IO Islamic 4391 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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St Augustine's College Collection
Kalim and Qudsi, divans
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Early collection of dīvāns by two of the most important poets at Shahjahan's court in neat nastaʿlīq
1. ff. 1-69Collection of qaṣāʾid, ghazalīyāt, rubāʿīyāt, tarjīʿbands, and other brief mas̲navīyāt by one of the most important poets at the court of the Timurid or Mughal Emperor Shāh Jahān I, Abū Ṭālib Hamadānī Kāshānī, sometimes referred to as Ṭālibā-yi Kalīm. The poet was later commissioned to write a versified account of the reign, titled Pādshāh'nāmah, based on, though not limited to, approved prose accounts (especially that by Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd Lāhawrī), also titled Pādshāh'nāmah, left incomplete on the poet's death in 1062/1652
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Language(s): PersianTitle: DīvānTitle: ديوان2. ff. 70-171Title: DīvānTitle: ديوانCollection of numerous qaṣāʾid, and a smaller quantity of ghazalīyāt, followed by rubāʿīyāt, by the premier poet at the court of the Timurid or Mughal Emperor Shāh Jahān I, Ḥājjī Muḥammad Jān Mashhadī "Qudsī". The poet was the first to be commissioned to write a versified account of the reign, titled Pādshāh'nāmah, based on, though not limited to, approved prose accounts (by, initially, Muḥammad Amīn Qazvīnī and later Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd Lāhawrī), also titled Pādshāh'nāmah, left incomplete on the poet's death in 1056/1646
Dated: 9 Muḥarram 1073/1662
Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 171 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 229 × 127 mm.Dimensions (written):Hand(s)
History
Origin: 9 Muḥarram 1073 AH; 1662 CE ; IndiaRecord Sources
Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/18_f073rAvailability
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