[IO Islamic 2108] ديوان شاهى

<strong>Dîwân-i-Shâhî.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1297 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 2108 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1297 A defective copy of the same. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, beginning as usual; there are two lacunas, one of two leaves after fol. 37 (in the rhyme-letter ه), and the other of one leaf at the end after fol. 43 (in the rhyme-letter ى). The last bait appearing is: تو خوش باش ای ملامت گو که چون من دل اندر دست بدخوئی نداری A great number of leaves are besides more or less injured. Copied by Ćand Muḥammad bin Maulânâ Jamâl Muḥammad Nausârî, A.H. 1030 (?)=A.D. 1621. College of Fort William, 1825. No. 2108, ff. 1-43, 2 coll., each ll. 13; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 7¼ in. by 4¾ in.