V. 84 (University Library, Cambridge University)

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Summary of Contents: دیوان نوا This MS. is described (f. 1 and f. 68b) as a collection of ghazals by Mír Nasr
Nawá, who received the title of Táju'sh-Shu'ará ("Crown of the Poets"). Begins: زآن كنم حمد خالق یکتاكه زبان شد بحمد او گویا
حق حمدش کجا توان گفتن
قطره كى وصف گوید از دریا
The author was a native of Shíráz, as appears from the following verses (f. 21): بدار اکنون زشعر و شاعری دستکه جز غم حاصلی در شاعری نیستاگرچه چون نوا در ملک شیراز تورا همتا بگفتار دری نیستand f. 21: ای نوا گشتم جهانرا سر بسر هیچ ملکی خوشتر از شیراز نیست
The title Táju'sh-Shu'ará occurs in a verse on f. 20": تاج الشعرا چو نوا می نتوان گفت در عالم معنی جو تو صاحب هنری هست
Author: Mīr Naṣr Navā مير نصر نوا شيرازی
Title: Dīvān-i Navā
Title: ديوان نوا

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 70
Dimensions: 16.3 × 10.5 cm.

Layout

10 lines

Hand(s)

Small cursive ta'liq

History

Origin: 1313 AH; 1895-6 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

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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