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Summary of Contents: Contents: 1. Several MS. Persian taşnifs or ballads collected and sent to Professor Browne by George Grahame, then H.B.M. Consul at Shíráz, in October, 1905. 2. Lithographed Muharram poems (ta'ziyas and rawḍa-khadas), including the following six ta'ziyas: (1) Kitáb-i Durrat al-Ṣadaf; (2) Shahádat-i Hurr ibn Yazíd Riyáhí; (3) Kitáb-i Shahádat-i Ḥaḍrat-i Sayyid Sajjád u Imám Zaynu'l-'Ábidín; (4) Majlis-i Amír Tímúr bá Wafát-i Zaynab Khátún; (5) Majlis-i Ta'ziyya-i Khurúj Namúdan-i 'Abdu'lláh Yazdgird bá Lashkar-i Yárí-yi Sayyidu'sh-Shuhadá u Ámadan ba-Dasht-i Karbalá; (6) Majlis-i Shahádat-i Imám. 3. A MS. Bábí poem by Mírzá Na'ím of Ábádé (see A Year amongst the Persians, p. 567 of the reprint), received from G. Grahame in August, 1902, with a letter in which the writer says that Mírzá Muḥammad or Mírzá Na'ím really came from Sidih. 4. A MS. Kurdish poem received from the Rev. W. St Clair Tisdall in 1912. 5. MS. poems by Mírzá Dáwarí of Shíráz, a son of the poet known as Wiṣál (see A Year amongst the Persians, reprint, pp. 130 and 292). They were given to Professor Browne in the winter of 1887-8 at Ṭihrán by the Nawwáb Mírzá Hasan-'Alí Khán. 6. A qaṣída composed in 1887 for Queen Victoria's Jubilee by Mírzá-yi Farhang of Shíráz, a younger brother of the above-mentioned Mírzá Dáwarí (see A Year amongst the Persians, loc. cit.), and copied by Professor Browne from the original belonging to the Nawwáb Mírzá Hasan-'Alí Khán. It is followed by a ghazal composed in honour of Professor Browne by Hájjí Pír-záda. 7. Bábí MS. tracts given to Professor Browne by Basil Williams, Feb. 7, 1897, comprising (a) Risála-i-Siyásiyya; (b) Lawh-i Bishárát; (c) Lawh-i Zardishtiyán; (d) Munáját. 8. Professor Browne's pencil copy, made in Cambridge, Nov. 4, 1900, of the text of a "Tablet" revealed by "the Most Great Branch" (Abbás Efendi) to Mr A. P. Dodge. 9. MS. commentary by 'Abbás Efendi on the Hadith Kuntu Kanzan, "I was a Hidden Treasure," written for 'Ali Shevket Páshá and obtained from Áqá Jawád the dallál in Isfahán on March 1, 1888. 10. A short life of the famous philosopher Hájjí Mullá Hádí of Sabzawár composed by his pupil Mírzá Asadu'lláh of Sabzawár in Ṭihrán, February, 1888. This is the memoir from which Professor Browne derived the account of Hájjí Mullá Hádí given in A Year amongst the Persians. See the reprint, p. 146, note 1. 11. A cutting from the Pall Mall Gazette, Nov. 26, 1891, containing a letter by Professor Browne on the persecution of the Bábís in Yazd in May, 1891, together with the original rough draft of a MS. Persian translation of the same made for Náşiru'd-Dín Sháh by Mírzá Husayn-qulí Khán. 12. An Arabic tract, mystical in character, composed by Maḥmúd ibn Muḥammad at-Tabrízí in 1255/1839-40 and dedicated to Muḥammad Sháh Qájár. The lithograph bears the date 1264/1847-8. Begins: الحمد لله الذي هدانا شرايع الاحكامTitle: Several MS. Persian taşnífs (ballads)Collected and sent to Browne by George Grahame, then H.B.M. Consul at Shíráz, in October, 1905.
Language(s): PersianTitle: Six lithographed Muḥarram poems (ta'ziyas and rawḍa-khadas)Titles: Kitáb-i Durrat al-Ṣadaf; Shahádat-i Ḥurr ibn Yazíd Riyáhí; Kitáb-i Shahádat-i Ḥaḍrat-i Sayyid Sajjád u Imám Zaynu'l-'Ábidín; Majlis-i Amír Tímúr bá Wafát-i Zaynab Khátún; Majlis-i Ta'ziyya-i Khurúj-i 'Abdu'lláh Yazdgird; Majlis-i Shahádat-i Imám.
Language(s): PersianTitle: Bábí poemSee A Year amongst the Persians, p. 567 of the reprint. Received from G. Grahame in August, 1902; Grahame's covering letter states that Mírzá Muḥammad, or Mírzá Na'ím, in fact came from Sidih.
Language(s): PersianTitle: Kurdish poemReceived from the Rev. W. St Clair Tisdall in 1912.
Language(s): Kurdishgiven to Browne in the winter of 1887-8 at Țihrán by the Nawwáb Mírzá Hasan- Alí Khán.
Title: PoemsSon of the poet known as Wiṣál; see A Year amongst the Persians, reprint, pp. 130 and 292. Given to Browne in the winter of 1887-8 at Ṭihrán by the Nawwáb Mírzá Hasan-'Alí Khán.
Language(s): PersianTitle: Qaṣída for Queen Victoria's Jubilee, followed by a ghazal in honour of Professor Browne by Hájjí Pír-zádaMírzá-yi Farhang was a younger brother of Mírzá Dáwarí (item 5). Composed 1887; copied by Browne from the original belonging to the Nawwáb Mírzá Hasan-'Alí Khán.
Language(s): PersianTitle: Four Bábí MS. tracts: Risála-i-Siyásiyya; Lawḥ-i Bishárát; Lawḥ-i Zardishtiyán; MunájátGiven to Browne by Basil Williams, Feb. 7, 1897.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicTitle: Browne's pencil copy of the text of a "Tablet" revealed by "the Most Great Branch" ('Abbás Efendi) to Mr A. P. DodgeCopied by Browne in Cambridge, Nov. 4, 1900.
Language(s): PersianTitle: Commentary on the Hadith Kuntu Kanzan ("I was a Hidden Treasure")Written for 'Alí Shevket Páshá; obtained from Áqá Jawád the dallál in Isfahán on March 1, 1888.
Language(s): ArabicTitle: Short life of Hájjí Mullá Hádí of SabzawárComposed by his pupil Mírzá Asadu'lláh of Sabzawár in Ṭihrán, February, 1888. Source of Browne's account of Hájjí Mullá Hádí (Sabzavārī, Hādī ibn Mahdī, 1797 or 1798-1873) in A Year amongst the Persians (reprint, p. 146, note 1).
Language(s): PersianTitle: Pall Mall Gazette cutting and draft Persian translationA cutting from the Pall Mall Gazette, Nov. 26, 1891, containing a letter by Browne on the persecution of the Bábís at Yazd in May, 1891, together with the original rough draft of a Persian translation of the same made for Náşiru'd-Dín Sháh by Mírzá Husayn-qulí Khán.
Language(s): English and PersianAuthor: Maḥmúd ibn Muḥammad at-Tabrízí 19th centuryTitle: Mystical Arabic tractComposed in 1255/1839-40, dedicated to Muḥammad Sháh Qájár; the lithograph bears the date 1264/1847-8.
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي هدانا شرايع الاحكامLanguage(s): ArabicPhysical Description
Form: otherSupport: Paper; a bound miscellany of manuscript, lithographed and printed items of varying format (loose tracts, a newspaper cutting, pencil copies), not a single continuously-paginated text.Extent: 12 items as listed; individual extents and dimensions not given by Browne for this volume as a whole.Layout
Not applicable to the volume as a whole.
Hand(s)
Numerous hands, including Professor Browne's own (items 6 and 8).
History
Origin: 1887-1912 CEProvenance and Acquisition
A miscellany assembled by Browne from items received from several different sources between 1887 and 1912: George Grahame (items 1 and 3), the Rev. W. St Clair Tisdall (item 4), the Nawwáb Mírzá Hasan-'Alí Khán (items 5 and 6), Basil Williams (1867-1950) (item 7), and Browne's own copying (items 6, 8 and 11).
Passed to Cambridge University Library in 1936 (the "Browne Bequest").
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.Availability
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