V. 64 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: گوهر شاهوار (اشعار ذره) Gawhar-i-Sháhwár ("the Royal Pearl"), a collection of poems (mathnawis,
qasidas, ghazals and ruba'iyyat), mostly in praise of Maḥmúd Mírzá, one of the
numerous sons of Fath-'Alí Sháh, by Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Ghaní of Tafrísh, poetically
surnamed Dharra. The work begins (ff. 1-11) with a prose Preface in which the
author mentions a few particulars about himself, and in the concluding sentence
gives the title of the work. The initial mathnawi (ff. 11-34), headed Hikayat
(Stories), begins: بنام خداوند فرهنگی و هوشپدید آور انس و جن و وحوش
کریمی که گیتی است از و فیضیاب
یکی فره از نور او آفتاب
It is followed by qasidas (ff. 34-50) and ghazals (ff. 50-59), mostly in praise
of Maḥmúd Mírzá, who is generally referred to as "Mahmúd Sháh," and a few
quatrains- This little MS., obtained in the final division of the Belshah MSS., comprises
61 ff. of 20 x 13 c. and 9 ll., is written in a fair ta'liq, and is undated.
qasidas, ghazals and ruba'iyyat), mostly in praise of Maḥmúd Mírzá, one of the
numerous sons of Fath-'Alí Sháh, by Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Ghaní of Tafrísh, poetically
surnamed Dharra. The work begins (ff. 1-11) with a prose Preface in which the
author mentions a few particulars about himself, and in the concluding sentence
gives the title of the work. The initial mathnawi (ff. 11-34), headed Hikayat
(Stories), begins: بنام خداوند فرهنگی و هوشپدید آور انس و جن و وحوش
کریمی که گیتی است از و فیضیاب
یکی فره از نور او آفتاب
It is followed by qasidas (ff. 34-50) and ghazals (ff. 50-59), mostly in praise
of Maḥmúd Mírzá, who is generally referred to as "Mahmúd Sháh," and a few
quatrains- This little MS., obtained in the final division of the Belshah MSS., comprises
61 ff. of 20 x 13 c. and 9 ll., is written in a fair ta'liq, and is undated.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 61
Dimensions: 20 × 13 cm.
Layout
9 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a fair ta'liq
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
Obtained in the final division of the Belshah MSS.
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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