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[IO Islamic 2346] ديوان امّيد

<ul> <li>D&icirc;w&acirc;n-i-Umm&icirc;d</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1703 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: Hermann Eth&eacute;, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 2346 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> <p><span>1703</span></p> <p><span>D&icirc;w&acirc;n-i-Umm&icirc;d (</span><span><span><span><span><span>ديوان امّيد</span></span></span></span></span><span>). </span></p> <p><span>Lyrical poems of </span><span>Ḳ</span><span>izilbashkh&acirc;n, whose original name was Mirz&acirc; Mu</span><span>ḥammad Riḍ&acirc;, with the takhalluṣ Umm&icirc;d, a native of Hamad&acirc;n and a pupil of Mirz</span><span>&acirc;</span><span> Ṭ&acirc;hir Waḥ&icirc;d (see Nos. 1653-1655 above) and of M&icirc;r Naj&acirc;t (the lyrical poet and author of the famous mathnaw&icirc; on wrestling, </span><span><span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ل كشتى</span></span></span></span></span><span>, who died A.H. 1126=A.D. 1714; see Bodleian Cat., Nos. 1162-1165). He came to India under Bah&acirc;dursh&acirc;h and died in Dihl&icirc;, A.H. 1159, 9th of Jum&acirc;d&acirc; I (A.D. 1746, May 30). He left besides his Persian d&icirc;w&acirc;n a few Rekhta verses; see Rieu ii. p. 711</span>^{<span>b</span>}<span>; A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 149, 153, 300, and 581; comp. also &Acirc;tashkada, No. 776 (Bodleian Cat., col. 289), and Khul&acirc;</span><span>ṣat-alafk&acirc;r, No. 39 (ib., col. 304), where an earlier date for his death is given, viz. A.H. 1155.</span></p> <p><span>This copy contains only ghazals, in alphabetical order, beginning:</span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>اى شكارى آهوى صد اف</span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ند صيّادها</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>اى خراب از خلوه ات مانند سيل آبادها</span></span></span></p> <p><span>The initial ghazal, quoted in Sprenger</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>s copy, is here the second. The </span><span>ḳaṣ&icirc;das, ḳiṭ&rsquo;as, mukhammas&acirc;t, mufrad&acirc;t and rub&acirc;</span><span><span>&rsquo;</span></span><span>&icirc;s are entirely wanting here. on fol. 1</span>^{<span>a</span>}<span> and at the end this d&icirc;w&acirc;n is wrongly ascribed to </span><span>Ṭ</span><span>&acirc;lib &Acirc;mul&icirc; (see Nos. 1524-1529 above). No date.</span></p> <p><span>This copy belonged formerly to the College of Fort William.</span></p> <p><span>No. 2346, ff. 1-27, 2 coll., each ll. 15-20; Shikasta; size, 7</span>^{<span>3/4</span>}<span> in. by 5</span>^{<span>5/8</span>}<span> in.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>