V. 53 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: دیوان شیخ على حزين A beautifully written and illuminated MS. of the Diwán of Shaykh 'Ali Hazin
(b. 1103/1692, d. 1180/1766-7), concerning whom see my Persian Literature in
Modern Times, pp. 277-281, and Rieu's Persian Catalogue, pp. 715-716. This MS. formerly belonged to my friend the late Mr E. J. W. Gibb, and was
given to me on Dec. 5, 1901, by his widow and his mother. It is finely bound in
Persian lacquer covers, comprises 450 ff. of 23-7 x 14'7 c. and 15 ll., and is written
in a small and very elegant Persian ta'liq between blue and gold borders. The
whole ground of each page, as well as the margins, is ornamented with gilt floral
designs. There are two colophons, one on f. 39b, at the end of the prose Preface
(Díbácha), dated Rajab, 1233/May, 1818, and another fuller one on f. 449a, dated
Muharram, 1234/November, 1818. The scribe omits his own name, but gives the
name of the person for whom he made this copy, preceded by three lines of honorific
epithets which even the greatest sovereigns might deem exaggerated, but unhappily
the name was written in gold letters which are now illegible. The contents of the
MS. are as follows: I (ff. 3-39). Prose Preface (Dibacha), beginning: نحمده ونسأله التقى ونعتصم بعروته الوثقى ... رباعی، یارای زبان كو كه ثناى تو كنيم، الخ II (ff. 41-104). Qasidas, beginning: غیر نفی حکمت یکتای بیهمتاستی III (ff. 105-379). Ghazals, beginning: حمد تو طراز داستانها
ای نام تو زینت زبانها IV (ff. 380-407) Ruba'iyyat, beginning: افتاده بدام اژدهائی دل ما
شد صید خم زلف رسائی (رشائی) دل ما
آتشست جائی دل ما
کز عشق در
از بوی کباب میتوان دانستن V (ff. 407-448). Muqatta'át, beginning: یاابا حسن القيت حبك منفذى ولو بذنوب الخلق كنت محاسبا
(b. 1103/1692, d. 1180/1766-7), concerning whom see my Persian Literature in
Modern Times, pp. 277-281, and Rieu's Persian Catalogue, pp. 715-716. This MS. formerly belonged to my friend the late Mr E. J. W. Gibb, and was
given to me on Dec. 5, 1901, by his widow and his mother. It is finely bound in
Persian lacquer covers, comprises 450 ff. of 23-7 x 14'7 c. and 15 ll., and is written
in a small and very elegant Persian ta'liq between blue and gold borders. The
whole ground of each page, as well as the margins, is ornamented with gilt floral
designs. There are two colophons, one on f. 39b, at the end of the prose Preface
(Díbácha), dated Rajab, 1233/May, 1818, and another fuller one on f. 449a, dated
Muharram, 1234/November, 1818. The scribe omits his own name, but gives the
name of the person for whom he made this copy, preceded by three lines of honorific
epithets which even the greatest sovereigns might deem exaggerated, but unhappily
the name was written in gold letters which are now illegible. The contents of the
MS. are as follows: I (ff. 3-39). Prose Preface (Dibacha), beginning: نحمده ونسأله التقى ونعتصم بعروته الوثقى ... رباعی، یارای زبان كو كه ثناى تو كنيم، الخ II (ff. 41-104). Qasidas, beginning: غیر نفی حکمت یکتای بیهمتاستی III (ff. 105-379). Ghazals, beginning: حمد تو طراز داستانها
ای نام تو زینت زبانها IV (ff. 380-407) Ruba'iyyat, beginning: افتاده بدام اژدهائی دل ما
شد صید خم زلف رسائی (رشائی) دل ما
آتشست جائی دل ما
کز عشق در
از بوی کباب میتوان دانستن V (ff. 407-448). Muqatta'át, beginning: یاابا حسن القيت حبك منفذى ولو بذنوب الخلق كنت محاسبا
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 450
Dimensions: 23.7 × 14.7 cm.
Layout
15 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a small and very elegant Persian ta'liq between blue and gold borders.
History
Origin: 1234 AH; 1818 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS. formerly belonged to my friend the late Mr E. J. W. Gibb, and was given to me on Dec. 5, 1901, by his widow and his mother.
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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