ms. 44746 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
Special Collections
Contents
18 works by 17 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry and Poets
1.
Title: Lavāʼiḥ
Title: لوايح
Title: لوائح
A treatise on sufism in verse
Incipit: لا احصى ثناء عليك كيف كل ثناء يعود اليك جل عن ثنائ جناب قدسك انت كما اثنيت على نفسك
Colophon: سنه 1188 ...باتمام رسید
Language(s): Persian
2.
Title: Shahrāshūb
Title: شهرآشوب
Incipit: بيا بلبل كه كل ساغر بدست است گلستان از شکوفه شیر مست است
Persian poetry
Language(s): Persian
3.
Title: Sarāpā
Title: سراپا
A mas̲navī poem describing the human body
Incipit: بدان چون که سپاس و درود که در فن طب است این قطعه ها
Language(s): Persian
5.
A masnavi and a ghazal
Language(s): Persian
6.
A masnavi poem with a suppositious author apparently in praise of ʻAlī Aṣghar Khān, 17th cent. علی اصغر خان
Colophon: تمت...سنه 1188
Language(s): Persian
17.
Title: Kalimāt al-shuʻara
Title: کلمات الشعراء
Short notices of Persian poets who flourished mostly in India
Colophon: سنه 1188
Language(s): Persian
18.
Title: Gul-i kushtī
Title: Gul-i kushtī
Title: گل کشتی
Short notices of Persian poets who flourished mostly in India
Colophon: سنه 1189
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
1b-20a f. 20b-29a f. 30a-33a f. 33a-43b f. 44a-44b f. 45a-49a f. 50a-56b f. 56b-58b f. 60b-72a f. 72b-73b f. 73b-74b f. 74b-75a f. 75b-81b f. 82a-84b f. 85a-87b f. 87b-89a f. 90b-153a f. 154a-162a f.
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Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq with shikastah characteristics
History
Origin: 1188 AH; 1774 CE
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
Subjects
- Persian poetry
- Poets, Persian--India--Biography
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