[IO Islamic 1263] ديوان خاقانى

<strong>Dîwân-i-Khâḳânî.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 963 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 1263 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 963 The same. Contents: Ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 1^b, beginning as usual. Tarjî’bands and marâthî (elegies), on fol. 220^a. Beginning: اى دل ز دام گلشن تن در گذشتنيست الخ. The first elegy, on fol. 225^a, begins thus: ای روز رفتگان جگر شب فرو درید آن آفتاب از آن جگر شب برآورید Ḳiṭ’as, on fol. 273^a, beginning: چون زمان عهد سنائى در نوشت الخ. No date. Many glosses on the margin of the first 40-50 leaves. This copy was presented to Mr. Richard Johnson, 1778; a Persian note by a former owner, on fol. 1^a, contains the date A.H, 1183 (A.D. 1769, 1770). No. 1263, ff. 284, 2 coll., each ll. 18-19; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 11½ in. by 6¾ in.