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RSPA 52
- Record Id:
- 032-004380772
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004380772
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169708454.0x000069
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RSPA 52
- Title:
- 1 copy of Dīvān-i Ṣāʾib by Muḥammad ʿAlī Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004380772", "parent" : "#", "text" : "RSPA 52: 1 copy of Dīvān-i Ṣāʾib by Muḥammad ʿAlī Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004380772
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004380772
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff.v+555+iv
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1668
- End Date:
- 1668
- Date Range:
- 1668
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aẓhar Khān Sayyid ʿAlī
Ṣāʼib Tabrīzī, Muḥammad ʻAlī, d 1670?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083997184,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/91000370
Ṣāʼib Tabrīzī, Muḥammad ʻAlī, d 1670?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083997184,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/91000370 - Subjects:
- Persian poetry--1500-1796
- TEI:
-
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
RSPA 52
Contents
1 copy of Dīvān-i Ṣāʾib by Muḥammad ʿAlī Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī
Language(s): Persian
ff. 1v-555rTitle: Dīvān-i ṢāʾibTitle: دیوان صائبIncipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اگر نع مد بسم الله نودی تاج عنوانها *** نکشستی تا قیامت نو خط شیرازه دیوانهExplicit: و که نه با تو میگفتم جها کقته جها کردیColophon: تم سنه ۱۰۷۸This manuscript is dated to ten years before Ṣāʾib's death.
The contents of the manuscript are predominanlty his ghazals (ff1v-438v) in alphabetical order, followed by his maṭāliʿ between f439v-f458v and his mutafarriqāt between f459v-f555r.
This manuscript bears the seal of Aẓhar Khān Sayyid ʿAlī, dated 1201AH.
The first double spread (f1v-f2r) is covered in a bright and multicoloured leaf and vine pattern. Three ornamented headpieces in the manuscript (on f1v, f439v and f459v).
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Thin white woven paper with bright red edging.Extent: ff.v+555+ivDimensions (leaf): 250 × 130 mm.Dimensions (written): 180 × 75 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil.
Condition
Excellent condition.
Layout
Columns:2
Written lines: 17
Some folios have marginal verses written down the page inside a cloud-shaped gilded textbox.
Hand(s)
Very fine nīm-shikastah in black ink.
Decoration
Additions:There are some verses written transversely down the page on f0v.
Binding
Very beautiful red leather European-style Indian binding with richly ornamented embossed frieze patterning with a gilded mandorla and marginal design on front and back.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1668 1078 AH; 1668 CE ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
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. 45 no. LIIAvailability
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