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RSPA 42
- Record Id:
- 032-004380763
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004380763
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169708454.0x000060
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RSPA 42
- Title:
- 1 copy of Dīvān-i Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī by Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004380763", "parent" : "#", "text" : "RSPA 42: 1 copy of Dīvān-i Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī by Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004380763
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004380763
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff.iv+469+iii
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 1500-1599
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aẓhar Khān Sayyid ʿAlī
Dihlavī, Amīr Khusraw, 1253?-1325,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000101240717,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/76503034
Dihlavī, Amīr Khusraw, 1253?-1325,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000101240717,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/76503034
Rām Anīẕ - Subjects:
- Persian poetry--747-1500
- TEI:
-
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
RSPA 42
Contents
1 copy of Dīvān-i Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī by Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī
Language(s): Persian
ff. 1v-469vTitle: Dīvān-i Amīr Khusraw DihlavīTitle: دیوان امیر خسرو دهلویIncipit: باسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ای ز خیال ما برون در نو خیال کی رسد *** با صفت تو عقل را لاف کمال می رسدExplicit: این شغر ترکه بافت معانی از وکمال *** آمد ر آسمان بقش رویه الهلالColophon: تمت الترجیعاتThe metres of the poems are usually marked. The manuscript begins with eleven ghazals dedicated to God. Folios ff4r-465v consist entirely of ghazals. Folios ff465v-469v consist of the tarjīʿāt. A tarjīʿ is made up of two or more stanzas of uniform length, each of which has a different end-rhyme.
On f469v after the end of the Dīvān, a note states that this manuscript was purchased in the month of Rajab in the second year of the reign of ʿĀlam-gīr. In the accompanying seal below the note, the year listed is 1169AH, meaning this converts to April 1756, the second year of ʿĀlam-gīr II's reign. The name in this seal appears to say Rām Anīẕ. There is another illegible seal next to it. On f1r, there are also four seals. One of these is from Aẓhar Khān Sayyid ʿAlī, above which are the words "al-Malik wa-l-Qābiḍ" in Arabic. Above this, the seal of Rām Anīẕ appears with the same date as this seal on f469v. There is another seal bearing the legend Sulaymān with the year 1176AH (1763) and regnal year four. A final, mostly effaced seal bears the name Maḥmūd with no date.
On f1v there is a moderately sized light blue and gold headpiece with a floral pattern, designed to evoke the shape of the Kaʿbah.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Strong cream woven paper with a very vibrant red edging.Extent: ff.iv+469+iiiDimensions (leaf): 240 × 170 mm.Dimensions (written): 175 × 170 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil.
Condition
Good condition.
Layout
Columns:2
Written lines: 19
Hand(s)
Elegant black ink nastaʿlīq with red ink subheadings.
Decoration
Additions:There are infrequent marginal annotations in Persian in both the scribal hand and at least one other hand throughout the manuscript.
Binding
Red leather European-style Indian binding with gilded circular indented frieze pattterning.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1500-1599 16th century CE ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones. 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.30 no. XLIIAvailability
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