[IO Islamic 2185] ديوان ثنائى

<strong>Dîwân-i-Thanâ’î.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1450 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 2185 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1450 Another copy of Thanâ’î’a dîwân. Contents: Ḳaṣîdas, in alphabetical order, on fol. 1^b, beginning as in the preceding copy: Ghazals, in alphabetical order, interspersed with a few rubâ’îs, ḳiṭ’as, and fards, on fol. 83^a, likewise beginning as in the preceding copy. Ḳiṭ’as, in alphabetical order, on fol. 102^b, beginning: شهريارا بخاك درگه تو – كه خدايش نيافريد سما Rubâ’îs, in two alphabetical collections, the second of which begins, on fol. 116^a, with an inserted fard, rhyming in د. Beginning of the initial rubâ’î of the first collection, on fol. 106^a: فرياد كه ديده غرق خون كرد مرا دل از ره عقل و دين برون كرد مرا No date. The takhalluṣ is always omitted in the ghazals here, and the dîwân is wrongly ascribed to سنائى, on fol. 1^a. No. 2185, ff. 119, 2 coll., each ll. 15; careless Nasta’lîḳ; size, 9^1/8 in. by 5 in.