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RSPA 108

Record Id:
032-003475267
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
RSPA 108
Title:
1 copy of Dīwān ʿAlī by ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
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032-003475267
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff. iv+107+v
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1787
End Date:
1787
Date Range:
1787
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
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Names:
ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib,‏ Caliph,‏, 0600?-0661,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000447153020,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/34436377
ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib,‏ Caliph,‏, 0600?-0661,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000447153020,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/34436377
Ḥajj ʿAbd Allāh al-Makkī
Subjects:
Islamic poetry, Arabic
TEI:

India Office Library

Jones Collection

Royal Society Arabic and Persian

RSPA 108

Contents

1 copy of Dīwān ʿAlī by ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib

Language(s): Arabic & Persian

ff. 1v-107r
Title: Dīwān ʿAlī
Title: ديوان علي
Author: ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib علي ابن ابي طالب
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم به نستعين. نفي نسب طيني ومدح علم ديني. الناس من جهة التمثال الإكفاء *** أبوهم أدم والأم حواء
Explicit: إذا أضاف بك الأحوال يوما *** فثق بالواحد الفرد العلي
Colophon: تم ترقية ديوان أمير المؤمنين وسيد الوصيين سيدنا علي ابن أبي طالب عليه السلام يوم الأحد المبارك أول شهر محرم سنة ألف ومايتين واثنين من الهجرة النبوية المحمدية بدار الإمارة بلدة كلكتة المحمية على يد أضعف عباد لله المعترف بالعجز والتقصير حاج الحرمين الشريفين الحاج عبد الله المكي وذلك بأمر المخدوم قدوة الأكابر وعمدو الأعيان وعين الوجود والزمان ذو القدرة والشأن سيدنا سر وليم يونس الذي هو أحد حكام العدالة العالية السلطانية أدام الله رفعته وعلاه إلي بقاء الدهور والأزمان إنه علة ما يشاء قدير وبالإجابة جدير.

Unlike other texts copied by Ḥājj ʿAbd Allāh al-Makkī, the red rubrications are this time interestingly in very Arabic-inflected Persian. The rubrications serve the explain the poems providing a one line gloss on the setting or the overall meaning.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Extremely thin white paper with red edging.
Extent: ff. iv+107+v
Dimensions (leaf): 255 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written): 170 × 95 mm.
Foliation:

European numerals in pencil.

Condition

Generally, the textblock is in good condition. There is extensive worm damage throughout the manuscript, however.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 11

Very neat layout of one column per page consisting of 11 lines

Hand(s)

Black ink thuluth vocalised. Copied by Ḥājj ʿAbd Allāh al-Makkī.

Decoration

Additions:

On fiv v, Jones has written "Mīr Muhammad Husain May 1790 – The war-songs and some of the short pieces were written by the Prince of the Faithful, and, together with his Homilies, constitute all his works. The rest of the collection is believed to have been composed by another Ali ibn Abi Tālib of Kairouan or Cyrene." On f1v he has written "The Poems of ^Ali’".

Binding

Red leather European-style Indian binding with gold mandorla and circular frieze stamping around the edge.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1787-10-13 1_Muḥarram_1202 AH; 13 October 1787 CE ; Kolkata, India

Provenance and Acquisition

RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones. According to Wilkins, this manuscript was presented by Sir William Jones.

The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.

1876

India Office Library

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on E. Denison Ross and E. G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902), p. 70-1 no. CVIII

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