V. 10 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: دیوان شمس تبریز A very large collection of the Odes of Jalálu'd-Dín Rúmí, commonly known as the Díwán-i-Shams-i-Tabriz. See R. A. Nicholson's Selected Odes from that Díwán (Cambridge, 1898), which contains a full and excellent critical study of the whole subject; and my Lit. Hist. of Persia, vol. II, pp. 515-525, etc. This MS., acquired from the Belshah collection in January, 1920, comprises 426 ff. of 33,8 x 2,18 c. and 31 ll., is written in a small and legible, but ungraceful ta'liq, and was completed by "the least of physicians" Mírzá Muḥammad 'Alí of Tihrán on the 21st of Shawwál, 1282/March 9, 1866. The volume cannot contain much fewer than 49,000 verses (bayts).
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 426
Dimensions: 33.8 × 21.8 cm.
Layout
31 lines
Hand(s)
Small and legible, but ungraceful ta'liq
History
Origin: 1282 AH; 1866 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Acquired from the Belshah collection in January, 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.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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