[IO Islamic 2914] مثنوئ كج كُلاه
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<li>Mathnawî-i-Kajkulâh</li>
<li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1725 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 2914 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li>
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<p><span>1725</span></p>
<p><span>Mathnawî-i-Kajkulâh (</span><span><span><span><span><span>مثنوئ كج كُلاه</span></span></span></span></span><span>).</span></p>
<p><span>The </span><span><em>second</em></span><span> volume (</span><span><span><span><span><span>دفتر دويم</span></span></span></span></span><span>) of a mystical mathnawî in imitation of Jalâl-aldîn</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>s famous mathnawî, containing stories of a theosophical and </span><span>Ṣûfic tendency, by Ânandghana (</span><span><span><span><span><span>آنند</span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>هن</span></span></span></span></span><span>, </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>cloud of happiness,</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>=</span><span><span><span><span><span>ابر سرور</span></span></span></span></span><span>, see fol. 56</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, l. 12), with the takhallu</span><span>ṣ Khwush (</span><span><span><span><span><span>خوش</span></span></span></span></span><span>, see ib., l. 11), who completed this second volume in the month of </span><span>Ṣ</span><span>afar, A.H. 1209 (A.D. 1794, September).</span></p>
<p><span>The mathnawî bears the title of Kajkulâh or Kajkulah, </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>the fop who wears his cap awry</span><span><span>’</span></span><span> (a designation often given to the mystic </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>lover of God,</span><span><span>’</span></span><span> the advanced </span><span>Ṣ</span><span>û</span><span>fî), see ff. 30</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, l. 9; 43</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, l. 12; 49</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, l. 11; 56</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, ll. 5, 16, and 18, etc.; and was to contain seven volumes, see fol.56</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, l. 9; the forthcoming third volume is announced in the last bait of this copy.</span></p>
<p><span>This copy contains the following stories:</span></p>
<p><span>1.</span><span><span><span><span><span>قصّ</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>حضرت ضيا الحقّ و فرّخ شاه</span></span></span></span></span><span>, disputation between </span><span>Ḍiyâ-al</span><span>ḥaḳḳ and Farrukhshâh, on fol. 1</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, beginning:</span></p>
<p><span><span><span>بشنو از طوطى حكايت ميكند</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>شكر </span></span></span><span><span><span>گوید </span></span></span><span><span><span>نه شكايت ميكند</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span>2.</span><span><span><span><span><span>حكايت سكندر </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ادشاه ذو القرنين</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, the story of Alexander Dhû-al</span><span>ḳarnain, and the four advices he gave to his sons and wazîrs in his last hour, on fol. 27</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, beginning:</span></p>
<p><span><span><span>اى عزيزان اين حكايت بشنويد</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>اين نصيحت را ب</span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>وش جان دهيد</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span>3.</span><span><span><span><span><span>حكايت نانك شاه درويش و </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ادشاه</span></span></span></span></span><span>, the story of the Darwish Nânakshâh and the Pâdishâh, on fol. 30</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, beginning:</span></p>
<p><span><span><span>بشنويد اى دوستان قصّه عجيب</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>اين سوانح نيك مرد </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ر غريب</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span>4.</span><span><span><span><span><span>حكايت آن دهقان كه اراد</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>كُشتن دي</span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>رى كرده بجاى آن </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>سر خود را كُشت</span></span></span></span></span><span>, story of the Dih</span><span>ḳân, who wanted to kill another one and instead of that killed his own son, on fol. 33</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>بشنويد اى دوستان قصّه غريب الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>5.</span><span><span><span><span><span>قصّ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ۀ پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ير مصرى و حضرت موسى</span></span></span></span></span><span>, the story of the old Egyptian and Moses, on fol. 35</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>بشنويد اى دوستان اين داستان الخ</span></span></span></span></span><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>6.</span><span><span><span><span><span>حكايت دارا شكوه بى اندوه وشاه لال درويش حقّ كيش</span></span></span></span></span><span>, the story of prince Dârâ Shukûh and the Darwish Shâh Lâl, to whom the former puts three questions, on fol. 42</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, beginning:</span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>اين حكايت </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ادشه هندوستان</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>وش داده بشنويد اين داستان</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>بود يك شه نام آن دارا شكوه</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>در تحمّل بردبارى هم </span></span></span><span><span><span>چ</span></span></span><span><span><span>و كوه</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span>Prose-treatises, containing a debate of prince Dârâ Shukûh with Bâbâ La</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>l</span><span> (</span><span><span><span><span><span>لعل</span></span></span></span></span><span>), on questions of Hindû theosophy, are described in Bodleian Cat., col. 758, No. 14; Rieu ii. p. 841</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span> (where the Hindû sage is called La</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>ldâs, </span><span><span><span><span><span>لعلداس</span></span></span></span></span><span>), and iii. p. 1034</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span> (where he is called, as here, Bâbâ Lâl); similar disputations of the prince are noticed in W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 45, No. 50 (where the Shaikh Mu</span><span>ḥibb-allâh Allâhâbâdî is interviewed), and p. 1028, No. 2. </span></p>
<p><span>7.</span><span><span><span><span><span>واعرابى</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>(afterwards </span><span><span><span><span><span>عيسى</span></span></span></span></span><span>) </span><span><span><span><span><span>حكايت حضرت موسى</span></span></span></span></span><span>, the story of Moses (or rather of Jesus, as he is called in all the following headings) and the Bedouin and his wife, on fol. 43</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, beginning: </span><span><span><span><span><span>بشنويد اى دوستان در </span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>وش جان</span></span></span></span></span><span>. At the end the story is called </span><span><span><span><span><span>قصّ</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>مرد اعرابى و زن بدكار او</span></span></span><span><span>’</span></span></span></span><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>8.</span><span><span><span><span><span>حكايت سليمان </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ير و سليمان </span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>يغمبر</span></span></span></span></span><span>, the story of old Solomon (the wood-merchant, </span><span><span><span><span><span>هيزم فروش</span></span></span></span></span><span>, as he is called) and Solomon the prophet (king Solomon), on fol. 49</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>, beginning:</span></p>
<p><span><span><span>بشنويد اى دوستان اين داستان</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>بهر حق جويان و مردم راستان</span></span></span></p>
<p><span>A certain laxity in the metrical treatment, omission of I</span><span>ḍâfas, etc., is conspicuous throughout the poem.</span></p>
<p><span>This copy was transcribed by Bholanâth in the very year of composition, A.H. 1209, and finished the 16th of Rabî</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>-alawwal (A.D. 1794, Oct. 11). A large picture on fol. 1</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>No. 2914, ff. 56, 4 coll., each ll. 23; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 12</span><sup><span>1/2</span></sup><span> in. by 9</span><sup><span>1/8</span></sup><span> in. </span></p>
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