muslim, styled نام حق or رسالۀ نام حق (as it is called here), likewise defective at the beginning; the first bait, which is the eighth in the usual copies (for instance, No. 1345 of the India Office Collection, fol. 56b), runs thus: روز و شب طالب قبول ويم – پيروى امّت رسول ويم Comp. on this poem, which is usually styled مقدّمة الصّلوة, Bodleian Cat., Nos. 1767 and 1768. The date of composition, viz. 693 of the Riḥlat, or A.H. 703 (A.D. 1303) is contained in the last verse. The whole MS., written throughout by the same hand, was transcribed at the request of Nawwâb ‘Abd-almuḥsinkhân, son of Nawwâb ‘Abd-alnabîkhân, by Mihr ‘Alî, Son of Muḥammad Ibrâhîm, and finished the 12th of Rabî-alawwal, A.H. 1165 (A.D. 1752, Jan. 29). On fol. 1a is a seal of John Henry Peile, جان هنرى پيل, with the date A.H. 1220 (A.D. 1805), And a statement in English, ‘that this MS. was the gift of Mr. Sanders, 1811, that it was presented by J. H. Peile, Esq. (of the Madras Civil Service), and received 19th September, 1818, transferred to Civil College (i.e. Haileybury), 9 Aug., 1819.’ No. 3299, ff. 155, ll. 11, and an additional margin-col., ll. 30; large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; splendid frontispiece on fol. 1b, every page, from first to last, adorned with gold borders round each line of the centre-column, and three corner-vignettes in various colours and designs; size, 103/8 in. by 61/2 in.

[IO Islamic 609] انتخاب ديوان سعدى

<ul> <li>Intikhâb-i-dîwân-i-Sa’dî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1132 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 609 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1132 Intikhâb-i-dîwân-i-Sa’dî (انتخاب ديوان سعدى). Short extracts from Sa’dî’s minor poems, consisting of ḳaṣîdas and ghazals, with a few ḳiṭ’as and rubâ’îs at the end. Beginning:شكر و سپاس و نعمت و منّت خدايرا (the usual beginning of the قصائد فارسيّه , see the preceding copies). No date. No. 609, ff. 215b-244, 2 centre-coll., each ll. 15, and a third on the margin, ll. 24-28; Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; the first two pages richly ornamented; a drawing on fol. 244b; size, 93/4 in. by 51/2 in.