[IO Islamic 2387] ديوان حافظ

<strong>Dîwân-i-Ḥâfiż.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1247 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 2387 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1247 Another copy of the same. Contents: Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 1^b, beginning: الا يا ايّها الخ. One tarkîbband and one mukhammas (the latter = Brockhaus, No. 693), on fol. 186^a. Mathnawîs, on fol. 189^a; the first beginning: الا اى آهوى الخ (Brockhaus, No. 685). Muḳaṭṭa’ât, on fol. 194^b, beginning: فساد چرخ نه بینیم و نشنویم همی که چشمها همه کورست و گوشها همه کر A short mathnawî of ten baits, on fol. 202^b, beginning: هر كه آمد در جهان پر زشور عاقبت می بایدش رفتن بگور See fol. 19^b in the preceding copy. Rubâ’îs, on fol. 203^a, beginning: نه قصّۀ آن شمع چگل (چوگل) نئوان گفت الخ (Brockhaus, No. 633). Dated by Muḥammad Ḥusain in the month Ramaḍân, of the 23rd year (of whose reign is not stated: it must be either Shâhjahân’s, A.H. 1059= A.H. 1649, Sept.- Oct., or ‘Âlamgir’s, A.H. 1091=A.D. 1680, Sept.-Oct.). No. 2387, ff. 210, 2 coll., each ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ, by three different hands, the oldest on ff. 7-27, 68-79, 84, 85, and 90-210, the middle one on ff. 60-67, 80-83, and 86-89, the youngest on ff. 1-6 and 28-59; size, 8^1/8 in. by 5 in.