V. 32 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: ديوان جهان The Diwán of a poetess (The sex is shown by the occurrence in the prose preface of the expression این ضعیفه) using the pen-name (takhallus) of Jahán, who was
contemporary with Shah Shuja' the Muzaffari, and is probably identical with the
Jahán-Khátún satirized by 'Ubayd-i-Zákání. See my Persian Literature under
Tartar Dominion, p. 233, n. I. The MS., apparently bought by me in Constantinople, since I have marked it
in pencil "20 piastres," comprises 38 ff. of 14'9 x 10'4 c. and 15 ll., and is written
in a small, neat ta'liq with rubrications. In the colophon the month of completion
is given as Dhu'l-Hijja, but the year is almost obliterated, though it looks most like
1028 (this would be equivalent to Nov.-Dec., 1619). The poems are for the most part ghazals, with a few muqatta'át (fragments) and
ruba'iyyat (quatrains) at the end. Prefixed to them is a prose preface celebrating
the virtues and titles of Jalálu'd-Din Abu'l-Fawáris Sháh Shujá'. The poems are
as usual arranged in alphabetical order of the final letter, except the first three, of
which the first, in praise of God, begins: ای زامر كُنْفَكَانَت گشته پیدا کاینات ذات بیچون ترا ترك صفت عين صفات، the second, in praise of the Prophet, begins: افزوده حشمت رسل از احتشام تو
ای افتخار نام نبوت ز نام تو and the third, in praise of Sháh Shujá', begins: ز آتش دل پروانه کي خبر دارد
کسی که شمع جمال تو در نظر دارد که صیت معدلتش ملك بحر و بر دارد
جلال دنیا و دین كهف ملك شاه شجاع
contemporary with Shah Shuja' the Muzaffari, and is probably identical with the
Jahán-Khátún satirized by 'Ubayd-i-Zákání. See my Persian Literature under
Tartar Dominion, p. 233, n. I. The MS., apparently bought by me in Constantinople, since I have marked it
in pencil "20 piastres," comprises 38 ff. of 14'9 x 10'4 c. and 15 ll., and is written
in a small, neat ta'liq with rubrications. In the colophon the month of completion
is given as Dhu'l-Hijja, but the year is almost obliterated, though it looks most like
1028 (this would be equivalent to Nov.-Dec., 1619). The poems are for the most part ghazals, with a few muqatta'át (fragments) and
ruba'iyyat (quatrains) at the end. Prefixed to them is a prose preface celebrating
the virtues and titles of Jalálu'd-Din Abu'l-Fawáris Sháh Shujá'. The poems are
as usual arranged in alphabetical order of the final letter, except the first three, of
which the first, in praise of God, begins: ای زامر كُنْفَكَانَت گشته پیدا کاینات ذات بیچون ترا ترك صفت عين صفات، the second, in praise of the Prophet, begins: افزوده حشمت رسل از احتشام تو
ای افتخار نام نبوت ز نام تو and the third, in praise of Sháh Shujá', begins: ز آتش دل پروانه کي خبر دارد
کسی که شمع جمال تو در نظر دارد که صیت معدلتش ملك بحر و بر دارد
جلال دنیا و دین كهف ملك شاه شجاع
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 38
Dimensions: 14.9 × 10.4 cm.
Layout
15 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a small, neat ta'liq with rubrications.
History
Origin: 1028 AH; 1619 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Apparently bought by me in Constantinople, since I have marked it in pencil "20 piastres."
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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