V. 42 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: سبحة الابرار و ديوان جامی A neatly written but undated MS., bought by me in Constantinople in April, 1910, from 'Abdu'r-Rahmán Efendi for two or three mejídiyyés, containing: I (ff. 6-59). The Subhatu'l-Abrar of Jámi, incomplete at end, concerning which see my Persian Literature under Tartar Dominion, pp. 528-531. II (ff. 60-251). The First Díwán of Jámí, entitled Fátiḥatu'sh-Shabab, incomplete at the beginning. The alphabetical arrangement only begins at the eighth ghazal (f. 62a), of which the text and translation are given on pp. 543-544 of my Persian Literature under Tartar Dominion. See also Ethé's India Office Persian Catalogue, col. 743. The MS. comprises 251 ff. of 15 x 10 c. and 14 ll. written in a small and neat but rather angular ta'liq.
2. ff. 60a-251a
Title: Dīvān-i Jāmī
Title: Fātiḥat al-shabāb
Title: ديوان جامی
Title: فاتحة الشباب
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 251
Dimensions: 15 × 10 cm.
Layout
14 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a small and neat but rather angular ta'liq.
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
Bought by me in April, 1910, from 'Abdu'r-Rahmán Efendi for two or three mejídiyyés.
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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