V. 83 (University Library, Cambridge University)

E. G. Browne Collection

Summary of Contents: كليات نشاط This volume, bought from the Trustees of the British Museum, comprises several works by Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Wahháb Nashát of Isfahan, who died in 1244/1828 (see Persian Literature in Modern Times, pp. 225, 307 and 311), but is not such a complete collection as V. 54 (pp. 247-248 supra). 1. (ff. 1-59) Various pieces in ornate prose intermingled with verse. The contents agree closely with those of Add. 19,533, ff. 17-55 and 75-142, as described by Rieu (B.M.P.C., p. 722), and include (a) a preface to the Diwán of Fath 'Alí Sháh, beginning on f. 1b ناظم العوالم بدیع المناظم; (b) a preface (f. 20b) to the Shahin-sháh-náma of Fath Ali Khán of Káshán who took the pen-name Şabá and was the poet-laureate of Fath 'Alí Shah (see Persian Literature in Modern Times, p. 309); (c) khutbas in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish; (d) letters addressed to various Oriental and European sovereigns, among the latter being Napoleon and George III of England. 2. (ff. 62-130) Ghazals in alphabetical order, with a tarkib-band and some rubá'ís. The ghazals begin as follows: پیداست سر وحدت از اعیان اما تریالعكس في المرايا والنفس في القوى Ff. 130 of 29'1 x 19'8 c. and 17 ll. There is a lacuna after f. 59, and ff. 60 and 61 are left blank. Written in clear ta'liq with illuminated 'unwáns and borders. No colophon or date.

1. ff. 1b-59b

Author: Nashāṭ, ʻAbd al-Vahhāb, 1761 or 2-1828 or 9 نشاط، عبدالوهاب اصفهانی

Title: Various pieces in ornate prose intermingle with verse, including prefaces to dīwāns, khutbas in Arabic, Persian and Turkish; and letters addressed to various sovereigns, including Napoleon and George III of England

Language(s): Persian, Arabic, Turkish

2. ff. 62b-130a

Author: Nashāṭ, ʻAbd al-Vahhāb, 1761 or 2-1828 or 9 نشاط، عبدالوهاب اصفهانی

Title: Ghazals in alphabetical order

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: Ff. 130

Dimensions: 29.1 × 19.8 cm.

Layout

17 lines

Hand(s)

Written in clear ta'liq with illuminated 'unwáns and borders.

Seal(s):

the Purple gazelle

History

Origin: undated

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from the Trustees of 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.

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

V. 83 (University Library, Cambridge University)

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