V. 54 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: كليات نشاط The complete works (Kulliyyat) of Mirzá 'Abdu'l-Wahháb, entitled Mu'tamadu'd-
Dawla and poetically surnamed Nashát, who died in 1244/1828-9. See the Majma'u'l-
Fuşahá, vol. II, pp. 509-514, and my Persian Literature in Modern Times, pp. 225,
307 and 311. A lithographed edition appeared at Tihrán in 1282/1865-6. This MS. was one of those obtained from the Belshah collection in the spring
of 1920. It comprises 194 written ff. of 30 x 19 c. and 17 ll., is written in a fairly
good cursive Persian ta'liq between margins ruled in red, gold and blue, and was
completed on the 19th of Rabi' II, 1282/11 September, 1865, at Tihrán. The scribe's
name appears to be Muhammad Ibráhím, and in a marginal note he gives the day
as well as the year of Nashát's death as the 5th of Dhu'l-Hijja, 1244/June 8, 1829. The volume contains both prose and verse. The first section of the prose
selections (ff. 1-62) is headed by the following rubric: مشتمل است بر دیباچه و خطبه و وقف نامه و نکاح نامجات و توصیف بعضی از ولات It contains many letters, despatches, etc., besides the longer pieces and is interspersed with a certain amount of poetry. It is preceded by a rather crude illuminated
'unwán, and has a colophon dated 5 Rabí I, 1282, only a fortnight earlier than the
final colophon mentioned above. The second prose section (ff. 62-82) also contains prose pieces interspersed
with verse, some devotional, some anecdotal in character. There is a colophon at
the end of this part, dated the 17th of Rabí I, 1282/Aug. 10, 1865. The poems fill the remainder of the volume, first a mathnawi (ff. 83-107)
beginning: ای خوشا آغاز غم پرواز عشق ای خوشا انجام به از آغاز عشق This is dated in the colophon nine days later than the preceding one. Next
come the qasidas (ff. 108-117), beginning: هوا باد و هوس باران طمع خاك و خطر خضرا در این گلشن بسی نادان که بندد دل گشاید پا The colophon at the end of this portion gives the 28th of Rabi' I, 1282/Aug. 21,
1865, as the date of completion. The ghazals (ff. 118-184) are immediately followed
by tarkib-bands, muqatta'át and rubá'iyyát (ff. 184-194).
Dawla and poetically surnamed Nashát, who died in 1244/1828-9. See the Majma'u'l-
Fuşahá, vol. II, pp. 509-514, and my Persian Literature in Modern Times, pp. 225,
307 and 311. A lithographed edition appeared at Tihrán in 1282/1865-6. This MS. was one of those obtained from the Belshah collection in the spring
of 1920. It comprises 194 written ff. of 30 x 19 c. and 17 ll., is written in a fairly
good cursive Persian ta'liq between margins ruled in red, gold and blue, and was
completed on the 19th of Rabi' II, 1282/11 September, 1865, at Tihrán. The scribe's
name appears to be Muhammad Ibráhím, and in a marginal note he gives the day
as well as the year of Nashát's death as the 5th of Dhu'l-Hijja, 1244/June 8, 1829. The volume contains both prose and verse. The first section of the prose
selections (ff. 1-62) is headed by the following rubric: مشتمل است بر دیباچه و خطبه و وقف نامه و نکاح نامجات و توصیف بعضی از ولات It contains many letters, despatches, etc., besides the longer pieces and is interspersed with a certain amount of poetry. It is preceded by a rather crude illuminated
'unwán, and has a colophon dated 5 Rabí I, 1282, only a fortnight earlier than the
final colophon mentioned above. The second prose section (ff. 62-82) also contains prose pieces interspersed
with verse, some devotional, some anecdotal in character. There is a colophon at
the end of this part, dated the 17th of Rabí I, 1282/Aug. 10, 1865. The poems fill the remainder of the volume, first a mathnawi (ff. 83-107)
beginning: ای خوشا آغاز غم پرواز عشق ای خوشا انجام به از آغاز عشق This is dated in the colophon nine days later than the preceding one. Next
come the qasidas (ff. 108-117), beginning: هوا باد و هوس باران طمع خاك و خطر خضرا در این گلشن بسی نادان که بندد دل گشاید پا The colophon at the end of this portion gives the 28th of Rabi' I, 1282/Aug. 21,
1865, as the date of completion. The ghazals (ff. 118-184) are immediately followed
by tarkib-bands, muqatta'át and rubá'iyyát (ff. 184-194).
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 194
Dimensions: 30 × 19 cm.
Layout
17 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a fairly good cursive Persian ta'liq between margins ruled in red, gold and blue.
History
Origin: 19th of Rabi' II, 1282 AH; 1865 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS. was one of those obtained from the Belshah collection in the spring of 1920.
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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