RAS Persian 272. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ
Title: Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ
Title: دیوان حافظ
F1a, stamp the name and date filled in in ink: Presented to the ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY by Lieutenant Colonel C.J. Doyle 15 of March 1834 Ruled margins and dividing panels. Illuminated initial opening.
Incipit: Ala ya ayyuha 'l-saqi
Language(s): Persian.
References
As for Codrington/Reade No 265.
Entered in the Donations Register for 15 March 1834. No 16 in list of Persian MSS.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 240 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 4.75 × 2.75 in.
Layout
12 lines to the page in double column
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq. Shamsa b, Khwajh Muhammad b. Khwajah Taj al-Din Kashmiri
Binding
Black leather binding with painted decoration.
History
Origin: Mughal India. Safar A.H. 1046 (July-August 1636), in the reign of Jahangir.
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