MS. S. Digby Or. 70 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Simon Digby Oriental Collection
Contents
1 copy of Dīvān-i Hāshimī
Title: Dīvān-i Hāshimī
Title: ديوان هاشمي
Incipit: ای روشن از محبت تو برق آه ما هر برق آه جانب تو شمع راه ما
Ghazals are preceded by a prose preface.
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. 89
Dimensions (leaf): 20.6 × 13.3 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Layout
Hand(s)
Small Taʻlīq, red and blue jadvals, some rubrics. Scribe's name defaced.
Binding
Half leather (Hyderabad, early 20th century. Bookbinder Muḥammad Tāj al-Dīn, Chatta Bāzār, Ḥaydarābād).
History
Origin: Hyderabad.; 17th-18th century. CE
Provenance and Acquisition
A. H. Harley, Calcutta, 1930.
The collections of Mr. Simon Digby.
Donated to the Bodleian Libraries by the Trustees of the Simon Digby Memorial Charity, April 2015.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on handlist of Simon Digby with additional enhancements by the Fihrist team.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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