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RSPA 46

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Title:
The Collected Works of Jami, 26 items
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Persian
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Start Date:
1534
End Date:
1534
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1534
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Hijri-qamari
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CE
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Names:
Jāmī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad, 1414-1492,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121431529,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/90042997
Jāmī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad, 1414-1492,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121431529,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/90042997
Khvājah Muḥammad Pārsā, 1338?-1420,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000408089716,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/65292796
Khvājah Muḥammad Pārsā, 1338?-1420,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000408089716,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/65292796
Subjects:
Sufi literature, Persian
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India Office Library

Jones Collection

Royal Society Arabic and Persian

RSPA 46

The Collected Works of Jami, 26 items

Contents

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Nafaḥāt al-uns by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Shavāḥid al-nubūvat by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Bahāristān by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Risālah-ʼi kabīr-i muʻammā by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Munshaʼāt by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Qaṣīdah nāmah by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Sharāʼiṭ-i z̲ikr-i Ṭarīq-i Khvājah by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Lavāʼiḥ by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of al-Ḥāshiyah al-Qudsīyah by Khvājah Muḥammad Pārsā; 1 copy of Risālah fi ʼl-mawjūd by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Risālah fi ʼl-vujūd by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Sharḥ-i baytayn-i Mas̲navī by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Dīvān-i avval by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Dīvān-i avval by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Dīvān-i duvvum by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Dīvān-i sivvum by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Silsilat al-z̲ahab by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Salmān va Absāl by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Tuḥfat al-ahrār by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Subḥat al-abrār by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Yūsuf va Zulaykhā by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Laylā va Majnūn by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Iskandarnāmah by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Sharḥ-i lavāʼiḥ by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Sharḥ-i Rubāʻīyāt by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī; 1 copy of Lamaʻāt by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī

Language(s): Persian

ff. 1v-367v
Title: Nafaḥāt al-uns
Title: نقحات الانس
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذس جغل مرائی قلوب اولیایه
Explicit: الحمد لله علی الاتمام والصلوة علی خیر الانام وآله البررة الکرام والسلام
Colophon: در نهصد چل کتابت این نفحات *** کآمد بکفت صبوری ازوی برکات \ کردید تمام ودارم امید چنان *** کز دوزخ ازین مرا بود راه نجات

Biographies of Sufi saints.

Text in two central columns.

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ff. 1v-203v
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Shavāḥid al-nubūvat
Title: شواهد النبوة
Incipit: الحمد لله الذی ارسل رسلا
Colophon: تمت الکتاب الشواهد النبوة من مصنفات حضرت ارشاد بناهی مولانا نور الملة والدین علد الرحمن الجامی قدس الله تعالی منه فی تاریخ شهر شعبان المعظم سنة اربعین وتسغمایة

Text in the margins placed transversely around the Nafaḥāt al-uns.

ff. 203v-257r
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Bahāristān
Title: بهارستان
Incipit: چو مرغ امر ذی بالی ز آغاز *** نه از نیروی حمد آید به پرواز
Explicit: الظفر بنیل المرام والغوز بحسن الاختتام والصلوة والسلام علی محمد وآله المبررة الکرام

This work is written in the margins transversely around the Nafaḥāt al-Uns.

ff. 257r-269v
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Risālah-ʼi kabīr-i muʻammā
Title: رسالۀ کبیر معما
Incipit: باسمه سبحانه \ ای اسم تو کنج هر طلسعی \ قانع ز تو هر کسی باسمی
Explicit: نام خود بما بکوابک جنان کندی

This work is incomplete and ends in the middle of a quatrain on the name Shahāb. It is an extract from the Kitāb Ḥilyat al-Ḥulalon riddles.

This work is written in the margins transversely around the Nafaḥāt al-Uns.

ff. 270v-300v
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Munshaʼāt
Title: منشأت
Incipit: بعد از انشاء صحایف ثنا
Explicit: کمال مرحمت کستری خواهد بود

This work is written in the margins transversely around the Nafaḥāt al-Uns.

ff. 303v-316r
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Qaṣīdah nāmah
Title: قصیده نامه
Incipit: پاک خداوندی که صفحات کاینات
Explicit: صار از بیان تم مختار توئی
ff. 316r-318r
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Sharāʼiṭ-i z̲ikr-i Ṭarīq-i Khvājah
Title: شرایط ذکر طریق خواجه
Incipit: سر رشتۀ دولت ای برادر بکف آر
Explicit: جمله بر خواص وسرعوام گفته شد والسلامولله الکرام

On the order of Bahā al-Dīn Naqshbandī.

This work is written in the margins transversely around the Nafaḥāt al-Uns.

ff. 318r-330v
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Lavāʼiḥ
Title: لوائح
Incipit: ربنا وفقنا للتکمیل والتتمیم لا احصی ثناء علیک
Explicit: تمت الرساله بعون صاحب النواله

This work is written in the margins transversely around the Nafaḥāt al-Uns.

ff. 330v-335r
Author: Khvājah Muḥammad Pārsā خواجه محمد پارسا
Title: al-Ḥāshiyah al-Qudsīyah
Title: الحاشیة القدسیة
Incipit: بعد از کشایش مقال بستایش خجسته مأل رساله فی الموجود
Explicit: افاضه النور نعم لو سمی نورا لقمر سبب من حیث مصطلح لا فاضه نور الشمس لیلا علی الارض فلا مشاحة ولکن لا یجوز نفعل عن تبعیة نوره بنور الشمس تمت

This text is the only work in the manuscript that does not belong to Jāmī. It is entitled Risālah in this manuscript.

This work is written in the margins transversely around the Nafaḥāt al-Uns.

ff. 335r-336r
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Risālah fi ʼl-mawjūd
Title: رسالۀ فی الموجود
Incipit: ای پاک ز هر چیز ومبرا از مکان *** خالی زتو نی درود وبیرون جهان
Explicit: تمت الرساله الشریف بحمد الله

This work is written in the margins transversely around the Nafaḥāt al-Uns.

ff. 336r-338r
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Risālah fi ʼl-vujūd
Title: رسالۀ فی الوجود
Incipit: الوجود ای ما نا نضمامه الی المهاهیات
Explicit: تمت الرساله الشریفة والحمد له اول وآخر

This work is written in the margins transversely around the Nafaḥāt al-Uns.

ff. 338r-343r
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Sharḥ-i baytayn-i Mas̲navī
Title: شرح بیتین مثنوی
Incipit: عشق جر نائی وما جر نی نه ایم
Explicit: تمت الرسالهکه بدین اربعین رسی بوصول تمت تم

A commentary on two lines of Rūmī's Mas̲navī.

This work is written in the margins transversely around the Nafaḥāt al-Uns.

ff. 368v-423v
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Dīvān-i avval
Title: دیوان اوّل
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم *** هست صلاح سرخوان کریم
Explicit: هر که هواند بخیرش آرد یاد *** کش خدا در کون خیر دهاد

The first part of the first dīvān containing qaṣīdahs and other occasional verses.

Text in central two columns except for f424r which is blank.

ff. 424v-673v
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Dīvān-i avval
Title: دیوان اوّل
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم *** اعظم اسماء علیم حکیم
Explicit: سر گشته بود خواه نبی خواه ونی *** در وادی ما ادری وما بفعلنی

Central text in two columns.

The second part of the first dīvān which is composed mostly of ghazals; from 658v there are qiṭaʿāt and from f663r the rubāʿīyāt.

There is a space of about four lines between the top of the column and the beginning of the text on f424v.

There are spaces for titles above the ghazals in this section, but they have been left blank.

ff. 674r-836r
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Dīvān-i duvvum
Title: دیوان دوّم
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم *** املی حمد المنان الکریم
Explicit: دامان امید را ز مقصد پریافت *** در پی روی تو تا قدم زد دل مت

The second dīvān.

Prose preface follows initial verses on f674r.

Central text in two columns.

ff. 836v-926r
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Dīvān-i sivvum
Title: دیوان سوّم
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم *** طرفه خطایست ز سفر قدیم
Explicit: آخر ز جفاهای زمان گشت خلاص *** در سینۀ او اگر چه صد تیر شکست

Jāmī's third dīvān.

Central text in two columns.

Ff 925 and 926 are out of order; this has been annotated on the manuscript.

After this dīvān, the rest of the manuscript does not separate out columns and margins and the Kitāb-i Lamaʿāt is written across the whole page from centre to margin.

There is a short prose preface on f836v.

ff. 368v-515r
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Silsilat al-z̲ahab
Title: سلسلۀ ذهب
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. حمد الرب جلیل بن عبد ذایل وسلا ما علی حبیب فایق
Explicit: بر همین نکته ختم شد تعصئ الله الحمد والعلم والجود

The first work in Jāmī's Haft awrang.

Part II begins on f454r and part III begins on f490r.

This text and all the following items are written in the margins around the Dīvāns until f926r.

ff. 515r-541r
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Salmān va Absāl
Title: سلمان و ابسال
Incipit: مثنوی دوم از کتاب هفت اورنگ
Explicit: مدت لمکش بر من ز اندازه باد

The second work in Jāmī's Haft awrang .

ff. 541r-580r
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Tuḥfat al-ahrār
Title: تحفة الاحرار
Incipit: قبلۀ هست خداس شناس *** هست بر نعمت خداس سپاس
Explicit: از دست دادکان کرد
Colophon: واتمام این نسخه در ماه تسبیح وشهر تروایح منتظم در شهور سنه ست وثمانین وثمانمایه لا زال مبارکا علی کل نیه اتفاق افتاد والحمد لله الکریم الجواد والصلوات علی محمد وآله خیر العباد وسلم تسلیما کثیرا

The third work in Jāmī's Haft awrang .

ff. 580r-643v
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Subḥat al-abrār
Title: سبحة الابرار
Incipit: باسمه سبحانه (رباعی) / المنه لله که بخون کر خفتم
Explicit: وهر مولانا نغم المؤلی

The fourth work in Jāmī's Haft awrang .

ff. 643v-730r
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Yūsuf va Zulaykhā
Title: کتاب یوسف وزلیخا
Incipit: باسمه سبحانه الهی غنجه ایدکشای
Explicit: که هست از خر چه کویر خآهی

The fifth work in Jāmī's Haft awrang .

ff. 730r-812r
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Laylā va Majnūn
Title: کتاب لیلی ومجنون
Incipit: ای خاک تو تاج شد بلندان
Explicit: امرزشم از خدای خواهان

The sixth work in Jāmī's Haft awrang.

ff. 812r-862r
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Iskandarnāmah
Title: اسکندرنامه
Incipit: باسمه سبحانه وتعالی
Explicit: همه کوش کردیم ودم در کشیم

The seventh and final work in Jāmī's Haft awrang.

ff. 862r-877v
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Sharḥ-i lavāʼiḥ
Title: شرح لوایح
Incipit: ربنا وفقنا للتکمیل والتتمیم لا احصی ثناء علیک
Explicit: چون لال توان بود درو کر پس ازین *** لب بکشائی بنطق خاکت بدهن
ff. 877v-904r
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Sharḥ-i Rubāʻīyāt
Title: رسالۀ شرح رباعیات
Incipit: حمدا لآله هو بالحمد حقیق
Explicit: فافتخ بالخیر رب واختم بالخیر تم
ff. 904r-954r
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Title: Lamaʻāt
Title: کتاب لمعات
Incipit: لولا لمعات برق نور القدم *** من نحو حمی الحود وحی الکرم
Explicit: واز قال اتممته قد بدا *** بما قال تاریخ اتمامه
Colophon: شرح لمعات شیخ کآمد در دست *** مشغول کتابتش نشستم پیوست *** در نهصد چل سلخ مه شعبان بود *** که تسویدش دل ثبوری وارست

After f926, the text runs continuously down the page, inclusive of margins.

The explicit is part of a chronogram which states that the text was finished in 886AH. William Jones took this to mean the manuscript was copied during Jāmī's lifetime, as he notes on f954r. However, as is clear from the scribal colophon, the manuscript was copied in Shaʿbān 940AH (March 1534) after Jāmī's death.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Thin brown woven paper.
Extent: ff.ii+954+i
Dimensions (leaf): 315 × 220 mm.
Dimensions (written): 210 × 14 mm.
Foliation:

Perso-Arabic numerals in black ink.

Condition

Textblock in good condition. Manuscript in two parts. Binding detached.

Layout

Columns:3

Two central columns and marginal text round the edge.

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Hand(s)

Neat nastaʿlīq script throughout the manuscript in black ink.

Decoration

The text is prefaced by a blue and gold shamsah forming a table of contents in two concentric rings.

Each new text has a blue and gold headpiece, including the marginal texts which have small gold headpieces inside of which the title of the text is written in thuluth script.

Additions:

There are some, very irregular, annotations where Jones has highlighted extracts with curly brackets.

On the first folio, Jones has written out some mathematical calculations and, on the final folio, he has written out Jāmī's death date (in Hijrī and Gregorian calendars) and the date (1791) of his acquisition of the manuscript. In misreading Jāmī's authorial colophon, he believed the manuscript dated from Jāmī's lifetime.

Binding

Detached brown leather and board binding.

Accompanying Material

Taped to the inside of the front cover is a note by Major Francis Skelly, which reads, "The Fortress of Bangalor was stormed and taken by the British troops on the night of the 21st of March 1791 — This book (found, the day following, in the palace of Tipoo Sultaun) is respectfully presented to Sir William Jones by his obedient and humble servant Fras. Skelly Maj. 74th Regiment" and it is dated 22nd March 1791 from the Camp near Bangalore.

Loose in the manuscript, there is also a letter from a W. Taylor to a W? Bayard.

History

Origin: 1534-03 Shaʿbān_940 AH; March 1534 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquired by Jones from Major Francis Skelly in 1791 having previously belonged to Tipu Sultan in Bangalore.

RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady 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.33-41 no.XLVI

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