IO Islamic 4599 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
A volume containing ten dīvāns of Persian poets
Contents
10 works by 10 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry and Qasidas
Selections from the poetical works Muḥammad b. ʻAbd al-Malik Burhānī “Muʻizzī”, d. 542/1147-8
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Selections from the poetical works of Majd al-Dīn Hibat Allāh Shīrāzī, d. 686/1287
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Selections from the poetical works of Qaṭrān b. Manṣūr Tabrīzī, d. 465/1072
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Selections from the poetical works of Shihāb al-Dīn Bukhārī, d. 544/1149
The dīvān does not appear to have survived, and his poetry is only known from extracts quoted in taz̲kirah (تذكره) works [ Ethe 1903-1937, no 724.; Rieu 1895, no 105. ]
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A small selection of the poetical works of Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥamad Faz̤l Allāh Iṣfahānī Shufurvah, d. circa 600/1203-4
The dīvān is very rare
References
A few extracts from the poetical works of Mas‘ūd-i Sa‘d-i Salmān, d. circa 520/1126
See [ Ethe 1903-1937, no 908., with references]
References
A few extracts from the poetical works of Amīn al-Dīn Kāzarūnī, presumably to be identified with the vazīr of Atabeq Taklah b. Zangī, اتبق تکله بن زنگی
See [ Ethe 1903-1937, no 724(164)., with references]
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The quatrains of Auḥad al-Dīn Kirmānī, the teacher of Auḥadī, d. 697/1297-8, اوحدی
See [ Ethe 1903-1937, no 1747., foll 37b; Rieu 1895, no 140., foll 371b
Foll 148 is blank
References
A collection of qaṣīdah poems by Abū al-Qāsim Qāʼimʹmaqām Farāhānī, the prime minister of Muḥammad Shāh Qājār, reigned 1250/1834-1264/1848
See [ Browne 1914, page 38.
Foll 191 is blank
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Selection from poetical works of Kamāl al-Dīn Ismāʻīl b. Muḥammad Iṣfahānī, d. 635/1237-8
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Physical Description
Layout
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Somewhat cursive Turkish nastaʻlīq
Decoration
Rubrications
Margins ruled
Binding
Green leather painted covers with decorative medallions
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