V. 38 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: كليات جمالي A MS. of the very rare poetical works of Pír Jamálu'd-Din Muhammad of
Ardistán, poetically named Jamálí. A notice of him is given in Ridá-qulí Khan's
Riyadu'l-Arifin, pp. 53-57, according to which he died in 879/1474-5. The only
other MS. I have seen was in the possession of the late Hájji 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah, but I do not know what became of it [It is now in the Library of the India Office. I have described its contents in an article contributed
to the 'Ajab-náma (a volume of Oriental Studies published by the Cambridge University Press in 1922
and presented to Professor Browne on his 60th birthday), pp. 364-370.]. This MS. was given to me by my friend
Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Husayn Khán of Káshán, entitled Waḥtdu'l-Mulk, on October
12, 1912. This large and compactly written volume comprises 330 ff. of 32 × 21 c. and
33 ll., is written in six columns to the page in a small, neat ta'liq with rubrications, and was transcribed by Sayyid Ali Akbar al-Hirawi الممردی or الهروی (?) who completed it on Şafar 10, 1235/Nov. 28, 1819. The contents, which are fully set
forth on two additional (unnumbered) pages at the beginning, are as follows: (1) Misbahu'l-Arwáḥ (ff. 1-27), a mathnawi poem beginning after a short
prose Preface: ترك مستش فکر غوغا میکند
شحنه دل میل صحرا میکند (2) Ahkámul-Muhibbin (ff. 28-39), beginning after a short prose Preface: آمد آن یاری ده افتادگان
مژده مژده مژده ای دلدادگان (3) Nihayatu'l-Hikmat (f. 39-59), بر رخش آرید ایمان
الصلوة اي عاشقان كآمد امام و سلام (4) Bidayatu'l-Mahabbat (ff. 60-71), beginning after the Preface: beginning after the Preface: اسپ زين كن ای همت بلند
همت تا ز پای روح بکشائیم بند (5) Hidayatul-Ma'rifat (ff. 71-97), beginning after the Preface: آشنا
كاندرين بحرست سیر
با محبت رو بیار اور دلا (6) Fathu'l-Abwab (ff. 97-130), beginning after the Preface: بين قوم الحق وانصر واحدنا
ربنا افتح ربنا افتح بيننا (7) Mihr-afruz (ff. 130-133), beginning after the Preface تا که همت ترا كند تعليم
به محبت در آی و شو تسلیم It will be noticed that in this poem there is a change of metre from the hexameter
Rawal hitherto employed. (8) Kanzu'd-Daqa'iq (f. 133-143), beginning after the Preface: مشعلة صبح وسوسه ظلمت عادت رمید
سعادت دمید (9) Sharhu'l-Kunúz (ff. 144-161), beginning without Preface: كه عشقست و بس هرچه هست ایحکیم
باسم عظیم و بذات قدیم (10) Rúhu'l-Quds (ff. 161-171), also described as the third part of the above
Sharhu'l-Kunuz. (11) Tanbíhu'l-Arifin (ff. 171-187), beginning after a rather long Preface: ساقی قدحی که نو بهار است چشم دل و جان در انتظار است (12) Mahbubu's Siddiqin (ff. 187-214), beginning without Preface, but with
interspersed passages of prose later on: روز از نور عشق شد خرم ظلمت شب دريد جامه غم، (13) Kashful-Arwah (ff. 214-240), beginning: بنامت نامه را سر بر گشایم که اندر کوی عشقت میسرایم (14) Miftahu'l-Qasr (ff. 240-242), beginning after a longish Preface: بود چه ایوب زآل خليل خواست خدا تا که شود او جليل (15) Mishkatul-Muhibbin (ff. 242-243), beginning: ای گزیده جهان و هرچه دروست جان عالم توئی و عالم پوست (16) Kitab-i-Ma'lumát (ff. 243-244), beginning: ای رفیق ره و حریف مدام ای طلبکار رند درد آشام (17) Kitab-i-Mathnawiyyát (ff. 245-248), beginning: عشق تو مرا به باد بر داد خوشنودم از آنکه سخت تر باد (18) Sharhu'l-Wásilín (ff. 250-275), beginning: این شجر با آن ثمر پیوسته است بیثمر باشد کز این بگسسته است (19) Istiqámat-náma (ff. 275-281), beginning: استقم دل که باز حسن حبیب میکند عشوها بعشق غريب (20) Kitab-i-Nur 'ala Nur (ff. 282-285), beginning, after a longish prose
Preface: روز اول که دوست آئینه (آینه) خواست عقل بنمود روی و قامت راست (21) Kitáb-i-Nazir wa-Manzúr (ff. 285-290), beginning: مصطفی هور و نور مشهور است على بو العلا علی نور است (22) Kitab-i-Mir'atu'l-Afrád (. 290-313), in prose interspersed with verse,
beginning: ای آنکه مشتاق جمال دوستی و میخواهی که معرفت الہی ضم كنى الخ (23) Kitab-i-Qasa'id (ff. 313-316), beginning: صبح روشن گشت یا مهتاب بر بالاستی یاز نور دلبرم عالم چنین زیباستی
یا شب قدر است یا خود نغمه روح القدس کاینچنین دیر مغان چون مسجد الاقصاستی The qasidas are followed (ff. 316-319) by two tarji-bands, a tarkib-band and
other shorter poems. (24) Ghazals, with the takhallus of Jamáli (ff. 320-327). (25) Rubá'iyyát and Mufradát (ff. 327-330).
Ardistán, poetically named Jamálí. A notice of him is given in Ridá-qulí Khan's
Riyadu'l-Arifin, pp. 53-57, according to which he died in 879/1474-5. The only
other MS. I have seen was in the possession of the late Hájji 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah, but I do not know what became of it [It is now in the Library of the India Office. I have described its contents in an article contributed
to the 'Ajab-náma (a volume of Oriental Studies published by the Cambridge University Press in 1922
and presented to Professor Browne on his 60th birthday), pp. 364-370.]. This MS. was given to me by my friend
Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Husayn Khán of Káshán, entitled Waḥtdu'l-Mulk, on October
12, 1912. This large and compactly written volume comprises 330 ff. of 32 × 21 c. and
33 ll., is written in six columns to the page in a small, neat ta'liq with rubrications, and was transcribed by Sayyid Ali Akbar al-Hirawi الممردی or الهروی (?) who completed it on Şafar 10, 1235/Nov. 28, 1819. The contents, which are fully set
forth on two additional (unnumbered) pages at the beginning, are as follows: (1) Misbahu'l-Arwáḥ (ff. 1-27), a mathnawi poem beginning after a short
prose Preface: ترك مستش فکر غوغا میکند
شحنه دل میل صحرا میکند (2) Ahkámul-Muhibbin (ff. 28-39), beginning after a short prose Preface: آمد آن یاری ده افتادگان
مژده مژده مژده ای دلدادگان (3) Nihayatu'l-Hikmat (f. 39-59), بر رخش آرید ایمان
الصلوة اي عاشقان كآمد امام و سلام (4) Bidayatu'l-Mahabbat (ff. 60-71), beginning after the Preface: beginning after the Preface: اسپ زين كن ای همت بلند
همت تا ز پای روح بکشائیم بند (5) Hidayatul-Ma'rifat (ff. 71-97), beginning after the Preface: آشنا
كاندرين بحرست سیر
با محبت رو بیار اور دلا (6) Fathu'l-Abwab (ff. 97-130), beginning after the Preface: بين قوم الحق وانصر واحدنا
ربنا افتح ربنا افتح بيننا (7) Mihr-afruz (ff. 130-133), beginning after the Preface تا که همت ترا كند تعليم
به محبت در آی و شو تسلیم It will be noticed that in this poem there is a change of metre from the hexameter
Rawal hitherto employed. (8) Kanzu'd-Daqa'iq (f. 133-143), beginning after the Preface: مشعلة صبح وسوسه ظلمت عادت رمید
سعادت دمید (9) Sharhu'l-Kunúz (ff. 144-161), beginning without Preface: كه عشقست و بس هرچه هست ایحکیم
باسم عظیم و بذات قدیم (10) Rúhu'l-Quds (ff. 161-171), also described as the third part of the above
Sharhu'l-Kunuz. (11) Tanbíhu'l-Arifin (ff. 171-187), beginning after a rather long Preface: ساقی قدحی که نو بهار است چشم دل و جان در انتظار است (12) Mahbubu's Siddiqin (ff. 187-214), beginning without Preface, but with
interspersed passages of prose later on: روز از نور عشق شد خرم ظلمت شب دريد جامه غم، (13) Kashful-Arwah (ff. 214-240), beginning: بنامت نامه را سر بر گشایم که اندر کوی عشقت میسرایم (14) Miftahu'l-Qasr (ff. 240-242), beginning after a longish Preface: بود چه ایوب زآل خليل خواست خدا تا که شود او جليل (15) Mishkatul-Muhibbin (ff. 242-243), beginning: ای گزیده جهان و هرچه دروست جان عالم توئی و عالم پوست (16) Kitab-i-Ma'lumát (ff. 243-244), beginning: ای رفیق ره و حریف مدام ای طلبکار رند درد آشام (17) Kitab-i-Mathnawiyyát (ff. 245-248), beginning: عشق تو مرا به باد بر داد خوشنودم از آنکه سخت تر باد (18) Sharhu'l-Wásilín (ff. 250-275), beginning: این شجر با آن ثمر پیوسته است بیثمر باشد کز این بگسسته است (19) Istiqámat-náma (ff. 275-281), beginning: استقم دل که باز حسن حبیب میکند عشوها بعشق غريب (20) Kitab-i-Nur 'ala Nur (ff. 282-285), beginning, after a longish prose
Preface: روز اول که دوست آئینه (آینه) خواست عقل بنمود روی و قامت راست (21) Kitáb-i-Nazir wa-Manzúr (ff. 285-290), beginning: مصطفی هور و نور مشهور است على بو العلا علی نور است (22) Kitab-i-Mir'atu'l-Afrád (. 290-313), in prose interspersed with verse,
beginning: ای آنکه مشتاق جمال دوستی و میخواهی که معرفت الہی ضم كنى الخ (23) Kitab-i-Qasa'id (ff. 313-316), beginning: صبح روشن گشت یا مهتاب بر بالاستی یاز نور دلبرم عالم چنین زیباستی
یا شب قدر است یا خود نغمه روح القدس کاینچنین دیر مغان چون مسجد الاقصاستی The qasidas are followed (ff. 316-319) by two tarji-bands, a tarkib-band and
other shorter poems. (24) Ghazals, with the takhallus of Jamáli (ff. 320-327). (25) Rubá'iyyát and Mufradát (ff. 327-330).
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 330
Dimensions: 32 × 21 cm.
Layout
33 lines
Hand(s)
small, neat ta'liq with rubrications, transcribed by Sayyid Ali Akbar al-Hirawi.
History
Origin: 1235 AH; 1819 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS. was given to me by my friend Mírzá 'Abd al-Husayn Khán of Káshán , entitled Waḥid al-Mulk, on October 12,1912.
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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