[IO Islamic 2490] شرح ديوان حافظ

<strong>Sharḥ-i-Dîwân-i-Ḥâfiż.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1269 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 2490 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1269 Sharḥ-i-Dîwân-i-Ḥâfiż (شرح ديوان حافظ). A Persian commentary on the ghazals of Ḥâfiż, by an anonymous writer, compiled A.H. 1026 (see fol. 248^b, l. 7) = A.D. 1617. It is the same commentary which is noticed by A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 416, l. 20, beginning: الا يا ايّها السّاقى ... دانا و آگاه باش اى رعنا كه الا حرف تنبيه است و يا حرف ندا ايّها كلمه ايست كه معرّف بلام الخ. The explanations given are very elaborate and of a decided Ṣûfic character. No date. Bibliotheca Leydeniana. No. 2490, ff. 249, ll. 17; Nasta’lîḳ; worm-eaten in several places; size, 8^3/8 in. by 5^1/2 in.