[IO Islamic 296] ديوان نظيرى

<strong>Dîwân-î-Nażîrî.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1490 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 296 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1490 Another, very defective, copy of Nażîrî’s diwân. Contents: Ḳaṣîdas and tarji’bands, on fol. 1^b, beginning as in the preceding copy. This part breaks off already, on fol. 54^b, in consequence of a very large lacuna, in a ḳaṣîdah in praise of ‘Alî; the last bait appearing here corresponds to fol. 7^b, l. 9 in the preceding copy. Ghazals, on fol. 55^a, defective at the beginning, in consequence of the same lacuna; they begin here with the last hemistich of a poem, rhyming in ش, viz. : شود پروانه را بال و پرّانش Corresponding to fol. 206^a, l. 3 ab infra in the preceding copy. Rubâ’îs, on fol. 127^a, last line, beginning: آن كيست كه بازم الخ, corresponding to the second rubâ’î in the preceding copy. This part too is incomplete at the end, and breaks off on fol. 137^b. No. 296, ff. 48-137, 2 coll, 2 coll., each ll. 17; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 8 in. by 4 in.