[IO Islamic 172] ديوان حافظ

<strong>Dîwân-i-Ḥâfiż.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1253 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 172 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1253 The same. Contents: Muḥammad Gulandâm’s preface, on fol. 1^b, beginning: حمد بيحدّ و ثناى بيعدّ الخ. One ḳaṣîdah, on fol. 6^b, beginning:.ثنا گویم خداوندی الخ. One mathnawî, on fol. 8^a (Brockhuas, No. 685, الا ای آهوى الخ); one mukhammas, on fol. 10^a (Brockhaus, No. 693, در عشق الخ); and a second mathnawî, on fol. 11^a, سَر فتنه الخ (see No. 1246 above). Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 16^b. Some ḳiṭ’as, on ff. 170^b-179^b. A second ḳaṣîdah, on fol. 179^b (Brockhaus, No. 692). A tarjî’band, on fol. 180^b, beginning as in No. 1246:ساقى اگرت الخ. Rubâ’îs, on fol. 182^b, beginning: مردی زكنندۀ الخ (see No. 1252). Two small lacunas, on ff. 90^b and 139^a. Copied A.H. 1212 (A.D. 1797, 1798), In Iṣfahân, by ‘Alî Riḍâ, known as Mirzâ Bâbâ of Shîrâz, at the request of Ja’far ‘Alîkhân Bahâdur. No. 172, ff. 188, 2 coll., each ll. 15; large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1^b and 16^b; ff. 1^b, 2^a, 16^b, and 17^a richly adorned; size, 11^3/8 in. by 6^7/8 in.