[IO Islamic 1521] Miscellaneous-Poetry
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<li>Miscellaneous-Poetry</li>
<li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1762 in the India Office collections.</li>
<li>[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 1521 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li>
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<p><span>1762</span></p>
<p><span>Miscellanies.</span></p>
<p><span>This MS., written by many different hands, contains a great number of complete and incomplete treatises, detached prose-pieces and fragments of poetry, all confusedly mixed together. The principal portions of this copy are as follows:</span></p>
<p><span>1.Extracts from the Shâhnâma (see No. 860 sq. above), beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>بنام خداوند جان و خرد الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>2.A </span><span><span><span><span><span>ساقى نامه</span></span></span></span></span><span>, by </span><span><em>Ṣ</em></span><span><em>id</em></span><span><em>ḳî</em></span><span> (i.e. Sulṭân Muḥammad Ṣidḳî of Astarâbâd, a panegyrist of Shâh Ṭahmâsp, died A.H. 952), on fol. 10</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, beginning:</span></p>
<p><span><span><span>خوشا حال مستى كه منصور وار</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>ميسّر شدش مستئ </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ايدار</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span>3.Ghazals, by </span><span><em>Ṣ</em></span><span><em>id</em></span><span><em>ḳî</em></span><span> and </span><span><span><em>‘</em></span></span><span><em>Urfî</em></span><span> (died A.H. 999), on fol. 13</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>4.Fragment of an Inshâ, by Ghiyâth-aldîn bin Humâm, commonly called Khwândamîr, that is the famous author of the </span><span><span><span><span><span>خلاصة الاخبار</span></span></span></span></span><span>, the </span><span><span><span><span><span>حبيب السّير</span></span></span></span></span><span>, etc.</span></p>
<p><span>(see Nos. 76-100 above), on fol. 18</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>اى حمد تو ديبا</span></span></span><span><span><span>چۀ </span></span></span><span><span><span>منشور كمال الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>5.Short extracts from </span><span><span><em>Niżâmî</em></span></span><span><span><em>’</em></span></span><span><em>s</em></span><span> mathnawîs (see Nos. 972-1027 above), ghazals by </span><span><em>Ḥ</em></span><span><span><em>âfiż</em></span></span><span> (see Nos. 1246-1274 above), a letter by </span><span><em>Naṣîrâ</em></span><span> of Hamadân (who was met by Taḳî Auḥadî in Shîrâz, A.H. 1015=A.D. 1606, 1607, see A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 512, and Rieu iii. p. 1093</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>) to the Wazîr of Iṣfahân, and various poetical specimens, especially mukhammasât, on fol. 24</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>6.Poems by </span><span><em>Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî</em></span><span> (see Nos. 1060-1115 above), Maulânâ </span><span><em>Dakhlî</em></span><span> (came from </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>Irâ</span><span>ḳ to India under Akbar), </span><span><em>Ḥ</em></span><span><span><em>âfiż</em></span></span><span>, </span><span><em>Khâḳânî</em></span><span> (see Nos. 950-970 above), etc., on fol. 41</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>7.Extracts from </span><span><em>Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî</em></span><span><span><em>’</em></span></span><span><em>s</em></span><span> mathnawî, on fol. 50</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>8.A prose-piece, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>مرويست از امام جعفر صادق عليه السّلام كه هر كه سور</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>يسين را سه روز بر زعفران و </span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>لاب نويسد</span></span></span><span> </span><span><span><span>الخ</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, and ghazals by different Persian poets, on fol. 51</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>9.A poetical description of Kashmîr, by Jân </span><span>Ḳ</span><span>udsî (see Nos. 1552-1557 above), </span><span><span><span><span><span>حاجى محم</span></span></span><span><span><span>ّ</span></span></span><span><span><span>د جان قدسى در تعريف كشمير</span></span></span></span></span><span>, on fol. 62</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>خوشا كشميرو خاك </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>اك كشمير الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>. Both from the initial bait and metre it is evident that this poem is different from the usual mathnawî in praise of Kashmîr, see No. 1552, 4.</span></p>
<p><span>10.Ghazals, by Maulânâ </span><span><em>Ḥ</em></span><span><em>ashrî</em></span><span>, Shaikh </span><span><em>Abû-al</em></span><span><em>ḳâsim</em></span><span>, Ḥakîm </span><span><em>Ruknâ</em></span><span> (died A.H. 1066), </span><span><em>Amîr Khusrau</em></span><span> (died A.H. 725), Abû Ṭâlib </span><span><em>Kalîm</em></span><span> (died A.H. 1062), </span><span><em>Maḥsharî</em></span><span> (teacher of Mullâ Na</span><span><span>ż</span></span><span>îrî of Nîshâpûr, who died A.H. 1021, see No. 1489 above), Shaikh </span><span><em>Bû </em></span><span><span><em>‘</em></span></span><span><em>Alî, Aḳdasî</em></span><span> of Mash</span><span>h</span><span>ad (died A.H. 1003), etc., a </span><span><span><span><span><span>فائد</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>ده </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ند دي</span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ر كه از قول بوزرجمهر حكيم</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, and few </span><span>ḳiṭ’as and rubâ</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>îs, on fol. 64</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>11.A short story (</span><span><span><span><span><span>حكايت</span></span></span></span></span><span>), a few verses, a prescription </span><span><span><span><span><span>جهت قوّة باه</span></span></span></span></span><span>, and a </span><span><span><span><span><span>محلوق </span></span></span></span></span><span>(</span><span><span><span><span><span>مخلوق</span></span></span></span></span><span>) </span><span><span><span><span><span>نام</span></span></span><span><span><span>ۀ پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>يغمبر </span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>on fol. 67</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>12.Another collection of Persian, poems by </span><span><em>Sa</em></span><span><span><em>’</em></span></span><span><em>dî</em></span><span> (died A.H. 690), </span><span><em>Shâh </em></span><span><em>Ḳ</em></span><span><em>âsim</em></span><span>, </span><span><em>Ahlî </em></span><span>(of Shirâz, died A.H. 942), </span><span><em>Wa</em></span><span><em>ḥshî</em></span><span> (died A.H. 991 or 992), </span><span><em>Amîr Khusrau</em></span><span>, etc., on fol. 70</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>13.</span><span><span><span><span><span>از منشآت ارسطاطاليس حكيم</span></span></span></span></span><span>, in verse, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>بدان اى خردمند نيكو سير الخ</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; followed by ghazals of </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span><em>Urfî, Shâhî</em></span><span> (died A.H. 857), etc., and a series of fards, on fol. 73</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>14.Poems by </span><span><em>Ḳ</em></span><span><em>âsim</em></span><span> (probably </span><span>Ḳ</span><span>âsim-i-Anwâr, who died A.H. 837), extracts from </span><span><em>Jâmî</em></span><span><span><em>’</em></span></span><span><em>s</em></span><span> </span><span><span><span><span><span>سلسلة الذّهب</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>(composed A.H. 890, see No. 1300, 9 above), ghazals by </span><span><em>Kâtibi</em></span><span> (died A.H. 838 or 839), </span><span><em>Kamâl</em></span><span> (Khujandî, died A.H. 803), etc., and a Turkish poem by </span><span><em>Âyâzî</em></span><span> (</span><span><span><span><span><span>آيازى</span></span></span></span></span><span>), on fol. 83</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>15.Selections from the </span><span><span><span><span><span>لطائف الطّوائف</span></span></span></span></span><span>, by </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>Alî bin </span><span>Ḥ</span><span>usain alwâ</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>i</span><span><span>ż</span></span><span> (see Nos. 778 and 779 above), arranged in a somewhat puzzling manner. There appears a fifth faṣl on the first page, fol. 88</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, </span><span><span><span><span><span>در ذكر بعضى از فوائد انفاس امام محمّد باقر</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; a sixth on fol. 88</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, </span><span><span><span><span><span>در ذكر بعضى نكات لطيف</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>امام جعفر صادق</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; a seventh on fol. 89</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, </span><span><span><span><span><span>در ذكر شمّ</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>از ان</span></span></span><span><span><span>ف</span></span></span><span><span><span>اس متبرّك</span></span></span><span><span><span>ۀ امام موس</span></span></span><span><span><span>ى الكاظم</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; then follows a second on fol. 89</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, </span><span><span><span><span><span>در لطائف شعرا نسبت توان</span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ران و بخيلان</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; after that a ninth on fol. 90</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, </span><span><span><span><span><span>در لطائف متفرّق</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>ظرفا</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; and an eighth on the same page, </span><span><span><span><span><span>در لطائف ظرفا باعراب</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; again a seventh occurs on fol. 92</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, </span><span><span><span><span><span>در بديهه </span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>فتن شعرا با يكدي</span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ر</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; a third on fol. 93</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, </span><span><span><span><span><span>در ذكر بعضى از كلمات شريف</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ</span></span><span><span><span> امام حسين</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; again an eighth on fol. 93</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, </span><span><span><span><span><span>در بديهه كه عرفا و شعرا در وقت وفات </span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>فته </span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; again a seventh on fol. 94</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, </span><span><span><span><span><span>در دين دارى و مسلمانئ </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ادشاهان </span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; and again a second on fol. 94</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, </span><span><span><span><span><span>در لطائف و فوائد حكماء متأخّرين</span></span></span></span></span><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>16.The three prose-treatises by </span><span><span><em>Żuh</em></span></span><span><em>ûrî</em></span><span> (see No. 1509 sq. above). Viz. (a) Preface to the </span><span><span><span><span><span>نورس</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>سرود سرايان الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>, on fol. 96</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>; (b) Preface to the </span><span><span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>لزار ابراهيم</span></span></span></span></span><span>, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>خرّمى </span></span></span><span><span><span>چ</span></span></span><span><span><span>من الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>, on fol. 98</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>; (c) Preface to the </span><span><span><span><span><span>خوان خليل</span></span></span></span></span><span>, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>اى از تو الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>, on fol. 101</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>17.Ghazals, by </span><span><em>Ṣâ</em></span><span><span><em>’</em></span></span><span><em>ib</em></span><span> (died A.H. 1088), </span><span><em>Ḳâsim-i-Anwâr</em></span><span>, etc., on fol. 104</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>18.Story of Buzurjmihr and Aristotle (!), on fol. 115</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>الحمد لله </span></span></span></span></span><span>.... </span><span><span><span><span><span>آورده اند كه روزى نوشيروان عادل بخواجه بوزرجمهر حكيم الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>. It is a tract, similar to, if not identical with the </span><span><span><span><span><span>ظفرنام</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>بزرجمهر</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, published by Schefer in his Chrest. Persane i. pp. </span><span><span><span><span>١</span></span></span></span><span>-</span><span><span><span><span>٦</span></span></span></span><span>, comp. also Bodleian Cat., col. 765, No. 43. Dated at Daulatâbâd the 3rd of Mu</span><span>ḥarram, A.H. 1175 (A.D. 1761, Aug. 4).</span></p>
<p><span>19.Poems by Shâh </span><span><em>Ni</em></span><span><span><em>’</em></span></span><span><em>mat-allâh Walî</em></span><span> (died A.H. 834), on fol. 120</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>20.</span><span><span><span><span><span>اسناد فاتح</span></span></span><span><span><span>ۀ باژگ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ونه</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, on fol. 121</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>روايت ميكند از امير المؤمنين عثمان الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>21.Bread and sweatmeat (</span><span><span><span><span><span>نان و حلوا</span></span></span></span></span><span>), the well-known mathnawî by Bahâ-aldîn Mu</span><span>ḥammad </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>Âmilî (died A.H. 1030), on fol. 122</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>مرحبا اى بلب</span></span></span><span><span><span>ل</span></span></span><span><span><span> دستان حى الخ</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, see Nos. 1517-1520 above.</span></p>
<p><span>22.A story, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>درويشى بدر خان</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>بازر</span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>انى رسيد الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>, on fol. 125</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>23.An ethical treatise in forty bâbs, entitled </span><span><span><span><span><span>تحفة السّلاطين</span></span></span></span></span><span>, on fol. 126</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>الحمد لله </span></span></span></span></span><span>..... </span><span><span><span><span><span>امّا بعد بدانكه اين رسال</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>تحفة السّلاطين مبوّب بر </span></span></span><span><span><span>چ</span></span></span><span><span><span>هل بابست و در هر بابى </span></span></span><span><span><span>چ</span></span></span><span><span><span>هار نصيحت باب ا در آنكه </span></span></span><span><span><span>چ</span></span></span><span><span><span>هار </span></span></span><span><span><span>چ</span></span></span><span><span><span>يز </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ادشاهانرا ن</span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>اهدارد اوّل رعايت و محافظت</span></span></span><span> </span><u><span><span><span>الخ</span></span></span></u></span></span><span>. It is identical with the </span><span><span><span><span><span>رسال</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>تحفة الملوك</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, described in Bodleian Cat., col. 765, No. 45.</span></p>
<p><span>24.An astronomical treatise in verse by Khwâjah Na</span><span>ṣîr of Ṭ</span><span>ûs (</span><span><span><span><span><span>در دانست</span></span></span><span><span><span>ن</span></span></span><span><span><span> آن كه ماه در كدام برج است</span></span></span></span></span><span>), on fol. 128</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>; Na</span><span>ṣîr-aldîn of Ṭ</span><span>ûs, the great philosopher and astronomer, died A.H. 672 (A.D. 1273, 1274).</span></p>
<p><span>25.A treatise on pearls, jewels, and precious stones, on fol. 129</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, beginning : </span><span><span><span><span><span>فهرست ابواب در معرفت جواهر و فائد</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>آن باب اوّل در معرفت مرواريد الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>. In twenty one bâbs (not twenty, as the fihrist states).</span></p>
<p><span>26.Another treatise, styled: </span><span><span><span><span><span>كلم</span></span></span><span><span><span>ۀ چ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ند در بيان حلي</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span></span></span><span>, </span><span><span><span><span><span>صورت ظاهر انسان و شكل و شمائل و اعضا و جوارح ايشان</span></span></span></span></span><span>, on fol. 136</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>27.Metaphysical and psychological tracts in various fu</span><span>ṣûl; the first faṣl is styled:</span></p>
<p><span><span><span>در تمهيد معذرت جهت قصور ادراك و عبادت</span></span></span></p>
<p><span>on fol. 138</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>28.A treatise on the horse, said to have been translated from Aristotle, in thirty bâbs (</span><span><span><span><span><span>در معرفت انواع اس</span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ان و هنر آن و الوان و افعال و علّت و دفع علّت ايشان الخ</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>), on fol. 142</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span> followed by miscellaneous verses, a pros-fragment, and rubâ</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>îs.</span></p>
<p><span>29.Fragment of the </span><span><em>first</em></span><span> volume of Mirkhwând</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>s universal history, on fol. 150</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>. Title: </span><span><span><span><span><span>تاريخ روضة الصّفا فى شرف الانبيا</span></span></span></span></span><span>, see Nos. 24-75 in this Cat.</span></p>
<p><span>30.</span><span><span><span><span><span>در خواصّ اسما و آيات</span></span></span></span></span><span>, a large treatise on the hidden science and magic influence of special verses and phrases of the </span><span>Ḳurân, translated from Arabic sources by </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>Abd-al</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>alî bin </span><span>Ḥ</span><span>usain, A.H. 926 (A.D. 1520), on fol. 213</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>الحمد لله الّذى انزل القرآن على عبده ليكون للعالمين نذيراً الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>31.Durr-almajâlis (</span><span><span><span><span><span>دٌرّ المجالس</span></span></span></span></span><span>), a collection of legends relating to the Patriarchs, Prophets, Mu</span><span>ḥammad, </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>Alî, and various Saints, by Saif al-</span><span><span>Ż</span></span><span>afar Naubahârî, in thirty-three chapters, on fol. 293</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, beginning : </span><span><span><span><span><span>حمدى كه از عنايت الهى بر زبان الخ</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>; comp. Rieu i. p. 44; J. Aumer, p. 58; G. </span><span>Flügel iii. p. 444; Cat. Codd. Or. Lugd. Bat. i. p. 359; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 980, etc.</span></p>
<p><span>32.A poem by Ḥ</span><span>aidar (i.e. </span><span>Ḥaidar Kulû</span><span><span>ć</span></span><span> or Kulî</span><span><span>ć</span></span><span>apaz, died A.H. 959), and various prose-fragments, among which an incomplete treatise on similar topics as No. 30, styled </span><span><span><span><span><span>شرح ردّ سحر صحيح و مجرّب </span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, and beginning on fol. 357</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>: </span><span><span><span><span><span>روايت است كه روزى شخص </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>يش خواجه رشيد رحمة الله عليه آمد الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>The right order of the leaves of this treatise is: fol. 357</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, 351</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>-355</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>On the fly-leaves in the beginning of the MS. there are also some scattered prose-fragments.</span></p>
<p><span>No. 1521, ff. 357; written in many different styles of </span><span>Nasta’lîḳ; size, 12</span><sup><span>3/8</span></sup><span> in. by 7</span><sup><span>1</span></sup><span> in.</span></p>
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