[IO Islamic 1023] ديوان كمال اسمعيل

<strong>Dîwân-i-Kamâl Isma’îl.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1055 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 1023 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1055 Dîwân-i-Kamâl Isma’îl (ديوان كمال اسمعيل). The lyrical poems of Kamâl-aldîn Isma’îl bin Jamâl-aldîn Muḥammad bin ‘Abd-alrazzâḳ of Iṣfahân, who was a pupil of Suhrâwardi, panegyrist of the Ṣâ’id family, and is usually called خلاّق المعانى. He was tortured to death by the Moghuls, A.H. 635 (A.D. 1237, 1238); comp. Haft Iḳlim, No. 870, col. 441 in this Cat.; Bodleian Cat., Nos. 638-643; Rieu ii. p. 581; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 783; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 454; see also Butkhâna, No. 23 in Bodleian Cat., col. 199, and Âtashkada, No. 416, ib., col. 297. This dîwân consists of the following parts: 1.Ḳaṣîdas and tarkibbands, on fol. 1^b, with a short mathnawî and two ḳiṭ’as at the end. Beginning of the first ḳaṣîdah: اى جلال تو بيانها را زبان انداخته عزّت ذاتت يقين را در گمان انداخته Beginning of the mathnawî, on fol. 209^a: تا زبانم بكام جنبانست – در ثناء رئيس لنبانست 2. A large series of ḳiṭ’as, intermixed with a few ghazals, on fol. 213^b. Beginning: عشّاق كه قدر دل شناسند – دل از غم يار بر نگيرند 3. Ghazals, without any order, on fol. 319^b, beginning: اى دل و جان بياد تو زنده الخ. 4. Rubâ’îs, on fol. 359^b, beginning: اى مدح تو آورده قلم را بسخن الخ. Dated by Sulṭân ‘Alî of Mashhad, A.H. 905 (A.D. 1499, 1500). No. 1023, ff. 412, 2 coll., each ll. 17; beautiful and clear Nasta’lîḳ; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each part, a vignette on fol. 1^a, all the headings throughout in gold; size, 10 in. by 6^3/4 in.