[IO Islamic 1685] كلّيّات آتشى

Kulliyyât-i-Âtashî

This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1536 in the India Office collections.

[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 1685 here with notations and hyperlinks].

1536

Kulliyyât-i-Âtashî(كلّيّات آتشى).

Poetical works by Muḥammad Ḥakîm Amîn or Amînâ (so in the colophons on ff. 235a and 285a), with the takhalluṣ Âtashî, who was a court-poet of the Sulṭân of Bîjâpûr, Muḥammad ‘Âdilshâh bin Ibrâhîm ‘Âdilshâh (A.H. 1036 or 1037-1067= A.D. 1626 or 1627-1656); none of the tadhkiras seems to mention this particular poet, unless he is identical with Amînâ of Farâhân, who flourished in Shâh ‘Abbâs’ reign, see Safînah, No. 674 (col. 234 in the Bodleian Cat.).

Another Muḥammad Amîn or Amînâ, but with the takhalluṣ Khâzin, is mentioned there in No. 738 (ib., col. 236).

Contents:

1.Ḳaṣîdas and ḳiṭ’as, on fol. 1b, beginning: بس كه شد از غافلى نامۀ عمرم سياه. Several of these poems were composed in praise of Nawwâb Muṣṭafâkhân; fol. 33b is left blank.

2.Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol.45b, beginning:

الهى از مئ معنى لبالب ساز جامم را

منوّر چون چراغ صبح گردان شمع شامم را

3.Rubâ’îs, on fol. 101a.

The whole dîwân was completed (whether by the poet himself, as we are inclined to assume, or by the transcriber of this copy Shaikh Muḥammad Ṣadîḳî, the wording of the colophon leaves entirely uncertain) the 10th of Ṣafar, A.H. 1034 (A.D. 1624, Nov. 22).

4.A mathnawî, entitled ‘Âdilnâma (عادلنامه), and praising the exploits of Sulṭân Muḥammad ‘Âdilshâh bin Ibrâhim ‘Âdilshâh, on fol. 108a. The beginning is apparently missing; the first bait which occurs here runs thus:

ازو شمع را شعله بر سر كلاه

وزو آب خون خاك در قعر چاه

This part is dated the 20th of Râjab, A.H. 1042 (A.D. 1633, Jan. 31).

5.A second mathnawî, entitled Ma’dan-alafkâr (معدن الافكار), the mine of thoughts, see fol. 233b, last line in the fourth column and colophon, beginning, on fol. 205b:

بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم

هست نهال گل باغ حکیم

Dated the 14th of Sha’bân, A.H. 1043 (A.D. 1634, Febr. 13).

6.A third mathnawî, entitled Nuh Sipihr (نه سپهر ), the nine spheres, see fol. 240a, l. 16 in the fourth column and colophon, beginning, on fol. 236b:

ابتدا ميكنم به بسم الله

زانكه بسم الله است هادئ راه

Dated in the month Dhû-alḳa’dah, A.H. 1034 (A.D. 1625, Aug.-Sept.). Occasional additions occur at the end of the single portions, written by a different hand.

Many slight damages by worms throughout the copy.

No. 1685, ff. 285, 4 coll., each ll. 20; Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1b, 45b, 205b, and 236b; an illuminated heading on fol. 101a; size, 97/8 in. by 61/4 in.