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Summary of Contents: ديوان كليم The shorter poetical works of Mírzá Abú Țálib Kalím of Hamadán, the poet-
laureate of Sháhjahán. He died 1061 or 1062/1651-2. See Rieu, B.M.P.C., p. 686;
Ethé, I.O.P.C., No. 1563. Contents: 1. (ff. 3-30) Qasidas, beginning: شوق هر کس را که در راه طلب سر میدهد گر در آرد اول از پا آخرش بر میدهد 2. (ff. 30-41.) Muqatta'át. 3. (ff. 41-68.) Mathnawis. The first of these is entitled کتابه دولتخانه پادشاهی and the second کتابه دولتخانه اکبراباد. There are about twenty poems in this section
of the Diwán. 4. (ff. 71-138) Ghazals in alphabetical order, beginning: رسانیدم بآب از یمن می بنیاد تقوی را
بدل کردم بمستی عاقبت زهد ریائی را 5. (ff. 128-133.) Rubá'ís.

Author: Kalīm, Abū Ṭālib, d. 1651? كليم، ميرزا ابو طالب همدانی

Title: Dīvān-i Kalīm

Title: ديوان کليم

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: Ff. 135

Dimensions: 22.7 × 12.2 cm.

Layout

15 lines in centre, 26 lines in margins

Hand(s)

Cursive ta'liq approximating to ním-shikasta, with rubrications, gilt borders, and two vignettes.

Seal(s):

several seals including the Purple gazelle

History

Origin: undated

Provenance and Acquisition

The names of several former owners (including at least one European, T. or J. Zovianoff ) are inscribed at the beginning and end.

Bought from the Trustees of the British Museum in 1924

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.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

Persian poetry--1500-1796

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