[IO Islamic 1613] Jâmî's First Dîwân

<strong>Jâmî's-Ghazals.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1311 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 1613 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1311 The same. This copy contains: Ghazals, in <em>two series</em>, both arranged in alphabetical order, except the first four ghazals of the first series. Beginning of the initial poem of the <em>first series</em>, on fol. 1^b: اى ذات تو از صفات ما پاک الخ, see No. 1624 (1307 in this Cat.), fol. 2^b, and No. 2628 (1301 in this Cat.), fol. 192^a, l. 10; the first alphabetical ghazal is the usual one: يا من بدا الخ. The <em>second series</em> begins, on fol. 120^b: اى غمت تخم شادمانيها الخ, corresponding to No. 2628, fol. 67^a, l. 1. One tarjî’band, followed by a few ḳiṭ’as, rubâ’îs, etc.; beginning of the tarjî’band, on fol. 135^b: اى بروى تو چشم جان روشن الخ, corresponding to fol. 44^b, l. 6, in No. 2628; beginning of the rubâ’îs, on fol. 139^a: يا من ملكوت الخ, see No. 1624 (1307 in this Cat.), fol. 216^a. No date. The right order of the leaves is: ff. 1-47, 53-57, 48, 58-95, 49-52, 96-145. No. 1613, ff. 145, 2 coll., each ll. 14; Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; size, 7^7/8 in. by 4^1/4 in.