[IO Islamic 454] Bayâḍ
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<li>Bayâḍ</li>
<li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1767 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 454 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li>
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<p><span>1767</span></p>
<p><span>Bayâ</span><span>ḍ (</span><span><span><span><span><span>بياض</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>).</span></p>
<p><span>An album of Persian poetry and prose, containing miscellaneous pieces in a very confused order, many leaves being turned upside down. The principal contents are:</span></p>
<p><span>1.A ḳiṭ’ah by </span><span><span><em>‘</em></span></span><span><em>Alî Ḥ</em></span><span><em>azîn</em></span><span> (died A. H. 1180, see Nos. 1712-1714 above), reproaching Kashmîr (</span><span><span><span><span><span>قطعه در مذمّت كشمير</span></span></span></span></span><span>), on fol. 1</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, and other miscellaneous lyric poems.</span></p>
<p><span>2.</span><span><em>Mîr Najât</em></span><span><span><em>’</em></span></span><span><em>s </em></span><span><span><span><span><span>دل كُشتى</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>(a mathnawî on wrestling, composed A.H. 1112= A.D. 1700, 1701; Mîr </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span>Abd-al</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>âl Najât died about A.H. 1126=A.D. 1714, see Bodleian Cat., Nos. 1162-1165; Rieu ii. p. 821; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 512; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 697, No. 10; lithographed at Lucknow (with commentary), A.H. 1258), on fol. 7</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>3.</span><span><em>Mullâ Nau</em></span><span><span><em>’</em></span></span><span><em>î</em></span><span><span><em>’</em></span></span><span><em>s</em></span><span> </span><span><span><span><span><span>سوز و </span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>داز</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>(see No. 1485 above), on fol. 18</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>4.A </span><span>ḳaṣîdah, by </span><span><em>Hijrî</em></span><span> (see Nos. 1440 and 1441 above), in homage of Nawwâb Âṣaf-aldaulah Bahâdur, on fol. 19</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>5.A tarjî</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>band, a mukhammas, and a short mathnawî, by Mîr </span><span><em>Zain-al</em></span><span><span><em>’</em></span></span><span><em>âbidîn</em></span><span> (see No. 20 below), on fol. 24</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>6.</span><span><span><span><span><span>مناظر</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>سرما و </span></span></span><span><span><span>گ</span></span></span><span><span><span>رما</span></span></span></span></span><span>, a dispute between cold and heat, in prose, on fol. 30</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>7.Poems, by </span><span><em>Mihrî </em></span><span>(died about A.H. 1130), on fol. 35</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>8.Rubâ</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>iyyât.</span></p>
<p><span>9.On the tobacco-pipe (</span><span><span><span><span><span>تعريف قليان تنباكو</span></span></span></span></span><span>), in prose, on fol. 42</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>10.Several mukhammasât and other miscellaneous poems, on ff. 48</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span> and 63</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>11.Admonitions, by </span><span><span>‘</span></span><span><em>Abdallâh An</em></span><span><em>ṣârî</em></span><span> (</span><span><span><span><span><span>نصائح عبد الله انصارى</span></span></span></span></span><span>), the great mystic Shaikh, who died A.H. 481 (A.D. 1088), see No. 1778 sq. below, in prose, on fol. 68</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>. </span></p>
<p><span>12.A few poems, by </span><span><em>Ḥ</em></span><span><em>azîn</em></span><span>, on fol. 71</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>13.Ghazals, by </span><span><em>Shaukat</em></span><span> (died A.H. 1107, see Nos. 1628-1633), </span><span><em>Mihrî</em></span><span>, etc., on fol. 79</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>14.Historical incidents from Nâdirshâh</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>s time, beginning with A.H. 1149 (A.D. 1736), on fol. 80</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>15.A </span><span>ḳaṣîdah by </span><span><em>Nâṭiḳ</em></span><span> (</span><span><span><span><span><span>قصيد</span></span></span><span><span>ۀ </span></span><span><span><span>ناطق</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>), and other poetry, on fol. 84</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>16.</span><span><span><span><span><span>چ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ار اندر </span></span></span><span><span><span>چ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ار</span></span></span></span></span><span>, a prose-piece by </span><span><span><em>‘</em></span></span><span><em>Ubaid Zâkânî</em></span><span> (died A.H. 772), on fol. 89</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>, and another </span><span><span><span><span><span>چ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ار در </span></span></span><span><span><span>چ</span></span></span><span><span><span>ار</span></span></span></span></span><span>, likewise in prose, by Maulânâ </span><span><em>Mushf</em></span><span><em>iḳî</em></span><span> (of Bukhârâ, died A.H. 994), on fol. 87</span><sup><span>a</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>17.Miscellaneous pieces in prose and verse.</span></p>
<p><span>18.</span><span><span><span><span><span>قضا و قدر</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>, a mathnawî on predestination, by Mirzâ </span><span><em>Ṭ</em></span><span><em>âhir</em></span><span>, on fol. 117</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>19.A </span><span>ḳaṣîdah, by Mirzâ </span><span><em>Ṭ</em></span><span><em>âhir</em></span><span>, on fol. 119</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>20.</span><span>Ḳaṣîdas, by Mîr </span><span><em>Zain-al</em></span><span><span><em>’</em></span></span><span><em>abidîn</em></span><span>, with the takhallu</span><span>ṣ Hijrî, on fol. 133</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>21.</span><span><span><span><span><span>قضا و قدر</span></span></span></span></span><span>, a second mathnawî of the same title, by </span><span><em>Hijrî</em></span><span>, on fol. 143</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>22.A short mathnawî</span><span><span><span><span><span>قضا و قدر</span></span></span></span></span><span>, by Mu</span><span>ḥammad </span><span><em>Salîm</em></span><span> (see No. 1558, 5 above), on fol. 148</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>23.A fourth mathnawî </span><span><span><span><span><span>قضا و قدر</span></span></span></span></span><span>, by </span><span>Ḥ</span><span>akîm </span><span><em>Ruknâ</em></span><span> (see No. 1572 above), on fol. 150</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>; a fifth mathnawî of the same title, by Amîrbeg Wâlih, is quoted in the Bodleian Cat., col. 768, e.</span></p>
<p><span>24.A mathnawî, by </span><span><em>Mihrî</em></span><span>, entitled </span><span><span><span><span><span>سرا</span></span></span><span><span><span>پ</span></span></span><span><span><span>اى</span></span></span><span> </span></span></span><span>(description of the human figure, see Bodleian Cat., No. 1168), on fol. 153</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>25.</span><span>Ḳaṣidas, rubâ</span><span><span>’</span></span><span>s, and fards, on fol. 164</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>It might have been better to page the MS. from the back, as most of the poems are running in that way.</span></p>
<p><span>Therefore in using this copy the reader must read backward. A short index of the more prominent pieces of this album is found twice, both on ff. 165</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span> and 166</span><sup><span>b</span></sup><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>No. 454, ff. 166; written in Nasta’lîḳ and Shikasta; size 9¼ in. by 4½ in.</span></p>
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