V. 65 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: مجموعه دیوانهای قدیم A fine old Anthology of Persian poetry, transcribed by one Mahmud Shah
Naqib, and completed on Ramadán 27, 827/August 23, 1424. So in the colophon on f. 479a, but the year 857/1453 or 859/1455 is given on f. 3a at the end of the Table of Contents. I bought it in.
Constantinople in April, 1910, for £13 T. from a bookseller named 'Abdu'r-Rahmán
Efendi. The selected poems are arranged according to form in the following twelve
categories: (1) Tawhid; (2) Na't; (3) Manqabat; (4) Qasa'id; (5) Tarji'at;
(6) Ghazaliyyat: (7) Mathnawiyyat; (8) Muqatta'át (9) Mukhammasat; (10)
Rubá'iyyát; (11) Mu'ammayát; (12) Abyát (isolated verses). About eighty poets
(of whose names a list is given in an illuminated Table of Contents on ff. 2-3) are
represented in the collection. They are as follows: (1) 'Attár; (2) Kamálu'd-Dín Ismá'íl; (3) Iráqí; (4) Anwarí; (5) Khwájú of
Kirmán (6) Sirájí: (7) Sa'dí (8) Athiru'd-Din Akhsíkati; (9) Salmán-i-Sawají:
(10) Hasan-i-Káshí; (11) Saná'í; (12) Kháqání; (13) Zahiru'd-Dín Fáryábí;
(14) Abdu'l- Wási-i-Jabali; (15) Mu'izzi; (16) Mujiru'd-Din-i- Baylaqání;
(17) Mas'úd-i-Sa'd-i-Salmán; (18) Azraqí; (19) Súzaní; (20) 'Abdu'r-Razzaq-i-
Isfahání (21) Sayfu'd-Din-i-Isfarangí; (22) Mukhtárí; (23) Rashidu'd-Din Wat-
wat (24) Jalálu'd-Din Rimí; (25) Awbadu'd-Din Awhadi; (26) Abul-Mafákhir-i-
Rází: (27) Nizámí; (28) Amir Khusraw; (29) Amir Hasan of Dihlí; (30) Hamidu'd-
Dín-i-Samarqandí; (31) Náşir-i-Khusraw; (32) Husámu'd-Din Hasan; (33)
Falaki Shirwani: (34) Qiwámi-i-Rází: (35) Qatrán: (36) Minúchihri; (37) Izzud-
Dín-i-Shirwání; (38) Wahid-i-Samarqandí; (39) Sharafu'd-Dín-i-Rází; (40) Sham-
su'd-Din Shufurwah; (41) Maḥmúd Ibn Yamín; (42) Farid-i-Ahwal; (43) Imámí-i-
Hirawí; (44) Athíru'd-Din Awmání; (45) Siráju'd-Din Qumrí; (46) Amir-i-Kirmání;
(47) Imád-i-Faqih: (48) Jalál-i-'Adud: (49) Jalálu'd-Din-i-Khwáfi; (50) Jalálu'd
Dín-i-Tabíb; (51) Sa'd (or Sa'id)-i-Hirawí; (52) Púr-i-Bahá-yi-Jámí; (53) Náşir-i-
Bukhárí; (54) Mahmúd-i-Abharí; (55) 'Ubayd-i-Zákání; (56) 'Ismat-i-Bukhárí;
(57) Humámu'd Din-i-Tabrizi: (58) Nizári-i-Quhistání: (59) Husámu'd-Din-i-
Hirawi; (60) Amir 'Abdu'l-Majid; (61) Jalálu'd-Din Atiqi: (62) Hafiz-i-Shirazi; (63) Kamal-i-Khujandi; (64) Jamálu'd-Din Latifi (65) Fatbu'llah-i-Qazwini;
(66) Karimu'd-Din-i-Tabrizi; (67) Nasíru'd-Dín-i-Manşúr; (68) Maḥmúd ibn
Qamar (69) Sharafu'd-Dín...; (70) Ashrafu'd-Din Sharaf; (71) Khwaja 'Abdu'l-
Malik (72) Kamálu'd-Din Sábiqi; (73) Ahmad-i-Khaki; (74) Aqa-yi-Tiflis
(75) Qádí Radí; (76) Sháh Shujá; (77) Sultán Ahmad-i-Baghdádí; (78) Amir
Sayyid Husayní; (79) Shaykh Ahmad-i-Jám; (80) Sayyid Ni'matu'lláh; (81) Fir-
dawsi-i-Ṭúsi. Many of these poets, of course, recur in several of the twelve sections
into which the work is divided. The total number of verses contained in the volume
does not fall far short of 20,000. Ff. 479 of 15'8 x 11'6 c. and 17 ll. (bayts) in the body of the page and 12 ll.
(6 bayts) in the margin. Written throughout in a small neat nasta'liq, with headings
in gold and red and ornamental designs in the outer corners of each page, and
more elaborate illuminations on ff. 4a, 4b and 5a.
Naqib, and completed on Ramadán 27, 827/August 23, 1424. So in the colophon on f. 479a, but the year 857/1453 or 859/1455 is given on f. 3a at the end of the Table of Contents. I bought it in.
Constantinople in April, 1910, for £13 T. from a bookseller named 'Abdu'r-Rahmán
Efendi. The selected poems are arranged according to form in the following twelve
categories: (1) Tawhid; (2) Na't; (3) Manqabat; (4) Qasa'id; (5) Tarji'at;
(6) Ghazaliyyat: (7) Mathnawiyyat; (8) Muqatta'át (9) Mukhammasat; (10)
Rubá'iyyát; (11) Mu'ammayát; (12) Abyát (isolated verses). About eighty poets
(of whose names a list is given in an illuminated Table of Contents on ff. 2-3) are
represented in the collection. They are as follows: (1) 'Attár; (2) Kamálu'd-Dín Ismá'íl; (3) Iráqí; (4) Anwarí; (5) Khwájú of
Kirmán (6) Sirájí: (7) Sa'dí (8) Athiru'd-Din Akhsíkati; (9) Salmán-i-Sawají:
(10) Hasan-i-Káshí; (11) Saná'í; (12) Kháqání; (13) Zahiru'd-Dín Fáryábí;
(14) Abdu'l- Wási-i-Jabali; (15) Mu'izzi; (16) Mujiru'd-Din-i- Baylaqání;
(17) Mas'úd-i-Sa'd-i-Salmán; (18) Azraqí; (19) Súzaní; (20) 'Abdu'r-Razzaq-i-
Isfahání (21) Sayfu'd-Din-i-Isfarangí; (22) Mukhtárí; (23) Rashidu'd-Din Wat-
wat (24) Jalálu'd-Din Rimí; (25) Awbadu'd-Din Awhadi; (26) Abul-Mafákhir-i-
Rází: (27) Nizámí; (28) Amir Khusraw; (29) Amir Hasan of Dihlí; (30) Hamidu'd-
Dín-i-Samarqandí; (31) Náşir-i-Khusraw; (32) Husámu'd-Din Hasan; (33)
Falaki Shirwani: (34) Qiwámi-i-Rází: (35) Qatrán: (36) Minúchihri; (37) Izzud-
Dín-i-Shirwání; (38) Wahid-i-Samarqandí; (39) Sharafu'd-Dín-i-Rází; (40) Sham-
su'd-Din Shufurwah; (41) Maḥmúd Ibn Yamín; (42) Farid-i-Ahwal; (43) Imámí-i-
Hirawí; (44) Athíru'd-Din Awmání; (45) Siráju'd-Din Qumrí; (46) Amir-i-Kirmání;
(47) Imád-i-Faqih: (48) Jalál-i-'Adud: (49) Jalálu'd-Din-i-Khwáfi; (50) Jalálu'd
Dín-i-Tabíb; (51) Sa'd (or Sa'id)-i-Hirawí; (52) Púr-i-Bahá-yi-Jámí; (53) Náşir-i-
Bukhárí; (54) Mahmúd-i-Abharí; (55) 'Ubayd-i-Zákání; (56) 'Ismat-i-Bukhárí;
(57) Humámu'd Din-i-Tabrizi: (58) Nizári-i-Quhistání: (59) Husámu'd-Din-i-
Hirawi; (60) Amir 'Abdu'l-Majid; (61) Jalálu'd-Din Atiqi: (62) Hafiz-i-Shirazi; (63) Kamal-i-Khujandi; (64) Jamálu'd-Din Latifi (65) Fatbu'llah-i-Qazwini;
(66) Karimu'd-Din-i-Tabrizi; (67) Nasíru'd-Dín-i-Manşúr; (68) Maḥmúd ibn
Qamar (69) Sharafu'd-Dín...; (70) Ashrafu'd-Din Sharaf; (71) Khwaja 'Abdu'l-
Malik (72) Kamálu'd-Din Sábiqi; (73) Ahmad-i-Khaki; (74) Aqa-yi-Tiflis
(75) Qádí Radí; (76) Sháh Shujá; (77) Sultán Ahmad-i-Baghdádí; (78) Amir
Sayyid Husayní; (79) Shaykh Ahmad-i-Jám; (80) Sayyid Ni'matu'lláh; (81) Fir-
dawsi-i-Ṭúsi. Many of these poets, of course, recur in several of the twelve sections
into which the work is divided. The total number of verses contained in the volume
does not fall far short of 20,000. Ff. 479 of 15'8 x 11'6 c. and 17 ll. (bayts) in the body of the page and 12 ll.
(6 bayts) in the margin. Written throughout in a small neat nasta'liq, with headings
in gold and red and ornamental designs in the outer corners of each page, and
more elaborate illuminations on ff. 4a, 4b and 5a.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 479
Dimensions: 15.8 × 11.6 cm.
Layout
17 lines in the body of the page and 12 lines in the margin.
Hand(s)
Written throughout in a small neat nasta'liq, with headings in gold and red and ornamental designs.
History
Origin: 827 AH; 1424 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Bought in Constantinople in April, 1910, for 13 T. from a bookseller named 'Abd al-Rahmán Efendi .
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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