[IO Islamic 3464] ديوان حافظ

<strong>Dîwân-i-Ḥâfiż.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1256 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 3464 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1256 The same. Contents: Muḥammad Gulandâm’s preface, on fol. 1^b. Ḳaṣîdas and tarkîbbands, on fol. 5^b, beginning:زدلبرى نتوان الخ (corresponding to the second ḳaṣîdah in No. 1246=Brockhaus, No. 692). Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 14^b. The usual mukhammas, on fol. 203^a. Ḳiṭ’as, mathnawîs, and rubâ’îs, on fol. 204^b, beginning: دل منه الخ ; the first mathnawî, on fol. 216^a, سر فتنه الخ ; the first rubâ’î , on fol. 223^a, مردى زكنندۀ الخ. No date. Some pages slightly injured, almost all soiled by water and partly effaced. No. 3464, olim 7. J. 8, ff. 228, 2 coll., each ll. 14; Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece on ff. 1^b, 5^b, and 14^b; rather effaced pictures on ff. 53^a, 95^b, 147^a, and 197^b; small ornaments throughout; size, 8¼ in. by 4¼ in.