[IO Islamic 3459] ديوان قاسم انوار

<strong>Dîwân-i-Ḳâsim-i-Anwâr.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1289 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 3459 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1289 The same. This very defective copy contains: Ghazals, in alphabetical order, except the first (which begins in the usual way), on fol. 1^b. Between ff. 1 and 2 a lacuna; the abrupt beginning of fol. 2^a: زاهد از چشم یقین باز گشاید الخ, corresponds to No. 2831 (1286 in this Cat.), fol. 8^b, l.3. the next complete ghazal on the same page corresponds to fol. 4^a, l. 1, in the same copy. This part breaks off, on fol. 169^b, with the fourth bait of a ghazal rhyming in ى ; the last verse corresponds to fol. 146^a, l. 7, in No. 2831. Ḳiṭ’as, one tarjî’band, and short mathnawîs, on fol. 170^a, defective both at the beginning and end; the first bait occurring belongs to a ḳiṭ’ah, corresponding to fol. 169^b, l. 9, in No. 2831; the first complete ḳiṭ’ah on the same page to fol. 172^b, l. 4 ab infra, in the same copy. This part breaks off in a short mathnawî, on fol. 179^b. The right order of ff. 33-42 is: 33, 41, 35-40, 34, 42; and of ff. 73-82: 73, 80, 81, 76-79, 74, 75, 82. A little worm-eaten here and there. No. 3459, olim 13. J. 15, ff. 179, 2 coll., each ll. 15; careless Nasta’lîḳ; size, 8^1/8 in. by 4^3/8 in.