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[IO Islamic 85] ديوان نظيرى

<ul> <li>Dîwân-î-Nażîrî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1489 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 85 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1489 Dîwân-î-Nażîrî (ديوان نظيرى). The lyrical poems of Mullâ Muḥammad Ḥusain Nażîrî of Nîshâpûr, a pupil of Maḥsharî of Khwândsâr in Gujarât (see Safînah, No. 362, col. 223 in the Bodleian Cat.). He lived some time in Kâshân, where he had poetical contests with contemporary poets, and went then to India, where he entered the service of the Khânkhânân. In A.H. 1012 (A.D. 1603, 1604) he performed the pilgrimage to Makkah, and afterwards went To Gujarât. He died in Aḥmadâbâd, A.H. 1021 (A.D. 1612, 1613), according to two ta’rîkhs, viz. زدنيا رفت حسّان العجم آه , quoted in the Makhzan-algharâ’ib, No. 2738 (col. 385 in the Bodleian Cat.; the date A.H. 1022, as given in Blochmann, Â’în-i-Akbarî, p. 580 note, arises from the incorrect reading of the chronogram as از دنيا الخ, which is against the metre هزج), and مركز دائرۀ بزم كجا است, by Dâghistânî (see Blochmann, loc. cit.); the Khazâna-i-’âmirah also fixes his death in A.H. 1021 (No. 124, col. 259, in the Bodleian Cat.). Other, incorrect, dates given are A.H. 1019 (in the Ṭabaḳât-i-Shâhjahânî = A.D. 1610, 1611) and A.H. 1023 (A.D. 1614), see Safînah, No. 552 (col. 229 in the Bodleian Cat.), and Ouseley, Biographical Notices, p. 252. The Hamîsha Bahâr (A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 130) assigns the poet’s death, quite wrongly, to the beginning of Shâhjahân’s reign. Other copies of Nażîrî’s dîwân are described in Bodleian Cat., Nos. 1074 and 1075; Rieu ii. pp. 817b and 818a; A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 515, 516; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 701, No. 37, and p. 908; comp. also Haft Iḳlîm, No. 764 (col. 433 in this Cat.); Âtashkada (No. 284, col. 272 in the Bodleian Cat.); and A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 65 and 114. Nażîrî’s brother, Maulânâ Sharaf of Nîshâpûr, was a famous musician in the service of the Khânkhânân, see Blochmann, p. 613, note 3. This dîwân contains: Ḳaṣîdas and tarjî’bands, without any order, beginning, on fol. 1b: اى جلالت خلوت از اغيار تنها ساخته حكمت تو از كرم دى كار فردا ساخته Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 114b, with some rubâ’îs at the end (on fol. 276b sq.). Beginning of the initial ghazal: اذا ماشئیت ان تحيى حيوة حلوة المحيا برسوائى بر آور سر ز مستورى برون نه پا Beginning of the initial rubâ’î: رگ و پوست الخ (correctly اندر as in No. 3341) از .از دوست منادى است Dated at Ḥaidarâbâd the 8th of Jumâdâ-alâkhar, A.H. 1062 (A.D. 1652, May 17). No. 85, ff. 286, 2 coll., each ll. 17-18; careless Nasta’lîḳ; size, 9 in. by 5½ in.

[IO Islamic 1909] سبع سيّاره

<ul> <li>Sab’-Sayyârah.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1495 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 1909 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1495 Another copy of Zulâlî’s seven mathnawîs. All the prefaces are wanting in this copy, which is dated A.H. 1155 (A.D. 1742, 1743) by Ḳâsim bin ‘Azîz-allâh of Jarbâdḳân. The seven mathnawîs are here arranged in the following order: 1.Maḥmûd wa Ayâz, on ff. 1b-106b, centre-columns. 2.Ḥusn-i-Gulûsûz, on fol. 1b sq., margin-column. 3.Dharra u Khwurshîd, on fol. 31b sq., margin-column. 4.Âdhar u Samandar, on fol.45b sq., margin-column. 5.Shu’la-i-Dîdâr, on fol. 51b sq., margin-column. 6.Sulaimânnâma, on fol. 62b sq., margin-column. 7.Maikhâna, on ff. 97a-106b, margin-column, and ff. 107a-113, both centre-columns and margin-column. The beginnings are the same as in the preceding copy. No. 1909, ff. 113, 2 centre-coll., each ll. 23, and margin-col., ll. 20; small, but clear Nasta’lîḳ; size, 10¼ in. by 5 in.

[IO Islamic 238] محمود واياز

<ul> <li>Maḥmûd-wa-Ayâz.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1497 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 238 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1497 Maḥmûd wa Ayâz (محمود واياز). Another copy of Zulâlî’s most renowned mathnawî, much fuller than all the preceding ones and moreover containing Mullâ Ṭughrâ’s preface to the poet’s works, which begins, on fol. 1b: اين خطبه را چو خامۀ طغرا تمام كرد – آشوب نامه اش زره شور نام كرد’ شكر ناظمى كه ابيات بروج سپهر از معنئ ابداعش صورت وجود بسته الخ. On Mullâ Ṭughrâ of Mashhad, who died somewhat before A.H. 1078 (A.D. 1667), see Bodleian Cat., No. 1389, and the various collections of his poetical and prose works further below in this Cat., Nos. 1586-1591. Beginning of the mathnawî itself, on fol. 13b: بنام آنكه محمودش ايازست الخ. This copy is dated the 27th of Rabî’-althânî, A.H. 1092 (A.D. 1681, May 16), at Ibrâhîmâbâd, usually called Sodharah (سودهره ), in the district of Lâhûr. Collated. It belonged formerly to Mr. Richard Johnson, A.H. 1194 (A.D. 1780). No. 238, ff. 223, 2 coll., each ll. 17; Nasta’lîḳ; two illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1b and 13b; the first two pages richly adorned; size, 81/8 in. by 41/4 in.

[IO Islamic 403] سبع سيّاره

<ul> <li>Sab’-Sayyârah.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1494 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 403 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> Zulâlî (Nos. 1494-1498). 1494 Sab’ Sayyârah (سبع سيّاره). The seven mathnawîs of Ḥakîm Zulâlî of Khwânsâr In ‘Irâḳ, who flourished under Shâh ‘Abbâs I and died soon after the completion of the best known among his epopees, the محمود و اياز (No. 2 in this collection), which was finished A.H. 1024 (A.D. 1615), but left unarranged, that is to say, either in the same year 1024, or in A.H. 1025 (A.D. 1616), see the remarks in Ṭâhir Naṣrâbâdî’s tadhkirah (A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 91), where, however, the wrong date of A.H. 1020 (A.D. 1611, 1612) is given for the completion of that mathnawî. The earlier date of Zulâlî’s death, given in the Safînah, No. 382 (col. 224 in the Bodleian Cat.), as well as in the Khulâṣat-alkalâm, No. 32 (ib., col. 297), viz. A.H. 1016, is an evident mistake for 1026 (A.D. 1617); likewise wrong is the later date, A.H. 1031 (A.D. 1622), which is found in the Khulâṣat-alfkâr, No. 116 (ib., col. 306); the Haft Iḳlîm, which was completed A.H. 1002 (A.D. 1593, 1594), mentions Zulâlî in No. 976 (col. 449 in this Cat.), but, of course, without any reference to his mathnawîs which were not yet written at that time. Comp. on Zulâlî and his mathnawîs Bodleian Cat., Nos. 1081-1084; A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 592 and 593; and Rieu ii. pp. 667 sq. According to the Âtashkada, No. 436 (col. 277 in the Bodleian Cat.), Shaikh ‘Abd-alḥusain of Kamrah put Zulâlî’s works in order, and Mullâ Ṭughrâ of Mashhad wrote a preface to them (see below in No. 1497). The seven mathnawîs, which are also styled سبعه سيّاره, هفت سيّاره, هفت آشوب, or, as here (and in No. 1497 too), آشوب نامه ,تصنيف زلالى, are arranged in the following order in this copy: 1.Sulaimânnâma (سليمان نامه), also styled Sulaimân u Balḳîs (سليمان و بلقيس), the story of king Solomon and the queen of Sheba, on fol. 1b, beginning: بنانم جهانگیر دلهای تنگ – که آمد سليمانش يك مور لنگ Of the author’s prose-preface to this mathnawî only a portion is left, on fol. 1a, beginning: سواد مبارك مدّتى الخ……. , corresponding to No. 253 (1496 in the Cat.), fol. 48b, l. 5 ab infra. 2.Muḥmûd wa Ayâz ( محمود و اياز), the story of Sulṭân Maḥmûd of Ghazna and his beloved slave Ayâz, preceded on fol. 20b by a preface, which combines the general ديباچه of the seven mathnawîs with the special short preamble, belonging to this poem exclusively (as a comparison with No. 1496 in this Cat. and with No. 1081 in the Bodleian Cat. proves, comp. also Rieu ii. p. 677b), beginning: تقدير قدرت و تصوير صنعت صانعى و قادرى را مقدور و مصوّرست الخ. The special preface (not separated from the other) begins on fol. 21b, l. 11, the mathnawî itself on fol. 22b: بنام آنكه محمودش ايازست – غمش بتخانۀ ناز و نيازست This mathnawî was commenced in A.H. 1001 (A.D. 1592, 1593) and completed A.H. 1024 (A.D. 1615), see the chronogram in Rieu and Sprenger, loc. cit. The poet was therefore engaged in it for twenty-three years, not merely for thirteen, as the Safînah and the Khulâṣat-alkalâm assert (see above). It was edited Lucknow, A.H. 1290 (A.D. 1874). A defective copy of the same is also noticed in W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 910. 3.Shu’la-i-Dîdâr (شعلۀ دیدار), ‘the flame of vision,’ a mystical and didactic mathnawî in forty-nine شعله or flames, preceded, on fol. 174b, by a preface, beginning: سبحان الله از تنبيه اين آيه در فهرست نظر شعلۀ ديدار الخ. Beginning of the mathnawî, on fol. 175b: نام او تاج سر هر نامۀ – شعلۀ دیدار هر هنگامۀ 4.Maikhâna (ميخانه), ‘the wine-tavern,’ in forty قدح or cups, preceded, on fol. 194b, by a preface, beginning: الحمد لله از دوستكانى اين آيۀ الهى پیمانه الخ Beginning of the mathnawî, on fol. 196b: نام او باده سينه ميخانه – دهن هر كه هست پیمانه 5. Ḥusn-i-Gulûsûz (حسن گلوسوز), ‘the sweetest beauty,’ in forty-one جلوه or effulgences, preceded, on fol. 218a, by a preface, beginning: تعالى شانه ازين آيه مطالعۀ فیروز در شان فهرست الخ. Beginning of the mathnawî, on fol. 219b: بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم – نصّ صحيح است كلام قديم The initial bait in No. 1081 of the Bodleian Cat., viz.: بسم اللّه الرّحمن الرّحيم – تير شهابست بديو رجيم Is found here on fol. 220b, l. 5 ab infra. 6.Âdhar u Samandar (آذر و سمندر), ‘fire and salamander,’ preceded, on fol. 243b, by a preface, beginning:آه ازين آيۀ دلسوز اثر در جگر گدازى الخ. Beginning of the mathnawî, on fol. 245b: نامش عشقست و حسن دفتر – آتش ساقيست كوسمندر 7.Dharra u Khwurshîd (ذرّه و خورشيد), ‘moth and sun,’ preceded, on fol. 260b, by a preface, beginning: ماشاء الله ازين آيه بيم و امّيد در فهرست نثر الخ Beginning of the mathnawî, on fol. 261b: سخنم كرد بنامش جاويد -ذرّه را جوهر تيغ خورشيد The initial bait in No. 1081 of the Bodleian Cat. (quoted in Sprenger, loc. cit., too), viz. نام او كرد مرا شعله فروز – نتوان گفت بآتش كه مسوز Is found here, on fol. 261b, lin. penult., as the twelfth verse of the poem. In the same copy of the Bodleian Cat. an eighth mathnawî, without title, is noticed. No date. No. 403, ff. 271, 2 coll., each ll. 21; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 93/8 in. by 51/8 in.

[IO Islamic 253] سبع سيّاره

<ul> <li>Sab’-Sayyârah.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1496 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 253 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1496 The same, without the Maikhâna. Contents: The general preface or ديباچه by the author, beginning, on fol. 1a, as in No. 1494, fol. 20b sq.: تقدير قدرت و تصوير صنعت صانعى و قادرى را الخ ; the special preface to Maḥmûd wa Ayâz begins on fol. 1b middle. The six mathnawîs, with their prefaces, contained in this copy, are in the following order (all of them in a somewhat short and abridged form): 1.Maḥmûd wa Ayâz, on fol. 2a. 2.Shu’la-i-Dîdâr, on fol. 37b (headed نسخۀ دوم). 3.Ḥusn-i-Gulûsûz, on fol. 40b (headed رسالۀ سيم), beginning here as in No. 1081 of the Bodleian Cat., see above, No. 1494, 5. The usual beginning is here the thirteenth bait, with this modification, however, in the second hemistich: نصّ صحيحست و كلام كِلِيم . 4.Âdhar u Samandar, on fol. 44b (headed رسالۀ چهارم). 5.Dharra u Khuwurshîd, on fol. 47b (headed رسالۀ پنجم), beginning, as in No. 1081 of the Bodleian Cat.: نام او كرد مرا شعله فروز الخ, comp. above, No. 1494, 7, where this bait is the twelfth of the mathnawî. 6.Sulaimânnâma, on fol. 49a (headed رسالۀ ششم), beginning as usual, but with this slight modification in the second hemistich : كه آمد سليمانى يك مورلنگ. Instead of the seventh mathnawî of Zulâlî, the Maikhâna, this copy contains Waḥshî Bâfiḳî’s فرهاد و شيرين , beginning, on fol. 50b, as in Nos. 1444 and 1445 above, viz.: الهى سينۀ ده آتش افروز الخ ; but this work of Waḥshî’s is nevertheless designated here as رسالۀ هفتم. No date. The right order of ff. 2-10 is: 2, 6, 4, 5, 8, 9, 7, 3, and 10. No. 253, ff. 59, 5-7 coll., with a great variety in the number of lines from 16 to 22; they are partly written in diagonal lines; bad Shikasta; size, 85/8 in. by 61/8 in.

[IO Islamic 240] كلّيّات ملك قمّى

<ul> <li>Kulliyyât-i-Malik-Ḳummî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1499 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 240 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 1499 Kulliyyât-i-Malik Ḳummî (كلّيّات ملك قمّى). The poetical works of Malik Ḳummî, who went about A.H. 987 (A.D. 1579) to the Dakhan, where he lived nearly forty years, first in Aḥmadnagar, later on in Bijâpûr in the service of Ibrâhîm ‘Âdilshâh II (A.H. 988-1037=A.D. 1580-1627), and died A.H. 1024 or 1025 (A.D. 1615 or 1616), according to some two months, according to others one year before his son-in-law, the poet Żuhûrî (see No. 1500 sq.); a few tadhkiras even state, that both poets died in the same affray, A.H. 1025. The latter date is, as far as Malik Ḳummî is concerned, corroborated by the following chronogram: او سر اهل سخن بود, comp. A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 125, 151, and 481; Safînah, No. 560 (col. 229 in the Bodleian Cat.); Khulâṣat-alafkâr, No. 262 (ib., col. 311); Beale, Oriental Biogr. Dictionary, p. 168a; see also Rieu ii. p. 678, and iii. p. 1091a. A son of Malik Ḳummî, Maulânâ ‘Abd-alkhâliḳ Samandar, who excelled as poet also, died, according to the Safînah, No. 565 (col. 229 in the Bodleian Cat.), A.H. 1029 (A.D. 1620); according to the Makhzan-algharâ’ib, No. 1089 (ib., col. 338), already A.H. 1016 (A.D. 1607, 1608), nine years before his father. This collection of the poetical works of Malik Ḳummî contains: 1.A mathnawî, on fol. 90b, different from both the mathnawîs noticed in A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 482; it begins: بنام آنكه در دلها وطن ساخت صنم را قبله گاه برهمن ساخت Fol. 103b is left blank. 2.Ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 121b, beginning as in Sprenger: دل استاد رموز و خامشى آيات برهانش الخ. 3.Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 178b, beginning: اى بنامت لوحۀ ديباچۀ ديوان ما صفحۀ دیوان عشقت چهرۀ ایمان ما 4.Ḳiṭ’as and rubâ’is, on fol. 325a, beginning: دوش كز مورد بهشت شفا – يافت بيماريم گل بیمار No date. No. 240, ff. 90-342, 2 coll., each ll. 17; Nasta’lîḳ; the first two and the last four leaves supplied by a later hand; worm-eaten throughout; size, 83/8 in. by 43/4 in.

[IO Islamic 327] كلّيّات ظهورى

<ul> <li>Kulliyyât-i-Żuhûrî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1500 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 327 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> Żuhûrî (Nos. 1500-1514). 1500 Kulliyyât-i-Żuhûrî (كلّيّات ظهورى). A large (but by no means complete) collection of the poetical and prose-works of Maulânâ Nûr-aldin Muḥammad Żuhûrî of Tarshîz, or rather of Khujand near Tarshîz, in Khurâsân, who went in early life to Yazd and betook himself A.H. 988 (A.D. 1580) to the Dakhan, where he, like Malik Ḳummî, first settled in Aḥmadnagar, and afterwards in Bîjâpûr. He married Malik Ḳummî’s daughter and died, according to most tadhkiras, A.H. 1025 (A.D. 1616), see the preceding copy of Malik Ḳummî’s Kulliyyât; only Beale, Oriental Biographical Dictionary, p. 286b, gives the later date, A.H. 1026 (A.D. 1617), and the Khulâṣat-alkalâm, No. 44 (col. 298 in the Bodleian Cat.), fixes his death in A.H. 1025 or 1027 (A.D. 1618); see besides Safînah, No. 559 (col. 229 in the Bodleian Cat.); Khaznâna-i-’âmirah, No. 75 (ib., col. 258); Khulâṣat-alafkâr, No. 167 (ib., col. 308); Makhzan-algharâ’ib, No. 1503 (ib., col. 349), and A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 44, 112, 125, and 151; other copies of Żuhûri’s works are described in Bodleian Cat., Nos. 1076-1080; Rieu ii. pp. 678 and 679, 741 and 742, etc.; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 580; pp. 909 and 910, etc. ‘Abd-alrazzâḳ Sûrati’s notice of the poet, under the title of مقدّمات ظهورى (written A.H. 1212=A.D. 1797, 1798), has been lithographed in Cawnpore, 1873. The present collection contains: 1.A prose-treatise of the same character as Żuhûrî’s well-known prefaces to the Nauras, the Gulzâr-i-Ibrâhîm, and the Khwân-i-Khalil, but different from these three and from all the other treatises hitherto known as composed by the same author, in spite of the frequent mention of the گلزار ابراهیم, see fol. 1b, ll. 4 and 5: گلزار ابراهیم نام نهاد ; fol.2a, l. 4 ab infra: آب بگلزار ابراهیم داد, and fol. 4b, last line : كه شد گلزار ابراهیم نامش (the genuine preface to the گلزار ابراهیم follows in No. 4 of the present copy). Beginning, on fol. 1b: اى نورس گلزار براهیم از تو وی آتش نمرود تف بیم از تو پیرایۀ داد و زینت عدل توئى تمكين سرير شان ديهيم از تو This treatise, in ornate prose, interspersed with verses, seems like the three, mentioned above, written in homage of Ibrâhîm ‘Âdilshâh II (see No. 1499). 2.Manba’-alanhâr (منبع الانهار), a mathnawî, which is ascribed in A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 482, to Malik Ḳummî, and appears there in the Kulliyyât of that poet; but the Khulâṣat-alkalâm (see above) gives extracts from this poem under Żuhûrî, see Elliott Coll., No. 184 in the Bodleian Library, ff. 40b-44b. Beginning, on fol. 5b: بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم – اهدنا الصّراط المستقيم The title (not mentioned in the Khulâṣat-alkalâm) appears in the last bait: منبع انهار بپايان رسيد. It is divided into eighteen نهر, with numerous subdivisions. As a strange coincidence it may be noted, that on fol. 11a, l. 11, the same bait is used which appears in Zulâlî’s حسن گلوسوز, see No. 1494, fol. 220b, l. 5 ab infra, and No. 1496, fol. 40b, viz.: بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم – تير شهابست بديو رجيم 3.Tarkîbbands, tarjî’s, and ḳaṣîdas, intermixed with some ḳiṭ’as and ghazals, and concluded (on fol. 130b sq.) by various strings of rubâ’îs. Beginning, on fol. 66b: فتحست كليد بر گشادیم – بر نه ذر چرخ در گشادیم This initial poem has the following heading: بفتح ذرّ نه تو كليد گشایش از قلعه گشای فكر گرفتن و ذيل مدحت عادلخديو بر كمر تركيب بند كرده از خاتمه گرفتن‘ . 4.Preface to the گلزار ابراهيم, in ornate prose, mixed with verses, beginning, as in all other copies of this prose-treatise, on fol. 138b: خرّمى چمن سخن بطراوت حمد بهار پیرائيست كه گلزار ابراهیم در رخسار یوسف طالقان الخ. It is in praise of Ibrâhîm ‘Âdilshâh II, and concludes with the following bait: داستان شد ختم بستان رخش – غيرت گلزار ابراهيم باد 5.Another series of tarkîbbands, tarji’s, and ḳaṣidas, beginning, on fol. 146b: اى شده سود ازتو زيان همه – جنس غمت زيب دكان همه The initial ḳaṣîdah of No. 1076 of the Bodleian Cat., and No. 931 in the Berlin Collection cannot be traced in either series of tarkîbbands and ḳaṣîdas; nor is the long tarjî’band found here, which appears in the same copy of the Bodleian Library, fol. 24b sq. 6.Ghazaliyyât (غزليّات), beginning, on fol. 224b: بر داشتى نقاب زديدن برآمدم در گفتن آمدى زشنيدن برآمدم The usual initial ghazal, viz. داشت الخ خواهد (or آنكه) ايكه (see No. 1505), is not found in this copy; all ghazals, however, exhibit the takhalluṣ ظهورى. 7.Another very large collection of rubâ’îs, divided into twenty-two sections, beginning, on fol. 236b: بر مهر زعارض تو تقديم خوشست پیش تو زمه سجدۀ تعظيم خوشست There are also some additional rubâ’îs on the margin of ff. 244a-246b. This copy is not dated, but is decidedly one of the oldest we possess, since there are, on fol. 1a, several seals of the emperor Shâhjahân, to whose library this MS. belonged, with the dates A.H. 1045 and 1046 (A.D. 1635-1637). No. 327, ff. 284, 2 coll., each ll. 18; distinct Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1b, 5b, and 138b; size, 105/8 in. by 57/8 in.

Pre-Islamic Bronze statue of Aphrodite, Mleiha

Pre-Islamic bronze statuette of Aphrodite-The Greek Goddess of love, beauty and pleasure., Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center. 1st Century CE. Catalog number ML6.10. Processed in Reality Capture from 783 images. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

19th C Islamic Pottery 12, Al-Jubail, Sharjah

No. 12 of 17 examples of 19th Century Islamic ceramics under study at the Sharjah Archaeology Authority, in Sharjah, UAE. This specimen is from the site Al-Jubail. GDH was given the opportunity to scan and present these fine examples. 564 photos. Completely processed (aligned, scaled, modeled, cleaned, simplified, unwrapped, textured, meshed) in Reality Capture. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

19th C Islamic Pottery 3, Sharjah, UAE

No. 3 of 17 examples of 19th Century Islamic ceramics under study at the Sharjah Archaeology Authority, in Sharjah, UAE. GDH was given the opportunity to scan and present these fine examples. 723 photos. Completely processed (aligned, scaled, modeled, cleaned, simplified, unwrapped, textured, meshed) in Reality Capture. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

19th C Islamic Pottery 4, Sharjah, UAE

No. 4 of 17 examples of 19th Century Islamic ceramics under study at the Sharjah Archaeology Authority, in Sharjah, UAE. GDH was given the opportunity to scan and present these fine examples. 394 photos. Completely processed (aligned, scaled, modeled, cleaned, simplified, unwrapped, textured, meshed) in Reality Capture. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

19th C Islamic Pottery 8, Sharjah, UAE

No. 8 of 17 examples of 19th Century Islamic ceramics under study at the Sharjah Archaeology Authority, in Sharjah, UAE. GDH was given the opportunity to scan and present these fine examples. 444 photos. Completely processed (aligned, scaled, modeled, cleaned, simplified, unwrapped, textured, meshed) in Reality Capture. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

Pre-Islamic Alabaster Lid, Mleiha ML5, Sharah

Pre-Islamic Alabaster Jar Lid, Mleiha ML 5, Sharjah, UAE. In storage at the Sharjah Archaeology Authority. 250-150 BCE. Catalog number unk. Processed in Reality Capture from 333 images. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

Pre-Islamic Bronze eagle talon, Mleiha, Sharjah

Pre-Islamic an eagle foot shaped pieces which might have been a base for a bronze incense burner. , Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center. 3rd Century BCE. Catalog number QC.13.F.11-12ab. Processed in Reality Capture from 343 images. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

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Kitchen (MLH-06), Late Pre-Islamic Period

This pre-Islamic period (1st Century CE) kitchen was associated with a farmhouse, and is located near a large and contemporaneous palace complex not far from the Mleiha Archaeological Centre. The Kitchen contains two round pit ovens that are accessible by a short, five step stair case. Various millstones were found associated with the kitchen, suggesting that it was the location of the processing of cereal grains and bread making. The model was made from pointcloud data captured with two FARO Focus s70 terrestrial laser scanners. The scan positions were aligned in FARO SCENE and the point cloud was meshed in Reality Capture software. Further processing, including Z-painting, was completed in Meshlab. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

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Stamped Islamic Jar Sherd, Calatrava la Vieja

Stamped jar fragment from Calatrava la Vieja, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Islamic almohad period (1195-1212 CE). This artifact was found in the 2009 excavations in the south-east sector of the medina, next to the western wall of the alcázar. During the almohad period in al-Andalus, the use of jars for the filtration of water became widespread. These kind of vessels were commonly decorated with printed stamps. In this case, with geometric and epigraphic motifs. Catalog No. 09 26 889 36. Processed and modeled in Reality Capture from 147 photos. Retuerce Velasco, M. (1998): La cerámica andalusí de la Meseta. Madrid. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

Pre-Islamic Alabaster Jar, Mleiha ML 5, Sharjah

Pre-Islamic Alabaster Jar, Mleiha ML 5, Sharjah, UAE. In storage at the Sharjah Archaeology Authority. 250-150 BCE. Catalog number unk. Processed in Reality Capture from 492 images. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

Pre-Islamic Pottery Jar, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE

Pre-Islamic pottery jar with small globular shaped body, short neck and small round mouth with broad flared rim., Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. On display in the Mleiha Archaeological Center. 1st-2nd Century CE. Catalog number EXS363. Processed in Reality Capture from 559 images. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab