[IO Islamic 2318] ديوان ولى

<strong>Dîwân-i-Walî.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1482 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 2318 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1482 Another copy of the same. Contents: Ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 1^a, beginning: اى دل و جان درد و غمت را وطن هر دو فداى تو چه جان و چه تن It corresponds to the second ḳaṣîdah in the preceding copy. Ghazals and rubâ’îs, in alphabetical order, on fol. 68^a, beginning as in the preceding copy. Short mathnawîs, and a few additional ghazals, on fol. 101^a sq.; where also the margin is filled with poetry. At the end this dîwân is wrongly ascribed to Nâṣir ‘Alî (who died A.H. 1108=A.D. 1696, 1697). On fol. 1^a the poet is called several times Walî Mashrab or Mushrib (ولى مشرب). Dated the 17th of Jumâdâ-althânî, A.H. 1177 (A.D. 1763, Dec. 23), by Mullâ Sayyid Hârî at Pêshâwar. College of Fort William, 1825. No. 2318, ff. 105, 2 coll., each ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 8 in. by 4^1/8 in.