[IO Islamic 3425] Jâmî's Third Dîwân

<strong>Dîwân-i-Jâmî.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1316 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 3425 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1316 Jâmî’s <em>third dîwân</em>. Another, but rather incomplete, copy of Jâmî’s third dîwân, arranged exactly in the same way as in No. 1300, fol. 383^a sq. Preface in prose, on fol. 123^b, beginning: بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم – طرفه خطابيست ز سفر قديم The three introductory poems, on fol. 123^a, the first beginning: آنكه تسبيح حصا الخ, after which the ḳaṣîdas follow. The tarkîbband, and the two ta’rîkhât, noticed in the above copy, appear here on ff. 129^b and 131^a respectively. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, preceded by the same two pieces as in No. 1300; beginning of the initial ghazal, on fol. 132^a: بر آمد شاه عشق الخ. The ghazals end on fol. 196^a; of the muḳaṭṭa’ât, which begins on the same page in the usual way, only five are found, the copy breaking off on fol. 196^b; besides, the last six leaves are so seriously damaged, that whole portions of the text are torn away. No. 3425, olim 7. J. 20, ff. 123-196, 2 coll., each ll. 18; Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; size, 9 in. by 5^3/8 in.