[IO Islamic 678] ديوان حافظ

<strong>Dîwân-i-Ḥâfiż.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1257 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 678 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1257 The same. Contents: Muḥammad Gulandâm’s preface, on fol. 1^b. Ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 5^a, beginning:زدلبرى نتوان الخ. Three mathnawîs, on fol. 10^b; the first beginning: .الا اى آهوى الخ Some tarkîbbands and the usual mukhammas, on fol. 17^a. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, on fol. 20^b. ḳiṭ’as, on fol. 194^b, beginning as in No. 1250: آصف عهد زمان الخ. Rubâ’îs, on fol. 204^b, beginning as in No. 1250: امشب زغمت الخ. No date. Some pages injured; various readings and additions on the margin. No. 678, ff. 1-210, 2 coll., each ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ, the first two pages illuminated; size, 8^7/8 in. by 5^7/8 in.