[IO Islamic 1006] ديوان انورى

<strong>Dîwân-i-Anwarî.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 941 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 1006 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 941 A third defective copy of the same. Contents: Ḳaṣîdas etc., without any orders, on fol.1^b, beginning as usual. Ghazals, arranged alphabetically, beginning, on fol. 134^b: اى عقل تو پیر و بخت برنا – خارست زمانه و تو خرما Ḳiṭ’as, in alphabetical order, beginning, on fol. 184^a: زهى صدرى الخ. This part is incomplete at the end; the last ḳiṭ’ah on fol. 192^b, which breaks off with the second bait, is found in No. 1530, fol. 247^b, ll. 3 and 2 ab infra. There are besides lacunas after ff. 189 and 191. The Ḳiṭ’ah ربع مسكون الخ, beginning on fol. 189^b, corresponds to No. 1530, fol. 230^a, the ḳiṭ’as on fol. 190^a to ff. 243^b and 237^b respectively in the same copy (so that the end of letter ت , the whole letters ج, ح, and خ, and the beginning of the letter د are missing). The last ḳiṭ’ah, on fol. 191^b, اى خداوندى الخ, is found on fol. 243^a in No. 1530, the first ḳiṭ’ah, on fol. 192^a, on fol. 245^b, l. 5, in the same copy. Small blanks on ff. 69^b and 73^b. The proper order of ff. 38-43 is: 38, 40, 39, 42, 41, and 43. Various readings and many additions on the margin. A great number of pages worm-eaten. No. 1006, ff. 192, 2 coll., each ll. 21; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 10 in. by 5½ in.