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[IO Islamic 2650] ترجمۀ اشعار گلستان

<ul> <li>Tarjuma-i-Ash’âr-i-Gulistân.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1184 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 2650 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1184 Tarjuma-i-Ash’âr-i-Gulistân (ترجمۀ اشعار گلستان). A Persian translation of all the Arabic verses and sentences which occur in Sa’dî’s Gulistân, by an anonymous another, beginning:الحمد لله المعبود كه مناشير تناشير الخ. This paraphrase is divided into five faṣls, the first of which comprises the verses of the Ḳurân (در كتاب و آيات مجيد); the second, the traditions (در احاديث عظيم); the third, the sayings of the Shaikhs (در قول مشايخ); the fourth, all the rest of the Arabic verses (در اشعار عربيّه); and the fifth, whole Arabic phrases and sentences (در لغات و كلمات تامّات). The third and fifth of these faṣls are entirely missing in this copy. The first begins on fol. 250b, the second on fol. 252a, and the fourth on fol. 253b. No. 2650, ff. 250-257, ll. 17; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 121/8 in. by 7 in.

[IO Islamic 1481] فرهنگ گلستان

<ul> <li>Farhang-i-Gulistân.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1182 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 1481 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1182 Farhang-i-Gulistân (فرهنگ گلستان). A short Persian paraphrase of the difficult Arabic and Persian verses, the sentences of the Ḳurân, traditions of the Prophet, Sayings of other great Shaikhs, and a great many single words, especially of Arabic origin, which occur in Sa’di’s Gulistân, composed by Junaid bin ‘Abdallâh, and beginning: الحمد لله على نعمائه و الصّلوة على رسوله و السّلام على اصحابه قال الخ. It is divided into three ḳisms: قسم اوّل اشعار عربى و بعضى فارسئ مشكل‘ قسم دويم در مركّبات معانئ بعضى اقوال اكابر و حديث نبوى و كلام ربّانى‘ قسم سيوم در لغات مفردات و حروف تهجّى‘ The third ḳism begins on fol. 158a. The Persian paraphrase is an interlinear one, and written in much smaller characters than the original words and phrases. Finished the 15th of Rajab, in the fourteenth year of Muḥammadshâh’s reign (=A.H. 1145, A.D. 1733, Jan. 1). No. 1481, ff. 149b-171, ll. 18; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 6¾ in. by 3½ in.

[IO Islamic 2787] شرح گلستان

<ul> <li>Sharḥ-i-Gulistân.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1181 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 2787 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1181 Sharḥ-i-Gulistân (شرح گلستان). Another commentary on the Gulistân, by Muḥammad Nûr-allâh Aḥrârî, see A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 550, beginning, on fol. 24b: منّت مر خدايرا عزّو جلّ كه زبان گویا را پيشكار دل دانا ساخت الخ. The author’s name appears on fol. 25a, l.8. It is the same Nûr-allâh Aḥrârî who wrote a commentary on the mathnawî (see No. 1104 in this Cat.). This copy is incomplete, one leaf seems to be missing at the end; it breaks off in the eighth chapter (which begins on fol. 96a); the last words of the text are:پادشاه از بهر ستمگار است... (or rather : پادشاه از براى دفع ستمگاران, see No. 2797 (1174 in this Cat.), fol. 95b, l. 7). Bibliotheca Leydeniana. No. 2787, ff. 24-103, ll. 15; Shikasta; size, 83/4 in. by 6 in.

[IO Islamic 212] شرح گلستان

<ul> <li>Sharḥ-i-Gulistân.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1180 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 212 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1180 Sharḥ-i-Gulistân (شرح گلستان). Another short commentary on the Gulistân, by Muḥammad ‘Abd-alrasûl (or, as he is called here, by a confusion with his brother ‘Abdallâh, ‘Abdallâh alrasûl) bin Shihâb-almillat (Shihâb-aldîn) bin Shaikh ‘Abd-allâh bin Shaikh Ṭâhir bin Shaikh Ḥasan alḳuraishi (or alḳurashî) alhâshimi, who began this work after having completed his commentary on the Bûstân (see No. 1152 in this Cat.) in A.H. 1073 (A.D. 1662, 1663); comp. Bodleian Cat., No. 724; Rieu ii. p. 604 and A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 550. It was printed in Lucknow, A.H. 1264. Beginning: سپاس بى قياس عليمى را كه علم علّم الاسماء كُلّها ( 2, v.29Sȗrah ) حرفى است از تختۀ تعليم او الخ. Every bâb of the Gulistân comprises in this commentary five explanatory parts, viz. 1. verses of the Ḳurân (آيات الهى); 2. traditions of the Prophet, sayings of the Shaikhs, and Arabic proverbs (احاديث نبوى و اقوال مشايخ و امثال عرب); 3. Arabic verses (اشعار عربيّه); 4. Persian verses (ابيات فارسيّه); 5.difficult Arabic and Persian words and phrases, in alphabetical order (لغات عربيّه و فارسيّه برعايت ترتيب حروف). Occasional notes and additions on the margin. Dated the 2nd of Ramaḍân, in the seventeenth year of Âlamgîr’s reign (=A.H. 1085, A.D. 1674, Nov. 30). No. 212, ff. 255-284, ll. 20; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 9½ in. by 6 in.

[IO Islamic 1605] فرهنگ گلستان

<ul> <li>Farḥang-i-Gulistân.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1183 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 1605 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1183 Farḥang-i-Gulistân (فرهنگ گلستان). Another small glossary of the Gulistân, with the same title, chiefly explaining Arabic words by an interlinear Persian paraphrase; it is divided into two portions, the first of which is arranged alphabetically according to the last letter, viz. لغات مفردات بترتيب حروف, on fol. 1a, beginning with رضا(=خشنودى); the second is headed لغات متفرّقه, on fol. 18b, beginning with اتابت(=توبه). No compiler’s name appears. Dated, as it seems, the 9th of Ṣafar (? The word is entirely misspelt here), in the first year of Aḥmadshâh’s reign (=A.H. 1162, A.D. 1749, Jan. 29). A seal, however, of the first owner, Ghulâm Muḥyî-aldîn Rafî, bear the earlier date A.H. 1155 (A.D. 1742, 1743), on fol. 18b, another of the same is found at the end of the copy. No. 1605, ff. 21; careless Nasta’lîḳ; size, 7¼ in. by 4¾ in.

[IO Islamic 1840] مفتاح گلستان

<ul> <li>Miftâḥ-i-Gulistân.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1178 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 1840 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1178 The same. This copy begins:را كه افتتاح كلام خود الخ كتاب مفتاح گلستان حضرت سعدى ، شيرازى‘ فاتحه مر مفتاح (!Sic) First ḳism, on fol. 55b; second ḳism, on fol. 83b. On fol. 51a another title is given to this work, viz. كليد گلستان. Dated the 24th of Jumâdâ-alawwal, A.H. 1148 (A.D. 1735, Oct 12). No. 1840, ff. 51-90, ll. 13; large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 83/8 in. by 6 in.

[IO Islamic 103] مفتاح گلستان

<ul> <li>Miftâḥ-i-Gulistân.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1177 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 103 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1177 Another copy of the same. Beginning as in the preceding copy; first ḳism, on fol. 5b; second ḳism, on fol. 49b Copied A.H. 1070 (A.D. 1659, 1660). No. 103, ff. 56, ll. 12-13; carelessly written in a mixture of Nasta’lîḳ and Shikasta; size, 75/8 in. by 41/2 in.

[IO Islamic 3338] مفتاح گلستان

<ul> <li>Miftâḥ-i-Gulistân.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1179 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 3338 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1179 The same. This copy, written rather incorrectly and not dated, begins:فاتحه مر فتّاحى كه افتتاح كلام خود الخ. First ḳism, on fol. 151b; second ḳism, on fol. 192a, last line. The date A.H. 900, 10th of Muḥarram, appears on fol. 203a, ll. 5 and 6. Purchased by J. H. Peile, Esq., at Mysore, 1800; received at the Library Sept. 19, 1818; transferred to Civil College, Aug. 9, 1819. No. 3338, olim 20. J. 6, ff. 147-203, ll. 13; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 83/8 in. by 6 in.

[IO Islamic 356] كلّيّات امير خسرو

<ul> <li>Kulliyyât-i-Amîr Khusrau.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1190 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 356 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1190 Another copy of the same four dîwâns. Contents: 1.Tuḥfat-alṣighar, the first dîwân, preceded by the usual prose-preface of the second, beginning, on fol.1b: بفضل الله قد سطرت هذه الصفحات الخ. Beginning of the poetry, on fol. 4b: خداى عزّ و جل الخ. The first poem has the following introductory quatrain (or first instalment of the ‘Silsilah’): لوحى كه بر صحيفۀ گردون مصوّرست توقيع آن بنام خداوند اكبرست شد تحفة الصغر چو خطاب اين سواد را از ذكر ذوالجلال سوادى منوّرست The dîwân consists here of ḳaṣîdas, ḳiṭ’as, the usual short mathnawî (beginning, on fol. 33a: هى هى اى تيره راى الخ ), ghazals (which begin, on fol. 35b margin: (اى آفتاب تافته از روى انورت الخ), and rubâ’îs (on fol. 52b margin). 2.Baḳiyya-i-naḳiyyah, the fourth dîwân, without a preface. It consists of ḳaṣîdas and ghazals, begins, on fol. 65b, زبان كه بر در معنى الخ , and is incomplete at the end, in consequence of a lacuna after fol. 91. 3.Wasaṭ-alḥayât, the second dîwân, defective at the beginning, in consequence of the same lacuna; it opens on fol. 92a in the middle of the same prose-preface, which in No. 1950 (1188 in this Cat.) is prefixed to the second dîwân, and which differs entirely from the usual one; the first words, ميان چندين غوّاصان گوهر سخنم بروى آب الخ , correspond to No. 1950, fol. 53b, l. 4 ab infra. Fol. 95 must be placed before fol. 94. Beginning of the poetry, on fol. 94b: حمد رانم بر زبان الخ . This dîwân consists here of ḳaṣîdas, ghazals, ḳiṭ’as, short mathnawîs (the first of which begins, on fol. 142b: (چون همای زایتش پرواز کرد الخ, a second large collection of ghazals (beginning, on fol. 151b margin: اى بدرماندگى پناه همه الخ, see Bodleian Cat., top of col. 554), and rubâ’îs (beginning on fol. 223b: صانع ملكى كه ملك هستى پرداخت الخ , see Bodleian Cat., loc. cit.). 4.Ghurrat-alkamâl, the third dîwân; beginning of the preface, on fol. 232b: الله اطلع الغرر من مطلع الخ. Beginning of the poetry, on fol. 264a: چه زهره خاك مسكين را الخ This ḳaṣîdah is preceded by the same two initial baits of the ‘Silsilah’ as in No. 1186, 2: چون آفتاب روشن الخ . This dîwân consists here of ḳaṣîdas, tarkîbbands, ḳiṭ’as, mathnawîs (the first of which, on fol. 343a, is the مفتاح الفتوح, see Nos. 1186, 11; 1187, 13; and 1188, 14; the second, on fol. 355b, agrees with the first short mathnawi in No. 1187, 14), ghazals (the first of which, on fol. 369b margin, begins : اى زخيال ما برون الخ, see the remarks in Nos. 1187. 4, and 1188, 5), and rubâ’îs (beginning, on fol. 403a:پاكست خداوند الخ, see ibidem). No date; but a seal from A.H. 1167 and an entry from A.H. 1168 (A.D. 1753-1755) are found on fol. 1a. The title given to this copy, كلّيّات امير خسرو, is incorrect, as it only contains the four dîwâns. No. 356, ff. 418, 2 centre-coll., each ll. 17, and a third on the margin ll. 26; Nasta’lîḳ; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of the first, second, and third dîwân; size 107/8 in. by 65/8 in.

[IO Islamic 412] كلّيّات امير خسرو

<ul> <li>Kulliyyât-i-Amîr Khusrau.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1187 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 412 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1187 Another copy of the same. This copy of Amîr Khusrau’s Kulliyyât is much younger than the preceding one, but considerably richer in contents. It consists of the following parts: A.Centre-columns. 1.Tuḥfat-alṣighar (تحفة الصغر), or the poems of youth, the first of Amîr Khusrau’s dîwâns, which was complete about A.H. 670 or 671 (A.D. 1272), with a preface in prose. Beginning of the preface, on fol.1b: حمدى كه از اوّل زادن زاد وجود بود و تناى كه از شير خوراگى الخ. Beginning of the poetry, on fol. 4b: خداى عزّ و جل ذو الجلال كن فيكون برى زحيرت و مستغنى از چرا وچون It consists of ḳaṣidas, ḳiṭ’as (beginning on fol. 48b), and a short mathnawî, which begins on fol. 50b:هى هى اى تيره راى الخ; other copies are described in Rieu ii. pp. 609b and 613a, and A. Sprenger, p. 467. 2.Wasaṭ-alḥayât (وسط الحيات), or poems of middle life, the second of Amîr Khusrau’s dîwâns, which was completed about A.H. 685 (A.D. 1286), with a preface in prose. Beginning of the preface, on fol. 55b: بفضل الله قد سطرت هذه الصفحات و جعلتها واسطة لبقاء الذات بعد الممات الخ. Beginning of the poetry, on fol. 63b: حمد رانم بر زبان لله ربّ العالمين الخ; see the preceding copy , No. 3.This diwân consists of ḳaṣîdas, tarkîbbands (beginning on fol. 123b), and ḳiṭ’as (on fol. 139b). Blanks on fol. 83. Other copies are described in Rieu ii. pp. 610a and 613a; Bodleian Cat., No. 753, and A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 467 and 468. 3.Ghurrat-alkamâl (غرّة الكمال), or the poems of maturity, the third of Amîr Khusrau’s dîwâns, see Nos. 1. And 2 in the preceding copy; the preface begins here thus, on fol. 145b:غرّۀ كمال انسانى از ديباچۀ احمد (حمد read) مخترع است الخ. Beginning of the poetry, on fol. 194b: چه (؟ چو) زهره خاك مسكين را الخ, agreeing with the second ḳaṣîdah of this dîwân in the preceding copy. It contains ḳaṣîdas, tarkîbbands (on fol. 292a sq.), and ḳiṭ’as (on fol. 302a sq.). A blank on fol. 149a. 4.Baḳiyya-i-naḳiyyah (بقيّۀ نقيّه), or the poems of old age, the fourth of Amîr Khusrau’s dîwâns, completed A.H. 718 (A.D. 1318), with a preface in prose. Beginning of the preface, on fol. 317b: حمدى كه بقيّۀ نقيّۀ حيوة در تحرير آن بر جرائد وجود بشمار آيد و ثناى حليه الخ. Beginning of the poetry, on fol. 328a: زبان كه بر در معنى كليد گفتار است زبهر شکر و سپاس یکی جهاندار است This dîwan (which is called in A. Sprenger, Catal., نقيّۀ بقيّه, and in Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes كتاب بقيّه و نقيّه) contains ḳaṣîdas, tarkîbbands (on fol. 377a sq.), short mathnawîs (on fol. 385b sq.), ḳiṭ’as (on fol. 390a sq.), and a very extensive collection of ghazals, followed by a series of rubâ’îs. The ghazals (which have here the special heading of بقيّۀ نقيّه) are arranged alphabetically, except the first twelve poems, and begin, on fol. 407b: اى زخيال ما برون در تو خيال كى رسد با صفت تو عقل را لاف كمال كى رسد This initial poem is the first ghazal of the غرّة الكمال or third dîwân in Nos. 754 and 755 of the Bodleian Cat., and of the various selections from Khusrau’s dîwâns and ghazals in Nos. 760 and 763-765 of the same; it appears likewise as beginning in the general collections, described in W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., pp. 714, 831, and 832, and in J. Aumer, p. 21. The rubâ’îs begin, on fol. 824b: پاکست خداوند كريم اكبر الخ, likewise agreeing with the initial quatrain in the third diwân in Nos. 754 and 755 of the Bodleian Cat., and in the general collection, No. 758, of the same. Blanks on ff. 323, 341, 489b, 611, and 629; a lacuna besides after fol. 781. Other copies of this dîwân are described in Rieu ii. pp. 610b and 613a; Bodleian Cat., No. 756; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 468; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 833, and Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 351. These four dîwâns have been printed, lucknow, 1874. The fifth dîwân, styled نهاية الكمال, and containing poems of the last years of Amîr Khusrau’s life (see Rieu ii. p. 613b, and Bodleian Cat., No. 757), is Not found in the India Office Collections. B.Margin-column. 5.Maṭla’-alanwâr (مطلع الانوار), on fol. 1b, beginning: خطبۀ قدسست بملك قديم – بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم see No.6 in the preceding copy. Fol. 83 is left blank. 6.Khusrau u Shîrîn (خسرو و شيرين), on fol. 97b, beginning as in No. 7 of the preceding copy. Fol. 149 left blank. 7.Lailâ u Majnûn ( ليلى و مجنون), on fol. 217a beginning as in No. 8 of the preceding copy. 8.Hasht Bihisht (هشت بهشت), on fol. 292b, beginning as in No. 9 of the preceding copy. 9.Â’îna-i-Iskandarî (آئينۀ اسكندرى), on fol. 391a, beginning as in No. 10 of the preceding copy. The greater part of fol. 489b is left blank, but there seems to be no interruption in the text. 10.Ḳirân-alsa’dain (قران السعدين), on fol. 520b, beginning as in No. 5 of the preceding copy. 11.Nuskha-i-Khiḍrkhânî (نسخۀ خضرخانى), i.e. Ḳiṣṣa-i-Khiḍrkhân u Duwalrânî ( قصّۀ خضرخان و دولرانى), or as the author himself styles it: Duwalrânî Khiḍrkhân (دولرانى خضرخان), see Rieu ii. p. 612b, the love-story of Khiḍrkhân, son of Sulṭân ‘Alâ-aldîn Muḥammadshâh Khiljî (reigned A.H. 695-715 or 716 =A.D. 1296-1316, see No. 2 in the preceding copy), with Duwalrânî, the daughter of the Râjab of Gujarârt, completed A.H. 715, 6th of Dhû-alḳa’dah (A.D. 1316, Feb.1). It is often merely called قصّۀ خضر خانى, كتاب خضر خانى, or even خضرخانى, and also bears the title of ‘Ishḳiyyah (عشقيّه), see below, No. 1216. Beginning, on fol. 623a: سر نامه بنام آن خداوند كه دلها را بخوبان داد پيوند Ff. 629 (partly), 646a-653b, and 678a-701a are left blank. Comp. on this poem Rieu ii. pp. 612, 617, and 618; Bodleian Cat. Nos. 777-779; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 470; J. Aumer, p. 22; Cat. des MSS. et Xylographes, p. 351; Elliot, History of India, iii. pp. 544-557, where extracts are given in English translation; Elphinstone, History of India, 5th ed., p. 395, and E. Thomas, Pathan Kings, p. 176. 12.Nuh Sipihr (نُه سپهر), or the nine spheres, another mathnawî which gives a poetical description of the court of Ḳuṭb-aldîn Mubârakshâh Khiljî (who was killed A.H. 720 or 721=A.D. 1320 or 1321, see col. 320 in this Cat.), and of certain events of his reign. It was completed end of Jumâdâ II, A.H. 718 (A.D. 1318, Aug. 28), comp. Rieu ii. p. 612b; Bodleian Cat., No. 776, and Elliot’s History of India, iii. p. 557. Where an analysis of the poem is given. Beginning, on fol. 701b: خدا را كنم بر سر نامه ياد كه بر بنده درهاى معنى گشاد It breaks off on fol. 781b in consequence of a lacuna. 13.Miftâḥ-alfutûḥ, incomplete at the beginning, in consequence of the same lacuna; the first bait which appears here, on fol. 782a: همى زد تيره سر برآسمانها ستاره چشم ميزد بر سنانها corresponds to the first distich on fol. 483a margin in the preceding copy. 14.A series of short mathnawîs, containing poetical descriptions of various kinds; the first, on fol. 798a, is headed:اين نامه بر كسيست كه جانرا زدوستيش حلّ كرده ام بآتش و بنوشته اين مقال (supplied from No. 2073, 1192 in this Cat.), and begins: اين نامه كه جان درو سرشتم هر حرف بخون دل نبشتم corresponding to the first mathnawî in the third dîwân of the Bodleian Cat., No. 754, fol. 216a; the second, on fol. 805b, is headed: اين بيتهاى قصر كه مهر خانه كرد رغبت درو در آيد و بيرون رود چنان. Other headings on ff. 806b, 811b, 813a (bis), 813b, 814b, 815a, 815b, and 817b; the last of these mathnawîs concludes on fol. 825a; the remaining leaves are left blank. This copy is dated the 2nd of Rabî’-alawwal, A.H. 1008 (A.D. 1599, Sept. 22). A fihrist on the fly-leaf. No. 412, ff. 845, 2 centre-coll., each ll. 19, and a third on the margin of ff. 1-825, ll. 38; clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; size, 9¾ in. by 5¾ in.

[IO Islamic 387] خمسۀ امير خسرو

<ul> <li>Khamsa-i-Amîr Khusrau.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1200 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 387 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1200 The same. Contents: 1.Maṭla’-alanwâr, on fol. 2b. 2.Shîrîn u Khusrau, on fol. 90a. 3.Lailâ u Majnûn, on fol. 206a. 4.Hasht Bihisht, on fol. 281b. 5.Â’îna-i-IskandarÎ, on fol. 380b. The last mathnawî concludes on fol. 454b, and on ff. 455-468 some parts of the same are repeated; but these parts are not coherent (comp. No. 976 in this Cat.). No date. No. 387, margin-col., ff. 468, ll. 34; beautiful Nasta’lîḳ; a small illuminated heading at the beginning of each mathnawî.

[IO Islamic 3436] خمسۀ امير خسرو

<ul> <li>Khamsa-i-Amîr Khusrau.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1199 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 3436 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1199 The same. Contents: 1.Maṭla’-alanwâr, on fol. 1b. 2.Lailâ u Majnûn, on fol. 48b. 3.Shîrîn u Khusrau, on fol. 84b. 4.Â’îna-i-Iskandarî, on fol. 142b. 5.Hasht Bihisht, on fol. 202b. A few pages a little injured, especially the last one. No date. No. 3436, olim 7. J. 2, ff. 248, 4 coll., each ll. 19; clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each mathnawî; size, 113/8 by 65/8 in.

[IO Islamic 3336] خمسۀ امير خسرو

<ul> <li>Khamsa-i-Amîr Khusrau.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1198 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 3336 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1198 The same. Contents: 1.Maṭla’-alanwâr, on fol. 1b. 2.Shîrîn u Khusrau, on fol. 67b. 3.Lailâ u Majnûn, on fol. 146b. 4.Â’îna-i-Iskandarî, on fol. 198b. 5.Hasht Bihisht, on fol. 284b. Copied A.H. 1081 (A.D. 1670, 1671) by Taḳî bin Maḥmûd Ḳâdirî (the name of the scribe appears only at the end of the fourth mathnawî). Large waterspots throughout. No. 3336, olim 7.J. 1, ff. 347, 2 centre-coll., each ll. 13, and a third on the margin, ll. 28; small Nasta’lîḳ; size, 10¼ in. by 6 in.

[IO Islamic 345] خمسۀ امير خسرو

<ul> <li>Khamsa-i-Amîr Khusrau.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1196 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 345 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1196 Khamsa-i-Amîr Khusrau ( خمسۀ امير خسرو). Another copy of the five mathnawîs which Amir Khusrau wrote in imitation of Niżâmî’s Khamsah: 1.Maṭla’-alanwâr, on fol. 1b. 2.Shîrîn u Khusrau, on fol. 42b. 3.Lailâ u Majnûn, on fol. 94b. 4.Â’îna-i-Iskandarî (or as it is here styled at the beginning, in analogy to Niżâmî’s poem (خردنامۀ اسکندرى), on fol. 126b. 5.Hasht Bihisht, on fol. 181b. Dated the last of Dhû-alḳa’dah, A.H. 980 (A.D. 1573, April 3), by كتّاب الله بن كيومشاه. No. 345, ff. 223, 4 coll., each ll. 21; Nasta’lîḳ; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each mathnawî; the first two pages luxuriously adorned; size, 11¼ in. by 7½ in.

[IO Islamic 2381] خمسۀ امير خسرو

<ul> <li>Khamsa-i-Amîr Khusrau.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1197 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 2381 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1197 Another copy of the same. Contents: 1.Maṭla’-alanwâr, on fol.1b; the conclusion of this mathnawî is found on ff. 383-387, the leaves being misplaced. 2.Shîrîn u Khusrau, on fol. 61b. 3.Lailâ u Majnûn, on fol. 140b. 4.Hasht Bihisht, on fol. 212b. 5.Â’îna-i-Iskandarî, on fol. 304b; this poem concludes on fol. 382b margin. A short account of Amîr Khusrau’s life in English on the fly-leaf. This copy is dated by ‘Abd-alḍa’îf Sayyîd Ḳâsim ibn Sayyid Jalâl, the 1st of Muḥarram, A.H. 1004 (A.D. 1595, Sept. 6). Many headings are omitted. No. 2381, ff. 387, 2 centre-coll., each ll. 19, and a third on the margin of ff. 1-138 and 304-387, ll. 16; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 75/8 in. by 41/4 in.

[IO Islamic 2470] ديوان امير خسرو

<ul> <li>Dîwân-i-Amîr Khusrau.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1194 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 2470  here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1194 The same. A similar, but much smaller collection of ghazals, ḳiṭ’as, and rubâ’îs, from the four dîwâns of Amîr Khusrau, beginning, as in Nos. 1187, 4; 1188, 5; and 1190, 4: اى زخيال ما برون در تو خيال كى رسد الخ . From fol. 2b onward the ghazals are arranged alphabetically. Beginning of the first alphabetical poem: ابر می بارد و من می شوم از يار جدا چون کنم دل بچنین وقت زدلدار جدا corresponding to the first alphabetical ghazal in No. 762 of the Bodleian Cat. This copy was transcribed near Akbarâbâd by Munshî عبوديت مقترن كنكابش for Mr. Robert Watherston, and finished the 10th of Shawwâl, A.H. 1204 (A.D. 1790, 23rd of June). It came into Mr. Watherstone’s possession the 30th of July, 1790. Bibliotheca Leydeniana. No. 2470. ff. 91, 2 coll., each ll. 15-19; the last bait of each ghazal usually written in red ink; large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 93/4 in. by 61/8 in.

[IO Islamic 183] قصيدۀ امير خسرو

<ul> <li>Ḳaṣîda-i-Amîr Khusrau.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1195 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 183 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1195 Ḳaṣîda-i-Amîr-Khusrau (قصيدۀ امير خسرو). Amîr Khusrau’s great ḳaṣîdah on the subject of Faridausî’s Shâhnâma (قصيدۀ امير خسرو دهلوى متضمّن حقيقت شاهنامۀ فردوسى), introduced and concluded by a rubâ’î. Heading: بنام ايزد بخشايندۀ بخشايشگر مهربان دادگر Beginning of the ḳaṣîdah: آمد نگار من بسرا از ناز افترا با قامتی چو از چمن خلد عرعرا‘ No date. No. 183, ff. 21. 2 coll., each ll. 15; large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 11½ in. by 6½ in.

[IO Islamic 1950] كلّيّات امير خسرو

<ul> <li>Kulliyyât-i-Amîr Khusrau.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1188 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 1950 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1188 The same. This copy of Amîr Khusrau’s Kulliyyât is much older than the preceding one, but defective both at the beginning and end. Contents: A.Centre-columns. 1.Tuḥfat-alṣighar, the first dîwân, defective at the beginning; it opens abruptly in the middle of a ḳaṣîdah: گفتم درين گریوه بیابم امید عفو الخ , corresponding to No. 356 (1190 in this Cat.), fol. 5a margin, last bait, and consists of ḳaṣîdas, tarkîbbands, muḳaṭṭa’ât (on fol. 44b sq.), and the same mathnawî as in the preceding copy, beginning, on fol. 46b: هى هى اى تيره راى الخ. 2.Wasaṭ-alḥayât, the second dîwân, with the prose-preface. Beginning of the preface, on fol. 51b (different from that in the preceding copy): حمدى كه از ميان جان بر آيد و ثنائى كه از وسط دل گره گشاید حکیم حاکم را الخ . Beginning of the poetry, on fol. 60a: حمد رانم بر زبان الخ. This dîwân consists of ḳaṣîdas, tarkîbbands, tarjî’, and ḳiṭ’as (on fol. 136b sq.). 3.Kitâb-alkamâl (كتاب الكمال), that is the third dîwân, usually styled Ghurrat-alkamâl, with the prose preface. Beginning of preface, on fol. 142b: غرّۀ كمال انسانى از ديباچۀ حمد الخ . Beginning of the poetry, as in the preceding copy on fol. 193b: چه زهره خاك مسكين را الخ . It consists of ḳaṣîdas, tarkîbbands, and ḳiṭ’as (on fol. 282b). 4.Baḳiyya-i-Naḳiyyah, the fourth dîwân, with the prose-preface. Beginning of the preface, on fol. 296b: حمدى كه بقیّۀ نقيّه الخ . Beginning of the poetry, on fol. 306b: زبان كه بر در معنى الخ. It consists of ḳaṣîdas, tarkîbbands, and ḳiṭ’as (on fol. 385a). 5.Ghazaliyyât and rubâ’iyyât, a very large collection, gathered from all four dîwâns, but incomplete at the end. The ghazals are arranged alphabetically, except the first twelve. Beginning of the initial ghazals, on fol. 402b: اى زخيال ما الخ, corresponding to the first ghazal of the fourth dîwân in the preceding copy and that of the third dîwân in No. 356 below (1190 in this Cat.), in Nos 754 and 755 of the Bodleian Cat., etc., see the full references in No. 4 of the preceding copy. Beginning of the first alphabetical ghazal, on fol. 405b: چه اقبالست این یا رب که دولت داد رو مارا که در کوی فراموشان گذر شد یار زیبارا agreeing with the first in a smaller selection from Amîr Khusrau’s ghazals in No. 763 of the Bodleian Cat. Beginning of the rubâ’îs, on fol. 874b: پاکست خداوند الخ, see No. 4 in the preceding copy; they break off on fol. 877b with a quatrain, beginning: قدرت ملكا زآسمان بيشتر است هر لحظه دل دشمن تو ريشتر است corresponding to No. 356 (1190 in this Cat.), fol. 405b, l.3. B.Margin-column. 6.Maṭla’-alanwâr, defective at the beginning; the first verse on fol.1a is not found in No.51 (1186 in this Cat.), but the second, مردمك چشم قمر شد زنور الخ, corresponds to fol. 6b margin, first line, in that copy. 7.Khusrau u Shîrîn, on fol. 94b. 8.Majnûn u Lailâ, on fol. 214b. 9.Hasht Bihisht, on fol. 274b. 10.Iskandarnâma (اسكندرنامه), i.e. Â’îna-i-Iskandarî, on fol. 388b. 11.Ḳirân-alsa’dain, on fol. 516b. 12.Kitâb-i-Khiḍrkhânî (كتاب خضر خانى), i.e. Khiḍrkhân u Duwalrânî, on fol. 623b. 13.Nuh Sipihr, on fol. 702b. 14.Fatḥ-alfutûh ( فتح الفتوح), i.e. Miftâḥ-alfutûḥ, on fol. 827b. 15.The same series of short mathnawîs as in No. 14 of the preceding copy, the first of which, on fol. 848a, has the same heading and beginning as there. This copy is dated A.H. 933 (A.D. 1526, 1527); the right order of ff. 82-88 is: 82, 87, 83-86, 88; that of ff. 224-370: 224, 361-369, 352-360, 256-263, 248-255, 241-247, 233-240, 225-232, 264-351, 370; and that of ff. 413, 416, 417, 414, 415, 418. Nos. 1950 and 1951, first vol. ff. 1-401, second vol. ff. 402-877, 2 centre-coll., each ll. 19, and a third on the margin of ff. 1-875a, ll. 36; good Nasta’lîḳ; an illuminated heading at the beginning of each part, except the first, the sixth, and the last; size, 91/4 in. by 63/8 in.

[IO Islamic 1457] وسط الحيات

<ul> <li>Wasaṭ-alḥayât.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1191 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 1457 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1191 Wasaṭ-alḥayât (وسط الحيات). Another copy of Amîr Khusrau’s second dîwân, containing: Ḳaṣidas, on fol. 1b, beginning: حمد رانم بر زبان الخ. Tarjî’ât, on fol. 62a; ḳiṭ’as, on fol. 80b. A lacuna after fol. 85. Short mathnawîs, on fol. 86a; the first begins: چون همای رایتش پرواز کرد الخ. See No. 3 in the preceding copy. Ghazals, without alphabetical order, beginning: اى بدرماندگى پناه همه الخ, agreeing with the initial poem of the second collection of ghazals in No. 3 of the preceding copy. Rubâ’îs, on fol. 228b, beginning: صانع ملكى الخ, see ibidem. No date. Worm-eaten. The last page injured. No. 1457, ff. 242, 2 coll., each ll. 17; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 83/4 in. by 53/8 in.

[IO Islamic 2073] غرّة الكمال

<ul> <li>Ghurrat-alkamâl.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1192 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 2073 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1192 Ghurrat-alkamâl (غرّة الكمال). Another copy of Amîr Khusrau’s third dîwân, with the usual prose-preface, on fol.1b, beginning: غرّۀ كمال انسانى الخ. There is a large lacuna between ff. 31 and 32, which comprises, according to the Arabic paging, eight leaves, and corresponds to ff. 28a, first line, to 34a, l. 5 ab infra, middle, in No. 51 (1186 in this Cat.). Beginning of the poetry, on fol. 44b, with the same chain-ḳaṣîdah as No. 51: چون آفتاب روشن توحيد ذو الجلال الخ, written throughout in red ink. All the following ḳaṣîdas have, as in No. 51, as headings the various distichs of this poem; the second ḳaṣîdah is identical with the second in that copy, and so forth. The dîwân consists of ḳaṣîdas, tarkîbbands (on fol. 153b), ḳiṭ’as (on fol. 166b, with a large lacuna after fol. 168, comprising six leaves and corresponding to ff. 147b, lin. penult., to 154a, l. 5 in No 51), and short mathnawîs, the first of which, on fol. 181b, is the مفتاح الفتوح, see Nos. 1186, 11; 1187, 13; 1188, 14; and 1190, 4; the second and third, on ff. 203b and 211b respectively , are identical with the first two mathnawîs in No. 1187, 14. No date. No. 2073, ff. 225, 2 coll., each ll. 17; distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 87/8 in. by 57/8 in.