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RSPA 48

Record Id:
032-004380768
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004380768
MDARK:
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LARK:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
RSPA 48
Title:
1 copy of Dīvān-i Jāmī by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
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032-004380768
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not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff.ii+115+ii
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1576
End Date:
1576
Date Range:
1576
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
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
Subjects:
Persian poetry--747-1500
TEI:

India Office Library

Jones Collection

Royal Society Arabic and Persian

RSPA 48

Contents

1 copy of Dīvān-i Jāmī by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī

Language(s): Persian

ff. 1r-115r
Title: Dīvān-i Jāmī
Title: دیوان جامی
Author: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī عبد الرحمن جامی
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. حقه لعل تو از جوهر جان ساخته اند *** کام هر خسته دران حقه نهان ساختع اند
Explicit: در هر چه زدم مست ز غم قرا شود *** دست از همه یاز داشتم اشودم

This manuscript contains the second half of the second part of Jāmī's first Dīvān.

Colophon: تمت الکتاب بعون الملک الوهاب فی شهور محرم الحرام سنه اربع وثمانین و تسعمایه

Four miniatures on f1r, f25r, f35r and f72r.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Very strong brown woven paper.
Extent: ff.ii+115+ii
Dimensions (leaf): 236 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written): 180 × 90 mm.
Foliation:

European numerals in pencil.

Condition

Excellent condition. Miniatures suffered some minor damage.

Layout

Columns:2

Written lines: 14

Hand(s)

Very elegant nastaʿlīq script in black ink.

Decoration

Ornamental margins on some folios. Multi-colour floral pattern.

Additions:

Jones has very occasionally highlighted sections using his characteristic curly brackets and stars.

Binding

Standard India Office half-leather binding with wine-coloured marbled endpapers.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1576-04 Muḥarram_984 AH; April 1576 CE ; India

Provenance 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.41-2 no.XLVIII

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