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1 copy of Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ

Author: Ḥāfiẓ, 14th cent. Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī ‏حافظ شيرازى

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.

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by Lieutenant Colonel C.J. Doyle.

Availability

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