V. 3 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: دیوان قطران A neatly written modern MS. of the poems of Qatrán of Tabriz, where Náşir-i-
Khusraw met him in 438/1046. Much light has been thrown on this poet and the
attribution of many of his poems to his more celebrated predecessor Rúdaki by Sir E. Denison Ross (who made use of this MS. amongst others in his researches) in
an article entitled "Rúdaki and Pseudo-Rúdaki" published in the J.R.A.S. for
October, 1924, pp. 609-644. This MS., which formerly belonged to Ridá-quli Khan Hidayat, and was
apparently used by him in the compilation of his Majma'u'l-Fuşaḥd, was obtained
from the Belshah collection in January, 1920. It comprises 178 ff. of 21 × 12'5 cm.
and 17 ll. and is dated (on f. 95) the 7th of Jumádà 1, 1261/May 14, 1845, the
copyist's name being given as 'Alí Akbar of Tafrísh. Written in a small, neat
modern Persian ta'liq. On f. 3ª Ridá-qulí Khán has written in his own hand some
account of the poet (whose death he places in 465/1072-3), together with a
chronological list of contemporary and earlier princes and poets.
Khusraw met him in 438/1046. Much light has been thrown on this poet and the
attribution of many of his poems to his more celebrated predecessor Rúdaki by Sir E. Denison Ross (who made use of this MS. amongst others in his researches) in
an article entitled "Rúdaki and Pseudo-Rúdaki" published in the J.R.A.S. for
October, 1924, pp. 609-644. This MS., which formerly belonged to Ridá-quli Khan Hidayat, and was
apparently used by him in the compilation of his Majma'u'l-Fuşaḥd, was obtained
from the Belshah collection in January, 1920. It comprises 178 ff. of 21 × 12'5 cm.
and 17 ll. and is dated (on f. 95) the 7th of Jumádà 1, 1261/May 14, 1845, the
copyist's name being given as 'Alí Akbar of Tafrísh. Written in a small, neat
modern Persian ta'liq. On f. 3ª Ridá-qulí Khán has written in his own hand some
account of the poet (whose death he places in 465/1072-3), together with a
chronological list of contemporary and earlier princes and poets.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 178
Dimensions: 21 × 12.5 cm.
Layout
17 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a small, neat modern Persian ta'liq.
History
Origin: 1183 AH; 1769 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS. formerly belonged to Riz̤ā Qulī Khān, Hidāyat, 1800 or 1801-1871 or 1872 , and was apparently used by him in the compilation of his Majmaʿ al-Fuṣaḥāʾ مجمع الفصحاء .
Bought by E.G. Browne 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.
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