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RSPA 45
- Record Id:
- 032-004380766
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004380766
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169708454.0x000063
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RSPA 45
- Title:
- 1 copy of Dīvān-i Kātibī by Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh Kātibī
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004380766", "parent" : "#", "text" : "RSPA 45: 1 copy of Dīvān-i Kātibī by Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh Kātibī" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004380766
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004380766
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff.ii+129+iii
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1484
- End Date:
- 1484
- Date Range:
- 1484
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Kātibī Turshīzī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, d 1434?,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/51467595
Kātibī Turshīzī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, d 1434?,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/51467595 - Subjects:
- Persian poetry--747-1500
- TEI:
-
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
RSPA 45
Contents
1 copy of Dīvān-i Kātibī by Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh Kātibī
Language(s): Persian
Title: Dīvān-i KātibīTitle: دیوان کاتبیIncipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ای کل آدم بخمر جان مخمر ساخته *** خاک ره را کیمیای مهر او زر ساختهExplicit: گرچه تیغ آبدار او ندار وصیلColophon: تم الدیوان یعون الله وتوفیقه والصلوه والسلام علی خیر خلقه محمد وآله اجمعین برحمک یا رب فی یوم الاربعا سبع من شهر رمضان المبارک سنه تسع وثمانین و ثمانمایه الهجریهThere are several folios missing between f1 and f2.
The dīvan is primarily ghazals. On f111v, the Muqaṭṭaʿāt begin and then from f121r the rest of the manuscript is rubāʿiyyāt and fardiyyāt.
There are three seals on f2r that are totally illegible.
On f1r, Jones has written "W Jones, Bought at Calcutta 4th Nov 1783 for 6Rs 8As".
There is an ornamental headpiece on f1v that is almost completely effaced.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Very thin light brown woven paper.Extent: ff.ii+129+iiiDimensions (leaf): 165 × 120 mm.Dimensions (written): 105 × 70 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil.
Condition
Some minor discoloration and damage.
Layout
Columns:2
Written lines: 13
Hand(s)
Black-ink nastaʿlīq.
Decoration
Additions:There are some, infrequent Persian annotations to the manuscript.
Binding
Standard India Office half-leather binding with wine coloured marbled endpapers.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1484-09-28 7_Ramaḍān_889 AH; 28 September 1484 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 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. 32 no. XLVAvailability
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