[IO Islamic 1950] كلّيّات امير خسرو

<strong>Kulliyyât-i-Amîr Khusrau.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1188 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 1950 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1188 The same. This copy of Amîr Khusrau’s Kulliyyât is much older than the preceding one, but defective both at the beginning and end. Contents: A.<em>Centre-columns</em>. 1.Tuḥfat-alṣighar, the <em>first</em> dîwân, defective at the beginning; it opens abruptly in the middle of a ḳaṣîdah: گفتم درين گریوه بیابم امید عفو الخ , corresponding to No. 356 (1190 in this Cat.), fol. 5^a margin, last bait, and consists of ḳaṣîdas, tarkîbbands, muḳaṭṭa’ât (on fol. 44^b sq.), and the same mathnawî as in the preceding copy, beginning, on fol. 46^b: هى هى اى تيره راى الخ. 2.Wasaṭ-alḥayât, the <em>second</em> dîwân, with the prose-preface. Beginning of the preface, on fol. 51^b (different from that in the preceding copy): حمدى كه از ميان جان بر آيد و ثنائى كه از وسط دل گره گشاید حکیم حاکم را الخ . Beginning of the poetry, on fol. 60^a: حمد رانم بر زبان الخ. This dîwân consists of ḳaṣîdas, tarkîbbands, tarjî’, and ḳiṭ’as (on fol. 136^b sq.). 3.Kitâb-alkamâl (كتاب الكمال), that is the <em>third</em> dîwân, usually styled Ghurrat-alkamâl, with the prose preface. Beginning of preface, on fol. 142^b: غرّۀ كمال انسانى از ديباچۀ حمد الخ . Beginning of the poetry, as in the preceding copy on fol. 193^b: چه زهره خاك مسكين را الخ . It consists of ḳaṣîdas, tarkîbbands, and ḳiṭ’as (on fol. 282^b). 4.Baḳiyya-i-Naḳiyyah, the <em>fourth</em> dîwân, with the prose-preface. Beginning of the preface, on fol. 296^b: حمدى كه بقیّۀ نقيّه الخ . Beginning of the poetry, on fol. 306^b: زبان كه بر در معنى الخ. It consists of ḳaṣîdas, tarkîbbands, and ḳiṭ’as (on fol. 385^a). 5.Ghazaliyyât and rubâ’iyyât, a very large collection, gathered from all four dîwâns, but incomplete at the end. The ghazals are arranged alphabetically, except the first twelve. Beginning of the initial ghazals, on fol. 402^b: اى زخيال ما الخ, corresponding to the first ghazal of the <em>fourth</em> dîwân in the preceding copy and that of the <em>third</em> dîwân in No. 356 below (1190 in this Cat.), in Nos 754 and 755 of the Bodleian Cat., etc., see the full references in No. 4 of the preceding copy. Beginning of the first alphabetical ghazal, on fol. 405^b: چه اقبالست این یا رب که دولت داد رو مارا که در کوی فراموشان گذر شد یار زیبارا agreeing with the first in a smaller selection from Amîr Khusrau’s ghazals in No. 763 of the Bodleian Cat. Beginning of the rubâ’îs, on fol. 874^b: پاکست خداوند الخ, see No. 4 in the preceding copy; they break off on fol. 877^b with a quatrain, beginning: قدرت ملكا زآسمان بيشتر است هر لحظه دل دشمن تو ريشتر است corresponding to No. 356 (1190 in this Cat.), fol. 405^b, l.3. B.<em>Margin-column</em>. 6.Maṭla’-alanwâr, defective at the beginning; the first verse on fol.1^a is not found in No.51 (1186 in this Cat.), but the second, مردمك چشم قمر شد زنور الخ, corresponds to fol. 6^b margin, first line, in that copy. 7.Khusrau u Shîrîn, on fol. 94^b. 8.Majnûn u Lailâ, on fol. 214^b. 9.Hasht Bihisht, on fol. 274^b. 10.Iskandarnâma (اسكندرنامه), i.e. Â’îna-i-Iskandarî, on fol. 388^b. 11.Ḳirân-alsa’dain, on fol. 516^b. 12.Kitâb-i-Khiḍrkhânî (كتاب خضر خانى), i.e. Khiḍrkhân u Duwalrânî, on fol. 623^b. 13.Nuh Sipihr, on fol. 702^b. 14.Fatḥ-alfutûh ( فتح الفتوح), i.e. Miftâḥ-alfutûḥ, on fol. 827^b. 15.The same series of short mathnawîs as in No. 14 of the preceding copy, the <em>first</em> of which, on fol. 848^a, has the same heading and beginning as there. This copy is dated A.H. 933 (A.D. 1526, 1527); the right order of ff. 82-88 is: 82, 87, 83-86, 88; that of ff. 224-370: 224, 361-369, 352-360, 256-263, 248-255, 241-247, 233-240, 225-232, 264-351, 370; and that of ff. 413, 416, 417, 414, 415, 418. Nos. 1950 and 1951, first vol. ff. 1-401, <em>second</em> vol. ff. 402-877, 2 centre-coll., each ll. 19, and a third on the margin of ff. 1-875^a, ll. 36; good Nasta’lîḳ; an illuminated heading at the beginning of each part, except the first, the sixth, and the last; size, 9^1/4 in. by 6^3/8 in.