IO Islamic 4582 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Summary of Contents: 8 works by 7 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry 747-1500, Persian poetry 1500-1796, Sufi poetry, and Ghazals1. ff. 2-46Author: Anṣārī al-Harawī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, 1006-1089 انصارىعبدالله ʻAbd Allāh Anṣarī انصارى الهروى، عبدالله بن محمدTitle: MunājātTitle: مناجاتAn extremely inflated copy of the so-called Munājāt of ʻAbd Allāh Anṣarī
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 371.2. ff. 47-82aAuthor and Bibliographic antecedent: Shabistarī, Maḥmūd ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm, d. ca. 1320 Maḥmūd Shabistarī, d. 720/1320 محمود شبسترى شبسترى ، محمود بن عبد الكريمTitle: Gulshan-i rāzTitle: گلشن رازThe well-known mystical poem of Maḥmūd Shabistarī, d. 720/1320 (d. 720/1320)
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 371.3. ff. 82b-112aAuthor: Sanāʼī al-Ghaznavī, Abū al-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam, d. ca. 1150 Sanāʼī, d. 545/1150 سنايى سنايى غزنوى، ابو المجد مجدود ابن آدمTitle: Ṭarīq al-taḥqīqTitle: طرىق التحقىقA Sufi poem by Sanāʼī, d. 545/1150
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 371.4. ff. 112b-123aAuthor: ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 Bahāʼ al-Dīn ʻĀmilī "Bahāʼī", d. 1030/1621 بهاء الدين عاملى بهائى عاملى، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسينTitle: Nān va ḥalvāTitle: نان و حلواAn allegorical poem by Bahāʼ al-Dīn ʻĀmilī "Bahāʼī", d. 1030/1621
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 371.5. ff. 123b-127b (line 3)Author: ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 Bahāʼ al-Dīn ʻĀmilī "Bahāʼī", d. 1030/1621 بهاء الدين عاملى بهائى عاملى، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسينTitle: Shīr va shakarTitle: شیر و شکرAn allegorical poem by Bahāʼ al-Dīn ʻĀmilī "Bahāʼī", d. 1030/1621
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 371.6. ff. 127b(line 4)-134b (line 10)Title: Rubāʻīyāt-i ʻUmar-i KhaiyāmTitle: رباعیات عمر خیٌامA collection of 107 Rubāʻīyāt ascribed to ʻUmar Khaiyām
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, pages 371-2.7. ff. 134b(line 11)-139a (line 2)Title: Rubāʻīyāt-i Bābā ṬāhirTitle: رباعیات بابا طاهرA collection of the dū-baitī of Bābā-Ṭāhir, 11th cent.
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 372.8. ff. 139a (lines 3-15)Title: GhazalTitle: غزلA Persian ghazal ascribed to Ibn Sīnā, with the takhalluṣ Bū ʻAlī
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 372.Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 139 ffDimensions (leaf): 8.4 × 5.5 in.Dimensions (written): 5.8Hand(s)
Fair Persian nastaʿlīq
Written for Mīrzā, Muḥammad Bāqir Ḥakim, میرزا، حكيم محمد باقر by by Muḥammad Kāẓim b. Muḥammad "Nāẓim", محمد كاظم بن محمد ناظم
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Headings in red, green, and blue
History
Origin: 8 Shauwāl 1274 AHProvenance and Acquisition
Presented by the Library of the India Office to A. J. Arberry in 1937
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on A. J. Arberry: Hand-List of Islamic Manuscripts acquired by the India Office Library, 1936–8. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (New Series) (1939), 71: pp 353-396Availability
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Subjects
- Persian poetry 747-1500
- Persian poetry 1500-1796
- Ghazals, Persian
- Sufi poetry, Persian
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