IO Islamic 4561 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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A superb copy of the complete poetical writings of the author
This manuscript contains some 14.000 verses, and therefore greatly exceeds the laborious compilation of 8.000 couplets made by Mīrzā, Akbar ʻAlī Khān "Dihkhudā" (see ’54-60); it is doubtless the oldest and most complete copy of Ibn-i Yamīn's poems in existence
The poems, which are divided into groups - the Mnqaṭṭaʼāt begin on fol. 103, the Ghazalīyāt on fol. 208, the Rubā'īyāt on fol. 295 - are followed (fol. 373b) by a collection of Munshʼāt or letters, some dated, likewise by Ibn-i Yamīn
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Physical Description
Hand(s)
Good Persian taʻlīq
Decoration
Exquisite ʻunwān on fol. 1b
Rubrications, ruled borders
Fine medallion on fol. 1a
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