J. 19 (University Library, Cambridge University)

E. G. Browne Collection

Summary of Contents: تذكره متأخرين شعراء فارس This MS., unhappily defective both at beginning and end, was given to me by my friend Mr W. A. Smart, and to him at Shíráz in the spring of 1913 by Faşiḥu'l- Mulk, poetically surnamed Shúrida, by whom I think it must have been transcribed, in return for eight volumes of Persian texts which I had sent to Mr Smart for presentation to men of letters in Persia. The Faşiḥu'l-Mulk's letter to this effect, dated the 10th of Rabi' 11, 1331/March 19, 1913, and also a poem by him in praise of Mr Smart and myself, are bound in the volume at the end. The volume as I received it comprised 292 pp. of 22 x 15 c. and 12 ll., but Pp. 1-2, 5-20, and an unknown number at the end were wanting. It contains short notices of modern Persian poets, chiefly of Fárs, with copious extracts from their poems, and is written in a good, clear ta'liq with rubrications and some marginal glosses. The poets mentioned seem to be arranged alphabetically from A (1) to R(), so that half the book must be missing. Those mentioned include Azád (d. 1328/1910), Akhtar (d. 1302/1884-5). Afsurda (d. 1320/1902-3), Ulfat (d. 1300/1883), Adibu'l-Mamálik (born 1277/1860-1, d. 1335/1917), Amin-i- Khurásání (d. 1312/1894-5), Anjám-i-Shirazi (d. 1322/1904-5), Anjám-i-Arrajání, Awrang-i-Shirází, Izadí of Kázarán (d. 1322/1904-5), and some twenty-seven more, the four whose names begin with R (Rághib, Rahmat, Rukhsat and Rashid) being followed by a long notice (pp. 276-292) of Sayyid Muhammad Faytha's Zaman.

Author: anonymous

Title: Tadhkirah-ʼi mutaʼakhkhirīn shuʻarāʼ Fars

Title: تذكرۀ متأخرين شعراء فارس

Title: Notices on modern Persian poets whose names range from أ to ر

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: Ff. 292

Dimensions: 22 × 15 cm.

Layout

12 lines

Hand(s)

A good, clear ta'liq with rubrications and some marginal glosses.

Transcribed by Shūrīdah Shīrāzī, Muḥammad Taqī, 1857 or 1858-1926 (Faşiḥ al-Mulk)

History

Origin: 1331 AH; 1913 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Owned by Vaşiḥ al-l- Mulk, poetically surnamed Shúrida Shūrīdah Shīrāzī, Muḥammad Taqī, 1857 or 1858-1926 or 1927, by whom it must have been transcribed.

Given to Mr W. A. Smart at Shíráz in the spring of 1913 by Faşiḥu'l- Mulk, poetically surnamed Shúrida, by whom I think it must have been transcribed,

given to me by my friend Mr W. A. Smart, and to him

The manuscript was given to E. G. Browne by Mr W. A. SmartShūrīdah Shīrāzī, Muḥammad Taqī, 1857 or 1858-1926 (Faşiḥ al-Mulk), in return for eight volumes of Persian texts.

Bequest of E. G. Browne.

Record Sources

Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

J. 19 (University Library, Cambridge University)

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