[IO Islamic 510] ديوان كمال اسمعيل

<strong>Dîwân-i-Kamâl Isma’îl.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1057 in the India Office collections.</strong> <strong>[metadata:</strong> <strong>Hermann Ethé</strong><strong><em>, </em></strong><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> <strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong> <strong>number 510 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1057 A slightly defective copy of the same. Contents: Ḳaṣîdas, tarkîbbands, marâthî, etc., on fol. 1^b, beginning: اى صفات تو بيانها الخ. Ḳiṭ’as, intermixed with a few ghazals and ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 211^b, beginning: آدمى را چهار خصلت است – در دو گیتی زباقی وفانی At the end of this part (on fol. 314^b), the same mathnawî as in the two preceding copies. Ghazals, without any order, on fol. 318^b, beginning: اى دل و جان الخ. Rubâ’îs, on fol. 368^b, beginning: اى حكم ترا نهاده سرها گردون الخ, corresponding to the third rubâ’î on fol. 407^a in No. 1023 (1055 in this Cat.); this part is incomplete at the end, it breaks off with the first bait of a rubâ’î, corresponding to fol. 401^a, last line, in No. 1023. The initial rubâ’î of the two preceding copies is found here on fol. 370^b, first line. No. 510, ff. 406, 2 coll., each ll. 19; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each part; Nasta’lîḳ; the first pages injured; size, 8 in. by 3^7/8 in.