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A volume containing ten dīvāns of Persian poets

Contents

10 works by 10 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry and Qasidas

1. ff. 1-90
Author: Muʻizzī, Amīr ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad, b. 1048 or 9 Muḥammad b. ʻAbd al-Malik Burhānī “Muʻizzī”, d. 542/1147-8 محمد بن عید الملک برهانی معزى معزى، امير عبد الله محمد
Title: Intikhāb-i dīvān-i Muʻizzī
Title: انتخاب دیوان معزٌی

Selections from the poetical works Muḥammad b. ʻAbd al-Malik Burhānī “Muʻizzī”, d. 542/1147-8

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 379.
2. ff. 91-117
Author: Majd al-Dīn Hibat Allāh Shīrāzī, d. 686/1287 Majd-i Hamgar مجد همگر مجد الدین هبت الله شیرازی
Title: Intikhāb-i dīvān-I Majd-i Hamgar
Title: انتخاب دیوان مجد همگر

Selections from the poetical works of Majd al-Dīn Hibat Allāh Shīrāzī, d. 686/1287

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 379.
3. ff. 118-126a
Author: Qaṭrān Tabrīzī Qaṭrān b. Manṣūr Tabrīzī, d. 465/1072 Qaṭrān قطران بن منصور تبریزی قطران قطران تبريزى
Title: Intikhāb-i dīvān-i Qaṭrān
Title: انتخاب دیوان قطران

Selections from the poetical works of Qaṭrān b. Manṣūr Tabrīzī, d. 465/1072

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 379.
4. ff. 126b-130
Author: ʻAmʻaq Bukhārī, d. ca. 1148 Shihāb al-Dīn Bukhārī, d. 544/1149 ʻAmʻaq شهاب الدين بخارايى عمعق عمعق بخارى
Title: Intikhāb-i dīvān-i ‘Am‘aq
Title: انتخاب دیوان عمعق

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. ]

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 379.
5. ff. 131-138
Author: Iṣfahānī, ʻAbd al-Muʼmin ibn Hibat Allāh, d. 1203 or 4 Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥamad Faz̤l Allāh Iṣfahānī Shufurvah, d. circa 600/1203-4 Sharaf شرف الدین محمد فضل الله اصفهاني سفروه شرف اصفهاني، عبد المؤمن بن هبة الله
Title: Dīvān-i Shufurvah
Title: دیوان سفروه

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

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 379.
6. ff. 139-140a
Author: Masʻūd Saʻd Salmān, 1046 or 7-1121 or 2 Mas‘ūd-i Sa‘d-i Salmān, d. circa 520/1126 مسعود سعد سامان
Title: Dīvān-i Mas‘ūd-i Sa‘d-i Salmān
Title: دیوان مسعود سعد سامان

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]

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 380.
7. ff. 140b-147
Author: Amīn al-Dīn Kāzarūnī امین الدین کازرونی
Title: Dīvān-i Amīn al-Dīn Kāzarūnī
Title: دیوان امین الدین کازرونی

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]

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 380.
8. ff. 140b-147
Author: Auḥad al-Dīn Kirmānī, d. 697/1297-8 اوحد الدین کرمانی
Title: Rubā‘īyāt-i Auḥad al-Dīn Kirmānī
Title: رباعیات اوحد الدین کرمانی

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

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 380.
9. ff. 149-190
Author: Qāʼimʹmaqām, Abū al-Qāsim ibn ʻĪsá, 1779 or 80-1835 Abū al-Qāsim Qāʼimʹmaqām Farāhānī ابو القاسم قائم‌مقام فراهانی قائم مقام، ابو القاسم بن عيسى
Title: Dīvān-i Qā’im-maqām
Title: دیوان قائم مقام

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

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 380.
10. ff. 192-287
Author: Kamāl al-Dīn Ismāʻīl Iṣfahānī, ca. 1172-1237 Kamāl al-Dīn Ismāʻīl b. Muḥammad Iṣfahānī, d. 635/1237-8 کمال الدين اسماعيل بن محمد اصفهانى کمال الدين اسماعيل اصفهانى
Title: Intikhāb-i Dīvān-i Kamāl al-Dīn Ismā‘īl
Title: انتخاب دیوان کمال الدین اسمعیل

Selection from poetical works of Kamāl al-Dīn Ismāʻīl b. Muḥammad Iṣfahānī, d. 635/1237-8

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 380.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 287 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 9.8 × 6.3 in.
Dimensions (written): 7.7 × 3.7 in.

Layout

Hand(s)

Somewhat cursive Turkish nastaʻlīq

Decoration

Rubrications

Margins ruled

Binding

Green leather painted covers with decorative medallions

History

Origin: 19th century CE

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 353-396

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