[IO Islamic 884] Jâmî's First Dîwân

<strong>Dîwân-i-Jâmî.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1304 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 884 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1304 A defective copy of the same <em>first part</em>. The proper order of leaves in this copy is: ff. 16-39, 2-15, 40-50. Fol. 16^a opens at the end of a ḳaṣîdah, corresponding to No. 2628 (1301 in this Cat.), fol. 7^b, l. 10; the first complete ḳaṣîdah on the same page begins: بانگ رحیل از قافله الخ = No. 2628, fol. 7^b, line. penult.; the mathnawîs begin, on fol. 46^b: بنام خداى الخ (=No. 2628, fol. 54^a), and go down to the end. The copy comprises therefore fol. 7^b, l. 10 to fol. 58^b of No. 2628. The first leaf (fol. 1^b), written by a more modern hand, contains a repetition of the first nine baits of a ḳaṣîdah, beginning: اى سر از قدر الخ , corresponding to fol. 39^b, l. 8 sq. in this copy and to No. 2628, fol. 31^b, l. 10 sq. No date. No. 884, ff. 50, 2 coll., each ll. 17; distinct Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; size, 10 in. by 6^3/8 in.