V. 63 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: محیط اعظم عبد القادر بیدل و نكات A MS. given to me in August, 1909, by Dr Ridá Tawfiq (Rizá Tevfiq),
containing two works of 'Abdu'l-Qádir Bí-dil, who died in 1133/1720-1. For his
life see Rieu's Persian Catalogue, p. 706; Ethé's Bodleian Persian Catalogue, cols. 712-713, etc. The first of the two works contained in this volume (ff. 4-94) is a mathnawi,
apparently entitled MayژKhána ("the Wine-Tavern ") in eight sections (called
Dawr, "Round" or "Circuit" of the wine-cup), preceded by a prose preface
beginning: حمد نشأ آفرینی را که میخانه حقیقت انسانی را از نشأ ولقد كرمنا بنی آدم علو مفاخرت بخشيد الخ After a doxology concluding with seven verses of mathnawi, it continues: اما بعد، بدانکه این خمخانهٔ طهور حقایق است نه ساقی نامه اشعار طهور الخ The actual poem begins on f. 6: ازین میخانه نتوان بود غافل که درها می بر رخ دل ،
گشاید The eight dawrs which it comprises are as follows: اوّل، جوش اظهار خم بزم وجود (6 ) دور دور ثانی جام تقسیم گلستان شهود () () دور ثالث
موج انوار در بحر وجود (17). دور رابع شور سرخوش می فیض حضور (24 )
خامس رنگ اسرار گلستان کمال (32) دور
سادس، بزم نیرنگ خط لوح بیان (49) .f) ، دور دور سابع حل اشکال در عقد بیان (81) دور ثامن ختم طومار رنگ بوی زبان (88) (f) The title Muḥit-i-Azam ("Most Mighty Ocean") occurs in a quatrain at the
end of f. 94: گردید مسمّى بمحيط اعظم
این نسخه که از خامه الهام رقم سال اتمام [آن] بنامش مدغم
دریافت دبیر خرد از روی حساب This appears to imply that the title of the poem, Muhit-i-A'zam ( = 1078/1667-
8), gives the date of its composition, in which case it must have been composed in
the author's youth. The second part of the MS. (ff. 96-205) contains the same author's prose Nikat (نکات) concerning which see Rieu's Persian Catalogue, p. 745. Numerous verses are scribbled on what should have been the blank leaves at the beginning
and end of the volume, including some in Turkish by Fudúlí (Fuzúlí) of Baghdad.
Ff. 210 of 24'2 X 12'2 c. and 13 ll.; poor Indian ta'liq with rubrications; dated
1223/1808-9 on f. 205b.
containing two works of 'Abdu'l-Qádir Bí-dil, who died in 1133/1720-1. For his
life see Rieu's Persian Catalogue, p. 706; Ethé's Bodleian Persian Catalogue, cols. 712-713, etc. The first of the two works contained in this volume (ff. 4-94) is a mathnawi,
apparently entitled MayژKhána ("the Wine-Tavern ") in eight sections (called
Dawr, "Round" or "Circuit" of the wine-cup), preceded by a prose preface
beginning: حمد نشأ آفرینی را که میخانه حقیقت انسانی را از نشأ ولقد كرمنا بنی آدم علو مفاخرت بخشيد الخ After a doxology concluding with seven verses of mathnawi, it continues: اما بعد، بدانکه این خمخانهٔ طهور حقایق است نه ساقی نامه اشعار طهور الخ The actual poem begins on f. 6: ازین میخانه نتوان بود غافل که درها می بر رخ دل ،
گشاید The eight dawrs which it comprises are as follows: اوّل، جوش اظهار خم بزم وجود (6 ) دور دور ثانی جام تقسیم گلستان شهود () () دور ثالث
موج انوار در بحر وجود (17). دور رابع شور سرخوش می فیض حضور (24 )
خامس رنگ اسرار گلستان کمال (32) دور
سادس، بزم نیرنگ خط لوح بیان (49) .f) ، دور دور سابع حل اشکال در عقد بیان (81) دور ثامن ختم طومار رنگ بوی زبان (88) (f) The title Muḥit-i-Azam ("Most Mighty Ocean") occurs in a quatrain at the
end of f. 94: گردید مسمّى بمحيط اعظم
این نسخه که از خامه الهام رقم سال اتمام [آن] بنامش مدغم
دریافت دبیر خرد از روی حساب This appears to imply that the title of the poem, Muhit-i-A'zam ( = 1078/1667-
8), gives the date of its composition, in which case it must have been composed in
the author's youth. The second part of the MS. (ff. 96-205) contains the same author's prose Nikat (نکات) concerning which see Rieu's Persian Catalogue, p. 745. Numerous verses are scribbled on what should have been the blank leaves at the beginning
and end of the volume, including some in Turkish by Fudúlí (Fuzúlí) of Baghdad.
Ff. 210 of 24'2 X 12'2 c. and 13 ll.; poor Indian ta'liq with rubrications; dated
1223/1808-9 on f. 205b.
1. ff. 4b-94a
Title: Muḥīṭ-i aʻẓam
Title: May'khānah
Title: محيط اعظم
Title: ميخانه
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 210
Dimensions: 24.2 × 12.2 cm.
Layout
13 lines
Hand(s)
Poor Indian ta'liq with rubrications
History
Origin: 1223 AH; 1808-9 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Given to E. G. Browne in August, 1909, by Rıza Tevfik, 1869?-1949
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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