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SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE
OF THE PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS
IN
THE BRITISH MUSEUM
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The present Supplement deals with four hundred and twenty-five Manuscripts acquired by the Museum during the last twelve years, namely from 1883, the year in which the third and last volume of the Persian Catalogue was published, to the last quarter of the present year.
For more than a half of these accessions, namely, two hundred and forty volumes, the Museum is indebted to the agency of Mr. Sidney J. A. Churchill, late Persian
Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Teheran, who during eleven years, from 1884 to 1894, applied himself with unflagging zeal to the self-imposed duty of enriching the
National Library with rare Oriental MSS. and with the almost equally rare productions of the printing press of Persia. By his intimate acquaintance with the language and literature of that country, with the character of its inhabitants, and with some of its statesmen and scholars, Mr. Churchill was eminently qualified for that task, and he availed himself with brilliant success of his exceptional opportunities.
His first contribution was a fine illuminated copy of the Zafar Namah, or rhymed chronicle, of Hamdullah Mustaufi (no. 263), no other MS. of which is known to exist.
His last was a rich collection, including original Firmans of the Sovereigns of Persia from the Ak-kuyunlu dynasty to the present Shah (nos. 401-2); numerous autographs of celebrated statesmen, scholars and poets (nos. 400, 403) ; and, finally, portraits of Nasir ud-Din Shah and some of his ministers (no. 412).
Mr. Churchill's MSS. abound in rare, or altogether new, materials for the study of
Eastern, and more especially Persian, history. The following are a few of the most valuable The general : histories of Elchi e Nizamshah and of Haidar Razi (nos. 32, 33)
Rauzat us-Safaviyyah, a history of the Safavi dynasty, written by a follower of Shah
b vi PREFACE.
'Abbas I., and brought down to the accession of Shah Safi (no. 58) ; three works, treating chiefly of the reign of Shah Tahmasp, and respectively written by Amir Mahmud, son
of Khwandamlr (no. 53), by Hasan Beg Rumlu (no. 55), and by an anonymous writer,
whose work is entitled Afzal ut-tavarikh (no. 56) ; Khuld i Barm, an official record of
the reigns of Shah Safi and 'Abbas II. (no. 34) ; Gulshan i Murad, a history of Karlm
Khan Zand and his immediate successors (no. 66) ; two contemporary accounts of the
reign of Path 'Ali Shah, one by his son, Mahmud Mirza, the other by his secretary,
Pazlullah Khavari (nos. 70, 71) ; a history of 'Abdullah Khan Uzbek, by Hafiz Tanish
(no. 73) ; local histories of Kum, of Baihak, and of the conquest of Kirman by Malik
(nos. 88 geographical with historical notices, by Zain ul-'Abidin Dinar —90) ; works,
i Shirvani (nos. 139—141) ; lastly, the best copy known of Ta'rikh Jadld, the history of
the Btibis, lately translated by Mr. E. G. Browne (no. 15).
Poetry will be found to be still more largely represented than history. Mr.
Churchill's collection is especially rich in Tazkirahs, a favourite branch of Persian
literature, combining biographies of poets with more or less extensive specimens of their
compositions. It contains one of the earliest works quoted under that head, the Chahar
Makalah of Nizami 'Ariizi (no. 390) ; a large volume of the rare Khulasat ul-Ash'ar, by
Taki Kashi (no. 105) ; three' otherwise unknown works of the same class, entitled
Bazm-arai, Maikhanah, and Khair ul-Bayan (nos. 106—8) ; and a whole host of later Tazkirahs, illustrating the revival of Persian poetry under the Kajar dynasty (nos. 115,
118—129). Early copies of the Divans, or collected works, of ancient poets will be
found under nos. 211, 220, 222, 240, 243, 246 ; and those of modern poets described under nos. 340—373 were almost exclusively supplied by Mr. Churchill. Nor should we
leave unnoticed the unique "Mu'ajjam" of Shams i Kais (no. 190), the earliest treatise
extant on Persian metres.
Not the least curious of Mr. Churchill's acquisitions consisted of eight MSS. written
in Persian, but in the Hebrew character. Two of them, being transcripts of Muslim
works, have found place in this Supplement (nos. 230, 272). The others, belonging more
properly to Jewish literature, have been reserved for the Hebrew Catalogue now in course of preparation.
Having concluded this brief sketch of the Churchill MSS., we now proceed to
enumerate, in chronological order, the main sources from which the remainder of the
present collection has been derived. PREFACE. Vll
" A number of Oriental MSS. brought together by the genial author of Histoire des religions et des philosophies dans l'Asie centrale," Comte de Gobineau, during his resi- dence as French Envoy at the Persian Court, were sold by auction, after his death, in
Paris in the year 1885. Nine of the most valuable were secured for the British Museum.
These included the gem of the collection, a finely written and tastefully illuminated volume comprising the best text known of Asadi's Garshasp Namah, and three other
of great epic poems hitherto scarcely known by name (no. 201) ; further, a volume the
translation of Narshakhi's history historical work of Hafiz i Abrii (no. 27) ; the Persian
Isfandiyar (no. ; and Ihya of Bukhara (no. 87) ; the history of Tabaristan, by Ibn 92) ul-Muluk, a curious and otherwise unknown history of SIstan (no. 97).
In the same year eleven Persian MSS. were purchased of the sons of the Eev.
Henry Aaron Stern, who had acquired them during his missionary journeys in Persia in the years 18-47— 52. The only one that calls for a special notice here is a copy of the
Shahnamah in two large folios (nos. 196-7), containing a number of additional episodes and later poems grafted on the original text of Firdausi.
Eleven MSS. acquired at the same date originally belonged to a distinguished
Persian scholar, the late Nathaniel Bland. Besides a copy of the Atashkadah, a
Biography of Poets, which he had been the first to make known in Europe, they include
the Yusuf u Zulaikha of Firdausi (no. 200), the only copy of that rare poem which
contains the full text of the prologue ; the history of the Moghols, by Rashld ud-Dln
(no. ; and a profusely illuminated (no. 25) ; an early MS. of the Khamsah of Nizami 226)
copy of the Hamlah i Haidari (no. 336).
The collection of Alfred von Kremer, purchased in 1886, is essentially Arabic, and
has been described in the Preface to the Arabic Supplement. The most interesting of
the nine Persian MSS. which it includes is a volume containing a large collection of
letters written by Baha-ullah, the late head of the Babis, to his followers in Persia
(no. 13).
At the sale of the MSS. of the late Thomas Fiott Hughes, Secretary to the British
Embassy at Constantinople, which took place in London in the year 1890, the Museum
became possessed of seven choice MSS. remarkable either for their early dates or their
exquisite calligraphy. The Risalah of Kushairi (no. 16) and the Akhlak i Nasiri
(no. 147) are dated respectively A.H. 601 and 680. A Gulistan (no. 249) and a b 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Theology 1 Sciences. Encyclopaedias 102
Shi'ah works 4 Ethics and Politics 105
Babi boohs 6 Astronomy 110
Sufism 9 Mineralogy 112
Appendix to Theology 13 Medicine 113 Farriery 114 Law 13 Music 114 Hinduism 14
Philology. Persian Lexicography . . 116 History. General history 15 Arabic Lexicography and Grammar . 120 Muhammad and the Imams ... 29 Various Lexicographical works . . 120 Moghols 33 Rhetoric and Insha 121 Muzaffaris 33 Prosody 123 Timur 33 Middles 126 Safavis 34 Poetry 127 Nadir Shah 43 Anthologies 232 Zands 43 Tales and Fables Kajars 45 238 Collections Anecdotes Uzbeks 49 of .... 243 Letters, Afghans 51 State Papers and Autographs . 253
India 51 Paintings 260
Local histories 58 Inscriptions 263 MSS. of Mixed Contents 264 Biography 68 Latest Accessions 270 Lives of Sufis 70 Alphabetical Index op Titles .... 275 Tazkirahs or Lives of Poets ... 71 Index of Persons' Names 285 Memoirs and Travels 96 Classed Index of Works 299 Cosmography and Geography .... 98 Numerical Index 305
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE
CATALOGUE OF THE PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS.
THEOLOGY.
1. It is imperfect at the beginning, com- mencing abruptly in the middle of comments Or. 4379.— Foil. 384; 12J in. by 8£ on the first words of the Fatihah as follows : 27 lines, 6 in. long ; written in Neskhi by c***j o-:^ ji j\Ksil two hands, apparently in the 17th and 18th J j\ j> centuries. [Wallis Budge.] J?.—** j vju^-j \jZj>- iz*>*>
The The Persian commentary of Husain Va'iz commentary upon Surat ul-Bakarah Kashifi upon the Coran. See the Persian begins, fol. 4a, as follows: WM syLJl ijy» Catalogue, p. 9 6, and Ethe, Bodleian Cata- logue, nos. 1805— 8. sjAc C^—aIUs ^ ^ J^c- WT, The MS. contains the first part of the ^ CLo.^J (Jl^wJ^ work. It breaks off in the middle of Surat j (3^* dX^>- Zjy^j J\ ul-A'raf, vii., v. 149. .Vet CJj
The latter part of the volume, foil. 132 The next-following Surahs begin respec- 384, contains a portion of the Arabic com- tively as follows : Al 'Imran, fol. 125a mentary entitled Ma'alim ut-Tanzil. See al-Nisa, fol. 1866; al-Ma'idah, fol. 231a; the Supplement to the Arabic Catalogue, al-An'am, fol. 2756; al-A'raf, fol. 312« no. 1266. ; al-AnfSl, fol. 360a ; al-Taubah, fol. 3674 ; Yunus, fol. 4105; Hud, fol. 4306; Yusuf, 2. fol. 4486; al-Ra'd, fol. 4696; Ibrahim, Or. 2983.—Foil. 550; 12 in. by 7|; 20 lines, fol. 4786; al-Hijr, fol. 4856; al-Nahl,
in. long fol. ; 4f ; written in small, neat and close, 492a Bani Israil, fol. 506a ; and al-
Nestalik; dated Thursday, 20 Rabi' II., Kahf, fol. 5296. A.H. 1085 (A.D. 1674). [H. A. Stern.] The commentary includes the text of the The first volume of an extensive Shi'ah Coran in rather long passages consisting of commentary upon the Coran, without title one or more verses, followed by a Persian •or author's name. paraphrase. It deals chiefly in traditions £ 2 THEOLOGY. and legends. Although quite distinct from the Khulasat ul-Manhaj by Fath-ullah B. last, fol. is : \jU \s, jxi- The 45a, j ^
The title written on the outer edge, both 4. at the side and at the bottom, is Jj^N jiU Or. 2842.—Foil. 246; 8 in. by 5J ; 10 lines, is con- It probably due to a 2J in. long ; written in large and elegant
fusion of the present work with that con- Nestalik, with 'Unvan and ruled margins ; tained in the preceding MS. dated Dar us-Saltanah (Teheran), Sunday, 15 Safar, A.H. 1221 (A.D. 1806). Copyist : ,j\j±>ji\ ^ J^r [Sidney Churchill. J
3. A translation by Musa B. Ayy lib B. Ahmad Nasrapuri of the Shir'at ul-Islam, a trea- Or. 3208.—Foil. 55 ; in. by 5 ; 12 lines, tise on religious duties and rules of life oj in. long ; written in Nestalik, apparently founded on the precepts and example of in India ; dated Monday, 29 Jumada I., in the the sixth year (of Anrangzib's reign) and Prophet. See the Arabic Supplement, A.H. 1072 (A.D. 1601). no. 178. [Keemee, no. 211.] Beg. (_y>ULj jiij i iUuo\ j o^Ia"' j j-**
SjOj . . . \j si Ji^,ji\ \j>_
Answers of Muhammad to questions put to him by the Jews.
Beg. j>&\ JU)\ ... <->j H o-U r J, j5U- Ui»j cy.il \slA\j iiJJl\ J> *>j&\
lT Oiks The preface of the translator includes a
No author is named in the dedication to Amir Khusrau Khan and a present copy ; but the contents agree substantially, not- long panegyric upon him in prose and verse. withstanding some variations, with those of The work consists of a Bab, or introductory the MS. noticed in the Persian Catalogue, chapter, on the duty of following the Sunnah, and of (Fusiil) p. 176, in which the work is ascribed to fifty-nine sections fully Sa'id B. Muhammad al-Kattiin al-GhaznavI. enumerated in the preface. The contents
The same author is named in a Berlin MS., agree with the analysis of the original work Pertsch, no. 219. given by Krafft, no. 929.
The first question is : IjU j^a* b j£J>\ j£ Copyist : J^4-« ^ THEOLOGY. 3
5. The first page contains the last two lines of the doxology, and the beginning of the Or. 4507.—Foil. 186; 81 in. by 6; 17 lines, preface, which commences thus : nMf- &*> W 3| in. long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated ^jjabja* 5 10 Safar, A.H. 1034 (A.D. 1624). IS&b ij^&j* j efj^ ^j^ [Raverty.] JU, ^ ^
A controversial treatise against heresies, After dwelling at length on the duty in- by the great champion of Sunni orthodoxy cumbent on every believer to love and honour among the Afghans, Shaikh Darvizah lin- the descendants of the Prophet, the author states that the work comprises fourteen sec- garhari. See the Persian Catalogue, pp. 28 and 1078a, and Raverty's Pukhto Grammar, tions called Hidayah, subdivided into chapters termed Jilwah, table of the 2nd edition, p. 33. a which concludes preface. This copy wants about three pages at the The MS. contains only the first of those beginning. The first words extant, ±>Xs, J\Jj fourteen Hidayahs and a portion of the i— J ai-a-o j\ i>*3 iiT.iT \> j 4l)b \jb&, second. The first treats of the pre-eminence are found at fol. 4a, line 9, of the previously of the Prophet's descendants, and has the described MS., Or. 222. Two leaves are lost following heading : J ^Jl BUiij Jj"s)l h\&£) after fol. 184. The lacuna corresponds with foil. 197—199 of the latter MS. The missing text has been imperfectly supplied by an in- serted leaf in a later hand, and the passage It is divided into eighteen Jilwahs, enume- which gives the date of composition, A.H. rated at the beginning, fol. 7a (there are only 1021, is wanting. In the colophon the work seventeen in the body of the volume). Of is called j\j£>% if&. J^] the second Hidayah (^bjj Jj"^ <6j*~ ,j Major Raverty writes on the fly-leaf: ^.^j yUi^), which is divided into seven " This very old copy was obtained at Haider- Jilwahs, the MS. contains only the first three abad, in India, from the descendants of a and the last two, foil. 78—89. disciple of the Akhund." The author purposely suppressed his name, lest it should be placed before those of the
holy Sayyids, as he : 6. states himself *0 j yU-j jii i_jbL5 (jjjb. &£>\j\ ±zj so^ Or. 4380.—Foil. 89 8 in. ^ ; by 5Jj 15 and 17 lines, in. 3 long ; written in Neskhi and in Nestalik, apparently in the 17th century. (^Lij.l ubj. That he was a Sunni is [Wallis Bodge.] abundantly proved by the contents. He de- votes a whole chapter, foil. 32—45, to the refutation of the Rafidis or Shi'ah, and in A work treating of the holiness and pre- another passage, fol. 8ft, he says that whoso- rogatives of the descendants of the Prophet, ever places 'Ali above Abu Bakr and 'Omar imperfect at beginning and end, without is a heretic, and whosoever denies their claim author's name. to the Khilafat and abuses them is a Kafir, b 2 ;
4 THEOLOGY. or unbeliever. He cannot have lived earlier ^.llie s.£-J> than the 8th century of the Hijrah ; for he quotes Sa'di, and Khulasat us-Siyar, the A collection of prayers, handed down by tradition author of which died A.H. 694. from the Imams, and appointed for stated times of day and night, translated The margins contain miscellaneous notes from the Arabic work Miftah ul-Falah, of and extracts in a later hand. Baha ud-Din Muhammad al-'Amili (died A.H. 1030), with explanations and additions, by Jamal ud-Din Muhammad B. Husain Shi' ah Works. Khwansari.
7. > Ijj Beg. ^- 1 jwjiu ^Ss- j UB« J>- j j —
Or. 2971.— Foil. 114 in. ; 25 lines, ; 9f by 5$
3| in. long; written in clear Neskhi ; dated Ardabil, 26 Eajab, A.H. 1096 (A.D. 1685). The work is divided into six Babs, accord- [Sidney Churchill.] ing to the appointed times of prayer from the rise of dawn to the hours after midnight.
The text of the prayers is Arabic, with an interlinear version. An account of the tenets of various re- Persian The preface ligions and of the sects of Islam, ^considered concludes with a wordy and stilted pane- from a Shi'ah standpoint, by Sayyid Murtaza gyric upon Shah Sulaiman Safavi. The 'Alam ul-Huda, who lived about A.H. 653. present MS. was transcribed from the ori- ginal draft of the translator, who is spoken See the Persian Catalogue, pp. 140, 1081a. of in the colophon as being still alive. Beg. &Air if ys- (jjL-j ±2~ J»j \j } Copious marginal notes.
The Miftah ul-Falah is mentioned, as well The work has been lithographed, together as the translation of Aka Jamal Khwansari, with Kisas ul-'Ulama, Teheran, A.H. 1304. in a full notice of Baha ud-Din 'Amili, Kisas For MSS. see Rehatsek, Mulla Firuz Library, ul-'Ulama, pp. 174— 84. See also Sama un- Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 26 p. 188 ; 228 Nujum, pp. —34, and Majma' ul-Fusaha,
and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1766. In vol. ii., p. 8. Aka Jamal Khwansari was the last two works the Persian headings are one of the disciples of Mulla Muhammad given in full. Taki Majlisi, who was himself a disciple of Copyist: JU^" Shaikh Baha ud-Din 'Amili and died A.H. 1070. See Kisas ul-'Ulama, p. 172. In a note written at the end, S. Churchill states that in the colophon of another copy the author was called Sayyid Murtaza Bazi. 9.
Or. Foil. ; 2993.— 281 9 in. by 4f ; 20 lines, 8. in. 2-J long ; written in small and neat Nestalik; dated 1 Zulhijjah, Or. 2812.— Foil. 164; 8J in. by 5 ; 14 lines, A.H. 1060 2 J in. long; written in elegant Nestalik, (A.D. 1650). [Sidney Churchill.]
with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins ; dated
Monday, 17 Rabi' I., A.H. 1092 (A.D. 1681). in painted and glazed covers. A treatise on metaphysics Bound ; and Shi'ah THEOLOGY. 5
theology, by 'Abd ur-Razzak B. 'Ali B. al- Husain al-Lakiji. A Shi'ah work tending to establish the sin of the Prophets and the Beg. i^jj^j (je\jC s.{ iji]/' immunity from $ \) p£ Imams, by Muhammad B. Sayyid Ahmad al- 'Alavi al-'Amili, commonly called 'Abd ul- Haslb al-Husaini al-Fatimi. The author, an eminent disciple of Mnlla Sadra Shirazi, lived in Kum under Shah Safi and 'Abbas II. See the Persian Catalogue,
p. 32; Nujum us-Sama, p. 87; Majma' ul-
Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 27 ; and G-obineau, Re- ligions de l'Asie, p. 92. The present copy
contains a fuller text than the previously The work is divided into a Fatihah, or in- described MS., Add. 26,289, and has annota- troduction, and twenty chapters called Tak- tions written by another hand in a cursive dis, subdivided into sections termed Tamjid.
character on the margins and on inserted The contents are as follows : slips. Foil. 39—52 have been supplied by Fatihah treating of the necessity of Pro- the same hand to fill up a lacuna of the phets and of their attributes. Takdis I. Im- original MS. pescability of Prophets and Imams, fol. 8a. Refutation of doubts and objections arising Copyist : ^>\j> j>\ Js*.-^ ^ from apparent sins ascribed to the following- Foil. 268—280, written in the cursive fifteen Prophets, to each of whom a special
character above mentioned, contain two ad- chapter (Takdis) is devoted, viz. : Takdis II.
fol. III. fol. 27a. IV. ditions, namely : 1. A Persian tract on the Adam, 17a. Nuh, fate of souls after death, and on the Day of Ibrahim, fol. 33a. V. Ya'kub, fol. 45a. Judgment being the original draft of the VI. Yusuf, fol. 46a. VII. Ayyub, fol. 656. ; Musa, fol. 67b. anonymous author, dated Safar, A.H. 1100 ; VIII. Shu'aib, fol. 666. IX. imperfect at the beginning. 2. An Arabic X. Da'ud, fol. 886. XI. Sulaiman, fol. 926. tract on the question whether Rukayyah and XII. Yunus, fol. 97a. XIII. Lut, fol. 1006. Zainab, wives of 'Ugman, were daughters of XIV. Zakariyya, fol. 103a. XV. 'Isa, fol. fol. 1056. XVII. Muhammad ; also anonymous ; beginning 1046. XVI. Muhammad, Evidences of the Imamship of Ali, fol. 114a. (fol. 2746) as follows : j^i' ^ ^ XVIII. Evidences of the legitimacy of the Imams, fol. 1956. XIX. Refutation of doubts raised by the Sunnis as to the impecca- bility of the Imams, fol. 211a. XX. The fundamental points of the creed and the Day 10. of Judgment, fol. 221a.
Or. 4133.—Foil. 243; 9|in.by4i; 23 lines, The author refers incidentally to two other 2 1 in. long; written in small and neat Neskhi, works of his, entitled SjO— and
with red-ruled margins ; dated 1 Zulhijjah, A.H. 1073 (A.D. 1663). j>}jS\ [Sidney Ciiukchill.] Copyist : ^1 jj^- g>\ —:
THEOLOGY.
11. Babi Books.
Or. Foil. 12. 2813.— 98; 9J in. by 5 ; 15 lines, in. long; written in fair Persian Neskhi, Foil. in. lines, 2J Or. 2819.— 166 ; 8| by 5 ; 19 with gold-ruled margins ; dated 1st Rabi' II., 3 in. long ; written in neat Neskhi ; dated A.H. irv, probably for 1127 (A.D. 1715). A.H. 1299 (A.D. 1882). [Haji Khan.] [Sidney Chdkchill.]
A short guide to prayers and religious A Babi book without title or author's name. obligations, according to ShI'ah practice, by Beg. Muhammad Bakir B. Muhammad Taki, with the heading : aUy &\j sjJ]pb jiftill sji»j 2U, Ij*
Beg. iSjO U . . . .iUillj It is the work known as the Persian Bayan, The author, Shaikh ul-Islam Mulla Muh. ^-jjli ^Ijj, the last of the Bab's writings, and Bakir Majlisi, who died in Ispahan A.H. 1110 the most complete exposition of his teaching. (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 20), extracted The author, Mirza 'Ali Muhammad Shirazi, this manual, as stated in the preamble, from suffered martyrdom A.H. 1266. his previous work, Zad ul-Ma'ad (Persian The present MS. has been noticed and the Catalogue, p. 21, and Pertsch, Berlin Cata- doctrines and tendency of the work have logue, no. for the benefit 210) of such, persons been set forth by Dr. B. Gr. Browne in the as could not procure the larger treatise. It Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1889, is divided, according to the preface, into pp. 911—933. The contents have been fully five Babs and a Khatimah ; but in the stated by Baron V. von Rosen in " Collec- body of the volume there are four Babs tions Scientifiques de l'lnstitut," iii., pp. 1 and two Khatimahs. The contents are as 32. Two other MSS. are noticed by Dr. follows : Bab I. Observances for each month, Browne in the above Journal, 1892, pp. 450 fol. 2a. Bab II. Visitation of (the tombs of) and 698, and extracts in text and translation Muhammad and the Imams, fol. 66. Bab III. have been given by the same scholar in his Prayers not appointed for special days or " Traveller's Narrative," vol. ii., pp. 218—26, months, fol. 296. Bab IV. Ordinances re- 347—49. lating to the dead, fol. 466. Khatimah : Laws The present copy is due to the pen of the relating to tithes t/j) and to djj- } religious Babi poet Nabil, who writes at the end retreat fol. 766. Second Khatimah, 6 ii Ji* i_k^ bfs L-**i treating of expiations (Ot,U/), fol. 91a. jjoUcj SiSjse l rn z.m sLiij u\Jis- Jj t&\ i±Jo The author states at the end that he wrote the work in Ispahan, in the months of Sha'- 13. ban and Ramazan, A.H. 1107. Or. in. lines, 3116.—Foli 127 ; 8f by 7J; 14 Copyist : ^lalt liU-jyU y\ ^ m ^ ^ 4J in. long ; written in cursive and rather indistinct Shikesteh, in the latter part of the 19th century. [Keemeb, no. 126.] THEOLOGY. 7 I. Foil. 1—67. The Ikan, by Baha-ullah The last words are : ^sLa s3j\j lie- as»-1j (Mirza Husain 'Ali, who died A.H. 1309). See the supplement to the Arabic Catalogue, no. 222, and p. 935a. After this comes an explanation of the II. Foil. 67—77. An epistle treating at mystic meaning conveyed by the letters length, and in true Sufi spirit, of mystical composing the word : yj jl love and of the seven degrees by which the AiAjji* tilisi^ ^»j\ju 1 1* 'J ji^* tS*" J devotee liDLu rises to complete detachment from self and from the world, and finally III. Foil. 78—127. A collection of Persian obtains perfect union with the Beloved. letters by Baha-ullah. They are mostly letters of admonition or encouragement written to Beg. JJj ^ dy-j>\ j$>\ J.J jH j_J>1 followers of both sexes ; a few others are •I U ylJl J^Cj U.ii)\ J* ^ ^\ ^ U addressed to outsiders or opponents, with ^ J*£ the object of convincing them of the truth of From the Arabic introduction, which oc- the new revelation. They generally begin cupies the first two pages, it appears that with a formula which contains an allusion the author, whose name is not given, wrote to the writer's name, ^y^J^N ^^5)1 or this epistle in answer to a disciple already jjis-^ (_>ujj'5)\ y>. In several instances, advanced in spiritual life, whom he addresses however, the heading is yLUs- <~>yu£ in the course of the work sometimes as brother, sometimes as son. The doxology The letters are too numerous to be in- includes the usual blessings invoked upon dividually noticed. The beginnings of the first Muhammad and his family. The Persian seven are as follows : text begins as follows : :\ ^KlLo \j Fol. 78a. Jj^l jj* yjkM y> S^j»i ijjk «Jj Ofl* -$Sl Jhj> _^ti- « 0 ( " (J^*gte Jib jQf* i ^ga*] j {J^\j &3^*v" Fol. 79a. ^y}] ^1 It ends, fol. 77a, with these words ; *^ ^-ij^>^ ,yitao\»j ^1 ]) JU)! Jit * r° r* The next page contains a letter addressed to a Shaikh not named, and alluding to im- pending persecution and martyrdom. It lb. begins as follows : ^js? JI^uj.I ^{ \j j ji&lli j.W ^ j-s-^j &>\Z> c£ j^Uj .... i_AiU> ^ \j ^ ; THEOLOGY. Fol. 796. oJJJtsll fH-i There is at fol. 1166 an important passage, in which Baha enjoins on his correspondent Fol. 80(i. the duty of collecting and reading the pre- viously l-evealed Persian letters : Jjb t_j\ia2T jjiu jjis c^x£~° si i^jo The last letter begins as follows : JU3 ill\ _je. lb. ^L^l i_i*>j ika?\ 2>b jl>U. [jj*] j\ jjl 5iiU ^sf J^il jj jk« j\ JUj j\ ^1 ^,0 j/s* ^i-ay o^i) U^i^J >>4^j iciy \_y>) ^Uxil Jill J! ^ &>dj> t=ryi*> j Lfj*~*l The names of the persons to whom the Fol. 806. ^i>\ have only noticed the following : Riza, fol. 1016; 'Abdullah, foil. 1036, 116a; Yusuf, 0 fol. 105a; Muhammad 'Ali, Jjj j..*' (probably the poet Nabil), fol. 1066; 'AH Akbar, AJ J^, fol. 110a. One of the Further on, foil. 87—89, is a long letter, letters, fol. 82a, is addressed to the writer's addressed to one of the Persian 'Ulama, in cousin, which the writer gives his proper name, i- Husain 'Ali. It is an urgent appeal to his correspondent to accept the new faith. It 14. in. begins >-J^* Or. 3115.—Foil. 30; 7 by ; written in : ,_,-»—?. fj^U cs^ er° ^ 4J Neskhi and Nestalik, in the latter half of the oil! iS^Hi kO-H [i>] Jl JjS e^-s; 19th century. [Kejsmer, no. 125.] jyUil ..jSU- i\ ^^-V> y^J 5) |.jiE)l jy^V i^.^^ (J* Letter of Baha-ullah to the Shah, written in Arabic with passages in Persian. See the isi" Supplement to the Arabic Catalogue, no. 224. jji- jj\ Jl Jj*l J jjSl U^U dill yib jy]i«l\ ^ uiJjjs- I,* til! 15. A similar, but shorter, appeal is addressed Or. 2942.—Foil. 177; 8 in. by 5; 16 lines, further on, fol. 104a, to the father of the in. 2 J long ; written in neat minute Nestalik writer. It begins : jd J)^\ jJi'jAJ ^ dated Kajab, A.H. 1298 (A.D. 1881). jib Jb\} Ja^> J$e\ j jCj JU [Sidney Ohuechill.J :; THEOLOGY. 9 Sufism. A history of the Bab and of his early 16. disciples, by Mirza Husain Hamadani, who Or. 4118.—Boll. 280; 9iin.by6i; lSlines, died A.H. 1299. 5 in. long ; written in large bold Neskhi dated Baghdad, 5 Zulhijjah, A.H. 601 (A.D. Beg. Oibji Ll*->y _yb ^Uaj aj- 1205). [T. Fiott Hughes.] ^^AJ^^jjtoj UE*^ ^jj^dU j tijj^ A Persian translation of the celebrated " " The New History is based upon a con- Sufi work known as Tazkirat ul-Kushairi, by temporary account due to Haji Mirza Jani, Abu '1-Kasim 'Abd ul-Karim B. Hawazin al- of Kiishan (who died as a martyr A.H. 1268), Kushairi, who died A.H. 465. See the a copy of which was brought home by Comte Arabic Supplement, no. 227. de Gobineau, and is now in the Paris Library. The following title is prefixed by the hand The present work, which differs from the of the transcriber : i_aJl5 hj.JiM)\ i A'if original by excisions, alterations, and con- 'i!s\»>J\ 1 siderable additions, bears no author's name. fJSS\ jas^ uiDUl jJUN '.^Jl £tN ^ r It is known, however, to have been written, sic 4111 ^jij cyulSI yjlyi ,~>J^\ ^ at the request of the Parsi Manakji, son of Limji Hushang, who died about A.D. 1890, Beg. J-^yj sJj^U Ji)^ dju 411 j^U by Mirza Husain Hamadani, who submitted it for correction to one of the earliest dis- After the Arabic doxology, which is simply ciples of the Bab, Sayyid Jawad Karbala'i transcribed from the original text, the trans- (d. about A.H. 1301). Mirza Abu '1-Fazl Muhammad, of Gulpaigan, wrote the preface, lation begins as follows : ^ t&\ Manakji several additions. and t^Si- »AJJ il**>\ £j-*-J>. ijf^J An English translation, under the title "The Ta'rikh-i-Jadid, or New History of Mirza 'Ali Muhammad the Bab," was pub- lished by Dr. Edward G. Browne, Cambridge, ^ dill A4>W L/»ij q\j tjy&j 1893. A full account of the composition of the work will be found in the preface, pp. xxxv.—xliii., and in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1892, pp. 440—44. The headings of the chapters and the The present MS., on which Dr. Browne's poetical quotations are left in the original translation is principally based, was described language. The order of the chapters has " by him in A Traveller's Narrative," vol. ii., been partly interverted. Their ordinal num- pp. 192—97. Another copy is noticed by bers, which have been added by a later hand, v. Rosen, Collections Baron Scientifiques, go from the first (ujlll i_>b) to the fiftieth. vol. vi., p. 244. In the following table of headings the word " t_jL> been, for brevity's sake, On the first page is written : Tarikh i has omitted Jedid. Henry L. Churchill. 1882." 0 ;; ;: to THEOLOGY. iuojill j^oio fol. MiM £> u?,lai5l\ dill „ written in a very cursive and 12a; u^> J} crowded character of nearly the same date U yU-'j sijlW sji, fol. 51a; as the Risalah. The first few words are fol. w*^'!, fol. 2}«5\j2jlU, fol. 8 7a; 786; 688; partly obliterated. The next passage reads fol. fol. ijjSai, 90a fol. 936 ; j*^, 96a i}j£» (jljLujil b s£ ill...Lai ss- ^jl ^^Jl. ; ^ ; ij^f The first section begins as follows : 4-^ fol. 99a; ^jiA, fol. 103a; \~J\ t?Vj^ fol. 1076; yjU, fol. 111a yJutt l^jj*, fol. 112a; SjIiM, fol. 113a; JUI^N, The first of the above passages is the fol. 1106; jJil, fol. 1246; djJ.\ beginning of the Munajat. See Pertsch, fol. SjjiJl, fol. b.y\, fol. 1276 ; 133a; 1356; Berlin Catalogue, no. 2, 4. MwN, fol. 139a; yiN, fol. 1406; w*>-mJ\. fol. 149a; l-^I, fol. 132a; jiJI J ^K-t, 17. fol. fol. Ja»y!\, fol. 1556 ; ios^, 162a ; 1656 Or. 3242.—Foil. 132 ; 9| in. by 7 ; 23 lines, Lj^il jus j^)\jo-<, fol. in. long written in large, distinct Neskhi ^ 180a; 5f ; dated Rustak Kajiir, in Ruyiin, Saturday, fol. 18G6; fol. 1906; j^l, fol. 1976; 20 Muharram, A.H. 779 (A.D. 1377). uijpj gViil W, fol. 204a [Sidney Churchill.] (here a folio is missing ; the lacuna corre- sponds with p. 196, line 9, to p. 197, line 5, J of the Bulak edition, A.H. 1284) ^J\, A treatise on Sufisni by Najm ud-Dln Ibn ; Shahavar, called Dayah, who died A.H. 654. fol. 205a;' CMf tzA&, fol. 2116; See the Persian Catalogue, p. 386. mSII bjj, fol. 220a; j_U, fol. 227a; sua*)!, This copy has lost the first leaf. It begins fol. 228a; *MiSJV, fol. 230a; J*j2t, fol. 2316; abruptly with this passage of the preface fol. fol. 237a ; ugKJl, 240a ; j.^>\ fol. fol. 2426 ; uj^, 2456 ; fol. 247a ; jjjll oat b, which is found at fol. line of Or. 258. fol. 2516; wj,^, fol. 2536; UHj^N, 36, 4, the author calls fol. 258a; (J****, fol. 2596; jo-ail, fol. 261a; In the epilogue himself Abu Bakr Abdullah B. Muhammad Shahavar fol. 2626; u^i, fol. 265a; /ill, M. 2668 al-Asadi al-Razi, and says that he completed s^^\ fol. 277a. the work in Sivas, on Monday, the first of 620. The author states at the end that the Rajab, A.H, dictation of the Risalah was completed at A copy is mentioned by Ethe, Bodleian the beginning of A.H. 438. Catalogue, no. 1248, and an abridged Arabic version is described by Ahlwardt, Berlin Copyist : j-,s? j>.j}&\ jf- t^. Catalogue, no. 3006. Three pages at the beginning of the volume Copyist : j*s- yi and two at the end are occupied by a Sufi ^ ^ ^ ±*s- . tract of 'Abdullah An sari, . . ^ THEOLOGY. 1] 18. fjlilj 3j& yi Fjydl Foil. 219 in. by 5 ; 17 lines, Or. 3547.— ; 9J A treatise on theology and Sufism, by 'Ala 2| in. long ; "written in neat Nestalik ; dated ud-Daulah Ahmad B. Muh. al-Simnani, who Thursday, in the last decade of Shavval, died A.H. 736. See the Persian Catalogue, A.H. 1077 (A.D. 1667). p. 413a, and Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 197. [Sidney Churchill.] Imperfect at the beginning, commencing abruptly with the latter part of the preface, as follows : piLo^M ci^f^jj jr»>o A Sufi work consisting of religious precepts ^> exemplified by anecdotes in prose and verse, chiefly derived from the works of Maulana Jalal ud-Din, by Ahmad Rumi. The preface concludes with a full table of . . ijiUlj i—Jj %*$\ All JlU . . . u^iLs^ UiU1 r JUr a Fol. 36. iJjo-j <—>j»-j ^li-ib^i lI^j'o jJ I. J'1*3 J* This is the work contained in Or. 251 Fol. 206. : II- (Persian Catalogue, p. 39) under an inverted JV>^ WW« ,j*-y form of the above title, jJlSii j51H=». In a preface, not found in the latter copy, the (Here the author expounds and discusses author gives a short notice of Jalal ud-Din, seventy-seven tenets of various sects son of Maulana Muhammad Balkhi, and says with regard to God's nature and attri- that, some Fakirs having applied to him for butes, to Creation, &c.) some words conducive to salvation in the world, tZ>j~\ jS lie Ifcji* ^a—K_j III. next Cj\£ s^- Fol. 81a. jatf j\ jj wrote for them the present work, under the above title, in eighty Fasls. The date of composition, A.H. 720, is given in the epilogue in the following verse, omitted in >>j?-jM IV. Fol. 111a. vrlj MjUi- <"J^ the other copy : Fol. 1186. oWjJIj Olj-iSI V. Copyist : »Ua!\ Fol. 1286. W^o ^U-J _, For another copy see Aumer, no. 329. This last Bab is divided into four Fasls and a Khatimah. It includes in the first Fasl the autobiography of the author, and 19. an interesting account of his early struggles Foil. in. ; lines, between the whisperings of Satan and the Or. 3649.— 177 ; %\ by 5| 17 he finally renounced 2f in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, with voice from above, before red-ruled margins, apparently in the 17th the world and entered upon the true path of century. [Sidney Chukchill.] religious life. From it we learn that the 12 THEOLOGY. author served in his youth under the Moghul the Aurad, relates, as an instance of their sovereign Arghun, and was engaged, A.H. efficacy, a vision which came to his Shaikh, 683, at the age of four and twenty, in a Kutb ul-Aktab 'Imsid ud-Din, while thrown battle fought before KazwTn. After a severe into an ecstatic state by their recital. illness he retired, A.H. 685, to his native The Arabic text of the Aurad is included place Simnan, gave up his worldly posses- in the commentary. It begins as follows : sions and founded a monastery called Khana- kah i Sakkakiyyah, after Shaikh Hasan Sakkaki, a contemporary of Abu Sa'id Abu '1-Khair. It concludes with some prayers for Mu- The title of the work appears in the colo- hammad, the last of which begins : J^o phon. The author, who there calls himself The author of the Aurad is states that he completed the work on the famous Saint, Sayyid 'Ali Hamadani, who died Monday, the 23rd of Muharram, A.H. 721, A.H. 786, and the commentator appears to in Siifiyabad, being then sixty-two years of have been an orthodox age. He adds that he subsequently wrote Sufi of the Sunni sect. The commentary bears a marked Sufi with his own hand a second and a third copy character ; but the Hadiths quoted are taken with additions, the last for his son from the canonical books of the Sunnis. Abu '1-Barakat Taki ud-Din 'Ali ad-Dausi The latest authorities cited are Shaikh as-Simnani, A.H. 722. Nur ud-Din Ja'far, a disciple of Sayyid 'Ali A Cambridge MS., Palmer, 116, no. 20, p. Hamadani, and the work entitled Fasl ul- contains strictures of 'Abd ur-Razzak al- Khitab, apparently that of Khwajah Parsa ls iishi upon the above work and the author's Nakshabandi, who died A.H. 822. reply. See also Guyard, Journal Asiatique, The Aurad, which are entitled 1873, i., pp. 131-34. tyj, have been lithographed at Lahore, A.H. 1289, and at Cawnpore, A.D. 1876. 20. The commentary, which is the work of Or. 4381.—Poll. 73; 8 in. by 5; 17 lines, Muhammad Ja'far Ja'fari, has been litho- 2^ in. long; written in fair Neskhi, apparently graphed at Lucknow, A.D. 1876. It begins in the 17th century. [Wallis Budge.] as sa~^^ follows : ^ £i ^ j}\ ^Xia)\ A ^Ji A Persian commentary upon a collection J) lilyl ^\ J*».j zysd\ of Aurad, or Litanies, without author's name ; For other copies of the Aurad see Loth, imperfect at the beginning. nos. 368-9. It commences abruptly with this passage of the preface : jLU c^-joU,? jsU y> 21. Or. 4382.—Foil. 45; 8 in. by 5Jj 13 lines, 3f in. long ; written in small and neat In the extant portion of the preface, the Nestalik ; dated Saturday, 25 Zulhijjah, author, after expatiating on the sanctity of A.H. 1154 (A.D. 1742). [Wallis Budget] | : THEOLOGY. 13 A collection of Sufi sayings and anecdotes, Tuhfat ul-Muvahhidin, a critical review of in prose intermixed with verses, by 'Aziz- the principal religions of the world, from the ullah B. Sayyid Asad-ullah al-Hasani al- standpoint of pure Deism, by Raja Ram Husaini al-Hindi. Mohan Rai. Beg. A.T J^j ^ £ JUi- Beg. Oj^-jj l>a=- j il^J (joj^ll ^Loiil j Cj,m> 5 • eAr ^ js" ^ <^ • The author's position is that belief in one supreme God is common to all men, and sUjj^j s,*1 ill! ^-s-^ therefore rooted in their very nature ; whereas The author, who in his verses designates belief in the various religious systems rests himself by the Takhallus 'Aziz, says that he only on authority and education. As these began this work A.H. 1151, being then religions are mutually antagonistic, and as thirty-six years of age. The work is divided there is no rational ground for adopting any into seventeen Biibs. The headings of the of them in preference to the others, he first eight are as follows : 1. "i\ d\ 5) ^Ijujjii concludes that they are all equally false. This thesis is first briefly stated in Arabic and afterwards developed in Persian. " On the first page is written : Tuhfatul Js; 7. OjUi*' S.jEi ^Uy. Many ; Muwahhidin, or a Gift to the Deists ; in of the anecdotes relate to Indian Saints, as the original Persian, transcribed from the Shaikh Kabir, Mu'in ud-Din Chishti, Dara second edition published in 1859 in Calcutta, Shikuh, lastly to the author's own Shaikh, by his son Ramaprasad Rai." 'Abd ur-Rasul B. Muhammad Khan al- Ram Mohan Rai was born in Burdwan in Bijapuri. Most paragraphs begin with the 1780, and died in Paris on the 27th of heading ^ai, a word in use with the Sufis September, 1833. See notices of his life by to designate an ecstatic thought or inspired Dr. Lant Carpenter, 1835, and byK. B, Mac- utterance. donald, Calcutta, 1879. It would appear from the following colo- phon that the MS. was written by the author LAW. rffll £h\ i i\j> i^ji y>.f- f.\&s\ 23. Or. 3512.—Foil. 598; 12Jin.by8; 28 lines, Appendix to Theology. 5 in. long ; written in small, neat and close, Neskhi, with ruled margins, probably in the 22. 18th century. [Presented by B. B. Poktal.J Or. 4738.—Foil. 26; 7| in. by 6 ; 9 lines, in. loug in 3f ; written fair Nestalik about A.D. 1860. A Persian commentary by Muhammad 14 THEOLOGY. Taki B. 'Ali al-Majlisi, upon the Shi'ali sUab j, fol. 166; 11. oU^ljJ, treatise on law of Ibn Babawaik, entitled fol. 19a 12. Js MjEafl tyi& ; L_Jt Ojj jS, fol. 206. 5) ^ ujUS' (Arabic Supplement, no. 330). The commentary proper, which begins 0 with the Basmalah, fol. 24a, Beg. as?- extends to the j J,* oUj end of the first Juz of the original, treating of purification and prayer. The present volume consists of five sections, j^jj.' each of which has a separate doxology. The second begins with c^ll i_>b, fol. 1596; the third with SjLJI fol. Mulla Muhammad Taki B. Maksud 'Ali ^\^\, 2476 ; the fourth Majlisi, a disciple of with i_,b, Baha ud-DIn 'Amili, Jh\ fol. 4116 ; and the fifth was born A.H. 1003 and died A.H. 1070. with i*41 ^b, fol. 4836. At the end See notices of his life in Kujum us-Sama, of the second is a colophon, apparently p. 59, and Kisas ul-'Ulama, p. 172, where the transcribed from the author's original draft, present work is mentioned and said to have stating that he finished the writing of it in been left unfinished. Shavval, A.H. 10(55. The Arabic text is included in the commentary In the preface, after a pompous panegyric and distinguished by a red line drawn over it. upon Shah 'Abbas II., the author says that, when he had entered upon the seventh A MS. described in the Petersburg Cata- decade of his life, he had written a full Arabic logue, no. 253, contains only the first part, commentary [entitled 5Q\ upon the ia Sjl^yi ^-j\'J.{, of the same commentary. work called Kitab man la yahduruhu 'l-Faklh, and had dedicated it to the Shah, who ordered him to translate it into Persian. This he did in the present work, which is also dedicated to 'Abbas II. HINDUISM. The preface is followed by twelve pre- 24. liminary chapters called with the Or. following 4561.—Foil. 161; 9+ in. by 6; about headings: 1. Uc_. Js. cAx^i jS , 18 lines, 4 in. long; written in cursive Indian fol. 36; 2. U ^Ji, . r JlS, f0i, 4a 3-jiJ Nestalik; dated 25 Muharram, the second . year of the reign of T Ui if f0 i. 4j 'Ali Gauhar Padishfih rp W r 4. ^ (i.e. A.H. 1175=A.D. 1761). ujsl-^y t^jo Jil, fol. 66 ; 5. lJjs-j y &,Sb pis Asvamedha Parva, the fourteenth s^'jj fol. 85; 6. ji Parva of the Mahabharata, translated into Persian. fol. 9a 7. l M Beg. CJj^l^ ; 4 WU uiDii-l, fol. 11«; ^ i_>ll/j1 fijte 8. sjUlji, fol. 13a; 9. ^UTj ^ ^ j9 u> ! J eJj fol. 15a; 10. Sl^l o.^ji HISTORY. 15 (see Persian Catalogue, ; but the trans- ftjLi^ ^IwJ^i- U fli' ^J&Ui'' ^ 1 s£ p. 57) ^j<^j> j I lation is shorter and couched in a plainer style. The contents correspond substantially with The MS. was written for Lalah Bhawani those of the same section in the version pre- Parshad. for foil. 160—360 Copyist: hj^' pared Akbar, Add. 5640, J.£j.j--" J ^ tjj HISTORY. Ka'an, fol. Juji Khan, fol. 1196. Cha- GENERAL HISTORY. 106a, ghatai Khan, fol. 1256. Tului Khan, fol. 130a. 25. Kuyuk Khan, fol. 1326. Mungga Ka'an, fol. 136a. Kubilai Ka'an, fol. 1436. Timur Or. 2927.—Foil. 256 ; 13 in. by 9 ; 27 lines, Ka'an, fol. 1576. Hulagu Khan, fol. 161a. in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- Of Abiika Khan, fol. 176a. Takudar, or Ahmad talik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins ; Khan, fol. 187a. Arghun Khan, fol. 1916. dated the 20th of Aban in the 31st Hahi Kaikhatii Khan (wanting in Add. 7628), fol. year of Akbar, corresponding with the 29th 1976. Ghazan Khan, foil. 1996—286. of Zulka'dah, A.H. 994 (A.D. 1586). [Naih. Bland.] At the end there is a 'Arz-Didah dated in the 49th year of Akbar (A.H. 1013). On the first page is impressed the seal of Maha- raja Tikait Rai. A full table of chapters, in The first volume of the great historical a modern hand, occupies three pages at the work of Rashid ud-DIn Fazl-ullah Tabib. beginning. i_A—=- l^S^U i__j\jLS^ c^-^i Beg. j To the copies mentioned in the Persian (Si/T CJyaa- (j^jiT j US j VftiUj Catalogue may be added one of the same first volume in the Bodleian, Ethe, no. 23. The contents correspond with the latter A considerable portion of the second volume half, foil. 404—728, of the large folio, Add. is preserved, as shown by Baron Rosen, in 7628, described in the Persian Catalogue, two Petersburg MSS. bearing the mislead- pp. 74—78. They are as follows : ing title Zubdat ut-Tavarikh. From the Preface of the Jami' ut-Tavarikh (Quatre- analysis given in " Collections Scientifiques 4 mere's edition, pp. —60), fol. 36. Preface de l'lnstitut," vol. iii., pp. 83—111, it ap- of the first volume called Ta'rikh i Gkazani pears that the portion of those MSS. which (the latter part of this preface is given in extends from the beginning of the life of Quatremere's edition, pp. 60 —82), fol. 76. Muhammad to the end of the history of Origin of the Turks and history of their China, is in verbal agreement with the corre- tribes, fol. 10a. Ancestors of Chingiz Khan, sponding part of the complete copy of Rashid fol. 39a. Chingiz Khan, fol. 526. Ukutai ud-Din's work, Add. 762S, foil. 58—336. 16 HISTORY. 26. the same plan as Rashid ud-Din's work, the Dastan devoted to each reign being also Or. 2885.— Foil. 422 in. by ; 21 lines, ; 13i 7f divided into three Kisms. The Dastan of in. ; in small long written and neat Nes- .Abu Sa'id begins fol. 3906. talik; dated 28 Rajab, A.H. 1030 (A.D. 1621). A Paris MS. containing the same continua- [Sidney Churchill.] tion is mentioned by Quatremere in his pre- I. Foil. 1 — 363a. Another copy of the first face, p. Lxxx. volume of the Jami' ut-Tavarlkh. Contents: Preface of the Jami' ut-Tavarikh, fol. 16. Preface of the Ta'rikh i Ghazani, 27. fol. 76. Turks and their tribes, fol. 12a. Or. Foil. 2774.— 369 ; 13 in. by 9| ; 20 lines, Ancestors of Chinglz Khan, fol. 536. Chingiz in. 6J long ; written in large and neat Neskhi, Khan, fol. 66a. Ukutai, fol. 156a. Juji, fol. apparently about the close of the 15th century. 181a. Cbaghatai, fol. 1936. Tului, fol. 2016. [COMTB DE GOBINEAU.] Kuyuk, fol. 206a, Mungga, fol. 2126. Ivu- An imperfect volume of an extensive work bilai, fol. 2256. Timur, fol. 2186. Hulagu, on universal history, without title or author's fol. 252a. Abaka, fol. 271a. Ahmad (Takii- name. It begins abruptly with the following dar), fol. 2836. Arghiin, fol. 2886. Kaikhatu, passage of the doxology : \. fol. 293a. Ghazan, foil. 296a—363a. j\ dj j. II. Foil. 3636—422a. Continuation of the above history, comprising the reigns of Ul- ja'itu Sultan Muhammad Khudabandah and of his son Sultan Abu Sa'id, A.H. 703—736. It proves to be the first of the four volumes Beg. U . . . ujiijj.) JajUIIj ujiWI & of the Zubdat ut-Tavarikh, a vast historical ^llalui |.iLo^ sLiijb Oxij b CJ, ud-Din Lutf-ullah, known as Hafiz i Abru, It is stated in a short preamble that Shah- who died A.H. 834. See the Persian Cata- rukh, being fond of history, and having read logue, p. 4216, and Quatremere, Histoire des the great work completed A.H. 704 by Khwa- Mongols, p. ciii. jah Rashid ud-Din Fazl-ullali al-Tablb, de- A MS. containing the first two volumes is sired the writer, who does not give his name, mentioned by Dorn, Petersburg Catalogue, to compile a sequel to that work, and to bring no. 268. The contents of the same MS., desig- it down to the death of Sultan Abu Sa'id, nated by C, and of two others have been fully events subsequent to that date being included described by Baron Rosen, Collections Scien- in the history of Amir Sahib Kirun (Timur), tifiques de l'lnstitut, hi., pp. 52—111. That which was then being written afresh for His detailed analysis and the accompanying ex- Majesty. tracts enabled us to ascertain that the present The author says at the end that this record MS. agrees closely, as far as it goes, with had been compiled from several books and Rosen's MS. C. There is, however, a curious trustworthy narrators not further specified : discrepancy between the two with regard to jiji** y^iib i—^jl. It is j Jjj»-" written on the date of composition. While the Peters- : HISTORY. 17 ; first burg MS. gives A.H. 828, our copy has 830, Idris, fol. 24a ; Nuh, fol. 245 and the namely, in the following passage, fol. 3a : dynasty of Persia, the Pishdadis, fol. 285. Fol. 666. u b-> ji *jS L_>bj\ Jjl J>ai The latter date is confirmed by another pas- sage, fol. 66, where the author states that twenty-three years had elapsed from the death of Tlmur (A.H. 807) to the time of ±*> Fol. 736. j^f, 1 j- J*a' writing : ills, si u\s=j> M Ji\ »bl *UoS51 j\ 3 pp/ - Fol. 896. yj^j* a-^j^ j\ (•j* J-*" After a long doxology and a wordy pane- gyric on the reigning sovereign Shahrukh and upon his son, Padishah Zadah Baisunghar Fol. 92a. >_a~>y. Lai'jS pjS j»j.-o J.ai Bahadur Khan, comes the preface proper, fol. 55, i_sJb i-r»^*" m which the jyi Ljb author states that he had compiled the work Fol. 1166. ^-.iO taSji ^ J^j by desire of the latter prince, and enumerates his sources, in perfect agreement with the After Ayyub come, without any further extract given by Rosen from MS. C, pp. fol. 118a Musa, distinction of Fasls, Shu'aib, ; 59—06. This is followed by two preliminary fol. 1556 Kalib and Haz- fol. 120a ; Yusha', ; chapters on Eras, ^-j>>j*> 1 utility, 1 i-^fc -* |J* tl«Hi£c- bj w } w fol. 179a Raj'Im [sic] B. Sulaiman, ^ laiman, ; fol. 9a. fol. 179a; and Sha'ya the Prophet, fol. 182a. The history proper begins, fol. 13a, with a Fol. 183a. sailiM KjUl .jS j\ i_.>b chapter on Creation and the history of Adam, without heading. In the subsequent sections there is some evident confusion in the desig- History of the Kayani Dynasty, from Kai- nations of the several chapters and in their ka'us to Darab. ordinal numbers, as stated in the headings. The following is a list of the headings as Fol. 2336. (_>b (yd ^ j f~> j> ^ they appear in the text Pol. 22a. »M jl Jjo Jj\ si?r Fol. 244a. j\ jjo s£ (V5 KSU)^ S^U Fol. 257a. ^3 ^ vUJa ^ Fol. 261a. jyj uJJjl. JU fj^r J^' first Fasl fol. This comprises Shith, 225 ; D 18 HISTORY. Fol. 2616. a») Wi_>,p yKuyijj J^i fol. 626; VI. fol. 736; VII. fol. 856; VIII. fol. 976; IX. fol. 106a; X. fol. 1226; XL fol. 1256 ; XII. fol. 1646 ; XIII. fol. 207a. This chapter includes the Ashab i Kahf, Copyist : ^.ijJl 5)* Oily. ^ i_sul=>Dl jos- fol. 270a; Yfmus, fol. 2726; Shamshun 'Abid, fol. 276a; Jirjls, fol. 2766. For other MSS., see the Leyden Catalogue, no. 907; Aumer, Verzeichniss, 1875, p. 183; Fol. 279a. laA> j\ ^ji-T ujb Rosen, Institut, iii., no. fsj .J^. 9 ; and Ethe, Bod- leian Catalogue, no. 34. ujUllU ^sUjI &^ a? i^JjL r History of the Sassanides, imperfect at the end. It breaks off shortly after the heading 29. of the reign of Hurmuz, son of Anushirvan. Or. 3643.—Foil. 108 in. by ; 8^ 5f J 15 lines, 3J in. long ; written in cursive Nestalik, in 28. the 19th century. [Sidney Chubchill.] Or. 2775.—Foil. 228 in. by ; 9J 5; 19 lines, in. long ; written in elegant Nestalik, 2f with A work treating of the institutions, founda- gold-ruled margins ; dated Rajab, A.H. 949 tions, and wise sayings of kings and ancient (AD. 1542). [COHTE DB GOBINEAU.] sages, by Ghiyas ud-Din Khwand-amir (Per- sian Catalogue, p. 966). Beg. tjjl^iUj o>tf,.iM h*Ai cjlyU oU" A compendium of Muslim history, brought yi^Jl cijbc- jijio- Sji jjjis 5jj,j j w U . . . . Ji*% down to A.H. 855, by Shukr-ullah B. Shihab jSjil ud-Din Ahmad. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 884. This work, which is mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 350, is probably the earliest This copy wants about twelve leaves at the of the celebrated author of Habib us-Siyar. beginning, and has some folios transposed. He does not refer in it to any previous com- The folios are to be taken in the following position of his own, and he speaks of his order : 213—220, 5—58, 3, 4 (after which grandfather, the author of Rauzat us-Safa, two leaves are lost, corresponding with foil. as still living. In the preface he states that 1146—1176 of the previous copy, Or. 1627), he had some time contemplated 59—212, 227, 221—226, 228. writing a book on the above subject, and was encour- The text begins abruptly with these words, aged to carry out that plan by his illustrious fol. 213: Wi JL> S UH >j? patron, Nizam ud-Daulah wad-Dunya wad- r J ^\ r Din 'Alishlr, (Or. 1627, fol. 196, line 9). The next Amir to whom he devotes a long panegyric. page has the heading Jis- ^Uj y J,l J^J (j-jfli, which belongs to the first of the The first chapter, fol. 4a, is entitled &vi thirteen Babs into which the work is divided. (.jSj U ylaU.jb sP liJjL. ^Ui^jlST and j r j\, The subsequent Babs begin as follows : II. treats of the institutions and maxims of the fol. 29a; III. fol. 41a; IV. fol. 506; V. ancient kings of Persia from Kayumars to HISTORY". 10 Anushirvan. The second chapter, fol. 26a, Beg. U ... ^5 pjU ^ iji- ^Ujj b relates to the patriarchs and ancient sages from Adam to Buzurjmihr ; the third, fol. 37ft, to Muhammad and the Imams. The remain- ing chapters follow the usual arrangement of Contents : Juz I. Khans of Turkistan, historical works. They treat of the Umay- Chingiz Khan and his successors, fol. 1ft. yades, fol. 52a, of the 'Abbasides, fol. 62a, Juz II. Contemporary dynasties, fol. 736. and of the independent dynasties, Tahiris, Juz III. Timur and his successors, fol. 122ft. Samanis, Ghaznavis, &c, down to the Kurt Juz IV. Shah Isma'il Safavi, fol. 3076. dynasty. The last section, which relates to The following particulars, taken from the the Khakans of the Turks, breaks off at the present work, may be added to the notice of second page. the author in the Persian Catalogue, p. 96. His father, Humam ud-Din Muhammad B. Khwajah Jalal 30. ud-Din B. Burhan ud-Din Shirazi, was Vazir to Sultan Mahmud Mirza, 8iin.by5i; who succeeded his father Abu Sa'Id in Or. 2928.—Foil. 410 ; 15 lines, 3 1 in. long; written in small and neat Mavara-annahr, and died in Samarkand, A.H. 900. Khwand Amir was living in Nestalik ; probably about the close of the 18th century. [Nath. Bland.] retirement in Busht, a village of Gharjistan, when Muhammad Zaman, son of Sultan Badi' uz-Zaman, came to that country, A. H. 921, and took him into his service. The first volume of the well-known his- That prince sent him later on, A.H. 923, to torical compendium of the same Khwand the rebel Amir, Urdushah, with the object of Amir. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 96. inducing him to submit and to surrender Balkh. See Habib us-Siyar, Bombay edition, Contents : Preface, fol. 7ft. Makalah I. vol. iii., Juz iii., 194 and 369 71. Prophets, fol. 16a. II. Philosophers, fol. 125a. pp. — III. Kings of Persia, &c, fol. 133a. IV. Muhammad, fol. 218ft. V. Early Khalifs 32. and Imams, fol. 293a. VI. Umayyades, 13i Or. 3535.—Foil. 409 ; in. by 8 ; 32 lines, fol. 355ft. 6^ in. long; written by several hands in less more or cursive Nestalik ; apparently in 31. the 18th century. [Sidney Chubchill.] Or. Foil. 2677.— 361 ; 14 in. by 9} ; 35 lines, 6| in. long; written in small and neat The great historical work of Khwurshah Nestalik ; apparently in the 16th century. B. Kubad al-Husaini, known as Blchi e [H. a. Keene.] Nizamshah, who died A.H. 972. See the Persian Catalogue, pp. 107—111. *J Beg. tj^j '--'^yry **S The third volume of the great historical 0*H/^ work of Khwand Amir. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 98. This volume contains the first five of the d 2 20 HISTORY. seven Makalahs into which the work is The MS. breaks off in the latter part of divided, with the main part of the sixth, Guftar 3, in a passage relating to the events and corresponds with foil. 2—477 of the of A.H. 943, at the very point where in the previously described copy, Add. 23,513. It former copy, fol. 4775, extracts from Nusakh supplies the name, wanting in the latter MS., i Jahanara are substituted for the original of the sovereign to whom the work was text of Khwurshah. The corresponding dedicated. It is Ibrahim Kutubshah, who passage occurs at fol. 556 of Or. 153. reigned in Golconda A.H. 957—988 (see Briggs' Ferishtah, vol. iii., pp. 395—446). The list of authorities, fol. 26, contains, in 33. addition to those mentioned in the former Or. 4508.—Foil. 355 ; 13fin.by8i; 35 lines, copy, the HabTb us-Siyar, Ta'rlkh i Guzidah, 5j in. long; written in minute and close Tafslr i Shihabi va Kiishifi va Tha'labi, and Neskhi in Isfahan, A.H. 1272 (A.D. 1855). Zafar Namah. In the latter part of the MS. [Sidney Chukchill.] the rubrics have not been entered. A volume of an extensive work on general Contents: Mukaddimah, fol. 4a; Makalah I. history, without title or author's name. Ancient kings, in five Guftars, beginning Lijj^lji' i^JjUjS'i foil. 11a, 406, 546, 645, 75a. Makalah II. Beg. oJiaLa j Muhammad and Khalifs, in five Guftars, beginning foil. 79a, 1016, 105a, 1276, 1326. Makalah III. Dynasties contemporary with the Abbasides, in thirteen Guftars, beginning On the fly-leaf is a Persian note in a : fol. as follows Tahiris, 1386 ; Saffaris, cursive and ill-shaped character, in which fol. 139a Samanis, fol. 142a ; Al i Buwaih, ; the writer, Muhammad Vali, states that the fol. 147a ; Ghaznavis, fol. 1525 ; Ghuris, present of Majma' ut-Tavarikh was fol. MS. 1606; Isma'ilis, fol. 1636 ; Saljukis, transcribed for him from a copy belonging fol. 173a; Muluk i Nimruz, fol. 1866; to his late son, Nasr-ullah Mirza Viini, in Kurts, fol. 187a ; Atabeks, fol. 1906 ; Khwa- Isfahan, under the care of his other son, razmshahis, fol. 194a ; Karakhitais, fol. 203a. 'Abbas Kuli Mirza, and that he received it Makalah IV. Moghols, in four Guftars, viz. from Isfahan on the first of Safar, A.H. 1272. 1. Turkish tribes, fol. 204a; 2. Chingiz and He adds that the history had been written successors, fol. 2076; 3. Hulagu and suc- under Shah 'Abbas I., A.H. 1028. In the cessors, fol. 227a ; 4. Al i Muzaffar, fol. 250a. body of the MS., fol. 2556, A.H. 1026 is Makalah V. Timur and successors, in three incidentally referred to as the present year. Guftars, viz. 1. Timur, fol. 2646; 2. Shah- The above dates rendered it probable that rukh and successors, fol. 310a; 3. Babar we had here a portion of the vast historical and successors, fol. 353. (The latter part of compilation of Haidar B. 'Ali Husaini Kazi, Guftar 2 and the beginning of Guftar 3 are which was completed A.H. 1028, and a com- lost ; the lacuna corresponds with foil. parison of the contents has fully confirmed 4066—4086 of Add. 23,513.) Makalah VI. that conjecture. in five Guftars, the first three of which only are extant, viz. 1. Kara-Kuyunlus, fol. 372a; The hitherto only known copy of Kazi's 2. Ak-Kuyunlus, fol. 377a; 3. Shah Isma'il work consists of two volumes in the Berlin and Tahmasp, fol. 3,846. Library, described by Pertsch, nos. 418-19. : HISTORY. 21 A detailed account of it, with extracts, Fol. 246. f&» written by Dr. Gosche for Sir H. Elliot, is Pol. 25a. =* preserved among the latter' s MSS., now in f>^— ub^j" the Museum, and has been noticed in the sbj Fol. 255. MS., foil. 56a, 565, &c. Fol. 56a, The work is mentioned in Elliot's History Fol. 76a. of India, vol. ii., p. 431, and vol. vi., p. 574. ^b-o ^jji- The History of Haidar Razi does not Fol. 1586. j\ j w_=» contain any original matter, but it is a com- prehensive and useful compilation of standard Fol. 1716. (.JjljA- &- historical works. It consists of five Babs, r subdivided into Fusul, a full table of which Pol. 1936. j ^.^1 o^£- has been transcribed from the preface by Dr. Gosche, pp. 33 —38. The author gave no title to the work. The title Zubdeh i Fol. 1976. j> liljU i^j^- Tavarikh rests only on an endorsement of Berlin MS. 2096. JJjJ The first half of the present MS., foil. 2—209, contains the main part of Bab II., The MS. breaks off, seven lines after the namely, Fusfil 1 —28 of Gosche's table, or rubric : b- ^fc C^^=- nos. 1 —26 of Pertsch's Catalogue. The last heading, with the w j> chapters are not numbered. The following table shows the main headings as they appear in the MS., omitting the wordjSi, with which The latter half of the MS., foil. 210—355, they invariably begin. contains the last portion of Bab I., namely, Fusul 18—37 of Gosche, nos. 15—34 of Fol. 66. C«ji> ^bi" Ll^ikUi ^V^i^ j Pertsch. It begins abruptly in the middle history of al-Muwahhidin, with an ac- Fol. 11a. lb. u^ JT 22 HISTORY. Fol. 2166. l_J1 aJ J\ 13 of what ^ jtli JlS must have been a very voluminous compilation. It consists of two parts respec- u jJ Ji^ w^j 1 r tively designated as the sixth and seventh Fol. 224a. (J.n'i^j (jjSaik^l Hadikah of the eighth Rauzah. They con- tain a full and contemporary record, drawn Fol. 2316. wA^Sjto o^si- up in the pompous style of a court chronicle, of the reigns of Shah San and Shah 'Abbas II. The history of the latter is brought down to Fol. 2365. ^-a* j i—jywjj j-L*,~>1 il*s^li- A.H. 1071, apparently the year in which, the work was finished. Fol. 255a. The author does not give his name ; but Fol. 2556. X- ^ it appears from several passages that he was a brother of the well-known historian Fol. 256a. Jil^. JT \)\L>\ ^ j> X. of Shah 'Abbas II., Mirza Muhammad Tahir Vahid (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 189). Under A.H. 1056, for instance, fol. 182a, he records Fol. 257a. ij» j J^y. ji JjJic tivtjSi. the appointment of the latter, whom he calls Fol. 2596. jj> IjjUjl &*>\ X- his "excellent brother" [jdj to the office of Majlis-navis, and adds that, owing to his protection, he (the author) obtained Fol. 2626. j,,*- (yLi>.\ Jj\ £*£, u? the post of writer of the royal letters, c**uis» JjJi j>,j£. In the next following lines it is stated that Mirza Tahir was subsequently raised to the Vazirate, and that at the time Fol. 281a. j«a< J l/j^> ^.liJl ^Ajjui»l of writing, viz. A.H. 1103, he was still hold- ing that office. This, however, must have been inserted after the author's time ; for, in Fol. 318a. iSjurf yjjJljjJj^l tiLUl s-/^*- another place, fol. 1916, the latter states that in A.H. 1058, when he accompanied Shah The history of the Circassians, or Mamluk, 'Abbas in the campaign which resulted in the sultans of Egypt is brought down to the taking of Kandahar, he was already upwards Turkish conquest, and concludes Bab L of seventy years of age. The sixth Hadikah begins as follows : 34. UJT £ \ JjiA y>\ y^Sf ^b,; Or. 4132.—Foil. 290 in. ; llf by 7J ; 17 lines, in. long written in 4J ; fair Nestalik ; dated It commences with an account of the Muharram, A.H. 1247 (A.D. 1831). accession of Shah Safi, which took place in [Sidney Chtochili,.] Isfahan on the 4th of Jumada II., A.H. 1038. The events of his reign are recorded year by year, on the same plan as in the 'Alam-arai general A work on history. The present 'Abbasi, that is to say, according to the volume is the last and most valuable portion Turkish cycle of twelve solar years. Each ; HISTORY. 23 year begins with the Nauruz, or festival of Ten additional chapters, termed Manzar, the vernal equinox, and the corresponding contain biographical notices of the prominent day of the Hijrah year is given in the men of the reign, classed under the following preamble. In the following table of the heads: 1. Kurji-bashis, fol. 1376; 2. Vazirs, years included in this Hadikah, the figures fol. 1386; 3. Sudur or Shaikh ul-Islam, in parenthesis refer to the corresponding fol. 141a; 4. Ishik-akasi-bashis, fol. 1416; folios in the next following MS., Or. 3481. 5. Other officials, including physicians and astrologers, Fol. 46. Yilan-yil, beginning 25 Rajab, fol. 1426 ; 6. Artisans, fol. 1466 (fol. 7. Secretaries and accountants, 1038 4a). fol. 149a ; 8. Emirs and Khans, fol. 150a ; 9. Vazirs Fol. 266. Yunt-yil, 6 Sha'ban, 1040 [read of provinces, fol. 155a; 10. 1039] (fol. 23a). Holy Sayyids and 'Ulama, fol. 156a. Fol. 416. Kui-yil, 17 Sha'ban, 1041 [1040] (fol. 36a). The seventh Hadikah begins, fol. 1586, Fol. as follows : ^Jls> 506. Bichin-yil, 20 [27] Sha'ban, j\ m3j Ji^j j. jj.W j\ 1042 [1041] (fol. 44a). Fol. 69a. Takhaku-yil, 9 Ramazan, 1043 j^^'j es®» j^A> oJji wUj [1042] (fol. 60a). It commences with a record of the acces- Fol. 82a. It-yil, 21 Ramazan, 1044 [1043] sion of Shah 'Abbas II., on (fol. 716). the eve of Friday, 16 Safar, A.H. 1052, and of the Fol. 916. Tunguz-yil, 2 Shavval, 1044 events of the first year of his reign. The (fol. 806). subsequent years are as follows : Fol. 103a. Sichkan-yil, 12 Shavval, 1045 Fol. 171a. Kui-yil, 9 Muharram, 1053 (fol. 896). (fol. 147a). Fol. 109a. Ud-yil, 23 Shavval, 1046 Fol. 1746. Bichin-yil, 20 Muharram, 1054 (fol. 94a). (fol. 150a). Fol. 1136. Pars-yil, 5 Zulka'dah, 1047 Fol. 177a. Takhaku-yil, 1 Safar, 1055 (fol. 98a). (fol. 152a). Fol. 1246. Tushkan-yil, 14 Zulka'dah, 1048 Fol. 1816. It-yil, 11 Safar, 1056 (fol. (fol. 107a). 156a). Fol. 189a. Tunguz-yil, 24 Fol. 1296. Lui-yil, 27 Zulka'dah, 1049 Safar, 1057 (fol. 162a). (fol. 111a). Fol. 1326. Yilan-yil, 8 Zulhijjah, 1050 Fol. 190a. Sichkan-yil, 25 Safar, 1058 (fol. 114a). (fol. 163a). Fol. 136a. Yunt-yil, 28 Zulhijjah, 1051 Fol. 2066. Ud-yil, 6 Rabi' I., 1059 (fol. (fol. 117a). 1766). Fol. 2116. Besides the headings denoting the above Pars-yil, 18 Rabi' I., 1060 (fol. 1806). years, there are also rubrics for the principal events recorded. Fol. 215a. Tushkan-yil, 28 Rabi' I., 1061 (fol. 184a). The narrative concludes, fol. 137a, with (Lui-yil is not entered.) the death of Shah Safi on Monday, 12 Safar, Fol. 217a. Yilan-yil, 20 Rabi' II., 1063 A.H. 1052. (fol. 1856). 24 HISTORY. Fol. 221a. Yunt-yil, 1 Jumada I., 1064 36. (fol. 189a). Or. 3498.—Foil. 254; 13 in. by 8; about Fol. 2336. Kui-yil, 12 Jumada L, 1065 25 lines, 4^ in. long ; written in small, (fol. 1991). cursive, and not easily readable Shikesteh, Fol. 241a. Bichin-yil, 23 Jumada I., 1066 partly in two columns, and in the tabellated (fol. 2061). form called Siyak ; apparently about the middle of the 18th century. Fol. 2541. Takhaku-yil, 4 Jumada II., [Sidney Chukchill.] 1067 (fol. 217a.) Fol. 263a. It-yil, 15 Jumada II., 1068 (fol. 224a). A work on general history, by Muhammad Fol. 2691. Tunguz-yil, 27 Jumada II., 1069 Muhsin, Mustaufi of Nadir Shah, y-s? (fol. 2291). Fol. 283a. Sieikan-yil, 8 Rajab, 1070 (fol. 2401). Beg. Uojl j Uj\ j <_>l~i\ ijjj Fol. 289a. Ud-yil, 18 Rajab, 1071 (fol. 245a). The last incidents recorded are a complaint b~*> *5 (^UHjj made to the Shah by the Hindu merchants ij^j jjr j l>^' ij&>j\<&- of Ispahan of exactions committed by the governor of Bender Abbasi, and the sending In the preface, which contains a pompous by the Shah of stores of corn to relieve a panegyric on Nadir Shah, and on his son famine raging in the capital. Riza Kuli Mirza, the author states that the The history of the reigns of San and work was compiled by order of the former 'Abbas II. in the Fava'id Safaviyyah (Persian for the use of the latter. It was written, as Catalogue, p. 133) is avowedly abridged from incidentally mentioned, fol. 2151, A.H. 1154 is to the present work, and brought down (i.e. two years before that unfortunate prince the same year. was blinded by his father). Copyist : The contents are as follows : Adam and l_f^/> ^ the Prophets, fol. 8. Muhammad, fol. 30. Khulafa. i Rashidin, fol. 33. Hasan and the 35. Imams, fol. 81. Ancient kings of Persia, fol. 100. Bani Umayyah, fol. 110. Dynasties lines, Or. 3481.—Foil. 246 ; 10Jin.by6f; 19 contemporary with the Abbasides, from the 44 in. long ; written in small and close Tahiris to the Karakhitai's of Kirman, Neskhi; dated Shavval, A.H. 1278 (A.D. fol. 112. The Abbasides, fol. 125. The 1862). [Sidney Chubchill.] Moghols, fol. 129. Five subsequent dynas- ties, viz. Chaupanis, Ilkanis, Abu Ishak Inju Another copy of the same portion of the and Muzaffaris, Kurts, and Sarbadars, fol. Khuld i Barin. The contents are identical 134. Timiir and his descendants in Iran with those of the preceding MS. and India, fol. 140. Kara Kuyunlus and ±+s.° Ak-Kuyunlus, fol. 140. Safavis, fol. 151. Copyist : Jl^ijU^Jt J* Ju> ^\ ; HISTORY. 25 (The latter portion of this last chapter is of special importance, as being a contemporary record of the decline of the Safavi dynasty and of the rise of Nadir Shah down to the For the division and contents of the work see time of his assumption of the regal title. It the Persian Catalogue, pp. 128, 894, and includes Elliot's History the following reigns : Sultan Husain, of India, vol. viii., p. 70. fol. 175 Tahmasp II., fol. ; 182, and the The present volume begins with a preface puppet-king 'Abbas III., fol. 188.) The relating to the decline of the empire, its Afghans Mir Vais, Mahmud and Ashraf, causes and remedies, and concluding with a fol. 196. Christian kings, foil. 196—205 notice of the author's father, fol. Oft. It and 208. Seljuks of fol. 206. Rum, Ancient contains, besides, two detached portions of kings of India, foil. 209—211, 215-216. 207, of the work, namely, the first Kaifiyyat of Kings of Israel, fol. 212. Makalah I., and the latter portion of the The contents of the latter part of the first Matla' of Makalah II. volume are very miscellaneous. They relate The contents of Kaifiyyat I. are as follows : to the seven climes, fol. 217 ; to the Pharaohs Prophets from Adam to Muhammad, fol. 136. and the 'Adites, fol. 218 to ; Lokman, fol. 222 Ancient kings of Persia, fol. 46a. Descend- Barsisa, fol. 224; Harut and fol. Martit, 225 ants of Japhet down to 'Umar Shaikh, father and to the wonders and curiosities of the of Babar, fol. 766. Early Khalifs, fol. 120a. world, fol. 250. They include a version of Umayyades, fol. 1266. Abbasides and the story of Yudasaf and Bilauhar, contemporary dynasties, fol. 12a. Safavis, jfc,bj i-A-Uj?., foil. 226— 249, extracted from fol. 1476. Descendants of Ham in India, the Kamal ud-Din of Ibn Babavaih (see fol. ]55a. Or. 3529). The Matla' begins with a new 'Unvan, The MS. is probably due to the pen of the fol. 1596, as follows : sU^b u l cujU^ ^Uj ^ Mustaufi himself, or of one of his secretaries. sl l# * ^ >^~*.' JV iij«s The headings are written throughout like (jujLj-jI JLa» j. It comprises the following entries in an account-book, in an almost chapters : Reign of Shahjahan. Reign of illegible hand, and a perusal of the text 'Alamgir, fol. 2606. His death, his sons, requires a fair practice in Shikesteh. his officials, and contemporary kings, fol. 344a. Contemporary Shaikhs, fol. 351a. 37. 'Ulama, who flourished from the time of Akbar to the reign of 'Alamgir, fol. 3536. Or. 3288; in. 11^ by 7f ; 15 lines, 4f in. Calligraphers, fol. 3586. History of the long; written in fair Nestalik, with two period extending from the death of 'Alamgir 'TJnvans and gold-ruled margins, apparently to the defeat of A'zam Shah, fol. 3646. in the 18th century. Reign of Shah 'Alam, fol. 374a. Contest of his sons, fol. 384a. Reign of Jahandar Shah, jkU. j^s.* ^JG J& fol. 387a. Reign of Farrukhsiyar, fol. 396a. A work on general history, with special Reign of Rafi' ud-Daulah, fol. 416a. Reign reference to India, by Khushhalchand, son of Muhammad Shah, foil. 418a—4266. of J ivanram Kayath, secretary to the Divan This last chapter, which has been supplied of the Province of Delhi. by another hand, does not appear to belong E ; 20 HISTORY. abridgment, by means of which any to the original work. It contains a very sive without difficulty ascertain the brief account of the reign of Muhammad reader could reign of any king, from Shah down to his death on the 27th of date and length of the the origin of Islamism to the time of compo- Babi' II., A.H. 1161. sition. As a matter of fact the history stops The contents of foil. 159—341 agree sub- somewhat short of the date of composition, stantially, in spite of many variations, with which is expressly stated, fol. 965, to be those of Add. 24,027, foil. 418—601, and A.H. 1097. the contents of foil. 364—417 correspond divided into twenty-three with Or. 1654, foil. 7—139. A few extracts The work is : I. The fourteen Ma'sums, from the present work have been given, but Fasls as follows 'All and the Imams, fol. 4a. under the title of Ta'rlkh Bahadur Shahi, i.e. Muhammad, usurpers of the and without author's name, in Elliot's History II. The three accursed (i.e. Abu Bakr, 'Omar and 'Osman), of India, vol. vii., pp. 565—67. KMafat fol. 146. III. Banu Umayyah, fol. 164. A MS. described by Pertsch, Berlin Cata- IV. Banu 'Abbas, fol. 21a. V. Banu Lais logue, no. 495, contains the latter part of Saffar, fol. 34a. VI. Samanis, fol. 355. of Matla' I., and the whole of Matla' II. VII. Tahiris, fol. 38a. VIII. Ghaznavis, Makalah II. fol. 396. IX. Ghuris, fol. 426. X. Al i Buvaih, fol. 436. XI. Saljukis, fol. 48a. 38. XII. Khwarazmshahis, fol. 556. XIII. Ata- beks, fol. 586. XIV. Isma'ilis, fol. 61a. lines, Foil. 154 7±- in. by 4± ; 14 Or. 3400.— ; XV. Karakhita'is of Kirman, fol. 65a. in neat minute Nestalik 2J in. long ; written XVI. Chingizkhan and his descendants, in the 19th century. Bound in apparently fol. 666. XVII. Sarbadars, fol. 726. XVIII. painted and glazed covers. TImur and his descendants, fol. 75a. XIX. Churchill.] [Sidney Kara Kuyunlus and Ak Kuyunlus, fol. 84a. XX. Sultans of Rum, down to Muhammad IV., fol. 906. XXI. Uzbaks from Shahi Beg A manual of Muslim history, by Haji to the death of 'Abd ul-Latif Khan (two leaves Muhammad Kull Kajar. added for the continuation of this chapter have been left blank), fol. 946. XXII. Safavis from It begins with a versified prologue, the Shah Isma'il to the death of Shah 'Abbas I., first line of which is : A.H. 1038, fol. 966 (there are five blank pages at the end). XXIII. Persian poets, fol. 130a. 220 The author describes himself as a native This last Fasl contains notices of into three Babs, viz. 1. Sixty of Ganjah, there designated as the greatest poets, divided poets from Rudagl to A.H. 900, in of the cities of Turkestan, wVjLiy sib ^s-\, ancient chronological order (the last is Vali Kalandar, and as descended .from a family which for Baisunkar). a poet of the time of Sultan several generations had given soldiers to that Husain, 2. Thirty poets of the time of Sultan land. Although his military duties left him beo-inning with Sultan Husain himself, and little leisurefor study, he had brought together ending with 'Abd ul-Jalil Va'iz, fol. 139a. some historical works, and was induced to hundred and thirty modern poets, compile from them an easy and comprehen- 3. One : HISTORY. 27 fol. 144a. First come six princes from Shah 40. Isma'il to Shah 'Abbas II. The remaining poets are given in alphabetical Or. 3333.— Foil. in. order. The 176 ; 8£ by 4§ ; about notices are short and mostly confined to a 15 lines, 2J in. long in a page; written in verse or two ; a few only have dates. Shikesteh; dated 1st Rajab, A.H. 1260 (A.D. 1844). [H. A. Stern.] Copyist : i ijj** Ji* ,iis> uj—=- A compendium of general and Persian history from the earliest times to A.H. 1220, 39. drawn up for the most part in tabular form, with the heading: ^laU^b **>ite- Or. ^ gJ5 3202.—Foil. 293 ; 12 in. by 8; 25 lines, in. tf\il>\ j\ Ail iij ^j}) i^U. ji s£ tjfi. 5 long ; written in small and neat j Nestalik; dated Dar us-Saltanah (Tehran), jUli' »li ^*£? cJjS Jl tl^ojj/ C-il»l-> A.H. 1220 (A.D. 1805). [Keemee, no. 56.] There is no preface or author's name. The first volume of Zinat ut-Tavarikh, a After a tabulated index of contents occupying general history compiled by order of Fath six pages, the text begins, fol. 5a, as follows 'Ali Shah, by Mirza Muhammad Razi Tabrizi. li^i fC>\ yjy) Jig ^ L^«jj/ Beg. y/jy jUi-j j idU->i sjjjb (ji>.ij-> The author, poetically called Bandah, was The date of composition is given, fol. 169a, son of Muhammad Shafi' Tabrizi, Vazir of as A.H. 1250 ; but the history of the reign Azarbaijan. He held the office of Munshi of Fath 'Ali Shah is not brought further ul-Mamalik, and was one of the favourites of down than Ud yil = A.H. 1220. The main Fath 'Ali Shah. He was assisted in the divisions are as follows : Ancient kings of compilation of the Zinat ut-Tavarikh by Persia from Kayiimars. to Yezdegird, fol. 5. Mirza Ibrahim Ishtihardi. He died in Teheran Kings of the Arabs, fol. 29a. Muhammad, A.H. 1223. See Nigaristan i Dara, fol. 83, the first Khalifa and Imams, the Ummayades Anjuman i Khakan, fol. 40ft, and Majma' ul- and Abbasides, fol. 39a. Dynasties contem- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 80. porary with the Abbasides, fol. 69a. Moghols, The present volume contains the first half fol. 92a. Muluk ut-Tava'if, fol. 98a. Timur of the work, namely the Preface, the Intro- and his successors in Iran, fol. 108a. Kara duction (Aghaz), and the first of the two Kuyunlus and Ak Kuyunlus, fol. 114a. Pirayahs into which the work is divided. Uzbeks, fol. 119a. Safavis, fol. 120a. Af- Its contents are identical with those of ghans, fol. 131a. Safavi pretenders, fol. 134a. Add. 23,514, described in the Persian Cata- Russian invaders, fol. 136a. Afshars, fol. logue, p. 135. 137a. Zends, fol. 150a. Kajars, fol. 157a. This copy is due to the pen of Aman-ullah, The last events recorded are the death of with the takhallus Nazir, a poet of some Ibrahim Khalil Khan and the expedition of note, who died A.H. 1226. See Majma' ul- Husain Khan Kajar and Isma'il Khan Dama- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 527. ghani against Mustafa Khan Shirvani in £ 2 : 28 HISTORY. 1626. IV. Turco- Karabagh, A.H. 1220 (or A.H. 1221, accord- 1566. III. Gurganis, fol. mans and Uzbeks, fol. 1666. V. Safavis, ing to the Ma'afir i Sultaniyyah, Brydges' fol. 169a. VI. Afghans, fol. 173a. VII. translation, pp. 267 and 287). Various pretenders who rose after the downfall of the Safavis, fol. 1746. VIII. 41. Afshars, fol. 176a. IX. Zands, fol. 1836. X. Kajars, fol. 188a, in. 19 lines, Or. 2837.— Foil. 204 ; 12} by 7f ; The Khatimah contains a brief account of in fair Neskhi, apparently 4} in. long ; written the reign of Muhammad Shah. The last about A.H. 1260 (A.D. 1844). event recorded is the rising of Aka Khan in Kirman, which took place A.H. 1257. 1 A full table of contents occupies foil. —8. A compendium of general history, with At the beginning is a marginal note, dated reference to Persia, from the earliest special Rajab, A.H. 1260, in which the author de- time to the date of composition, viz. A.H. 1257, scribes the MS. as his autograph draft. by £ Abd ul-Vabhab B. 'Ali Ashraf B. 'Ali B. Isma'Il B. Muh. Mahdi Shirazi. Beg. jlii »<5U*}j J> & 42. in. 8-1 14 lines, Or. 3378.—Foil. 118 ; ISf by ; Nestalik, in 5 in. long ; written in fine large in the latter half of the 19 th century. [Sidney Churchill.] The work is divided into a Mukaddimah, sis 'Unvans, and a Khatimah, as follows A history of those dynasties who traced fol. 10a. Mukaddimah : Creation and Adam, their origin to the ancient kings of Persia, 'Unvan I. Prophets, fol. 136. II. Prc-Islam- by Riza Kuli Khan, poetically surnamed itic kings, fol. 476. III. Life of Muhammad, Hidayat, who died A.H. 1288. fol. 58a. IV. Persian kings in Muhammad's fol. jJ 1 4 ^- time, viz. Anushirvan and his successors, Beg. ^ \J$*» j u-V ]> uP^ 1286. V. Lives of Fatimah and the twelve Imams, Umayyades, and Abbasides, fol. 131a. lM? > VI. Dynasties contemporary with the Abba- was written at the request of sides and posterior to them, down to the ac- The work Parsi friend, Manakji Limji cession of Muhammad Shah Kajar, fol. 1426. the author's Kajar, Hushang Haturiya, and after the Majma' ul- Khatimah : Reign of Muhammad Shah which is often referred to. It is fol. 199a. Fusaha, divided into a Mukaddimah, eighteen Taba- The most valuable part of this manual is kahs, and a Khatimah. the latter section, Maksad 2, of 'Unvan VI. Mukaddimah treats of the five old It treats of the dynasties which rose in Iran The mentioned in the Dabistan, and of after the Abbasides, under the following ten dynasties upon the ancient fol. 1536. II. historical documents bearing heads (Ta'ifah) : I. Moghols, The eighteen Tabakahs re- Muluk ut-Tava'if, viz. Chupanis, Ilkanis, Abu kings of Persia, following dynasties: I. Saffaris, Ishak, Muzaffaris, Kurts, and Sarbadars, fol. late to the ; MUHAMMAD AXD THE IMAMS. 29 fol. 7b. II. Sanianis, fol. 13a. III. Al i Beg. Jj^j Jaclj J^iilj Ji>\ U > ill Bavand, fol. 216. IV. Al i Buvaih, fol. 256. si oxtail |j /&\ <^}y~\ ^si ±*> U . . . . V. Al i Kakavaih, fol. 33a. VI. Al i Ziyar, fol. 35a. VII. Second Bavand line, called Giioparah, fol. 40a. VIII. Kings of Nlmruz or Sistan, fol. 74ft. IX. Third Bavand line, The author, who was a Sunni, lived ap- fol. 77a. X. Al i Fazlavaih in Shabankarah, parently about the middle of the ninth fol. 79a. XL The Badusis of Mazandaran, century of the Hijrah. One of his latest fol. 82a. XII. The Bahmanis of Gujarat, authorities, quoted fol. 6a, is Shaikh ul-Isliim fol. 83a. XIII. Kings of Skirvan, fol. 84a. 'Imad nd-Din B. Kathir ad-Dimashki (d. XIV. Kings of Nur, fol. 86a. XV. Kings of A.H. 774), of whom he speaks as dead. He Kajur, fol. 87a. XVI. Kings of Laristan, gives his own name in the following Isnad, fol. 88a. XVII. Kings of Hurmuz, fol. 89a. fol. ^ XVIII. The Jams of Sind and Multan, 135 : L->.jf &>, if", ji'iaM Jyu fol. 93a. i&Ur J ^ i^J . ^i>\ ^s? ^ The Khatimah, foil. 93—118, beginning yj.jjl jy iXJl\ |,U^)1 j^j^. ^»^\ with a sketch of Muhammad's life, consists of chronological tables extending from the Hijrah to A.H. 1203, where the MS. breaks j& J^> &\ off. They are written in two columns, and are made up of brief notices of historical events and obituary notices of poets and The last-named traditionist, Ibn Umailah saints. al-Maragbi, from whom the author professes to have received traditions through one inter- For the life and works of the author, see mediate link, died A.H. 778. See al-Durar Churchill, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, al-Kaminah, vol. ii., fol. 22. vol. 18, pp. 196—204, vol. 19, p. 163, and Ch. Schefer, Relation de 1' Ambassade au Kharezm, The first Hadith, quoted in glorification of p. xvi., and Chrestomathie Persane, vol. ii., Muhammad, is to the following effect : Adam, p. 79. after his fall, implores forgiveness in the name of Muhammad, a name which, on first open- ing his eyes, he had seen inscribed on the Throne. Muhammad and the Imams. The contents are as follows : Life of Mu- 43. hammad, fol. 3a. Khilafat of Abu Bakr, fol. lbb of 'Omar, fol. 29a ; of 'Osmfm, Or. 2969.— Poll. 191; 9-i-in. by6i; 23 lines, fol. 506 ; of 'Ali, fol. 57a. Hasan and Mo- 3| in. long ; written in small, neat, and close 'awiyah, fol. 70a. Husain and the Umma- Neskhi, with 'Unvans and gold-ruled margins yades, whom the author does not call Khalifs, dated 28 Rajab, A.H. 883 (A.D. 1478). but kings, fol. 72b. The 'Abbasides, foil. [Sidney Chueohill.] 116o—191a. A history of Muhammad and the Khalifs, The work has no specific title. It is en- brought down to the extinction of the Abba- dorsed ^jj^yi lili- and at the beginning side Khalifs of Baghdad, by Mahmud B. Mu- £_3y, hammad al-Iji, called Najib. there are the words -*Lo JjJ^c ; so HISTORY. written in ornamental Kufi within an illumi- sophers, fol. 67a. Bab II. Life of Fatimah, nated border. Both titles are inadequate fol. 98a. ILL Life of 'Ali, fol. 1046 ; events and misleading. which followed his death, the Ummayades, fol. 1586, and the Abbasides, fol. 1866. IV. Hasan, fol. 1996. V. Husain, fol. 2026; 44. events which followed his death, fol. 2106. VI. Zain ul-'Abidin, fol. 2166. VII. Bakir, Or. 3641.—Foil. 304 in. ; lines, ; 10^ by 6J 17 fol. 203a. VIII. Sadik, fol. 2256. IX. Ka- 3J in. long; written in small Neskhi; dated zim, fol. 240a. X. Riza, fol. 244a. Ja- Monday, 16 Ramazan, A.H. 1260 (A.D. 1844). XL wad, fol. 247a. XII. 'Ali fol. [Sidney Churchill.] Naki, 249a. XIII. Hasan 'Askari, fol. 250a. XIV. Sahib ul-Amr, or Mahdi, and his future advent, fol. 251a. Khatimah : The Imams in general Tazkirat ul-A'immah, or Memorial of the and evidences in support of their legitimacy, Imams, by Muhammad Bakir B. Muhammad fol. 300a. Taki (Majlisi), who died A.H. 1110. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 20. The sectarian and controversial matter occupies throughout the work more space Beg- (j eA-) WHsJ^ J*=t- tj&\ A than the history proper. The Tazkirat ul- A'immah is mentioned among the works of Muhammad Bakir in the Nujiim jSb yUoii sV LilU- us-Sama, .Ji'j a> cVj^ u>»=r p. 366, and in the Kisas al-'Ulama, p. 158 The author says that the chief scope of the but with the remark that it is not included work is to establish the divine mission of the in the authentic list of Muhammad Bakir's Prophet and the holiness of the Imams by works drawn up by Muhammad Salih Mazan- evidences drawn from the sacred books of darani. the Jews, Christians, Hindus, and Greeks, and he gives in his preface a rather fanciful enumeration of those books, from which 45. numerous extracts in Hebrew, Chaldee, Ar- Or. Foil. Hi 2881.— 265 ; in. by 7; 25 lines, menian, and other tongues, but transliterated in. 44 long; written in small Neskhi ; dated in the Arabic character, are given, with inter- A.H. 1228 (A.D. 1813). . lineary Persian version, in the body of the [Sidney Churchill.] volume. The author writes in the most un- mitigated Shi'ah spirit, and is lavish of curses upon the predecessors of 'Ali and on the antagonists of the Imams. A history of the sufferings and martyrdoms of Muhammad and of the holy The work is divided into a Mukaddimah, Imams, by al-Haj Muhammad Hasan B. al-Haj Ma'sum fourteen Babs, and a Khatimah, as follows : al-KazvIni. See the Persian Catalogue, Mukaddimah ; Advent of Muhammad as fore- p. 1556. told in the sacred books, fol. 3a. Bab I. Life of Muhammad, fol. 10a; events which fol- Beg. sS\^i LijJl J«- jj) jJJ his lowed death, fol. 536 ; exposition of j-a=- ji&i jjjS" (j-via- hjo Ul . . . (JUs-i) Uj^° Muslim sects and of the tenets of Jews, _j Christians, Brahmins, Magians, and philo- MUHAMMAD AND THE IMAMS. 31 The author was a disciple of AM Bakir death of Muhammad, fol. 184a. 5. His Bahbahani, who died A.H. 1205 (v. Nujiim martyrdom, fol. 231a. Majlis IV. Life of us-Sama, p. 342). In the introduction he Hasan in four Fasls, viz., 1. His birth, dwells on the trials and persecutions under- fol. 246a ; 2. Proofs of his Imamship and his gone by the prophets from Adam to Mu- miracles, fol. 249a; 3. His dealings with hammad, and shows that the sufferings of Mu'awiyah, fol. 254a; 4. His martyrdom, the latter and of his descendants have far fol. 2606. surpassed those of his predecessors. Com- Copyist : ^\ jk? ^\ li, j^* passion with these sufferings being a great means of gaining favour with God, and of progressing on the path of piety, he was induced to record them fully in the present 46. work, which is divided into thirty Majlis. Or. 2882.—Foil. 248 ; 12 in. by 7 J ; 25 lines, 4^ in. long ; written in Neskhi, with silver- The above introduction is preceded by a ruled margins dated "Wednesday, 14 Zul- preface, the beginning of which is lost. It ; ka'dah, A.H. 1238 (A.D. 1823). contains a wordy panegyric upon Fath 'Ali [Sidney Chuechill.] Shah and upon his son Husain 'Ali Mlrza, 1 whose just rule had restored Fars to a state The second volume of the same work, of unexampled prosperity, and to whom the containing eighteen Majlis, the first seventeen work is dedicated. At the end of the of which relate to the lives and martyrdom preface is a table of chapters, fully stating of Husain, his relatives and companions, and the contents of the four Majlis contained in the eighteenth to their avenger, Mukhtar. the first volume. The contents are the same as those of The contents of the first volume are as Or. 1293, described in the Persian Catalogue, 1556. follows : Majlis I. Life of Muhammad in p. four Fasls, viz., 1. From the creation of his Copyist : J. " " Light to his mission, fol. 76 ; 2. From his mission to his flight, fol. 286; 3. From his flight his to last pilgrimage, fol. 416 ; 4. His death, fol. 666. Majlis II. Life of Fatimah 47. in three Fasls, viz., 1. Her birth and her Or. 2883.—Foil. 223 12 in. ; by 7J ; 27 and fol. merits, 766 ; 2. Her marriage, fol. 846 lines, in. ; 28 5£ long ; written in neat Neskhi, 3. From the death of Muhammad to her early in the 19th century. death, fol. 89a. Majlis III. Life of 'Ali in [Sidney Churchill.] five Fasls, viz., 1. His birth and supernatural The third and last volume of the same gifts, fol. 996 ; 2. Hadiths in proof of his work, containing the last eight Majlis, num- Imamship, fol. 108a; 3. His virtues and bered here (in continuation of the twenty- merits, fol. 1576 ; 4. His trials after the two Majlis comprised in the first two volumes) from 23 to 30. They treat of the 1 Husain 'Ali Mirza had been Farnian-Farmfi or governor later Imams as follows : Majlis XXIII. Zain of Fars from A.H. 1214 to 1250. He failed in the at- ul-'Abidin, fol. 16. XXIV. Muhammad Bakir, tempt to seize upon the throne, A.H. 1251, and was put fol. to death by Muhammad Shah. See the Persian Cata- 16a. XXV. Ja'far Sadik, fol. 366. logue, pp. 727a and 11556. XXVI. Musa Kazim, fol. 64a. XXVII. 'Ali —; 32 HISTORY. Riza, fol. 965. XXVIII. Muhammad Jawad Muhammad, Fatimah, and the twelve Imams, and In a colophon apparently transcribed from the first, namely, the present MS., which the original MS., the author states that he contains a very full life of Muhammad ac- finished this third volume on Thursday, the cording to ShI'ah tradition. It was finished 12th of Ska'ban, A.H. 1227. at the end of Zulhijjah, A.H. 1257, and the present copy was made from the original draft by the author's son, Abu Talib. 48. It is divided into thirty-seven Babs of very Or. Foil. 243 12 in. 2994— ; by 8 ; 21 lines, unequal extent and a Khatimah. The first in. long 4J- ; written in small and elegant five Babs treat of Muhammad's birth, fol. 3a Shikesteh-amiz ; dated Friday, the last day his suckling, fol. 86 ; his marriage with Kha- of RabI' II., A.H. 1258 (A.D. 1842). dijah, fol. 12a; his names and qualities, fol. [Sidney Churchill.] 1.3a ; and his miracles, fol. 146. Babs 6 J*N 15 relate to his mission, to the revelations he received, and to the beginning of his apos- A history of Muhammad and the Imams, tolate. The fullest and most important by 'Ali Akbar Shlrazi, Sadr of the province chapters are those which treat of the Hijrah of Fars. and subsequent events, related year by year as follows : Bab 16. Muhammad's flight to Beg. jj* J* (.ll-Jlj SjLa)\j (jjlUl iii Medina, fol. 34a, Bab 17. Events of the first year of the Hijrah, fol. 416. Bab 18. Second year, fol. 44a. 19. Third year, fol. 626. 20. Fourth year, fol. 796. 21. Fifth year, fol. 92a. 22. Sixth year, fol. 114a. The author, Haji Ali Akbar Navvab, son 23. Seventh year, fol. 1326. 24. Eighth of Aka 'Ali Xakib, was the chief of the year, fol. 150a. 25. Ninth year, fol. 1706. 'Ulama of Shiraz and a great favourite with 26. Tenth year, fol. 190a. 27. Eleventh Husain Ali Mirza, Farman-farma of Fars. year and Muhammad's death, fol. 2006. In his poetical compositions he took the name of Bismil, and his account of contem- Babs 28—37, foil. 217a—234, contain mis- porary poets entitled Tazkirah i Dilgusha cellaneous notices, the last Bab relating to (Berlin Catalogue, no. 667) is one of the Muhammad's horses and camels. The Kha- sources of Majma' ul-Fusaha. The author timah, foil. 235—243, contains a sketch of of the latter work, writing A.H. 1283, says the kings of Persia, more especially of those that 'Ali Akbar had died a few years pre- who reigned in Muhammad's lifetime. The viously. See vol. ii., p. 82. author frequently inserts pieces of Persian verse of his own composition. The work was commenced, as stated in the preface, on the 28th of Shavval, A.H. On the first page is a Wakf, or deed of 1250. It was planned on a large scale, and donation, and a verbose eulogy on the work, to consist of fourteen was volumes containingo written by the author's son, Abu Talib, the lives of as many holy personages, viz. A.H. 1261. HISTORY. 33 HISTORIES Or the previously described copy, Add. 7632, by SPECIAL DYNASTIES the omission of five lines after OR REIGNS. ^ ^US } si-. In other respects the two MSS. are in close Moghols. agreement. A copy beginning precisely like 49. the present one is described by Ethe, Bod- leian Catalogue, no. 286. Or. 2970.—Foil. 284; 9 in. by 5 ; 25 lines, in. long 3^ ; written in small and distinct Nestalik, with ruled margins, A.H. 1067 (AD. 1656-7). [Sidney Chukchill.] Timur. 51. Or. 4722.—Foil. 145 ; 81 in. by 13 lines, The first three volumes of Ta'rikh ul- % in. 2f long ; written in fair Nestalik, with Vassaf, ending with the first portion of the red-ruled margins; dated 9 Sha'ban, A.H. reign of Ghazan. The contents have been 1161 (A.D. 1748). described in the Persian Catalogue, p. 162. [Presented by G. J. Nicholls, Esq.] They correspond to pp. 2—391 of the edition lithographed in Bombay, A.H. 1269. The second book begins fol. 966, and the third Tuzuk i fol. 1796. Timuri, the pseudo-memoirs of Amir Timur, by Abu Talib al-Husaini al- Copyist : ~U yl ±s. fcr M ^\ 'Arizi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 1776. For other copies, see Pertsch, Berlin Cata- Beg. logue, no. 434, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 147. jib . . . a\j JSj/jrf jfA Muzaffaris. 50. Contents: Abu Talib's preface, fol. 36. The Memoirs, beginning with an Or. 2886.-Foll. 187 in. introductory ; 9£ by ; 21 lines, 5f chapter treating m. long written of Timur's rules of conduct 3J ; in small and neat Neskhi, and of the presages of his apparently in the 19th century. future greatness (pp. 4—20 of Chas. Stewart's translation), [Sidney Churchill.] fol. 56. The life proper, beginning with Timur's seventh year, A.H. 733, foil. 316— 145a. The narrative comes to an abrupt A history of the Muzaffari dynasty, by termination in a passage relating to the Mu'In i Yazdi. See the Persian Catalogue 6 advance of ' Amir Miisa, with ten p. 168. thousand horse, against Karshi (Stewart's translation, Beg. J^. L^l ^IJJ j ^ p. 105). This is followed by a detached fragment occupying a page and a ^ v^jy j\ jy wjb [corrected to half and relating to the mission of Amir Jaku The above to beginning differs from that of Malik Husain ({6., p. 107). p : 34 HISTORY. At the beginning and end of the MS. there emperor Humayun from Bengal in A.H. 947, are several impressions of a large seal bearing the Mirza was drowned in the Ganges. the following inscription : ^Uve liiSUV J^-. The history of Shah Isma'il bears a striking likeness to the corresponding portion of Habib us-Siyar, from which it was evidently , date 1167, - s the sU.Jb j.A - uyi', with j copied with some verbal alteration and with- This was a son of the celebrated Khandauran out any acknowledgment. Matter and ar- who fell in the battle of Kanial. He received rangement are the same ; the headings of his father's title from Ahmad Shah, and was chapters and the inserted verses are all but appointed Amir ul-Umara by 'Alamglr II., identical. On the other hand, there are here in whose reign he died. See Ma'asjr ul- and there in the present work additional Umara, Add. 6565, fol. 223. details, which point to independent sources of information. The relation between the two works will be fully discussed by Mr. of Safaois. B. D. Ross, who is preparing an edition our text. 52. The work begins with a genealogy of 6± lines, carried up to the seventh Or. 3248.—Foil. 307 ; 10 in. by ; 16 Shah Isma'il, elegant Nestalik, with a rather legendary account 4f in. long ; written in Imam, and with double-page 'Unvan, gold-ruled margins, of the Shah's forefathers, partly taken from and twenty-one whole-page miniatures in the Safvat us-Safa, in the following order fair Persian style, apparently in the 16th Flruz Shah, fol. 24 ; 'Ivaz ul-Khavas and fol. Salah ud- century. [Sidney Churchill.] his son Sayyid Muh. Hafiz, 36 ; ib. Dm Rashid, fol. 46 ; Kutb ud-Din, ; Sayyid A history of Shah Isma'il from his rise to Jibril, fol. ; Safi Salih, fol. 5a ; Sayyid 56 his death, without title or author's name. ud-Din Ishak, fol. 66 ; Sadr ud-DIn Musa, Beg. jU* >ls ^WiaV} fol. 116; Sultan 'Ali Siyahpush, ib. ; Shaikh J»J j r Ibrahim, fol. 166 ; Sultan Junaid, fol. 17a ; .... jl jl^jl lAr*- J&ij Sultan Haidar, fol. 206. With this last, the father of Shah Isma'il, the history proper begins under the following headings : Rise of Sultan 'Ali, Ismail's elder brother, after jj\ Si^d yjOjj iv^*^ LT, ^~"^ ^ the death of Sultan Haidar, fol. 236. Escape The work was written under Shah Tall- of Sultan 'Ali and his brothers from Istakhar, 276. in asp, and probably shortly after his acces- fol. 256. Death of Sultan 'Ali, fol. sion, to which the author refers in his con- Isma'Il's flight to Gllan, fol. 29a. His stay clusion as a recent event. But it must have in Lahijan, fol. 32a. Death of Rustam received subsequent additions, for in the Turcoman and accession of Ahmad Beg, body of the volume there is a mention of fol. 376. Isma'il proceeds to Ardabil, fol. 416. A.H. 947. This occurs under A.H. 923, His march into Shlrvan, fol. 536. His victory fol. 57a. fol. 277a, where the author, having spoken over Farrukk Yasar Shlrvanshah, of Muhammad Zaman Mirza, gives a short Taking of Badkuyah, fol. 61a. The Shah's sketch of that prince's subsequent career in march to Gulistan and into Azarbaijan, India, stating that, during the retreat of the fol. 64a. Contest with Amir Alvand, fol. 66a. ;; SAFAVIS. 35 Events of A.H. 907, fol. 68a. Isma'il's entry A.H. 957, by Amir Mahmud B. Amir into Tabriz and his accession, fol. 72a. Khwandamlr. The further events of the reign are told The writer was a son of the well-known year by year as follows : A.H. 908, fol. 79a; author of Hablb us-Siyar, to whom he refers fol. fol. fol. 909, 916; 910, 106a ; 911, 114a ; as his father in the present work, fol. 112a. fol. 120a fol. 1 912, ; 913, 22a ; 914, fol. 134a He appears to have lived in Herat, and he fol. 915, 1516; 916, fol. 177a ; 917, fol. 1976 deals especially with the events that occurred 918, fol. 208a; 919, fol. 218a 920, fol. in that city and in the province ; 2436 ; of Khorasan, fol. 921, 256a ; 922, fol. 262a ; 923, fol. 273a; especially with the fierce and protracted 924, fol. 925, fol. fol. 2776; 2796 ; 926, 282a ; struggle of the Shahs with the Uzbek 927, fol. 928, fol. fol. 2866; 2976; 929, 300a ; invaders. His work is written in the same 930, fol. 3026. Accession of Shah Tahmasp, florid style as the Hablb us-Siyar. It is fol. 3056. noticed in the Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 153a, and in the Rauzat us-Safaviyyah, Or. 3388, No title is given to the work in the pre- fol. 3a, as the main authority for that face ; but in his conclusion the author period. designates it as follows : d ssojZ> iixsf° ^ The preface, which is imperfect at the beginning, is dated A.H. 955. It contains a Further on he invokes blessings upon the wordy panegyric on Shah Isma'Il and on reigning Shah, whom he describes as a the reigning sovereign Shah Tahmasp, and a youthful sovereign who had but recently dedication to Muhammad Khan, i.e. Sharaf ] 1 succeeded to the throne : J ^ >j 5 ^) ud-Din Ughli Teklu, who was then governor J\z/jyZ/ U->y Sjby of Khorasan. l u j ij})^ The last line contains the name of Mu- The first chapter, fol. 7a, treats of the merits and eminent qualities of Shah Isma'Il, hammad 'Ali B. Nura, ^ s,i \ but without any word to explain his L_)\y yl s\$W jlijb <_ilcj\ J} > f^j, j\ j>j connection with the nAs- MS. He was probably &f-Jft o-**+~>\ sU> j4*-j s-'W0 ^, and the copyist or the owner. begins as follows : lib i r The Cambridge University Library possesses *^ t«» |»J.s njjlib yjjiu t_j<"W" ^ CjS.s- j a copy of the same work, which will be described in the forthcoming catalogue by Mr. B. Gr. Browne. This is followed by a chapter on the Shah's genealogy, identical with the corresponding portion of the preceding MS., Or. 3248, 0 53. fol. 16—2a, and beginning: <—i'U.' Foil. Or. 2939.— 245 ; 9|in. by 5| ; 15 lines, 3J in. long ; written in neat Nestalik ; dated » ceil e Wednesday, 21 KabI' I., A.H. 1042 (A.D. Then comes a longer chapter, foil. 96—19a, 1632). [Sidxet Chdrchill.] on the merits and supernatural manifesta- A history of the reigns of Shah Isma'Il tions of the sainted ancestor of the Safavis, Tahmasp, and of Shah brought down to Shaikh Safi ud-Din of Ardabil, ^ ^ p 2 36 HISTORY. (j>^Sl Obis- CAsUO ^JitO Jj_)\}=-J j\ 55. 6±- Or. 4134.—Foil. 193 ; 10 in. by ; 21 lines, After sliort notices of Sadr ud-DIn Musa, 3f in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- talik Shaikh 'Ali Khwajah, Ibrahim, Junaid, and ; dated Ramazan, A.H. 1024 (A.D. Haidar, comes the history of Shah Isina'il, 1615). [Sidney Churchill.] which begins at his birth, fol. 266, and is carried on to his death, fol. 114a. The is divided years, but narrative not by by History of the reigns of Shah Isma'il indicating the chief events recorded. rubrics Safavi, of Shah Tahmasp, and of .Shah Is- author observes, fol. 60J, that, his main The ma'il II., by Hasan Beg Rumlu, grandson of object being the history of Shah Tahmasp, Amir Sultan Rumlu. he confined himself with regard to Isma'il, ^jUal-J (_jjU> J-J" both for brevity's sake and from want of Beg. 1, j j cj-'-J"" j sufficient information, to a record of his conquest of Khorasan and a few other events. That portion of the work is avowedly abridged from the Habib us-Siyar. The author states, fol. 11 5b, that he had The history of Shah Tahmasp is told in followed the train of Shah Tahmasp from the great detail, especially with regard to Khora- time of the Dizful campaign (A.H. 948) to san, and occupies foil. 116i—2296. It con- the year in which he was writing that part cludes with the siege of Herat by the Uzbeks, of his history, viz. A.H. 980, and that he had A.H. 957. The last incidents recorded are witnessed most of the Shah's battles. In the death of their chief, Shah Muhammad A.H. 985, when Muhammad Khudabandah Sultan, and the raising of the siege on the was proceeding from Shiraz to Kazvin to 29th of Jumada I. of that year. take possession of the vacant throne, the author paid homage to him in Kum, and Foil. 230—214 contain a chronological was taken into his service. See fol. 189a. table of the principal events of Persian history from the birth of Shah Isma'il, The author follows a strict chronological A.H. 892, to the death of Shah 'Abbas I. order from A.H. 900 to the end of A.H. 985, when the work was completed. Under each year he gives first the political and military 54. transactions in Persia and neighbouring countries, then some miscellaneous occur- Or. 2776.— Foil. 164; 9 in. by 6; 17 lines, rences, and lastly obituary notices. The written in fair Nestalik ; dated 3 $ in. long ; following are the principal dates as stated 27 Zulhijjah, A.H. 983 (A.D. 1576). by Hasan Beg : Death of Shah Isma'il in [COMTE DE GrOBINEAU.] the night preceding Monday, 19 Rajab, A.H. Another copy of the preceding work, 930. Accession of Tahmasp on Monday, wanting the preface and a portion of the 19 Rajab, A.H. 930. Death of Tahmasp in introduction. It begins abruptly in the the night before Tuesday, 15 Safar, A.H. 984. middle of the notice of Shaikh Safi ud-Din Accession of Isma'il II. on Wednesday, 27 with a passage corresponding with the third Jumada I., A.H. 984. Death of Isma'il IT. line of fol. 125 in the preceding MS. in the night before Sunday, 13 Ramazan, — : SAFAVIS. 37 A.H. 985. Accession of Muhammad Khuda- Muhammad Khudabandah,which lasted twelve bandah on Thursday, 5 Zulhijjah, A.H. 985. years, his intention was to chronicle, if life The work concludes with the accession of were vouchsafed to him, the events and con- quests Muh. Khudabandah and the record of a of the reign of Shah 'Abbas, that being victory gained by Karakhan Beg over a the main scope and object of his composition Turkish troop sent by the Pasha of Erze- roum against Shurah Gil. But the main j?. JiU-J uJS jlK#"V SU. j'iT s4.i> part of the history was written during the reign of Shah Tahmasp, and the preface con- tains a dedication to Isma'il II. as prince. The Ahsan ut-Tavarikh is mentioned in . . . . ujilji- jiJSw T J\ j%j}J W JU» ,3 the 'Uam-arai 'Abbasi, Add. 16,684, fol. 22, *jjT til) > «Ijb jl>«i_« as the best authority for the reign of Tahmasp. jy£ WU) jfi For other copies, see the Petersburg Cata- The first chapter relates to the accession logue, no. 287; Wm. Ouseley's MSS.,no. 346 ; of Tahmasp and to the appointment of Mirza and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 287. Ex- Kasim as Poet Laureate. It begins as follows tracts have been given by Dorn, Ausziige, pp. 375—421, and by Schefer, Chrestomathie, vol. ii., pp. 81, 87, 108, and 124. The last two folios of the J-iil te-Ujp jH li>\ Ola-W lilj» MS. contain Jj! tf J.U j u notices of Shaikh San ud-Din Ishak and of \x>j ^a-Jj j$**> fS\j j JlaU sj,i jiiy Shaikh Sadr ud-Din Musa, by a later hand. S°* ^ $ J^iJ 56. The present volume is designated, fol. 146, and again at the end, fol. 274a, as the first Or. 4678.—Foil. 275 in. 7± ; 13J by ; 20 lines, Daftar of the second Jild of Afzal ut-Tavarikh, in. 4 long ; written in large, cursive, and and the second Daftar was to treat, as stated straggling Nestalik ; dated Tuesday, 24 Sha'- in the latter passage, of the events which ban, AH. 1049 (A.D. 1639). followed the death of Tahmasp. [Sidney Churchill.] Contents : Accession of Tahmasp, and of- ficial appointments, fol. 2a. Attack of 'Ubaid Khan Uzbek upon Herat, and his defeat by History of the reign of Shah Tahmasp, Sam Mirza, fol. 46. Burning of the Vazir from his accession to his death, without I'timad ud-Daulah Jalal ud-Din author's name. Mahmud Tabrizi, and appointment of Kazi Jahan to This is only a portion of a larger history the Vazirate, fol. 86. Chronological summary treating of the Safavi dynasty and composed of the reign of Tahmasp, fol. 96. Detailed during the reign of Shah 'Abbas I. Of the history of the same reign, in strict chrono- preface to the present volume, the last nine logical order according to the years of the lines only are extant. In these the author Turkish cycle, from Yunt-yil, corresponding says that after recording the reign and death with A.H. 931, to Tunguz-yil=A.H. 984° of Shah Isma'il II. and the reign of Sultan foil. 15a—274a. There is, however, a lacuna 38 HISTORY. extending from the middle of Bichin-yil = 58. A.H. 969, fol. 243, to the latter part of Or. 3388.—Foil. 402 9| in. by 6 ; 23 lines, Sichkan-yil = A.H. 973. The last three pages ; in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- contain a table of the children and grand- 3J talik ; dated (fol. Zulhijjah, A.H. 1052 children of Shah Tahmasp and of the officials 385) (A.D. 1643). [Sidney Churchill.] of his reign. It is imperfect at the end. The author appears to have had access to State papers. He frequently quotes royal history of the Safavi dynasty, from its letters, firmans of investiture, and bulletins A origin to the beginning of the reign of Shah in extenso. As to previous histories, he refers San by Mirza Beg B. Hasan Hasani Juna- to Habib us-Siyar, to Ahsan ut-Tavarikh ; badi. (no. 55), fol. 32a, and to Maulana Nujumi Haravi, the historian of Khorasan, foil. The first page of the preface has been 176, 50a. supplied by Mr. Churchill's care from a copy dated A.H. 1113 in the library of Sani' ud- Daulah. It begins as follows ; *>1 57. s3UJ iJj»-j)1 <—'frtf oju iJ^ Jtj&& After in. ; 22 lines, Or. 3549.—Foil. 259 ; 10 by 6 a long doxology, the preface proper begins, written in cursive but distinct 3^ in. long ; fol. 46, with these words : j>^a j> Ul Kestalik ; dated 25 Ramazau, A.H. 1106 (A.D. 1695). [Sidney Churchill.] History of Shah 'Abbas I., from his birth to A.H. 1020, including the reigns of Shah The author says in the preface that he had Jalal himself to philosophy and poetry, Isma'il II. and Sultan Muhammad ; by first applied ud-Din Munajjim Yazdi. but, feeling unequal to composition in either, he turned to history, as not requiring talent This is the work described in the Persian of the same order, and it occurred to him to Catalogue, p. 184. This copy wants about compile a record of the Safavi dynasty, "the twenty folios at the beginning. It com- crowning glory of the Sultans of the world, mences in the middle of the account of the and the standard-bearer of the sacred law." siege of Turbat, A.H. 991. The first line, The preface concludes with a wordy pane- gyric on Shah 'Abbas I., the reigning prince. C^iAi >*>, corresponds with fol. 326, line 3, The margins contain extensive extracts for it concludes, in its original shape, with a from 'Alain arai 'Abbasi. The MS. is en- record of the attempt of Hafiz Ahmad Pasha " to retake Baghdad, an event of A.H. 1035. dorsed, The «b' jjy of Molla Jalal Mo- rayjim." In an appendix written after the death of Copyist : *>jj\ ^ Shah 'Abbas, the author gives, fol. 387a, the following account of his authorities. For SAFAVIS. 39 the earliest period and the reign of Shah Accession of Tahmasp and history of his Isma'il, down to the battle of Chaldiran, he reign, fol. 1256. Reign of Shah Isma'il II., followed the appendix of Habib us-Siyar by fol. 225a. Events which followed his death, Khwandamir ; for the end of the reign and fol. 2306. Reign of Sultan Muhammad, for that of Shah Tahmasp down to the war fol. 2316. History of Shah 'Abbas during with 'Ubaid Khan Uzbek, the work which the reign of Sultan Muh., fol. 238a. His Khwajah Mahmud, son of KhwandamTr, wrote first Julus and subsequent events, fol. 2426. for Muhammad Khan Sharaf ud-Din Ughli His second Julus and history of his reign, Taklu (no. 53) ; for the subsequent period down to the repulse of Hafiz Ahmad Pasha down to the time of Kazak Khan B. Muham- from Baghdad, foil. 268a—385a. mad Khan Taklu (governor of Khorasan, who This is the conclusion of the original work. died A.H. 973), the Nusakh i Jahanara of At the end the copyist has given the date of Kazi Ahmad Ghaffari Eazi (Persian Cata- transcription, A.H. 1052, in the following logue, p. 111). From that date to the acces- verse : sion of Shah 'Abbas he relied on information JL» ji-T iU sip.- orally received from trustworthy witnesses. jj j j Lastly, for the reign of Shah 'Abbas he depended only upon his own observation, First Appendix, in which are related the having been, he says, an ocular witness of events of the concluding years of the reign the most important events, especially of the and the death of Shah 'Abbas, which is said conquest of Azarbaijan, in which he followed to have taken place in Ashraf, on the third the royal train. of Rabi' I., A.H. 1038, and to have been The work is written in a flowery and kept some time secret (strangely at variance metaphorical style, not unlike that of the with the 'Alam-arai 'Abbasi, which places Habib us-Siyar. Tt is not divided by years, the same event on the 24th of Jumada I. of but the principal events are marked by rather the same year), foil. 385a—3876. prolix headings. It is very sparing of dates, Second Appendix.—Enthronement of Shah and the few that are given are, with few Safi on the 4th of Rabi' I., A.H. 1038, and exceptions, confined to the bare mention of beginning of his reign, foil. 3876 4026. the Hijrah year, without day or month. The — first heading is as follows : This continuation, which is due to the <_j^y J^j same author, has a preface of its own, beginning : sl£> j&s- sliub J\y*\ aoki- LU _Uoil .... siUy iSi\ ^jUs- sUi ^\ <-r"rb J LlyaSL* j dy-j Uj yo tf ^ jjj JHs ^ c^.~>fr$\ Contents : Qualities of Shah Isma'il, fol. 6a. His genealogy, fol. 7a. Life and miracles of Shaikh Safi ud-Din Ishak, fol. 8a ; of Sadr The MS. is imperfect at the end. The ud-Din Musa, fol. 136, and Sultan Junaid, last extant chapter relates to the attempt fol. 17a. Birth of Shah Isma'il and his early made by the Khan of Bukhara, Imam Kuli life, fol. 19a. His accession in Tebrlz, Khan, to possess himself of Merv, when the A.H. 906, and history of his reign, fol. 416. Persian general, Murtaza Kuli Khan was 40 HISTORY. made prisoner by the Uzbeks, and subse- tending from the middle of Yunt-yil=A.H. quently set free by the Khan of Bukhara 1027 to the middle of Takhaku-yil = A.H. (A.H. 1041-42 ; see Khuld Barm, fol. 55-56). 1030. It corresponds with foil. 3656— 372a, The copy breaks off after the heading of the of the complete copy, Add. 16,684. There next following chapter, which relates to the are also about two pages wanting at the end, invasion of Khorasan by the troops of Balkh, namely, the last lines of the biographical notices and the Khatimah. For other copies see Pertsch, Berlin Cata- ^-^"iy i \j>{~t\ji- ai». ^j** j logue, nos. 441 —46, and Etke, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 289—299. The Rauzat al-Safaviyyah, by Amir Beg, is one of the authorities quoted in the Majma' ut-Tavarikh of Muhammad Khalil 60. (A.H. 1 207) . See Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 436. Or. 2940.—Foil. 247 ; llf in. by 6 ; 16 lines, 3 J in. long; written in elegant Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins 59. ; dated 28 JumadaL, ici.forA.H. 1152 (A.D. 1739). [Sidney Chukohill.] Or. 3272.— Foil. 355 ; 13 in. by 7* ; 23 lines, 5j- in. long ; written in neat Nestalik dated ; History of the reign of Shah 'Abbas II., (fol. Friday, 26 Shavval, 279) A.H. 1060 by Mirza Tahir Vahid. See the Persian (A.D. 1650). Catalogue, p. 1896. This contains the iS)J\ ^Ifr g^lS copy much more than previously described MS., Add. 11,632. The History of Shah 'Abbas I., by Iskandar portion corresponding to the latter occupies Munshi. See the Persian Catalogue, 185. p. foil. 2—156 of the present MS. Foil. 1566— 247 contain a continuation which extends to Beg. ^Miob iJJjT J\» j s.iust° ^ys- Tushkan-yil, the twenty-second year of the ^UjJ a»-Ujd jK^K ull^j^**' t/^*"" j reign, corresponding with A.H. 1073-74. The last events recorded are the journey of Shah 'Abbas from Teheran to Isfahan ; the This fine copy, written only twenty-two arrival at Court of envoys of the king of years after the completion of the work, Abyssinia and of the Imam of Yemen ; lastly, wants the Mukaddimah and the first Sahifah. the appointments of 'Ivaz Beg as Divanbegi, It contains only the history of the reign of and of Murtaza Kuli Khan as Beglerbegi of Shah 'Abbas, as follows : Karabagh. Sahifah II. The first thirty years of the The author occupied the post of Vezir reign, namely, from Tunguz-yil = A.H. 996 under Shah Sulaiman and Shah Sultan Hu- to the end of Lui-yil=A.H. 1025, fol. 16. sain. The date of his death is doubtful. Maksad II. The last twelve years of the Riza Kuli Khan says in Riyaz ul-'Arifin, reign from Yilan-yil= A.H. 1026 to Lui-yil fol. 93a, that he died in Isfahan A.H. 1108, =A.H. 1037, fol. 2805. while the Zubdat ul-Ghara'ib, fol. 242, refers In this last section there is a lacuna ex- the same event to A.H. 1110. Both dates SAFAVIS. 41 are probably too early. Fath 'Ali Khan suc- From this we learn that the author came of ceeded him, according to Zinat ut-Tavarikh, a family which had been for several genera- in A.H. 1120. One of his letters, dated tions devoted to the dynasty, and had been re- A.H. 1111, in which he takes the title of warded with high offices, such as the custody Tmad ud-Daulah Muh. Tahir, is mentioned of the sanctuaries of Najaf and Mashhad, in the Turkish Catalogue, p. 896. the Vizarat i Divan, Insha i Mamalik, Istifa i In a copy of the same work described by Mamalik, &c. After having been for a long time of Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 301, the last out employment, the author was re- instated in his date mentioned is A.H. 1064. office of court historiographer. In another passage, under A.H. 1110, fol. 239, he records his appointment as Majlis-navis. 61. There he styles himself Mirza Muhammad Ibrahim Nasiri, grandson of the late Talib Or. 3332.—Foil. 211 ; in. by ; 15 lines, 11J Khan, Vazir i Divan i A'la. In a Persian in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with 3f note written, A.H. 1302, on the first page, gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 18th it is stated that Nasiri was the Nisbah of century. [H. A. Stern.] the descendants of Naslr ul-Din Tusi, several Another copy of the history of Mirza Tahir of whom rose to high posts under the Safavis. Vahid, with the same contents as the pre- The history begins, fol. 146, with an account ceding, except that it wants about ten folios of the Julus of Sultan Husain, which took at the beginning'. place in the A'inah Khanah on the eve of Saturday, 14th Zulhijjah, A.H. 1105, in the Turkish year of It yil. The motto of the 62. new coin is given as follows : Or. 2941.—Foil. 250 in. 14 lines, ; lOf by 6J ; 4 in. long; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 18th century. Partly stained by damp This is followed by a record of the events and obliterated. [Sidney Ohuechilx.] which took place during the remainder of the above Turkish year. The succeeding years begin as follows : A history of the reign of Shah Sultan Fol. 68a. Tunguz yil=A.H. 1106, the second Husain, by Muhammad Ibrahim B. Zain ul- year of the reign. 'Abidln an-Nasiri. Fol. 786. Sichkan yil=A.H. 1107. Beg. ^ JU1. -i/ tiliy LiU A) Fol. 1466. Ud yil=A.H. 1108. Pol. 1786. Parsyil=A.H. 1109. Fol. 2326. Tushkan yil=A.H. 1110. The last year is imperfect at the end. The This is a court chronicle, written in a MS. breaks off at the fifth page of a chapter pompous and turgid style of the most weari- headed ysX**, u^iUi ^b** ^is some prolixity. After a doxology which oc- jj&> cupies no less than twelve folios comes the preface proper, ^_>UT Jz& _fd s*j.iu. The extant portion of that chapter relates G 42 HISTORY. to the expedition of Ismii'Il Pasha, governor at Constantinople, A.H. 1142. It has been of Baghdad, against an Arab chief, Shaikh subsequently translated into Latin by J. C. Salman, in Kerbela. Clodius, and from Latin into English by Gr. N. Mitford, London, 1840. See Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, 63. no. 973, and Krafft,no. 262. Or. 4509.—Foil. 97 ; 8} in. by 5 ; 12 lines, 3 in. long ; written in Neskhi, with ruled 64. margins ; dated Thursday, 26 Rabi' II., Or. 3602.—Poll. 101 in. ; 8| by 5| ; 14 lines, A.H. 1278 (A.D. 1861). in. 3-J long ; written in Shikastah in the 19th [Sidney Churchill.] century. [Sidney Chubohill.] A history of the Afghan invasion, trans- lated from Turkish by Ibn Najaf-Kuli 'Abd ur-Razzak (see no. 68), with the following A history of Sayyid Muhammad Mirza heading : i i.«\'> JjJ*\ ) US' <—>j~a.> (Shah Sulaiman II.) and his family, by his ^ } (_ ) ^ son Muhammad Hashim. Beg. This is the identical work which in another MS. described in the Persian Catalogue, It is stated in the preface that in the time p. 1916, bears the title of JT s/jj; but of Shah Sultan-Husain a Christian traveller the present copy contains the Khatimah, came to Isfahan, where he resided close on which is wanting in the other. The four six and twenty years, and, being a keen ob- parts of which the work consists begin as server of current events, and especially of follows : Mukaddimah, fol. 26 ; Makalah I., the Afghan invasion, wrote in Latin a de- fol. 216; Makalah II., fol. 446; Khatimah, tailed account of the latter. This was trans- fol. 866. lated into Turkish and printed at Islambol The Khatimah this has heading : by an Osmanli official, Ibrahim by name, who s^li- gave to his version the title of o^-ao. A copy, having been brought to Persia, was read by the Heir Apparent (Vali 'Ahd), by whose order the present translation was made by his servant. It is a faithful, but rather condensed, trans- It contains copies of old title-deeds, dona- lation of the well-known history of the Jesuit tions, legal decisions, &c, relating to estates missionary, Judas Thaddseus Krusinski, belonging to the author's family, with dates originally written in Latin under the title of ranging from A.H. 1021 to 1153. " Tragica vertentis belli Historia." The In Makalah II. there are towards the end Turkish translation, $o jH ^.Lj some additional J} -^J3 notices brought down to was printed by Ibrahim \ Mutafarrikah A.H. 1226 ; but the account of the author's ZANDS. 43 children, with which the Makalah was to Beg. (jJalLu Cj,\Ja j \j JLM conclude, is wanting, and a blank space of CU»>\ ^iXii j j tiDU (JTi^Jjlj Jj**» three pages has been left for its insertion. J>*J U\ il«...?J n^r^ ^) tl*M>jl OJjii\S j i^X^ <6 j^J-jT ujjjs? Jj Nadir Shah. 65. c**&> ti&W c^UiJl Or. 4775.— Foil. 97 ; 13 in. by 8 ; 16 lines, in. long ; written in fair large Skikastak- 5f The author says in the preface that at the amiz probably early in the 19th century. ; age of seven he had learnt the art of painting, which he cultivated during two years. He &\$> £j$ then met his father's friend, Mirza Muh. The history of Nadir Shah, by Mirza Burujirdi, who advised him to qualify himself Mahdi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 192. for the profession of official writer, in which his father had attained eminence. In obe- This MS. contains little more than the first dience to that advice, he applied himself half of the work. It breaks off in the middle in the first place to arithmetic and of the chapter relating to the siege of account- Ganjah, A.H. 1147. The last incident men- keeping, jU-> jj^-, and then to the art of tioned is Nadir's narrow escape from a elegant composition, LSol. The project he cannon shot which killed a man by his side formed at the time of writing the annals of and splashed him with brain and blood. See the reigning sovereign, Karim Khan, was the Tebriz edition of A.H. 1263, p. 520, and delayed for four years. It was not before Sir William Jones's abridged translation, A.H. 1198, in the reign of ! Ali Murad Khan, London, 1773, p. 59. that he was able to put his hand to the work, which, in honour of the then reigning' prince, received the title of Gulshan i Murad. A versified chronogram by Saba (Fath 'Ali Zand's. Khan), inserted in the preface, conveys the same date, A.H. 1198, as that of the com- 66. position of the work. Or. 3592.—Foil. 229 ; 14 in. by8i; 22 lines, It must, however, be taken as relating to its beginning only, for, 5 J in. long ; written in close and neat Nes- further on, fol. 110a, talik, A.D. 1887. [Sidney Chuechill.] A.H. 1206 is incidentally mentioned as the current year at the time of writing, and it, appears from the colophon that it was not finished till A.H. A detailed history of Karim Khan and 1210. The author's father, Mirza Mu'izz ud-Din Ghaffari, his successors down to the death of Ja'far was governor of Kashan in Khan, A.H. 1203, by Ibn Mu'izz ud-Din the time of Karim (see fol. 5a). Muhammad Abu '1-Hasan al-Ghaffari al- The work is divided, according to the Kfishani al-Mustaufi. preface, into a Mukaddimah treating of the g 2 44 HISTORY. pretenders who rose after the death of Nadir Fol. 755. It yil, 9 Shavval, A.H. 1179. Shah, and three Makalahs devoted respec- Fol. 786. Tunguz yil, 20 Shavval, A.H. tively to the reigns of Khan, of (1) Karlm (2) 1180. Abu '1-Fath Khan and 'Ali Murad Khan, and Fol. 81a. Sichkan yil, 1 Zulka'dah, A.H. (3) of the reigning sovereign, whose name is 1181. left in blank. This last Makalah, however, does not appear in the body of the volume, Fol. 84a. Udyil, 11 Zulka'dah, A.H. 1182, and there is, moreover, a considerable lacuna, Bars yil, Tushkan yil and Lui yil. without any apparent break, at the beginning Fol. 86a. Yilan yil, 26 Zulhijjah, A.H. of the work. The Mukaddimah comes to an 1186. abrupt end after the first page and a half, Fol. 876. Yunt yil, 8 Muharram, A.H. fol. 4a, and Makalah I., which was to 1188. commence with the genealogy and first rise Fol. 92«. yil, 18 Muharram, A.H. of Karim Khan, begins equally abruptly, in Km 1189. the course of the Turkish year It-yil = A.H. 1167-8, the sixth year of the reign, Fol. 976. Bichi yil, 29 Muharram, A.H. with the march of Karim Khan from Shiraz 1190. a=-y ji 'z to Irak and the taking of Isfahan, Fol. 1026. Takhaku yil, 3 Safar, A.H. 1191. Fol. 1036. It yil, 13 Safar, A.H. 1192. The account of the death of Karim Khan, which took place on Tuesday, the 13th of The events of the remainder of the reign Safar, is followed an enumera- are then fully narrated, unfortunately in a A.H. 1193, by tion of his children, fol. 110a, and of the very florid and prolix stylo, under the follow- eminent men of his reign, especially of the ing Turkish years, each of which begins poets, whose notices, alphabetically arranged with a long poetical description of Spring : under their poetical surnames, occupy foil. Fol. 56. Tunguz yil, beginning on the 7th 113a—1266. of Jumada II., A.H. 1168. Makalah II., fol. 1265, begins with the Fol. 106. Sichkan yil, 18 Jumada II., installation of AbuT-Fath Khan on the A.H. 1169. throne, and the assumption of sovereign Fol. 13a. Ud yil, 29 Jumada II., A.H. 1170. power by Zaki Khan, but it is mainly taken Fol. 15a. Bars yil, 11 Rajab, A.H. 1171. up with the doings of 'Ali Murad Khan. Fol. 166. Tushkanyil, 21 Rajab, A.H. 1172. The heading is: i_My OikU> j>& Fol. 266. Lui yil, 2 Sha'biin, A.H. 1173. Fol. 346. Yilanyil, 13 Sha'ban.A.H. 1174. Fol. 396. Yuntyil, 24 Sha'ban, A.H. 1175. Fol. 536. Km yil, 5 Ramazan, A.H. 1176. Fol. 636. Bichi yil, 16 Ramazan, A.H. 1177. Fol. 706. Takhaku yil, 27 Ramazan, A.H. 1178. ; KAJARS. 45 ShTrazi, who had It comprises the following years : Muhammad 'Ali Khan been a witness of some of the transactions Fol. 127a. Tunguz yil, beginning 29 Safar, and campaigns recorded. He finished the A.H. 1193. work in Kashan on the 6th of Sha'ban, Fol. 145a. Sichkan yil, 13 Rabi' I., A.H. A.H. 1210, in the reign of (Aka) Muhammad 1194. Khan, at a time when that sovereign was Fol. 161a. Ud yil, 24 Rabi' I., A.H. 1195. preparing for his campaign to Khorasan. Then follows a colophon transcribed from Fol. 1846. Bars yil, 5 Rabl' II., A.H. 1196. the original MS., which had been written Fol. 1965. Tuskkan yil, 17 Rabi* II., for the author of the continuation, Muham- A.H. 1197. mad 'Ali Khan, and completed on the 5th of Fol. 1986. Lui yil, 28 Rabl' II., A.H. 1198. Zulhijjah, A.H. 1210. " at the end : This The death of 'Ali Murad Khan, which Mr. Churchill writes happened during his march from Teheran to copy was made for me by Molla Aflatun, the completed on the 19th July, Isfahan on the 30th of Rabi' I., A.H. 1199, Zoroastrian, and belonging to the Etimad is recorded at fol. 205a. Then follows the 1887, from a copy Afla- accession of Istizhar ud-Daulah Muhammad us-Sultaneh. In January, 1888, Molla turned Musselman, and is now known Ja'far Khan, fol. 208a. The events of his tun under the name of Mirza Mehdi." reign are told under the following years : Fol. 2086. Yilan yil, 8 Jumada I., A.H. 1199. Fol. 215a. Yunt yil, 19 Jumada I., A.H. 1200. Kajars. Fol. 2206. Kui yil, 1 Jumada II., A.H. 1201. 67. Fol. 2255. Bichi yil, 12 Jumada II., A.H. Or. 3551.— Foil. 180; 12 in. by 1\; 15 lines, 1202. 5 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with gold-ruled margins ; The last events recorded are the march of 'ITnvan and written of the 18th century. Ja'far Khan to Isfahan and the flight of about the close [Sidney 'Ali Kuli Khan Kajar, fol. 2266; the flight Churchill.] of Murtaza Kuli Khan, son of Muhammad Hasan Khan Kajar, to Gilan, fol. 227a lastly, the death of Ja'far Khan, who was A history of the rise of the Kajars and of assassinated in his palace at Shiraz on the the reign of Aka Muhammad, by Muhammad 25th of Jumada I., A.H. 1203, and the B. Muhammad Taki as-Saru'i. assumption of sovereignty by Sayyid Murad The contents are identical with those of Khan, who maintained himself only seventy Add. 27,243, described in the Persian Cata- days, fol. 228a. logue, p. 199a. Like the latter, the present In a conclusion, due apparently to the MS. concludes with a poetical eulogy on the author's son, it is stated that, the author work by Fath 'Ali Khan Kashani, Malik having died soon after the events of the last ush-Shu'ara, takh. Saba, who died A.H. reign, the work had been completed by 1238 (Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 267). — 46 HISTORY. of Agha foil. 1 15 the 68-69. Muhammad, — ; acces- sions of Path 'Ali Shah, fol. 16 ; and the Or. 3278-79.—Two uniform volumes, con- following years of his reign : A.H. 1213, sisting respectively of foil. 128 and 116; fol. 215; 1214, fol. 30a; 1215, fol. 42a; 8 in. by ; 15 lines, 3^ in. long; written fol. 1216, 486 ; 1217, fol. 626 ; 1218, fol. 666; by the same hand in cursive Nestalik, and 1219, fol. 696 ; 1220, fol. 87a; and 1221, forming a continuous text; dated 9 Zul- fol. 105a. ka'dah, A.H. 1236 (A.D. 1821). The second volume comprises the follow- ing years : A.H. 1222, fol. 4a; 1223, fol. 15a ; 1224, fol. 1225, fol. 55a 1226, fol. A History of the rise of the Kajars, and 346; ; 706; 1228, fol. and 1229, foil. 116. especially of the reign of Path 'Ali Shah 99a ; 111a— from his accession to the end of A.H. 1229, After fol. 73 there is a lacuna indicated Ibn Najaf by Kuli 'Abd ur-Razzak. by eight blank pages. It corresponds with 29 pages of the Tabriz edition, consisting of the latter portion of A.H. 1226, and nearly the whole of A.H. 1227. The chapter i immediately preceding that lacuna relates to This is the work which has been trans- the arrival of Sir Gore Ouseley, whose merits lated by Sir Harford Jones Brydges under are dwelt upon in glowing terms, a passage the title of Dynasty of the Kajars, London, omitted in Brydges' s version. The conclud- 1833. An edition of the text published in ing part of the latter version falls within Tabriz, A.H. 1241, is the first book printed the above lacuna. in Persia. It has no pagination. The con- The Tabriz edition has, in addition to the tents of the work have been described by contents of our MS., the years A.H. 1230 in the Jahrbucher, vol. Anz. Hammer 53, 1241, occupying the last seventy-four pages Blatt, p. 58. A copy consisting of three of the volume. parts, and ending also with A.H. 1229, is the fly-leaf at the of Or. is mentioned in Morley's Catalogue, nos. On end 3279 " 151—53. written : Wm. Oliver, Esq., Civil Indian, with Wm. Monteith's compliments." The author, 'Abd ur-Razzak Beg, son of Najaf Kuli Khan Dunbuli, Beglerbegi of Tabriz, was a favourite of the Na'ib us- Saltanah 'Abbas Mirza. He died A.H. 1243, 70. leaving, besides the present history, a Taz- Or. 2876.—Foil. 153 ; llf in. by 7 ; 15 lines, kirah and some poems. His Takhallus was 4Jin. long; written in fair Nestalik, with gold- Maftfin. See Tazkirah i Muhammad shahi, ruled margins, A.H. 1248 (A.D. 1832—33). fol. 2126; Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 483 ; [Sidney Chdechill.] and Zinat ul-Mada'ih, Or. 2877, fol. 134. The Tazkirah above mentioned, called Nigar- istan i Dara, Or. 3508, concludes with the A history of the reign of Path 'Ali Shah, life and poems of the author. from his accession to A.H. 1248, with an The first volume of the present copy introduction treating of the rise of the Kajar contains the rise of the Kajars and the reign dynasty, by Mahmud Mirza Kajar. ; KAJARS. 17 Beg. Oli Ai" c^^i' iT^jKj,^. according to the years of the Hijrah, which form the main headings. The last year in- dycji Iks- OU-Ojljl LlJljjl C>y j cluded, A.H. 1248, begins at fol. 1446. The The author, the fifteenth son of Fath 'Ali last event recorded is the coming of the Shah, was born A.H. 1214. was ap- He Shahzadah Saif ud-Daulah Sultan Muham- pointed governor of Nehavend, and left, mad Mirza from Isfahan to Teheran in the besides the present work, a Tazkirah called first decade of Rajab. Safinat ul-Mahmiid (no. 122), an anthology From notes written on the first page of entitled Bayan i Mahmud, and a work called the volume, it appears that it was presented Gulshan i Mahmud, treating of the lives and A.H. 1248 to Baha ud-Daulah Bahman Mirza, poems of the sons of Fath 'Ali Shah (no. son of Fath 'Ali Shah, and passed, A.H. 1261, 121). See Zu '1-Karnain, Or. 3527, fol. 358a into the possession of 'Ali Kuli Mirza, grand- Anjuman i Khakan, fol. 336 ; and Majma' son of the Shah. ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. 56. He says, in the preface, that the Shah, being dissatisfied with the prolixity and 71. abstruse phraseology of the chronicles com- Or. 3527.— Foil. 460 121 in. ; by 8J ; 23 lines, posed by the court Munshis, selected him 5 in. long ; written in large, but stiff and in- among the princes on account of the literary elegant, Nestalik, in the latter half of the skill displayed in his previous compositions, 19th century. [Sidney Chukohill.] to entrust him the task of writing the present history, to which the Shah himself gave the above title. The work was commenced in A history of Fath 'Ali Shah, from his early the last decade of Rabi' II., A.H. 1248, and life to his death, by Fazl-ullah al-Mimshi, completed, as stated at the end, on the 14th poetically surnamed Khavari. of Rajab of the same year. The author states in the preface that from his boyhood he had Beg. *!Uu, u-jllaii ^jli'li- i_>U\ J^ij _j toU enjoyed the tuition of the Sadr i A'zam, Mirza Muhammad Shafi'. The author was only fourteen years of The work begins with the following pre- age, and still at school, when he first saw liminary chapters : Genealogy of the Kajars, Fath 'Ali, then governor of Fars, and con- fol. 2a. History of Fath 'Ali Khan, fol. 2b. ceived the wish to enter his service. His expedition in aid of Shah Sultan Husain He was employed as secretary under the Sadr i A'zam, Safavi, fol. 3a. History of Muhammad Hasan Mirza Muh. Shafi', and was afterwards at- Khan, fol. 4a. History of Husain Kuli Khan, tached during ten years to a Shahzadah father of Fath 'Ali Shah, fol. 6a. History of whom he does not name. 1 He subsequently Muhammad Shah, told in great detail, year became private secretary to the Shah. by year, from A.H. 1193 to his death, foil. Having heard on some occasion His 86 — 57. This concludes what the author Majesty saying that a historian ought not to calls the first volume (Mujallad). make a displav of his skill in fine writing, but should use The second volume, which forms the main plain language and adhere strictly to truth, part of the MS., foil. 58— 153, is devoted to the reign of Fath 'Ali Shah, from his acces- 1 This was Humayun Mirza, to whom the author was sion in A.H. 1212 to A.H. 1248. It is divided appointed Vazir, as stated in Majma' ul-Fusalia. 48 HISTORY. It agrees substan- he resolved to carry out the suggestion. children and relatives. Or. 1361, described Muh. Razi Tabrizi had chronicled, in his tially with another MS., Catalogue, 201, which Zinat ut-Tavarikh, the first ten years of in the Persian p. His Majesty's reign, and Mirza Muh. Sadik wants only a short epilogue. Marvazi had related, in his Tarikh i Jahan The volume concludes with a very copious but the author, foil. ara, thirty-six years of the reign ; selection from the Divan of the latter had omitted much weighty matter, 414—460. the negotiations and treaties with especially The author, who at the beginning of Turkey and European powers. The author, un- Jild II., calls himself Fazl-ullah B. 'Abd therefore, who had been nearly thirty years Nabi Shirazi, was a prolific poet. He fre- the service of the Shah, wishing to leave in quently inserts in the course of his history in prose, as he had a record of himself rhymed chronograms and other extensive already done in poetry by his Divan entitled pieces of his own composition. Riza Kuh ^jU- wrote the present work, which is mentions the J?,, Khan, who wrote A.H. 1283, volumes (Jild) and a Kha- divided into two present work and speaks of the author as special of the two Jilds bears a ii., timah. Each still living. See Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. first is called ytSW- w\5, the see Safinat title. The p. 126. For other notices i Khakan, second wyu=-Uo siL>j. Mahmud, fol. 219; Anjuman Nigaristan i Dara, fol. 91a; and Contents: Jild I. The realm of Iran, fol. 526; 184a. fol. 66. i Muhammad shahi, fol. fol. 4 UZBEKS. 49 There is no preface. The author's name Uzbeks. is found in an epilogue entitled uJijJIj l-o.-» He was the forty-sixth son of 73. 'Ali Shah, at time of Fath and was, the Or. 3497.—Foil. 261 ; 14 in. by 8f ; 31 lines, writing, governor of Hamadiin. He composed 5^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated the present work in obedience to an order Thursday, 8 Jumada I., A.H. 1304 (A.D. of the present Shah, conveyed to him by the 1887). [Sidney Churchill.] minister of the press, I'timad us-Saltanah, Mirza Muhammad Hasan, and he completed it in Jumada I., A.H. 1304. He says that A history of 'Abdullah Khan from his he was only ten years old at the time of birth to A.H. 997, by Hafiz Tanish B. Mir Path 'Ali Shah's death, and that his record Muhammad al-Bukhari, &+s? jx* ^jSi laiU is based partly on his own recollection and ^ partly on what he was told by older members of his family. Beg. o»\>jf j^j** The work is written in an unpretending liUU yoU gossiping style, and abounds in characteristic anecdotes of the Shah and his entourage. arrangement is not methodical. The very 'Abdullah Khan, son of Iskandar Khan, is The maiu contents are as follows the greatest of the Shaibani sovereigns. Notices of the wives and concubines of Born A.H. 940, he became the virtual ruler Fath 'Ali Shah , and of free women and of the Uzbek empire long before he assumed slave girls attached to the Harem, fol. 16. the sovereign title at the death of his father', Etiquette relating to the attendance of the Iskandar Khan, A.H. 991. He died A.H. princes at Court, to the rank of the prin- 1006. The scantiness of the hitherto avail- cesses, &c, fol. 25a. Principal eunuchs, able sources on his eventful career is fol. 316. Wedding festivals of the royal evidenced by the sketchy character of the princesses, fol. 33a. Anecdotes showing the accounts given of it by Vambery, History of Shah's regard for the Kajar chiefs, fol. 496. Bukhara, pp. 282—96, and by Sir Henry Account of the Harem, fol. 516. Notices of Howorth in his History of the Mongols, the Vazirs of the reign, fol. 63a. Reception Part II., Division II., pp. 730—38. of Zill us-Sultan by the Shah ; notices and The present work is the only full and anecdotes relating to the Shah's sons and authentic history of his life, written by a courtiers, fol. 71a. Character and moral contemporary witness, who was attached to qualities of the Shah, fol. 98a. Good qualities the Khan's suite ; but its undoubted value of Muhammad Shah and his treatment of his is to some extent marred by the pompous relatives, fol. 1096. Number of the descen- verbosity of its style and the too frequent dants of Fath 'Ali Shah, fol. 1196. Epilogue, absence of precise dates. The work is often fol. 1226. called 'Abdullah Namah. It has been noticed The work has been lithographed in Bom- by Desmaisons in his translation of Abu '1- bay, A.H. 1306, under the title ^^s- pju. Ghiizi Khan, p. 193, note 3. An edition promised by Veliaminof-Zernof has never appeared (v. Zeitschrift der D. Morg. H 50 HISTORY. G-esellsch., Band 38, p. 235). A notice of men of letters, poets, Amirs, Vazirs of his the work in Schefer's Chrestomathie Persane, reign, on his pious foundations and the vol. ii., p. 216, has been the subject of some public buildings erected by him. observations by S. Churchill, Indian Notices Of the four parts the present MS. and Queries, vol. iv., no. 41, p. 93. above contains only the first two, namely : 1. The a prolix and verbose preface we From Mukaddimah, foil. 9a—31a, comprising a gather that the author, who from his early genealogical sketch of the descendants of youth had been ambitious of distinguishing Chingiz Khan, with a fuller account of the himself by some historical composition, did Shaibani branch, and concluding, fol. 27a, not begin to write until 'Abdullah Khan had with a notice of the great saint Khwajah established his rule over Mavara-annahr and Muhammad Juibari, of the Nakshabandi had made Bukhara his capital. It was then order, with his spiritual pedigree, and an that the author, now in his thirty-sixth year, account of his son, Khwajah Kalan Kkwajim. full of undertook the compilation of a record 2. Makiilah I., which begins with the follow- the Khan's early life and of his victories. ing heading : l^>jU~j b os^lj ^UjoI j\ Sift* But it was only after he had been admitted L=_yiil ^ to the presence of the great Vazir, Amir j>j~> j u*}^r Ail J3$> cAt> 3 Kulbaba Kukaltash, and encouraged by that generous patron of letters, that he set about objlj j JUit o^U /i j *u j ^li collecting his rough drafts and brought them 0 into their present shape. He then gave the book the title of Skaraf Namah i Shahi, which, as stated in the following lines, forms a chronogram for A.H. 992, the date of This Makalah, which forms the main bulk composition : of the volume, foil. 316—2596, is brought down to a later date than the above heading indicates; for the death of Iskandar Khan, at iSjji jS> sULi^ jl i_i^> the beginning of Jumada II. (A.H. 991) and the subsequent Julus of 'Abdullah Khan are recorded in chapters beginning respectively <$y>ji j>.j^ li- at fol. 2036 and fol. 2056. The rest of the volume is devoted to a record of the next lt will be seen, however, presently, that years. It concludes with a the work was brought down to a later date. following six detailed account of the taking of Herat, According to the preface, it was to consist which fell after a siege of nearly nine months. of the following parts : Mukaddimah treating The city, we are told, was taken by storm of the Khan's forefathers from Noah down on Monday, the third of Rabi' II., when a to his father Iskandar Khan, with a notice scene of general pillage and slaughter en- of his religious teacher Khwajah Juibari. sued. On the fifth the commander, 'Ali Makalah I. History of 'Abdullah Khan from Kuli Khan, who had retired to the fortress his birth to his accession to the throne. of Ikhtiyar ud-Dln, surrendered, and was Makalah II. His history from his accession treacherously massacred with his Kizilbash to a subsequent date, which is left undefined. year in which that event Khatimab, on the distinctive qualities of the followers. The sovereign, on the holy Shaikhs, 'Ulama, took place is not stated in the narrative, — AFGHANS. 51 but in a long Kasidah composed by the Husain Shirazi Karbala'i, son of Aka Sayyid author on that occasion, the date is given Riziii Shirazi, Urdu translator of the Dar in the following chronogram : ut-Tarjumah, Teheran. It begins with three Baits, the first of which is : ^TjO «b Lai! jji\ j> ^> i This would give A.H. 999, which is obviously ^ j wrong. According to Jalal Munajjim, the fall of Herat took place in A.H. 997. In Then comes the prose doxology, beginning : the 'Alam arai 'Abbasi, the same event is pl^> b£ £j**>\j*> (_jijljkw3 \y^.S^\ tiiLc placed in the Sichkan yi], beginning in Oji> Jumiida I., A.H. 997, and ending in Ju- mada I., A.H. 998. From a note written on the fly-leaf by the In his conclusion, fol. 2596, the author translator, we learn that the Urdu original, " says : Here ends Makalah I : it will be entitled oUs\j, was the work of Muham- followed by Makalah II." Whether the latter mad 'Abd ur-Rahman B. Haji Muhammad or the Khatimah were ever written is un- Rushan Khan, and had been printed in certain. Kanpiir. Some omissions in that work were The present copy appears to have been supplemented and some discrepancies cor- made from a MS. written by Mirza Khush rected by reference to ^Uu and to Bai Muhammad B. Tash Muhammad Kat- ^tuJUil by 'Ali Kuli Mirza I'tizad us- &J3 ghan, whose colophon is transcribed at the Saltanah, son of Fath 'Ali Shah. end. It is dated 19 Jumada I., A.H. 1239. Contents : Genealogy of the Saduzais ; dis- Copyist : JU^U JiaUaN > turbed state of Afghanistan and invasion of A full table of chapters occupies five pages Nadir, fol. 46. Death of Nadir and reign of at the beginning. Ahmad Shah (A.H. 1162—85), fol. Hi. Reign of Timur Shah down to his death on the 7th of Shavval, A.H. 1207, fol. 46b. Reign of Zaman Shah down to his deposition, A.H. Afghans. 1216, fol. 77a. Reign of Sultan Mahmud 74. till his death, A.H. 1244, fol. 1276. History of Shah Shuja' from his accession to his Or. Foil. in. 15 lines, death, A.H. 1257, fol. 148a. Topography 3550.— 197 ; 11J by 6^ ; 4 in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, with of the Duabs and of Afghanistan, foil. 176a 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins; dated 12 197. Jumada II., A.H. 1305 (A.D. 1888). [Sidney Churchill.] India. A history of the Durrani dynasty of Af- 75. ghanistan, from the rise of Ahmad Shah Foil. 528 in. by ; 12 lines, to Or. 3714.— ; 12J 7| the death of Shah Shuja', A.H. 1257, trans- 4 in. long ; written in large and elegant Nes- lated from Hindustani into Persian by Sayyid talik, with gold-ruled margins, and profusely h 2 — 52 HISTORY. ornamented with miniatures and illuminated For other copies see Ethe, Bodleian Cata- borders, apparently about the close of the logue, nos. 180—183. 16th century. Bound in painted and glazed covers. 76. Or. 3271.—Eoll. 138 in. ; 15 lines, j 8| by 5| The Memoirs of Babar, translated from the 3 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik in the Turki original by 'Abd ur-Rahim Khan. See first half of the 18th century ; damaged by the Persian Catalogue, p. 244. damp and partly discoloured. Beg. jc5 «jj j aJ.*w i^^j I. Foil. 2—45. mU _/\ Acontinuation of Akbar Namah, comprising The four detached portions of which the the last four years of the reign of Akbar, by Memoirs consist begin respectively as fol- 'Inayat-ullah B. Muhibb 'Ali. lows : Beg. *j% gjV,'i 6 I. A.H. 899—908 (Erskine, 1—122), ^ ^ J^ J pp. foil. 1— 156a. II. A.H. 910—914 (Erskine, pp. 127—234), foil. 1565—2966. The same beginning is found at fol. 12 of III. A.H. 925—926 (Erskine, pp. 246— another copy, Or. 1854, described in the 284), foil. 297a—348a. Persian Catalogue, p. 929ffl. The author's IV. A.H. 932—936 (Erskine, pp. 290—425), name is given iu the following endorsement, foil. 3486—5286. apparently in the hand of the copyist : sVjo This fine volume contains sixty-eight whole- ^VsH JL> oo.US j J4=- UjjIjI mIj page miniatures in the most highly finished ^ u** iH\ Oi'is. The same 'Inayat-ullah style of Indian art, and forty-eight pages B. Muhibb 'Ali is mentioned as the author have coloured drawings of smaller size repre- of a Takmilah i Akbar Namah in Ta'rikh i senting various animals and trees. These Muhammadi, Or. 1824, fol. 1316. miniatures are, with few exceptions, signed by the artists, most of whom bear Hindu The present work is quite distinct from a names. The following are the names which similarly entitled history ascribed to Shaikh recur most frequently : Kisu, Sanwlah, Mahis, 'Inayat-ullah, extracts of which are given in Jagannath, Bhurah, Thirpal, Nand Gwaliyari, Elliot's History of India, vol. vi., pp. 103 Bhawani, Sivdas, Tulsi, Tiriya, Pars, Bhag- 115. While in the latter the murder of lines, wan, Dhanraj , Sunkar G ujrati, Banwari, Pada- Abu T-Fazl is told in a few and without rat, Ramdas. The first four are mentioned any direct implication of Jahangir in the in A'in i Akbari, translation, vol. i., p. 108, crime, the author of the present work narrates among the masters of the art at the court of the same event in the most circumstantial Akbar. There are also some Muslim names, manner, and distinctly states that the mur- such as Ibrahim Kahhar, Mansur Nakkash derer, Barsingh Dev, acted at the bidding of (Nadir ul-'Asr, see Tuzuk Jahangiri, p. 235), Jahangir. He dwells at length on the courage and Farrukh, the last also mentioned in the displayed by Abu '1-Fazl in the fatal en- A'in i Akbari. counter, on the sad loss entailed by his : : INDIA. 53 death, the grief of ullah Bahadur Jang. and on overwhelming ] Khan Tahavvur This Akbar. same 'Inayat Khan is mentioned in the Per- sian Catalogue, p. 8766, as the editor of a II. Foil. 46—138. History of Shahjaban, collection of royal letters. from his birth to his accession, ascribed in a contemporary endorsement to Mu'tamad Khan : WU- i«l>« &s&yc ^^s^ ^^jljiUi Jt_j=-\ 77. a Poll. 101 . . It begins, without any preface, with the Or. 3276.— 314 ; | n by 5 15 nneS) 3 in. long ; written in fair Nestahk, with following heading : } t\a~ y^»-> 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 17th century. The Memoirs of Jahangir. The text begins -\ Beg. c-*\~£> ^\ oWp [3] J>j\ oblis- 5 5^* 1 ^jW j j)? f ^-f'Jjjj ^>j$ The dates are given throughout with great The contents agree substantially with those precision according to the days of the Ilahi of Add. 26,215 described in the Persian Cata- months, with the corresponding dates of the logue, p. 2536, and with the edition printed lunar months. The work concludes with the at Ally Gurh, 1864, under the title of iJj^-'-S arrival of Shahjahan at Agra, his Julus on ijji&yfc-. The first part of the Memoirs, the 8th of Jumada II., 1037, and an enumera- comprising the first twelve years of the reign, tion of the stages of his journey from Junir ends at fol. 3006, and is followed, without to the capital. Some verses inserted after any heading or break in the text, by the the account of the Julus end with this line second part, beginning with the thirteenth j.ls21 ilU* jli-T ^ year. The MS. breaks off in the middle of \J> J.W y which shows that the work was written that year at a passage relating to the painter during the reign of Shahjahan. Mansiir, and corresponding with p. 235, line 32, of the Ally Gurh edition. Mu'tamad Khan, if such be the author's On the first page and within an ornamental name, must be a distinct person from his misleading title : a*b' namesake, the author of the Ikbal Namah. border is found this The latter, when referring to himself, uses such a phrase as " the present writer," while For other copies see Ethe, Bodleian Cata- in corresponding passages our author men- logue, nos. 219—20. tions Mu'tamad Khan by name. In a note written on the first page of the volume Mirza Muhammad B. Mu'tamad Khan 78. states that in Zulhijjah, ; lines, A.H. 1157, he re- Or. 3287.— Foil. 134 ; 10| in. by 6^ 19 ceived the above two works from Nestalik in the 'Inayat 4J in. long ; written in fair Khan Easikh, son of Shams ud-Daulah Lutf- 17th century. : 54 HISTORY. quite destitute of dates. The subjects of the remaining fragments are as follows : Account of the siege of Kandahar by Daril Poll. 2— 3. Kambakhsh orders Mir Malang Shikuh. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 2646, (Ahsan Khan) and other and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 238-9. Amirs to be executed. His defeat and death (A.H. 1120). Beg. yUUiib xj l_jVjj! s^^jjst? ijrjjj \j Poll. 4—8. Rising of the Sikhs under Banda. Expeditions of Vazir Khan and of Prince Mu'izz ud-Din against them (A.H. The author, whose name does not appear 1120). in the work, was Badi' uz-Zaman Rashld Poll. 9—20. Victory of Khan, who died, as Divan of Shah 'Alam, Mu'izz ud-Din Jahandar Shah over his brothers. upwards of eighty years old, in Agra, A.H. His ac- cession. Poetical description of his mistress 1 107. See Ta'rikh i Muhammadi, Or. 1824, La'l Kunwar and of his fol. 2346, and Or. 1937, fol. 156. mad passion for her (A.H. 1124). This copy wants about a page and a half Bound up with this volume is a large at the end. sheet containing a deed of sale relating to a On the first page is a Wakf, or pious dona- private house in Lucknow, dated 13 Zulka'- tion, of the book by Mirza Mahdi B. Mirza dah, A.H. 1264 (A.D. 1848). 'Ata-ullah ul-Husaini, dated Muharram, A.H. 1 109 (A.D. 1697). On the same page is an impression of the seal of General Carnac. 80. Or. Foil. in. 3281.— 86; 8 by 4f ; 15 lines, 79. 3 in. long ; written in small and close Nestalik, apparently in the 18th century. Or. 3610.— Foil. 16 in. 20; by 11 ; 12 lines, History of the reign of Muhammad Shah in. 6f long ; written in fair large Nestalik, down to the 14th year. with fourteen whole-page and two double- This is the anonymous work designated in page miniatures, apparently in the 18th some MSS. as JUi'l tius^, three copies century. of which have been described in the Persian Detached fragments of a historical work viz. Catalogue, Or. 1900, p. 940a ; Or. 1656, relating to the reigns of Bahadur Shah and II., p. 1008a ; and Or. 1747, VI., p. 1015S. Jahandar Shah. Pol. 1 relates to the death Compare p. 10556, VIII. of Bahadur Shah, and begins as follows The present copy has two additional Jciii^j/ ^jy-j (3jS sUI sU j Cj^Ju.j^ chapters at the beginning. The first begins (ji^s mj,/ ^Jj*i uiff The work appears to have been composed jjjLx ij^'-s-j ^.^>- It relates to a vision during the short reign of Jahandar Shah. It seen by Bigam Sahib, mother of Muhammad is written in rather florid prose interspersed Shah, six days after his birth. The second with verses, and is very circumstantial, but is a record of that birth, which took place in ; INDIA. 55 Ghaznin on the eve of the 23rd of Rabi' I., A.H. 1114. The third section, which begins tjojZ i*/ \/P 'iJ-T yU- ^jij ajw> fol. 7b, is identical with the first section of J^i j& Or. 1900. From that point the contents of both copies are in substantial agreement J\ \jr J$ but towards the end the present MS. gives in full Muhammad Shah's correspondence The first volume ends with the Akhbar of with the Persian court, much abridged in the Asaf ud-Daulah on the 23rd of Rabi' I. The other. It contains, moreover, the appendix second volume, Or. 4608, begins with the (Tazyil) on the Indian seasons mentioned in Akhbar of the Dehli Court on tbe 26th of Rabi 1 the Persian Catalogue, p. 10086. I., and ends with a news-letter from the camp of Lakhwaji Pandit, dated the 17th " On the fly-leaf is written : For Captn. of Rajab, and imperfect at the end. Scott with Mr. Polier's compts." The MS. passed from Renouard's hands into the possession of Dr. John Lee, in whose catalogue it is noticed, p. 57, no. 174. 81-2. Or. 4609 and 4608.—Two uniform volumes respectively of foil. 140 and 283 consisting ; 83. written in cursive 9 lines, 4J in. long ; and straggling Indian Nestalik, about A.D. 1796. Or. 4776.—Foil. 345; 12£ in. by 64; 12 lines, [G. Cecil Renouard.] 4 in. long; written in cursive Nestalik, apparently in India in the 19th century. A collection of Akhbar, or news-letters, relating to daily occurrences at the Courts I. Foil. 1—56. m£\ oT^ of Delhi, Lucknow, Rampur, and the camps Revenue tables of the Subahs of Hindostan, of the Mahratta generals from the 18th of written in Siyak, by Muhammad Latif, son Safar, A.H. 1210, to the 23rd of Rajab in the of Muhammad 'Ali B. Muhammad Shah, of same year (September, 1795—January, 1796). Broach in Gujrat. The news-letters appear to have been Beg. U! lJ-uuJJ XiSUNj w_>, jji received and compiled in Lucknow. Those which relate to the Court of the Vazir ul- Asaf ud-Daulah are dated on con- Mamalik jC (JjUjil CJjAs- H%\ ^\ ^\ y)\ ^ j\ secutive days. They are the most circum- stantial and the latest in date. The others are from the Court of Dehli, from the camps The preface contains verses in praise of of the Marattah generals, viz. Daulat Rao Abu '1-Fazl and of Shah 'Alam, a celebrated Sindhya, Takoji Holkar, Kashi Rao Holkar, saint who died A.H. 880, and whose tomb from the camp of Nawab 'Ali Bahadur (the in Ahmadabad is an object of pilgrimage. Oude general), and from the seat of Nasr- The author appears to have been a devout ullah Khan of Rampur. worshipper of holy personages. Further on, under Ajmir, he breaks out again into a Beg. ji-o fcfy J*" J*>j& J^~\ panegyric on Mu'in ud-Din Chishti, a great saint buried in that city. The date of 56 HISTORY. composition is not given, but a reference to I. Foil. 1—263. JU)\ Aurangzib, fol. 36, shows that the work was History of the Kutubshahis and of the written after his time. The tables, which Nizams of Haidarabad, by Mir Abu '1-Kasim, begin, fol. 5a, with Gnjrat, end with Multan. surnamed Mir 'Alam. See the Persian Cata- Another copy is mentioned by Rehatsek, logue, pp. 323—25. Mulla Firuz Library, p. 102, no. 58. Beg. jjJj JiH&\ j Lfj)'^ II. Foil. 57—78. History of the kings of Gujrat, extracted from the work entitled The contents agree with those of the written iS^e lLJJW £jt>, which was A.H. 1196 edition lithographed in Haidarabad, A.H. by Ghulain Basit. This chapter corresponds 1266. The second Makalah begins at fol. with foil. 946—102a of the MS. Add. 27,250, 136a. This copy was written, as stated described in the Persian Catalogue, p. 237. at the end, by Muhammad Vazir for Mir See for another copy Rehatsek, i'6., p. 76, Muhammad Husain Musavi, whose seal dated no. 15. 1249 is impressed on the first page. III. Foil. 79—345. u£Jj!il i/si The MS. was presented A.H. 1285, to whom is not stated, by the latter's daughter, A general history of India, treating more tlusaini Begam. especially of the 'Adishahis of Bijapur, by Rafi' ud-Din Ibrahim Shirazi, who wrote II. Foil. 264—393. ^UJI Hi- about A.H. 1020. See the Persian Cata- Account of Shushtar and of the author's logue, p. 316, and Rehatsek, ib., p. 73, travels in India, by 'Abd al-Latlf B. Abu no. 11, where the contents are described. Talib Shushtari. See the Persian Catalogue, The portion of the work contained in the pp. 383-4. present MS. corresponds with foil. 46—206 Beg. t>^ 5 i if the complete copy previously described, Add. 23,883. It consists of chapters (Fasl) C — 9, beginning with the kings of Gujrat The work was composed A.H. 1216. An and ending with the Timurides, as described appendix added by the author, A.H. 1219, is in the Persian Catalogue. But Fasl 9 is not written separately, foil. 389—393. At the brought down further than the early part of end is a notice by Ahmad 'Ali, stating that Akbar's reign. The last section relates to the author died in Haidarabad on the eve of the murder of his Vazir, Atakah Khan, Monday, the 6th of Zulka'dah, A.H. 1220; which took place A.H. 970. but some verses written by the same hand give for the same event the chronogram On the last leaf is the name of a former owner, John W. Watson. «T i.e. 1221. For other copies see Mulla Firuz Library, Berlin Catalogue, no. 98 p. 69 ; Pertsch, ; 323. 84. and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. Or. 2692.—Foil. 393 12|-in.by7J; 24 lines, ; 85. 4J in. long; written in neat Nestalik; dated lines, (fol. 2636) 12 Sha'ban, A.H. 1258 (A.D. Or. 4688.—Foil. 222 ; 12 in. by 7\ ; 17 Nestalik, with 1842). [E. B. Eastwiok.] 5 in. long ; written in neat ; INDIA. 57 ' LTnvan and ruled margins, apparently in the Catalogue, p. 3006). The preface concludes 19th century. with a dedication in prose and verse to Shah 'Alam, and with a table of chapters. allSJ Had jjlff- jbjf The title, which in the preface, fol. 9a, is A history of Kashmir, by Badi' ud-Dm is given as above, appears in a somewhat T-Kiisim Abu Muhammad Aslam, poetically different form, namely ^Jls- L>\i in the surnamed Mun'imi, son of Maulavi Muh. dedicatory verses, fol. 76. A'zam Kul, with the takhallus Mustaghni. The work is divided into a Mukaddimah, Beg. <_yA~J jjls- j l?>*>\ six Tabakahs, and a Khatimah, as follows : Mukaddimah : Peculiarities of Kashmir, its climate and noteworthy sites, fol. 9a. Taba- The author mentions in his preface the kah I. Origins of Kashmir, conflicting tra- following two works as his principal authori- ditions of Muslims and Hindus, and ancient ties : 1. The work of Khwajah Muh. A'zam kings, in two Kisms, fol. 166. The second Didahmari, son of Khair uz-Zaman Khan, Kism, beginning fol. 32a, treats of the Da'udi entitled j~J^ oUslj, and brought down to line and the Pandus. Tabakah II. Hindu A.H. 1160 (see the Persian Catalogue, 300), p. Kajahs, fol. 546. Tabakah III. Muslim kings, the author of which had somewhat curtailed fol. 84a. Tabakah IV. Kings of the Chak his account of kings so as to devote more line, fol. 1326. Tabakah V. Timurides, space to the lives of Sayyids, saints, and poets. fol. 168. 2. The Nur Namah, a collection of the in- The fifth Tabakah, which is the last ex- spired utterances of the holy Shaikh Nur tant, comes to an abrupt termination with ud-DIn Vali, written down in the language A.H. 1150. The last event recorded is the of Kashmir by one of his disciples, and struggle of the Naib, Abu '1-Barakat Khan, afterwards translated into Persian, with the with rebels headed by Mir Muhammad Ja'far, title of cjTj*, by Maulana Ahmad 'Alla- resulting in a battle fought by the con- panegyrist of Zain ul-'Abidin. mah, a Sultan tending parties on the 14th of Muharram, In A.H. 1188 the author, having proceeded A.H. 1150. See the Vaki'at i Kashmir, from Lucknow to Etawa with the Vazir's Add. 26,282, fol. 285a, and Newall's abstract there of army, met a descendant the Chak in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Ben- kings of Kashmir, and obtained from him gal, vol. xxiii., p. 413. the autograph MS. of the above-mentioned A copy described by Ethe, Bodleian Cata- translation, from which he extracted most of logue, no. 320, breaks off at the same point, the contents of the first section of his work. which makes it probable that no more was For the thirty or forty years which had written. elapsed since the conclusion of the Vaki'at, he relied on information obtained from trustworthy persons and on his own memory. 86. This would bring the date of composition of Or. 2699.—Foil. 112 ; 10 in. by 6^; 15 lines, present to 1190—1200. the work A.H. in. long ; written in cursive Nestalik Further on, fol. 6?), there is a full list of dated 12 Rabi' II., A.H. 1247 (A.D. 1831). sources (given in extenso by Ethe, no. 320) which appears to have been bodily taken from the Vaki'at i Kashmir (see the Persian A history of Kashmir, with an account i .58 HISTORY. of the neighbouring countries, by 'Abd ul- LOCAL HISTORIES. Khan B. Kazi'l-Kuzat Maulavi Vasil Kadir 87. 'Ali Khan. Foil. in. by ; 13 lines, Or. 2777.— 199 ; 8£ 4f Beg. \xi>\ ae\2r ^j>& ^* **! 2i in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, with a highly finished 'Unvan and colour-ruled margins, apparently in the 19th century. [COMTE DE GOBINEAU.] For an account of the author and his work see the Persian Catalogue, p. 1016, v. The history was completed, as stated at the end, of Bukhara, translated from the at Benares, A.H. 1245, A.D. 1830. The main History authority followed by the writer for the Arabic work of Abu Bakr Muhammad B. history of Kashmir is the work of Muham- Ja'far an-Narshakhi. Badi' ud-DIn Abu '1-Kasim Aslam, poeti- mad Beg. (_y»U-> ols^' pjo xjL^Oj i)J cally surnamed Mun'imi, son of Maulavi Muh. A'zam, surnamed Kul (see the preceding MS.). It was written, he says, about the beginning of the reign of Asaf ud-Daulah under the The original author, an-Narshakhi, was born jfclSs n&£j>/. title ^» A.H. 286, and died A.H. 348 (see al-Sam'ani, The work is divided into four Chamans fol. 558a). He wrote the history of Bukhara, and a Khatimah, as follows : Chaman I. A.H. 332, for the Samani king, Amir Hamid Account of Kashmir, fol. 66, WL> y ^ Nuh B. Nasr. The work was translated into tiLL* cJi^ Persian, A.H. 522, by Abu Nasr Ahmad B. j ,ji)lj>Ajsf ^jJ-=- J Muh. B. Nasr al-Kubavi. C^>\ ^r?y^- i/y^j^. Ancient history present MS. contains an abridgment and Hindu Rajahs, fol. 66. Muslim kings, The of the latter version made A.H. 574, for the fol. 29a. Subadars under the Timurides Bukhara, Taj ul-Ma'ali 'Abd ul- down to the conquest by Ahmad Shah Dur- Mufti of 'Aziz Husam ud-DIn 'Umar, by Muham- rani, fol. 55a. Curiosities and wonders of B. Zufar B. 'Umar. Kashmir, fol. 726. Its trade and manufac- mad B. tures, fol. 756. This abridged version has been edited by Chaman II. Description of Tibet and Kal- M. Charles Schefer, Paris, 1892. A con- makistan, including an account of the religion siderable portion of the work had been pre- of the Tibetans and of the painter Mani, viously published by the same scholar in the fol. 81a. first volume of his Chrestomathie Persane, 9 55 ro-it*. A short extract was given Chaman III. Account of Badakhshan, pp. — ; Transactions of the Congress fol. 90a. by Lerch in the Petersburg, torn, ii., 424—9. The Chaman IV. Description of the highlands of St. pp. contents have been described by Vambery, of Afghanistan, namely, Pagli(?), Ghur,Grhaz- History of Bokhara, p. xii. For other copies nin, and Kuh i Sulaiman ; with a brief history see Morley's Catalogue, p. 151, and Khany- of the Afghans, fol. 936. kov, Melanges Asiatiques, vol. ii., p. 437. Khatimah : A short review of the just fol. 16. : Preface of Muh. B. Zufar, rulers of India, concluding with a eulogy on Contents Kazis of Bukhara, fol. 3a. Extract from the the Company's rule, fol. 111a. I LOCAL HISTORIES. 59 Khaza'in al-'Ulum of 'Abd ur-Rahman B. Muh. an-Naishaburi (printed in the Chresto- mathie Persane, vol. i., pp. 11—14), fol. 5a. The Khatun, queen of Bukhara, fol. 86. The work is dedicated to a mighty Vazir, Description of Bukhara, its environs and Sahib al-Jalil Kan '1-Kufafc, whose proper appear. public buildings (Chrestomathie Persane, pp. name does not It was apparently i-.-if), fol. 125. Silver coinage of Bukhara Ibrahim B. 'Abbad, the famous Vazir of two successive sovereigns of the Buvaihi dynasty, (published by Lerch, I.e., pp. 426—8), fol. 395. viz. Muslim conquest, fol. 42a. Division of Bu- Mu'ayyad ud-Daulah and Fakhr ud- khara between the Arabs and Persians, fol. Daulah, who died A.H. 385. The latter 485. Rule of Kutaibah B. Muslim, fol. 505. prince is named in the preface as the reign- ing sovereign, in other Origins of Al i Saman, fol. 69a. Rise of and passages, foil. Mukanna', foil. 77a. History of the Samanis, 55 and 9a, mention is made of the VazTr's fol. 915. This last section is brought down father, Shaikh al-Amin Abu '1-Hasan 'Abbad by an-Narshakhi to the accession of Nuh B. B. 'Abbas, who is described as the Vazir of Nasr, A.H. 331, fol. 1155, and briefly con- Rukhn ud-Daulah, and is stated to have died tinued by the translator to the death of A.H. 330. In the preface the author dwells Mansfir B. Nasr, A.H. 365. at great length on the merits of his patron, and especially on the benefits conferred by The text is in close agreement with M. him upon the city of Kum, on the magni- Schefer's edition, pp. 2—99. ficence with which he enriched its holy Sharifs and its 'ITlama, on the copious water- supply created by him, on the number of 88. books placed by him at the disposal of students, Or. Foil. 12iin.by and generally on his just and 3391.— 138; 7J ; 17 lines, beneficent administration. 4 in. long; written in neat Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, apparently The author was induced to write this book in the 15th century. [Sidney Chukchill.] by the fact that his brother, Abu '1-Kasim 'Ali B. Muh. B. al-Hasan al-Katib, then governor of had searched Kum ; in vain for A historical and topographical account of a history of that city. He compiled it from the city of Kum, written A.H. 378 by Hasan a number of scattered notices and from oral B. Muhammad B. Hasan Kummi, and trans- tradition. Two of the historical chapters lated from Arabic, A.H. 825, by Hasan B. are brought down to A.H. 378, evidently al-Hasan 'Abd ul-Malik al-Kummi. the date of composition. The work is divided into twenty Babs, The translator's preface begins : H subdivided into sections (Jyai) amounting altogether to fifty. Qf those Babs only the l_->\la^ JjUj yjj J^JU .... first five are extant in the MS. The head- ings of all the twenty Babs, given at the end of the preface, foil. 9 and 10, are too long to liny ^\ be quoted in full. The heading of Bab I. The translation of the original begins, as follows : work begins } j>b jd Jjl i_->L> fol. 25, as follows : i__jU^ ^ u_a!yc — 60 HISTORY. by desire of a personage whose name is pre- ceded by a string of almost royal titles, Khajah Fakhr ud-Din Ibrahim B. 'Imad ud- Din Mahmud B. Shams ud-Din Mull. B. 'Ali te-ljli Safi : Sj^j jg «_*>U)1 iki- j 5»jb ji> sail j WT ^J^i-ljj^i iJlOj j y^*' yJ.xMj SJj^3\ i>U» Ji»5M y> C*»l Ji-lii j *>^* J Jili> 0!U> who was probably governor of Kum or Kashan under Shahrukk. circular illuminated jj^l^i On the first page is a \ iWii^Jij yljj Jjj i border enclosing a title which has been oblite- Briefly stated, the contents of the twenty is written : ^j^ojU gji rated. Above ^ J«> Babs are as follows : I. Name and origin of 3- ur~» iyi & u^- Kum ; its topography and principal buildings, fol. lOi. II. Surveys of the land ; tribute and taxation, fol. 54i. III. Descendants of 89. Abu Talib, fol. 1016. IV. Arab settlers of 3587.—Foil. 179 in. by 5 ; 19 lines, the family of Malik B. 'Amir Ash'ari, fol. Or. ; 8| 3 in. long; written in small and neat Nes- 113a. (After fol. 112 there is a lacuna, ; 1 Jumada II., A.H. 835 (A.D. without any apparent break in the text, so talik dated [Sidnejt Chubohill.] that the end of Bab III. and the beginning 1432). of Bab IV. are wanting.) V. The Ash'aris after their conversion to Islam, foil. 123 A History of the district of Baihak, by 138. (This concludes in the present Bab '1- Abu '1- Hasan 'Ali B. Shams ul-Islam Abu MS. with an account of the taking of Sus Kasiin Zaid B. Shaikh ul-Islam Abu Sulaiman by Abu Musa al-Ash'ari.) VI. Genealogy Amirak Muhammad, &c, al-Baikaki. of the Arabs of the race of Kahtan. VII. Arabs who held sway in Kum. VIII. Cele- Beg. i^x*)j> j J>?.^ J y^*" u*>^f»» brated battles of the Arabs. IX. Arabs and Persians who ruled in Kum, and some re- nowned secretaries of the Divan. X. Intro- duction of Islam and notice of some celebrated Persians. XI. Chronicle of the governors of ±+s? <^ j J 1^ Kum from A.H. 89—378. XII. Kazis of Kum. XIII. General chronicle of the Khalif s of to A.H. 378. from the time Muhammad The author belonged to the ancient family XIV. Estates belonging to the Sultan. XV. of the Hakimis, which had given eminent Estates belonging to and to private Kum divines and Kadis to Baihak. In the preface XVI. 'ITlama. XVII. Men of persons. he traces up his pedigree to Huzaimah B. XVIII. Poets. XIX. Jews and letters. Tkabit, one of the Companions of the Prophet, Magians. XX. Peculiarities of Kum and and from him upwards to Shem, son of Noah. miscellaneous historical notices. He completed this work on the fifth of Shav- The Persian translation was made A.H. 825 val, A.H. 563, in the village of Shashtamad. : : : LOCAL HISTORIES. 61 He occasionally refers to two works previously Isfandiyar to A.H. 455, fol. 22a. Ancient written by him in Arabic, namely, i__>Ul)\ t_>U families of Baihak, in the following order Sayyids, fol. 306 Tahiris, fol. 37a Samanis, i_jlac"!)l L-Aii51j, treating of the genealogy of ; ; fol. 38a; Mahmudis, fol. 396 Saljuks, fol. the descendants of the Prophet, and L_>,lt« ; 40a ; Nizam ul-Mulk and his descendants, of < continuation uj,\jSj , being a fol. 41fls; Muhallabis, fol. 476; Fuladvand Ta'rikh i Yamini. An extract from the latter, and his descendants, who were the hereditary relating to Sultan Shah of Khwarazm, and Ra'is of Baihak, fol. 526; Hakimis, the author's quoted by Ibn ul-Asir in his Kamil, vol. ix., family, fol. 576; the Baihakis, fol. 615; Mukh- p. 249, is brought down to A.H. 595. He taris, fol. 65a; Mikalis, fol. 675; and a few wrote also a continuation of the Dumyat ul- more families, the last being that of Muh. Kasr of al-Bakharzi, entitled h*d\ (Ibn B. Ibrahim Ibn Simjirr, fol. 77a. Notices vol. ii., 323, Khallikan, De Slane's version, p. of 'Ulama, Imams, and other eminent men and Haj.Khal.,vol.iii.,p.238,vi.,pp.442,510). who were born in Baihak, or dwelt there, The two works which he mentions as his fol. 79a. Memorable events in Baihak, from principal authorities are the Ta'rikh Naisha- the incursion of Hamzah Azarak, A.H. 213, bur, in twelve volumes, by al-Hakim Abu to the author's time, fol. 156a. Remarkable 'Abdallah Muh. B. 'Abdallah (d. A.H. 405), things peculiar to Baihak, fol. 162a. Siege and Ta'rikh Baihak, by 'Ali B. Abi Salih al- of Sabzavar by Mu'ayyid ud-Daulah Malik Khuwari. ul-Mashrik, A.H. 561-2, foil. 166a. In a long preface the author laments the This last chapter breaks off, foil. 1666, decline of sciences in his day, especially of without any visible gap in the text, and is those -which are the special glory of the immediately followed by some moral pre- Arabs, namely, Hadith, genealogy, and pro- cepts and anecdotes, which conclude the work. verbs ; after which he dilates on the charm and importance of a study of history. The The MS. was apparently transcribed from work is rather a collection of biographical a copy which was defective at the end. notices than a history proper. The contents The latter part of the volume, foil. 171 — 9, are as follows contains three additional pieces written by Preface, fol. 15. Principal countries of several hands, namely the world, fol. 11a. Standard works of his- 1. Fath Namah, or bulletin addressed to tory, fol. 116. Histories of towns, fol. 13a. Muh. Sufi Tarkhan at Herat on a victory Eminent peculiarities of Baihak, fol. 135. gained over Iskandar at Sultaniyyah. "Companions" who came to Baihak, fol. 15a. 2. Notices of Ahmad B. al-Husain al- conquest, A.H. fol. 15a. Climate, Muslim 30, Baihaki and of al-Farra, in Arabic, from the Things in which various countries fol. 156. Muhimmat of al-Isnawi. excel, fol. 17a. Plagues peculiar to each 3. Nasab Namah i Mikaliyyak, or genea- country, fol. 176. Capitals of various coun- logy of the Mikali family, by Nasir ud-Din tries, fol. 186. Dependence of climate on Tusi copy dated A.H. 896. the elements, fol. 19a. Etymology of Bai- ; i Baihak is mentioned by Haj. hak, its limits, and its division into twelve The Ta'rikh MS. described by districts, called £>j, fol. 196. Foundation of Khal., vol. ii., p. 122. A Sabzavar, and memorable events which took Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 535, has the place there from the time of Bahman B. same title as ours, but a different beginning. : . 62 HISTORY. 90. his entering upon the Kirman territory at Ariz, near Kiibinan, on the 22nd of Rama- lines, Or. 2887.— Foil. 93 ; 9 in. by 5$ ; 12 zan, A.H. 581, to the taking of Burdashir 3g in. long ; written in fair large Nestalik, in Rajab, A.H. 583, and the complete esta- gold-ruled with neat 'Unvan and margins ; blishment of his rule), fol. 15a. dated 15 Zulhijjah, A.H. 1286 (A.D. 1870). III. Exhortation to justice and kingly [Sidnei Chukohill.] virtues, fol. 44a. Early history of Kirman and description of the land and of its prin- cipal cities, namely, Jiraft, Barm, Narmashir, of Kirman by A history of the conquest Burdashir, and Sirjan, fol. 586. the Ghuzz chieftain, Malik Dinar, A.H. Eulogy on the Vazir Kivam ud-Din 581—3 Afzal ud-Din Ahmad B. Hamid IV. ; by Mas'ud B. Nizam ud-Din Kaikhusrau, and Kirmani. on his forefathers, fol. 67b. Beg. *>» Jjj, M Jrj >J> J- J*> J V. Life of the author, fol. 826. Owing to ] ] ** jM 3 jj j J>') ^ II. Invasion and conquest of Kirman by Malik Dinar, and his eminent qualities (con- i Often written ob/'in the MS. Yakut, vol. iv., the name taining a full account of his campaign, from p. 316, spells ,J-jf. LOCAL HISTORIES. 63 from a MS., partly from an edition litho- This copy agrees substantially with Add. graphed at Teheran, A.H. 1293. 7633, the contents of which have been described in the Persian Catalogue, At the end of our MS. is a colophon tran- pp. 202—4. it scribed from an earlier copy and dated Like that MS., wants Kism III., Rabi' L, A.H. 649. the heading of which as given in the preface is ; J>A s{ jifU^j jT j\ yU-^Ja till* Jai jJ 91. Or. 3584.—Foil. 97 ; 6 in. by 3| ; 12 lines, 2y in. long ; written in small Neskhi, with The other sections begin as follows : gold-ruled margins ; dated A.H. 1276 (A.D. Kism I., Bab 1, fol. 65. Bab 2, fol. 325. 1859-60). Bab 3, fol. 45a. Bab 4, fol. 53a. Kism II., [Presented by Sir Feed. Goldsmid.] fol. 83a. Kism IV., fol. 1865. The same work. The five Kisms begin For the contents of the Oxford MS. see respectively at foil. 55, 15a, 456, 70a, and Ethe, no. 307. The work of Ibn Isfandiyar 855. Like the preceding MS. and the is frequently quoted by Comte de Gobineau Teheran edition, this copy concludes with in his Histoire des Perses ; see vol. i., p. 263, a colophon dated Rabi' I., A.H. 649. &c. In a Persian note written on the first page, the writer states that he had borrowed 93. the MS. from the owner, Col. (now General Sir Fred.) Goldsmid, then passing through ; 9^ Or. 2862.—Foil. 171 in. by 5| ; 21 lines, Kirman, on his way from Teheran to Karachi, in. 3f long ; written in small and neat Nes- in Sha'ban, A.H. 1282, and had afterwards talik ; dated 4 Jumada II., A.H. 1014 (A.D. returned it to him via Bombay. 1605). [Sidney Churchill.] 92. History of Tabaristan, from the earliest Or. 2778.—Foil. 219 ; 9 in. by 5£; 15 lines, time to A.H. 881, by Sayyid Zahir ud-Din 3 1 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated B. Sayyid Nasir ud-Din Mar'ashi. Sha'ban, A.H. 1273 (A.D. 1857). Beg. Oti ^ \j uiJOU u»Ujj jJ- [COMTB DE GOBINEAU.] This is the work edited by Dorn in the first History of Tabaristan, written about A.H. volume of his " Muhammedanische Quellen 613, by Muhammad B. Hasan B. Isfandiyar, zur Geschichte der siidlichen Kustenlander and brought down by an anonymous con- des KaspischenMeeres," St. Petersburg, 1850. tinuator to A.H. 750. A full account of the author's life will be found Beg. US j.,=- in the preface, pp. 9—22. For a description \ J6&lf\ ^ , j of the two MSS., both later than the present ^+Z>\ .... j ^.y <-y*S ^ £j*s>\y» one, on which that edition is based, see the preface, pp. 25—28, and the Vienna Cata- logue, no. 971. Another work of Zahir ud- ; 64 HISTORY. work is : I. fol. 206 Din, a history of Gilan, is brought down to divided begin as follows ; II. fol. ; fol. A.H. 894. See Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, 29a III. fol. 326 ; IV. 39a ; fol. fol. ; VII. fol. 150a no. 309. V. 59a; VI. 1436 ; VIII. fol. 2016 ; IX. fol. 217a ; X. fol. 224a ; The present MS. has in its early portion XL fol. 2256 ; XII. fol. 2406 ; XIII. fol. 250a marginal notes in the hand of Riza Kuli XIV. fol. 2586 ; XV. fol. 272a ; XVI. fol. Khan (Lalah Bashi), and two lost quires of 2896 ; XVII. fol. 299a ; XVIII. fol. 320a ; the original MS. have been supplied by the XIX. fol. 326a ; XX. fol. 331a ; XXI. fol. same hand, namely, foil. 2—8, corresponding 3586 ; XXII. fol. 3646 ; XXIII. fol. 371a ; with the printed text from p. 3, line 4, to XXIV. fol. 3816 ; XXV. fol. 3886 ; XXVI. p. 21, line 8 ; and foil. 53—59, correspond- fol. 3966. The last two Rauzahs are wrongly ing with p. 167, line 13, to p. 186, line 3. designated in the MS. as the 24th and 25th. Copyist : to, j^s.* ^ ^ Copyist : i_Ja5 ^ i>3-\ gZ> ^ j>.d\ rfj 94. 95. Or. 4106.—Foil. 399 9£ in. by ; 5 lines, ; 6} Or. 4836.— Foil. 266; 13iin.by8i; 17 lines, 3$ in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with 5^ in. long ; written by several hands on alternately red, blue, 'Unvan and headings blue-tinted paper in Nestalik, probably early and gold ; dated Rabr I., A.H. 933 (A.D. in the 19th century. 1526). [Sidney Choeohill.] The well-known history of the Kurds, by A history of Herat, from early times to Amir Sharaf ud-Din B. Shams ud-DIn the beginning of the reign of Abu '1-Ghazi Bitlisi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 2086. Sultan Husain, with an introduction on the This copy has lost the first page and topography of the province, compiled A.H. begins, after the last line of the doxology, as 897 (fol. 14a) by Mu'in az-Zamji al-Asfizari jjo follows : Ojf»- ^Ui^iysj> Ul (fol. 16a). See the Persian Catalogue, p. 206; Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 310 ; and Re- hatsek, Molla Firuz Library, p. 94. This is the shorter recension of the pre- This important historical work has become face. It has been given by Veliaminof- chiefly known by copious extracts published Zernof in the appendix to the second volume by Barbier de Meynard in the Journal Asia- of his edition, pp. 2 — 5. e tique, 5 Serie, vol. xvi., pp. 461—520, xvii., Contents : Mukaddimah. Origin of the pp. 438—522, and xx., pp. 268—319. The Kurds, fol. 3a. Sahifah I., in five Fasls, present copy is earlier, more correct, and viz. : 1. Jazirah and Diyarbakr, fol. 56. more complete than the MS. described in 2. Dinavar and Shahrazul, ib. 3. Fazla- the Persian Catalogue. It has only a short vaihs, or Liir i Buzurg, fol. 66. 4. Lur i lacuna at the end of Rauzah XXIII. and be- Kuchak, fol. 96. 5. Al i Ayyub, fol. 176. ginning of Rauzah XXIV. Sahifah II., in five Fasls, viz. : Ardalan, fol. The twenty-six Rauzahs into which the 286. 2. Hakkaris, fol. 31a. 3. 'Imadiyyah, LOCAL HISTORIES. 65 fol. 32a. 4. Jazirab, fol. 355. 5. Hisn F. B. Charmoy. Two Turkish versions have Kaif, fol. 49a. been described in the Turkish Catalogue, 70—72. Sahifah III., comprising three Firkahs, as pp. For other MSS. of the text see the prefaces of Veliaminof, 16 follows : I., pp. —19 ; Firkah in nine Fasls, viz. : 1. and of Charmoy, Ohimishkazaks, fol. 53a. 2. Mirdasi, fol. p. 4 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 312 58a. 3. SasQn, fol. 636. 4. Khizan, fol. —14. 696. 5. Kiffis, fol. 736. 6. Shiravan, fol. 77a. 7. Zaraki, fol. 80a. 8. Suvaidis, fol. 856. 9. Sulaimanis, fol. 896. Firkah II., 96. in ten Fasls (three of these, numbered 7—9, are wanting in this copy as in all known Or. 4900.—Foil. 358; llfin.by7|; 19 lines, in. MSS.), viz. : 1. Suhran, fol. 94a. 2. Babans, 4 long; written in fair Nestalik ; dated fol. 976. 3. Makri, fol. 101a. 4. Baradust, Rabi' I., A.H. 1251 (A.D. 1835). fol. 1036. 5. Mahmudis, fol. 105a. Dun- [Sir Henky Rawlinson.] bulis, fol. 108a. 10. Galhurs, fol. 1106. Another copy of the preceding work. After this comes an unnumbered section, This MS. has the longer preface fol. 1116, relating to the Galbaghi Amirs, beginning and corresponding with the text given in Veliaminof's Appendix to vol. ii., pp. 36—45. as in the Petersburg edition, and its contents Firkah III. Kurds of Iran in four Shu'bahs, agree closely with Veliaminof's text. fol. 1136. The principal sections begin as follows : Sahifah IV. Amirs of Bitlis, in a Fatihah, Sahifah I., fol. 10a. Sahifah II., fol. 41a. fol. 118a, and four Satars beginning re- Sahifah III. : Firkah I., fol. 81a. Firkah II. spectively at foil. 126a, 128a, 130a, and 143a. comprising eight Fasls, numbered 1 —6 and The fourth Satar breaks off, fol. 148a, at a 10-11, viz., 1. Suhran, fol. 133a. 2. Babans, passage corresponding with p. 414, line 15, fol. 1366. 3. Makri, fol. 1406. 4. Baradust, of the first volume of Veliaminof's edition. fol. 1446. 5. Mahmudis, fol. 147a. Dun- bulis, fol. 1516. 10. Galhurs, fol. 155a. After this, and without any apparent 11. Banah, fol. 157a. Firkah III., fol. 158a. break in the text, comes the latter part of Sahifah IV., fol. 1636. Fatihah, fol. 164a. the Khatimah, or history of the Osmanlis, Satar 1, fol. 275a, Satar 2, fol. 177a. Satar beginning in the middle of A.H. 987, and 3, fol. 1796. Satar 4, in four Vajhs beginning corresponding with pp. 258 —308 of the respectively at foil. 194a, 1966, 1996, and second volume of Petersburg edition. 210a (about a page at the beginning of The first part of the same Khatimah, Vajh 2 is wanting). Zail, fol. 215a. Kha- imperfect at the beginning and correspond- timah, foil. 2206—3586. ing with pp. 8—258 of the same volume, occupies the remaining portion of the MS., foil. 169a— 2656. At the beginning of the MS. there is a table of contents in the Syriac 97. character. Or. 2779 in. by ; 9f 5$ ; 19 lines, 3J in. French translation A of the whole work, long; written in small, close, and cursive with a copious introduction and notes, was Nestalik, apparently in the 17th century. published in St. Petersburg, 1868 — 75, by [COMTE DE GOBINEAU.] K 06 HISTORY. Sistan (Garshasf), of its scholars, traditionists and poets, of its peculiarities, of its names, the earliest times A history of Sistan from its revenue, and the genealogy of its kings, A.H. 1028, by Shah Husain B. Malik to (j^Vj fol. 26 : j »A> ijU J* Ghiyas. ud-DIn Muhammad, of the Saffari line. 8j\— .J*S»*\3 The author belonged to the princely family of Sistan, which was represented in his time Garshasf by Malik Jala! ud-Din Mahmud Khan B. Fasl I. Rulers of Sistan from Malik Jalal ud-Din Muhammad. In his to the introduction of Islam and Arab account of the genealogy of that prince, governors, fol. 10a. which he carries up through sixteen genera- Fasl II. Descendants of Kisra, who settled tions to 'Amr B. Laith of the Saffari dynasty, in Sistan after the Muslim conquest, down fol. 9a, the author gives his own pedigree as Ya'kiib B. Lais and Khalaf B. Ahmad. Ghiyas ud- to follows : Shah Husain B. Malik The history is subsequently brought down Din Muhammad B. Shah Mahmud B. Shah to Malik Taj ud-Din Abu '1-Fazl, the first Abu Sa'id, this last being the ancestor in the who assumed the regal title, and, in a further fifth generation of the above reigning prince. continuation to Malik Kutb ud-Din Muham- author mentions a In the preface the mad, fol. 25a. (This Malik Kutb ud-Din history of the kings of Sistan, written in was appointed by Timur, A.H. 805, as suc- the reign of Arabic by Abu 'Abdullah in cessor of his father, Shahshahan Shah 'Ali, trans- Shah Kutb ud-Din B. Shah 'Ali, and in the government of Sistan.) lated into Persian by Abu Muhammad. A Fasl III. From the time of Malik Kutb later extensive history, compiled by a ma- ud-Din Muhammad to the date of composi- ternal grandsire of the author, Amir Mu- hammad B. Amir Mubariz, in the reign of tion, fol. 48a. ud-Din Yahya, was no longer Malik Nizam Khatimah. Career of the author, his extant. The author wrote the greater part travels, and the wars in which he took part, of the present work in A.H. 1027, and foil. 1886—2166 (beginning with the author's finished it in 1028. The latest date men- presentation to Shah 'Abbas in Kazvin, tioned is the 25th of Shavval of the latter A.H. 1027). year, when the author was in Isfahan in the authorities suite of Shah 'Abbas. He refers incidentally The Ihya ul-Muluk is one of the his Nijad to another work of his, a Tazkirah entitled quoted by Riza Kuli Khan in 766. (Or. 339V). Namak, no. 42, foil. 76, The work is divided into a Mukaddimah, A Persian note on the first page states three parts called Fasl, and a Khatimah, as that the MS. was acquired by Oomte de Teheran, A.H. 1273 (A.D. follows : Gobineau in Mukaddimah, treating of the founder of 1856-7). : LOCAL HISTORIES. 67 98. governors of the various provinces of Iran. Jalal ud-Din Mirza Ihtisham ul-Mulk, who Or. Foil. 4901.— 126 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 14 lines, was then governor of Kashan, entrusted the 4^ in. long; written in fair Nestalik; dated task of drawing up the answers to Mirza Friday, 16 Ska'ban, A.H. 1255 (A.D. 1839). 'Abd ur-Rahim on the 9th of Rabi' II., [Sjh Henry Rawlinson.] A.H. 1287. The latter spent nine months on the work, which was finished in Muharram, A.H. 1288, at the time when the prince was A history of the city and province of suddenly recalled to Teheran. Shushtar, by Sayyid 'Abdullah B. Ni'mat- The questionary, the arrangement of which ullah Shiishtari. See the Persian Catalogue, is here followed, consisted of six Babs, each p. 2145. of which contained nine questions. Some Sir H. Rawlinson wrote on the fly-leaf of the questions, having no application to " Copied for me at Baghdad from a MS. of Kashan, received only negative answers. Col. Taylor's [Add. 23,534], Oct. 1839." 20, Contents : The author's introduction on the state of the country of Kum and Kashan at the time of the Arab conquest, fol. 116. 99. Bab I. Ancient and modern names of Kashan and its founder, fol. 13a. Or. 3603.—Foil. 200 in. Its limits, ; 8| by 6| ; 17 lines, fol. 146. Mountains and rivers, fol. 27ft. in. long ; in 4J written neat Neskhi ; dated Torrents, springs Dar ul-Khilafah (Teheran), Sunday, 9 Rajab, and aqueducts (kanat), fol. 40a. Jungles A.H. 1304 (A.D. 1887). and deserts, fol. 526. Climate, fol. 54a. [Sidney Churchill.] Bab II. Castles, towns, agriculture and population, fol. 56a. Gardens, fol. 82a. Pasture-grounds, fol. 866. Snow, rain, hail, A geographical and historical account of &c, fol. 87a. Plagues and locusts, Kashan, by Mirza 'Abd ur-Rahlm B. Muh. ib. Earthquakes, famines and floods, fol. 90a. Ibrahim al-Kasani, poetically surnamed Wars and revolutions, from the Suhail. Afghan invasion to the present time, fol. 91a. En- Beg. j^ajT ji^s ji^o JU j l_>U,I _j! j demic diseases, fol. 94a. Bab III. Animals, trees, vegetables, cereals, edible roots, minerals, The author belonged to the Zarrabi branch handicrafts, trade and taxes, fol. 945. of the ancient Dunbuli family, to the history of which he devotes an extensive section of Bab IV. The principal merchants, fol. 99a. the present foil. work, 131—152. He was a Bodily features, stature and longevity of the descendant in the fourth generation of Mirza inhabitants, fol. 101a. Their disposition and Haji Riza'i, a brother of the celebrated Malik manners, creed, costume, &c, fol. 1016. ush-Shu'ara Fath 'Ali Khan. He wrote the Marriage laws and condition of women, present work in answer to a questionary fol. 105a. Wealth, measures and weights, drawn up by the Parsee Manakji, and sent fol. 114a. Ancient families and celebrated by order of Shah Nasir ud-Din to the scholars, divines and officials, fol. 115a. : 68 HISTORY. Bab V. Governors from the time of Nadir I. Poll. 2—128. uiU AjL to the date of writing, fol. 1 626. Longitude History of ancient and modern philoso- and latitude, fol. 1636. Distances and routes phers, translated from the Arabic work of to the frontiers of Persia, fol. 165a. Amount Shams ud-Din Muhammad Shahrazuri by of cultivated land, revenue, and police, Maksud 'Ali Tabrizi. fol. 166a. Bab VI. Public buildings and places of Beg. J2&*^ Lflib J\ j i> fg- J\ pilgrimage, fol. 1676. Travellers, and ac- commodation supplied for them, fol. 168a. The author answers this last question in a fV y at length the stations mystic sense, describing The proper title of the original work is of wayfarers on the road to spiritual truth. UjwiSjy a££ J ^\Ji\ l£M Xsji Khatimah. Eulogy on the governor Jalal (^ji-liilj. It was written by Shams ud-Din promised him to ud-Din Mirza ; rewards by Muhammad B. Mahmud ash-Shahrazuri about the the author ; and Kasidah composed by A.H. 600, and consists of two parts treating latter in his praise, foil. 195 —200. respectively of the ancient and Muslim philo- sophers. A MS. of the first part is described Copyist : jtfMsN > in the Leyden Catalogue, no. 1488. A com- The following pieces are prefixed to the plete copy is noticed by Sachau, Chronologie work Orientalischer Volker, p. l. 1. Two notices relating to the present copy, by the author and by Zain ul-'Abidin The translator says in his preface that, to notice ul-Ghaffari, in Shikastah, foil. 1, 2. the work having been brought the of the sovereign, only designated as ^UaLJ^ 2. A table of contents in Neskhi, fol. 3. \U3 yVU-S^ (evidently Shah 'Abbas I.), 3. A notice of the work, written at the re- W he received his Majesty's commands to trans- quest of Mr. Churchill, by the author, who here late it into Persian, A.H. 1011. styles himself: ^lyjjU^—* yj^^Ue**^!! jj* Contents : Introduction treating of the value of philosophy, of the ancient Greeks JL\\ J,\j£> Jejtl Ji>& (Yunan), and of their philosophers, fol. 3a. Notices of the ancient sages as follows : It is written in Shikastah and dated fol. Adam and Seth, fol. 126 ; Hermes, 13a ; Saturday, 3 Sha'ban, A.H. 1304, foil. 7—10. Tat, fol. 21a; ^Esculapius, fol. 22a; Empe- fol. 246 docles, fol. 23a ; Pythagoras, ; fol. Aristotle, Socrates, fol. 33a ; Plato, 506 ; fol. Eudemus, fol. 56a Theophrastus, 626 ; BIOGRAPHY. ; fol. 63a ; Demoeritus, Hippocrates, Cebes, fol. 636 Plutarchus, Suidas, 100. Aristippus, ; Alexander Aphrodisiensis, Euthamtius(P) and Iskandar, Shaikh Yunani, fol. 64 Or. 4658.— Foil. 284; 9§in. by 6J; 21 lines, Ibn ; fol. 65a; Diogenes Cynicus, fol. 4 in. long ; written in fair small Nestalik ; Zaradusht, Hippocrates, fol. 69a; Homerus, fol. with ruled margins ; dated 12 Rabi' I., A.H. 656; 1088 (A.D. 1677). 716; Thales, fol. 72a; Solon, fol. 746; BIOGRAPHY. 69 Zeno, fol. 766 ; Iskandar Zulkarnain, fol.78a Catalogue, ; no. 2748 ; Pertsch, Berlin Cata- Ptolemssus, fol. 88a; Basilius, fol. 90a; logue, no. 1013 ; Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, Lukrnan, fol. Galenus, fol. 906 ; 98a. no. 454; and Mulla Firuz Library, p. 230. The second part devoted to Muslim philo- sophers begins, fol. 104a, with Hunain B. Ishak, Ishak B. Hunain, Hunain Tabib, Thabit B. Kurrah, Muh. B. Zakariyyii 101. Razi, &c. The notices are too numerous Or. Foil. 9^ 4107.— 157; in. by 5J ; about and too short to be fully enumerated. The lines, 21 3J in. long ; written by several last and longest is that of Ibn Sma, which hands in cursive Nestalik, apparently in the begins at fol. 1266 and breaks off at fol. 1286. 17th century. [Sidney Churchill.] II. Foil. 129—278. An extensive collec- Ay^\ tion of anecdotes and historical narratives, /\ imperfect at beginning and end. Lives of celebrated Vazirs by Saif ud-Dln Hajl B. Nizam al-'Akili, dedicated to the It begins with the latter part of an anec- Vazir Khwiijah Kivam ud-Dln Nizam dote relating to Abu Nasr Farabi as musician. ul- Mulk The al-Khwafi. See the Persian Catalogue, next paragraph begins : n^T p. 9696, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 347. Beg. j& s^\j ^fcUob Oj-is- uU^i l_soLi The anecdotes follow a rather loose chrono- logical order. They relate successively to The work is divided into two Makalahs, the Ghaznavis, Buvaihis, Saljuks, Kkwarazm- the first of which contains notices of past shahs, Atabeks, Moghols, Ilkanis, Muzaffaris, Vazirs chronologically arranged in twelve Sarbadars, Timurides down to Sultan Husain, Babs, under the following heads : The first and Kara-Kuyunlus. The extracts begin four Khalifs, fol. 5a. Ancient kings of mostly with such headings as jSljdl or Persia (beginning with Pythagoras, Vazir of <-^.^ ur, or q\ajS\ y*. Authorities fre- Gusktasp, and ending with Buzurjmihr, quently quoted are Vazir of Anushirvan), fol. 56. Umayyades, the following ; *.U fol. 106. Abbasides, fol. 14a. Al i Saman, ObKU, UiJ bUj, ^ r fol. 71a. Ghaznavis, fol. 72a. Al i Buvaih, «=-iu ^js, gjs ^uu fJJ t Vy, fol. 93a, Al i Safjiik, fol. 956. Khwarazm- uiiJAb. The latest works quoted are Rauzat shahs, fol. 121a. Chingizkhan and descend- us-Safa ants, fol. and Habib us-Siyar. 123a. Al i Muzaffar and Muluk i Ghur, fol. 1326. Timiir and his descendants III. Foil. 279—284. A fragment of the down to Abu Sa'id, fol. 134a. Lata'if ut-Tava'if, by 'Ali B. Husain Kashifi. Makalah II., devoted to the author's See the Persian Catalogue, p. 7576. patron, is divided into four Babs, namely, The fragment consists of the main part of 1. Character and superior merits of Kivam Bab XIII. and of the whole of Bab XIV., ud-Dln Nizam ul-Mulk, fol. 1416. 2. His corresponding with foil. 144 —158 of Add. career previous to his appointment as Vazir 18,408. For other copies see the Leyden on the 26th of Jumada II., A.H. 875, fol. 1446. ; 70 BIOGRAPHY. 3. His Vazirship (chiefly taken up by his ordinances, which are given in extenso), fol. 146a. This third Bab breaks off at fol. 1505. Bab 4, which was to commemorate the The author says in the preface that he wrote favours bestowed on the Vazir by the sove- the present work shortly after his arrival reign, is wantiug. from Irak at Shiraz, A.H. 1272. He names Nasir ud-Din Shall as the present sovereign, The date of composition is given, fol. 141a, and praises as his special patron the governor as A.H. io.UiUj i^-Jj &^->, evidently by 803, of Fars, Mir Tahmasp B. Daulat Shah B. Vazir mistake for A.H. 883. The Kivam Fath 'Ali Shah. He mentions also his own lid-Din was deposed A.H. 892. father, Shaikh ul-Muluk, ^ <£p ' Foil. 151—154 contain a portion of a Sufi \Z**t\ j£ ^lijUs- j j±) u>\ whom he work on Tauhld, the scope of which is stated describes as the object of the special favour Shah. as follows : *i jSJ U of Daulat ;=»y j> C^>\ ^-5- \_y>f Contents : Preface, with table of chapters, fol. 2b. Mukaddimah treating of Takiyyah The fragment consists of the latter part of (concealment of Shi'ah faith from motives of the preface and of the first three Fasls, the prudence) and of the means of arriving at a last of which is imperfect. fair judgment and discrimination respecting beginning Fol. 156 and two folios at the the 'Ulama and 'Urafa, j j *xi5 are detached leaves of a chronicle of the \ijS- jja<5 jiK^j l^c j Jp, fol. 6a. reign of 'Alamglr (Aurangzlb), relating to Notices of ninety-six 'Urafii, in as many the sixth and seventh years, in Indian numbered Fusul, alphabetically arranged Shikastah. Two other leaves at the begin- according to the leading names, fol. 25a. ning are a fragment of an Insha. The first five are Abu Zarr Ghaffari, banished from Medina by Osman, fol. 25a ; Uvais Ka- rani, who died A.H. 36, fol. 256 ; Ibrahim B. Da'ud Rakki, who died A.H. 326, fol. 31a Ahmad B. Muhammad Maghribi, who died Lives of Sufis. A.H. 397, fol. 32a ; and Abu '1-' Abbas Mu- 102. hammad B. Ishak, fol. 336. Khatimah : Discussion of the views of Or. 3522.—Foil. 290 in. by ; 17 lines, ; 9f 5f some modern divines for or against Sufis, 3^ inches long ; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, after A.H. with extensive extracts from their writings, 1272 (A.D. 185G). [Sidney Churchill.] fol. 228a. The writers chiefly quoted are Mulla Ahmad Ardabili, the alleged author of Hadikat usk-Shi'ah (d. A.H. 993), Mulla Bakir Majlisi (d. A.H. 1110), Muhammad Lives and sayings of the great theosophists Hasan Kaskani, and Shahid i Sani (Zain ('Urafa) of the first four centuries of Islam, ud-Din B. Nflr ud-Din 'Ali al-'Amili, who by Fazl ullah. was put to death A.H. 966). The Khatimah Beg. Jiif lijAx* 13 (juUu j lj ^e- concludes with an alphabetical list of Sufi TAZKIRAHS. 71 writers known to the author, fol. 279, and 104. with a tract of al-Haj Zain ul-'Abidin, called Or. 3396.—Foil. 101 in. ; Mirza Kuchak Na'ib us-Sadr, on the division ; 7^ by 4|- 13 lines, in. long of Muslim sciences, and in glorification of 2f ; written in fair Nestalik, ap- 'AM, foil. 287—290. parently in the 17th century. [Sidney Churchill.] On the first page there is a former owner's note, dated A.H. 1296. The Tazkirah of Mir 'Ali Shir, translated from Turki into Persian by Shah 'Ali B. 'Abd Tazkirahs, or Lives Poets. of ul-'Ali. 103. Beg. dy*^? OjjW ci i j^jw A^-jl J> }J j Or. 3490.—Foil. 121 ; 9± in. by of; 17 lines, 3J in. long; written in small and neat Nes- talik ; dated end of Shavval, A.H. 976 (A.D. 1569). [Sidney Churchill.] For the original work, see the Turkish Catalogue, p. 273, and, for another transla- tion, the Persian Catalogue, p. 366. Notices of contemporary poets, by Sam In a short preface the translator Mirza, son of Shah Isma'il Safavi. says that, Persian being preferred, both in speaking Beg. J^U Olw sji A ^J JjS and in writing, by men of letters, the less L) ^IjjA polished Turki language was generally neg- })= j£* *s»^ U C^lai JJ> j» . . . lected, especially under the present ruler, This valuable copy, written in the author's Sultan Din Muhammad. Complying, there- lifetime, agrees substantially with the MSS. fore, with the desire of some friends, he had described in the Persian Catalogue, p. 367. turned into Persian the Tazkirat ush-Shu'ara The following table shows the beginning of of Mir 'Ali Shir. the various divisions of the work and the Din Muhammad, son of Jani name of the first poet noticed in each : Beg and of a Sahifah I., Shah Isma'il, fol. 36. Sahifah EL, sister of 'Abdullah Khan Uzbek, ruled over Safhah 1, Mir 'Abd ul-Baki, fol. 136. Safhah 2, part of Khorasan during the reigns of 'Abd- Kazi Mir Husain, fol. 286. Sahifah III., ullah and 'Abd ul-Milmin Khan. After the Mirza Shiih Husain Isfahani, fol. 33a. Sahi- death of the latter, A.H. 1006, he was pro- fah IV., Khwajah Shihab ud-Din 'Abdullah claimed Khan in Herat, but soon after he Bayani, fol. 37a. Zail. Maulana Shah Mah- was defeated by Shah 'Abbas, and died during mud, fol. 47a. Sahifah V., Matla' 1, Mau- his flight. See Mir'at ul-'Alam, fol. 170a, lana Jami, fol. 50 the V. Amir Daulatshah, &c, fol. 86. VI. at the end of which the author says that beginning of Ahmad Haji Beg, &c, fol. 91. VII. Amir work was completed at the breaks J fol. 98. This last Majlis : «.?Ux_5 i^**- **•«• Tlmur, &c, A.H. 996 j >j J^!/ _j off in the middle of the sixth notice, that of Ulugh Beg. Fol. 3, the first of the original MS., con- tains the end of the preface and a full state- 105. ment of the division and contents of the whole work. in. 26 lines, Or. 3506.—Foil. 567 ; lO} by 7\ ; Contents of the present MS. : Mukaddimah, 4| in. long ; written in small neat Nestalik, treating of the need of anthologies and of the apparently in the 1 6th century, with the reasons for writing this work, fol. 4a. Four exception of some leaves supplied by a (Fusul), beginning respectively at modern hand. [Sidney Churchill.] chapters foil. 5a, 76, 86, and 166, treating of Love (see Bland, p. 128), and concluding with Arabic verses by 'Ali B. 'Abi Talib, accom- portion of the extensive Tazkirah so A panied by a Persian paraphrase, fol. 196. called by Taki ud-Din Muhammad B. Sharaf Lfihikah, or appendix, on poetry in general, ud-Din 'Ali al-Husaini al-Kashani. and on the first beginnings of Persian poetry, The work has been described by Bland, fol. 28a. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. ix., Rukn I., containing in its first part (Mu- 126 134, and by Sprenger, Oude Cata- pp. — jallad) notices of early poets who lived under logue, pp. 13—46. An abridgment is noticed Al i Subuktigin, or Ghaznavis, with very Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 647, and a by copious extracts from their compositions, MS. of the third Rukn is described, without occupies the main part of the present volume, Catalogue, author's name, in the Petersburg in f0U. go—559. The notices are arranged no. 321. the order indicated in the preface, fol. 3a, The present MS. contains only a small differing from that which Sprenger follows. portion of that voluminous anthology, namely, They relate to the following twenty-two chapters and the first volume Minuchihri, fol. the introductory poets : 'Unsuri, fol. 306. (Mujallad) of the first of the four Rukns, or 536. Farrukhi, fol. 59a. Asadi, fol. 676. main divisions of the work. Nasir Khusrau, fol. 73a. Kataran, fol. 1026. Runi, fol. 1356. Mas'ud B. The first folio, supplied by a modern hand, Abu'l-Faraj Azraki, fol. 1986. has the following beginning, differing from Sa'd B. Salman, fol. 1526. Sabir, fol. 2166. Amir Mu'izzi, fol. that which is given by Sprenger and by Adib fol. 2796. Sana'i, **" 2366. 'Am'ak Bukhari, Pertsch : \ ojUkc cJo- }J \j Jj 3 fol. 2856. Mukhtari, fol. 325a. Lami' i Jur- jani, fol. 351a. Stizani, fol. 361a. 'Abd nl- The next folio contains, in a fair imitation Vasi' Jabali, fol. 396a, Hasan Ghaznavi, of the original old writing, a eulogy on the fol. 4276. 'Imadi Shahriyari, fol. 4496. reigning sovereign, Shah Tahmasp, also Rashid Vatvat, fol. 4686. Falaki Shirvani, fol. 512a. The last notice noticed by Bland, p. 127, which must have fol. 500a. Anvari, poetical ex- have been written before A.H. 984. It is breaks off in the course of the a later dedication to Shah 'Abbas, tracts, fol. 5596. followed by | TAZKIRAHS. 73 notice on Khakani, A -which, according to consist of a Mukaddimah, seven chapters the preface, was to begin the second Mujallad (Fusul) and a Khatimah ; but the Mukad- of Rukn I., has been appended by a modern dimah does not appear in the text. The hand, foil. 560—564. contents are as follows: Preface, in which the author The Tazkirah of Mir Muh. Taki Kashani mentions only two previous Persian Tazkirahs, namely is one of the authorities mentioned by the those of Daulatshah and of Sam Mirza, fol. author of the Majma' ul-Fusaha. in his preface. 65. Fasl I. on the excellence of poetry, fol. 75. Fasl II. on the meaning of the word jut>, fol. 85. Fasl III. on the first attempts at metrical 106. speech, ib. Fasl IV. on the first who made Persian verses, fol. 9a. Fasl V., Notices of Or. Foil. ; in. 3389.— 208 12 by 8} ; 25 lines, the kings who composed verses, beginning 6 in. long; written in Indian Nestalik lean- with the Samanis, and ending with Malik ing to Shikastah-amiz ; apparently early in Ikhtiyar ud-Dln Shaibani, a contemporary of the 17th century. [Sidney Chueohill.] Sultan Sinjar, fol. 95. Fasl VI., Notices of Vazirs, Sudur, and other great men who J) & indulged in poetry, beginning with Abu '1- A Tazkirah of ancient and modern Persian Kasim Ahmad B. al-Hasan Maimandi, and poets, by Sayyid 'Ali B. Mahmud al-Husaini. ending with Shaikh Abu Sa'id Abu '1-Khair, fol. 165. Fasl VII., Notices of poets from Beg. 64?- j (_^LSjj (jSjli- j o-'V' j the time of the Samanis and Sultan Mahmud, fol. 465. This section, which forms the main bulk of the volume, is arranged in a loose chronological order. It begins with Abu '1- Hasan B. Shahid The author praises in the preface Jalal ud- al-Balkhi, Abu 'Abdallah Din Akbar as the reigning sovereign, and B. Muh. Rudagi, Kisa'i Marvazi, 'Unsuri, Farrukhi, dedicates the work to his special patron, the 'Asjadi, Azhari, Abu '1-Fath Busti, Khankhanan ('Abd ur-Rahlm B. Bairam Asadi Tusi, Firdausi, &c, and ends with Khan see the Persian Kasim Junabadi, who lived ; Catalogue, p. 244a). under Shah Tahmasp. The date of composition, A.H. 1000, is given at the end, fol. 208a, as follows : ^SUA AJ\ } Khatimah. Notices of Sultans, Amirs, men of letters and poets, who lived in the time of d Akbar, some of whom were personally 9. t>jto L 74 BIOGRAPHY. 107. The preface is imperfect at the end, but the date of composition is found in a passage of 380 in. by ; 31 lines, Or. 3537.—Ml. ; 15} 8^ the table of contents in which the author in in. long, with additional slanting lines says that his account of the Safavi dynasty written for the most part in the margins ; was to be brought down to the present year, Zain ul- four columns in small Nestalik, by namely A.H. 1040 (fol. 496, margin). Earlier Shahzfidah 'Abidln B. 'Ali Hamadani for the dates found at the end of some sections— Sha'- Tahmasp Mirza, and dated (fol. 3376) 5 namely, A.H. 1018, fol. 119a; A.H. 1025, but embodying ban, A.H. 1227 (A.D. 1812) ; fol. 1506; A.H. 1029, fol. 83a; and A.H. MS., written ap- some leaves of an earlier 1030, fol. 57a—show that the author had parently in the 17th century. been for many years engaged in his com- [Sidney Churchill.] pilation. According to a first table of contents, fol. 46, the Maikhanah is divided into a A Tazkirah of Persian poets, by Hasan B. Fatihah, four Makalahs, twenty-eight letters Lutf-ullah Tihrani Razi. of the alphabet (i.e. notices in alphabetical This work is quite distinct from the order), and a Khatimah. The Fatihah con- " " Maikhanah u Butkhanah of Mulla Sufi tains Arabic poems classed under four heads, Journal Mazandarani, mentioned by Bland, namely: Fasl 1, 'Ali B. Abi Talib. Fasl 2, of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. ix., p. 165 Saints and Imams. Fasl 3, Panegyrists of Ethe, (see also the Oude Catalogue, p. 88 ; the Prophet and of the holy family. Hashiyah, ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., no. 366 ; and Majma' Other poets. p. 38). Of the Persian portion there is a fuller preface, which has been misplaced, The table further on, foil. 47—49. It consists of i_*>j fol. 922), begins : OUj.K three Makalahs, of the alphabetical series of notices, and of a Khatimah, as follows : ^s- Makalah I., with this heading : } The author states that he wrote this work of king 8 1 .U» iiUU«jU*\3 <^£>j- It trcats by desire of his noble patron Hasan Beg, beginning with who, being fond of poetry, had collected a endowed with literary talent, Samani, and great number of rare Divans, and that his Amir Falak ud-Dln Ibrahim B. Kashin B. friend, Sayyid Amir Muh. Husain Tafrishi, ending with Kaidu Khan Makalab II. Saints and great prefixed to it a Dibajah, or laudatory pro- Okotai Ka'an. Yazid Bastami to logue. He adds that his father, Khwajah Shaikhs, from Sultan Abu Nakshaband. Ma- Lutf-ullah, having been appointed Vazir of Khwajah Baha ud-Din beginning with Khorasan by Shah Tahmasp, proceeded to kalah III. Celebrated Vazirs, al-Husain and end- Herat A.H. 968, he being then a boy of Abu T-Kasim Ahmad B. '1-Fatih 'Abd ul-Karim. tender age, and that after his father's death, ing with Amir Abu he succeeded to the same office. A.H. 981, Alphabetically arranged notices, a full list of which is given, beginning with Abu 'Abdallah Muh. ar-Rudagi as-Samarkandi ' Hasan Beg Shamtu., Beglerbegi of Khorasan, A.H. ending with Khwajah Yusuf Jami. 1027—1050. See the Persian Catalogue, pp. 682a, 1091a. and — TAZKIRAHS. 75 The Khatimah, comprising two sections 5. Notices of Persian poets, foil. 516—380. called 'Ikd, the first of which treats of They fall far short of the number exhibited poetesses, the second of the author's life. in the table of contents, foil. 47—49, and The present copy, however, is very far the original alphabetical order is frequently from fulfilling the expectation raised by the inverted. They consist mainly, and in several above programme. Several sections are instances exclusively, of poetical extracts. altogether omitted, while others are sadly The latter are often of considerable extent. curtailed, and the original order of the Those taken from the Divan of Mu'izzi, for notices, partly owing to misplaced folios, instance, fill no fewer than 67 folios, 261 is completely disturbed. The actual contents 327. The earliest Tazkirahs, those of 'Aufi are as follows : and of 'Aruzi Samarkandi, are occasionally 1. Prologue (the Dibajah above mentioned), quoted. fol. lb. It begins with a Ruba'i, the first The extant notices relate to the following line of which is : poets : Abu 'Abdallah Muh. Riidagi, fol. 516. yjl Obi/, j c*r* J\ Abu Salik Gurgani, Abu '1-Hasan Shahid Balkhi, fol. 535. Abu SarSkah 'Abd ur- The prose text begins : ^lii Rahman B. Ahmad Balkhi, called Amin Najjar ; Abu '1-Faraj Runi, panegyrist of Amir 'Ali The first table of contents, 0-^43 Abu Simjur (died A.H. 466), fol. 54a. Abu '1-Faraj Sistani ; Abu Hanifah ^ fol. 46. Askani; Abu '1-Fath Busti; Abu '1-Muhakkik 2. The Arabic section, without any divi- Bukhari, Abu '1-Muayyad Balkhi, fol. 58a. fol. sion, 66. It begins with this line : Amir Abu Muh. B. Yaraln ud-Daulah Sultan Mahmud; Amir Abu Muzaffar Tahir B. al- Fazl al-Jafani ; Saif ud-Daulah Abu '1-Hasan The poems are written for the most part '1- 'Ali B. 'Abdullah Jafani ; Abu Kasim consecutively, without any break or heading. Ahmad B. Ahmad al-Maimandi ; Shah 'Ali The following author's names are added Abu Raja Ghaznavi, fol. 586. Abu 'l-Kasim in the margins: al-Farazdak, Abu 'l-'Ala, Firdausi, fol. 59a. Abu Yazld Bastami, Abu 't-Tayyib (al-Mutanabbi), Abu Tammam. fol. 60a. Mirza'l-Mulk Mashriki, fol. 606. The margins are full of glosses. In the latter Ashraf al-Asamm Kashani, fol. 61a. Sharaf part there are a few headings to poems of ud-Dln Fazl-ullah Kazvlni, fol. 626. Asadi Ibn al-Farid, to the Burdah of al-Busiri, and Tusi (with extracts from the Garshasp to pieces by Abu '1-Fath al-Busti and by Namah), fol. 63a. A§Ir ud-Dln Akhsikati, 'Amid ud-Dln As'ad B. Nasr ash-Shlrazi. fol. 70a. Aglr ud-Dln Aumani, fol. 78a. 3. Table of contents of the Persian section, Imami Haravi, fol. 84a. Azraki Haravi, fol. 47a. fol. 91a. Shaikh Azari, fol. 94a. Auhad 4. Makalah I. Origins of Persian poetry ud-Din Anvari, fol. 96a. Auhad ud-Dln and notices of kings, namely, Ibrahim B. Mamarghi, fol. 99a. Abshar Marghuzi, fol. Nuh Samani, Abu Mansur B. Null, Mahmud 106a. Ibn Khatlb Fushangi, fol. 107a. B. Subuktigin, Abu Muh. B. Sultan Mahmud, Badlhi, fol. 1076. Sayyid Hasan Ashrafi Malik Shah B. Alp Arslan, and Sinjar B. Samarkandi, fol. 108a. Pur Baha Jami, Malik Shah (breaking off before the end), fol. 110a. Auhad ud-Dln Gurganji, fol. 111a. fol. 496. Shihab ud-Din Ahmad Ashrafi, fol. 112a. l 2 76 BIOGRAPHY. Baha ud-Din Marghinani, fol. 114a. Baha zami, fol. 330a. Jauhari Zargar, fol. 333a. ud-Din Zanjani, fol. 1145. Burhani, fol. 115a. Jamal ud-Din Ashhari, fol. 334a. Ibn Ja- Baha ud-Din Muh. B. Khwajah Shams ud- jarmi, fol. 335a. Abu '1-Ma'ali Nahhas Razi, Din Sahib Divan, fol. 1165. Badr ud-Din fol. 3356. Pur Hasan Isfara'ini, fol. 3365. Jajarmi, fol. 117a. Jamal ud-Din Samar- Sayyid Hasan Isfahani Mijmar, fol. 3376. Zahir ud-Din Fariyabi, fol. 3646. kandi ; Ja'fari Hamadani, fol. 119a. Nasir fol. 1196. Taj ud-Din Hasan Ghaz- ja'fari, A list of the notices in the order in which navi, fol. 120a. Afzal ud-Din Khakani, fol. they appear in the MS. has been written by Dihlavi, fol. 141a. 1285. Amir Khusrau a modern hand at the beginning, fol. 51a. Rafi' ud-Din Mas'ud Lunbani, fol. 148a. It may be noticed that in a note appended Rashidi Samarkand!, fol. 151a. Ru.hi Shari- to a Kasidah of Jamal ud-Din Samarkandi, stani, fol. 152a. Razi ud-Din al-Khashshab fol. 119a, and dated Lahore, A.H. 1018, the Samarkandi, fol. 153a. Zain ud-Din Sijzi, author designates his anthology by another fol. 155a. Amir Zaini 'Alavi, fol. 156a. tjj* title, viz. Kharabat : ^ <&y*s? l_«=-^ Razi ud-Din Naishapuri, fol. 157a. Rashid ^ V^i; ud-Din Vatvat, fol. 159a and fol. 195a. Rafi'i Naishapuri, fol. 160a. Visal Shirazi, fol. 1605. Sana'i Ghaznavi, fol. 161a. Sa'd ud-Din Sa'id Haravi, fol. 182a. Shuj ud- 108. Din Sijistani, fol. 183a. Saif ud-Din A'raj lines, Or. 3397.—Foil. 467 ; lOf in. by 6^ ; 19 Isfarangi, fol. 189a. Sharaf ud-Din Shufur- fair Nestalik dated 3^ in. long ; written in ; vah, fol. 190a. Shams ud-Din Khalid, fol. 20 Rabi' I., A.H. 1041 (A.D. 1631). 192a. Shams ud-Din Sharafshah, fol. 193a. 4 [Sidney Churchill.] Sa'in ud-Din Shirazi, fol. 194a. Sadr ud- Din 'Ali Fakhr Shushtari, fol. 1946. Adib Sabir, fol. 198a. Farid ud-Din 'Attar, fol. A Tazkirah of Persian poets, ancient and 202a. 'Abd ul-Vasi' Jabali, fol. 203a. modern, by Husain B. Gkiyas ud-Din Mahmud •Am'ak Bukhari, fol. 204a. 'Usman Mukk- (the author of Ihya ul-Muluk, no. 97). tari, fol. 205a. Hamid ud-Din 'Umar B. Balkhi, fol. 213a. Hamid Mahmud Mahmudi Beg. i£ tl*—joli-So ^ (jr^j/^i. jjiy Jj^ ud-Din 'Ali B. 'Umar Mahmudi, fol. 2135. Husam ud-Din Muh. Nakkshabi, fol. 214a. Husam ud-Din Bukhari, fol. 2145. Hasan Mutakallim, fol. 215a. Hasan Dihlavi, fol. The author, having been often requested 216a. Shihab ud-Din Muayyad Nasafi, fol. by his friends to compose a Tazkirah, deter- 217a. Abu'l-Kasim Firdausi, fol. 218a. mined, at the time of his setting out for Hakim Kataran, fol. 223a. Nasir Adib, fol. Hijaz, to comply with their wish. The work 229a. Kamal ud-Din Isma'il, fol. 230a. was commenced, as stated at the end, A.H. Kadiri, fol. 238a. Minuchihri, fol. 239a. 1017, and completed on his return from that Mas'ud i Sa'd i Salman, fol. 240a. Mujir journey in Ramazan, A.H. 1019. It was Bailakani, fol. 241a. Nasir i Khusrau 'Alavi, subsequently carefully revised and enlarged, fol. 248a. Nur ud-Din 'Abd ur-Rahman A.H. 1035 (see fol. 304a), and received further Razi, fol. 260a. Amir Mu'izzi Samarkandi, additions A.H. 1036 (see fol. 130a). fol. 2616. Mu'in ud-Din Shahristani, fol. florid and stilted preface the 328a. Nasir ud-Din Tusi, fol. 329a. Ni- In a highly — : TAZKIRAHS. 77 author says that he was left fatherless in select verses with the bare names of the early life, and had attained his twentieth authors, extracted from two Jangs, or antho- year when Malik 'Akibat Mahrnud, his pro- logies, sent from India to the prince of Sistan, tector, fell a victim of his own relatives and fol. 130a. Additional notices relating to of foreign foes. He was himself imprisoned Mas'ud B. Sa'd, Suzani, Azraki, &c, fol. with his brothers, but escaped and joined the 141a. Notices of great Sufis, Bayazid Bas- son of that prince, Jalal ul-Islam wa'l-Mus- tami, Abu Said Abu '1-Khair, 'Abdullah liman, who, with the help of some valiant Ansari, Najm ud-Din Kubra, and others, men of Nhnruz, succeeded in avenging the fol. 1906. Continuation of notices of poets, death of his father, but was compelled by beginning with 'Ismat Bukhari and ending the invasion of the Turkistanis into Khorasan with Jami, fol. 204a. This portion was to take refuge in the mountains, and ulti- completed in Jumada L, A.H. 1018. mately to repair, accompanied by the author, Fasl II. Notices of modern poets, with a to Kandahar. When, however, the ruler of aP preface beginning aJu-^j ^£ sjJ^ sjjis- i J Turan died, and Shah 'Abbas drove the enemy O— J:sU- C*«o Jj tjd jJo, and divided into out of Herat and Khorasan, the author re- four Asls as follows turned to his native land and paid homage Asl 1. Poets who lived from the end of to his Majesty, to whom the present work is the reign of Sultan Husain to the end of the dedicated. It appears from incidental pas- reign of Shah Isma'il Safavi, fol. 216a. They sages in the Mukaddimah that the author accompanied Shah 'Abbas in his campaign are Baba Fighani, Ahli Shirazi, Nasibi, Hatifi, Shirazi, Hilali, Bina'i, Umidi, of Khorasan, A.H. 1008, and in other expe- Maktabi Lisani, Shahidi, Sharif Tabrlzi, Mushfiki ditions. Hali, Baghdadi, Idraki Hamadani, Ahli Khurasani, work is divided into a Mukaddimah, The Zamlri Hamadani, Kazi 'Isa, Kiizi Yahya Fasls, and a Khatimah, as follows : two Lahiji. Mukaddimah. History of Muhammad, of Asl 2. Poets who lived from the accession the twelve Imams, and of the Safavi dynasty of Shah Tahmasp to the middle of his reign, down to A.H. 1033, fol. 95. fol. 2246. They are Zamlri Isfahani, Fuzuli Sharaf Kazvini, Kasim Fasl I. Notices and select poems of the Baghdadi, Jahan great poets of the past, in loose chronological Junabadi, Shaikhzadah Lahiji, Ghazali Mash- hadi, &c. order ; taken from Daulatshah and Jami's Beharistan, with many additions, fol. 416. Asl 3. Poets who lived from the middle of The order is nearly the same as in Daulatshah. the reign of Shah Tahmasp to the rise of After a few Arab poets we find Riidagi, Shah 'Abbas, fol. 2366. They are Vali Dasht- Ghada'iri, Asadi Tusi, Abu'l-Faraj Sijzi, bayazi, Husain Sana'i, Maili Mashhadi, Muh- Minuchihri Shast Gallah, Pindar Razi, TJn- tasham Kashi, Nur ud-Din Isfahani, Hisabi suri, 'Asjadi, Mas'ud B. Sa'd, Firdausi, Far- Natanzi, Timur Munshi Farahi, &c. rukhi, Mu'izzi, &c. The last notice, which is Asl 4. Poets who lived from the birth of that of Najib ud-Din Jurfadakani, is followed, Shah 'Abbas to the date of composition, with fol. 1276, by the names of a few poets, Kisa'i ^^/^JU and others, of whom the author knew nothing a preface beginning AS! } j ^\*>\ but a few verses. jlk. j itj) jl s^, fol. 2796. j» j ,j>J j Appendix, added A.H. 1036, consisting of They are 'Urfi Shirazi, Faizi, Naziri Naisha- 78 BIOGRAPHY. piiri, Zuhtiri, Shifa'i Isfahani, Rukn ud-Din fol. 66. Fasl I., fol. 316. Fasl II., fol. 159a. Masih Kashi, Fasihi Ansari,'Ali Naki Kamra'i, Asl 1, fol. 1596. Asl 2, fol. 1676. Asl 3, Mulhimi Slurazi, 'Ata'i Janpuri, Mashriki fol. 176a. Asl 4, fol. 205a. Khatimah, Mashbadi, Shapur Firibi, Talib Amuli, Sahiri fol. 299a. Khatm i Khatimah, fol. 312a. Tuni, Abu '1-Kasim Kazamni, Malik Kummi, This last section breaks off, fol. 3166, at Abu Turab Beg, Kami Sabzavari, Nau'i the end of the notice of Mir Jalal ud-Din Khabuskani, &c. The last is the author, Hasan Sala'i (Or. 3397, fol. 439a). Fol. 317 Shah Husain, poetically surnamed Hadi, who is a misplaced leaf belonging to Asl 4. Foil. refers account of his life to his for a full 318—324 contain miscellaneous poetical ex- historical work Ihya ul-Muluk. tracts. After fol. 175 there is a lacuna cor- Khatimah. Kings and Amirs who made responding to foil. 234a—237a of Or. 3397. verses, beginning with Toghrul Shah Saljuki, Sultan Sinjar, 'Ala ud-Din Tukush, Tughan Shah, Sultan Husain, Shahbeg Khan Uzbek, 110. 'Abdullah Uzbek ; and ending with Murshid Kuli Sultan Jala'ir, fol. 4106. in. 21 lines, Or. 4671.—Foil. 285 ; 9^ by 4f ; Beg. i^si J sja- ii>»U» ifj£z> ±-o 2^ in. long ; written in small and neat Nestalik; dated 9 Jumada II., A.H. 1097 (A.D. 1686). [Sidney Churchill.] It was written in Herat and finished in Jumada I., A.H. 1019. Jiib J*+s-* SjSOi' Khatm i Khatimah. Some great 'Ulama A Tazkirah of contemporary Persian poets, who were not professed poets, as Baha ud- compiled A.H. 1083 by Muhammad Tahir Din Muh. 'Amili, Mir Muhammad Bakir Nasrabadi. See the Persian Catalogue, (takh. Iskrak), Shaikh 'Abd us-Salam, &c, p. 3686. fol. 4316. Contents: Mukaddimah. Kings and Princes, collection of Hadis, pious sayings, and A fol. 56. Saff I. Firkah 1, Amirs and Khans the heading ji moral precepts, with of Iran, fol. 95. Firkah 2, Amirs and Khans tioaU, foil. 4456—467a. of Hindustan, &c, fol. 306. Firkah 3, Vazirs, Katibs, fol. 396. Saff II. Khair ul-Bayan is one of the authorities Mustaufis and mentioned in the preface of the Majma' ul- Sayyids and noblemen, fol. 54a. Saff III. Fusaha. Firkah 1, 'Ulama and litterati, fol. 826. (This section breaks off in the middle of the notice of Najiba, the last but four, corresponding 109. with fol. 154a of the other copy, Add. 7087. The last two Firkahs are missing.) Saff IV. Or. 4510.—Foil. 324 ; 10 in. by 5| ; 21 lines, Firkah 1, Poets of Iran, imperfect at the 34 in. long ; written in cursive and close beginning, fol. 104a. (The first extant Neskhi, apparently in the 18th century. notice is that of Hakim Euknai Kashi, the [SlDKEY ChUEOHILL.] second of that section ; see Add. 7087, A defective copy of the same work, want- fol. 161a. After fol. 125 there is a lacuna ing some of the notices. extending from the notice of Mulla Zaki Hamadani to that of Mirza Fasihi, cor- Contents : Preface, fol. 16. Mukaddimah, TAZKIRAHS. 79 responding with foil. 178a—1865 of Add. copy in the Madrasah i Nasiri, at Teheran, 7087.) Firkah 2, Poets of Mavara-annahr, the preface being imperfect in the present fol. 229S. Firkah 3, Poets of Hindustan, MS.) : In the month of Muharram, A.H. fol. 2366. Saff V. The author's family, 1228, the river flowing by Shushtar was fol. 2406. Khatimah. Chronograms and swollen to a torrent by excessive rains. One riddles, fol. 250a. day, whilst watching the waters, somebody perceived a dark object floating past him, For other copies see Pertsch, Berlin Cata- seized it and found that it was a book, which logue, nos. 648-49, and Ethe, Bodleian had suffered not a little from immersion, Catalogue, no. 373. having lost its beginning and end, as well as the back of the binding. He took it home and laid it by him, where it might 111. have remained without further harm, but for his wife and children, who made use of it Foil. 12 in. 22 lines, Or. 4672.— 229 ; by 7f; when wanting paper. A year later, however, 5 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik Shikastah- it was laid before Sayyid Muhammad B. amiz, A.H. 1252 (A.D. 1836). Sayyid 'Abd ul-Karim al-Musavi, who recog- [Sidney Churchill.] nized its importance and ordered the editor to read it daily to him. In a second preface, fol. 5a, the same writer Tazkirah of Persian poets by Khushgu, states that Amir 'Alikuli Khan Karms, arranged in alphabetical order by Durri who was sent, after A.H. 1236, to restore Shushtari. order in Khuzistan, having been shown at Shushtar the water-carried Safinah, found it Khushgu, whose proper name was Bin- inconveniently arranged for reference, and draban, received his poetical surname from desired the editor to re-write it in alpha- his master, Muhammad Afzal B. Muhammad betical order. Hence the present recension, Zahid (born A.H. 1050, died A.H. as 1126), which, in allusion to Safinah (ship), received he relates himself in the full notice devoted the title of Shira' (sail). It is said to contain to his teacher, fol. 69a. The Safinah, com- 991 notices. These notices range over the piled A.H. 1137 1147, consists, according — whole field of Persian poetry from the Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, of to p. 130, earliest time to the period of Khushgu, and three volumes, treating respectively of ancient, are consequently taken from all three volumes mediaeval and modern poets, in chronological of the original work ; but they form one order. The contents of the second volume alphabetical series, and are distributed under stated in full detail have been by Ethe, the letters of the alphabet quite promis- Bodleian Catalogue, no. 376. Copies of the cuously and without any regard to the chro- second mentioned first and volumes are by nological arrangement adopted by Khushgu. Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, nos. 652-3. The This will be seen from the following list is not extant. third of the first twenty-one notices under letter In the preface of the present recension, Alif. the editor gives the following curious account Mir Jalal ud-Din Asir Shahrastani, who of the discovery of the original work. (It died A.H. 1069, fol. 86. Shaikh Allahhuli has been extracted by Mr. Churchill from a Isfahani, fol. 96. Navvab Zafar Khan AAsan, 80 BIOGRAPHY. who died A.H. 1073, fol. 10a. 'Inayat Khan 112. Ishna, who died A.H. 1077, fol. 106. Mir Or. 2693.— Foil. 478 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 24 lines, 'Abd ur-Rasul htighma Kashmiri, who died fair with 5J in. long ; written in Nestalik, under 'Alamgir, fol. 11a. Kazi Asad Ka- 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, for the Sind shani, fol. 114. Mir Ajri, one of the Husaini Amir, Murad 'Ali Khan Talpur ; dated 19 Sayyids of Yazd, ib. Mirza 'Abdullah Ulfat Rabi' II., A.H. 1216 (A.D. 1801). Khurasani. Azhari Kuhpiiyahi. Sayyid [B. B. Bastwiok.] Amir Khan 'Alamgirshahi, who died at the beginning of Muhammad Shah's reign. Mirza Arjumand Azad (also Junmi), son of 'Abd The Tazkirah of 'Ali Kuli Khan Daghi- ul-Ghani Beg, who died A.H. 1143, fol. 12a. stani, poetically called Valih. See the Persian Mir Lutf-ullah Ahmadi, of Balgriim, who died Catalogue, p. 371 and p. 1086a. A.H. 1143. Jsaf Kummi (Muh. Kuli), who Other copies are described by Pertsch, cametoIndiaunderShalrjahan,fol. 126. Zllfati, Berlin Catalogue, nos. 656-7, and by Ethc, son of Husain Saji, who came to the court of Catalogue, no. 377. 'Abdullah Kutubshah. Mir Afsar, son of Bodleian Mir Sinjar Kashi. 'Abdullah Amani of Kir- man, who entered the service of Mir Jumlah, fol. 13a. Shaikh Auhadi, disciple of Shaikh 113. Auhad ud-Din Kirmani, who died under ; lines, Or. 4709.—Foil. 342 ; 14 in. by 8£ 24 Ghazan Khan, fol. 13a. Abu 'l-Hasan Manjik, Nestalik in 6J in. long ; written in cursive Shaikh of Tirmid. Ibn Nasilh, of Fars. the 19th century. Sharaf ud-Din Abu 'All Kalandar, under An incomplete copy of the preceding work. Tugkluk Shah. Imam ud-Din Rafi'i, who in of third died A.H. 633, fol. 136. It breaks off the middle the notice under letter that of Karimi Samar- A full alphabetical list of all the notices kand!, which in the complete copy, Add. included in the volume occupies six pages at 16,729, is found at fol. 3746. the end of the preface, foil. 6 —8. The alphabetical series concludes with two notices relating to Yahya Khan, son of Ahmad, 114. Tabib, and to Yamlni Simnani, after which Or. 2929.—Foil. 251 llf in. by ; 25 lines, the above-mentioned Amir, 'Ali Kuli B. Shah- ; 7} in. long written in small and neat Shi- var Karrus, states that the work was finished 5J ; kastah-amiz, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled on the 12th of Rabi' I., A.H. 1241. This is margins dated Isfahan, Muharram, A.H. followed by a few additional notices accident- ; 1234 (A.D. 1818). Bound in painted covers, ally omitted, foil. 2016—203a. the inner sides of which apparently represent Foil. 2036—2276 form a separate appendix. the author seated before a prince. It consists of Kasidahs by Nasir B. Khusrau [Nath. Bland.] 'Alavi and by Abu '1-Faraj Riini, fol. 213a, after which come a few pieces by two modern poets, Mirza Abu '1-Kasim Hamadani, fol. Atashkadah, the Tazkirah of Haji Lutf 2146, and Mirza Muh. Taki 'Ali-abadi, fol. 'Ali Beg, poetically surnamed Azur. See 2186. the Persian Catalogue, p. 375a. TAZKIRAHS. 81 The contents have been fully analysed by dates ; but the author appears to have had Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 384, coll. access to rare Divans, from which he makes 262—293. A notice of the author will be considerable extracts. The present MS. seems found in the Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 73, to be either the autograph of the author or a where he is stated to have died A.H. 1195. copy written for him. Some marginal addi- The same date is given in Anjuman i Khakan, tions, foil. 289a and 3836, are accompanied Or. 3390, fol. 108a. by directions as to the place at which they were to be inserted. Copyist: crj^-i ^y, W >1 The following are the poets included ; they are arranged in alphabetical order. 115. Abu '1-Faraj Rum, fol. 16. Hakim Azraki (Zain ud-Dln Abu Bakr) Or. Foil. 417 in. 22 lines, 3386.— ; 12J by 8 ; Haravi, fol. 24a. 5f in. long ; written in four columns in Hakim Anvari (Auhad ud-Din), of Abivard, legible Neskhi before A.H. 1253 (A.D. 1837). [Sidney Churchill.] fol. 41a. Ustad Asadi Tusi, fol. 65a. A Tazkirah of ancient poets, from the Shaikh Auhadi, of Maraghah, fol. 666. earliest times to the ninth century of the Hijrah, with extensive extracts from their Abu 'l-'Ala Ganjavi, fol. 72a. works ; without preface or author's name. Sayyid Hasan Ashraf al-Husaini Ghaznini, fol. 726. At the beginning is a table of the poets Sayyid Hasan Ashrafi (Mu'in ud-Din), of included, with the following heading : ^UjI Samarkand, fol. 78a. Asir ud-Din Akhsikati, fol. 796. Prom this it appears that Asir ud-Din Aumani ('Abdullah), of Hama- the MS. contains only the first Tabakah of diin, fol. 826. * the first Silsilah of a vast compilation. Mr. Churchill states that a MS. belonging to Imami Haravi, fol. 84a. Sipihr, of Teheran, and containing, besides Bina'i Haravi, fol. 846. the above Tabakah, two Silsilahs treating of 'Abd ul-Vasi' Jabali, of Gharjistan, fol. 855. later and contemporary poets, is endorsed Jamal ud-Din 'Abd ur-Razzak, of Isfahan, " Tazkirah i Darvlsh Nava." This Nava is fol. 926. mentioned in Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., Amir Husaini Sadat (Husain B. 'Ali), of p. 527, among contemporary poets, as a Ghiir, fol. 98«. native of Kashiin, properly called Darvlsh Hafiz Shirazi, fol. 1036. Husain, who took up his abode in Tabriz, and left at his death a Tazkirah without Afzal ud-Din Khakani (Ibrahim B. 'Ali) Shir- preface or epilogue. Nava must have died vani, fol. 108a. before A.H. 1288, the date of the Majma' ul- Sayyid Zu'l-fakar (Kiviim ud-Din Husain) Fusaha. His Tazkirah is also mentioned in Shirvani, fol. 1196. the preface of the same work among its Ustad Rudagi (Abu '1-Hasan), fol. 1216. sources. Razi ud-Din, of Naishapur, fol. 126a. The biographical notices are short, mostly Rashid Vatvat (Rashid ud-Din Muh.), of abridged from Daulatskah, and devoid of Balkh, fol. 139a. M 82 BIOGRAPHY. Hakim Sana'i Ghaznavi, fol. 158J. 116. Suzani (Abu '1-Fazl Shams ud-Din Mull.), of Or. 3589.—Foil. 409 in. by 9 ; 25 lines, Samarkand, fol. 1776. ; 14f 5J in. long ; written in cursive Indian Nes- Saif ud-Din, of Isfarang, fol. 1816. talik, apparently early in the 19th century. Shaikh Sa'di Shlrazi, fol. 184a, Sharaf ud-Din Shufurvah (Fazl-ullah), of I. Foil. 3—348. J6&\ ho'b*. Isfahan, fol. 1946. Ivhulasat ul-Afkar ; a Tazkirah of Persian Shihab ud-Din Adlb Sabir, of Bukhara, fol. poets, from the earliest period to the author's 1976. time, by Abu Talib B. Haji Muhammad Zahlr Fariyabi, fol. 206a. Tabrizi Isfahani, Abu'l-Kasim Hasan B. Ahmad 'Unsuri, fol. Beg. J& jjlHi'-V jtiU* j ^U, jjii, Ji 214a. 'Asjadi ('Abd ul-'Aziz B. Mansur), of Marv Shahijan, fol. 2346. d-*s? Shaikh Farid ud-Din 'Attar, fol. 247a. Firdausi (Hasan B. Ishak), fol. 253a. The work has been described, from a very Abu Nizam Jalal ud-Din Muh. Falaki, of imperfect copy, in the Persian Catalogue, ShamSkhi, fol. 2836. p. 3786. See also Bland, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. ix., 153 58 Ustad Farrukhi, of Tirmiz, fol. 289a. pp. — ; Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 163 ; and Farid ud-Din Ahval, of Isfahan, ib. Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 391, where Hakim Kataran B. Mansur, of Tirmid, fol. the contents are fully analyzed. It was 2956./ commenced in Calcutta, A.H. 1206, when Kamal ud-Din Isma'il, of Isfahan, fol. 309a. the author was forty years of age, and Kisa'i (Majd ud-Din Abu Ishak), of Marv finished A.H. 1207. It is dedicated to Asaf Shahijan, fol. 3196. ud-Daulah, and divided into a Mukaddimah, Lami'i, of Jurjan, fol. 321a. 28 Hadikahs, a Zail and a Kkatimah. The contents are as follows : Minuchihri Shast Gallah, of Balkh, fol. 3276. Maulana Jalal ud-Din Rumi, fol. 331a. The author's Preface (analyzed by Bland, I.e., p. 154, and partly given in the original Khwajah Majd ud-Din Hamgar, fol. 343a. text by Sprenger, I.e.), fol. 46. Amir Mu'izzi, fol. 351a. Mukaddimah. Essay on Persian poetry and Mukhtari ('Usman), of Ghaznin, fol. 361a. on the rules to be observed in the compila- Mas'ud Sa'd Salman, of Jurjan, fol. 371a. tion of Tazkirahs (analyzed by Bland, I.e., Mujlr Bailakani, fol. 3866. p. 155), fol. 56. Table of contents, fol. 8a. Niisir i Khusrau (Hujjat), fol. 390a. Notices of 310 poets arranged under the Shaikh Nizami, of Ganjah, foil. 411a—417a. twenty-eight letters of the alphabet, from Some verses scribbled at the end of the Abu Sa'id Abu '1-Khair to Muh. Yusuf Jar- last notice and on the fly-leaf bear dates badakani (fully stated by Ethe, I.e., coll. ranging from A.H. 1253 to 1287. 302—312), fol. 106. ; TAZKIRAHS. S3 Zail. Notices of 159 poets omitted in the preceding section, from Adham Kiishi to <-s£y '-r^* ^i^' y?l jJj Yahya Uzbek (Ethe, coll. 312—14), fol. 2916. In the preface the author gives some Khatimah. Twenty-three notices relating account of his life. Having left home in his to the author's friends and to the author boyhood, he attached himself to the "late" himself (Ethe, coll. 314-15), fol. 305a. Navvab 'Izzat ud-Daulah Mirza Hasan Suh- The author's treatises on ethics, fol. 323a rab Jang, son of Mirza Muhsin, elder brother music, fol. 325a prosody and rhyme, fol. ; of Safdar Jang, and with his consent entered 3266 ; and medicine, fol. 331a. the service of Navvab Zu '1-Fakar ud-Daulah II. Foil. Mirza Najaf Khan in the imperial Eisalah 348a—4046. U5 S-*5 under Shah 'Alam. During the troubled A manual of history, written by the same period and general dispersion which followed Abu Talib Khan, A.H. 1208, also dedicated the death of Najaf Khan (A.H. 1196), he to Asaf ud-Daulah. See the Persian Cata- associated with natives of Khorasan, Irak logue, p. 8956. and Fars, and began to eagerly collect poems Beg. o>«j . . . ill jji J\J>- U yjjiUl uj, from every source. These he was subse- quently advised by his master, Mirza Muh. Hasan Katil.to bring together into a iWluJjA* ^^ilt" (ji&iU* (_>i,*J Tazkirah arranged in alphabetical order. The result was the present work, which he compiled at The work is divided into four Babs, sub- the age of fifty-four and completed, as stated divided into Furu', the contents of which in a chronogram at the end, A.H. 1218. have been described by Bland, I.e., p. 157, To the copious list of authorities included and by Elliot, History of India, vol. viii., in the preface, and given by Sprenger, Oude pp. 298—300. In this copy the work ends Catalogue, p. 146, we can add,' from the with the sketch of the kings of Kashmir. present copy, Nafa'is ul-Ma'asir by Mir 'Ala ud-Daulah(Oude Catalogue, p. 46) and the oral 117. communications of Mirza Katil and others. The Makhzan ul-Ghara'ib is mentioned in Or. 4610.—Foil. 530; 14fin.by9J; 25 lines, the Persian Catalogue, p. 10156. Its con- 6| in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with tents, consisting of 3148 notices, have been 'ITnvan and ruled margins, in the first half stated with meritorious fulness and accuracy of the 19th century. [Sidney Churchill.] by Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 395, coll. 316—396. Makh zan ul-Grhara'ib, the most compre- An alphabetical index of names, with hensive Tazkirah references to the folios of the present copy, ever written ; compiled by occupies fourteen Ahmad 'Ali Hashimi Sandilahi, son of Shaikh leaves at the beginning. Ghulam Muhammad B. Maulavi Muhammad A note written on the first page shows that Haji. the MS. was bought in Haidarabad, A.H. 1247. In A.H. 1275 it was purchased in Beg. J3l j ^Uja hUN < J>s Kerbela by a Persian prince, Nur ucl-Dln, . . . . el*—J.jjjlji- icij y^ly 1 oiib son of Bad! uz-Zaman Mirza (see fol. 16a). M 2 84 BIOGRAPHY. 118. Persian Catalogue, p. 2006, and Morley's Catalogue, nos. 154-55). In the Tazkirah i Or. 2877.— Foil. ISO: llin.byC^; 151ines, Muhammad Shahi, written A.H. 1247, he is 4 in. long ; written in neat Shikastah-iirniz, spoken of as still holding the office of Vaka'i' with'Onvan and gold-ruled margins. Bound Nigar. Zinat ul-Mada'ih is one of the sources in painted and glazed covers. of Majma' ul-Fusaha ; see preface, p. 6. [Sidney Chukchill.] In the preface, which is chiefly taken up with a wordy panegyric on Fath 'Ali Shah, the author says that the work comprises A collection of poems in praise of Fath poems composed from His Majesty's acces- 'Ali Shah, with notices of their authors, by sion to the seventh year of his reign (A.H. Muhammad Sadik Marvazi, poetically sur- 1218). It was compiled by order of the named Huma. Shah, who gave it the above title, and Beg- up* j!& LrjjX y Lfl consists of four parts, respectively called Arayish, Piriiyah I., Pirayah II., and Zivar. Contents : Arayish. Poems of Fath 'Ali Shah, fol. la. Pirayah L Notices and com- positions of the following Court poets, ar- ranged in alphabetical order, with the excep- tion of the Malik ush-Shu'ara, who takes precedence : Saba Fath 'Ali Khan, of Kashan, From the notice of the author's life with Malik ush-Shu'ara, fol. 18a. Ilazl, son of which the work concludes, we learn that he Mirza Muh. Shafi', Mustaufi of Azerbaijan, was born and educated in Merv Shahijan. fol. 976. Sahab, Sayyid Muh., son of Hatif, When that place was laid waste by the of Isfahan, fol. 1066. Sabiir, Mirza Ahmad, Uzbeks, he repaired to Kerbela and Najaf, nephew of Fath 'Ali Khan, fol. 120*. Maftiln, and thence to Kashan, where he studied 'Abd ur-Razzak Beg, son of Najaf Kuli Khan poetry under Sabahi (d. A.H. 1206). A Dunbuli, fol. 134a. Nashaf, 'Abd ul-Vahhab, history of the Kajar Dynasty, which he Kalantar of Isfahan, fol. 136a. Pirayah II. wrote under the title of Ta'rikh i Jahan-ara, Compositions of other poets, namely Bazmi, brought him to the notice of Fath 'Ali Shah, Sayyid Sadik, of Bidgul, Kashan, fol. 152a. who appointed him Court Chronicler, Khavari, Ma'siim, of Kuzah-kunan, Tabriz, fol. 153a. Sharar, Husain 'Ali Beg, son of jKi. When the Shah set out on his cam- Lutf 'Ali Beg Azur, fol. 158a. Sabahi, paign against the Goklan in Kkorasan, he Sulaiman, of Bidgul, fol. 160a. Ma'il, Muh. left the author behind with the task of 'Ali, son of Muh. Kazim, Mustaufi, fol. 1626. compiling the present work. Mijmar, Sayyid Husain, of Isfahan, fol. 1646. Notices of Huma in Nigaristan i Dara, Zivar. Life and poems of the author, Or. 3508, fol. 137; Anjuman i Khakan, fol. 1666. Or. 3390, fol. 105 ; and in the Majma* ul- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 572, do not give the The introductory notices, prefixed to most date of his death. It must have taken place of the poems, and showing on what occasion after A.H. 1233, the year to which the they were composed, are of some historical Ta'rikh i Jahan-ara is brought down (see the interest. : : TAZKIRAHS. 85 119. Hadikah. Poems of the author, slightly imperfect at the end, fol. 2076. Or. 3399.—Foil. 221 ; 11 in. by 7; 15 lines, 4f in. long ; written in fair Shikastah-amiz, with silver-ruled margins, in the 19th cen- 120. tury. in painted and glazed covers. Bound Or. Foil. 204 111 in. lines, 3390.— ; by 7f ; 17 [Sidney Churchill.] 4J in. long; written in fair Shikastak-amiz, with gold-ruled margins, A.H. 1234 (A.D. 1819). [Sidney Churchill.] A sequel to the preceding work, by the same author. Beg. j^b gl j& jj b Tazkirah of the poets who lived in the ^ib ^.j+'tZ n*s> reign of Fath 'Ali Shah, by Muhammad Fazil, poetically surnamed Ravi. Beg. pli ab ^U; -jj ^bU- i_-oj j,ib lIoJJ ^jT ^ w^2\ K»J*oj J^bs^' SJ^- ±Ji ^J, The author tells us in the last chapter that It is designated in the preface as the he belonged to the Turcoman tribe called second volume of the work, and contains Bayandari, and was born in Karrtis, a district further pieces of the same poets and com- of Hamadan, A.H. 1198. Having lost his positions of a few new ones. It was compiled, father A.H. 1214, he repaired to Teheran as stated fol. 208a, A.H. 1223, and is divided and studied poetry under the Malik ush- into five parts termed Minu, Ghurfah, Rau- Shu'ara Fath 'Ali Khan. His master recom- zah I., Rauzah II., and Hadikah. The con- mended him to the Shah, who made him his tents are as follows favourite and reciter of his verses. See Minu. Poems of Path 'AH Shah, fol. 46. Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 142, where it Ghurfah. Poems of Shahzadah Muhammad is stated that he died A.H. 1252, and Taz- 'Ali Mirza, the eldest son of the Shah, kirah i Dara, Or. 3508, fol. 926. poetically surnamed Daulat (died A.H. 1237), In the preface the author says that Fath fol. 116. Rauzah I., divided into seven 'Ali Shah had long desired to see the compo- Gulbuns. Poems of the following seven sitions of the poets of his time collected into Court poets : Saba, fol. 225. Razi, fol. 89a. one volume, that the task had been under- Sahab, fol. 92a. Sabiir, fol. 1276. Mijmar, taken by some scholars, who had failed to fol. 144a. Nashat, fol. 176a. Arabic Kasi- carry it out, and was ultimately, A.H. 1234, dah by Mirza Muh. Husain, son of Mirza committed to himself. The Anjuman i Kha- Muh. Kazim Mustaufi, fol. 182a. kan is one of the sources of Majma' ul- Rauzah II., in six Gulbuns. Poems of six Fusaha. The author is mentioned as still other poets, viz., Earif, Abu'l-Hasan, of alive, A.H. 1247, in Tazkirah i Muhammad Jandak, fol. 1 836. Khavari, Ma'suin, fol. Shahi, fol. 1876. 186a, Sahib, daughter of Shahbaz Khan The work consists of four sections, Dunbuli, fol. 1936. Farrukh, Khanlar, son called Anjuman, and a Khatimah, with the of 'Ali Murad Khan Zand, fol. 195a. Nashati, following contents 'Abbas, of Hazarjarib, fol. 197a. NUHk, Sadik of Isfahan, fol. 201a. Anjuman I. ^&\ JS\ j J\y*\ j\ tir 86 BIOGRAPHY. jUiSl (jj^ji account of the prede- Riza, fol. 89a, Mail, Muh. 'Ali, fol. 896. J^-j^r'- An cessors of Path 'AH Shah, and of his reign, Munis, Muh. Riza, fol. 90a. Mahrum, Aka with some specimens of his poetry, fol. 36. Husain 'Ali, fol. 90a. Muhlt, Ma'sum B. 'Isa, fol. 906. Manzur, Muh. Ibrahim, fol. 916. Anjuman II. Notices of the following royal Muster, Abu '1-Kasim Farahani, fol. 92a, princes and Khans : Muhammad 'Ali Mirza Nashat, 'Abd ul-Vahkab al-Musavi, fol. 94a. Daulat, fol. 256. Muhammad Kuli Mirza, Nadim, Muh. of Barfurush, fol. 101a. Nasr- Khusravi, fol. 29a. Husain 'Ali Mirza, Far- ullah Khan, fol. 101a. Nashati, 'Abbas of man-farma, fol. 296. Mull. Taki Mirza Shau- Hazarjarib, fol. 1016. Nusrat, Sultan usarn H > kat, fol. 30a. 'Ali Shah, fol. 306. Shaikh ib. Vafu, Husain Farahani, fol. 1036. Vafa'i, 'Ali Mirza Shupur, fol. 316. 'Abdullah Mirza 'Abdullah Beg of Tafrlsh, fol. 104a. Huma, Bard, fol. 32a. Imam-virdi Mirza, fol. 33a. Muh. Sadik, fol. 105a. Mahmud Mirza, fol. 336. Muh. Riza Mirza Afsar, fol. 346. Haidar Kuli Mirza Khavar, Anjuman IV. Notices of a hundred and fol. 356. Humayiin Mirza Hishmat, fol. 36a. twenty other poets, in alphabetical order, Zahir ud-Daulah Ibrahim Khan Tughrul, fol. from Amur, Lutf 'Ali Beg to Yaghma of 366. Muh. Kasim Khan, Shaukat, fol. 37a. Jandak, fol. 1076. A table of contents is Sulaiman Khan 'Izzat, fol. 376. Allahyiir prefixed, fol. 107a. Khan, Ilujib, fol. 38a, Khatimah. Life and poems of the author, Anjuman III. Notices of the following fol. 2016. thirty-nine Court poets : Binava, Da'ud B. Mahdi at-Tusi, fol. 396. Bandah, Mirza 121. Muh. Razi, fol. 406. Bismii, Aka 'Ali Akbar, Or. 3553.—Foil, 60 ; 11 in. by 7$; 15 lines, fol. 416. Buki, a Sayyid of Isfahan, fol. 42a. in. written in large Nestalik, with 4J long ; Bidil, Muh. Rahlm, fol. 426. Mirza Buzurg ruled margins ; dated 28 Rabi' I., A.H. 1239 Mu'taman ud-Daulah, fol. 436. Parvanah, (A.D. 1823). [Sidney Churchill.] Mirza Ahmad, fol. 46a. Hasrat, 'Ali, fol. 47a. Husain, of Sari, fol. 476. Khavar, Mahmud Khan, fol. 48a. Khavari, Sayyid Notices of forty-eight sons of Fath 'Ali Fazl-ullah of Shiraz, fol. 526. Sahub, Sayyid Shah, with specimens of their poetry, by Muh., son of Hatif, fol. 556. Sultuni, Riza one of them, Mahmud Mirza (see above, Kuli of Nava, fol. 62a. Sakha, Muh. Zaman, no. 70). fol. 626. Shihnah, Muh. Mahdi Khan, fol. ^IsLa 63a, Saba, Path 'Ali Khan, fol. 63a. Sahib Beg. ijdj+z? i_^isuj i_y>\^> Muh, Taki Mazandarani, fol. 786. Sabiir, Ahmad, nephew of Fath 'Ali Khan, fol. 79a. Tarab, Mirza Yiisuf Shaikh ul-Islam, fol. 80a. The work was compiled, as stated in the Tahir, Hasan Khun, fol. 806. Zarif, Muh. preface, by order of the Shah, A.H. 1236. Hasan, fol. 82a. 'Ishrat, Muh. Mahdi al- The preface includes a Kasidah in praise of Husaini, fol. 826. Farrukh, Muh. Hasan the Shah, concluding with the following Khan, son of 'Ali Murad Khan, fol. 83a. chronogram for the date of composition, Fikrat, Sayyid M'mat-ullah, fol. 836. Kau- which gives only 1235. kab, 'Abd ul-'Ali, fol. 84a. Maftiin, 'Abd ur- Razzak Beg, fol. 85a. Mijmar, Sayyid Ardistan, fol. 856, Mansur, Husain of Muh. ^J-*^* t^~~^ ; : ; ; ; TAZKIRAHS. 85* Contents : Preface, fol. 16. Glories of the The author, who mentions in the preface Shah's reign and number of his children, his proficiency in various sciences and in the fol. 6a. His poems, fol. 80. Notices of the art of calligraphy, gives the following list of following 47 sons of Fath 'Ali Shah, with his works : specimens of their verses : fol. Muh. 'Ali, Safinat ul-Mahmud (the present work) 106; Muh. Kuli, fol. 136. Muh. Vali, fol. iy^^ on the life and miracles of the 15a; 'Abbas, fol. 166; Husain 'Ali, fol. 186; Prophet Hasan 'Ali, fol. 196; Muh. Taki, fol. 206; 'Ali Kuli, fol. 226; Shaikh 'Ali, fol. 236; cif^? f^zM, a biographical account of the 'Ali fol. Khan, 246; 'Abdullah, fol. 266 ; sons of Fath 'Ali Shah (no. 121) Imam-virdi, fol. 30a; Muh. Riza, fol. 31a; Oj*sr*^ yjatf , on the lives and miracles of Haidar Kuli, fol. 326 ; Humayim, fol. 34a ; saints ; Allah-virdi, fol. 36a; Ismail, fol. 37a; Ahmad »'j &y^?, containing anecdotes and moral 'Ali, fol. 376 ; 'Ali Riza, Kaikubad, fol. 396 precepts ; a Risiilah on the true dreams Bahram, fol. ; 406 ; Shahpur, fol. 41a Malik and prognostics of Fath 'Ali Shah Kasim, fol. ; 416; Minuchihr, Hurmuz, fol. 42 ; Iraj, Kaika'us, fol. 43 ; Shahkuli, Muh. Mahdi, ^-aj, advice to his son Mas'fid Mirza; fol. 44; Kaikhusrau, Kayumars, fol. 45; Jahan- his poetical compositions ; and shah, fol. 46 ; Sulaiman, fol. 47 ; Fath-ullah, Malik fol. (see Or. 3552). Mansur, 48 ; Bahman, fol. 49 J+> Sultan Muh., Sultan Salim, fol. 50 ; Sultan The preface concludes with a piece of verse Mustafa, Sultan Ibrahim, fol. 51 Saif-ullah, ; at the end of which is a chronogram for the fol. 52 ; Yahya, Zakariyya, Muh. Amin, fol. date of composition, A.H. 1235 : 53 ; Sultan Hamzah, Sultan Ahmad, Tah- muras, fol. 54. Six sons of Husain Kuli Khan, brother of Fath 'Ali Shah, fol. 55. Majma' i Mahmud is the specific title given Memoir of the author and his poems, foil. by the author to his Safinah, fol. 36 : jujjLj 57a 64. — Out £v<*^ * A second and later preface begins, fol. 46, 122. follows : ^Iji-U as Jt) j^j C>b^=-^« ^=-5 >jW ^Kolye. There the author states that Or. 3545.—Foil. 299 ; 10| in. by 6} ; 21 lines, Si in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with in A.H. 1240 he received the sovereign's com- an 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, probably mands to compile an account of contemporary about the middle of the 19th century. Bound poets, several works previously written on in painted covers. [Sidney Chukchill.] that subject having failed to satisfy the fas- tidious taste of the Shah; and that the latter gave to the book, even before its completion, A Tazkirah containing notices and select the name of Safinat ul-Mahmud. the compositions of poets of Fath 'Ali Shah's The work is divided into four parts called reign, by Mahmud Mirza, author of the pre- Majlis, viz. ceding work. I. Lives and poems of the Shah and of the Beg. Ob JJ-J.l (.Uj j-Ijj Jjl royal princes, fol. 66. II. The Vazirs and great office-holders, 88 BIOGRAPHY. is namely, Nashat, fol. 246 ; Mirza Buzurg, fol. task. Hence the present work, which fol. ; Farrukh, fol. 476. divided into five parts called Nigarkhanah, 33a ; Saba, 335 and or Aivan, as follows : III. Poets of Iran, in the following five speci- sections, termed Martabah, in each of which I. History of Fath 'Ali Shah and the notices are arranged according to the mens of his poetry, fol. 26. notices, Abjad : 1. Irak, about two hundred II. Royal princes and noble Amirs, ar- fol. 496. 2. Fars, 33 notices, fol. 198a. ranged according to the date of their birth, fol. 2236. 4. Gilan 3. Khorasan, 36 notices, fol. 5a. These are the sons, grandsons and Tabaristan, 32 notices, fol. 243a. 5. Azar- and nephews, of Fath 'Ali Shah, as follows : baijan, 18 notices, fol. 257a. At the begin- Daulat, Muh. 'Ali Mirza. Rhusram, Muh. ning of each Martabah is a table of the poets Kuli Mirza. Shanked, Muh. Taki Mirza. it includes. 'Mil, 'Ali Shah. Tola, 'Alikuli Mirza. IV. Life and select compositions of the Shapiir, Shaikh 'Ali Mirza, Dura, 'Abdullah author, fol. 274a. Mirza. Imam-virdi Mirza. Mahmud Mirza. Humayun Mirza. Khtivar, Haidar Kuli Mirza, Safinat ul-Mahmud is one of the sources Baiza, Allah-virdi Mirza. Jahan, Jahanshah of the Majma' ul-Fusaha, as mentioned in Mirza. Ahmad, Ahmad 'Ali Mirza. Hish- the preface. mat, Muh. Husain Mirza. Suriir, Tahmasp 123. Mirza. Ziya, Nazar 'Ali Mirza. Tvghrul, Zahir ud-Daulah Ibrahim Khan. Shaul-at, in. 23 lines, Or. 3508.—Foil. 212 ; 12 by 7 ; Muh. Kasim Khan. 'Izzat, Sulaiman Khan. 4o in. long ; written in minute and elegant Eujib, Allahyar Khan. Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, III. Favourites of the Shah and of the in the 19th century. Bound in painted and princes, men of letters, Vazirs and other glazed covers. [Sidney Churchill.] officials, fol. 84. Saba, Fath 'Ali Khan, heads the list as Malik ush-Shu'ara, with extensive extracts from his poems, fol. 9b. A Tazkirah of the poets who lived in the The others are arranged in the alphabetical time of Fath 'Ali Shah, by 'Abd ur-Razzak order of their names or takhallus, as follows : B. Najafkuli. Abu'l-Kasim, Sayyid ul-Vuzara, fol. 71a, Beg. J3~,j\y Oj\> 3 \Ja ^JSi }}> Abu '1-Kasim Hamadani, fol. 806. Ibrahim Munshi, of Tabriz, fol. 81a. Ashraf, 'Ali Ashraf of Azarba'ijan, fol. 816. The author's historical work, Ma'agir i Sultaniyyah, nos. 68-69, has been mentioned Ishrak, Mirza Muh., of Burujird, fol. 826. above. The present work was written A.H. TJmnud, Abu '1-Hasan Khan, of Nuhavand, ib. 1241. The preface gives an account of a Bandah, Muh. Razi B. Muh. Shafi', fol. 83a. meeting which took place in that year in Bidil, Muh. RahTm, fol. 84a. Sultaniyyah, between Fath 'Ali Shah and his Bismil, 'Ali Akbar, fol. 866. son, the Na'ib us-Saltanah 'Abbas Mirza. Chdhar, Hasan 'Ali Khan, ib. The former having expressed a desire for the 'Ali Beg, fol. 87a. compilation of a Tazkirah comprising the Hali, Fath poets of the period, the prince pointed out Easrat, Muh. Taki, fol. 88a. the author as a competent person for the Mulla Hasan, master of MahmudMirza, fol. 886. . TAZKIRAHS. 89 Mirza Husain B. Mirza Kazim Mustaufi, Nashat, 'Abd ul-Vahhab, of Isfahan, fol. 1246. fol. 89a. Nadim, Muh., of Barfurush, fol. 1286. Mulla Husain Silravi Kazi 'Askar, ib. Nashuti, 'Abbas, of Hazarjarib, ib. Mirza Husain, of Kuzahkunan, ib. Nnsrat, Sultan Husain Beg, of Talish, ' Khavar, Mahmud Khiin Dunbuli, fol. 896. fol. 129a. Khavari, Fazl-ullah Shirfizi, fol. 91a. Nava'i, Muh. Taki B. Riza Kuli, ib. Ravi, Muh. Fazil, fol. 926. Vafa, Muh. Husain Husaini, ib. Sarshar, Najafkuli Khan, fol. 936. Vafa'i, 'Abdullah Beg, of Tafrish, fol. 137a. Sipihr, Aka Muh. Taki, of Kashan, fol. 95a. Hurna, Muh. Sadik, of Merv, fol. 1876. Sahab, Sayyid Muh., of Isfahan, fol. 956. IV. Notices of about 120 other poets, also Sakha, Muh. Zaman Khan, fol. 1006. in alphabetical order, beginning with Azad, Sbihnah, Muh. Mahdi Khiin, ib. Mirza Muh. 'Ali, of Kashmir, and ending with Shi/a, Mulla Riza, of Tabriz, ib. Yaghma, Abu 'l-Hasan, of Jandak, fol. 140a. Sahib, Muh. Taki B. Mirza Zaki, 'Aliyabadi, fol. 105a. V. Life and poems of the author, fol. 1806. Sabur, Ahmad, nephew of Fath 'Ali Khan, Appendix. Notice of 'Andal/b^iuh. Husain fol. 106a. Kashi, son and successor of the Malik ush- Safa'i, Ahmad B. Mulla Mahdi Naraki, Shu'ara, fol. 209a. fol. 108a. The work is mentioned in the preface of Sadra, Sadr ud-Din Muh. Tabrizi, fol. 1086. Majma' ul-Fusaha, p. 6, as %S& Tiiti, Abu '1-Fath Khan, ib. Td'ir, Hasan Khan, fol. 109a. Tarab, Muh. Yusuf, brother of Abu '1-Kasim of Karmanshahan, ib. 124. l Ishrat, Mahdi Farahani, ib. Or. 3250.— Foil. 224; 14in.by8i; 21 lines, Mirza Buzurg, 'Isa B. Hasan Farahani, 5J in. long ; written in fair Nestalik with fol. 110a. 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins for Aka 'Ali, Mahram i Harim i Shahinshahi, A.H. 1257 'Aziz, Yusuf Beg, of Lahijan, fol. 1106. (A.D. 1841). [Sid.net Churchill] Farrulch, Muh. Hasan Khan, fol. 1116. Fihrat, Sayyid Ni'mat-ullah, of Larijan, ib. JkU> J^s-* a/Jo Kdbil, Husain 'Ali Khan, ib. A Tazkirah of Persian poets, by Bahman Kausar, Mulla Riza, ib. Mirza, son of Na'ib us-Saltanah 'Abbas Eauliab, 'Abd ul-'Ali B. Muhsin Yazdi, Mirza. fol. 112a. Beg. i_)U/ j» C^>.j . . tjaWl ^ jl) sji Ma'il, Muh. 'Ali, of Shiraz, ib. Mijmar, Sayyid Husain, of Ardistan, fol. 120a. Manstir, Muh. Riza, of Isfahan, fol. 123a. Manzur, Ibrahim, of Shiraz, fol. 1236. After a panegyric on the reigning sove- Mahram, Aka Husain 'Ali Afshar, fol. 124a. reign, Fath 'Ali Shah, and on the Na'ib Munis, Muh. Rizii, of Barfurush, ib. us-Saltanah, the author says that he was N ; : 90 BIOGRAPHY. residing in Ardabil, to the government of Rishtah III. Contemporary poets, also in which he had been appointed by his father, alphabetical order, as follows when he was invited by his elder brother, Abu'l-Kasim B. 'Isa Farahani, Ka im Makam, Muhammad Shah, to join him, and, at his fol. 179a. request, the present compiled work. The Ashraf, of Tabuh, Azarbaijan, fol. 182a. date of composition, A.H. 1247, is conveyed Asad-ullah Khan B. Haji Ibrahim Khan. by this chronogram : Efendi, Husain Kuli Khan, fol. 1826. Azad, Mirza Muh. 'Ali, of Kashmir. Akbar, Mirza 'Ali Akbar, of Isfahan. Akhtar, Ahmad Beg, of Gurjistan. Asir, Muh. Husain, of Tabriz, fol. 183a. Binava, Mirza Da'ud, of Khorasan. It is stated at the end that the work was Bandah, Muh. Razi, of Tabriz. completed A.H. 1249. Mr. Churchill states Rahim Tabib. in a letter that Bahman Mirza subsequently Bidil, Muh. fled to the Caucasus and died there a few Baki, Sayyid 'Abd ul-Baki, of Isfahan. years ago. Bidil, Muh. Amin Khan, fol. 1836. The work is divided into three parts called Mirza Taki, Tabib. Rishtah, and a table of all the poets noticed Mirza Husain B. Mirza Kazim Mustaufi. is found at the end of the preface, foil. 3-4. Mirza Husain, of Kuzahkunan. The contents are as follows : Hasrat, Muh. Taki, of Hamadan. Rishtah I. Notices of about 150 poets of the Harif, Sayyid Abu '1-Hasan, of Jandak. past, i.e. from the earliest times to the end Mulla Husain 'Ali, of Kazvin, fol. 184a. of the twelfth century of the Hijrah, arranged Mulla Hasan, of Nuhavand. in alphabetical order, fol. 4a. A few Arabic Fazl-ullah, of Shiraz. verses by 'Ali B. Abi Talib are prefixed. Khavari, Sayyid The alphabetical series begins with Asadi Khurram, of Azarbaijan. and ends with Yamini, a Sayyid of Kashan. Zarrah, 'Abd ul-Ghani, of Tafrish, fol. 1846. The notices are short, and too much space is Ravi, Fazil Khan, fol. 1876. taken up by extensive extracts from such Riza., son of Mirza Razi Tabrizi, fol. 188a. well-known poets as Hafiz, Sa'di, Maulana Sarshar, Najaf Kuli Khan. Rumi, Firdausi and Nizami. Sahab, Haji Sayyid Muh., of Isfahan. Rishtah II. History of the Kiljars and of Saghar, Shaikh Muh., of Shiraz, fol. 1886. Fath 'Ali Shah, with specimens of his poetry, fol. 173a. Notices of the following royal Shilmah, Muh. Mahdi Khan, of Mazandaran. : princes Daulat, Muh. 'Ali Mirza ; Ehusravi, Sha'ik, Hadi Beg, of Luristan. Muh. Kuli Mirza Shaukat, Muh. Taki Mirza ; Saba, Fath 'Ali Khan Malik ush-Shu'ara. 'Adil, Zill i Sultan ; Dura, 'Ali Naki Mirza; Safi, Haji Mulla Ahmad, of Narak, fol. 2086. Shu-pur, Shaikh 'Ali Mirza ; Vila, 'Abdullah Sabur, Mirza Ahmad, brother of Fath 'Ali Mirza ; Imam-virdi Mirza ; Mahmud Mirza ; Khan. Malik Kasim Mirza ; Tughrul, Zahir ud- Ibrahim Khalil Daulah Ibrahim Khan ; 115jib, Asaf ud- Tuti, Abu'l-Fath Khan B. Daulah Allabyar Khan, fol. 1766. Khan. TAZKIRAHS. 91 Ta'ir, Hasan Khan, nephew of Haji Ibrahim by Riza Kuli Khan, poetically surnamed Khan. Hidayat. Tabib, Mirza Muh., of Burujird. Beg. (_/?,\i~> j \ Jf?±- j° ^JJ^Z, ^Ijyu 'Isa, Mirza Buzurg, Ka'im Makam, fol- 209a. 'Andalib, Muh. Husain Kban, son of Path 'Ali Khan, fol. 2096. This MS. contains an early recension of the work which was completed 'Ali, Muh. Husain, Kalantar of Shiraz. by the author A.H. 1284, and has been lithographed at 'Ajiz, Khalifah Muh., of Garmrud. Teheran, A.H. 1295. The preface differs Fikrat, Sayyid M'mat-ullah, fol. 211a. from the printed text, and contains a dedi- Fardi, Safar 'Ali Beg Zand. cation to Muhammad Shah, whose accession Kabil, Husain Kuli Khan. is described as a recent event. It concludes Kaugar, Mulla Riza, of Hamadan. with a table of the ancient poets included in Kaukab, Mirza Bakir, of Khorasan. the work, beginning with Abu 'Abdullah Faralavi and ending with Yusuf Ma'il, Muh. 'Ali Mustaufi, fol. 2115. Ghaznavi. The work proper begins, fol. 7a, with the Maftun, 'Abd ur-Razzak Beg Dunbuli, notice of the former, and breaks off in the fol. 2126. middle of the extracts from Nizami Ganjavi, Mijmar, Sayyid Husain Muzahhib, of Ardi- the contents corresponding with pp. 65— 639 stan, fol. 213a. of the first volume of the Teheran edition. Muznib, Shaikh Rahim, fol. 2156. Foil. 191—212 are in a Shikastah character, Mansur, Muh. Riza, of Isfahan. which is, according to Mr. Churchill, the hand- JNTashat, Sayyid 'Abd ul-Vahhab, of Isfahan. writing of the author. Nasr-ullah, of Ardabil, fol. 220S. On the first page is a note by Prince 'Abd Nazar Ali, Hakim Bashi, of Kazvln. ul-Husain Kajar, stating that in A.H. 1294 Nava, Darvish Husain, of Kashan, fol. 221a. he received this volume as a gift from Cj^ia- Nasib, Aka Muhammad. d\j apparently the Shah his father. Huma, Mirza Muh. Sadik. Valih, Aka Muh. Kazim, of Isfahan, fol. 2216. The Tazkirah i Muhammadshahi is the last 126. of the sources enumerated in the preface of Or. 3536.—Foil. 146 ; 14 in. by 84 25 lines, Majma' ul-Fusaha, p. 6. ; 6 in. long; written in fair close Neskhi in the latter half of the 19th century. 125. [Sidney Chukchill.] Or. 3524.—Foil. 268 ; 11} in. by 8 ; 24 lines, in. long; written 5£ in fair Nestalik in four Notices of Sufi poets, with copious ex- columns, about A.H. 1250 (A.D. 1835). tracts from their compositions, by Riza Kuli [Sidney Chuechill.] B. Muhammad Hadi, poetically surnamed Hidayat. It begins with a Ruba'i, the first line of An extensive Tazkirah of Persian poets, which is J* j> 4 The prose N 2 : 02 BIOGRAPHY. from his j'is? author's life, with ample extracts begins as follows : 3 tJ^j^ 't'j^ U=^j poetical works, fol. 1406. The author states that he was born in Teheran on the 15th of Muharram, A.H. The author remarks in the preface that 1215, and that his father, Muh. Hadi, who previous writers on the lives of saints, such was treasurer to Aka Muhammad Shah as 'Attar in his Tazkirat ul-Auliya, Jami in Kajar, died in Shiraz, A.H. 1218. He gives his Nafahat ul-Uns, and Nur-ullah Shushtari a full list of his numerous works in prose in his Majalisul-Mu'minin, had confined their and verse, including the three volumes added selections to utterances in prose. This in- to Rauzat us-Safa and the Majma' ul-Fusaha duced him to compile the present collection (which was not completed until A.H. 1284; of the holy men's poetical effusions. The see the preface). dedicated to the reigning sovereign work is At the end is a Masnavi by Mirza Ibrahim Shah. It Abu '1-Muzaffar Sultan Muhammad Kazaruni, takh. Nadiri, in praise of the from the concluding was written, as appears present work. section, fol. 1406, A.H. 1260, when the author was forty-five years old. two Rau- It is divided into one Hadikah, 127. zahs, a Firdaus, and a Khuld, as follows Or. 4511.—Foil. 355 ; 12 in. by 7 ; 23 lines, Hadikah. An introduction treating in six 4j in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, with chapters, termed Gulbun, of Sufism, of the 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, A.H. 1259 mode of life adopted by Sufis, and of the (A.D. 1843). [Sidney Churchill.] conventional terms they use, fol. 46. Rauzah I. ^j>? g}-* ) V ^ Notices of theosophists and holy Shaikhs A collection of poems in praise of Mu'- arranged in alphabeti- who composed verses, tamad ud-Daulah Minuchihr Khan, with cal order, fol. 9a. The notices, a table of notices of their authors, compiled by Mu- which is prefixed, are about 170 in number. hammad 'Ali, poetically surnamed Bahar. They begin with Aba Yazid Bastanii, and end Beg. jjjU tj>>\l»> ij-te with Yusuf Batini Hindi. u^jU j ^ft.:;* <_} Rauzah II. , iUi ft jA. Notices of eminent poets and philosophers who were at mystical inspiration, fol. 62a times under The work was compiled, as stated in the 100 notices, alphabetically arranged, (about introduction, by desire of Minuchihr Khan beginning with Abu 'Ali Sina, and ending (see fol. 376). The author gives at the end with Yahya Lahiji). a short account of his life, from which it son of the late Aka Firdaus. ^.eU-* } ^J>-Xi.^, JU appears that he was a Notices of modern and contemporary Sufi Abu Talib Muzahhib (or illuminator), of taste for study, poets, also alphabetically arranged, about 70 Isfahan, and that, having no trade and to poetry. in number, beginning with Agah Shirazi, and he took to his father's ending with Hamdam Shirazi, fol. 93a. To the present work he prefixed a memoir " " Khuld, or conclusion, being a notice of the of Minuchihr Khan, composed by the late : TAZKIRAHS. 93 Aka ' Ali Eashti, who appears to have written Taraj, Aka Muh. Husain, of Isfahan, fol. 696. it in the lifetime of 'Ali Fath Shah and of Taraj, of Shiraz, fol. 70a. the Ka'ib us-Saltanah 'Abbas Mirza. That Sakib, Muh. Husain, fol. 706. celebrated general was originally brought to Chakar, Sayyid Muh. Hadi, of Kashan, Persia as one of the captives taken by Fath fol. 73a. 'Ali Shah in his Georgian campaign, A.H. Chakar, Muh. Kasim Khan, of Mazandaran, 1219. Having won the favour of the Shah, fol. 74a. he was placed, as Ich-Akasi Bashi, in com- mand of the royal Harem, and subsequently Chakar, Nasr-ullah, of Burujird, fol. 745. sent, with one of the royal princes, to rule Hakim, Muh. Yusuf B. Muh. Husain Nuri, over Gilan. As a reward for distinguished fol. 78a. services in the Russian war, A.H. 1240, lie Khurram, son of Pasha Kasim Khan, of received the title of Mu'tamad ud-Daulah, Kajur, fol. 79a. and was afterwards actively engaged in Khavar, Mahmud Khan, of Azarbaijan, military operations in Fars, Kirmanshahan, fol. 80a. Arabistan, and other parts. The memoir, Khavari, Muh. Bakir, of Herat, fol. 826. which is written in a wordy and stilted style, Khavari, Fazl-ullah, of Shiraz, fol. 876. is brought down by the compiler, fol. 366, to Khadim, Sayyid Isma'il, of Kum. the 20th Rajab, A.H. 1259, when Minuchihr Khan, returning from Court, entered Isfahan, Darya, Lutf-ullah B. Mirza Katrah, fol. 886. the seat of his government. Zauki, Fath-ullah, of Khorasan, fol. 896. Zabihi, Isma'il Mirza Afshar, fol. 99a. The notices, which are mostly rhetorical Riza'i, Muh. Riza, of exercises with a minimum of fact, are accom- Mazandaran, fol. 102a. panied by considerable poetical specimens. Rif'at, Fath-ullah Mirza, son of Muh. 'Ali They relate to the following poets Mirza, fol. 104a, Rushan, Aka Muh. Sadik, fol. 108a. Aka 'Ali Eashti, fol. 38a, Raunak, Muh. Hashim, fol. 109a. Adib, Muh, 'Ali, of Teheran, fol. 39a. Zargar, Aka Muh. Hasan, fol. 110a. Adab, Muh. Taki, of Kirmanshahan, fol. 436. Sima, 'Abd ul-Karim, of Talikhuni, fol. 1106. Ummid, 'Abbas, of Mazandaran, fol. 45a. Saghar, Muh. Ibrahim, of Isfahan, fol. 117a. Akhgar, 'Abd ur-Rashid Khan, fol. 476. Shihab, Nasr-ullah, fol. 118a. Anjuman, Mirza Ishak, of Shiraz, fol. 49a. Shahin, of Kashan, fol. 147a, Afshan, Mirza 'Abdullah, of Furushan, fol. 51a. Shihab, Aka Muh. Tahir, of Isfahan, A'ma, fol. 53a. fol. 148a. Bidil, Haji Muh., of Kirmanshahan, fol. 536. Shurish, fol. 157a. Bash', Aka Muh. Ibrahim, of Isfahan, fol. 55a. Sahib Divan, Mirza Muh. Taki, of 'Aliyiibad, Bismil, Mirza 'Ali Akbar, fol. 57a. fol. 1576. Bahjat, Aka Muh. Bakir, of Isfahan, fol. 576. Saba, Malik ush-Shu'ara Fath 'Ali Khan, Partav, 'Ali Riza, of Lanjan, fol. 586. fol. 159a. Parvanah, Muh. Sadik, of Kum, fol. 606. Safa'i, Mulla Muh., of Isfahan, fol. 160a. Parvanah, Muh. Husain, of Lanjan, fol. 61a. Safa, 'Abd ul-Vasi' B. Muh. 'Ali Vafa, Tishnah, Muh. Taki Khan, fol. 62a. fol. 161a. 94 BIOGRAPHY. Ziya, Mulla Muh. Husain, of Isfahan, Nadim, 'Ali Akbar, brother of Ka'ani, fol. 1626. fol. 3296. Tatar, Muh. Tatar, of Hamadan, fol. 1686. Natik, Muh. Hasan, of the family of Saba, ' 'Andalib, Muh. Husain Khan Malik ush- fol. 3326. Shu'ara, fol. 1696. Nashati Khan, fol. 3356. 'Anka, Muh. Rahhn, of Khorasan, fol. 1726. Visal, Muh. ShafI', of Shiraz, fol. 336a. 'Ali, Haji 'Abd ul-Ghafur, of Isfahan, Vafa, Muh. 'Ali, of Ardistan, fol. 3366. fol. 174a. Hilal, Sayyid Abu Talib, of Kashan, fol. 3376. Ghazal, Muh. Muhsin, of Kirman, fol. 175a. Huma, of Shiraz, fol. 3396. Gha'ib, Aka 'Abbas, of Burujird, fol. 1806. Memoirs and poems of the author, foil. Ghaugha, 'Abdullah, of Mazandaran, fol. 1816. 3466—355. A tabulated index of the lives occupies two pages at the beginning, foil. 1-2. Pida, Muh. Sa'id, of Ardistan, fol. 184a. Furugh, Muh. Munajjim Bashi, fol. 190a. This MS. was apparently the copy pre- sented to Minuchihr Khan, whose portrait is Fida, Muh. Husain, of Isfahan, fol. 202a. found inside the original painted cover. Fana, Mulla 'Ali Lur, of Lanjan, fol. 2036. Faizi, Mirza Ahmad, of Luristan, fol. 225a. Fili, fol. 226a. 128. Ka'ani, Hablb B. Mirza Gulshan, fol. 2266. Or. 4512.—Foil. 357 ; 13} in. by 8 ; 23 lines, Katrah, 'Abd ul-Vahhab, of Isfahan, fol. 231a. 4} in. long ; written in small and neat Kaukab, Muh. Bakir, of Khorasan, fol. 242a. Nestalik ; dated Isfahan, the last day of Muh. Kasim Khan, son of Saba, fol. 249a. Shavval, A.H. 1263 (A.D. 1847). [Sidney Miskin, Muh. 'Ali, of Isfahan, fol. 2616. Churchill.] later Manzar, 'Ali Asghar, fol. 276a. A enlarged edition of tho same work. Mahjub, Aka Haidar 'Ali, of Shiraz, fol. 282a. The historical introduction is brought down from A.H. Muti', of Mazandaran, fol. 2966. 1259 to the death of Minuchihr Khan, which took place on the Mahjur, Husain Kuli Khan, fol. 3046. fifth of Rabi' I., A.H. 1263, foil. 31—35. Mirza Muhammad Khan, brother of Muh. It concludes with a Kasidah in the Khan's Yusuf Hakim, fol. 309a. praise, ending with a chronogram for his Aka Sayyid Muh., of Lanjan, fol. 3106. death. Munshi, Muh. Hasan B. Muh. Nasir, There are nineteen additional notices re- fol. 314a. lating to the following poets : Mirza Muh. Khan, son of Malik ush-Shu'ara, Ashuftah, Haji Muh. Kazim of Shiraz, fol. 446. fol. 317a. Asafi, Muh. Ja'far, son of Safi, fol. 546. Majnun, of Teheran, fol. 319a. Anjum, 'Ali Akbar Khan, fol. 556. Mashrab, Muh. 'Ali, of Na'In, fol. 322a. Tazarv, Faraj-ullah of Azarbaijan, fol. 786. Mazlum, Haji Muh. Hashim, fol. 3226. Hayat, Muh. Mahdi Ka'ini, fol. 876. Mahram, Muh. 'Ali, of Shiraz, fol. 3236. Khadim, of Isfahan, fol. 1016. Mirza Riza Kuli, of Hamadan, fol. 324a. Rakhshan, Yusuf, son of Knyaz Melikof, Naghmah, Riza Kuli, of Mazandaran, fol. 325a. fol. 117a. — TAZKIRAHS. 95 Zari', Aka Rajab Ali of Isfahan, fol. 122&. during the governorship of the late Governor, Ska'ik, Mulla Hasan of Isfahan, fol. 1595. Khusrau Khan, in collecting their select com- Tuba, Sayyid Hasan of Kashan, fol. 180a. positions. But the work was not completed until A.H. after Ghazati, fol. 1935. 1265, the accession of the latter's son, Aman-ullah Khan II., in whose Kudrat, Sayyid Muh. 'Ali of Kashan, fol. 250a. honour he gave it the above title. Kami, Sulaiman, son of Knyaz Melikof, fol. 252a. Khusrau Khan, son and successor of Aman- 3 ullah Khan I., held the Vali-ship of Malik, Muh. Mahdi of Farahan, fol. 2595. Kurdi- stan, as we learn from the present work, from Mazhar, Murtaza Kuli Mirza, fol. 2605. A.H. 1240 to his death, A.H. 1250. His son, Maktum, Hakim, fol. 274a. Aman-ullah Khan II. was appointed to the Mirza Muh. Mahdi of Khui, fol. 2815. same government by Muhammad Shah Kajar, Hijran, Aka Fath Ali B. Muh. Karim Khan, A.H. 1262, at the age of three and twenty ; fol. 344a. was deposed after a year's tenure, and re- instated by Nasir ud-Dln Shah, A.H. 1265. 129. From the autobiography which concludes the present work we learn that the author born in Or. 2943.—Foil. 272 9} in. by ; 14 lines, was Sinandij, where his grandsire, ; 5f his 3 in. long ; written in cursive Nestalik ; dated coming from native city, Hamadan, had 4 Rajab, A.H. 1266 (A.D. 1850). settled, A.H. 1120 (read 1220); that his [Sidney Chuechill.] father, left an orphan at the age of nine, was raised to rank and wealth by the Vail Khus- rau Khan ; and that he (the author) was appointed Munshi Bashi, or Head Secretary, A Tazkirah of the poets of Sinandij, the 1 by Aman-ullah Khan II. Compare Majma' chief town of Persian Kurdistan, by Mirza ul-Fusahii, vol. ii., p. 150. Abdullah B. Muhammad Aka, poetically surnamed Raunak. The work is divided into the following sections : jVil Beg. jUj! j j u^iil ^Uj ejus*. jU."^ Js>j\ Khiyaban. A short account of Sinandij, fol. 95. The author says in his preface that he had Gulban I. Life and poems of Aman-ullah from his childhood devoted himself to the Khan II., with the poetical surname Vali, study of poets, ancient and modern, and fol. 11a. that, having perused three or four Tazkirahs, Gulban II. Notices of poets, thirty-nine in he indignant at finding in no was them record number, in alphabetical order, fol. 295. of the poets of Sinandij. From a desire to Juibar. Notices of two female poets, fol. supply that deficiency, he spent ten years, 221a. from the twentieth to the thirtieth of his age, Guldastah, or Khatimah. Life and poems of the author, fol. 2395. 1 The place commonly called Sinna, and described by Rich in his Narrative of a Residence in Kurdistan, 3 pp. 199 and 208, where its proper name is said to be Aman-ullah. Khan I. was forty-seven years of age when Sinendrij. Rich visited Sinna in 1820 (A.H. 1235). See ib., p. 211. ; 96 BIOGRAPHY. The present copy was written by Nasr- lished by A. von Kremer in the Journal ullah B. Aka Ibrahim Sinandiji for his pater- Asiatique, 1869, i., pp. 105—159. nal uncle Mirza. 'Abdullah Munshi Bashi (the The MS. belonged originally to Capt. Wm. author) one year after the date of compo- Deuce, whose name is written in the Persian sition. character on the fly-leaf. In 1834 it passed into the hands of G. C. Renouard, and in 1868 it was purchased for Kremer in London. Memoirs and Travels. 130. 131. Or. 3203.— Foil. 79; 8J in. by 6; from 13 lines, Or. 4733.— Foil. 357 8£ in. by 5| ; 15 to 18 lines, 4f in. long ; written in cursive ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated Nestalik, early in the 19th century. 3i in. long ; [Keemee, no. 57.] a".H. 1281 (A.D. 1864). [Sidney Chuechill.] ksr-J Life and teachings of the Indian saint Mulla Shah, by his disciple Tavakkul Beg Mir'at ul-Ahval, or Memoirs of Ahmad B. Kulali. Muhammad 'Ali B. Muhammad Bakir al- Ui'jl Beg. \j ^> Bahbahani. This copy agrees with a former MS., Add. 24,052, the contents of which have Oli T <^>>\*±> • \j J$ W (3 j been fully described in the Persian Cata- logue, pp. 385-6. Its various sections begin : Summary of the The author says in the preface that he respectively as follows author, fol. 26. Preface, had become in his sixteenth year a disciple whole work, by the 19a. Matlab II., of Mulla Shah in Kashmir, and had for forty fol. 17a. Matlab I., fol. fol. 36a. Matlab IV., years, with some interruptions, availed him- fol. 266. Matlab III., Matlab V., Maksad 1, fol. 696 self of his teaching. He adds that he had fol. 48a. fol. 234a. recorded in the present memoir only what Maksad 2, fol. 96a; Maksad 3, he had himself witnessed or heard from his Khatimah, fol. 327a. lips. The date of composition, A.H. master's The author's colophon, transcribed at the 1077, is expressed by the above title but, ; end, is dated 'Azimabad (Patna) in the third some accidental slip in the text, Shah- by month of the fifth year of the third decade jahan appears in the preface (instead of of the third century of the second thousand 'Alamgir) as the reigning sovereign. of the Hijrah, i.e. Rabi' I., A.H. 1225. Mulla Shah was born, as stated at the Foil. 69—79 contain in the margins ad- end, A.H. 992, and died in Lahore on the ditional notices by Muh. Sadik B. al-Sayyid eve of the 15th of Safar, A.H. 1072. See Muh. Mahdi B. Amir Sayyid 'Ali, written in also the Persian Catalogue, p. 6906. small Neskhi in the reign of Nasir ud-Din An abstract of the present work was pub- Shah. ; ;; MEMOIRS AND TRAVELS. 07 e 132. Begdili Sh amlu (Lutf Ali Beg), fol. 83a 'Uzri Begclili Shamlu (Ishak Beg), fol. Or. 3523.- Foil. 220 in. 966 ; llf by 7f ; 21 lines, Hatif (Sayyid Ahmad Isfahani), fol. 976; 4 in. long; written in fair Neskhi leaning to Sabahi (Haji SulaimSn), fol. Ilia; Nestalik, in the 19th century. Sahba (Aka Muh. Taki), fol. 1256 ; with [Sidney Churchill.] shorter notices of Tabib, fol. 126a; AsTri, Hajat, i^L-'ij Rafik, Siifi, Tufan, fol. 128 Ghalib, Firibi, Jj^Y) toy? ; Darvish 'Abd ul-Majid, Nashat, fol. 129 Memoirs of 'Abd ur-Razzak B. Najaf Kuli ; Nasib, Niyazi, Hijri. Continuation of the Dunbuli, with notices of his contemporaries. author's life, fol. 130a. Extract from Mahdi Khan Beg. I/ yUU, \iya J gyp SJJjji ^ Simnani's history of the reign of Nadir, fol. 1326. Events after Nadir's death; Zand and Lur dynasties, fol. 1436. War between Azad Khan and Path 'Ali Khan Afshar, fol. The author, three of whose works, Ma'asir 1516. Shiraz under Karim Khan, fol. 1546. Sultaniyyah, a translation of Krusinski, and Continuation of the author's life, fol. 160a. a Tazkirah, have been already mentioned His conversation with friends in a garden (nos. 68, 63, 123), was born, as he states at Shiraz, and conclusion of the memoirs, here, fol. 316, in Khui, A.H. 1176, and was foil. 163a—2196. taken as a boy to Tabriz, where his father resided as Beglerbegi. After the latter's death in A.H. 1199, he repaired to Shiraz 133. and afterwards to Isfahan. Or. 2769.— Foil. in. 200; lOf by 6f ; 11 lines, The present work was written, as stated in. 4} long ; written in fair Nestalik, partly fol. 215*, A.H. 1228, and in another passage, in tabulated form ; dated 11 Rabi' II., A.H. fol. 1316, the author says that he was then 1249 (A.D. 1833]. fifty and some years old. The style is ex- [Presented by Wm Weight.] tremely diffuse and artificial, being half Itinerary of Sayyid 'Izzat-ullah Persian and half Arabic, and largely made through Tibet and Turkistan, up of poetical pieces. A.H. 1227-8. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 982. Contents : Preface, including a panegyric Beg. 13 uSiSl on Path 'Ali Shah, fol. 36. Account of the j\ JjLU Jjuaij j jjli! author's clan, the Dunbulis, and of its eminent men, especially of the author's father, who served with distinction under Nadir and 134. under Muhammad Hasan Khan Kajar, and Or. 4908.— Foil. 10; 9 in. by 7 was confirmed by Karim Khan in the go- ; 12 lines, vernorship of Tabriz, fol. 15a. Birth of the 4^ in. long; written in fair Nestalik about A.D. 1860. author, and his early life, fol. 316. His [Sm Henry Rawlinso.w] arrival at Shiraz ; notices of eminent 'Ulama A personal statement addressed by the in Shiraz and Isfahan, fol. 416. Notices of Raja of Rewari to the Indian Government, the following contemporary poets, with ex- with the object of proving his loyal attitude tensive extracts : Mushtak Isfahani, fol. 69a during the Mutiny, in the hope of being 'Ashik, Aka Muh. Isfahani, fol. 76a ; Azur restored to his former position. —;: 98 COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY. text, differs from that which has been litho- Beg. &XUj*i» ji Jijji W fW* jJ ( graphed at Teheran, A.H. 1264. It breaks off about three pages before the real end of 5Jy n^ax! the work, namely, after the first line of the article on 'tFj B. 'Anak (Wiistenfeld's edition, p. 449, line 24). The volume is copiously illustrated with miniatures, a few of which are whole-page. COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY. For other Persian translations see Pertsch, 135. Berlin Catalogue, no. 345, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 397. in. by 8 ; 25 lines, Or. 4383.—Poll. 183 ; 13J 5 in. long; written on blue-tinted paper in cursive Nestalik, with gold-ruled margins 136. iro, ; dated 17 Shavval, A.H. and miniatures in. by 8 ; 21 lines, Or. 4903.—Foil. 78 ; 11J apparently for 1205 (A.D. 1791). Bound in 5£ in. long; written in small and cursive painted covers. [Wallis Budge.] (A.D. 1834-35). Nestalik ; dated A.H. 1250 [Sir Henry Rawlinson.] " " translated The Wonders of Creation ; work from the Arabic of Zakariyya, B. Muhammad Nuzhat ul-Kulub, a oosmographical latter half of al-Kazvini. See the Persian Catalogue, by Hamd-ullah Mustaufi ; the work, from the beginning of Kism II., p. 462. the a which treats of the geography of Iran, to the Beg. o-y^ J^J A>^J "J**" ^ author's epilogue. The contents correspond with foil. 142 After an Arabic doxology, different from 241 of the complete copy, Add. 16,736, that of the original work, the author's name described in the Persian Catalogue, p. 418. Berlin Cata- is given at the bottom of the first page as For other copies see Pertsch, 347 52, and Ethe, Bodleian *"? w logue, nos. — follows : J>.3j&\ ^ to* ^>Jj as^r Catalogue, nos. 406—412. jikb &L»y_, hLobj s^y. After this there is an extensive lacuna involving the loss of the preliminary chapters. The next three pages 137. contain the Arabic table of chapters (p. 13, Or. 4904.— Foil. 84; 11 in. by 7|; 19 lines, line 21—p. 15 of Wiistenfeld's edition). The Nestalik long ; written in distinct Hj.a» 5J in. text begins, fol. 3a, as follows : J Jj^ dated the last day of Rabi' II., A.H. 1256 J\*tf Jfi>J IftSS^j I^UVj J (A.D. 1840). [Sir Henry Rawlinson.] The same part of Nuzhat ul-Kulub, tran- scribed from the preceding MS., as shown by the following note on the first page " Edward Conolly. Copied at Caubul from August 7, 1840." The translation, which keeps close to the a MS. of Major Rawlinson. — COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY. 9!) 138. I secret virtues of letters and of the names of God, the interpretation of dreams (foil. 59 Or. 4902.—Foil. 392 ; lliin.by7i; 23 lines, 82), traditions relating to the prophets of in. 4J long ; written in distinct ISTestalik, old, and Shi'ah polemics. The work is men- with 'Unvan and red-ruled margins, ap- tioned as one of the sources of Majma' ul- parently in the 17th century. Fusaha (Preface, p. 6). A notice of Jalal [Sie Hbnet Rawmnson.] ud-Din Rumi, prefixed to the Bombay edition of the Masnavi, A.H. 1300, is ascribed to the author. "The Seven Climes;" a geographical work The present volume is by Amin Ahmad Razi, chiefly valuable on the second and last of the work. The first account of the copious biographical notices volume, which treats of Persia, had been finished, which it includes. See the Persian Cata- as the author states here, logue, p. 3356. in Kumshah (district of Isfahan), A.H. 1237. The continuation had This copy wants about twelve lines at the been delayed by a period of troubles and by end. For other copies see Bthe, Bodleian untoward circumstances until the month of Catalogue, nos. 416 —20. Rabi' II., A.H. 1242, when the author was induced to write it as a suitable offering to the Shahzadah, Muhammad Riza Mirza. 1 It 139. was completed, as stated at the end, on Or. 461 7.—Foil. 329; 15|in.byl0; 26 lines, Monday, the 27th of Zulhijjah, of the same 6^ in. long ; written in clear large Neskhi, year, and A.H. 1242 is frequently mentioned with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, before in the body of the work as the date of A.H. 1246 (A.D. 1830). composition. [Sidney Churchill.] The present volume contains seven sections called Rauzah, and numbered from two to eight, as follows : A geographical work with copious his- Rauzah II., comprising a " Siyahat " and torical and biographical notices, by Ibn " four Bustans," as follows : Siyahat ; a Iskandar Zain ul-'Abidin Shirviini Ni'mat- general description of TQran, or Mavara- ullahi. annahr, fol. 3a. Bustan 1. Principal towns Beg. r£> of Turan wtJ$ j (j»Uui j jJ- (including Badakhshan) with his- torical accounts, and notices of poets and saints, fol. 36. Bustan 2. Turkistan, with The author was a great traveller. All the an account of the Turkish race, fol. 12b. countries here described, from Morocco to Bustan 3. Kabul and dependencies, fol. 15a. Bengal and from Rumili to Yemen, he had Bustan 4. Kashmir, fol. 27a. personally visited, and his biographical Rauzah III., comprising a " Sair " and notices relate mostly to contemporary per- four " Gulistans," viz., Sair; general account sons, men in power or religious characters, with whom he had met and conversed. He 1 son of Fath 'AH born often indulges in more or less extensive A Shah, A.H. 1211, and ap- pointed A.H. 1234 to the government of Gilan. See digressions on extraneous subjects, such as Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. 11, where the prince is the doctrines and observances of Sufis, the spoken of as still living. o 2 100 COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY. fol. 327a. Bahar epilogue in of Turkey (Rum), fol. 44a. Gulistan 1. and wells, ; Mirza. Towns of Anatoli, fol. 446. Gulistan 2. praise of Muh. Riza Di- Lesser Armenia, fol. 106a. Gulistan 3. On the first page of the volume is a note yarbekr, fol. 1116. Gulistan 4. Rumili, stating that it was deposited in the library fol. 1146. of Muh. Riza Mirza, A.H. 1248. On a fly- leaf at the end are entered birth-dates of Rauzah IV., "Tafarruj;" general account some of the Prince's sons. of Syria, fol. 1216. Firdaus 1. Jund i Urdunn, fol. 1236. Firdaus 2. Jund i Di- Firdaus 3. Jund i Filistin, mashk, fol. 128a. 140. fol. 153a. Firdaus 4. Jund i Kinnisrin, fol. 195a. Or. 3677.—Foil. 347; 12 in. by 7i ; 23 lines, in small and elegant " " in. long ; written Rauzah V., Nazar ; general account of 5J- Nestalik, with a neat 'Unvan and gold-ruled Arabia, fol. 2146. Jinan 1. Hijaz, including margins, apparently A.H. 1248 (A.D. 1832). an account of Muhammad and the Com- [Sidney Churchill.] panions, fol. 215a. Jinan 2. 'Oman, includ- ing Hadramaut, fol. 226a. Jinan 3. Yemen, fol. 22S6. Jinan 4. Diyar Yathrib, or Tiha- mah, including Medina, with an account of A work on geography, alphabetically ar- historical and biogra- the Imams and first Khalifs, fol. 2326. ranged, with copious phical notices, by the same author. " " account Rauzah VI., Kisht ; historical of Egypt, fol. 245a. Gulshan 1. Cairo and Beg. (joUiU? *U3 j t^^*" ) ^ Lower Egypt, including a history of Moses and the Jews, of the Fatimides and Ayyub- • l "****^ W *1 ^ • jj^ ' fi > ides, fol. 249a. Gulshan 2. Sa'id, or Upper Egypt, fol. 2666. Gulshan 3. Maghrib, Gulshan 4. chiefly Morocco, fol. 2686. libjt~ (^.'WWI Islands of the Mediterranean, fol. 290a. The author seems to have been a man of " " general account Rauzah VII., Gardish ; liberal views, vast experience, and large of India, fol. 2706. Jannat 1. Bengal, sympathies. He shows a predilection for fol. 2736. Jannat 2. Deccan, fol. 2786. strange religions and heretical sects, of Jannat 3. Sind and Gujrat, fol. 2825. whose tenets he gives a fair presentment, an account Jannat 4. Hindustan, including as, for instance, in his notices on the Iblisis, and of the kings of (or of the Hindu creed fol. 19a; Yazidis, fol. 51 ; Nanakshahis followers of Zar- Delhi, fol. 2866. Sikhs), fol. 536 ; on the 72a ; on the Christian sects, Rauzah VIII., " Gulzar" 1. Countries not dusht, fol. &c. He was himself a Sufi of the visited by the author, but respecting which fol. 1436, order, in which he was initiated he had obtained some information, viz., Russia, Ni'mat-ullahi Karaguzli, known as Majzub Bosnia, China, Habash, Khita, Crimea, by Muh. Ja'far he gives, foil. 151—59, a full Namsah (Austria), Venice, Nepal, and 'Ali Shah, and account of the Sufi system and of the various America, fol. 315a. Gulzar 2. Seas, lakes, of the sect. His biographical and rivers, fol. 3196. Gulzar 3. Islands of branches relate mostly to great saints and India, including a history of Adam and his notices gnostics ('Urafa). descendants, fol. 3216. Gulzar 4. Springs I ; COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY. 101 From a rather diffuse preface we gather gives the folio at which each of the remaining that the author was transferred in early Gulshans begin and the first article in each. childhood from his native land to the holy II. i__> Bab ul-Abvab, or Darband, fol. 596. places (Kerbela), where he studied for twelve <-_> Panipat, fol. 85a. III. Tashkand, years under his father and others. At the fol. 875. IV. Albustan, fol. 19a ; Achi (Achin), fol. 21a, &c. work, fol. .3466. In the absence of conspicuous headings, For other MSS. see Melanges Asiatiques, the following list will not be superfluous. It vol. i., p. 556, and vol. vi., p. 403. ; 102 SCIENCES AND ARTS. AND ARTS. 141. SCIENCES Encyclopaedias. lines, Foil. in. by 8^ ; 17 Or. 3666.— 443 ; 13f in. long written in Neskhi on blue-tinted 6^ ; 142. 1273 (A.D. paper ; dated 5 Ramazan, A.H. lines, Or. 2972.—Foil. 188 9^ in. by 6 ; 17 1857). [Sidney Chukchill.] ; in clear Neskhi, with 3| in. long ; written Shav- 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins ; dated val, A.H. 977 (A.D. 1570). edition of the pre- An earlier and shorter [Sidney Chukchill.] ceding geographical dictionary. Beg. u»V 0°% j U5 j W An encyclopaedia of Muslim sciences, by Fakhr ud-Din Muhammad B. 'Umar ar-Razi, The work is stated at the end to have been who died A.H. 606. completed in Shiraz on Saturday the 18th of '<& fol. 27a ; JuiS! fol. 30a ; jWhN J&J 336 ; ENCYCLOPAEDIAS. 103 Jlc fol. 386 • dOjjU^I A# fol. MS. In the body of the 41a ; work there is also JUjll fol. 47a fol. complete agreement, with the exception of ; gjyll 496 ; ^U^l the following three additional fol. yi" chapters : 626; fol. 646 ; fol. 67a; 1. C2)T ^s- fol. 105a, coming after J* fol. 706; JUU^l fol. 71a; fol. 746; 2. JShM ; abUUI As., fol. 108a ; and jljaK fol. 80a; jj&Mj j»i31 j& fol. 83« ; 3. JA*\3p\ A», fol. 1096, both placed after j*SJl O^L. fol. 85a; jU^ fol. 88a; OU«jukil l us>W^ LrJ '—^- There are also a few variations fol. 92a; fol. 956; fol. 1006; in the headings. The chapter headed JUil fol. 102a; gjiSl fol. 114a; Sio^aJl fol. (fol. 666) is identical with the ,Jp of 1176; t^ljil fol. 1206; fol. 1216; the preceding MS. ; the chapter here called jfc\jU fol. 1246; ol—UJ1 fol. 1276; fo-lifl g},±> ^» (fol. 67a) corresponds with the fol. 132a; fol. 133a ; fol. 134a; j.*z.\\ u^Ki* of the latter ; and instead of sl^S! J* fol. 1366; *-,^\ fol. 1386 (Jb-L4\, iiiUy jfr, we have, fol. 112 1586 ; fol. 161a JSyi\ fol. 1636 talik, ; ; oLjW! apparently about the close of the 16th fol. century. 1686 ; J»\ fol. 171a; j5k»5H [Sidney Churchill.] fol. 173a; ^UUJl fol. 1756 ; Jjill ^ fol. 178a; fol. 1806 olj&oJl ^ ; ^ Art encyclopaedia of Muslim fol. 183a; VW fol. 185a. sciences, by Husain 'Akili Rustamdiiri (see foil. 176, 686). For other copies see the Leyden Catalogue, vol. i., no. 16 Ethe, I.e.; Beg. «*-Lj(S ; and Pertseh, Berlin j jyJs. aUj^? Oijj Catalogue, no. 92, where the work is men- tjbill L-O-lj W cjl^ tioned under the same title as in the next In a preface of MS., viz. ^5)1 j5l&» jjlji^l j5W inordinate length, written in prose copiously interspersed with verses, the author says that he had been twenty 143. years travelling through Iran and other parts of the world in quest of knowledge, Or. 3308.—Foil. 132 ; 7 in. by 4f ; from 18 and gives a full list of all the standard scien- lines, to 23 about 3^ in. long ; written in tific works which he had studied. In A.H. small and cursive Nestalik ; dated Tuesday, 978 he left Shiraz, stayed a short time in 20 Ramazan, A.H. 893 (A.D. 1488). Isfahan, and repaired to Kazvin, then the [Sidney Churchill.] royal residence, where he expected to find a gathering of masters of science. In this hope, however, he was sadly disappointed. Another enlarged edition of the same work. The greater part of the preface is taken up With the exception of the new title, the by a violent diatribe against the 'Ulama of preface is identical with that of the preceding Kazvin, who are taxed with crass ignorance, : 104 SCIENCES AND AETS. greed, envy, and every kind of wickedness. At last the author, having been prevailed upon by some faithful friends to display to the world his stores of learning, undertook the present work, which he commenced in Rauzak IV., in twelve Eukns, fol. 174a, II. The Muharram, A.H. 979, and finished in Eabi' dealing with the following matters : of of the same year. In the introduction he Muslim creed; the ninety-nine names the refers to the preceding work of Fakhr ud- God and their virtues; properties of Coran and of the Diu Razi, which he designates as tj£»> Surahs and verses of the on account of the sixty sciences with which letters of the alphabet; alchemy as various readings of the it deals, while he calls his own pronunciation and strange must be con- writing and orthography ; including ninety sciences. It Coran ; implements and coloured fessed, however, that the arrangement is un- characters; writing proverbs jumbles of art of removing stains ; methodical. Many sections are inks ; the heterogeneous subjects. There is ample and Insha. held extreme evidence of the author's having Eauzah V., in three Asls, treating of ethics Shi'ah views. and politics, of medicine, and of the interpre- twelve fol. 197a. The work is divided into a Fatihah, tation of dreams, Rauzahs, and a Khatimah. Eauzah VI., in eight Shajarahs, treating and The Fatihah comprises three Hadikahs, of astronomy, astrology, prophecies, Criticism on the work of Razi, divination, fol. 236a. jJp Uj viz. : 1. 3 w / enumeration of the sciences with which it oW,Hj jJU, Jy> j)U» j 3U*. ifjA fWj of the j deals, and a full table of contents that present work, fol. 206. 2. Showing ('Ali) was the originator of i_*-.UU Amir ul-Muminin s'Jj. oJVw, 0/» OilUs *^ sciences, fol. 22a. Commentary on a Khut- bah of 'Ali called Khutbah i Shikshikiyyah, 1 1 3 fol. 26ft. W *?- tilt' Jj ^ JV*J l^J*^ treating of 1 J Rauzah I., in sixteen Makiils, uteft (j* j j-j w ^ j ^ ^ the Prophet's traditional saying about Eauzah VII., in twelve La'ihahs, treating sects, showing that seventy-three Muslim agri- of the properties of precious stones, the one saving sect is the Imamiyyah, and culture, and various practical arts, fol. 2726. containing an exposition and refutation of other sects and religions, fol. 396. Rauzah II., in three Maksads. A summary history from Adam to the time of compo- s^>y l 4- o-y* of cjAj> j 3 utfi 3 c 3 sition, fol. 1086. Eauzah III., in fourteen Bayans, fol. 146a, follows VIII., in eight Dauhahs, treating the subjects of which are stated as Eauzah prosody, &c. j«! y 5 ls 0 of riddles, music, . yU? * jj* j ... j r j J*"** r > ^ c^jjls? j s-*-5^ 3 U°3S*3 J 3 ETHICS AND POLITICS. 105 Rauzah in IX., ten Thamarahs, treating of neat 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins ; dated meteorology, charms and incantations, al- Rabi' II., A.H. 861 (A.D. 1457). chemy, magic, implements of war, &c, fol. [Sidney Churchill.] 311a. fjj'i- j _y>f |J* j yr isjUj.^ ^VjJjJ Moral precepts and rules of conduct, written by 'Unsur ul-Ma'ali Kaika'us B. Iskandar B. Kabus for his son Gilanshah. Beg. % ui"^ u^USl L_j, s!i j,Ji atf, ^ > M J*,, vjifM ,> Rauzah X., in eight Manzars, treating of geometry, arithmetic, optics, and terrestrial astronomy, fol. s-i^a 338a. ^b^j u>> u»j*>» iJj*'^ d> J\J\.\ The author states at the end that he com- menced this work A.H. 475, and that he had then been living up to the age of sixty-three, Rauzah XI., in three Asls, treating of ab- according to its precepts. The above date, struse questions of physics and metaphysics, found in all known copies, shows that the statement of Habib us-Siyar, vol. ii., fol. 359a. DLi* c_-=»lf« } JA-< ^Uj Juz 4, p. 59, and of Jahan-arii, fol. 616, that Kai- ka'us died A.H. 462 and Gilanshah A.H. 470, is incorrect. The text Rauzah XII., in three Hikmats, treating has been edited by Riza Kuli Khan, in one volume with of the existence of God and his attributes, the Tuzuk i Timuri, Teheran, A.H. 1285. A French fol. 371a. Sjji~* jS- siiVo u^>5/H 1 "f'j oU51 translation by A. Querry, based on an edition dated A.H. 1275, was published in Paris, 1886. For other MSS. see the Khatimah, divided into a Mukaddimah, a Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv., 207, and Pertsch, a Kalb, and three Makamahs, treating of the p. Berlin Catalogue, no. 266. For Turkish technical terms and the system of the Sufis, translations see the Turkish Catalogue of the foil. 385a—406i. Museum, p. 116. At the end is a notice of the death of Skahzadah 'Abd ul-'Azim, son of Shah Sulai- man, in Teheran, A.H. 1084. 146. Foil. Or. 3632.— 269 ; 9| in. by 6 ; 21 lines, 4 in. long; written in small and archaic Neskhi, with gold-ruled margins Ethics and Politics. ; dated 3 Zulka'dah, A.H. 835 (A.D. 1432). 145. [John Lee.] translation Or. 3252.—Foil. 146 8± in. ; 15 lines, A of an Arabic treatise on ; by 5J 2f in. long ; written in elegant Xestalik, with ethics, entitled &*>jty\ pK* tajjjJl, by p 106 SCIENCES AND ARTS. is divided into seven sections Abu 'l-Kasim ar-Raghib al-Isfalmni. See I The work (Fusul), in full agreement with the headings Haj. KhaL, vol. iii., p. 334, and Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, no. 1839. given by Haj. KhaL, namely : I. Treating of man, his faculties, his pre- The author, -whose full name is Abu '1- eminence and moral dispositions, in thirty-five Kiisim al-Husain B. Muh. B. al-Mufaddal al- Babs, fol. 86: oU-ii Jly»! IsfahSni, is chiefly known by another work j Verzeichniss, no. 1116 ; and 369 ; Ahlwardt, the Berlin Catalogue, vol. v., p. C. The III. Treating of sensual appetites, in present work was, according to Haj. KhaL, j«a Babs, fol. 167a : t/\jHj held in great esteem by al-Ghazzali. fifteen The Persian translation is designated in IV. Treating of angry passions, in twelve title the colophon by this : jn ^ **>£y\ jy* Babs, fol. 190a : written under Shah 1 the translation was Babs, fol. 2316: J ^ Muzaffari (A.H. 760—786). Shuja' Appendix by the translator, fol. 235a, is defective at the beginning, and J-a-; The MS. with this heading : ^X&W w a spurious exordium has been prefixed, fol. 3. The first folio of the original MS., fol. 4, into three sections (Namat), contains a eulogy on Muhammad and the It is divided respectively maxims and moral Khalifs, and ends with a mention of Chingiz containing down by Arabs, Greeks Khan and the heathen Tartar dynasty, which precepts handed past. The (fol. 246a), and Persians (fol. 2526). is referred to as a thing of the jA* conclusion, foil. 267a— initial words of the original text are : yjo The translator's 269a. . Copyist : ^ ^ Muhammad Kutubshah states, in The next-following folios, 5—8, contain Sultan an autograph note on the fly-leaf, that he the last four lines of the preface and a full purchased the MS. in Haidarabad, A.H. 1027. table of contents, occupying eight pages. ETHICS AND POLITICS. 107 147. Or. Foil. 4119.— 160; 9| in. by 6| ; 17 lines, A work on ethics, by Husain B. Hasan. 4| in. long ; written in fine bold and archaic The MS. is imperfect at the beginning. Persian Neskhi; dated Monday, 5 Jumada II., The first page contains the last eleven lines A.H. (A.D. 680 1281). [Tho. F. Hughes.] of the doxology, followed by this passage : The celebrated ethics of Naslr ud-Din Tusi, who died A.H. 672. See the Persian Catalogue, pp. 441 b, 1088a. Beg. j>"$ C^os- i» ,jj ^.j.* j ^- ^> Cjjbi jjo vililis?* if u^JL OjS This valuable copy, written within eight years of the author's death, has, like most The author, who designates himself by his MSS., the second preface. proper name and patronymic as above, is better known as Kama! ud-Din For other copies see Pertsch, Berlin Cata- Husain Khwarazmi. later work of his, gaS'i\ AiaS\\, logue, no. 268, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, A L no. 1435. was dedicated to Ibrahim Sultan, son and successor of Amir Shah Malik, viceroy of Colophon : ijye^ i— i-i ,J-j^ J^-' Khwarazm (see the Persian Catalogue, lfd\& jU {uiifc, atjjjU} ^ j3j C*&3 atjjjjj p. 144). He died during the invasion of that country by the Uzbeks, A.H. 833. In the preface, after some remarks on the necessity of a teacher and the requisite qualities of teacher and pupil, the author passes on to a eulogy upon the above-men- tioned Amir Shah Malik. On Friday, the 148. eighth of Rabi' I., A.H. 829, two days before that prince's death, the author was sent for Or. 2863.—Foil. 187 in. ; lines, ; 8J by 5| 15 by the princess, and wrote in the Amir's 3i in. long; written in fair Neskhi, apparently name two letters to the reigning sovereign, in the 15th century. [Sidney Churchill.] Shahrukh, and to his son, prince Ulugh Beg. Another copy of the preceding work, He subsequently took down in writing the wanting the last page. dying injunctions and admonitions addressed by the Amir to his son Ibrahim Sultan and to his own wife, who was then forty-four years 149. of age. After the Amir's death, and in com- pliance with the prince's desire, he expanded Or. Foil. 10 in. 4109.— 156; by 6J ; 21 lines, those precepts into the present work. 4 in. long ; written in small and elegant Nestalik, with gold-ruled margins, A.H. 947 It is divided into two books, *)Uu, con- (A.D. 1540.] [Sidney Churchill.] taining jointly twenty Babs. Makalah I., 108 SCIENCES AND ARTS. d with this heading : ^!\ JUM j j> i—Ai*=»\ j, contains eleven Biibs treating of the following subjects : 1. Know- ledge of God, fol. 66. 2. Science and Intellect, fol. 30a. 3. Exhortation to asso- J}-°^ Jib-" ciate with the virtuous, fol. 466. 4. Justice, Mir Ghiyas ud-Din Mansur, son of Mir fol. 546. 5. Piety, fol. 63a. 6. Account Sadr ud-Din Muhammad Shirazi, died A.H. kept of men's actions, fol. 666. 7. Humility, 948. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 826a, fol. 706. 8. Meekness and forgiveness, and the obituary notice in Ahsan ut-Tavarikh, fol. 75a. 9. High-mindedness, fol. 796. Or. 4134, fol. 1166, where the present work 10. Placing God's law above human lust, is noticed. fol. 85a. 11. Vigilance, fol. 91a. This work was, as stated at the beginning, Makidah II., ^^U- Oji> O^Ji- t^jo) the first treatise of the third part (a^-j) of OJ.lff, comprises nine Babs, the Jam i Jahan-numa, a philosophical en- ^Ijjl^ f.y») j , cyclopasdia, which apparently was not com- on the following subjects : 1. Faithfulness pleted, and is not mentioned in the notices and loyalty, fol. 104a. 2. Obedience to kings, of the author among his works. Haj. Khal., fol. 110a. 3. Gratitude and fair service, gives the title, vol. ii., 499, does not fol. 1146. 4. Deference to parents, fol. 1226. who p. appear have seen the work. 5. Discrimination of men's worth, fol. 128a. to 134a. Ad- 6. Resignation to fate, fol. 7. The present treatise is divided into two vantage of religious guidance, fol. 141a. Majallahs, subdivided into a number of Taj- 8. Trust in God, fol. 1466. 9. Khatimah, liyahs, the headings of which are given by fol. 152a. Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, no. 1860. The moral precepts are copiously illus- trated by Arabic texts, verses and anecdotes. In the conclusion, fol. 1546, the author refers 151. to a previous work of his, entitled jAalljy.S' Or. 3546.—Foil. 121 ; 8 in. by 5^ ; 15 lines, 2f in. long; written in fair Neskhi; dated Shushtar, Muharram, A.H. 1287 (A.D. 1870). 150. [Sidney Churchill.] Foil. in. by ; 13 lines, Or. 2996.— 67 ; 7£ 4J in. long; written in elegant Nestalik, 2-f A treatise on ethics, by Muzaffar al-Husaini with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, A.H. at-Tabib al-Kashani, poetically surnamed 956 (A.D. 1549). [Sidney Churchill.] Shifa'i, who died A.H. 963. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 474a. Beg. & ^ A treatise on ethics by Ghiyas, commonly known as Mansur. ^J*\x\Zs Ja£ i^yj W—i j-> Beg. iwIj y> Jjl j ^ ; : ETHICS AND POLITICS. 109 j C-claj SS'&frj \> J&t; uol£^ Jli&t The author, a native of Kazvin and cele- brated preacher, poetically surnamed Va'iz, wrote the present work under Shah 'Abbas The author wrote this work by desire of II., who is praised in the preface as the an eminent religious teacher, fjj>;j J1r>., reigning sovereign, and died at the beginning whom he does not name, and dedicated it to of the reign of Sultan Husain Safavi, i.e. Shah Tahmasp. It is divided into two Ma- A.H. 1105 or shortly after. See the Persian kalahs, treating respectively of virtues and Catalogue, p. 826a; Nujum us-Sama, pp. of vices. The first, fol. 66, contains the fol- 148—50 ; and Riyaz ul-'Arifin, fol. 926. lowing twenty-one Babs : 1. C^is; 2. C^s\^; The present volume is only the first of 3. cJ\*e (in ten Khaslats); 4. cuyU^; 5. JSy; eight, of which the whole work was to 6. 7. U,; fje^; 8.y*>; 9. ; 10. CsSte; consist. A MS. containing the first two 11. j^o; 12. jcUy; 13. »t»; volumes is described by Ethe, Bodleian 14. ; Catalogue, no. 1472, and the third seen 15. jU- y^s. ; 16. was \J\^c j jij; 17. y\t by the author of Nujum us-Sama, I.e. Whether 18. l_AM; 19. LliUj 20. ; y^ the remaining five volumes were ever written 21. Cy^Sw* j is doubtful. The first volume is popular and The second Makalah, j^i-^ jj, fol. 74a, frequently to be met with. It was one of the comprises the following seventeen Babs : 1. first books issued by the Tabriz press about 2. Oj$£>; 3. l_*-oS-; J&^; 4. J,_» } 5. Jii; A.H. 1240, and a lithographed edition ap- 1 peared in Teheran A.H. 1274. It has also 6- ; 8. iJ^jo^ ) J ^ j W-'j^J _j been lithographed at Lucknow, i 1868. Q-A, ; 9. bj ; 10. nU- ; 11. W>j 12. ^h; 13. 14. The headings of the first volume have (j^. ; &; 15. s~ ; 16. r J ± been in full I.e. given by Ethe, ; by Flugel, Vienna Catalogue, no. 1861; and by Pertsch, Copyist : ±+s? ujyiyiJl las^M u>-» ^ Berlin Catalogue, no. 282. The contents of the present copy are as follows Preface, fol. 16 Mukaddimah, ; treating of 152. religious admonition, in three Matlabs, fol. Or. 2739.—Foil. 220 in. lines, 5a. Bab I., on the transitory -world its ; 11J by 6f ; 25 and 5 in. long ; written in fair Neskki, with ruled pernicious influences, in three Fasls, viz., margins ; dated Thursday, the last day of 1. Definition of the love of the world, fol. Rabi' EL, A.H. 1106 (A.D. 1694). 10a. 2. On the fickleness of the world, fol. 126. 3. On love of the world in its various aspects and ramifications,, fol. 196. A work containing moral and religious This third Fasl, which forms the main bulk precepts, by Muhammad Rafi' Va'iz. of the volume, is divided into the following fourteen Majlis : I. Love of rank and power, fol. 20a. II. Love of wealth, fol. 27a. III. 1 yl»*= . . _y>U» y\aJ\ ^Jy O^a y . . jy jj\y Desire of sumptuous dwellings, fol. 34a.. IV. Sexual lust, fol. 386. V. Desire for dainty viands and drinks, fol. 53a. VI. Desire for costly apparel, fol. 61a. VII. Frivolous society, fol. 65a. VIII. Pride and conceit, : 110 SCIENCES AND ARTS. fol. 836. IX. Hypocrisy, foL 986. X. Hate Beg. ±j si j l!*— Jis>ji\ ^.Ui- (_>»U-i fol. and envy, fol. 113a. XI. Covetousness, s^jjT ujii^* ^ • • • lIa-^Uj tJj^J ^.^^> _j 127a. XII. Avarice, fol. 142a. XIII. In- justice and tyranny, fol. 1736. XIV. Ill- temper and harsliness, fol. 198a. This is a Persian translation, by the author, of his own Arabic work al-Kifayat fi 'ilm al- 153. Hai'at (see Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 223). It lines, is stated at the end of this copy that the Or. 3516.—Poll. 419; 8 in. by 4J ; 15 Thursday, the 14th of 2f in. long; written in fair Neskhi, about work was finished on A.H. 1152 (A.D. 1739). Sha'ban, A.H. 643. A MS. described by [Presented by B. B. Portal.] Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 328, is dated A.H. 669 ; but a later date of composition, A.H. 672, appears in a MS. mentioned in the Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1497. The A treatise on rules of conduct and on author wrote also a treatise on Hanafi law, daily observances, by Muhammad Bakir B. Muhammad Taki, who died A.H. 1110. See ejjiJl j (Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 470). the Persian Catalogue, p. 20a, and Pertsch, The work is divided into two Makalahs, Berlin Catalogue, no. 284, where the headings the subdivisions of which are fully enume- of chapters are given. Por lives of the author rated in the preface. The first comprises see Nujum us-Sama, p. 160, and Kisas ul- twenty-three and the second fourteen Babs. 'Ulama, p. 152; and, for a list of his works, They begin respectively on foil. 4a and 55a. Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 17. The original headings are given by Pertsch I.e. Jahan Danish is one of A full table of contents prefixed to the and Etke, The quoted Hiifiz i Abru. See MS., foil. 1—8, is dated Sha'ban, A.H. 1152. the authorities by the Persian Catalogue, p. 4236. The latter part of the MS. contains the following two articles: 1. A table of the 360 Juz into which the Coran is divided, fol. 786. Astronomy. 2. A treatise of Najm ud-DIn Kubra on the rules of religious life, in seven Babs, foil. 154. 806—836. Or. 3315.— Foil. 83 in. by 5| ; 20 lines, ; 7i Beg. J* u-rtsJtt si* (.Ulll i_iiuo written in small cursive Neskhi, 4J in. long ; t_->b . CJi\j\ i_rP Jj^ . . i_.>\jA A.H. 855 (A.D. 1451). ]) j [Sidney Churchill.] The tract is known as iws. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 836a. A treatise on astronomy, by Sharaf ud- Din Muhammad B. Mas'ud al-Mas'udi, with this title prefixed in the hand of the copyist 155. ^jjjjl i_aJ0 jJ* jJ (jiita l-jIjS' J&r Foil. 118 in. by 4 ; 22 lines, Or. 2818.— ; 7f 2^ in. long ; written in minute Shikastah- ASTRONOMY. Ill amiz; dated Isfahan, Friday, 14 Ramazan, to the influences of the signs of the zodiac. A.H. 123 (i.e. 1123, A.D. 1711). At the end is a table of the latitude and [Sidney Churchill.] longitude of the principal cities of the East, fol. 116a, followed by elaborate tables I. Foil. 1—4. iui/jl of the ijJS, Or. 2841.—Foil. 220 10 in. ; by 6f ; 19 lines, It in. long was composed, according to the pre- 4J ; written in elegant Nestalik, ap- amble, for the author's son Muhammad, parently in the 15th century. surnamed 'Alam ul-Huda, and is divided [Sidney Churchill.] into short sections called J^ol. A commentary on the Zlj of Ulugh Beg (see the Persian Catalogue, without II. Foil. 46—17. The treatise of Nasir ud- p. 4556), preface or author's name, endorsed in Din Tusi on the construction and use of the an old hand, astrolabe, known as Bist Bab. See the Persian ^jj ,_jb^. Catalogue, p. 453a. The original text is given in rather long III. Foil. 18—25. Astrological fragments, sections preceded by the word (JU in red ink, in prose and verse, on the influence of the while the commentary is introduced by the planets, signs of the zodiac, and first days word also in red ink. The first two of the year. pages are taken up by the beginning of Makalah I. down to the heading of Bab I. IV. Foil. 26—30. Another treatise on the The commentary begins at the bottom of astrolabe, divided, like the first, into twenty Babs, but fol. 2 as follows : Juoj-u sU z jjj^iS distinct from it ; without author's 3 j3 name. ^-oj-u <_j\Iil jjii cJj j ijj-J j iJU-»Jjj jl4=- j »bH Ojlfl5 ssiU=- i_>^la«.l Oill ^b j y Jjl i_jb s^jli. j ,_jb The four Makalahs begin respectively at V. Foil. 306—108a. The commentary of foil. 16, 30a, 1196, and 210a. The last words 'Abd ul-'AH Birjindi on the Bist Bab of of the commentary are : ^k~u J^ai „j! ^y^a^ Nasir ud-Din Tusi. See the Persian Cata- logue, p. 4536. The latter part of the MS., foil. 1086—118, contains astrological notes relating chiefly : 112 SCIENCES AND ARTS. A Bodleian MS. described by Ethe, no. 1519, which has, we are informed, the same beginning and end as the present, contains precious stones, their origin, pro- a note ascribing the commentary to Maulana II. On 'AM Kushji, and assigning to it the title of perties, value, &c, fol. 6a: Air j\ ^ fSfl- y> U-31 lm • Mineralogy. and uses 157. III. On metals, their origin in. by ; 15 lines, Or. 2864.—Foil. 45 ; 8f 5f in fair Nestalik, ap- 3i in. long ; written parently in the 17th century. [Sidney Chuechill.] Vfc^ac- J IV. On perf nmes : ^ j j The MS. was evidently transcribed from a A treatise on minerals, by Nasir ud-Din copy which was defective and in a state of Tusi. confusion. The copyist himself writes in j^li the margin of fol. 25 that some leaves were 1 *^ Beg. j ftW gfcM & ^ f*~3 of missing in the original. The beginning Makalah II. is wanting, and most of the the heading of ^ ^ ^ "-^f" J contents of Makalah III., which is found at fol. 256, have been trans- ferred to fol. 416. The author states in a short preamble that he had written the work by desire of Hulagu Khan, and had given it the above title because 158. it was customary to offer rarities as presents in. 15 lines, iwUij—iJ Or. 3277.— Foil. 73 ; by 4| ; to sovereigns : See the Persian Catalogue, p. 4646, and he was addicted to wine. After the acces- Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1877. sion of Muh. Khudabandah (A.H. 985), he The MS. wants three or four leaves at the entered the service of Khan Ahmad in Grilan, where he spent the last end . It breaks off at the end of the article years of his life. on Iron, corresponding with fol. 75a of the See 'Alam-arai 'Abbiisi, fol. 43a. previously described copy, Add. 23,565. The treatise is dedicated to the author's The work has been wrongly assigned to first patron, Shah Nur ud-Din STi'mat-ullah, and is described in the the seventh century of the Hijrah. Abu 'n- preface as follows : Nasr Hasan, mentioned in the preface as the y> i^jU >—,/j J^l w \ju j3 Jj£ ^.U JJU, reigning sovereign, was the first ruler of the jd L,S^ s j> J*li ^yls Ak-Kuyunlu dynasty, whose original seat jjJ ^j^i-lj L_Ajb,y ji^ jVjy was Diyarbekr. He reigned over Persia ^-\*{ j£\3 Syrj } A.H. 873—882. His son Sultan Khalil, for whom the work was written, was in his It is divided into a Mukaddimah, three father's lifetime viceroy of Fars. He suc- chapters called Bukn, and a Khatimah. ceeded to the throne after his father's death, but reigned only six months. See Ta'rikh i Jahan-ara, foil. 190—92, and Riza Kuli's continuation of Rauzat us-Safa, vol. viii. 160. Or. 2865.—Foil. 166; 10fin.by7; 17 lines, 4f in. long; written in a cursive Indian Medicine. character, probably in the 18th century. [Sidney Choeohill.] 159. Or. 4691.—Foil. 35; 6 in. by 3; 18 lines, An exposition of the Indian 1J in. long; written in minute and neat system of medicine, by Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, Muhammad Kasim Hindushah, apparently in the 16th century. commonly known as Firishtah. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 225. A treatise on the composition and use of Beg. is-j 3)1 tdJUU,] the antidote called Tiryak i Faruk, by Kainal U ^ ^z^j.tjg- ud-Din Husain Tabib. C*^j\ t_*jj3 si>jit j&\y>- j muU Ay=.\ j| ^ The author is the well-known historian of India, who died after A.H. 1033. He says in the preface that, after reading the medical works current in Iran, Turan and Arabistan, The author was physician to Shah Ni'mat- he was desirous of studying the writings of ullah Yazdi (grandson of the famous saint the physicians of Hindustan, and, finding Shah Ni'mat ullah Vali). After the death of them extremely trustworthy and accurate, he his patron he went to Court, where he became was induced to write, for the benefit of his celebrated for his wonderful cures. But Shah Muslim brethren residing in India, the Tahmasp held him in scant esteem, because present summary of their teaching. Q 114 SCIENCES AND ARTS. A.H. 721 764. It has been described in The work is divided into the following — 816. treating of the con- the Arabic Supplement, no. parts : Mukaddimah, stituent parts of the body and its humours, The translator says that in A.H. 1253, in nine Fa'idahs, fol. 2a. Makalah I. Pro- when Riza Kuli Khan, son of Khusrau Khan, perties of simple drugs and aliments, in took his seat as governor of Kurdistan, his alphabetical order, fol. 10a. Makalah II. Vazir, Mirza Hidayat-ullah, son of the late Compound medicaments, in fifteen Babs, Mirza Ahmad (noticed in Hadlkat Aman- dis- the fol. 59a. Makalah III. Treatment of ullahi, no. 129, fol. 213a), sent for the eases, in 160 Fasls, fol. 99a. Khatimah, writer and requested him to translate treating of the six tastes or savours, and of above work, to which some additions were the Indian classification of land with regard made by the translator. of water, fol. 1646. to the supply The translation begins fol. 5a, and the the work For the Persian headings see Mehren, five discourses (Jy), of which 11 Ethe, Bodleian respectively at foil. 86, 19a, Copenhagen Catalogue, p. ; consists, begin Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 1601 ; and 636, 100a, and 1396. Catalogue, no. 611. In the last-named MS. the work is entitled jy^Jj 0.-'-' C Music. 162. in. by ; 25 lines, Farriery. Or. 2361 —Foil. 269 ; 9| 5J 3 1 in. long; written in small and neat Nes- 161. talik, with 'Unvans and gold-ruled margins ; dated Shahjahanabad (Delhi), A.H. 1073—75 Or. 3483.—Foil. 185; 124 in. by 7|; 241ines, (A.D. 1662^64). in fair Nestalik ; dated 44 in. long ; written [Sayyid 'Ali, of Haidarabad.] A. H. 1263 (A.D. 1847). [Sidney Churchill.] A collection of treatises on music, written for Diyanat Khan, an Amir of Aurangzib's reign. The contents are mostly Arabic, and have been described in the Arabic Supple- Translation by Fakhr ud-Din B. Ahmad ment, no. 823. The following are Persian : B. al-Maula Khizr ar-Rudbari of an Arabic 26 treatise on the law- work on the horse, its diseases and their I. Foil. — 15a. A fulness of music, by Muhammad B. Jalal treatment, entitled josliSl Jj-aaMj iuiK)l JlylN Rizavi, who wrote it A.H. 1028. Beg. C^jj (j>i^- ^ C& 3 ^ ]> Beg. ciJ ^ Jw j ]} jV ^ J f/ ^ S ^'Z- .... iyj j\S j£ >\ »sut« The Arabic original is the work of al-Malik al-Mujahid 'Ali B. al-Malik al-Mu'ayyad Daud, of the Rasuli dynasty, who reigned : MUSIC. 115 It is an exposition of the sixth Makam of the (-ill, work entitled UU s three chapters of Book I. III. Poll. 157a—1615. A chapter on v music, extracted from the Danish i According Namah to this, the treatise was finished 'Ala'i. See the Arabic Supplement, p. on the 22nd of Jumada II. ; but the year, as 5596, vii. indicated in the third hemistich, is doubtful, Beg. A\ because the last ^ ^\ J* gfc letter but one has no dia- ^ ^ critical point. It may be A.H. 741, 749, 0r 789, according as the unpointed letter is read ba, ya, or nun. IV. Foil. The work is 2406-246a. A treatise on the divided into a Mukaddimah divisions of the on the pre-eminence strings in musical instru- of music, fol. 252a, and ments, by Kasim the following B. Dust Ali al-Bukhari, four Makalahs, each of which entitled is subdivided into UizS, two Kisms : JSj® and dedicated to the" emperor Jalal ud-Din I. Fol. 2526. Akbar. on the theoiT of music and Beg. on the causes of high and low J, ^Ufi jj£ ^ ^ ^ pitch. II. Fol. 2566. J^y. on thc J>JJ\ 4JJ1 >U ^WjN ^ ^ J« C~,JlS yj! practical side of music. Q2 ; 116 PHILOLOGY. JjUAU SiUj JiUflM £>U« j LfA->\ j jJ-oM III. Fol. 2616. J JiJ^j j*> on the composition of melodies. to the Fol. 2566. U\l> ^ J~oj jC The work is divided, according IV. \j J tf and students of the initial letters, into twenty-two Babs, J\ useful advice to final each Bab is subdivided according to the art, and appropriate verses. in letters. The words are briefly explained several pieces by The last section contains Persian, sometimes with poetical quotations written throughout, Sa'di, whose name is and in several instances Hindu equivalents are added. Some articles are illustrated by coloured drawings, which according to a Persian note on the fly-leaf, are 187 in number. are PHILOLOGY. The first three of the author's sources mentioned by Salemann in his Beilage V., Persian Lexicography. Melanges Asiatiques, vol. ix., pp. 505—577, last two 163. under nos. 7, 3 and 11, and the the Mafatih ul- under nos. 10 and 13 ; but of lines, Or. 3299.—Foil. 306; 12 in. by 7^; 10 Faza'il and the Sulalat ul-Afazil no notice and elegant 4f in. long; written in large has been found. Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled mar- The first lines under i_sW i_Aj, fol. 5a, gins, apparently in the 1 6th century. U>l [Sidney Churchill.] are as follows: \j\ >fi j ji5Uj jiiUl A glossary of the rare words and proper names occurring in ancient Persian poets, by Muhammad B. Da'ud B. Muh. B. Mahmud The work has been noticed by Churchill, vol. Shadiyabadi. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, him, by Sale- xviii., 203, note, and, after C^ia- j3 Aw p. Beg. tjjyo* y to j mann, Melanges Asiatiques, torn, ix., p. 517. 164. lines, Foil. 185 8£ in. by ; 15 The author has been mentioned in the Or. 3398.— ; 5f in small Turkish Neskhi, in. long ; written Persian Catalogue, pp. 556a, 5616, as a com- 348 mentator of Anvari and Khakani. He had A.H. 982 (A.D. 1594). [Sidney Chukchill.] applied himself from his youth, as he says in the preface, to the study of the old poets, such as Khakani, Mu'izzi, Anvari, Nizami, dictionary, often desig- Zahir, Isfahani and Sa'di. In A.H. 873 he A Persian-Turkish Abi Yusuf compiled the present glossary from the fol- nated as «J« by Lutf-ullah B. See al-Halimi, who died after A.H. 886. lowing works : «)L> »»\3 tiliiy } } o^y j£ ;. ; : PERSIAN LEXICOGRAPHY. 117 the Turkish Catalogue, p. 1376. Compare It was written, as stated in the preamble Berlin Pertseh, Catalogue, nos. 141-2 ; Ethe, in the reign of Shah Takmasp, A.H. 933, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 1688 —90 ; and and was compiled from the following works Salemann, Melanges Asiatiques, torn, xix., 1. A treatise by Muh. B. Hindushah Munshi, p. 515, no. 22. dedicated to Khwajah Ghiyas nd-Din [B.] Rashld (see the Persian Catalogue, 499«). At the end, foil. 157—185, is a fragment p. of a Persian-Turkish vocabulary. 2. The Mukktasar composed by Shams i Fakhri for Shaikh Abu Ishak B. Amir Mah- mud Shah Inju (i.e. Jl?- jU. edited by Sale- 165. mann). 3. The rough draft of a glossary by Shams ud-Din Muh. Kashmiri. The first of Or. 3653.—Foil. 147 ; 8| in. by 64 ; 21 lines, the above works is the authority chiefly 4|- in. long ; written in Turkish Neskki followed. The last is also quoted by Sururi. dated Amasia, Sha'ban, A.H. 948 (A.D. 1541) See Salemann, Melanges Asiatiques, torn, ix., Another copy of Lughat i Halimi, with p. 534, no. 35. marginal additions. The glossary is divided into twenty-eight Copyist : Or. 3521.—Foil. 75 84, in. by ; 12 lines, ; 64, 168. 3J in. long, with about 25 slanting lines in Or. 2937.—Foil. 429 ; 10 in. by lines, the margin 6J; 24 ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated 3| in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- Wednesday, 2 Rabi' II., A.H. 1288 (A.D. talik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins 1871). [Sidney Churchill.] dated Sunday, 12 Safar, A.H. 1111 (A.D. Glossary of the Persian poets, by Husain 1699). [Nath. Bland.] al-Vafa'i, endorsed C»! j Beg- ck^i> j /£> j i^US j-?- The great Persian dictionary of Jamal ud- sJl-, ^\ ±*> U j* J6^J~ Din Husain Inju, who completed it A.H. QUI 1017. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 4966. : 118 PHILOLOGY. Contents: Mukaddimah, fol. 46. Dictionary in alphabetical order, foil. 37a—486. The proper, fol. 176. Khatimah, fol. 3626. remaining Babs treated chiefly of various kinds of poetical compositions. Compare Lagarde, Persische Studien, pp. 45 49 Salemann, Melanges Asiatiques, — ; II. Foil. 49—61. A glossary to the letters torn, ix., 537 41 Pertsch, Berlin Cata- pp. — ; of Abu'1-Fazl, with the heading jfi ciUky" logue, no. 123 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Cata- tiJjU* ^ J^iil! y! *i £''^s> CjUjK* logue, no. 1734. L Copyist : all! j£\ ^ g>\ Beg. u^ilsj_£)b j,\>j (jlaSI i_iW! i_A> 169. The words, chiefly Arabic, are arranged in Babs under the initial letters ; but within Foil. ; Or. 3517.— 109 ; 10£ in. by 7| 17 lines, the Babs no further alphabetical order is 3f in. long ; written in Nestalik, apparently observed. The explanations are mostly con- in India, in the 18th century. fined to a single equivalent. [Presented by B. B. Poetal.] III. Foil. 62—68. Commentary on Surah I. Foil. 1 —48. A treatise on Persian xlviii., from the third Daftar of the Muka- grammar and on the language of Persian tabat of Abu '1-Fal , with an interlinear and Indian poets, by Shaikh Abd ul-Basit. Persian gloss, »yiu> Jiid ^jto, Jy^' T^it^ Beg. J>J uJU>j! ~^ Ik jis lsJ 5 jltT U^ b! tjy* j»...S-3 j> ^(J^aaM y! Obj&. j-s j\ &o .... w!jbj sta s£ jjy JLj jjs? yj\>, j lii! JjbJ^ )aj*\d\ IV. Foil. 69—109. A glossary of Arabic words occurring in the letters of Abu '1-Fazl, In the above passage the date of the (J^iiM yj c_jbjK-o tSlikjj. author's birth is fixed by a chronogram for Beg. jyJL. b Uij! ,_tthl\ i_iW! ^b A.H. 1099. He evidently lived in India Jj\ his poetical quotations are taken from \ mostly j \if j *<% II. Grammatical forms of Persia.n, fol. 146. III. Persian syntax, fol. 196. Compound 170. words, fol. 24a. V. Letters elided by poets, fol. 30a. VI. Words used as last members Or. 3300.— Foil. 317 ; 11| in. by 8 ; 23 lines, of compounds, fol. 32a. VII. Differences in 4J in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with style and phrases between ancient and gold-ruled margins, in the 19th century, modern poets, fol. 34a. VIII. A glossary before A.H. 1281 (A.D. 1864). of words and phrases used by modern poets, [SlDNEI ChUBCHILL.] ; PERSIAN LEXICOGRAPHY. 119 171. A Persian dictionary, by Ibn Muhammad Or. 4680.—Foil. 188 ; 14 in. by 21 lines, 8f ; Riza Sadr ud-Din Tabrizi. 5 in. long ; written in fair cursive Nestalik dated 8 RabI' II., A.H. 1257 (A.D. 1841). [Sidney Churchill.] iJjO . . . jjjlji- U ,J>.j\ y^?- (jSJ.t-> 1 Jus? Wj j yijjj l^W Kjj ySib s&Ijj A Persian dictionary, by Muhammad Karim B. Mahdi Kuli. After praising the reigning sovereign, . yljaJl Path Beg. . . jli. i^il ^ _j uj\ 4 'Ali Shah, and his son 'Abbas Mirza, who had been sent as governor to Azarbaijan, and had shown himself a wise ruler and a liberal patron of letters, the author says that The author was, as appears from the preface, the latter prince, finding that existing Persian preceptor to Prince Bahman Mirza, son of the dictionaries were ill arranged, redundant in Vali 'Ahd 'Abbas Mirza. While the Prince some respects and defective in others, had was engaged in composing his Tazkirah i desired him to compile a new one, which Muhammadshahi for his brother Muhammad would bear his name. In obedience to that Shah {i.e. A.H. 1247—49; see no. 124, he command, the author wrote the Farhang i desired the author to write also a book as a 'Abbasi, which was commenced A. II. 1225. suitable offering to the same prince. In He extracted the definitions of words from compliance with that command, the author the Burhan i Rati', omitting, however, the compiled the present work, which he de- poetical quotations, and relegated the meta- scribes as an abridgment of the Farhang i phors and words containing the eight ex- Jahangiri, with some additions from the clusively Arabic letters to a Khatimah, which Burhan i Kati', and presented it to Muham- does not appear in the present MS. mad Shah, who desired him to add poetical The words are arranged according to the examples in the margins. final letters, for the convenience, the author The work is divided into a Mukaddimah, says, of poets looking for rhymes. To each consisting of ten preliminary chapters termed letter a main section, or Bab, is devoted, and Tiraz, fol. 2a, and twenty-four Bibs forming each Bab is subdivided, according to the the bulk of the dictionary and following the initial letters, into sub-sections called Pas]. arrangement of the Farhang i Jahangiri, A Mukaddimah comprises six preliminary foil. 66—188. chapters, termed Numayish, treating of the A later edition, with an enlarged preface, following subjects : 1. Superiority of the and a new title Persian language and its dialects, fol. 36. J&j, was lithographed 2. Character of the language, distinction in Tabriz, A.H. 1260. It is stated at the between j and j, and grammatical forms, end to have been collated by the author and fol. 4 paraphrase of, and commentary Arabic Lexicography and Grammar. A Persian upon, the Shafiyah, a treatise on Arabic 172. accidence, by Ibn ul-Hajib. See the Arabic lines, Catalogue, p. 2345. in. by ; 17 Or. 3273.—Foil. 257 ; 8J- 5J in cursive Indian Nes- 3J in. long ; written Beg. }}\y* J Lri^** talik, apparently in the 16th century. Uft j*> ... i-hij^i fS- j egily ^ ^f-foj v>Sjj£ An Arabic dictionary explained in Persian, The commentator is Muhammad [B.] Sa'd, by Kazi Khan Badr Muhammad, of Dhar. who in the colophon, adds to his name the See the Arabic Supplement, no. 877. takhallus Ghalib. The commentary includes the text in short passages distinguished by a black line drawn above them. 173. After a eulogy in prose and verse on Ibn ul-Hajib and his work, the author begins in. by 7 ; written O r . 4195 —Foil. 362 ; 9$ s as (A.D. 1586). with the explanation of tgUJI ^t>j & <^> in fair Nestalik ; dated A.H. 994 [Lane.] *•*" follows : yjijjU ~? j £^ ^ J*i s£*jo\ & u&jtt-j i/V'J Jb r J An Arabic-Persian dictionary, by Muham- mad B. 'Abd ul-Khalik. See the Supple- The MS. is endorsed jjJU j> ^> ment to the Arabic Catalogue, no. 878. 174. Various Lexicographical Works. Foil. 12 in. by 7 ; 25 lines, Or. 3520.— 599 ; 176. small Nestalik, ap- 4 in. long ; written in lines, Foil. 369 15} in. by 10 ; 27 parently in the 18th century. Or. 2892.— ; in cursive Nestalik and [Sidney Chuechill.] 6f in. long ; written Shikastah-amiz, in the 19th century. [Sidney Chuechill.] An anonymous Arabic-Persian dictionary, with a preface by Mahmud Mirza. See the Turkish explained Arabic Supplement, no. 881. A dictionary of Oriental in Persian, by Mirza Mahdi Khan, completed A.H. 1173. See the Turkish Catalogue, Bodleian Catalogue, 175. pp. 264—66, and Ethe, no. 1760. Or. 3515.—Foil. 142; 9 in. by 6; about 20 lines, 4J in. long; written in cursive 177-86. Nestalik; dated 2 Bamazan, A.H. 1186 68. large folio volumes of the (A.D. 1772.] Or. 2959— —Ten Turkish, [Presented by B. B. Poetal.] Thesaurus of Arabic, Persian and RHETORIC AND INSHA. i 2] by James William Redhouse, in the hand- character on the left, the Persian in the writing of the author. See the T urkish middle, and the Arabic equivalents on the Catalogue, pp. 147— 9. right. The work was completed on Saturday, the 187. 26th of Sha'ban, A.H. 1269, corresponding with the 4th of June, A.D. 1853, as stated Or. 4905.—Foil. 61 ; 8| in. by 6± ; 14 lines, in the concluding lines : in. long 4} ; written in fair, partly vocalized Nestalik ; dated 12 Zulhijjah, A.H. 1276 (A.D. 1860). [Sir Henry Rawlinson.] A versified English-Persian vocabulary, composed on the same plan as Nisab us- Subyan, Tuhfah i Shahidi, and similar works, to facilitate the acquisition of English by Farhad Mirza was Persian students a son of Na'ib us- ; by Shahzadah Na'ib ul- Sultanah 'Abbas Mirza, consequently a brother Iyillah Farhad Mirza, with the following of Muhammad Shah and an uncle of the heading : ^_>\y JaM, j\ ^ ^_^\ present Shah. He showed himself an able, cktj «3\iSI {be) q\ ^JJA sji^jfeU. but stern ruler in his government of Fars and Irak, and had the title of Mu'tamad ud- JUI sJUSI b Sjj* r Daulah conferred upon him. He wrote, A short prose preamble explaining the dis- besides the present work, a Persian com- position of the mentary work begins : cuU jSi\ on the Khulasat ul-Hisab of Baha ud-Din al-'Amili, and a Geography entitled Jam i Jam, and dedicated to the present ^U^" Saffi Jjl^ o-l SJ-Tji Jbj iL^J jaSl Shah. See Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 46—52, and Browne, " A Year amongst the Persians," 105 pp. — 8, where the Nisab i The vocabulary begins with the following Ingilisi is described, and the author is stated lines : to have died A.D. 1888. The present copy was written, by order of jj/ t w Farhad Mirza, by Muh. Isma'il 'Ali-abadi L_>^li y35lc\i ySiUls Mazandarani. Rhetoric and Insha. The words included in the text are again 188. written in three columns beneath each Or. 2944.— Foil. 124; U in. by 5£; from verse, namely, the English in the Roman 9 to 12 lines, 2f and 3 in. long; written in R ; 122 PHILOLOGY. 119a, which ruled margins; Navvab Husain 'Ali Mirza, fol. fair Nestalik, with 'Unvans and 1848). is imperfect at the end. dated (fol. 77) A.H. 1264 (A.D. Chubohill.] [Sidney The author, Mirza 'Abd ul-Vahhab, poeti- Nashat, belonged to the family j^Ss cally surnamed I. Foil. 2—77. j was of the Musavi Sayyids of Isfahan, and treatise on figures of speech, by Mu- subsequently A first Kalantar of that city. He 'Abd ul-JaM al-'Umari, called hammad B. became the favourite secretary of Fath 'Ah ar-Rashid. Shah, who conferred upon him the title of See Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 21, and, for other copies, the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i., Berlin Catalogue, no. 9, 189. p. 205, and Pertsch, art. 1. The art. 6, no. 22, art. 3, and no. 39, Or. 3344.—Foil. 392; 9|in.by5|; 19 lines, in Teheran, has been lithographed small Neskhi ; dated work 4 in. long ; written in Divan i A.H. 1302, in one volume with Wednesday, 9 Safar, A.H. 816 (A.D. 1413). Ka'ani. [Sidney Chubohill.] II. Foil. 78—124. Prefaces of Nashat to the Divan of Fath 'Ali Shah and to the Shahinshah Namah of Saba, with some other The secretary's manual, or rules and models prose compositions by the same writer. of epistolary composition, by Muhammad B. Hindushah, called Shams, al-Munshi al- Beg. u»*x»-l m g±> J\yi\ |JS>0 Nakhjuvani. Beg. lJjU j ,>Uv uXijj* J*" ^\s±*£ The preface of the Shahinshah Namah, C^-s fol. 916, begins : j\&r The last piece is the marriage contract of ODY. 123 The author mentions in the preface the Catalogue, no. 244 (Hammer's MS.), are following great masters of the art : Rashid later than the present. ud-Dln Vatvat, Baha ud-Din Muh. Bagh- Copyist dadi, STur ud-Din Munshi, and Razi ud-Din : j£ ^ ^ Khashshab, but adds that their style had become antiquated. After a panegyric on the reigning prince, Shaikh Uvais Bahadur Khan (the second prince of the Ilkani dynasty, Prosody. who reigned A.H. 757—776), he says that he had not had the honour of kissing the 190. royal threshold, but was, from his distant Or. 2814.—Poll. 191 in. ; home, invoking blessings upon His Majesty, ; 9f by 61 21 lines, 4 in. long ; written in and had written the present work, in his old Neskhi, apparently in the 14th century. age, as a tribute of homage to his sovereign. [Sidney Churchill.] He adds that he had formerly been invited >A! by Khwajah Ghiyas ud-Din Muh., in the ^ ^ J ^ reign of Abu Sa'id, to write a similar work, A treatise on Persian metre, rhyme, and but had not been able to accomplish that poetical figures, with copious quotations from task. old poets, by Shams i Kais. Ibn Hindushahis also known as the author The preface, the beginning of which is lost, contains a panegyric of a Persian glossary entitled and on a king, whose name does not appear. He is spoken of as dedicated to the above-mentioned Vazir, a Khwajah Ghiyas ud-Din. See Pertsch, Gotha young sovereign ^y* sUob, whose seat was Catalogue, p. 36, and Melanges Asiatiques, Shiraz, and who had lately added to his torn ix., p. 36. empire Kish with its dependencies, parts of the Hijaz, Bahrain, 'Oman, the harbours of Contents of the present work : Preface, the Persian Gulf, and the littoral from fol. lb, concluding with a full table of Basrah to the borders of India. This evi- chapters, foil. 9a — 16ft. Mukaddimah, fol. dently applies to the Atabek Abu Bakr B. 16ft, Kism I., comprising four Martabahs, Sa'd B. Zingi, who reigned A.H. 623—658, viz., 1. Letters to Sultans, royal ladies and whose conquest of Kish, Katif, Bahrain (Khatfms) and princes, fol. 19a. 2. Letters and 'Oman took place, as stated in the to Amirs, Vazirs, Sayyids, Shaikhs, &c, Jahan-ara, fol. 104ft, A.H. 628. The present fol. 131a. 3. Letters to 'Ulama, physicians, work must have been written shortly after professors, &c, fol. 209a. 4. Letters written the latter date. by Sultans, Amirs, Vazirs, &c, to each Other passages confirm that inference other, fol. 247b. Kism II. Edicts, diplomas and throw some light on the career of the of investiture, and other official documents, author, who appears to have spent the early part of in two Babs, beginning respectively at his life in Bukhara. He speaks in the fol. 280ft and 357a. Khiitimak, fol. 383a. Khatimah of a Pakih and would-be poet, The contents have been described in full who came to him in that city, A.H. 601, by Hammer, Handschriften, no. 185, pp. where he stayed with him five or six years, 171 copies — 177. Two noticed in the Ley- and whom he subsequently met again in Rai, den Catalogue, no. 290, and in the Vienna A.H. 617. r 2 ' — 124 PHILOLOGY. j 3. In the preface, when stating the origin of the present work, the author relates how a cib j» fol. 113a. treatise, which he had formerly written on the same subject, had been lost with other precious books, at the time of the invasion of the infidels (the Moghols), in the rout of the army of the Sultan (Muhammad Khwarazm- shah) and of his sons before the fortress of jSil jyJii. ^iS fol. 1186. of Farzln j>.jj> in the month of Jumada the year 17 (A.H. 617). Some quires of that shown fol. 1356. book were subsequently recovered and Wjbj&j jij j ^3 by him to the learned men of Shiraz, who, There is, besides, a Khiitimah, foil. 179 while pleased with it, objected to the use of 191, containing the author's advice to in- the Arabic language in treating of Persian tended poets. poetry. In compliance with their urgent The work is copiously illustrated with request, he extracted from it and turned into poetical quotations. The most frequently Persian those parts which treated of that quoted poet is Anvari, and one of the latest subject. is Kamal Isma'il (d. A.H. 635), a contem- divided, fol. 6a, into two The work is porary of the author. There are also verses of metre parts (Kism), treating respectively of 'Unsuri, Dakiki, Farrukhi, Minuchihri, Abulfaraj Runi, Mas'ud and of rhyme, ^ Jj* f~ Ghaza'iri, Azraki, Sayyid i Sa'd, Banal, Mu'izzI, Mukhtari, Hasan Ghaznavi, Rashid, 'Imadi (Shahriyarl), subdivided into four The first Kism is Khakani, Mujir Bailakani, Zahir, Sharaf ud- Babs, with the following headings : Din i Shufurvah, and others. The j5b», by Shams i Kais, ap- ^ J»' parently an abridgment of the present work, is quoted iu a later treatise on rhyme, noticed in the Persian Catalogue, p. 8146, fol. 14a. i Kais are J^W xil. Two other works of Shams Bthe, Bodleian Cata- 3 quoted by Fakhri ; see *?J S PROSODY. 125 meaning of Mu'jam, " alphabetically ar- Amir Burhan ud-Din 'Ata-ullah, born in ranged," does not apply to this work. Naishapur, studied in Herat, and became an accomplished The margins are covered throughout the master of prosody and poetical figures. volume with glosses explanatory of Arabic He was for many years engaged in teaching words, written by a later hand and without in the Sultaniyah and Ikhlasiyyah Madrasahs, any connection with the text. and his treatises on rhyme and on poetical ornaments are popular. Towards the end of his life he lost his sight and retired to Mashhad, where he died A.H. 929. 191. See Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3, p. 345; Majalis ul-Mu'minm, Or. 2980.—Foil. 115; 9| in. by 7|; from 15 fol. 76; and Baber, Pavet de Courteille's to 18 lines, 4f in. long; written in small and translation, vol. i., fair Nestalik p. 404. ; dated 25 Rajab, A.H. 1123 (A.D. 1711). [H. A. STEEN. The present treatise is extracted, as stated in the preamble, from the Makta', I. Foil. 1—23. or final section, of a comprehensive work on the art A treatise on prosody, by Sain. See the of poetry, entitled ScU-JI which the Persian Catalogue, p. 5256, and Pertsch, author had written Berlin by desire of Mir All Catalogue, nos. 56, 5, 115, 5. Shir. (See Haj. Khal., ii., 399, and iii., 425.) II. Foil. 24, 25. A short tract ascribed It is divided into nine sections called ; to Rashid ud-Dln Vatvat, giving examples with the following headings : and scansion of sixteen favourite Persian 1. Fol. 27a. metres. tuXi ^sjyjjj 2. Ib. (jrjj l_> =~ d\s*> j>- Beg. jfh J* (.iLJlj !jU!l_, a <->}_f~ (J^> ) }J sbiy, if jUil l—AiS^) 3. Fol. 29a. > ^AwJj jlju**\ (J^li ^\s- 3J j\ 4. Fol. 30a. jusl? The first 5. Fol. 316. yil _SUj1 example, ^yt jt^, begins j ^ £j>\ ^ ^ as follows 6. Fol. 32a. ^3 jUcb jjj'i Ail uWji 1 °*^> jj !) Lib U$ ) ]) u>}jf£ 7. Fol. 326. III. Foil. 26-35. A treatise on rhyme *!L.j 8. Fol. 34a. OJIS t_JiU js. t-jyts- ^UjjJ sjj$, by Ata-ullah B. Mahmud al-Husaini. 9. Fol. 346. lJj.Jj j L-a-U Beg. £.!jo >\ks jjjii ^jia- ..US' T logue, no. 333. ^ ^ \j U ^ IV. Foil. 36— 38. Jami's treatise on rhyme. : ; 126 PHILOLOGY. ' gold-ruled margins ; dated Skav- See the Persian Catalogue, p. 5266, VI. Unvan and val, A.H. 1245 (A.D. 1830). Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 894, 33 ; and [Sidney Churchill.] Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 115, 3. treatise on rhyme, by 'Atfi-ullah B. V. Foil. 42—108. A treatise on riddles A Mahmud al-Husaini. See the preceding U«* sJLu,, by Mir Husain B. Muhammad al- MS., art. 111. Husaini (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 649b), with a commentary. It is stated at the end Beg. u-i-Aj t£\ J. O-^jA that the author, Mir Husain Naishapuri, died on the 9th of Zulka'dah, A.H. 904. The commentary is mixed up with the text, without any distinction. The commen- tator calls the author his master, and gives Biddies. at the end chronograms of his own composi- tion for A.H. 912 and 914. He does not 193. explicitly state his name ; but he designates 7 in. by 4; 15 lines, himself in the following chronogram by the Or. 3509.—Foil. 200; written in Neskhi, apparently takliallus Rukni 2| in. long ; in the 15th century. [Sidney Churchill.] A treatise 011 Mu'amma (^j***), by Sharaf ud-Din 'Ali Yazdi, author of the Zafar Namah, who died A.H. 858 (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 173). The above chronogram gives A.H. 916 as Beg. the date of composition of the commentary. VI. Foil. 109—111. Tables of divination ,^J.« l>L>y*) L_jjli^ l-JIs- >_->ViS^ alleged to have been written by Aristotle for Sultan Sikandar. VII. Foil. 112—115. An anonymous on the twelve musical moods, on treatise jiS The MS. is endorsed, Wy J their relation to the twelve signs of the zodiac, and on their subdivisions. It is en- This is evidently the work entitled Hulal i dorsed Ju*»y (.jis- and begins with a Jami based his quatrain containing the names of the twelve Mutarraz, JS^-, on which treatise on the same subject, inscribed musical moods, the first line of which is : own Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 108, e\j > JU iUU. See y>- <_ ^j* J' Berlin Catalogue, vol. v., p. 638 ; Pertsch, The treatise is divided into short unnum- Bodleian Catalogue, no. 32, art. 2 ; and Ethe, bered sections, with the heading no. 894, art. 32. An abstract of the same work, subsequently made by the author, is 192. designated asjjk* ,>- u^***. See the Bod- 1345. Although the lines, leian Catalogue, no. Or. 3249.—Foil. 26; 8 in. by 4| ; 12 actually found in the in fair Nestalik, with title jja*. Ji» is not 2f in. long ; written ^ POETRY. 127 text, it undoubtedly applies to the present I (j^si 8jU 4 JjujsJ JjJ jd py* III. work, and is easily accounted for by the fact that its main sections are called JU, while their subdivisions are designated by the CjjyO t_^_s! ji> .jl^a. ajo- IV. word j\Jh. The preface begins with some considera- tions on human speech in general and on the j d>—iiifo a/ t/oi-ly (jjjiii jj id* V. literal and the hidden meanings of the Coran. i—jp- t/OJ* '—>jy° After these the author states that in A.H. 832 his royal patron, Abu'l-Fath Ibrahim The first four Hullahs begin respectively Sultan (son of Shabrukh and Viceroy of at foil. 586, 94a, 1176, and 181a. The early Filrs) marched at the head of an army from part of the second is wanting, owing to the Shiraz to Azarbaijan, and displayed the most loss of one or more leaves after fol. 93. The brilliant generalship and prowess, especially fourth Hullah is slightly imperfect at the in a battle fought before Salinas, in which end, and the fifth is missing. the rebel Iskandar Turcoman 1 was defeated. A portion of Ibrahim Sultan's troops were then dismissed to Shiraz, and the author, 194. who had accompanied the prince on that Or. 3241.—Foil. 60 9| in. by 13 lines, campaign, returned with them, and, pining ; 6J ; 2-1 in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- at his master's absence, he sought solace in talik, with an illuminated border enclosing the composition of this work. It treats of the first two pages, and gold designs on the art of composing verses which enclose tinted paper margins; dated A.H. 925 (A.D., words, mostly proper names, disguised in 1519). [Sidney some ingenious fashion. Churchill.] Contents : Preface, fol. 26. Two prelimi- nary chapters called Asl, fol. 10a, viz., 1. A treatise on the same subject, by Mir 1 j-Xjk 1** <-^3j* jJ, and w 3 jjj J J ji" Husain B. Muhammad al-Husaini, who died A.H. 904. See no. 192, art. v. 3)° J- Mukaddimah, fol. 566. Five main Beg. v*(r> j jl a£T fXx> sections called Hullah (iJ*), subdivided into chapters termed Tiraz. The headings of the Hullahs are given Copyist: in the Mukaddimah, fol. ^ 576, as follows : OiiU j 1 £u I. cr*** ^Jj j J3 3^ ^ u^jl 3 u^V ^ « 1 Or. 4906.— Foil. 642 ; 12^ in. by Amir Iskandar B. Kara Yusuf was routed by the 8 ; 25 lines, united forces of Shabrukh on the 17th of Zulhijjah, 4J in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, in four before Salmas (Matla' us-Sa'dain, Or. 1291, foil. 158—63). gold-ruled ruled columns, with 'Unvans and : 128 POETRY. from the text of the Gobineau MS., and has thirty-eight miniatures in rather inferior some additional matter at the end. The Persian style, apparently in the 17th century. of Garshasp, with which the latter [Sir Henri Eawlinson.] death copy concludes, is recorded here in the first followed lines of fol. 100a. This passage is by three sections relating to the mourning of The Shahnamah of Firdausi See the Nariman, to a letter of condolence written to Persian Catalogue, p. 533. him by Faridun, and to the festive banquet The This copy contains upwards of sixty thou- given in his honour by the latter. of sand distichs, or at least ten thousand above epilogue which follows, contains the date accounted the usual number. The excess is composition, A.H. 458 : to for by the following extensive additions the original text : in two I. The Garshasp Namah of Asadi, the name of the poet, Asadi, parts, occupying respectively fol. 10a, line 24, line to to fol. 686, line 22, and fol. 73a, 25, fol. 1016, line 20. of : poem consists The first part begins with this line and the statement that the nine thousand Baits, and had been composed in the space of two years ..J6 S«< which in the Gobineau copy, described under prologue, no. 201, is found at the end of the to the colophon dated fol. 36, line 6. It is brought down At the end is a versified from an death of Atrat, father of Garshasp, and the A.H. 748, evidently transcribed pages, fol. latter's accession, ending with this verse : earlier MS. The next two prologue to a 102a and b, are occupied by a collection of select verses from the Shah- namah, classed, according to subjects, in compiled by one 'Ali which occurs at fol. 35a, line 27, of the above- thirteen Babs. It was Malik Shah. mentioned MS. B. Ahmad, and dedicated to from the second after the This first part is separated II. The Barzu Namah, inserted relating to the by a portion of Firdausi' s text episode of Bizhan, and occupying foil. 261a history of Farldun, and corresponding with —303a. pp. 31—48 of Macan's edition. Beg. Hj> a)j y j' J* ^ u>3* The second part of the Garshasp Namah •Is Ji begins with the line which in the Gobineau the author of which is not MS. follows immediately the last quoted This poem, known, has been described by Mohl in his verse, namely : preface to the Shahnamah, p. xliv., and by ^)L^ i Ji)3J \j J— UU» xxv. Macan in his introductory remarks, pp. xxx. The present text agrees with that printed by Macan in the fourth volume of It differs in contents and arrangement POETRY. A.H. 400—500. 129 his edition of the Shahnamah, pp. 2160— Nestalik, in six gold-ruled columns, with 2296. The history of Barzu is briefly told nine miniatures ; dated A.H. 1246—49 (A.D. in Ihya ul-Muluk, Or. 2779, foil. 13—15. 1830-33). [H. A. Stbbm.] The poem is found inserted in another The first half of the Shahnamah, brought copy of the Shahnamah, Add. 27,258, foil. down to the accession of Luhrasp, with the 2526, 261a —3016, and a fragment is noticed preface of Mirza Baisunghar. (See the Per- by Eth<5, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 511. The sian Catalogue, p. 536a.) Barzu Namah is ascribed in one of Anquetil's This copy contains a considerable MBS. to amount a poet Atai. See Maoan, p. xxix. of extraneous matter, amounting in the In the epilogue of the Shahnamah, fol. 6416, aggregate to about twenty thousand distichs. the early date of composition, A.H. 384, It consists of various poems and episodes of noticed in the Persian Catalogue, p. 5346, is later date, inserted at suitable places of the given in these words : Shahnamah, without any break or special 1 heading, so as to form in ^j-^-j- - *«a>' ±JU j„> appearance a con- tinuous text with the genuine poem of Fir- dausi. These additions are as follows : I. Foil. 15a, line 23 to fol. 54, line 6. Gar- shasp Nfimah M13 i_»->U>^ with this begin- ning' : The ordinary conclusion of the epilogue is followed here by about thirty distichs not noticed in other copies. They begin with a reference to the well-known incident of the See the Gobineau MS., no. 201, fol. sum 36, given away by the poet to the beer- line 20. seller. The following line and a few more It concludes with the death of the hero are evidently taken from the famous satire and a brief mention of the letter written to upon Sultan Mahmud : his son Farldun. by The last lines are : See Maoan, p. 65, and Mohl, Preface, p. xci. From a somewhat mutilated note on a See Or. 2878, fol. 110a. partly torn fly-leaf, it appears that the MS. once belonged to Timur Mirza, and was pur- II. Foil. 63a, line 16, to fol. 93a, line 25. chased by Sir Henry Rawlinson in Baghdad, Sam Namah beginning, in continua- AD. 1839. On fol. 4466 there is a Ruba'i tion of Firdausi's text (Macan, p. 96, line 23), written by a former owner, A.H. 1157. with these lines : e£r ux-v y 196. uX& CJ^ ^ ^ Or. 2926.— Foil. 349; 161 in. by 111; 25 lines, 7f in. long; written in cursive l?1 jJ p^-J : : 130 POETRY. Fol. 1676, line 3 to fol. 1796, line 25. The last line is VI. substantial Faramurz Namah JjAJ, in II. agreement with a separate copy, no. 199, ; beginning The Sam Namah is a very late composi- tion ascribed, probably falsely, to Khwaju y'Jr' j> col. 1736. m. Fol. 107ft, line 23, to fol. 1126, line 19. ' The episode of Rustam's fight with Kuk VII. Fol. 191a, line 2 to fol. 1926, line 17. con- Kuhzad, beginning : A sequel to the episode of Suhrab, in tinuation of this line of Macan's text, p. 376, line : i}Lj J^c! ^ j^j* It is printed in the fourth volume of '}j> Macan's edition, pp. 2133—2158. It is also i j>) found in Add. 27,258, foil. 596—676, and an The next lines in our text are : abstract of the story is given in Ihya ul- Muluk, fol. 116. IV. Fol. 1126, line 19, to fol. 123a, line 4. Episodes of the Indian tiger slain by Rustam, sj \^ ji'i f\ of the birth of Faramurz, and of the sea- mother, Tahmlnah, resolves to monster Batyarah t)^->, also destroyed by Suhrab's avenge his death, but becomes reconciled Rustam ; beginning with Rustam, and gives birth to Faramurz. VIII. Fol. 193a, line 1, to fol. 2216, line 20. Barzu Namah jjy, agreeing with no. 195, Fol. 146a, line 6, to fol. 1676, line 2. V. art. ii. Episode of Shabrang, son of Div i Sapid, IX. Fol. 2496, line 7, to fol. 251a, line 19. and of the encounters of Rustam and Fara- relating to the warlike daughter murz with him and other Divs in Mazan- An episode of Rustam, Banu Gushasp, beginning : daran, beginning : 'sii jiid »jjyv ( $.*0 The last line is : Serv Azad, of Merv, is one of the authori- ties of Firdausi. See Mold's edition, preface, p. xix., vol. iv., p. 701. POETRY. A.H. 400—500. 131 This short episode is probably a frag- II. Foil. 62a— 133a. Bahman-Niimah, a ment of the poem entitled Banu Gushasp poem treating of the wars of Bahman with Namah, described by Mohl in his preface, the heroes of Sistan, and especially with p. Ixiii. A copy mentioned by Ethe, no. 509, Azarbarzln, son of Faramurz. The contents has a different beginning from the above. have been described by Mohl in his preface The to the Shahnamah xvii. preface of Baisunghar, which occupies The heading is : foil. 1 —10, and is in the same handwriting As J» as the bulk of the volume, is dated Bab? I., A.H. 1249. The last leaf of the volume, written by another hand, is dated Safar, A.H. 1246. Half-page miniatures >'<> in late Beg-. jljb A3 ^ (jriS-^ Persian style are found at foil. 106, 129, 130, 133—35, 137, 153 and 214. Many blank spaces reserved for miniatures have not been iOi>ii,-J. ^fUb .sJijlA-i- filled in. .U The poet, whose name does not appear, 197. says in his prologue that ten years had elapsed since the death of Malik Shah : Or. 2976.—Foil 275 ; uniform with the pre- ceding and written by the same hand; dated Shiraz, .U. 1st Jumada I., A.H. 1252 (A.D. 1836). [H. A. Stern.] The latter half of the Shahnamah, written in continuation of the preceding volume, and He was writing, therefore, A.H. 495. containing the He following additions : describes the troubles which followed the I. Foil. 59i—62a. Part of the Azarbarzln death of Malik Shah, and the prowess with Namah, a history of Azarbarzln, son of Zal which his son succeeded in putting down [sic], and of the daughter of Sur, king of rebels and establishing his rule. The author Kashmir, with this heading: approached the royal throne, he says, in Isfahan, and invoked blessings on the sove- j reign. The prince here referred to can .13 hardly be any other than the r~> ^ son and suc- cessor of Malik Shah, Barkyaruk, who Be 8 2 ; 132 POETRY. The Shahnamah, with the old preface. same poem is found in another MS., The 534a Pertsch, pro- See the Persian Catalogue, p. ; no. 201, III., with a different Or. 2780, Bodleian Berlin Catalogue, no. 702; and Bthe, logue, addressed to Muhammad Shah, brother Catalogue, no. 497. and successor of Barkyaruk, about A.H. 502. at the is somewhat imperfect begins, fol. 626, line 12, The MS. The narrative be beginning. The first folios, which must with these verses (corresponding with Or. contain the taken in this order, 2, 3, 1, 5, 2780, fol. 136, line 9) : main part of the old preface, corresponding ±>y> lC-s- transla- with pp. 54—68 of Wallenbourg's four Persian tion, and the summary of the Fol. which dynasties (ib. pp. 70-75). 4, to the should come after fol. 219, belongs with history of Bahrain Gur, and corresponds edition. pp. 1517—23 of Macan's The two texts are in close agreement down taken in this the dragon and The last six folios should be to the fight of Bahman with 306a, 303, 304, 305, line (Or. 2780, order: foil. 302, 3066, to his death, fol. 1326, 6 date of com- lines in 307. In the epilogue, the early 1876, line 5). The concluding fol. Persian return of position, A.H. 384, noticed in the the present copy relate to the 5346, is also found, but some- Azarbarzin to Sistan, and to the death of Catalogue, p. in the following of Or. 2780 what differently expressed, Zal, while the concluding portion of the line describes the reception by Humai installa- As. ScJL«> JV-> ^> &•»> j tidings of Bahman's death and her Baits in the MS. is about tion on the throne. The number of miniatures, 48,500. There are nine half-page An abstract of the contents of Bahman at foil. 31, 51, 85, ul-Muluk, of inferior Persian style, Namah will be found in Ihya 276. The poem 93, 129, 158, 192, 239, and Or. 2779, foil. 19—21. equal parts, the second is 'divided into two the latter part of with the accession Foil. 133a—275 contain of which begins, fol. 1416, accession of Humai the Shahnamah, from the of Luhrasp. 1248— to the death of Yazdagird (Macan, pp. and the 2089), wanting the last two sections 199. epilogue. and Foil. 109; 9| in. by 4J ; 19 minia- 0r . 2946.— This volume contains nine half-page written in cursive Nestalik, ap- 128, 13 lines ; tures on foil. 66, 69, 72, 74, 80, 127, the 18th century. left un- parently in India, in 136, and several blank spaces 132, [Sidney Churchill.] filled. ^yx> Bizhan Namah, I. Foil. 2—49. with the 198. an episode of the Shahnamah, heading, «0 j'^ 27 lines, ^ Or. 4384.—Poll. 307; 13Hn,byl0; in small and neat Nes- Beg. fij*-'. dfi $ a& 71- in. lone ; written ]} with 'Unvans, talik, in six gold-ruled columns, 15th apparently about the close of the in substance with Bodge.] The text corresponds century. [Wallib : POETRY. A.H. 400—500. 133 Maoan's edition, pp. 755—805 ; but it is Two separate MSS. of the above episodes swelled by interpolated verses from about are noticed by Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, 1400 Baits to 1900. The last section, how- nos. 1978-9. ever, relating to the return of Rustam to the Court of Kaikhusrau, is shorter than the original text, and differs from it considerably. 200. Or. 2930.—Foil. 240 9 l in. ; ; by 15 lines, An appendix of 50 Baits, written in a 5f ; in. 4 long ; written in fair Nestalik smaller character, treats of the reception of in two columns; dated Friday, 7 Rabi' Manizhah and Bizhan by Farangis, and con- II., A.H. 1244 (A.D. 1828). [Nath. Bland.] cludes with this line : J Yusuf u Zulaikha, by Firdausi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 545, and Ethe, Bod- This copy, as well as that of the following leian Catalogue, nos. 505— 6. poem, was probably written by a Parsee, as appears from this substitute for the usual Beg. ^j** jd j> dji&a, Jjj Bismillah : JjlAlm i±i>\jZJi. ^ Jjj II. Foil. 50—109. j^i Faramurz This copy is the only one known which Namah, a history of the expedition of Fara- contains the full prologue of Firdausi, espe- murz, son of Rustam, to India, one of the cially the important account given by the episodes grafted upon the Shahnamah. poet, foil. 7a—96, of his two predecessors, Abu '1-Muayyad and Bakhtiyari. That pro- Beg. yl&j JJj ^jjj logue has been edited by Ethe, mainly from the present MS., in his " Firdausi's Yusuf und Zalikha," 1887, pp. 20—23. The verses The fourth line, in praise of the Padishah i Islam, ib., p. 24, are not found in the present MS., but it con- tains, with some variations, the other two extracts given by Ethe under no. iii., namely, is identical with the beginning of another the first from fol. 36, line 11, to fol. 4a, line copy above mentioned, no. 196, art. VI., and 14; and the second from fol. 2b, line 10, to the two texts are in close agreement. The fol. 3a, line 6. last line common to both, For MSS. and printed editions, see Ethe, jjUi lijilu Ji£-> j ib., pp. 7 and 12. An elegant translation of the poem in German verse was published by Freiherr von Schlechta - Wssehrd, Vienna, is followed in the present copy by four Baits 1889. in which Faramurz is said to return to Jaipal 201. Or. 2780.—Foil. 243 10 in. ; by 6J; 23 lines, from internal evidence, in with four rich double-page 'Unvans of the What we learn above-mentioned date, is that most highly finished style, gold headings, addition to the for Abu Safar, A.H. 800 (A.D. the author composed this poem and miniatures ; dated prince of Arran (to whose name the 1397). [CoHTE DE GoBINEAU.] Dulaf, Nisbah Majma' ul-Fusaha, i., p. 107, adds the I. Foil. 1—40. U,/ of Arran) : e from Karkar, a town Garshasp Namah, the history of Garshasp, the hero of Sistan, written in imitation of (yjlj ldH$ jWL^J" Asadi (see the Shahnamah of Firdausi ; by it he was not known no. 196, art. I.). and that before writing as a poet. This appears from the following Beg. L^Uifcj &pl W 1 o*^~> j verse in the epilogue : The author's name is not found in the text; but in the endorsement, j\ **X> u«>Uj/ The contents of the poem are described OV-ojlii*, the poem is as- II. Foil. 41—132. sliJ^i of the ^ next-following sections are Okotai, Shahanshah Tuli Khan, fol. Namah, a rhymed history of 70a ; Jalal ud-Din Khwarazm Ohinglz Shah, fol. Khan and his successors down to 73a; Jaghatai, fol. 796; Kuyuk A.H. Khan, fol. 738, by Ahmad of Tabriz. 816; Mung Ka'an, fol. 826; and Hulagu Khan, fol. 84a. Beg. The rest of the poem is taken up with the wars of Hulagu and the reigns of his suc- cessors in Persia The title of the poem and its dedication down to the author's time. to Abu Sa'id are found in the It following lines appears from the epilogue that the of the prologue, fol. 426: author commenced the work by order of Abu Sa'id, spent eight years upon its com- position, and completed it A.H. 738, two years after the death of his royal patron, when Shaikh Hasan Buzurg had raised Muhammad Khan to the throne. The date »Uj ^jT J, of composition and the poet's name are found at the end : JL, "Mr»l mW-j (_r—i;- The J- narrative begins with Japhet, son of Noah, and a sketch of his descendants in the Moghol line down to Timujin, afterwards Chingiz Khan. The headings of this intro- duction are as follows : The copy is dated the 14th of Rajah, A.H. Fol. 426. 5Ui 800. It is r ^ ^ ^ ^ endorsed : oLjki. s^UjaSj* Fol. 44a. J\ j ^ III. Foil. 134—187. US ^ Bahman Namah, the poem above men- tioned, no. 16. 197, II., with a different beginning. ^ »/jl Jj*. ^ ^ Beg. ^U^*, (ji. j| lb. a\ o-jj U- ^b^s, u tf y^jUi^ Fol. 46a. ^U^b ^ jXiy ?...».; The prologue is much longer than in the Fol. 46a. preceding b ^ copy, and contains a panegyric on the reigning sovereign, Fol. 466. Muhammad Shah, a\ j] ^jjii brother and successor of Sultan Barkyaruk' Fol. The poet describes 47a. j! wyU- ^U-b at length two events which took place in the early part of his The history of Chingiz Khan is told at reign. The first is the capture of Shahdiz, great length down to fol. 69a. The subjects a stronghold held by the Isma'ilis, close to POETRY. 136 after a jj/b j ib j ib i,; Isfahan. It was taken by storm ,_£y J~ chief was flayed alive year's siege, and the 3 w-jj see Kamil, vol. x., p. 299). The (A.H. 500 ; name Muham- In the prologue the author, whose second is the great battle in which appear, gives again a poetical de- mad Shah routed and slew Malik ul-'Arab, does not in which his ud-Daulah Sadakah scription of the great battle i.e. Amir ul-'Arab Saif and slew the king of the Kamil, lb., p. 306). sovereign defeated B. Mazyad (A.H. 501 ; see He refers to the preceding poem the poet describes a huge dragon which Arabs." Here received the princely reward he had came down from the sky before the battle, and to of gratitude dedicates The for it, and in token and was taken as an omen of victory. his royal patron. He Ta'rikh l the present one to incident is mentioned in same of his then passes on to the subject-matter Guzidah. 190a : poem in the following lines, fol. The beginning and conclusion of the narra- no. 197, II. tive have been given above under decade of This copy is dated in the last is ascribed Eabi' I., A.H. 800. The poem *«U J&ijjt j*> in the endorsement, ^-C- c^V^lii* ^-.ftJ U">y My apparently, u^iT, to Hakim Azari. This is, owing to a confusion with a later Bahman 103? Namah, a history of the Bahmams of Deccan, surnamed by Shaikh Azari, who died A.H. 866 (see the The hero of the poem, Kiish, " is repre- Persian Catalogue, pp. 43a, 642a). Pildandan, the elephant-tusked," and as a contemporary of Zohak translated by sented The Mujmil ut-Tavarikh, range over Faridun, and his warlike exploits Journal Asiatique for 1843, i., pp. 395 Mohl, world from China to Maghrib. written all the known to 418, mentions a Bahman Nameh to the Mujmil ut-Tavarikh, Rush B. According verse, by Hakim Iranshan [J^]^) of in Pildandan B. Rush was a brother's son but the line there quoted is Abi '1-Khair ; Garshasp. See Mohl, Journal Asiatique, Majma' ul-Fusaha, not found in our MS. In 414. Some episodes of the 1843, i., pp. 391, stated that the Bahman vol. i., p. HO, it is Rush Namah have been described by Oomte to Jamali was attributed by some Perses, vol. i., Namah de Gobineau, Histoire des In another place, p. 494, the Mihrijirdi. 139 144. In the endorsement the poem author of pp poet is explicitly called Azari. latter ascribed, like the preceding, to one is Namah, and is mentioned as Bahman *** who lived Copyist (foil. 132, 243) : al of the contemporaries of Lami'i, & about A.H. 500. with eleven minia- The MS. is ornamented IV. Foil. 188—243. «J3 (J>/ They occupy tures in good Persian style. pre- more, and are Hush Namah, by the author of the two-thirds of the page or 61, 89, 163, ceding poem. found at foil. 14, 18, 29, 44, 49, 171, 202, 213. Beg. Jjj trAjj ^-^J The contents of this MS. have been briefly POETRY. A.H. 400—500. 137 noticed by Comte de Gobineau in the Me- two ruled columns ; dated Jumada II., A.H. langes Asiatiques, vol. vi., p. 404. They 1275 (A.D. 1859). Bound in painted and were more fully described in the Athenseum, glazed covers. [Sidney Chuechii.l.] 31 May, 1884. Selection from the Divan of Farrukhi, with this heading : .jjUj ly j 202. w 3 Or. 2878.— Foil. 119; 121 in. by 8; 17 lines, 4J in. long; written in four columns in Beer. elegant Nestalik, with 'Unvan, gold-ruled margins, gilt headings and miniatures, ap- Farrukhi, whose original parently name was Abu'l- in the 16th century. Bound in Hasan 'Ali B. Kulu', was a native of Sistan, stamped leather covers. distinguished alike by musical [Sidney Chuechill.] skill and poetical genius, and a dependant of the local Another copy of the Garshasp Namah ruler, Amir Khalaf B. Ahmad (see (deposed no. 201, i.). The prologue is abridged A.H. 393 by Sultan Mahmud; see Kamil, to fifty-two Baits, and does not contain the vol. ix., p. 122). Leaving his native country name of Abu Dulaf. The narrative begins in search of fortune, he repaired to at the Balkh top of the third page, fol. 36, and the and won the favour of Amir Abu '1-Muzaffar record of the death of Garshasp, with which Tahir Chaghani, by whose liberality he the former copy was concludes, is found at fol. enabled to appear in state at the Court of 112a. It is followed by several sections Ghaznah. There he became one of the relating to Nariman and to his conflict with favorite poets of Sultan Mahmud, and died Ra'd i Ghammaz, Lord of Sipand Kuh A.H. 429, leaving, besides numerous poems, (partly printed in the Majma' ul-Fusaha, a treatise on rhetorics entitled Tarjuman ul- pp. 135—138). The epilogue, foil. 118-19, Balaghah. See Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., consists only of reflections on the transitory pp. 439—65, where extensive extracts from nature of worldly greatness and of prayers, his Divan are given, and Khair ul-Bayan without any mention of the poet's patron. Or. 3397, fol. 51ft. The date 470, assigned In the colophon is found the curious by Taki Kashi, Oude Catalogue, 15, to notice that p. the author, Maulana Asadi, was Farrukhi's death, is evidently much too late. the sister's son of Firdausi: The ^ contents of the present MS. are an alphabetical series ^f±»>\ Wj« oaf j\ of Kasidahs with headings indicating to whom they were addressed, fol. 2b, three Tarjl'-bands, fol. The MS. contains 86J, Kit'ahs two whole-page minia- and Ruba'is, fol. 91a, and an appendix tures in Persian style at the beginning, and containing some six half-page Ghazals and additional miniatures at foil. 13, 40, 52 Ruba'is, foil. 924—94a. 82, 96 and 108. Most of the Kasi- dahs are in praise of Sultan Mahmud, of Copyist his : ^Kll puis yj s^f son j£ Muhammad and of his brother, Amir Yusuf. A notice of the poet is prefixed 203. foil, lb—2a. The MS. was written by a student called Or. 2945.—Foil. 94 in. ; 10f by 6 ; 16 lines, Abu '1-Kasim, for Muh. Mahdi B. Mustafa in. long; written al- 3J in cursive Nestalik in Husaini al-Tafrishi, surnamed Bada'i'jsTigar. T : : 138 POETRY. The same Selection was subsequently Ruba'is, fol. 2106, beginning : edited by the same Muh. Mahdi B. Mustafa, poetically surnamed Mukhlis, Teheran, A.H. 1301, with a preface which includes the biographical notice above-mentioned. The II. Foil. 213—262. t^aift ^j, contents of that lithographed edition are The Divan of 'Unsuri. identical with those of the present MS., with Contents ; Kasidahs in alphabetical order, the exception that the additional pieces of fol. 2135, with the same beginning as in the appendix have been inserted into the no. 205. Additional Kasidahs not alpha- body of the work. betically arranged, fol. 2506. Ruba'is, fol. Another edition of Farrukhi's Divan was 261a, beginning : lithographed in Teheran, A.H. 1302. It y £j " j} contains Kasidahs, in alphabetical order, J f-i-*'8 more numerous than in the first edition, but t? y u)lij' *4f? ^ headings, short Grhazals at without and two III. Foil. 263—286. A collection of Kasi- the end. Some pieces have been edited by dahs alphabetically arranged, designated in M. Schefer in the second volume of his the colophon as the Divan of Rudagi Chrestomathie persane, pp. 247—52. A y_.il yl jli-.lU ^y.jJl translation of Riza Kuli Khan's notice of Farrukhi will be found in the same volume, Beg. b_»7 c^iA Jy^jj ufV^j 11 uf J J ^ p. 242. iSj_»j ^ t-J-^/J It is stated, however, in a note at the 204. beginning, that the poems are by Kataran, and have been wrongly ascribed to Rudagi, Or. 3246.—Foil. 286; 11 in. by 6J ; about as they are found in the Divan of the former. in. long red- 19 lines, 3f ; written in two In fact most pieces are found in the Divan ruled columns in cursive Nestalik; dated of Kataran, no. 207. (fol. 262) Tuesday, Ramazan, A.H. 1248 (A.D. 1833). Bound in painted and glazed The same writer, who signs himself Bah- covers. [Sidney Churchill.] man B. 'Abdullah Mirza B. Fath 'Ali Shah, makes an exception in favour of two pieces I. Foil. 1-212. J-jJ Jyfi which he says are really by Rudagi. The The Divan of Farrukhi ; see the preceding first is a Kasidah beginning, fol. 277a, as MS. follows bjd lS"*^ jjb jliU Beg. y^jj lSjjJ <-fr^ u!3^& J Js \j ^ Contents : Kasidahs in alphabetical order, partly agreeing with the Teheran edition of (In Majma' ul-Fusaha it is given under A.H. 1302, but much more numerous. Tarjj'- Rudagi, vol. i., p. 238, but said to be really fol. 202a, beginning : bands, by Kataran). The second is the well-known piece be- Ghazals, fol. 207a, beginning : ginning : ^• > ij*" ±>J WVJs" Ji i/y *J u^V* Copyist : l_~I~> yl POETRY. A.H. 400—500. 139 205. I 206. Or. Foil. 8^ 2843.— Ill; in. by 51; 12 lines, Or. 2844.—Poll. 81 in. ; 8J by 6J ; 15 lines, in. long 3^ ; written on blue-tinted about in. paper in 4 long ; written in cursive Shi- neat Shikastah-amiz, with 'Unvan and gold- kastah-amiz, A.H. 1274 (A.D. 1857-8). ruled margins dated ; Teheran, 28 Zulhijjah, [Sidney Chuechill.] A.H. 1278 (A.D. 1862). [Sidney Chuechill.] The Divan of Minuchihri, with the heading The Divan of 'Unsuri, Malik ush-Shu'ara at the Court of Sultan Mahmud, who died A.H. 431. See the Persian Catalogue, p 10311, n. Beg. Ujyj; It is alphabetically arranged, and begins ^ ^ ^ with a Kasidah in praise of Sultan Mahmud, U^s ^ ^ ^ the opening line of which is : Abu 'n-Najm Ahmad of Damaghan, sur- named Shast Gallah, took the poetical name Minuchihri from his first patron, Amir Minu- chihr of Gurgan, who succeeded his father The alphabetical series of Kasidahs is Amir Kabiis, A.H. 386. After followed, fol. 102a, by three Kit'ahs and that prince's death in A.H. 411, he repaired to G-hazals, and, fol. 104a, by an alphabetical Ghaznah, paid his court series of Ruba'is, to the Malik ush-Shu'ara beginning : 'Unsuri, and became one of the panegyrists of Sultan Mahmud and of his son and suc- cessor, Sultan Mas'ud. He died A.H. 432 The (see Majma' Divan includes a Kasidah of Abu Zaid ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. 542) or Ghaza'iri A.H. 439, as stated (who died A.H. 426; Majma' ul- in the Teheran edition of the Divan. Fusaha, vol. i., p. 368) and a "replica" by 'Unsuri, foil. 59—65. The first edition of his Divan was pub- A similarly arranged Divan with nearly lished in Teheran by the learned Riza Kuli the same contents was lithographed in Persia Khan, who prefixed to it a biographical without date. A later and fuller edition, notice of the poet. A second edition was probably lithographed in Teheran, is dated lithographed in Teheran, A.H. 1297. M. A. A.H. 1298. Copious extracts are given in de Biberstein Kazimirski, who had published Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. L, pp. 355—67. in 1876 a specimen of the Divan, drawn from MSS. noticed by Sprenger, Oude Cata- a MS. in his possession, has since edited the logue, p. 528, and by Ethe, Bodleian Cata- whole text, enlarged from the Teheran edition, logue, no. 521, are not in alphabetical order. with translation and notes, Paris, 1886. This They begin with a Kasidah in edition contains an extensive historical in- J\, which is troduction found in the present MS., fol. 70. on the reign of Sultan Mas'ud, pp. 17—142, and Ri za Kuli's biographical Copyist: w u^.^ J^jjjU UU- Je ^ notice in text and translation, pp. r-r and 143—147. T 2 : : 140 POETRY. most part of The contents of the present copy differ by The Divan consists for the without some additions and changes in the arrange- Kasidahs in alphabetical order, followed, fol. 202a, by ment from those of the Teheran edition of headings.] These are ' beginning 1297, and agree on the whole better with Tarji' bands and Kit'ahs, that of Kazimirski. The Musammatat begin, fol. 645, with this line, ^ im*J L>r^ jj^i- I Js- j liJJJi- At the end, fol. 2456, is a series of Ruba'is without alphabetical order, beginning : (Kazimirski, no. 58), and are followed, fol. 796, by a few Kit'ahs and Ghazals. ^ jir1 u>T endorsed J > The MS. is Jz}J UV- 207. but this has been corrected in a note showing lines, that the mistake arose from a confusion Or. 3317.—Foil. 254 ; 8 in. by 4| ; 18 patron of written in small and neat between Abu Nasr Mamlan, 2f in. long ; B. Ahmad Samani, patron Nestalik in two gold-ruled columns, with Kataran, and Nasr 'Unvan, apparently early in the 1 9th century. of Rudagi. Bound in painted and glazed covers. [Sidney Churchill.] 208. lines, Or. 2879.—Foil. 81 ; 8£ in. by 5 ; 17 Kataran. slanting lines The Divan of Hakim 2f in. long, with additional Nestalik, ap- margin ; written in neat 5 5 in the Beg. UuM &f ls^j e/° J ^ parently in the 19th century. [Sidney Chuechill.] Kataran was a native of Jabal, or the A smaller collection of the poems of Highlands, and lived in Tabriz, Dailami Kataran. where Nasir i Khusrau met him A.H. 434 (see Schefer's translation of Sefer-Nfimeh, Beg. !Uu>j1jj13 j\ lir-° t^*> to p. 18). He addressed most of his poems the Sultans and Amirs, who held sway in The first Kasidah is found at fol. 173 of Azarbaijan under Sultan Toghrul I., es- the preceding MS. The Divan concludes pecially to Amir Fazlfm and Shah Abu Nasr which occurs at fol. Mamlan (appointed governor of a district of with another Kasidah, 94 of the latter copy, and begins thus Azarbaijan, A.H. 450 ; see Kamil, vol ix., in the p. 448). Kataran is called Tabrizi CAi, td^ J j->j j* jj? 3 ^^ earliest Tazkirah, that of 'Aufi. See Riyaz ^X>j sal^ of ] ush-Shu'ara, fol. 3686, Haft Iklim, fol. 5096, u^jr $ j f-J i., A.H. and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. p. 466. An appendix, foil. 723—816, contains some in the last work as the date! 465 is given additional pieces beginning : of his death. Some pieces of the Divan will be found in Schefer's Chrestomathie Persane, vol. ii., pp. 240—47. : POETRY. A.H. 400—500. 141 On the first page is a note of a former piece, which is not found in the lithographed owner with the date A.H. 1278. edition, and begins : 209. Or. 2845.—Poll. 160 in. by ; ; 8£ 4f 23 lines, in. long written in 2f ; minute and very neat 210. Nestalik, apparently early in the 19th century. Or. 3323.— Foil. 333; 8iin.by6£; 14 lines, [Sidney Churchill.] in. long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated at 9 Jumada L, A.H. 1296 (A.D. 1879). [Sidney Chdrohill.] The Divan of Nasir i Khusrau 'Alavi. The Divan of the same poet alphabetically Beg. IpU. ^ ji j jJj arranged. Beg. \jb Oil* (_.tU» ijf- j£e ±XS ,S t Nasir i Khusrau was born in Kubadiyan, CJiis^ w Cjjif near Balkh, A.H. 394, and died in Yumgan, V 3$ ]) j&>\ sj in the province of Badakhshan, A.H. 481. Two prose pieces are prefixed, viz., 1. A For notices of his life, see the Persian Cata- notice of the poet, by Taki ud-Din Mull. logue, p. 1086k ; Ethe, Actes du sixieme al-Husaini (no. 105), fol. 15. 2. The auto- Congres, Leide, 1885, Part 2, 171—237; pp. biography of Nasir i Khusrau, foil. 4b—206. and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. L, pp. 607—633, The contents of the Divan are much fuller where copious extracts from the Divan are than those of the Tabriz given. edition. The alpha- betical series of Kasidahs, which ends fol. A lithographed edition of the Divan, alpha- 317a, is followed by two longer pieces, the betically arranged, with an abridgment of the beginnings of which are as follows : alleged autobiography of the author, was Fol. 317a. printed in Tabriz, A.H. 1280. The contents of the present MS. are not Fol. 321a. in alphabetical order, although they begin with the first Kasidah of the Tabriz edition. The second Kasidah of the MS., beginning At the end, fol. 326a, are some Kit'ahs J^J & >jxt is found at p. 230 of the Tabriz edition. The last complete Kasidah in the MS., be° ^3 211. occurs at of p. 272 the same edition. The Or. 3713.—Foil. 179; 111 in. by 7f ; 31 lines, MS. breaks off at the tenth Bait of the next 6 in. long | ; written in distinct Persian Neskhij : ; — 142 POETRY. gilt 'Unvans Foil. 186—356. in four red-ruled columns, "with ; III. Jjj\ dated Tabriz, from Tuesday, 6 Rabi' II., The Divan of Azraki. A.H. 692, to Friday, 5 Safar, A.H. 697 (A.D. jji 1293—98). [Sidney Chueohill.] Beg. JOJ *_o.T ^jj l-±3 j tj^T {jy°} I. Foil. 2b—17a. yl UV-J Jb ^y jjj The Divan of Abu '1-Faraj Runi, who died Zain ud-Din Abu Bakr Azraki lived at the about the close of the fifth century of the Court of Tughan Shah, the Saljuk prince of Hijrah. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 547 Nishapur, and died in Herat, A.H. 526 or Bthe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 523 ; and 527. See Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 366 ; 70 and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp. — 78. Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 711 ; Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 139— 52. Beg. pjffl diM i_Aii\ j oSjtij^r*' The Divan consists almost entirely of Kasidahs, many of which are addressed to The Divan is not in alphabetical order. Tughan Shah B. Muh., to Mlranshah B. The Kasidahs are followed, fol. 16a, by Kavurd, who reigned in Kirman A.H. 487 Mukatta'at beginning 494, and to several Vazirs of the same period. They are not in alphabetical order. At the end, fol. 346, are Ruba'is beginning : and, fol. 166, by Ruba'is beginning : a»jfc bx> V,i_ill3 y J> IV. Fol. 356—36a. Ruba'is of Majd ud- Din Hamgar, continued from fol. 18, with II. Foil. 176— 18a. Ruba'is by Majd ud- the heading : ^ Cj*»\ j ^ Din Hamgar, ±s!° Beg. <_if- &/j\diJj^\ p^j 5 V. Foil. 365—125a. u^yl The Divan of Anvari. See no. 215, v. Hamgar was a native of Shiraz, who traced / his origin to Anushirvan. He was a pane- 1 Beg. j j *. j iby gyrist of the Atabek of Fars, Sa'd B. Abu Bakr B. Zingi, and of the great Sahib Divan, died A.H. alphabetically ar- Shams ud-Din Muhammad. He Contents : Kasidahs not 478 to 686. See Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. ; ranged, but grouped under the persons Bthe, Bodleian Catalogue,no. 678; and Majma' whom they are addressed. ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 594— 8. Mukatta'at, fol. 83a, beginning : The Ruba'is are in alphabetical order, and break off in letter O. For the continuation see below, artt. iv. and vii. POETRY. A.H. 400—500 143 Ruba'is, fol. 118a, beginning: 212. Or. 2889.—Foil. 119; 8 in. by 5; about 22 lines of varying length ; written in small and cursive Nestalik Shikastah-amiz ; dated VI. Foil. 1256—1736. ^tta? Teheran, from ^ 22 Jumada II., A.H. 1289, to Wednesday, 28 Jumada I., The Divan of Mukhtari. See no. 215, vn. A.H. 1293 (A.D. 1872—76). [Sidney Churchill.] Beg. l)U/'l1o^_, ^1 jb \j> I. Foil. 2—8. An Arabic Kasidah, com- ^UuiAlfe ^b j jl sU» 4»b £jo posed in prison, by Sa'id B. As'ad, with this Kasidahs arranged under the persons in heading : uLb.bl ^ ^ ^ whose praise they are written. Hazaliyyat and Ghazaliyyat, fol. 1656, the latter of which begin as follows : Beg. ,\Jh>. cut.U» ^ J II. Foil. 10— 24a. ^ Jjji Masnavis, fol. 166a, the first of which is The Divan of Abu '1-Hasan Lami'i. entitled and begins : Beg. Lami'i, a native of Jurjan, was a disciple Euba'is, fol. 170a, beginning: of Ghazzali, and a panegyrist of Malik Shah V,V5j (j^j (corrected to KU Cil. o£L and of the great Vazir of the Saljuks, Nizam ul-Mulk. His rich fancy obtained for him the surname of Bahr ul-Ma'ani. He died in Samarkand in the reign of Sultan Sinjar VII. Foil. 1736—1796. Ruba'is of Majd (A.H. 511—552). See Atashkadah, Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. ud-Din Hamgar, continued from fol. 36, and 396a, and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 494—501, where copious extending from & to L$. speci- mens of his compositions are given. A very In some verses at the end the transcriber, small collection of his Kasidahs, in alpha- Ishak B. Kivam Muh. Hamgar, states that betical order, was lithographed in Teheran, this copy of the Ruba'is of his grandfather A.H. 1295, under the title of Divan i Hakim was finished on Friday, the 5th of Safar, Lami'i. A.H. 697 in obedience to the commands of The i present Divan is not alphabetically Fakhr Millat u Din Khwajah i Jahan, son arranged. of Nasir ud-Din Ahmad, in Tabriz. It consists of Kasidahs and of a few short poems without any headings. It The Divan of Mukhtari was transcribed, contains many pieces not found in the as well as the preceding Divans, by Muham- Teheran edition. mad Shah B. 'Ali B. Mahmud Isfahani, III. Foil. 246—436. J[f CJ^ri who finished the last on ^ja* J\yc Tuesday, 6 Rabi' II., A.H. 693. The Divan of 'Unsuri; see no. 205. It is : ; 144 POETRY. the same arrange- not in alphabetical order, and begins like the beginning, and generally as in a preceding copy, no. 211, in. Oude and Bodleian MSS. with this line : ment, The Ruba'is begin, fol. 816, as follows : lib [>jd 0-»b-u \j It consists entirely of Kasidahs, the last of which begins as follows : II. Foil. 876— 148a. ^ The Divan of Imami Haravi, who lived in Kirman and Isfahan, and died in the latter IV. Foil. 446— 75a. W>j J ^ UV- place, according to Taki Kashi, A.H. 686. see The Divan of Rashid ud-Din Vatvat ; See Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 17, no. 46, 553a, and Majma' Iklim, the Persian Catalogue, p. and p. 439; Daulatshah, III., 10; Haft ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. 222. ush-Shu'ara, fol. 156 fol. 1946 ; Riyaz Atashkadah, fol. 76a; Ethe, Bodleian Cata- Beg. Uy |»/- jW. logue, no. 676; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 98—101. It consists of two series of Kasidahs, the Contents : Kasidahs, not alphabetically first which is in alphabetical order. The of arranged, beginning : second, which is not so arranged, begins, U£>\ u\4=» tfjsf fol. 57a, as follows : Mukatta'at, fol. 1326, beginning : Y. Poll. 756—119a. uj^y* Jn The Divan of Minuchihri ; see above, no. ^y.a 206. This is the text edited by Riza Kuli III. Foil. 1486—1756. Jj-^aN *>J of the poet at the Khan, with his notice The Divan of Farid ud-Din Ahval, a con- revised and enlarged beginning, foil. 756-766, temporary of Imami and of Majd ud-Din by Muh. Husain B. Aka Muh. Mahdi Arbab Hamgar, and panegyrist of Atabek Sa'd B. Isfahani, poetically surnamed Adib. The 13 Riyaz ush- Zingi. See Daulatshah, 11., ; contents are the same as those of the Teheran fol. Shu'ara, fol. 3326 ; Haft Iklim, 355 ; edition of A.H. 1297. ul- Oude Catalogue, p. 397 ; and Majma' Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 377—80. It consists exclusively of Kasidahs, with- 213. out alphabetical order or headings, and begins as follows Or. 2995.—Foil. 179 ; 8^ in. by 5 ; 14 lines, 3ij in. long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated Friday, 10 Ramazan, A.H. 1264 (A.D. 1848). JjU JU? j£>^j " J?.^ [Sidney Chuechill.] IV. Foil. 176a—1796. Three additional in heading to Imami I. Foil. 26—87a. ^yj) Kasidahs ascribed the The Divan of Azraki, with the same , POETRY. A.H. 500—600. 145 B eg. JU- jl ab ij* hi***"1 J"3 The MS. was written for The Malik ush- most probable date is that given by Shu'ara Mirza Sarkhush, by Ja'far Taki Kuli B. Kashi, Or. 3506, fol. 286, viz., A.H. 545. Muh. Taki Jajarini. It has been adopted in the Atashkadah and in RiySz ul-'Arifln, fol. 756. The preface, foil. 2—12, agrees substan- 214. tially with that which in other MSS. (Persian Or. 8802.—Pan. Catalogue, p. 5506, and 227 ; in. by Bodleian Catalogue, 7i 4f ; 15 lines, m. long no. 530) is prefixed to 3J ; written in distinct Neskki, before the Hadikah. The author, A.H. 1280 (A.D. 1863). who calls himself MajdM Sana'i, describes [Sidney Churchill.] the state of despondency from which he was roused by his spiritual guide, Ahmad, son of Mas'ud, and, after some reflections on the vanity of The Divan of Hakim Sana'i, with a preface all science, shows that real charity consists by the author. See the Persian Catalogue in imparting to the sad and pp. 549—551. weary such spiritual knowledge as will make their hearts glad. of the Preface : The preface concludes with a table of the viz. : Beg. LT* J »1 i S*«z's ^il*,? £c jl:1 j afe i>Ua» y J _ 3 ^jIacjJ II. Among the conflicting statements regard- ing the date of Sana'i's death, the most generally accepted is that he died in the very year in which he ^^jli. d \*\\ completed the Hadikah, ^ J 146 POETRY. The actual contents of the MS. fall far 215. short of the above programme. The divi- in. lines, Or. 4514.—Eoll. 153 ; by 6£ ; 35 sion into Babs is not observed, the matter 9J 4^ in. long, with additional lines round the is considerably curtailed, the seventh Bab margins written in a very minute Nestalik and the tenth (the Hadikah) are omitted, ; in six columns; dated from Jumada I., A.H. and the order of others is inverted. 1009 (fol. 1166) to 14 Rabi' II., A.H. 1023 : Kasidahs, Contents Religious and moral (fol. 766) (A.D. 1600—1614). fol. 136. Kasidahs in praise of Bahramshah, [Sidney Chukchill.] of his father and predecessor, Sultan 'Ala ud-Daulah Abu Sa'd Mas'ud (AH. 492— I. Foil. 3a—406. The Hadikah of Sana'i, to which is prefixed the preface of Muham- 508) and others, fol. 366. A Sufi poem, B. Ali al-Raffa, imperfect at the begin- 1 mad entitled ai^U jy°j 3 'iS^ jy^i fol. 626, ning, followed by that of Sana'i, fol. 4a (see beginning : the Persian Catalogue, p. 550 ; Ethe, Bod- leian Catalogue, no. 528 ; and Pertsoh, Berlin Catalogue, no. 717). (mentioned in Nafahat ul-Uns, p. 697, under II. Foil. 406—42a. Another Masnavi by the title tyWjyfj Sana'i, with the heading Ji\ ,sb.«!\ ^btf' jy,Ji\ jjiJj ..„\\ sUy. See above, no. 214, Other Sufi poems in Kasidah form, fol. 0 fol. 186. 76a. Ghazals, fol. 75a, beginning: III. Foil. 426—76a, The Divan of Sana'i CX>j L^j^ b' see no. 214. Beg. yjU^ yj5^- ^ y ^ and some laudatory and miscellaneous pieces. yjj.jo \yyo L> £si£ Elegies fol. 137a. Satires, fol. 146a. Cld* Ghazals, fol. 1466. Ruba'is and Kit'ahs, The Kasidahs, which are not in alphabetical fol. 1746, beginning order, are followed, fol. 66a, by Ghazals be- ginning : Li*—i)J j d\d J.M S^A=- ti!j» j 5 jwi/^.j s/b >V.bjb bjj &j» kiAj ^Vjj v£)jt \j Jj The Masnavi entitled ^\\ J\ sU»!\ jJm> and, fol. 74a, by Mukatta'at beginning (designated in the table as Bab III.), foil. 1866—221a, beginning: j^b ^ki J j& jijj jcJj wbj In the colophon the preceding articles are 1 designated as yl . . . (jjsiii*' 'ij±> Ob£ An appendix, foil. 221a—227a, contains anecdotes and letters of Sana'i. Copyist : jKid\>j>~ ,JiUN ms- IV. Foil. 766-776. An extract from the ( ^ Persian translation of Yamini entitled i^s? j&% by Abu '1-Sharaf Kasih B. Zafar B. Sa'd POETRY. LH. 500—600. M7 al-Munshi al-Churpadakani (Persian Cata- Beg. C^siji- VI. Poll. Bakramshah, and others addressed to 'Azud 1176— 1346. At the ends are some Ghazals and Ruba'is, fol. 1516, and A biographical notice of the poet, by Taki a few Masnavis, fol. 152a. ud-DIn Kashi, is prefixed to the Divan. The latter begins with an alphabetical series of Kasidahs without headings. These are fol- 216. lowed, fol. 127a, by Tarkib-bands and TarjI's beginning : Or. 3374.— Foil. 127 in. ; 9i by 6 ; 12 lines, in. long written 3| ; in fair Nestalik in two columns; dated A.H. 1287 (A.D. 1870). [Sidney Chdechill.] and, fol. by 1296, Mukatta'at beginning : The Divan of Mukhtari, see no. 215, vir. Further on, fol. 131a, are found Ghazals Beg. wl^l liULo JjZJ j beginning : This first Kasidah is in praise of and, fol. 133a, Ruba'is beginning Arslan- ; shah Saljuki of Kirman. It i s given in Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. 599. '['he Kasidahs are not in alphabetical order, and have no headings. The VII. Foil. 1356—1536. Ghazals begin, fol. j,Jg* JJg 1186, as ^ follows : The Divan of 'Usman Mukhtari, who died A.H. 544 or 554. See the Persian Catalogue J Lr>.y- ^jb jA« p. 543a, Or. 3506, fol. 325, and Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. i., 598—607. pp. At the end are a few Kit'ahs and Ruba'is. u 2 : 148 POETRY. 217. above, no. 215, in. by ; 20 lines, The Divan of Anvari. See Or. 3320.—Foil. 149 ; 9^ 4f 554 Pertsch, in. long written in elegant Nestalik in v. ; the Persian Catalogue, p. ; 2f ; no. Ethe, Bodleian two gold-ruled columns, with 'Unvan ; dated Berlin Catalogue, 713 ; Catalogue, no. 543 Majma' ul-Fusaha, 23 Eabi' I., A.H. 1016 (A.D. 1607). ; Journal [Sidney Churchill.] vol. i., pp. 152—167 ; M. Ferte, Essay Asiatique, 1895, 1. ; and Zhukovski's on Anvari's life and poetry, published in and reviewed Beg. Bussian, St. Petersburg, 1883, by Pertsch, Literatur Blatt fur Orientalische Philologie, Band II., pp. 10—18. jjkj j.ls.j i> u^jJ j j j In this MS. the Divan is divided into four The poet, a native of Gharjistan, lived parts, marked by separate 'Unvans, contain- mostly in Herat and Ghaznln, and was a pane- ing respectively the Kasidahs, the Mukatta'at, gyrist of Bahriimshah Ghaznavi and of Sultan the Ghazals, and the Euba'is. In each part Sinjar Saljuki. He died, according to Taki the contents are arranged in alphabetical Kashi, Or. 3506, fol. 397, A.H. 555. See order. The initial verses of the four parts Catalogue, 16 and 444; Sprenger, Oude pp. are as follows : Daulatshah, II., 2; Haft Iklim, fol. 260a; I. Fol. lb. ul- Biyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 96a ; and Majma' Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 185—192. A MS. of the Divan with the above beginning, is fully de- bj II. Fol. 2076. Contents : Kasidahs, not alphabetically arranged, mixed with some Kit'ahs, fol. 16. fol. 127a, beginning : Ghazals, is bji c^=t j y J - 1J3 sab ^yLi bj III. Fol. 3196. Jiu ^* b «S aW } ^y Euba'is, fol. 140a, beginning IV. Fol. 3916. JU Copyist : ^ibbyU- ^ Jjj-. ^ hU jiU, (.K? Ja» 218. In the first two parts the poems have headings indicating their subject and metre. Foil. 422 in. 51 ; 18 lines, part are found a Or. 3233.— ; 9^ by At the end of the third 3 in. long ; written in very neat Nestalik in satire, fol. 3866, and a Masnavi, entitled two gold -ruled columns, with four rich 3876. (_>i,ij-i> j i^w.^i f°l- 'Unvans; dated Thursday, 20 Eajab, A.H. 1154 (A.D. 1741). [Sidney Churchill.] Copyist : lSj]^ POETRY. A.H. 500—600. 149 219. written in large and elegant Nestalik, with gold. ruled margins, a rich Or. 3312.—Foil. 149; 6 in. double -page by 4 ; 18 lines, 'Unvan and gold headings 2 in. long ; dated A.H. 841 ; written in small and cursive Nestalik; (A.D. 1437-8). [Sidney Chubchill.] dated Zulhijjah, A.H. 132 (pro- bably for 1132, A.D. 1720). I. Foil. 16-3276. upyil ^ [Sidney Churchill.] The Divan of Anvari, to which is prefixed, A commentary upon the Mukatta'at of the foil, lb—3a, a prose preface by an anony- Divan of Anvari, by Abu '1-Hasan al-Husaini mous editor. Farahani. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 5564, Beg. of the preface : l-A^ where ^ J^i the same author's commentary on the J ^ Kasidahs is described. Both commentaries are mentioned by Ethc, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 557. fff L-JIS <_yt j3 After a pompous eulogy on the poet, ill] JUS whom he calls p^Uill iUc A\\ \ yj^j, ^ } 220. Then follow six Ghazals, fol. 3216, be- Or.3486.-Foll.540; ginning : 13|in.by94; 15 lines, 3 m. long T in the centre of the pages, and about 31 oblique lines round the margins; : : : : : 150 POETRY. without alpha- and Ruba'is, fol. 323ci, beginning to whom they are addressed, betical arrangement. Margiyahs, fol. 195a, beginning J-oU (?) JUc ji ji jl ib J, ry y II. Foil. 3286—5406. 0V Jj).* h/ y^.j sUi tp^J Mukatta'at, fol. 205 a, beginning : The Divan of Saif Isfarangi, who died according to Taki Kashi, A.H. 666, or, as stated in Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. 252, A.H. 672, at the age of eighty-five. See ajJaaMj, fol. 3296, the Persian Catalogue, p. 5816. Another series of Kit'ahs beginning : The first section contains Kasidahs and Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 243a, Tarji'-bands, many of which have headings beginning indicating their subjects. They are generally arranged under the names of the persons in whose praise they were composed. The remaining sections are two Mukatta'at and Ruba'is, fol. 334a, beginning : one Ghazal, fol. 536, beginning : toy* J}\ tj&jf £->jy° Ruba'is, fol. 5376, beginning : IV. Foil. 3436—5406. sr£- OUjc Ghazals of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (Persian Catalogue, p. 609), alphabetically arranged. i>y- ^t>j jb j\ J^*: \) Beg. uisiU! all ybj jj ^ The margins throughout the volume form f\j a continuous text, consisting of the following works This first piece is the opening of the Divan Foil. 16—343a. U»> Wj* ^yi III. d entitled Sjil k-j (sec Oude Catalogue, died The Divan of Salman Savaji, who p. 468, and Ethe, no. 753), from which most A.H. 779. See the Persian Catalogue, of the contents of the present collection are are in Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 837 ; The first three pieces, which p. 6246 ; taken. Catalogue, no. 807 ; and Ethe, Bodleian praise of God jj^yN J, are followed by a vol. ii., 19. Majma' ul-Fusaha, p. piece beginning ; ^joU,^ Beg. 0- b. JU° C*jy> ^y _/ ^ j» aj& abb ^\ the head of the Ghazals in the Contents: Kasidahs or Tarji'-bands, partly which is at provided with headings indicating the persons same Divan. POETRY. A.H. 500—600. 151 The alphabetical series of Ghazals begins, expedient to give his own explanations f ol. 345a, as of follows : rare words and phrases occurring in the Kasidahs, Tarkibs, Marsiyahs and Mukat- ta'at. He wrote the present commentary in the days of the Fast, and in the midst of At the end are a few Mukatta'at, fol. 538a, engrossing occupations. He and some concludes by Euba'is, fol. 539a. The latter stating his intention of writing later on a begin : commentary upon Tuhfat ul-'Irakain. For other commentaries on the Kasidahs of Kkakani, see the Persian Catalogue, pp. 561-62 This fine and ; Oude Catalogue, p. 462 well-preserved MS. is the ; Pertsch, work Berlin Catalogue, of two skilled penmen, who wrote very no. 742; and Ethe' similar Bodleian Catalogue, nos. hands. The main text in the centre 572-3. was written by 'Ali B. Ska'ban B. Copyist : Haidar ajUI y>j al-Oshturjani, while the marginal text is signed Zain al-Katib al-Isfahani. 222. Or. 3325—Foll. 106 in. by 5 221. ; 6f ; 17 lines, in. long 2| ; written in small and fair STes- Or. 3401.—Foil. 180; 9 in. by ; 12 and talik dated 5J ; beginning of Ramazan, A.H. lines 15 ; written in cursive Nestalik Shi- 873 (A.D. 1469). [Sidney Chueohill.] kastah-amiz dated ; Jumada II., A.H. 1259 (A.D. 1843). [Sidney Chuechill.] I. Foil. 3—105. ^jJl HJ. The Divan of Zahir Fariyabi, with Tuhfat a ul-'Irfikain by Kkakani (Persian preface. Catalogue, p. 560a), with the prose preface, Beg. of the Preface: foil. 3—7. The poem is imperfect ^ at the ^ end. II. Foil. 106—180. jjiSfM A commentary Beg. of the Divan : upon the Divan of Kha- kani by Riza Kuli, poetically surnamed u£li». JjLj cJi} ifjf. Hidayat (see no. 42). Beg. JjU U^.j ^ c ^ After some considerations on the ^ noble Uj CajUo j£i . . . gift of speech ^ ^ ^ ^ U to j and on the relative merits of r prose and poetry, the unknown author of the preface says that The untoward circum- author says in the preface that, stances had torn him away from his native although he was aware that commentaries place and from his parents, and that his had been written on Khakani's Divan, he great desire was to meet Zahir had ud-Din Tahir not seen any. He therefore thought it B. Muh. al-Fariyabi, and to gather from t : : ; : 152 POETRY. margins, ap- converse with him knowledge and wisdom, two 'Unvans and gold-ruled Bound in but he was balked in his purpose by adverse parently in the 16th century. covers. fate, and, ere he could reach him, the poet stamped and gilt Churchill.] had departed for the abode of bliss. The [Sidney the scattered writer was fain to collect Another copy of the Divan of Zahir Divan, which he dedi- poems of Zahir in a Fariyabi, with the same preface. cated to the Vazir Majd ud-Daulah wa'd-Din contents of the Divan agree to some Ahmad B. Muhammad. The extent with those of the preceding copy. The same preface is noticed by Sprenger, The Mukatta'at begin with the same piece, Oude Catalogue, p. 579, and byEthe, Bodleian further on, fol. 92a-, fol. 59a ; but there are Catalogue, no. 582. a few Ghazals, and some additional Kasidahs. Contents of the Divan : Kasidahs not The Ruba'is, foil. 1176— 124a, have the alphabetically arranged, with a few Tarkib- same beginning. bands, some of which have rubrics indicating to whom they were addressed, fol. 66. Mukatta'at, fol. 68J, beginning : 224. in. 8 ; from Or. 2880.—Foil. 370 ; llf by in 18 to 22 lines, about 4^ in. long ; written Ghazals, fol. 975, beginning fair Nestalik; dated from Muharram to Jumada I., A.H. 1245 (A.D. 1829). [Sidney Churchill.] Ruba'is, fol. 9966, beginning I. Foil. 16— 117a. ^Jjjijztjb yljj.J The Divan of Zahir Fariyabi (see no. 222), beginning : } ji3 u>'jl* with the usual For notices of Zahir, who died A.H. 598, and of MSS. of his Divan, see the Persian Catalogue, p. 5626; Schefer's Chrestomathie, beginning is found in many vol. i., The same vol. i., p. 112; Majma' ul-Fusaha, See Add. 7733, Persian Catalogue, Rosen, Institut, p. 205 copies. pp. 330—36 ; Catalogue, no. 542 ; Ethe, 747-8 p. 563 ; Oude Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, nos. 691, ; and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 582—4. no. 584; 747. The Kasidahs are followed by The Divan was lithographed at Lucknow, no. Mukatta'at, fol. 1146, beginning : A. H. 1295. This copy was written by Yiisuf B. 'Abd y t-^y° >J j ul-'Aziz for the library of Amir Bakari Beg ^1)13 Lili* Sitf±- ^-as- B. Iskander Beg. The Ghazals begin on fol. 806, which should immediately precede fol. 1146, as 223. follows in. 4 15 lines, Or. 3301.—Foil. 124 ; 7\ by ; in Nestalik, with 2 in. long ; written neat : : : POETRY. A.H. 500-600. 153 Ruba'is begin, fol. 1140 Ghazals, fol. 323a, beginning : «^*» e)V ^ ,Js Cabs' ^jl^jj y The Divan of IIL Foil. 1406— Nur ud-Din Isfahani, poeti- 1976. Jj\ cally surnamed Nuri, who died A.H. 1000. The Divan of Azraki. See no. 211, in. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 669a. Beg. JliJ «ijT ^.jj Beg. iwj £>U y i ^ y r r ^ V.I 1 u^" jli* a?. **?" ^i-5j-> C-STi Kasidahs, not in alphabetical order, fol- lowed Contents : Kasidahs by a few Kit'ahs, and, fol. 1916, by without alphabetical Ruba'is beginning order. Ghazals, fol. 354a, beginning Oi^j c^->^, lLUj jij> Ujj IV. Foil. 1986-3416. Mufradat, ^ ^1 fol. 3626, and Ruba'is, fol. 364a, with some other short pieces. The Ruba'is begin : The Divan of Jamal ud-Din Isfahani, whose proper name was 'Abd ur-Razzak, He was a contemporary of Khakani and Mujir Bailakani, and father of a better known poet, Kamal ud-Din Isfahani. He Copyist : JliKMyb j.^? ^ J* died, according to Taki Kashi, A.H. 5S8. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 581a, and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 177—183. Beg. Jililji JsU ^ Uj J, j, 225. Or. 2834.—Foil. 374 in. ; 10J by 61; 19 lines, The in. long; beginning given by Sprenger, Oude 4 written in elegant Nestalik in Catalogue, four p. 446, occurs here at fol. 2076. gold-ruled columns, with a double-page 'Unvan Contents and five single-page ones, orna- : Kasidahs and Tarji's without mental headings blue and gold, and alphabetical order or headings Mukatta'at, twenty- ; six miniatures, fol. 3056, beginning half-page or more, in fair Persian style; dated Sunday, mid-Shavval , C.cVO bT A.H. 895 (A.D. 1490). Bound in painted and glazed covers. POETRY. 154 the The prologue contains a dedication to Atabek Nusrat ud-Din; but the epilogue, the Persian Malik 'Izz ud-Din. The five poems of Nizami. See fol. 3245, is addressed to Pertsoh, Berlin Catalogue, Catalogue, p. 564 ; aUjl *£>\ Ethe, _,\ ^Ay^ Insbitut, p. 171 ; no. 719 ; Roseu, and 1981 Bodleian Catalogue, no's. 585, &c, ; ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 637—654. second part and Majma' VI. Foil. 3256—374a. The with the heading: Makhzan ul-Asrar, of the Iskandar Namah, I Poll, 16—31«. ^ ^ JUS! US? prologue, fol. 329a, that 316— 105a. Khusrau u Shtrm, It contains in the II. Foil. ud-Din dedication to Malik Kahir 'Izz which has Mas'tid B. Nur ud-Din, of Mosul, of Atabek Mu- 569a, The prologue is in praise been noticed in the Persian Catalogue, p. date of composition, A.H. Al-Malik hammad, and the and begins J&to^ J-j*> u>. given, fol. 102a, as follows: end of 571, is al-Kahir succeeded his father at the 193). Rajab, A.H. 607 (Kamil, vol. xii., p. Nizami, This dedication, if really written by poet was still alive some Laili u Majniin, would show that the III. Poll. 1056—165a. epilogue is also time after that date. The Mas'ud. addressed to Malik 'Izz ud-DIu Shirvfm, to whom The name of the king of of English translation of the first part written, fol. 111a, An the poem is dedicated, is published by the Iskandar Namah was 1881. H. Wilberforce Clarke, London, Paikar, copies, the prince In this, as in most early poem was written, is called, for whom the 226. ..1 fol. 1696, 'Ala ud-Din a* lines, in. by 6 ; 21 2931.— Foil. 504 ; 9 ' S 8U Or. slanting lines in the 21 in. long, with 16 in elegant Nestalik in two margin ; written Maraghah, columns, with five highly finished This 'Ala ud-Din was Lord of gold-ruled Aitughmish, 'Unvans, ornamental gold head- where he was besieged by double-page twenty-one half-page miniatures in A.H. 602 (see the Kamil, vol. xii., p. 156). ings, and 3 Zul- Ahmadili, style ; dated (fol. 439) He was a descendant of Aksunkur fair Persian 527 (A.D. 1474). was murdered by the Butinis, A.H. ka'dah, A.H. 878 who Bland. and whose son joined [Nath. J lib. vol. x., p. 483), his Georgian war, A.H. following Atabek Ildughuz in The same five poems in the vol. xi., pp. 189, 218, 280). ul-Asrar, fol. 26. Khusrau 558 (#. order : Makhzan Laili u Majnun, fol. 1456. 2336—325a. Iskandar Namah, u Shirln, fol. 436. V. Foil. Iskandar Namah, Haft Paikar, fol. 2296. totf jiM^A Bart I. ; POETRY. A H. 500—600. 15£ Part I.; designated in the colophon as The last poem has, fol. 336a, the dedica- i^j^Ll L.U <_ijZ>, fol. 3216. Part tion II., with to Malik Kahir 'Izz ud-Din Mas'ud B. the heading Nur JU, fol. 4396. ud-Din, as noticed iu the preceding copies. The date of Khusrau u Shirin, fol. 1446, is A.H. This 579 instead of A.H. 576 as in the volume contains twenty whole-page Persian Catalogue, : miniatures in p. 566a fair Persian style, fifteen of which belong to the original MS., while five, foil. 199, The 210, 214, 225, 229, have been name of the king of Shirvan, fol. 1536, inserted at a later date. is written yliM, and that of the king for whom Haft Paikar was composed appears, fol. 235a, in this line : 228. Or. 4385.-Foll. 314 11 i„. ; by 6f ; 23 lines, 4 in. long written in The date of ; small Nestalik in four the same poem, fol. 321a, is A.H. gold-ruled columns, with four 'Unvans and 593, as in the Persian Catalogue, gilt headings; dated (foil. 147, 314) A.H. p. 567a : ay -\ ^ and 1005, Sha'ban, A.H. 1006 (A.D. 1597-8). The second part of Iskandar Namah has, [Wallis Budge.] fol. 444a, the same dedication to Malik Kahir The same five poems in the 'Izz ud-Din Mas'ud, of Mosul, following as in the' pre- order: Makhzan ceding ul-Asrar, wanting the first MS., beginning : page, fol. la. Khusrau u Shirin, fol. 266. b Haft Paikar, fol. 936. Laili u Majnun, fol. The 1486. Iskandar epilogue is also addressed to the same JSTamab, Part I., fol. 1986. 'Izz ud-Din Mas'ud. Part II., with the heading ewU In the dedication of the Haft Paikar, fol. 96a, the prince is designated as follows : 227. j4 J}~^ *rj^ s 5--^ Or. 2932.—Foil. 3S0 ; 111 in. by 17; 19 lines, in. long 3| ; written in small and fair Nestalik Copyist : in four gold-ruled columns, with a JUUfkoD! ^ 1^1 rich double-page 'Unvan and five single-page ones, with ornamental headings white on gold, and miniatures, apparently in the 16th century. Bound in painted and glazed 229. oovers - [Nath. Bland.] Or. 4386.—Foil. 381 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 19 lines, The same five poems, viz., in. long Makhzan ul- 5f ; written in fair Nestalik in four Asrar, fol. 18 ; Khusrau u Shirin, fol. 336 ruled columns, with six 'Unvans; dated Laili u Majnun, fol. 1166; Haft Paikar' Wednesday, 1 Sha'ban, A.H. 1237 (A.D. fol. 1765. Iskandar NEmah, with the heading !822). [Wallis Bxjdq'e.] UjA^J mU fol. 2426 ; Part II., also The five poems of Nizfimi in the following called uJ^i, fol. 3326. order : Makhzan ul-Asrar, fol. 36 ; Khusrau : POETRY. 156 twelve rather rude and fol. 1236 The MS. contains fol. 346 LailiuMapun, ; u Shmn, ; some of which Iskandar Namah, faintly painted miniatures, Haft Paikar, fol. 1816 ; are more or less rubbed and obliterated. II., fol. 3346. Part I., fol. 2466 ; Part Mustafa Written for Muhammad Sultan B. SiyahkuM. Kuli Khan by Mustafa B. Ahmad 231. in. by 12 lines, Or. 2933.—Foil. 99 ; 12} SJ; 230. in fair Nestalik in two 3 in. long ; written rich lines, gold-ruled columns, with an 'Unvan, in. by 5| ; 15 . 4730.—Foil. 141 ; 0r 8f through- Hebrew cha- gold designs covering the margins 3i in. long; written in the with volume, and sixty-three miniatures, apparently in the 18th century, out the racter, Indian CHUBOHILL.] mostly whole-page, in the best style of miniatures. [SlDNEI in the 8th year of art ; dated 25 Muharram, Nizami, imperfect at The Haft Paikar of Muhammad Shah, corresponding with A.H. Fol. the lowest third beginning and end. 1, 1139 (A.D. 1726). Bound in painted and alone extant, begins with the of "which is glazed covers. [Nath. Bland.] the latter following verse, which belongs to Shirin, a edition of An abridgment of Khusrau u part of the prologue (Lucknow poem of Nizami. A.H. 1290, p. 12, line 19) original It is stated at the end that the Kabil-ram, had 6500 Baits, 113 dsn run id poem, as read by 1522 while this selection consists only of Baits. the leaf has been patched with The same table of the miniatures occupies three of A of a folio, the contents upper two-thirds the beginning. poem, pages at which belong to the latter part of the and begin with the heading : abeso P*o nwa» 232. 8-} in. by 6; 15 lines, Or, 8513.—Foil. 365 ; 101. See the Lucknow edition, p. written in fair Nestalik, ap- 3f in. long; of the original India at the close of the 18th The first extant heading parently in last section of the [Presented by B. B. Portal.] text, fol. 56, is that of the century. prologue (Lucknow edition, p. 16), viz. : to iniariB m>wi pD nVss n A commentary upon the first part of the Khan, Iskandar Namah, by Siraj ud-Din 'Ali lost. The Arzu, who died A.H. The latter part of the poem is poetically surnamed fol. 140a, corre- Catalogue, 5016). last heading of the MS., 1169 (Persian p. the first heading of p. 98 of sponds with the ... Ip&S* w & ^U Beg. ^ J*J. U W J Lucknow edition. It is as follows : : : POETRY. A.H. 600—700. 157 Although many commentaries had been the margins; written in fair Nestalik on written by learned men, ancient and modern, green-tinted paper ; dated Thursday, 2 Zul- upon this poem, none of them was found ka'dah, A.H. 1002 (A.D. 1594). sufficient to explain the difficult verses and [Sidney Chuechill.] phrases of the text. This induced the author, as he I. Foil, states in a short preamble, to write the lb—27a. JlSjb,. present commentary. Divan of Najib Jurpadakani. text The is not given in full. The verses Beg. fj/ ^ uHjj ^ commented on are only indicated by the £ ll^d initial words. ^ (^jl ^ ^ Arzu's Sprenger states in the commentary has been given in ex- Oude Catalogue, tenso, with p. 513, that Najib ud-Din a few additions, in the margins of Churbadgany the lived towards the end Iskandar Namah lithographed at Bombay of the Seljiik dynasty A.H. and under the 1277. It forms the basis of the glosses Khwarazmshahis, and that he in the died probably A.H. Calcutta and Lucknow editions, as 625 or 635, the date 665 stated found in Taki by Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, no. 426. Kashi's Tazkirah being evi- For dently due to a another MS. see Pertsch, Berlin Cata clerical error. This is fully confirmed logue, no. 736. by the present Divan. It contains a Kasidah, fol. 3a, in praise of Uzbak, the Copyist : 5j^s ^ JL, last ^ Atabek of Azarbaljan (A.H. 607—612) 233. and other poems addressed Or. to 'Ala i Daulat _29.34.-FoH. 134; 10 in. by 21 % lines, u Din, i.e. 'Ala ud-Din Tukush Khwarazm- in. long written 3f ; in small and neat Nes- shah and to 'Imad ul-Mulk, general of tahk, apparently in the 17th century. the Khwarazmshah (see Kami], A.H. 614, [Nath. Bland.] vol. xii., p. 206). A commentary upon Makhzan ul-Asrar, by Najlb witnessed the Moghul invasion to Muhammad B. Kivam B. Bustam al-Balkhi. which he alludes in this line, fol. See the 46 : Persian Catalogue, p. 5736. This copy has lost the first page of the preface. It begins with a passage corre- sponding with Add. 26,149, fol. 3a, But he cannot first have survived it long, for in line. At the end, fol. 1346, is the same a note of piece he refers to his age as beino- purchase dated A.H. 1091. In the margins over seventy and on the fly-leaves are a few notes in the handwriting of Sir William Jones. -1 Contents : Kasidahs and a few Kit'ahs in alphabetical order, 234. breaking off at fol. 21J, before the end of letter ^ (The initial Or. 3376—Foll. 129; 9 in. by 5f ; 15 lines, verses quoted by Sprenger and by Ethe, 2 m. long, with about 30 sloping lines round Bodleian Catalogue, no. 637, occur in our : POETRY. 158 is to be found in Or. 216.) The same Kasidah at fol. 21a and fol. MS. respectively fol. 125a, there 3713, fol. 22a. At the end, Ghazals, fol. 22a, beginning : the above are some Ruba'is beginning as in named copy. leaves Throughout this last fragment the writing at the top, and part of the 25a, are torn Ruba'is in alphabetical order, fol. is lost. beginning: 235. lines, Foil. 293 in. by 6 ; 23 Haft IkTim, Or. 4151.— ; 9f For notices of Najib see also written in minute and neat fol. 449a and 3J in. long; 394a; Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, ; fol. gold-ruled columns, with 634. Nestalik in four Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. highly two full-page miniatures and two anonymous Divan, 'Unvans at the begin- II. Foil. 256—1086. An finished double-page Vatvat. in the body of the •which proves to be that of Rashld ning, five smaller ones dated 22 Rajab, See above, no. 212, IV. volume, and gold headings ; A.H. 877 (A.D. 1472). J\ Beg. Ujj y liUs 'Attar (who u tar P Six poems by Farid ud-DIn the Persian Catalogue, no. 212, iv., 627 ; see The initial line quoted above, died A.H. colophon and in the and 576), designated in the in the Oude Catalogue, p. 542, pp. 344 is found in the Majma' ul-Fusaha, p. 223, as afciN *J g& • • • • ^ margin. Some present MS. at fol. 286 in the jlk, namely 906, as follows : Tarjl'-bands begin, fol. Namah, m\> I. Fol. 36. Ilahi ^ Beg. C*J\,j 104a, beginning : copies the second Mukatta'at, fol. This first line is in most Persian Catalogue, of the poem. See the 1) ir* tM* Catalogue, nos. ii. Ethe, Bodleian p. 576a, ; and the Kulliyyat 622, art. 11, 623, art. 5 ; 1872, pp. 771— The Divan is imperfect at the end. lithographed at Lucknow, 943. imperfect III. Foil. 109a—129a. A Divan ut-Tair, yU\ jlal* be that II. Fol. 806. Mantik at the beginning, which is found to It begins with [ See no. 211, III. ] of Azraki. Beg. \ v>-/ ^ POETRY. A.H. 600-700. 159 The Mantik ut-tair includes, foil 93—98 In the the body of the volume there story of Shaikh San'an mentioned are nine in the miniatures in Persian Turkish Catalogue, style, at foil. 13 34 p. 302. For other copies 50, 92, 96, 125, 145, 192 see the Persian Catalogue, and 264. Poll' p. 576a, i- -9-74 and Pertsch, 248-256 have been damaged Berlin Catalogue, no. 753; Ethe by tire and are in -Bodleian Catalogue, part illegible. no. 622, art. 13; and the Lucknow edition, pp. 1049—1165. in. Pol. 1366. Asrar Namah, M 236. Or. Be 2747.-Foll.309; in. by s- 9J ; 21 lines, ^ jy> H 4 in. long r ; written ^ in fair Nestalik in four gold-ruled columns, with five 'Unvans and This work gold headings dated was lithographed in Teheran ; 22 Zulhijjah, A.H. 889 A.H. 1298. For (A.D. 1485). MSS. see the Persian Cata- logue, 576a, p. nr.; Pertsch, Gotha, no. 52- Six poems by the same author, viz. : and Ethe, no. 622, art. 14. I. Fol. 26. Mukhtar Namah, with IV. Fol. a prose 1706. Musibat Nfimah, «,U preface beginning: c ^ i_^L*u } ^ Beg. i^Jby! cJlj yUjI ^ Beg. of the verses did C^ilU si : See the Persian Catalogue, p. 5766 iv Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 761 • Ethe' no. 622, art. 12; and an extract See the Persian by Kuckert' Catalogue, 5766, Zeitschrift p. vi der D. M. G, vol. xiv., and 5776, in. pp. 280— p. ; Ethe, Bodleian 288. Catalogue' no. 622, art. 21; and Molla Firuz Library' V. Pol. 2586. P- 167. The Mukhtar Kanz ul-Haka'ik, jJISil jiT Namah, with the same preface, occupies 946—1047 This poem begins with the pp. of the same verse as Lucknow edition the Asrar of the Kulliyat. This Namah. See Sprenger, copy Oude breaks off in the middle Catalogue, no. of Bab XI. (Lucknow 137, where the initial line is edition, 974). different, and p. Ethe', nos. 622, art. 18 and 623, art. 9. ' II- Pol. | 17a. Ilahi Namah, ^ see no. ^ ( 235, i.), imperfect at the VI. Fol. 2746. Miftahul-Futuh,^ beginning It U. commences abruptly in the middle of Maka- Beg. lah III. (Lucknow / ^ ^ ^ edition, p. 801), and has some lacunae in the body of the work. III. Fol. 846. This is one of Mantik ut-Tair. See the esoteric works of no. 'Attar 235, ii. who enjoins that it be withheld from the unfit IV. Fol. 1456. Musibat Namah. Seei6.,iv. V. Pol. 2386. Asrar Namah. See ib., m. VI. Pol. 2815. Vaslat Namah, US c-U, See Ethe, nos. 622, art. 19, 623, art 10 Beg. ' J6>/ 627, art. 3. ^ 9 : : J POETRY. 160 poems, mentions several of his previous Persian Catalogue, p. 579a, n., See the Namah, IlahT Namah, Asrar nos. 622, namely, Musibat and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, Mantik Namah, and Makamat ut-Tuyur {i.e. art. and 624, art. 17. art. 7, 623, 2, first two that he ut-Tair), and says of the shop, had commenced them in the druggist's came to him every 237. where five hundred people to have their pulses felt lines, day in. by 6| ; 19 Or. 2888.—Foil. 273 ; 9J Nes- written in small and neat 4| in. long ; columns, with two talik in four gold-ruled Babi' II., A.H. 893 tasteful 'Unvans ; dated Churchill. (A.D. 1188). [Sidney J Two poems by Band ud-Din 'Attar, viz. first part of Jauhar I. Boll. 1—162. The corresponding with pp. uz-Zat, uAiil J**-, of the 2—298 of the Lucknow edition Kulliyat. Beg. upon O-SVjf-rjy^f^ The epilogue concludes with an elegy deceased. the poet's mother lately The text see the Persian Catalogue, There are some transpositions. For other copies, of the above and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, corresponds with the pages p. 5766, v., 2—43, 129 6. edition taken in this order : no. 622, art. 174—298. In the Sultan Muham- 174, 100—129, 43—100, This MS once belonged to are two lacunae corre- 1325 whose seal latter portion there mad Kutubshah (A.H. 35), 250-252 and 276-282 of tXt^S sponding with pp. impressed on fol. 163 reads other copes see the Lucknow edition. For Pertsch the Persian Catalogue, p. 5766, 1. ; 759-60 and Ethe, Berlin Catalogue, nos. ; 623, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 622, art, 3, 238. about art. 7. 100 7* in. by 4f ; 0r 3938 -Foil. ; long very incorrectly u Qui, ** lines, 8} in. ; Foil. 163—273. Khusrau sr 15 II ill-shaped character, written in a rude and 8th century. probably in India in the 1 Beg. [Sidney Chtjuchill.J poems, by Kutb ud- A collection of Sufi Khusrau and Gul Din. The story of the loves of his own Khus- oUS Oa-o ji J">1 1^ was abridged by 'Attar from Beg. V* ubj prologue it appears rau Namah. From the '4 was founded upon a prose that the latter the form of had of short pieces in a friend of the poet It consists narrative which uses mostly in which the poet into verse. Ghazals, asked him to turn his sometimes alone, for 173a, 'Attar ^J*>, In a further passage, fol. ^ j POETRY. A.H. 600-700. 101 takhallus. They are alphabetically arranged A.H. 665. See also Daulatshah, • m the early part of in., ,a the collection, foil. 1—34 In Atashkadah, fol. 114S; Ri the remaining portion y5? ush-Shu'ara, there is no ap- tol. parent 86; Maikhanah, fol. 78a; Tazkirah order. At the end are some i Ruba'is. Nava, fol. 826; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. Most of the contents i are found in a similar p. 105. but larger, collection lithographed in Luck- The Divan now, A.H. contains Kasidahs in alpha- 1296, under the title, betical order, ^ ^ Ghazals (fol. 436) beginning: J\j}** Kutb ud-Dm Bakhtiyar Kaki, the famous .,U> Indian saint, to whom the Hivan is ascribed, died in Delhi, A.H 633 bee the Persian Catalogue, 4326 pp. and 9735 Tarji'-bands, and Mukatta'at He w mentioned as imperfect at poet in Riyaz ush-Shu- the end. ara fol. 31 9a; Sham' i Anjuman, 387 • Makhzan p. ul-GWib, fol. 3516 II Foil. 87a-103a. ; and Riv^ A Divan, imperfect ul-Anfln, fol. 1466. A copy at the beginning, of the same which is found to be by Divan is mentioned in the Oude Ad,b Sabir, who died Catalogue° A.H. 540. See the p. 537. 1 ersian Catalogue, p. 552,/, and Majma' ul- The rusaha, volvui. i.i J. latter . , nn 91 OS „i part of j pp. di4 the MS., foil 63—87 — &) wnere copious contains extracts are given. Sufi comments, perhaps by same the author, on some sayings The contents of Muhammad, of this fragment are mostly and further on, foil. found m the 88-100, miscellaneous complete copy, Or. 327. extracts and notes. It begins with the latter part of an alpha betical series of Kasidahs. The first com- 239. plete poem, which begins 0, 2846.-roll. ? u*_5 -yj 191 ; 8 in. by 4^ ; 17 lines, in. Jong written 4 J in fair Nestalik, with two TJnvans and is found in gold-ruled columns; dated Or. 327, fol. 27. m the second decade of RabI' I., At the AH 1019 end, fol. 996, are Mukatta'at (A.D. 1610). ;sn, and l: v Chub^.j bhazals beginning as follows: I. Poll. 26-866. JU,1 J\ 162 POETRY. and fo1 - Biya? ush-Shu'ara, fol. Copyists: (fol. 156) ^1*^, ^jj ( Daulatshab, in., 6 ; i fol. 190a ; and Tazkirah 191) JVaJUs 227 ; Maikkanah, Nava, fol. 1946. ^ Beg. j uXfij J>^~ J 240. in. by 5; 21 lines, Or. 3253.—Foil. 375 ; 6} which are in alphabetical oblique lines round The Kasidahs, 2J in. long, with about 35 fol. 1446, by a Tarklb- in minute but distinct order, are followed, the margin ; written beginning : 1409). band in praise of Sultan Toghrul, Nestalik, apparently A.H. 811 (A.D. [Sidney Churchill. J and by some Mukatta'at without alphabetical The Masnavi of Maulana Jalal ud-Din arrangement. Persian Riimi, who died A.H. 672. See the Cata- Catalogue, 5846; Pertsch, Berlin IV. Toll. 157a— 1916. 1 u"*^ Copyist : ljr$» w^ c-J o>j^.=- j^a Jj^ jl J*> 3716 J\±* Five pages at the end, foil. —3736, 189a, beginning ud-Din and and Ruba'is, fol. contain Ruba'is ascribed to Jalal Kirmani. to Shaikh Auhad ud-Din ; : POETRY. A.H. 600 700. — 163 241. 243. Or. 2816,-Foll. 157; 8 in. b 7 6 ; 19 lines, Or. 2866.-Foll. 330; 9 in. by 41 in. long; written in 6 ; 21 lines, fair Shikastah-amiz m. long 31 ; written in neat dated end of Shavval, archaic Neskhi' A.H. 1200 (A.D. 1786). with 'Unvan and gold-ruled columns; [Sidney dated Chuechill.] Jumada II., 1 A.H. 774 (A.D. 1372). [Sidney Chubchiil.] A selection from the preceding poem by Husain B. 'Ali al-Baihaki, called al-Kashifi, The Divan of Jalal who died A.H. 910. ud-Din RQmi. Beg. U^aS tsA^\ Beg. CL>j^ ^Uij J(S ^y ^ jj ^ j j\ ^ ^ A copy In the described in the Vienna Catalogue, preface the author describes the no. 527, has work as abridged the same beginning. from a larger selection previously made by himself Contents Ghazals in and entitled : alphabetical order, u?yil! fol. 26. Tarjl'at, fol. U&\ J ^y^i ^u. It is one of the 2946, beginning earliest works of Husain Kashifi. The date of composition, A.H. 875, appears in the epilogue, fol. 1526: Ruba'is, fol. 3146, beginning : U t,b r ^ y ^\ iZsJiS tAft»" J^jJ t^jV ' 'J An edition lithographed at Lucknow, 1878, with the titles ~ is not For other ^y., copies, see so full as Sprenger, Oude the present MS. It Catalogue, begins with p. 491; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, this line . : tl)j c no. Ethe, ^ j ^ (j ^ 777 ^ ; Bodleian Catalogue, no. ^ 661. which is found at fol. 21a of our copy For Foil. 1526— 156a contain other MSS. extracts from see the Persian Catalogue, the Divan of Shams i Tabriz. p. 593 Pertsch, ; Berlin Catalogue, no 778 and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, 673' Copyist : jx< no. Majma* ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp . 286—302, contains copious extracts. 242. 244. Or. 3514—Foil. 300; in. 9$ by 6 ; 15 lines, Or. 3} in. long written 4689._Foll.36; 13iin.by7f; ; in large Nestalik with 17 lines, ruled 4r m. long; written in margins, probably in the 18th century. fine Nestalik on brown-tinted paper, with a rich [Presented by B. B. Postal.] 'Unvan and illuminated borders throughout, Another copy of the preceding apparently work. in the 17th century. y 2 : ; 164 POETRY. with- EL Foil. 94—130. A short Divan, A shorter Divan of the same poet, endorsed out author's name. Beg. Ui! Beg. Jj* C-o [w] *i \JIi ^ ^ ^ UmjI Oj* B*. (^ [sic] JJifl a*?- <*y& tS^ the Divan of Kataran After three pieces in praise of God, the It is a selection from consists of Kasidahs in alphabetical series of Ghazals begins, fol. 36, (see no. 207), and order, with three Kit'ahs and as follows alphabetical two Ruba'is at the end. ^yijU Copyist : &j Jt* i> to The Ghazals rhyming in 1 extend five Ghazals fol. 34a, They are followed by in i_-> and one in O. 246. of once belonged to the library 61 in. by 12 lines, The MS. Or. 2948.—Foil. 289 ; 4J; of Delhi. On the fly-leaf oblique lines Muhammad Shah, 2 in. long in the centre, and 25 'Arz-dldahs dated in his reign, and in neat Nestalik, are some round the margins ; written 1132. headings dated a seal of A.H. with 'Unvan and illuminated ; I., A.H. 844 (fol. 2876) Wednesday, 10 RaW 245. (A.D. 1440). [Sidney Churchill.] lines, our 8 in. by 5$ ; 12 Or. 2347.—Foil. 130 ; written in Shikastah-ami/. of Sa'di. See the 34 in. long ; The complete works 26 Rajab, A.H. 1279 dated Teheran, Saturday, Persian Catalogue, p. 595. [Sidney Churchill.] (A.D. 1863). of Bisutiin, wanting a Contents : Preface «U the beginning, fol. 2a. Sa'di's I. Foil. 2—93. 0 few lines at fol. 6a, The five Majlis, fol. 136. The Divan of Imami Haravi. See above, preface, 47a. Reason and Risalah i Sahib Divan, fol. no. 213, n. kings, fol. 534. Love, fol. 50a. Advice to Beg. £>f« u)V J* fol. 666. Risalah i ^ Risalah i Sultan Abaka, Ankiyanu, fol. 68a, Risalah i Malik Shams fol. 716. ud-Din, fol. 696. Arabic Kasidahs, in alphabetical order, Contents : Kasidahs Persian Kasidahs, fol. 85a. Maragi, fol. 114a. beginning : fol. 26. Mukatta'at, fol. 636, Ghazals in one alphabetical series, including Jte LfVj? 1376. ^fg, Ui»J ^> (jfij the Tayyibat and the Bada'i', fol. in Khawatlm, foil. 2716—2886, breaking off the course of letter (Harington's edition, Ghazals, fol. 80a, beginning : r fol. 425a). The margins form a continuous text, con- Gulistan, sisting of the following works : (Haring- : before the end Ruba'is, fol. 88a, beginning fol. 16, breaking off fol. 97a, slightly ton, fol. 916) : Bustan, imperfect at the beginning. Ghazaliyyat i POETRY. A.H. 600-700. 165 Jadlm, fol. 227b. Sahibiyyah (wrongly MS. had headed been presented by Khwajah foL Muzaffar ^ ^ MukaU 'Ah Dablr, A.H. ^ 1016. ^ On the same page is ' fol J^*'^' - 2075. Mufradat, the name of a subsequent f S?" Hazall owner, J. H ' yySt (Harington, fol. 475a), Harington, * o*« editor of the Kulliyyat. hab!f5t Harin 5° ( gtoi>, fol. 479a), toll.i 2835—o5 2875. For other MSS. see the Persian Catalogue, 248. p. 895; Rosen, Institut, pp. 175— 199; Ethe' Or.4779.-Foll.522;10-lin.by6i;181ines, Bodleian Catalogue, no. iln l0D 681 ; and Pertsch, ' - S' bitten in fair Nestalik, Berlin with Catalogue, no. 781. three 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns, pro- bably m the 17th century. Another 247. copy of the Kulliyat. Contents: Preface of Bisutun, fol 15 The first Risalah, fol. With 12 oblique 5a, imperfect at the ft, lines in the margin; written end The second Risalah, nj neat Jfostalik, with fol. 8a, imperfect gold-ruled margins and at the beginning illuminated and wanting the fifth borders, a rich double-page Majlis 'Unvan Guhstan, fol. 18a. at the beginning, Bustan, fol. 855. Arabic and twelve single-page ones Kasidahs, fol. 201a. Persian m the body of the Kasidahs, fol volume, apparently in the 2174. Marasi, fol. 2525. loth century. Mulamma'at, fol 2o6a Tarji', fol. 2625. Tayyibat, fol. 2665. Another copy of the Badai', KulKyyat i Sa'di fol. 3825. Khavatim, contaimng fol. 4355 : Preface of B.sutun, fol. Ghazaliyyat i Kadlm, 35. The fol. 4545. Kitfahs and five Majlis fol. 7a. Eisalah Masnavis i Sahib Divan, (Sahibiyyah), fol. 464a. lot. 2oa. Mata'ibat BisSlah dar Jayyibat, fol. 211i. Mukatta'at fol 9,85 249. S' 2185 BadaV, fol. . 2215. Ehavatim, fol. Or. 4120—Foll. £>15 Ghazahyyat i 118; 9 in. by Kadlm, fol. 2615. Arabic 5f; 14 lines, Kasidahs, 2f- in. long written fol. 2685. ; in elegant Nestalik, Persian Kasidahs, fol with 2 65. Mar two richly illuminated pages ^ f0] _ 3Q2L HuIamma at the beginning 306 a tasteful and highly . lariat, fob 311a. finished 'Unvan, Sahibiyyah, fol. gold- ruled margins, and illuminated • ^^01.3306. Mutayib5t,fol. heading lilt' dated A.H. 886 (A.D. 1481). Bound in fins' stamped leather covers. There are two [Teio. Eiott Hughes.] whole-page miniatures at the beginning, two at the end, and ten rather The Gulistan of Sa'di. See the 95 134, 157 189 201 Persian ' > > '216, and Catalogue, 343.1% 'I'They are p. 597a. m fair Persian style. This fine copy On the first page was written at Shamakhi is the seal of Muhammad by Kuli Sharaf ud-Din Husain Kutubshah, and a for Sultan Nasir note stating that the usb-Shari'ah wa'd-Din Shirvanshah 166 POETRY. in There are two whole-page miniatures 250. two fair Indian style at the beginning and lines, at foil. in. by ; 14 four smaller ones Or. 4387.—Foil. 105 ; 6| 4* at the end, besides in fair Nestalik, with 1\ in. long ; written 3, 9, 13, and 22. dated Con- 'TJnvan and gold-ruled margins ; For other copies, see the Persian Catalogue, (A.D. 1526). stantinople, Muharram, A.H. 933 no. 865fc, in. Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, [Wallis Budge.] p. ; Bodleian Catalogue, 781, art. 24 ; and Ethe, Gulistan. Another copy of the no. 688, art. 12. Copyist : csj^ ^ 251. lines, 253. in. by 5 ; 15 Or. 4121.— Foil. 147 ; 9£ J with a lines, written in fair Nestalik, Foil. 11 in. by 5| ; 11 2f in. long ; Or. 3262.— ; 9f double-page 'Unvan and gold- in Nestalik, with gold- highly finished Bi in. long ; written 16th of very ruled columns, apparently early in the ruled margins and three miniatures leather the century. Bound in stamped and gilt second-rate Indian style, apparently in Hughes.] covers. [Tho. Fiott 19th century. Another copy of the same poem. The Bustan of Sa'di. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 5976. 254. ^*sf Copyist : »Vi>i)U» ^ lines, Foil. 211 in. by 5^ ; 13 Or. 3647.— ; &J mentioned in the To the translations Nestalik, with 3J in. long; written in fair Catalogue may be added those of Persian 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, apparently Paris, 1880, and of M. Barbier de Meynard, containing twenty-four in the 17th century ; Davie, London, 1883. G. S. miniatures in a rather grotesque and inferior Persian style, much defaced. 252. [Sidney Churchill.] in. 7 lines, Or. 3261.— Foil. 35; 20 by Hi ; written in very large and elegant 6 in. long ; ground, with The Divan of Harun. Nestalik in gold on illuminated heading,and minia- a rich 'Unvan, ornamental J Beg. \j J Bound ii* tures, apparently in tho 18th century. in stamped and gilt covers. Harun was a son of the great Sahib Divan Shams ud-Din Muhammad, and a friend of initial fol. 5006; The Pand-Namah, called from its Sa'di. See Biyaz ush-Shu'ara, i., 656 and MM, word Karlma, and ascribed to Sa'di. Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. p. ; Bodleian Catalogue, col. 394, no. 3048. Beg. The Divan consists for the most part of : : POETEY. A.H. 700-800. 167 Gliazals in alphabetical order. At the end are two Tarji's, fol. 205b, beginning 256. Stowe, Or. 14.—Boll. 174; 7J in. by 4; 12 lines, in. 2 long ; written in KjJ small and On the fly-leaf " : Presented by Sir Richd Worsley, Bart., who procur'd it The first four poems at Aleppo of the Khamsah of from a Bersian who Am,r Khusrau bro't it from Ispahan." Dihlavi. gee the Persian Catalogue, The following Buba'i p. 6156; Pertsch, Berlin Cata- in praise of the logue, no. 629; binding is stamped in relief and Ethe, Bodleian Cata- on both sides of logue, no. 766. the cover The first, Jlfto jlU, is imperfect at the beginning. The original writing begins with this line, fol. 2a : This is the fortieth Bait of the section 257. •_>ltf LrtSjJjS; Seven Baits have been pre- Or. 3322.-Foll.123; fixed by a later hand. 8f in. by 6; from 90 to 2o lines, 4} in. long; written in The other bold three poems begin respectively archaic Neskhi, apparently in the 14th as follows: Shlrin u Khusrau, Centur fol. 736- ^ [Sidney Chubchul.] Majniin u Laili, fol. 133S ; and Haft Bihisht' ' Collected works fol. 250J. in prose and verse of Sharaf ud-Dln Pazl-ullah al-Kazvini. Copyist (fol. 249) : ^~ The author is chiefly known by his history 168 POETRY. he followed to Tabriz, and for whom of the ancient kings of Persia, ^s?-^ L-Atf", whom he wrote this work. which is not included in the present volume. Pertsch, off at this See the Persian Catalogue, p. 8116 ; This copy is imperfect ; it breaks 285. Berlin Catalogue, no. 428 ; and Bthe, no. : t~] wj-'jil t±x*>B\ sj* fol. 82a : ^ sV^ j+> art II. Foil. 22d— 57a. A treatise on the of epistolary composition, designated in the probably so colophon as hj*&\ J*>j&, and the sjIc dill ^ijjal^ M called from its being dedicated to author's royal patron, Atabek Nusrat ud- The MS. is imperfect at beginning and Din, who reigned A.H. 695—733. end. It has also some internal lacunae, so that the following three works which it It begins in the course of a section relating contains are more or less defective. to the formulas of prayer or blessings which are to follow the names of kings and men of subject I. Foil. In—216. A work, the main rank in letters addressed to them. The of which is a contest between the candle next-following chapter has this heading : which the and the lamp, JjjiS j iyo^s professes to have overheard in a author The remaining contents may It begins abruptly with the fol- mosque. of be briefly described as follows : Dates lowing lines : month and year, fol. 24a. Titles and hono- rific epithets used in addressing the following the Amir ul-Umara, & J} persons : the Padishah, the Atabek, kings of Shabankarah, the Sahib Divan, kings of Fars, Amirs, and various classes of men of lower degree, concluding with the eunuchs and ladies of the Harem, written in very ornate prose, The work is suitable for fol. 25a. Models of letters freely interspersed with Arabic sentences various occasions, including appointments to written in large character, and with Arabic the offices of Kazi, Mudarris, Shihnah, and and Persian verses. In the introduction the Mustaufi, fol. 32a (two of the letters are author complains of the infirmities of age. dated, A.H. 727 and 730). Arabic and He was then over seventy, or, as he poetically Persian verses suitable for quotation in cor- " had made its puts it, the eagle of old age respondence, fol. 51a—57. nest on the summit of seventy and odd years, beginning III. Foil. 576—836. The Divan, Kasidah in praise of the Atabek C*»U. He then describes the hesitations with a Nusrat ud-Din, the heading of which is: he went through before starting on a jil Jirtii lillV [for journey, which brought him, A.H. 732, to the royal camp of Abu Sa'id Bahadur at Ujan, and tl10 gracious reception he ujU-Jj Beg. met with at the hands of that sovereign's s ji.^ 1_>"J^ ^ Vazir, Ghiyas ud-Din Muhammad B. Bashid, sj—" : : POETRY. A.H. 700-800. 169 The contents are not systematically ar- of which are in praise of the ranged, partly Imams, fol. 1/,. owing, perhaps, to lacunae The Tarji' beginning and transpositions in W T Jji. the MS. They are J } ^^ largely made up \j* noticed in the Persian of short pieces (Kit'ahs) Catalogue, of two lines is found on fol. or more, expressing religious 4a. Ghazals in alphabetical thoughts or order, fol. Hi, beginning moral sentiments, with such : headings as jSj *&\ ^ 3 J$ j>, Sec. Besides the initial Kasidah, the Divan includes the following longer poems • A Marsiyah, fol. 27a. Another 1. A Kasidah alpha- entitled Mir'at un-Najat, being betical series of Ghazals, fol. a religious 276, beginning: poem on the resurrection and the duty of preparing for death, fol. 82a, begin- ning ^ c*»c Ruba'is, fol. 158a, beginning: 1 2. A Tarji fol. , 1076, with the following burden II. Foil. 1666—239a - fVj Jam i Jam. a Masnavi by the same poet. The date of 3. A Kasidah in praise of the composition in the Vazir Ghiyas epilogue is A.H. 733, as ud-Dm Muh., illustrating in the copy various poetical described in the Persian Cata- figures, with explanatory logue, glosses, fol. 1126 • p. 6196. For other MSS. see Pertsch ^UJI Berlin Catalogue, no. ^\ ^ 834; the Strassburg Catalogue, no. 3 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Cata- logue, no. 785. Be III. Fol. 2396-2486. , s «U , Dah Namah, There is also a Kit'ah another addressed to the Masnavi by the same poet. Vazir 'Ata Malik, fol. 120. Beg. O IjL. r L, K c~Ui JlS 258. r J, This Masnavi contains ten Or. 4482.-M. letters addressed 342 ; 74 in. by 3J ; 19 lines, by an imaginary lover to his mistress. It 15 m. long, with 26 diagonal lines in the was composed, as stated margin in the prologue at ; written in fair Nestalik with gold- the request of the Vazir Vajih ruled columns ud-Din Shah ; dated (fol. 166a) 12 Rabi' Yusuf, a I grandson of JSTasIr ud-Din A.H. 1010 (A.D. Tusi 1601). who was tired of the old Dah Namahs,"and I. Foil. wanted one which 1—166. had the charm of novelty Compare Haj. The Divan of KhaL, vol. in., p. 239. Auhadi, who died A.H. 73 A copy is See the mentioned in Molla Firuz Library, Persian Catalogue, p. 6186. p. 128. The poem was written Beg. jLj ^Ijj L. A.H. 706, as stated in this line at the end ; Contents Kasidahs : and Tarji'-bands, some : ; 170 POETRY. IV. Foil. 2496—3426. Jy. 5 260. in. by 5 ; about The Divan of Fighfmi, who died A.H. 925. Or. 3387.—Foil. 325 ; 10 in fair Nestalik ; See the Persian Catalogue, p. 651a. 19 lines, 3 in. long ; written dated 22 Muharram, A.H. 841 (A.D. 1437). <— »^ Beg. w lj-jj ->T ui-.'^. [Sidney Chukchill.] Contents: Kasidahs, fol. 2496. Ghazals, The Divan of Jalal ud-Din 'Atiki, of fol. 268a, beginning : Tabriz, who died A.H. 744. See Taki Kashi, Oude Catalogue, p. 18, no. 72. u j£* J> P ay f& Beg. iJj^J t?' Kit'ahs, fol. 3396, beginning : lift*, jjlc JUs j5 JSil J In the Haft Iklim, fol. 512, the poet is called Jamal ud-Din 'Atiki. He was a son of Kutb ud-Din 'Atiki, who was also a native Ruba'is and Fardiyyat, fol. 340a, begin- of Tabriz and a poet. Jamal ud-Din was a ning : favourite with the Vazir Khwajah Rashid ^ the JjiLi jfi** i^^j \* * ud-Din. The father, Kutb ud-DIn, and son, Jalal ud-Din, are noticed together in Majma' ul-Fusalia, vol. i., p. 338. For other copies see Bthe, no. 992, and This very extensive Divan consists ex- Pertsoh, Berlin Catalogue, no. 900. clusively of Ghazals and of Ruba'is, both arranged in alphabetical order. The latter 259. begin, fol. 310a, as follows : in. by 4 ; 15 lines, Or. 4932.—Foil. 142 ; 7\ in small and neat Nes- j ^ 2^ in. long ; written ^^•J talik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins dated Herat, 1 Jumada II., A.H. 1036 (A.D. 1627). Bound in stamped and gilt leather. 261. [Tho. Fioit Hoghes.] lines, Or. 4910.—Foil. 140; 8 in. by 4f ; 12 written in fair Nestalik ; dated w 2£ in. long ; r r Jumada I., A.H. 1237 (A.D. 1822). " " i a poem by Auhadi. See Jam Jam ; Turkish I. Foil. 1—95. Laili Majniin, a the preceding MS., art. n. poem by Fuzuli. See the Turkish Catalogue, date of composition, A.H. 733, is The p. 2066. given in the following line, fol. 1406 Beg. L^jjj»^ja J*-** This copy wants the prologue and the epilogue. Its contents correspond with foil. of Or. 405. Copyist: i_-5Wl }~>jj$i\\ ±+=*\ j£ 16a—926 : POETRY. A.H. 700—800. 171 II. Foil. 96—140. A selection from the personages in whose praise they were com- Divan of Ibn Yamln, designated in the colo- posed, with headings giving their names infull. phon as jj.tf Mj ± ^ This ^ ^ ^ section begins with a Kasidah rhyming in the J, first sixteen Baits of which, have The author, whose been supplied proper name was Fakhr by a later hand. It be-ins ud-Dm with this line : Mahmud Faryumadi, died A.H. 745. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 8254, m., and j 3 • the y Oude Catalogue, p. 433. The first piece is a short Kasidah addressed to a This Kasidah is king not named, and beginning: quoted in Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 16, and said to be an imitation of a poem by Sana'i. The first sec- tion includes Kasidahs addressed to the last Moghul The second is a sovereign, Abu Sa'id short moral poem in the Bahadur Khan, shape of a Ghazal, to his Vazir, Ghiyas ud-Din beginning : Muhammad, to Amir Mubariz ud-Din Muhammad, founder of the Muzaffari dynasty, to Kazi Shams ud- Din Mahmud B. Sa'in (v. Persian Catalogue, Most of the contents p. 621a), and to other consist of Kit/ahs princes, officials, and without any saints of the systematic arrangement, Por period. MSS. of the Divan see the Petersburg Cata- 2. A second series, consisting mostly of logue, no. 403, and the Bodleian Catalogue, Mukatta'at, fol. 576, beginning: no. 790. Two copies of the Mukatta'at are tttfT ^ noticed m the Vienna j ^ jjjg, ^j, tiJi, Catalogue, nos. 563-4 A German translation by Schlechta-Vssehrd was published in Vienna, 1852. 3. Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 80i Copyist: JL, ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ beginning jl*3! j J*pi i*r> 511 ^ The same beginning is noticed by Ethe 262. Bodleian Catalogue, no. 794, art. 8 The Or. 3375.-M. 234; sixth piece, which 9in.by5f; 19 lines, is really the first of the in. 4 long; written in fair alphabetical series, Nestalik, ap- begins : parently in the 15th century. V [Sidney CnuiiCHUL.] 4. Another and larger series of Ghazals The Divan of Khajui not alphabetically Kirinani, who died arranged, foil. 129a—234a about A.H. imperfect at 750. See the Persian Catalogue the beginning. ' p. 620. ° The first complete Ghazal begins : Contents : 1. Kasidahs and Tarji's, ] being Jj <^i^ ujJ^. liy. mostly laudatory poems arranged under the z 2 172 POETRY. copies of the poem current The Divan of Khwaju is included in his condition of the Although he knew on good Kulliyat, described by Ethe, Bodleian Cata- in his day. originally consisted of logue, no. 794. authority that it 60,000 lines, he hardly ever found in any copy more than about 50,000. He therefore 263. brought together the best MSS. he could find, and spent six years in compiling from 27 lines, text brought up to the Or. 2833.—Foil. 779 ; 13 in. by 9|; them a standard This is 6^ in. long, with about 58 oblique lines round legitimate number of 60,000 lines. Neskhi in the present copy. It oc- the margins ; written in neat Persian the text found in four gold-ruled columns, with a rich and cupies the margins from the beginning to fol. highly finished double-page 'Unvan, gold 736a, where the Zafar Namah ends, and from headings, and illuminated marginal orna- that point to the end of the volume it fills of Rama- as well as the margins. ments ; dated Shiraz, last decade the centre of the page zan, A.H. 807 (A.D. 1405). The author relates further how he had [Sidney Churchill.] been urged by his friends to compose a rhymed history, as a sequel to the Shah- namah and in the same form, and how, after The Zafar Namah, a Muslim chronicle in some pleas of inability, he had yielded to their verse by Hamd-ullah Mustaufi, with the instances and had set to work, but not Shahnamah of Firdausi in the margins. before invoking Firdausi's blessing on his book, in the hope that a single verse in it Beg. aSo. j s> ,_/li5*- might win for him God's mercy, as had been the case with his predecessor. On that occa- anecdote of the In the preface of his Ta'rikh i Guzidah, sion he tells the well-known had written A.H. 730, the author states that he holy Shaikh, Abu '1-Kasim Gurgani, who was then engaged on an extensive versified at first refused to perform the prayer over chronicle, which he intended to complete in the corpse of Firdausi. Baits. See the Persian Catalogue, 75,000 At the suggestion of the author's friends, p. 81a. That plan was carried out, and the the chronicle was called Zafar Namah : result was the present work, which is stated \j a. J3 yjl a*U ji&> in the prologue, fol. 5a, to comprise exactly ^ Baits, about 10,000 ).jj the above number of or \j jw'i^ tr Baits for each century : It is divided into three parts designated by the terms Kitab or Kism, treating respec- tively of the Arabs, the Persians, and the Moghols, as stated in the following lines, fol. 5a : j>*7 ^'i^> \J\ 3 After dwelling in the prologue on the ex- cellency of poetry, the author bestows a glowing eulogy on the Shahnamah of Fir- dausi, but deplores the corrupt and defective : POETRY. A.H. 700—800. 173 J=- £ji p£ p\u In fh\y> \J\ spite of the poetical form which he adopted, the author is began the work, spent fifteen years upon its The contents of the Zafar Namah are composition the ; and that out of the 75,000 lines following : of which it consists, 25,000 are devoted to Book I., with the heading KjwiU^ the Arabs, 20,000 to the Persians, and ^ 5 *«Uyili Life 30,000 to the Moghols of Muhammad, fol. 56. Khilafat of Abu Bakr, fol. 90S. 'Umar, fol. 1136. 'Osman, fol. 134a. Book II. Persian dynasties, with the title S* j ^ *#%»$\ _S. Saffaris, P> & r About fol. 255a. Samiinis, his sources the author is reticent. fol. 2616. Ghaznavis, He says fol. 276a. Ghuris, vaguely that he drew his informa- fol. 2976. Dailaman, fol. tion from Arabs and 3046. Saljuks, fol. 320a. Saljuks from Moghol chiefs : of Rum, fol. 376a. Khwarazmis, down to the death of Sultan Jalal ud-Din, fol. 380a. Isma'Ilis of Iran, fol. 409a. Salghuri Atabaks of Fars, fol. 4356. Karakhita'is of Kirman, fol. 4406' He concludes with the date of completion, which he gives Book III. Moghols, according to three eras, M^tr* *i>Uak_J! _i namely, A.H. f 735, the year 1644 of Alex- J Jib. Origin of the Turks and ander, and the year 702 of Yezdegird : Moghols, fol. 4476. Oghuz Khan, first ruler of the Turks, fol. 448a. His son Gurkhan, fol. 4506. History of the Moghols after 1 U " B*' j' ^ r Oghuz Khan, fol. 451a. gfj Alankuwa, ances- tress of Chingiz Khan, fol. 452a. Budunjar, nmth forefather of Chingiz Khan and his 'J jU- ^-Oi— j j Jo descendants down to Basugai, fol. 454a. Chingiz Khan, fol. 4596. Okotai Ka'an, fol. 5296. Tushi Khan and «"»< his descendants in *J.U-L*j j^, Dasht Krpchak, fol. 551a, Jaghatai Khan : : : : : 174 POETRY. beginning and and his successors in Turan, fol. 552a. Tuli This copy is imperfect at follows : Khan, fol. 553a. Barkatai Khatun, fol. 5536. end. The contents are as 5546. Mangu Ka'an, fol. Kuyuk Khan, fol. 1. Foil, la—476. The Divan, comprising fol. 5576. Timur Ka'an and his successors, 1. Kasidahs and occasional pieces, many of 580a. Hulagu Khan, fol. 5816. Abaka which are in praise of the reigning sovereign Khan, fol. 6326. Ahmad Khan, fol. 645a. of Fars, Jamal ud-Din Shaikh Abu Ishak Arghun Khan, fol. 655a. Kaikhatu Khan, Catalogue, (A.H. 742— 754 ; see the Persian fol. 662a. Ba'idu Khan, fol. 666«, Ghazan begins : p. 4356). The first complete Kasidah Khan, fol. 6746. Ufjaitu Sultan Muhammad, fol. 708a. Abu Sa'Id Bahadur Khan, foil. 722a—7356. 2. Fol. 256. Ghazals, in which the poet The last events recorded in the reign of ^>.xs- calls himself jjj.s-, and sometimes jKlj ; Abu Sa'id are the deposition and banishment beginning of Amir Shaikh Hasan, A.H. 732, and the a arrest of some rebellious Amirs who had V J^j Lr**J J~ J " lS^ besieged the Sultan in his palace, A.H. 734. In the section relating to Hulagu, a full list 3. Fol. 32a. Ruba'is, beginning of his descendants, tabulated in Siyak form, j*> j^jb occupies foil. 627—31. Further on, foil. y j\ ^ 684 92, the author gives a poetical version aijlk i\ — tj\ \j j* y of the Pand Namah of his master Rashld ud- 4. Fol. 356. Tarji'-bands, beginning : DTn in twelve Majlis. The transcriber's name at the end of the Shah Namah is Mahmud al-Husaini. The same name, with the addition of ^ ^ 5. Fol. 396. Masnavis, beginning : illl is found in the colophon of the Zafar Namah, fol. 736a ; but there it has evidently been substituted for another name which had been erased. 6. Fol. 42a. Kit'ahs and short pieces of two Baits, of a licentious nature, designated This MS. was noticed in the Athenaaum at the end as Oli^-wiiM. Imperfect at the for 314. 1885, p. beginning. II. Fol. 48a. A Masnavi, the poet's own 264. love-story, beginning uV-1 fyj* ^ Or. 2947.—Foil. 146 ; 7^ in. by 41; 16 lines, written in Neskhi, apparently 2i iii. long ; The prologue contains a dedication to early in the 19th century. epilogue is [Sidney Chuechill.] Shaikh Abu Ishak, and in the found the date of composition, A.H. 751 The collected works of 'TJbaid Zakani, who died A.H. 772. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 8096, and the Oude Catalogue, p. 527. : POBTEY. A.H. 700—800. 175 J J The poem is mentioned as wti jlls- by Sprenger, See the Oude Catalogue, p. 527, and by Vienna Catalogue, ib., art. 6. Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, no. 567, art. 2. Some of the above writings have been edited in a volume printed at III. Fol. 696. Jli^l jjly, rare proverbs, Constantinople, A.H. 1303, under the or maxims of prophets and sages, in prose title -Uii ^ijUJ i^,*- and verse ; Arabic. Wj* u>.^- That edition contains a notice of the poet and the following trea- Beg. JUWtj ^ ^ jJJ tises : Akhlak ul-Ashraf (above, art. v.), See the Rish Namah (art. vn.), Ta'rifat (art. Vienna Catalogue, no. 567, art. 4. it.), Masnavi i Jalk (fol. 376 of this MS.), Taz- IV. Fol. 856. J-ai so, humouristio minat defini- u Kita'at (art. i., 6), and Risalak i tions of current words, in ten chapters, also Dilgusha (art. VI.). called olijxi. Beg. t/i J* 1, c^is. U3 j jSi, See Fleischer, Leipzig Catalogue, no. 306, 265. fol. 67 ; the Vienna Catalogue, no. Or. 567, art. 7 2815.—Foil. 317 ; 8 in. ; by 4J; 17 lines, and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 9, art. 9. 2| in. long; written in elegant Nestalik, with three 'Unvans, gold-ruled columns, and gilt V. Fol. 894. j^l, a satire on headings ; dated A.H. 883 (A.D. contemporary manners. 1478). [Sidney Chukohill.] Beg. ci^U- Oj^- U ^jj,^ li p, Collected poems of Salman Savaji, who See Fleischer, £&., fol. 59; Vienna Cata- died A.H. 779 (see the Persian Catalogue, logue, ib., art. 3 ; and Pertsch, Berlin Cata- p. 6246), as follows : logue, no. 14, art. 69. I. Fol. 2a. Kasidahs and Tarji'-bands, VI. Fol. 1066. dU,, a collection of wanting the first page, beginning with the witty sayings and comic anecdotes in Arabic 14th Bait of the opening Kasidah in praise and Persian. of God, the first line of which is, ^ ^ Jo j, Beg. id*, £j\>. JUjf ^y,. See the Jly j j^j Jc ajj jji Oude Cata- logue, p. 555; Pertsch, Berlin See Catalogue, Fleischer, i'6., fol. 72, and the Vienna no. 837; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, Catalogue, no. 567, art. 5. no. 807. VII. Foil. 1406—1466. ^ JU,, a humour- The contents, which are not alphabetically istio treatise on beard. arranged, consist mostly of Kasidahs in praise of Amir Shaikh Hasan, of his Beg. c~-jo e/l, j»U.ob (jjU-j^ wife Dilshad Khatiin, and of his son Sultan Uvais. The >j±3 C section breaks off with the tenth Bait of a : : : 176 POETRY. Kasidah in praise of the latter prince, which Contents: Kasidahs and Tarkibs, fol. 16. begins Marasi, fol. 138a, beginning : c!oi,y» !ji (jT a/ <3~»U 4)1 Mukatta'at, fol. 146a, beginning : 1 o>i^o II. Foil. 1065. jjp-jJ <_:U^ Book of the ^] "'"ft.' j&>0 Tarji's. Of this section the first page is alone extant. It contains the beginning of Tarji'at, fol. 1716, beginning : a Tarjl' which is found entire in Add. 27,314, foil. 3266—328. It begins: Ghazals, in alphabetical order, fol. 176a, beginning III. Fol. 117a. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, slightly imperfect at the beginning. Ruba'is, fol. 269a, beginning The first extant Ghazal begins : sU> oa* JU; Khurshid u Jamshid, fol. 2756. Firak Namak, fol. 349a. IV. Fol. 2196. Euba'is, beginning : The last poem is imperfect at the end. At the bottom of the last page is written vie fjyi ij£ jb, i.e. A.H. 795 ; but whether this was the original date of the MS. is V. Fol. 2236. j ^j>", Khwurshid uncertain. u Jamshid, a Masnavi. See Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 837, art. 2, and the Persian Catalogue, p. 625a, 1. 267. VI. Fol. 2846. tJi the book of ab- Or. 2710.—Foil. 207 ; 4£ in. by 2| ; 12 lines, sence, a Masnavi. See the Persian Catalogue, 1} in. long; written in small and neat Nes- p. 6256, 11. talik, with two double-page 'Unvans, gold- jj.s- Copyist : ^UjA^ i_>U^ miniatures dated iJ^>- ruled columns, and ; Wed- nesday, 14 Jumada I., A.H. 1025 (A.D. 1616). Bound in painted and glazed covers. 266. lines, Or. 4909.—Foil. 376 ; 6| in. by 5 ; 15 with ten additional lines in the 2-J in. long, The Divan of Hafiz, who died A.H. 791. small Nestalik, margin ; written in and neat See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6276. with gold-ruled columns and with illuminated Contents : Preface of Gulandam, fol. 36 titles and gold headings ; apparently in the (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 6286). It 15th century. may be added that Kivam ud-Din 'Abdullah, The Divan of the same poet, with the usual whose lecture-room, according to Gulandam, ^ty; Hafiz attend, was the greatest doctor beginning : Oib JU-* C-JlU- ef Jj j> used to : POETRY. A.H. 700-S00. 177 of Shlr&Z his m day. He died, as stated in the Shadd 268. ul-Izar, Or. 3395, fol. 456, A.H. 572). Kasidahs, fol. 9b, beginning: Or. 3247.—Foil. 75; 13 in. by 8f ; 12 lines, in. long 4J ; written in large and elegant Nestalik, with a whole-page and a single- page 'Unvan, gold headings, and gold-ruled This section margins, ends with a Tarji' in praise and with two whole-page miniatures of the Imam in good Shah i Khurasan, and wtth a Persian style, about A.H. 907 (A.D. Masnavi beginning 1501-2). : The wide margins are covered ob with coloured designs. [Sidney Chuechjll.] Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 25?/, with The Divan of Hafiz, with the usual a preface by beginning : a_J! l^j b ill Bayani. Masnavis, fol. 19SA, Beg. beginning : of preface : (This section includes the Saki Namao, fol. -1 51 lixzfj 200a, and the Mughanni Namah, fol. 201a, both abridged.) Kit'aks, fol. The 202i, beginning as in the writer's name appears in the following Calcutta edition of line, fol. 6a 1791, fol. 134fi : la*" jxt, jb^ JUj ^JJi Ruba'is, fol. 204i, beginning, This recension of the Divan ^ as in was compiled the ' Calcutta as stated in edition of 1791, fol. the preface, from 150 : various MSS A.H. 907, by the Shahzadah Abu '1-Fath, son of Sultan Husain Baikara. The writer of the preface was the successor of Mir 'Ali Copyist Shir, Khwajah 'Abdullah : ^ Marvarld, poetically surnamed Bayani, who died The MS. A.H. 922. See contains five miniatures, nearly the Persian Catalogue, p. 1094a. whole-page, in modern Persian style, at foil The Divan contains only 57, 73, 106, 129, and 1G0. Ghazals in alpha- betical order, with the usual beginning, and To the editions of the Divan mentioned in three Ruba'is at the end. the Perstan Catalogue may be added that of The Major first page is covered with H. S. Jarrett, founded upon 'Arzdidnhs Brock- and seals of haus's the reign of Shahjahfm. text, and printed in Calcutta, The 1881 earhest of the latter A literal English is dated A.H. 1042 translation with notes by H. Wdberforce Clarke, Calcutta, 189l' is based upon Major Jarrett's text. Por MSS see Rosen, Institut, nos. 66—76; Pertsch' 269. Berlin Catalogue, nos. 840-53; and Ethe' Or. Bodleian 4773.-Foll.203; 7* in. by 44 12 Catalogue, nos. 815—53. ; lines, 2^ in. long written ; in fair Nestalik, with A A — 178 POETRY. two 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns, ap- a Tarji'-band (Calcutta edition of 1791, fol. parently in the sixteenth century. 1396) beginning : The Divan of Hafiz, with the preface of Gulandam, foil. 1 7a. Contents: Ghazals, alphabetically arranged, After this come a few Kit'ahs, Masnavis, with the usual beginning, fol. lb. A Masnavi, and Ruba'is ; but the latter part of the MS., fol. beginning : 1866, foil. 143—150, as well as foil. 3—7 at the J beginning, is disfigured by holes, and more /* Jb f" or less of the writing is lost. jV. [•-•? J~" } u? A Saki Namah, fol. 189a, beginning : 271. Or. 3588.—Foil. 182 in. by ; written ; 8J in fair Nestalik in three gold-ruled columns, Kit'ahs, fol. 1916, beginning : with about 18 oblique lines in each column ; dated (foil. 115 and 160) Zulhijjah, A.H. 1088 (A.D. 1676—78). Mukhammas, fol. 1966, beginning : 1086 and A.H. [Sidney Churchill.] I. Foil. 1—115. The Divan of Hafiz. Contents : Preface of Gulandam, wanting Tarkib, fol. 1986, beginning : the first leaf, fol. la. Kasidahs, fol. 3a, be- ginning : Ruba'is, fol. 2006, beginning : The same beginning is noticed by Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 849. The third Kasidah, beginning U»j* *j.Z*jxi- The original text breaks off at fol. 2016. .jS is found in the Calcutta A last folio has been supplied by a modern yy*t* is\> hand. edition of 1791, fol. 6. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, slightly im- perfect at the beginning, fol. 8a. The first 270. lines belong to the Ghazal beginning tjji ^ edition, no. Or. 4388.— Foil. 150 ; 5 in. by 3 ; 15 lines, »U (Brockhaus's 2). in. long ; written in small neat Nes- 1-J and Tarji'-bands, fol. 98a, beginning as in talik, with a double-page 'Unvan, gold-ruled Or. 4388 : columns, and gilt borders, apparently in the 17th century. [Wallis Bodge.] Masnavis, fol. 996, beginning : The Divan of Hafiz, consisting chiefly of G-hazals in alphabetical order, with the usual beginning. They are followed, fol. 139a, by : ; POETRY. A.H. 700—800. 179 Mukatta'at, fol. 106a, beginning: ments on this line of Hafiz (Brockhaus, no 237): Jf jl;? lyAjjJ3 « See Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 849. IV. Foil. Ruba'is, in alphabetical order, fol. 111(7, 1696— 182,7. An alphabetical beginning- series of Ghazals by a poet who designates himself by the takhallus Paris. jAj y^ij j,J y jjijijy- Beg. \^{> My i See Pertsch, ?6., and supra, no. 267. J y 0 j ^^ ^ II. Foil. 1156— 160(7. 0*/ l,U > ^ JyJ This is the poet mentioned as Faris by The Divan of Shaikh 'Ali Baba Kuhi. Sarkhush, Or. 470, fol. 1026. The line quoted Beg. Ub jJU. ^.jrf C^-a* ^Ua there, is found in our MS., fol. 1756. 'Ali Baba, poetically surnamed Kuhi, was The poet is probably the same as Mirza a disciple of Shaikh Abu Abdallah Muh. Muhammad Faris mentioned in several Tazkirahs without Khafif Shlrazi, surnamed Shaikh Kablr, who any further notice. See Suhuf died in Shiraz on the 23rd of Ramazan, A.H. Ibrahim, Berlin Catalogue, no. 063, 8; Makhzan ul- 371 (Shiraz Namah, Add. 18,185, fol. 1096; Ghara'ib, Bodleian Catalogue, col. Shadd ul-Izar, Or. fol. 361, no. 3395, 26 ; and Pertsch, 1947 and ; Ruz i Rushan, p. 499. He Berlin Catalogue, no. 605). Kuhi lived to a must have lived before A.H. 1087, the date great age, and died, according to the Shadd of the present copy. ul-Izar, fol. 155/>, A.H. 442, in great renown of sanctity, at Shiraz, Prefixed where his tomb was to the above, as a separate section, an object foil. of pilgrimage. 1676—169(t, are a few Kasidahs probably due to the same poet. The Divan consists of religious poems in Ghazal form, arranged in alphabetical Beg. order. U^jjt U Jj (jib^ yjl ^| At the end there are some Ruba'is beginning fol. 1 586, as follows : 272. III. Foil. 1606— 160rt. An anonymoup Or. 4745.— Foil. 120; 8§ in. by 6 commentary expounding the mystic sense of ; 16 lines, in. long 5] ; written in the Hebrew the Ghazal of Hafiz (Brockhaus, no. 525), character dated the 8th day of Aihil, A.M. 5499 beginning: . J1al1> c (A.d! "J 17a9)- [Sidney Churchill.] Beg. jo y- Aj\ tjj>j U The Divan of Hafiz, with the headino- Oyi' U»T» DENn TOXQ It is followed, fol. 1646, by similar com- [cfjji- kiU- «»-\y. ylyj] ; 180 POETRY. followed by the usual beginning : nh^inji pas Tm 'p»D ^rra The Divan of Kamal Khujandi, who died Hrfattnn -trtsw Sin 1133 indn p»y na A.H. 803. See the Persian Catalogue, Ljbb j Utf JL.il b ill] p. 6326. [l^Ki. jUil Jjl u)L»T jic »s J_, It begins with a Kasidah in praise of God, At the end of the alphabetical series of the first line of which is : Ghazals are found the following sections : *.{ JU/ J*l ^ si. J ^ r^ JWBNpa to* '3 [0\Ja*y fob 1116; into J], JUjU ij\±J>- iiU4\ tdlljo i^Uij fttoniUi [Ol^jC fob 113a; the Saki Ghazals in Namah (nOK'J »p»D), fob 1136; a Masnavi This is immediately followed by alphabetical order, beginning : (UDB), fob 1166 ; and the Ruba'is fob 115i. 273. Mukatta'at, fob 203&, beginning : lines, Or. 3206.—Foil. 240 ; 9 in. by 6 ; 21 3| in. long; written in Neskhi, A.H. 966 (A.D. 1559). [Keemer, no. 184.] Fardiyyat, fob 213a; Ruba'is, fob 2136, The latter half of Sururi's commentary beginning : upon the Divan of Hafiz. See the Turkish ^atf" .ibJJ jb^jj b Catalogue, p. 1576, and Ethe, Bodleian Cata- ^ no. 853. logue, ^ Jbl l_^> u* jl obi Foil. 216-17 should be taken after fob 0. other MSS. see the Strassburg Cata- 274. For logue, no. 1 3 ; the Berlin Catalogue, no. 854 lines, Catalogue, no. 857. Or. 3205.—Foil. 518 ; 8 in. by 5± ; 23 and the Bodleian in Neskhi; 17th century. 3J in. long ; written Copyist: ^^.jLoI si-!) itaUi- srXL [Kremer, no. 183.] ^ J} The margins form a continuous text. It Sudi's commentary upon the Divan of consists of extracts, mostly Ghazals in alpha- Hafiz. See the Turkish Catalogue, p. 1586. betical order, from the Divans of the follow- ing ten poets : Khusrau (Dihlavi), foil. 2—6, 216-7, 7—38. 275. Beg. Jo jb \j sj^jfA \J*ly>j& ^ 7-]- lines, Or. 2950.— Foil. 217 ; in. by 4 ; 14 Hafiz Shirazi, fob 386. 2] in. long, with about 27 slanting lines in Nes- the margin ; written in small and neat 1 Beg. \ j-VjV" J talik, with gold-ruled columns and some Kasim (ul-Anvar), who died A.H. 837 illuminated headings ; dated Tuesday, 4 Sha'- (Persian Catalogue, p. 635), fob 636. ban, A.H. 888 (A.D. 1483). 51 Churchill.] 5 I O^^-J [Sidney Beg. \ j <»j j> J- lt : POETRY. A.H. 700-800. 181 Jami, fol. 836. 277. Beg. ObK £AJ> jS ! j>jl5 ty J ^ Or. 3313.—Poll. 195; 7 in. by 4£; two Suhaili (died A.H. distinct 907 ; see the Persian MSS. bound together. Catalogue, p. 756a, and Ethe, no. 981) [Sidney Churchill.] fol. 1156. I. Foil. 2—65; 21 lines, 2* in. long; Beg. U written WU juj oJ Jly in small Turkish Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold headings, probably about Saifi (Yadgar Beg, d. 870; see Ethe, A.D. 1600. no. 888), fol. 1436. Beg. (jtjji. \j j^, ^ ^ g The Divan of Maghribi, of Piiyazi (d. 884; Persian Tabriz, who Catalogue, p. 1074a, died A.H. 809. See the Persian and Ethe, no. S90), fol. 1606. Catalogues p. 633. ' Beg. CJ&I ^ J j , At the ^ J ^ beginning is a short prose preamble of four Muhyi (probably Muhyi lines, the initial words of Lari, who died, which are : however, about 45 years JiHUl ^il L after the date of _^) ^ \^ ^ ^ ^u the MS. v. Persian ; Catalogue, p. 655) fol. 1846. Contents;. Ghazals in alphabetical order, Beg. Jajg o^ Beg. U sltf s/j jliT y Tarji'at, fol. 516, beginning: Hatifi (d. 927; v. Persian Catalogue p. 6526), foil. 2126—2156. Bes Ruba'is, fol. 626 (with a few Kit'ahs at the end), beginning 276. Or. 3303—Foll. 202 ; 8+ in. by 5 ; 15 lines, 2| in. long; written A copy with in elegant Nestalik, the same beginnings is de- with 'Unvan scribed by Ethe^, and gold-ruled columns, ap- Bodleian Catalogue, no. 859. parently early in the See also Pertsch, 16th century. Berlin Catalogue, no. 855, and Majma' [Sidney Churchill.] ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 30. The Divan of Kamal, n. Foil. with the same begin- 66—195; 13 lines, 2f in. long; ning and nearly written the same contents as in the in fair Nestalik with gold heading preceding and copy. ruled margins; dated Bagdad, 15 Jut The Mukatta'at mada II., A.H. 953 (A.D. 1546). begin, fol. 196a, with the same piece as in no. The Ruba'is begin, fol. 202a, also with the same line The Divan of Shams Mashriki. : : : 182 POETRY. The author was a holy personage and a be confounded with Mirza Malik Mashriki, in the time of Shah Sufi poet; bat he cannot be identified with of Mashhad, who lived fol. GO J, and the great mystic, Shams i Tabriz, who is not 'Abbas I. See Maikhanah, known by the name of Mashriki. In the Khair ul-Bayiin, fol. 3116. inscription prefixed to the Divan he is desig- nated by the following titles 278. lines, Or. 2997.— Foil. 46 ; 9 in. by 5£ ; 13 written in neat Nestalik, with 2J in. long ; for He must have lived before A.H. 855 ; 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, mounted on that year is stated at the end to have been tinted paper ; dated A.H. 992 (A.D. 1584). date of an early copy, from which the the [Sidney Chdeohill.] present MS. was transcribed. At the beginning of the Divan are two Kasidahs, respectively in praise of God and A poem of the class known as Dah jNTamah. of the Prophet. The former begins : It is a collection of letters in verse addressed by an imaginary lover to his mistress, with a preface by 'Aziz-ullah, called Zahidi, [sic] JUW bUU prose ; Jj r J- who uses 'Aziz as his poetical surname. The further contents are as follows : fol, : ^\>o Ghazals in alphabetical order, 680, Beg. of the Preface \j o^Usa.' o-^*" { beginning : ji i'^> » lsr*»\ Ji^i j J* ts.> ^ d.1 W.j* ^^J*" •jj jjjU ,bi* Oib Jyo- i_jbj i^i ii'y- Mukatta'at, fol. 183a, beginning : 0 We learn from the preface that the author had repaired to Herat, A.H. 810, and had spent there about ten years, engaged in fol. 187a, beginning : Iluba'is, study. Having found a patron in Sultan Baisunghar Bahadur Khan, he composed for him the present poem, A.H. 820. It consists of a thousand Baits, in which Tajuis and In the Ghazals the author uses three other rhetorical figures, enumerated in the forms of takhallus, namely, (_•?/£•», Ji;~* yJ*, preface, are illustrated by examples. and (j»-vS>. In the colophon he is The epilogue contains the above date of b5)j« panegyric on Sultan designated as follows : yiijJtj Sil' (_r~— composition and a e s n°t *° Baisunghar. jlkiJb ji^iM usji/H^ JLr^ H ^ : : POETRY. A.H. 800—900. 1S3 Fardiyyat, also 279. in alphabetical order, fol 3946, beginning : Or. 4135.—Foil. 404 9^ in. ; by 6 } ; 17 lines, 8| in. long; -written in neat Nestalik, with tasteful 'Unvan and gold-ruled columns, ap- W-l *Ls- JU» dj^j parently in the 15th century. Very similar [Sidney Churchill.] contents will be found in an edition lithographed at Teheran, A.H. 1276. For MSS. see Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, no. 419, and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, nos. The Divan of M'mat-ullah Vali, who died 856—58. Copious extracts, A.H. with a bio- 834. See the Persian Catalogue, graphical notice, are to be found in Majma' p. 6346. ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 42. After a short doxology in prose, beginning U-sWI jyUrtll i-^W t/JJl dJJ ±Ji, comes a short Masuavi, with this initial line 280. Or. 3304—FolL 261 ; in. by 8* 5f ; 15 lines, m. long; 3 written in elegant Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled columns The first ; dated Ju- section consists of a mixture of mada II, A.H. 857 (A.D. 1453). pieces of various forms, Masnavis, Ghazals, [Sidney Churchill.] Dubaitis, and Puba'is. The alphabetical series of Ghazals which I. Foil. 1-221. form the main bulk r\S ay of the volume begins, fol. 326, with this The Divan verse of Kasim ul-Anvar, who died A.H. 837. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6356. Beg. _ilj S> bj-. tj^ r r ^ The remainder of the Divan comprises— Contents: Pious precepts Ghazals in alphabetical order, in Masnavi verse, fol. 3424, fol. 2a, beginning with other Masnavis, : beginning : Tarji'-band, fol. 1996, Dubaitis in beginning ; alphabetical order, fol. 349a, beginning : ,J ^- V* <-r>s+*? (See Aumer, no. 85.) Ruba'is, alphabetically arranged, fol. 3766, Mukatta'at, fol. 204a, beginning: beginning : y J J/ (y* WU ijjj This section includes J several pieces written b j\ Ay ^ iji j* entirely or partly in Turki. ; : 184 POETRY. Ruba'is, fol. 211a, beginning: with three 'Unvans and gold-ruled margins ; dated 10 Zulka'dah, A.H. 877 (A.D. 1472). [Sidney Churchill.] Another copy of the Divan of Kasim ul- A Masnavi relating to Tlmur's death, be- Anvar, with the same beginning and nearly ginning : the same contents as the preceding, namely G-bazals (wanting a leaf at the beginning), fol. 1 (see Add. 18,874, fol. 219, and Ethi, no. 21. Tarjl , fol. 176a. Mukatta'at, fol. 862, fol. 231), and other Masnavis. 1806. Ruba'is, fol. 1866. Masnavis, fol. 1914. Aids ul-'Arifin, fol. 1956. Anis ul- II. Foil. 2216—243. A Sufi tract in Mas- 'Ashikin, with the heading *->W- fol. navi verse, known as Anis ul-'Arifin, 2156. The Masnavi relating to Timur's UjjjW, by the same author, with a prose pre- death, with a preface beginning: 9- ]i j?.} face beginning : C-As, &jjac il»ls- l^jji- Oh asL-x, ^a>\ ojU, fol. 2326. (The Mas- j^-j^j^il «>wjt£j 4^ See the Persian Cata- navi is also included in the Divan, fol. 1916.) logue, ii. p. 6366, ; Aumer, no. 85, fol. 185 ; Copyist : ,su=- ^> III. Poll. 244—261. Another Sufi tract in prose, diversely called siUill s)'^ or .j6\ (_r mjHiU!\, by the same author. 282. Or. Foil. 326 8* in. lines, 3500.— ; by 5J ; 17 3-i in. long ; written in elegant Nestalik, with a neat 'Unviin and gold-ruled columns ; dated (See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6366, m. Jumada I., A.H. 864 (A.D. 1460). Ethe, no. 862, fol. 257 ; and Aumer, no. 85, [Presented by AmiN us-Sultan 'Ali fol. 205.) It concludes with a separate Asi;har Kuan.] chapter designated as ^ISoj.j c^*"3J "Advice , o-^* to Dervishes," fol. 2556, beginning : J\J$ , The Divan of 'Ismat of Bukhara. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 7366. Copyist : Institut, p. 121, and by Ethe, Bodleian Cata- logue, no. 861. 281. Contents: 1. Kasidahs and Tarkibs ar- Foil. Or. 2951.— 235 ; 9£ in. by 6^; 17 lines, ranged under the names of the persons 4| in. long ; written in fair large Nestalik, praised. These are mostly princes of the : : : POETRY. A. II. 800-900. 185 house of Timur, principally Sultan Khali] son of Miranskah, foil. 61—101 ; TJlugh Beg! foil. 27—53 ; Baisungharand Ibrahim Sultan! Hal Namah, also called Guy u Chaugan, a This section includes a piece of Turki prose, Masnavi by 'Arifi, who died A.H. 853. See foil. 123-4, with the heading the Persian J&J Catalogue, p. 6396, and Ethe, -Bodleian Catalogue, no. 872. Marasi, 2. or elegies on the death of Sultan Khalil, Shaikh Saif ud-Din, Khwajah 3. Mukatta'at, without alphabetical ar- rangement, fol. 146a, beginning fjfi Jb i»iiSo Copyist: kUail^SM ^ 4. Ghazals, also without alphabetical order, fol. 183 J, beginning: 284. A-ltf ^ 3 tfoj j^. Or. ^ 3283—Foil. 86; 6 in. by 3 ; 11 lines, If m. long written in ; neat Nestalik, with ITnvan and gold-ruled columns 5. Ruba'is, ; dated Mu- fol. 3066, beginning harram, A.H. 882 (A.D. 1477). The Divan 6. Mu'ammas or of Amir Shahi, who died logogriphs in verse, fol. A.H. 311a. 857. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 640a and Taki Kashi, St. Petersburg Catalogue,' 7. Ornate compositions in mixed prose and p. 311. Masnavi verse, addressed to Baisunghar and Beg. others, foil. 3166—3266. jb iiJb yljjj «iw ^ b A MS. with similar contents is described by Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, no. 275. The third piece in the MS. is the first of the alphabetical series of Ghazals, and that with which most copies begin. Its first line is U 283. : o^-j j> oki- ytaj ^\ At the end, fol. 80a, Or.3306.-Poll.23; 6* in. by are a few Mukatta'at, 4 ; 12 lines, in. long; written beginning h in neat Nestalik, with gold-ruled columns; dated Herat, A H 875 JAW Jfli (A.D. 1470-71). [^Sidney Church^.] : IHBSi 186 POETRY. An edition lithographed in Constantinople, III. Foil. 714—79. JV A.H. 1288, has nearly the same contents, but The Divan of Muvali, beginning: differently arranged. It begins with this line: SI y lSjjjJ b j which is found at fol. 104 of the present Muvali was a native of Tun, and a skilled copy. For other MSS., see Pertsch, Berlin physician. He lived in Yazd, and was often Catalogue, no. 866; Ethe, nos. 875—81; in the society of Shah Nur ud-Din Ni'mat- and Rosen, Institut, nos. 65, 2, 77-8. ullah (who died A.H. 834). See Haft Iklim, fol. 334. He is also mentioned under Tun Copyist : o^/ ^ ^ ^ jU^ yl in the Atashkadah, p. 73, but the date of his death is uncertain. 285. The Divan consists of Ghazals in alpha- betical order, but it breaks off with the Or. 3334—Foil. 79; 6 in. by 3£; 12 lines, second of the Ghazals rhyming in If in. long; written in neat Nestalik, with three 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns ; dated (fol. 42) 1 Rajab, A.H. 924 (A.D. 1518). [H. A. Stern.] 286. I. Foil. 1—42. jbU Or. 3305.— Foil. 113; 7fin.by4f; 12 lines, in. long ; written in elegant Nestalik, with The Divan of Shahi (see the preceding 2f five 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns, ap- MS.), consisting of Ghazals in alphabetical parently about the close of the 15th century. order, with some Ruba'is at the end. [Sidney Chdechill.] Begf. .0 Select Ghazals by the following poets, alphabetically arranged under each poet Kit'ahs and Ruba'is, fol. 38S, beginning : 1. Tusi, who died A.H. 869 (Persian Cata- logue, p. 735«, no. 11), fol. 14. J** <^*» i_s^ V Beg. U ^Z£, OiU-o J^i=- b to- j y t>W» ls/^ H. Foil. 44-71. yljia This is the seventh Ghazal in Tusi's Divan, The Divan of Riyazi Samarkand!, who died Add. 16,561, fol. 814. There are six Kit'ahs A.H. 884. See the Persian Catalogue, p. of two Baits each at the end. 1074a, and Bthe, no. 890. 2. Jami, fol. 284, beginning : Beg. C-wO ^jj^^jiiii «i'j„*jT jl J ZiJj 1 ^i-* '''J* ** tf^ 3. Ashraf, who died A.H. 854 (see the The Divan consists of Ghazals in alpha- Persian Catalogue, p. 735a, and Ethe, no. betical order, with three Ruba'is at the end. 874), fol. 434. The Ghazal the first line of which is given Beg. \j aiVEilc ^t- Oj.Ks: in the Persian Catalogue and by Bthe is the ^) ^\ ^ second in the present MS. \\ ^ UJy Ja u^T I I : POETRY. A.H. 800—900. 187 4. Amir Hasan, who died A.H. 727 (Persian four highly-finished 'Unvans, the first of Catalogue, p. 618a, and Ethe, no. 780), fol. 566. which consists of a rich border enclosing Beg. jJLj two pages, with gold-ruled columns \j Jij ^ J\ and gilt headings ; dated Monday, 7 Rabi' II., A.H. S94 (A.D. 1489). Bound in fine stamped This is the twelfth Ghazal in the poet's and gilt leather covers. Divan, Add. 24,952, fol. 386. [Tho. Fiott Hughes.] 5. Kamal Khujandi, who died A.H. 803 (see above, no. 275), fol. 626. Beg. \j>\£j yy jliSo The Divan of Jami, with a prose preface beginning )j>Sj j~> j Jii> SJJ.J G : ^\ Jj* J } ^ yj> There are fifteen Kit'ahs at the end. J U" 6. Tali'i, who died A.H. 858 (Persian This is the earliest collection of Jami's Catalogue, p. 7356), fol. 89. poems, dedicated to Sultan Abu Sa'id, about A.H. Beg. U 867. The same preface is found in two previously described MSS., Persian Cata- logue, p. 644a, as well as in the Vienna Cata- logue, no. 595 the There are three Kit'ahs at the end. ; Petersburg Catalogue, no. 439 ; and the Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 7. 'Arifi, who died A.H. 853 (see above, 947 —954. It is also found in the edition no. 283), foil. 1086—1136. lithographed in Lucknow, 1876, under the Beg. Uijb ci^L. jj ^\ title c^bK, the contents of which are nearly the same as those of the present MS., but somewhat differently arranged. Compare On every page of this last section there Rosen, Institut, p. 257. are two Grhazals, the first of which is by 'Arifi Contents and the second, composed in the same : Preface, fol. 26. Kasidahs, with metre and with the the same rhyme, by Shauki. heading j, mostly of a religious The first Grhazal of the latter poet character, fol. begins : 56, beginning : Judging from the apparent date of the Ghazals, alphabetically MS., this arranged, fol. 106, last poet cannot be much later beginning than the ninth century of the Hijrah. He cannot be identified with the later Shaukis mentioned in the Tazkirahs. A Masnavi in praise of 'Ali, Cyis. ^'li. j 6 287. ^ ir/J j>i>\ fol. 249a, beginning: Or. 4123—Foll. 284; 94 in. by 5+ ; 15 lines, in. long written 2f ; in choice Nestalik, with 1*' 138 POETRY. Four Tarji'at, fol. 251a, beginning : The contents agree in a great measure with those of the first Divan, or i_>U—J\ Wli, as described by Baron Rosen, Institut, pp. 234—38, especially in the alphabetical Margiyahs, fol. 2636, beginning : series of Ghazals, where the initial lines under most letters are the same as those given in the above work. Contents : Poems in praise of God and Mukatta'at, fol. beginning 2676, Muhammad, with the heading iJJ^yN j (in- ^x^>^ ^ cluding the Tarji' in praise of the latter, which begins with Am, and has been noticed in the preceding MS., fol. 251), (the same as with Eosen, Institut, p. 238). fol. la. Ruba'is, fol. 270a, beginning : Alphabetical series of Ghazals, fol. 8a, beginning as in the preceding MS. i cSj d^—jjo^-*.* j*> \j y b Three Tarji'at, fol. 151a, beginning : Mn'ammayat, fol. 279a, beginning : W^JJ J^rT }} Two Tarkib-bands, fol. 1586, the first of ui^?.^ j ^ ^ which occurs in the preceding MS. under the It will be seen that most of the contents heading of Marsiyahs, and begins thus : of this early Divan have found their way into i_>=-b3 S>\ Hyt j\ J>Ji*&l y^liS the first of the three later Divans of Jami, Mukatta'at, fol. 162a, beginning : as described by Baron Eosen, Institut, pp. 234—39. This precious copy was written in the life- time of the poet. Ruba'is, fol. 1646, beginning : b !JJO J£ CJ^Xo 288. Mu'ammayat, fol. 1656, the first of which Foil. lines, Or. 4681.— 168 ; 7£ in. by 4; 17 j,-s- lkl-, is headed <_ajiilM w and begins : 2f in. long ; written in small and neat Nestalik, with gold-ruled columns ; dated Rata' I., A.H. 868 (A.D. 1463). The following colophon is found at the [Sidney Churchill.] end of this last section, fol. 1666 : This precious MS., written thirty years before Jami's death, contains another early ^"-i1 ^ji) uy^j C,U3 *;.Jb Jj^Jl ggj j collection of his poems, without preface. iob,iU'ij Beg. +f~-J\ u+=-J\ ^ f~> Fol. 167, containing Ruba'is, is misplaced; it should come after fol. 164. POETRY. A.H. 800—900. 189 Fol. 168 contains the latter part of the 290. poet's epilogue, namely, the end of a Masnavi in praise of the reigning Sultan Or. (Abu Sa'id) 2935.—Foil. 284; in. by 6 21 lines, and ; a few lines of prose, with two Ruba'is, in. long; 4 written in small and fair JSTes- partly obliterated, at the end, talik in the first of in four gold-ruled columns, with nine which Jami alludes to his age as being 'Unvans; fifty: dated Herat, A.H. 934 (A.D. 1528). sitfil yjiS' ^ t^jj [Naih. Bland.] Another copy of the Haft Aurang, con- taining the 289. seven poems in the same order, viz., 1. Silsilat uz-Zahab, with Jami's pre- 0r- 4513.—Foil. 275 in. ; 9J by 6 ; 23 lines, face, fol. 26 (Daftar II., fol. in. long 526, Daftar III., 4| ; written in Neskhi in four ruled fol. 736). 2. Salaman u Absal, columns, with seven rude 'Unvans; fol. 876. dated 3. Tuhfat ul-Ahrar, fol. 1035. 4. Subhat ul- from Rabi' I., A.H. 907, to Jumada I., Abrar, fol. 1266. 5. Yusuf u Zulaikha, A.H. 908 (A.D. 1501-2). fol. 1645. 6. Laili u Majnun, fol. 2155. 7. Khi- [Sidney Ohueohill.] rad Namah i Iskandari, fol. 2556. Copyist : J^sf The Haft Aurang, or seven Masnavi poems, The first part of of Jami. See the the MS., foil. 2—102, is Persian Catalogue, p. 6445. by a later hand, that of Two of the above poems, Yusuf u Zulaikha and Laili u Majnun, are in a later and more cursive hand. Yusuf u Zulaikha, by Jami. See the The Haft Persian Catalogue, Aurang forms the first part of p. 645a, in. the Kulliyat i Jami, an early MS. of which, The miniatures are in fair Persian supposed style to be the poet's autograph, has and cover the entire page. There are two been minutely described by Baron Rosen, on opposite pages at the beginning, Institut, two pp. 215—259. Por other copies similarly placed at the end, and ten in the see Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 876, and body of the volume, viz., at foil. 33, 51 69 Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 897 —902. 73, 76, 87, 98, 101, 140 and 155. 190 POETRY. An English translation by R. T. H. Griffith 294. was published in London, 1882. Or. lines, 4390.— Foil. 129 ; 7\ in. by 4 ; 15 Copyist : ijBl j^s? sU< 2} in. long ; written by several hands in a cursive character, probably in the 18th 292. century. [Wallis Bodge.] A fourth copy of the same poem. Or. 4535.—Foil. 156 ; 11 in. by 0| ; 14 lines, 3J in. long; written in neat Nestalik with a richly illuminated double-page 'Unvan, gold- ruled columns, and twenty-six miniatures, 295. mostly whole-page or nearly so, in fair Or. Foil. in. Persian style, apparently in the 16th century. 2867.— 135 ; 10 by Of ; 20 lines, Bound in gilt leather covers. 4 in. long ; written in fine small Nestalik in [Zuhor ud-DIn Ahmad Kuan.] four gold-ruled columns, with two tasteful 'Unvans and gold headings, about A.D. 1500. Another copy of Yusuf u Zulaikha. [Sidney Chueohill.] The first page is covered with notes of Four poems by Hatifi, who died A.H. former owners. The earliest of these states 927, viz. : that the MS. was bought at the price of six thousand rupees for the library of Sultan I. Fol. 2a. c*a», Haft Manzar, a 'Ala ud-DIn Sikandar Shah, A.H. 913. But Masnavi in imitation of the Haft Paikar of the handwriting betrays a suspicious likeness Nizami. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 653i, to that of a much later note, written by the and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1016. last owner, Maulavi Haji Zuhur ud-Din This copy wants the first page. It begins Ahmad Khan. with this verse : Appended to the volume are descriptions of the subjects of the miniatures in Persian and English by the same Zuhur ud-Din, foil. 157—183. ^jtis, II. Fol. 246. }J~. Sturm Khusrau, the second poem of the Khamsah of Hatifi. 293. Beg. !J (jjjlj>i- Or. 4389.— Foil. 139; 10fin.by6i; 15 lines, 2f in. long ; written in small and elegant Nestalik, with a rich double-page 'Unvan, See the Oude Catalogue, p. 422 ; the Vienna gold-ruled columns, gilt headings, illuminated Catalogue, vol. i., p. 581 ; Pertsch, Berlin, marginal ornaments on every page, and two nos. 906-7 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, whole-page paintings, foil. 58-9, in fair Per- nos. 1013—15. sian style ; dated Bukhara, Sha'bau, A.H. III. Fol. 50a. yV Laili Majnun, the 975 (A.D. 1568). [Wallis Budge.] w first poem of the Khamsah. See the Persian A third copy of Yusuf and Zulaikha. Catalogue, p. 6526 ; Pertsch, Berlin Cata- folio It wants a in the epilogue, the last logue, nos. 903—5 ; and Ethe, Bodleian lines of which are misplaced at fol. 34. Catalogue, nos. 996— 1005. : POETRY. A.H. 800-900. 191 This copy wants the first page. It begins with this verse 298. Or. 3280.-Foll.109; 5fin. by 3J ; 10 lines, If in. long; written in Neskhi ; dated 27 Shavval, A.H. 1240 (A.D. 1825). IV. Fol. 74b. Tiraur Namah, a poetical history of Tlmiir, the fourth poem of the Laili u Majnun, a Khamsah. See the Persian Catalogue, Masnavi by Maktabi. p. 6536; Pertsch, Berlin Beg. Catalogue, nos. jlsTj CL,h^\ ^\ 908-9 j> ; Bthe, Bodleian, nos. 1006—12 ; and Rehatsek, fit ^1 j Jjl jli. Mulla Piruz Library, p. 69. This Maktabi took his fine MS. was written by Sultan Mu- takhallus from his pro- hammad Nur, fession, that of a schoolmaster. a pupil of Sultan 'Ali, and one He lived in of the Shiraz at the same time as penmen employed by Mir 'Alishir. Ahli Shirazi (d. A.H. 942), and composed the present poem A.H. 895. That date, conveyed by the chronogram LS^C utf, anci the number of 296. distichs, amounting to 2100, are given in the Or. 3316.-Foll. 97; 7 in. by 11 following lines of the epilogue 4|; lines, (fol. 109a) : m. long^ 2J written in choice Nestalik, with a neat 'TJnvan and gold-ruled columns ; dated Herat, 5 Bamazan, A.H. 892 (A.D. 1487). [Sidney Churchill.] ay? JJ Laili Majnun, The correct reading of by Hatifi. See the preceding the last line is, MS., art, in. according to the next and other copies, j^So. instead of Copyist : jj Je For notices of Maktabi see Taki, Oude Catalogue, p. 38, no. 56; Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 414a ; Atashkadah, 1 297. p. 309 ; and Majma ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., Or. 2838.-Foll. p. 40. For other MSS. 140 ; 9 in. by 51; 15 lines, see the Ley den Catalogue, vol. ii., 121; 2£ m. long; written in elegant Nestalik, p. Oude Catalogue, no. 344 ;' with a ; Aumer, no. 101 neat 'Unvan, gold-ruled columns, gold and Bthe, Bodleian headings, and Catalogue, no. 892. three whole-page miniatures in good Persian Copyist : style (foil. 20, 76, and 121) • U, j^s? dated A.H. 945 (A.D. 1538). [Zuhce ud-Dist Ahmad Khan.] 299. Or. 2985—Foll. 90; in. 5f by 3f ; 12 lines, Tinmr Namah, 2 m. long; written by Hatifi. See no. 295, 17. in Nestalik; dated 24 Shavval, A.H. 1261 (A.D. 1845). Copyist: csj^UD JU^ [Henry A. Stern.] ;; 192 POETRY. Another copy of the Laili u Majnun, of There are numerous coloured drawings Maktabi. representing the Haram and the various places visited by pilgrims at Mecca and 300. Medina. They correspond closely with the drawings of the Lucknow edition. Or. Foil. 3379.— 75 ; llf in. by 8 ; 15 lines, At the end, and by another hand, is a in. 4f long ; written in fine Nestalik in the certificate of pilgrimage delivered to Haji 18th century. [Sidney Chueohill.] Haidar Mahmud Shah Zamaki, A.H. 951. The Turki Divan of Sultan-Husain Baikara, This MS. is noticed in the catalogue of with a Persian paraphrase by Muhammad Dr. John Lee, no. 176. Rafi'. See the Turkish Catalogue, p. 299. 302. Or. 4124.—Foil. 114 in. by ; 12 lines, 301. ; 7f 4| 2J in. long ; written in small and elegant Or. Poll. in. ; Nestalik, 3633.— 50 ; 8$ by 5} 15 lines, with a rich and highly-finished double-page 2f in. long ; written in Neskhi, with two 'Unvan at the beginning, and a 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns ; dated single-page one further on, gold designs Mecca, Sunday, 14 Ramazan, A.H. 951 in the margins, and gold-ruled columns (A.D. 1541). ' [J. Lee.] dated A.H. 957 (A.D. 1550). Bound in tastefully painted covers. [Tho. Fiott Hughes.] A poetical description of the rites of the Two Masnavis by Hilali, who died A.H. pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, by Muhyi. 935 or 936. He was put to death, as stated See the Persian Catalogue, p. 655. in Ahsan ut-Tavarikh, fol. 86ft, on account of some obnoxious verses, Beg. by 'Ubaid Khan y ^5)1 ^ JlS ^\ Uzbek. The later date, 936, is given by Rakim ; see Rosen, Institut, p. 1 26. Sam Mirza assigns a still later date, A.H. 939, to The text agrees closely with the edition Hilali's death. See the Persian Catalogue, lithographed in Lucknow, 1875. The above p. 656. beginning, which is also that of the Berlin MS. described by Pertsch, no. 214, is the I. Foil. 1—59. (jji^Wl Olw, Sifat ul- " twenty-second Bait of the MS. noticed in 'Ashikin, or Qualities of Lovers," a mystic the Persian Catalogue, while the latter has poem. the beginning given by Haj. Khal,, vol. iv., Beg. ij^^i v>i^jl <_fjJ Ijjjlji- p. 385. The first line of the Vienna copy, no. 893, 2, is the fifteenth Bait of the present For MS. other MSS., see the Oude Catalogue, no. Pertsch, 203 ; Berlin Catalogue, no. 913 The second part of the poem, treating of and Ethe, no. 1026. Medina, has a distinct frontispiece, and II. Foil. 60—1 14. utjjjj »U., King and begins : j Dervish. See the Persian Catalogue, pp. 656 and 1090ft ; Pertsch, no. 914 ; and Bthe, no. 1022. POETEY. A.H. 900—1000. 193 The poem has been translated into German J" verse by Ethe, Morgenlandische Studien, 1870, p. 197. This copy is due to the well-known calli- grapher, Sultan Muhammad Nur. The prologue concludes with a panegyric on Shah Tahmasp. The work, it is hardly 303. necessary to say, displays the most extrava- gant 'Ali-worship and the usual Shi'ah per- Or. 2848.—Foil. 275 ; lOJin. by 7-1; 19 lines, version of history. The names of the three •5 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik in four predecessors of 'Ali in the Khilafat are duly gold-ruled columns ; dated Zulka'dah, A.H. accompanied by the customary imprecation 965 (A.D. 1558). jcjuJJI [Sidney Churchill.] The work is divided into forty-four sec- tions, J^, the first of which, fol. 2ft, has A Masnavi this heading poem treating of : the lives and j\ ^ jd j^j, miracles of Muhammad, of 'AH and of the jJ-JIj ijLaN Ue u. The contents may |_r be Imams, by Hairati, who died A.H. 901. See briefly described as follows : Fasl 1 16. the Persian Catalogue, p. 8745. Life and miracles of Muhammad. Fasl 17. The MS. is somewhat imperfect (.iL.il *jJs. at the urjisjil jxj o^s-^jj, Prodigies of beginning. The first extant chapter has the 'Ali, thirty-nine of which are enumerated, fol. heading Jy.jj } ^J3.< ^ 87ft. Fasl 18. Incidents of his ^ f life, 0^ JlS |JU sli l_)Iju^, and begins as follows : MskjVj—) ls^US, forty in number, fol. 106a. Fasl 19. His merits and eminent parts, fol. 123a. Fasl 20. Election of Abu Bakr, iy. tyjs-U JUi- jijt fol. 127ft. Fasl 21. Opposition to Abu Bakr, After fol. 130a. speaking boastfully of the fame he Fasl 22. History of Fadak, fol. 134a. Fasl had achieved in various kinds of poetry, such 23. Election of 'Umar, fol. 136a. as Fasl 24. Ghazals and Kasidahs, the author says Proclamation of 'Osman, fol. 139a. Fasl that he had not yet tried his hand at Masnavi. 25. Succession of 'Ali, fol. 143a. Fasl 26. Battle On one occasion, when he was present at of the Camel, fol. 145a. Fasls 27—29. Court, a book entitled Bahjat, and treating Battle of Siffin, fol. 1524. Fasis 30—3]. of Muhammad, 'Ali, and the holy family, War with the Khawarij, fol. 182ft. Fasl 32. having been brought from Shiraz to the Hasan and Husain, fol. 188a. Fasl 33. Zain Shah, he obtained his Majesty's leave to ul-'Abidin, fol. 195a. Fasl 34. Mu- turn it into Masnavi verse. Hence the hammad Bakir, fol. 202J. Fasl 35. Ja'far Sadik, present work, which was completed, as stated fol. 211a. Fasl 36. Musa Kazim, at the fol. 226a. end, A.H. 953. The date is expressed Fasl 37. 'Ali Biza, fol. 233a. ' Fasl by the title, slightly altered by Imalah,' as 38. Muh. Javad, fol. 246a. Fasl 39. stated in the following lines, 'Ali Naki, fol. 251ft. fol. 275a ; Fasl 40. Hasan 'Askari, fol. 260a. Fasls 41—44. Hujjat-ullah Ka'im .LSI 3? bikustas (the Mahdi) and his future advent, foil. 266a—274. c c : 194 POETRY. 304. Turkish and Arabic compositions. The col- lection is far richer than the Divan noticed Or. 2870.—Foil. in. 36 ; 61 by 4| ; 11 lines, in the Persian Catalogue, p. 6596. It has in. 2f long ; written in Shikastah, with gold- no fewer than fifty Ghazals rhyming in Alif ruled margins; dated A.H. 1140 (A.D. against twelve in the latter. 1727-8). [Sidney Churchill.] Contents : Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 46, beginning : " The Rake and the Asoete," in prose and verse, by Fuzuli, who died A.H. 963. See the Turkish Catalogue, p. 396. Tarkib, fol. 1036, beginning : Beg. jUi yWjj yj J\ The text agrees with the edition litho- graphed in Teheran, A.H. 1275. The MS. Mukatta'at, fol. 1075, beginning : contains seven miniatures in late Persian style, corresponding exactly in their disposi- tion and the attitude of the two personages with the drawings of the Teheran edition. Saki Namah, a Masnavi, fol. 1186, begin- It was written for Muhammad Mu'min Khan ning : Shirazi by his father. A copy is noticed by Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 683, art. 4. Ruba'is, fol. 130J, beginning 305. Or. 4911.—.Foil. 244; 7fin.by4f; 14 lines, Rind u Zahid, a Masnavi (see the preced- in. long ing MS.), foil. 1416— 1676. Imperfect at 2f ; written in plain Nestalik ; dated Constantinople, 2 Zulka'dah, A.H. 1036 the end. The lost portion corresponds with (A.D. 1627). the last fifteen pages of the Teheran edition. I. Foil. 2—167. jyii a\yj> II. Foil. 168—238. CJto The Divan of Fuzuli, with a preface by Haft Manzar, a Masnavi by Hatifi. See the no. 295, i. poet, beginning : C*-i\ *> di\ This copy wants the prologue and the introductory part of the story. It begins with this line : A part of the preface is lost. From the remaining portion it appears that the poet which is found at fol. 126 of the complete collected these erotic poems, written in an copy, Add. 26,166. easy Persian style, to comply with the desire of a fair youth who had no taste for his : POETRY. A.H. 900—1000. 195 306. cursive Nestalik in four columns; dated Wednesday, 13 Rabi' II., A.H. 973 (A.D. Or. 4616.—Foil. 283 in. ; 8J by 5 ; 15 lines, 1565). [Sidney Chuechill.] 3 in. long; written in small Nestalik, ap- parently in India in the 18th century. I. Toll. 1 —64. A poem in Masnavi verse, written in imitation of Sa'di's Bustan, and designated in the epilogue by the title JU- ylx-jj, by 'Abdi. The Divan of Ashki, imperfect at the beginning. Beg. WL4^ ^jj Mir Ashki, a native of Kum, went to India y^a- jjtiU jj" li^/T j JJ^ and died at Agra, or Delhi, A.H. 972. See the Oude Catalogue, p. 30, no. 349, pp. 56 After the usual sections in praise of God and 118. The Divan consists almost ex- and the Prophet, and a description of the clusively of Ghazals in alphabetical order. Mi'raj, the prologue contains a eulogy on the The first extant begins as reigning follows : sovereign, Shah Tahmasp, whose name the poet says he will raise to the sky, as Sa'di immortalised that of Abu Bakr B. Sa'd, fol. 96 : The Ghazals rhyming in i_> begin, fol. 266, with this line : jUl t-U-U^Ss i_A*S1 Jj\JU J j ^jjj jUjo ^jo. At the end are a few Ruba'is, fol. 2816, beginning In a subsequent chapter, fol. 10a, ^ 'Abdi gives some account of C*->t iC^K his C^-j fjZ> j\ a* eioT l$\ life and works. P'inding that poetry enjoyed but scant favour in his day, he turned to an official and, fol. career, and obtained a high post 283«, some Kit'ahs, the first line of in the royal Divan. But, remaining which is : true to his poetical vein, he composed, under the sur- name of Nuvidi, Kasidahs, Ghazals, and a Masnavi on the subject of Salaman and Absal. He subsequently adopted the above takhallus, The MS. is dated in the twenty-fifth regnal Abdi, and wrote a Masnavi entitled &j Jtjs., year, probably of Muhammad Shah (A.H. in imitation of the Kiran i Sa'dain of ro 1155) : ii» sU ^'o j^i, ^ ^ ^ ^ Khusrau, and another Masnavi in imitation of Khizr Khan u Duval Rani, by the same poet. These formed the first two poems of 307. a contemplated Khamsah, the present poem being the third. It is divided like its proto- Or. 3504.—Poll. 164 ; 81 in. by 6J ; 21 lines, type, the Bustan, into ten Babs, enumerated 4£ in. long; written in small and rather at the end of the prologue, fol. 11a. The oc 2 : 196 POETRY. author says that his anecdotes are drawn We learn from Taki Kashi, Oude Cata- from genuine records, and especially from logue, p. 37, no. 499, that the poet, whose the recent work of an eminent historian, real name was Khwajah Zain ul-'Abidln 'Ali, whose name was Ahmad (meaning, no doubt, of Shiraz, filled for many years the office of Kazi Ahmad Ghaffari, author of the Nigar- Mustaufi, that he wrote two Khamsahs in istan see the Persian ; Catalogue, p. 106). imitation of Nizami, a poem entitled sxtsr ^U, and The headings of the ten Babs are as three Divans, and that he died in Ardabil, follows A.H. 988. I. Pol. 12a. (jjUUmjIa JU ^jZ>jd II. Foil. 65—164. Cjjii,\ Jty- II. Pol. 20a. JU i rJ Jl3 Khaza'in ul-Malakut, a religious poem by III. Fol. 246. JJ^c JU j^jj the same 'Abdi. IV. Fol. 286. Beg. M „> yjSA JU ^J*^ r Jj\ J\ V. Pol. 32a. j fX=-J J}>, uAij^ j-j" The poem deals chiefly in praises of Mu- hammad, of the Imams, of the Shah, and in ijil jit OUjJJ anecdotes of saints and Sufis. In a short This section concludes with a poem, in prose-preamble the author enumerates the the style of Pirdausi, on the story of Bizhan, seven sections, termed Khizanah, into which foil. 35—42. it is divided. They have the following headings : VI. Pol. 43a. I. Pol. 656. L-O, •<) IhxS!*'. tyvy, Jj\ JjjjJ. VII. Pol. 496. II. Fol. 776. * ^.^b 0^«m .jj &>\j~ VIII. Pol. 53a. z> \Jj JU ZJ Jl3 Uii^Jl JU tluOj^J IX. Fol. 566. III. Fol. 936. y$S* pi*, Z>\j~ jjf* jtf } X. Fol. 61a. The work was completed on the second IV. Pol. 1146. u-jjj*, day of Bab? I., A.H. 961, as stated in the ^14* following lines, fol. 646 : V. Fol. 1296. f c*~* 1 ©?j J ^ jlj (a* (j^sCi.* ii\j._*b VI. Fol. 1466. J5U- ,,_=. ^ VII. Fol. 1586. jl^l POETRY. A.H. 900—1000. 197 The date of composition, A.H. 968, is con- 309. veyed in the following lines, fol. 164a : Or. 4913.—Foil. 175 8 in. ; by 4J; 14 lines, ^ jV 21 in. long written in fair ; Nestalik ; dated 1 Muharram, A.H. 1048 (A.D. 1638). I. Foil. 1—90. JUS The Divan of Sanai's Mashhadi. Beg. U (J>y- O-ajU Contents : Kasidahs in alphabetical order, Farhad u Shirin, a Masnavi by Vahshi, fol. 16. Mukatta'at, fol. 65a, beginning: who died A.H. 991 (Persian Catalogue, p. 6636), with a continuation by Visal Shi- razi, who died A.H. 1263 (v. Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 528). A Masnavi, fol. 686, beginning : Be 1 g- JaH i_r->l 53 «i— ^.-^ jjj, J-»! sil^ Jo Uj For other MSS. see the Persian Catalogue, Ghazals alphabetically arranged, fol. 74a, p. 6636, nr. ; the Berlin Catalogue, beginning no. 918 ; Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 1039 —42 ; and Rosen, Institut, p. 262. The continuation by Visal begins, fol. 43a, Ruba'is, fol. as follows 85a, beginning : C*~ai» 5 >V. 5 nS" J^ji ^yU j sty ^j, ]f° *r UJ* JL;^ For other copies see the Oude Catalogue, Vahshi's original poem with the continua- Bthe, tion p. 578; Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1045; of Visal has been lithographed in and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 919. Teheran, A.H. 1263. Both are "included in the Divan of Visal, lithographed in Teheran II. Foil. 93—175. Kasidahs of 'Urn with- A.H. 1275. out alphabetical arrangement. They begin, : : ; 198 POETRY. as in the Divan noticed b" Sprenger, p. 528, with the first Ghazal in u (Cawnpore with this line : edition, p. 103), the first line of which is : 5. Another series of Kasidahs, fol. 996, beginning The MS. breaks off in the middle of (Cawnpore edition, i., p. 15) Kasidah beginning : This is the Kasidah known as isy. 'J ^ See no. 419, xn. 6. Mukatta'at, fol. 1366, beginning (ib., 310. p. 120): Or. 2979.—Foil. 217; 9 in. by 5 ; 17 lines, in. long; written in cursive Nestalik; dated Tuesday 22 Rabi' II., A.H. 1033 7. Majma' ul-Abkar, a Masnavi in imita- (A.D. 1624). [H. A. Steen.] tion of the Makhzan ul-Asrar of Nizami, followed by some other Masnavis, and begin- ning, fol. 1445 : The Divan of Urfi Shlriizi. Beg. &ig> h.Jl>s>\ \j Jj j\ lj &wA^> (Jl*—* tijjj ^jilc- See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6676, in. Contents: 1. An alphabetical series of the Berlin Catalogue, no. 920, art. 2 ; the Ghazals, the first of which, beginning as Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1051, no. 1146; and above, is found in the Cawnpore edition of the Cawnpore edition, p. 138. the Kulliyyat, A.H. 1297, p. 5, margin. The 8. Fragments of a Masnavi on Farhad series ends with the first Ghazal in s and Shirin, the same as in the following MS., (ib. p. 108, margin), beginning : art. ii., and in the same order, fol. 1866 : 9. Ruba'is, fol. 199*. The same as in the 2. Another alphabetical series of Ghazals, following MS., art. i. extending from 1 to beginning, fol. 196 10. Twenty-one additional Ruba'is, foil. 2156 217a. Compare the — J,f- oU&, de- The last Ghazal (Cawnpore edition, p. 77, scribed by Rosen, Institut, no. 84. margin), begins : 3. Kasidahs, without alphabetical arrange- 311. ment, fol. 576, with the usual beginning: Or. Foil. in. 3204.— 28 ; by 4J; 19 lines, 21 in. long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the 18th century. [Kkemee, 4. The latter part of an alphabetical series no. 182.] of Ghazals from ^ to POETEY. A.H. 900—1000. 199 two hundred in number, without alphabetical arrangement. The Turkish and Persian Divans of Amani, Beg. gjto^ US ^ is i_j b an Amir of Turkish race, who lived under Shah Tahmasp and Shah 'Abbas I., and died probably shortly after A.H. The same Ruba'i, with lj-> instead of \y, 1016. See the Turkish Catalogue, is found in the Cawnpore edition of the p. 301. Kulliyat, A.H. 1297, p. 134. The last The Persian Divan occupies foil. 90—245. Ruba'i contains in its last hemistich, It begins with an alphabetical series of Ghazals, wanting the first page or two. The first complete Ghazal begins as follows a chronogram for A.H. 996, the year in which the Divan of 'Urfi was completed. Jyl,s? |.U) ^ JUs, &«3 b dji II. Foil. 175—28a. Some Masnavis, also by 'Urfi. The last Ghazal, which breaks off before the end, fol. 1756, begins : Beg. jy~ s^i- yjs. The first and longest relates to a meeting of Shirra and Farhad. Some of the next- The remainder of the Divan is not in its following pieces also relate to Farhad. The original order. Some folios are lost and others are transposed. name of 'Urfi appears in the following line, It contains : 1. Mas- navis, fol. 255 : the first of which, fol. 176, is imper- fect at the beginning. The second, fol. 177a, begins as follows : These are evidently detached fragments of the Masnavi Farhad u Shirin, mentioned in the Persian Catalogue, p. 6676, iv. The 2. Euba'is, in alphabetical order, fol. 1906, opening line quoted thereby IjJjUi- ^ ^ with the exception of the first, which begins C^-5oj, is found among the present frag- s>djjl sib O^Sjjo sSoliT ments, fol. 246. The same beginning is ^JjjT sib' ^> jut 312. 4. Tarji'at, fol. 212a, The first piece wants the beginning. The next is in praise Or. 2872.— Foil. 245 in. ; 9J by 5 J ; 15 lines, of Shah Tahmasp and has the following about 3 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik in burden two gold-ruled columns, with an 'Unvan, *J1 apparently in the 17th century. J_Si j J:>Ls sL.ioL> [Sidney Chuechul.] : : 200 POETEY. 5. Kasidahs, fol. 2256, beginning no one after Nizami had told the story of \ " Siiz u Gudaz," a poem by Nau'I. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 674a ; the Bodleian The poem has apparently been left un- Catalogue, no. 1064; and the Berlin Cata- finished. For another copy see Ethe, Bodleian logue, no. 928. Catalogue, no. 1069. At the beginning are two seals, one with II. Foil. 80—101. Kasidahs, Kit'ahs, the name SulaimSn and the date A.H. 1146, Ghazals, &c, by the same Ja'far, without the other bearing the name of Archibald any systematic arrangement. Swinton Eustam Jang Bahadur, in the Persian character, and the date 1174 (A.H.). Beg- UV ytj cJ&j jtj 8 [***?" J '2xj*' Some of 314. the Kasidahs are addressed to Akbar, others to Jahangir. Among the Or. 3274.— Foil. 102; in. 3-1; 7J by 15 lines, Kit'ahs are chronograms for the death of 2\ in. long ; written in fair Nestalik in two the former and the accession of the latter. gold-ruled columns, on gold-sprinkled paper, Towards the end, fol. 985, is a Tarji' of apparently in the 17th century. some length, beginning [S. DE SACT.] I. Foil. 1—79. yijji j sr± " Khusrau u Shlrin," a Masnavi by Ja'far. The MS. is described in S. de Sacy's Cata- Beg. logue, Paris, 1842, " Manuscrits," ^sUj ^J. jl j,j lajjU*. p. 45, no. 262. The author is Ja'far Beg KazvTni, after- 315. wards Asaf Khan, who died under Jahangir, Or. 3275.—Foil. 62 ; 7 in. by 8* ; 15 lines, A.H. 1021. See the Persian Catalogue, 2 in. long; written in neat Nestalik with p. 118a, It is stated in Ma'afir ul-Umara, gold-ruled columns, apparently in the 17th fol. 266, that, in the opinion of many judges, century. : ; : POETRY. A.H. 1000—1100. 201 An earlier recension of the poem noticed The Divan of Naziri, of Nishapur, who died in Persian under the preceding no., art. I., endorsed India, A.H. 1022. See the Catalogue, p. 8175. Contents : Ghazals in alphabetical order, Beg. Jjiwl ili i SjU- Sji=- <_yJ^ ^ d.*xi> Wi\ It is substantially the same work as the Ruba'is, fol. 1506, beginning : Khusrau u Shirin, in a somewhat shorter form. The second line, Kasidahs, fol. 1595, beginning: For other copies see the Catalogue, is identical with the sixth in the preceding Oude p. 515 Ethe, no. and Pertsch, Berlin text. ; 1074; Catalogue, no. 929. The present MS. ends with this line : 317. Or. 2952.—Foil. 145 in. by 5 ; 12 lines, ; 8J The same line, slightly altered, is found 2 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik with a in the preceding copy, fol. 665. It is the rich double-page 'TJnvan, gold-ruled columns thirteenth Bait of the section inscribed and gilt headings; dated Monday, 14Rabi'IL, A.H. 1058 (A.D. 1618). Bound in painted and glazed covers. [Sidney A MS. with the same beginning, and dated Churchill.] as early as A.H. 995, is described by Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1068. The present " Mahmiid u Ayaz," a MS., however, contains a text of later date Masnavi by Zulali, died A.H. for the prologue includes a panegyrio on who about 1025. See the Persian Catalogue, 677a. Jahiingir, who is explicitly named in this p. line, fol. 9a Copyist : ^s? There are two whole-page miniatures in Persian style, foil. 65 and 71. For other copies see Pertsch, Berlin Cata- The above beginning is given by Haj. logue, no. 933, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, Khal., vol. iii., p. 138, as that of the Khusrau no. 1081, art. 7. u Shirin of Asaf Khan. 318. 316. Or. 3667.—Foil. 96; 71 in. by 4£ ; 12 lines, Or. 3255.— Foil. 231 in. ; ; 8^ by 4} 17 lines, 2} in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- in. long ; written in fair Nestalik 2| ; dated talik, with four 'Unvans and gold-ruled Rabi' I., A.H. 1070 (A.D. 1659). columns, A.H. 1049 (A.D. 1639). [Sidney Churchill.] [Sidney Churchill.] D D : : • 202 POETRY. I. Foil. 1—49. tiUj U\J j}\ ^jys Khwajah Nasir ud-Din B. Khwajah Mah- The Divan of Abu Turab Beg. mud, also called Nasira, of an ancient and noble family of Hamadan, went to India to Beg. J^i sj^j aJ-J 1/ y j the court of Akbar, and thence to that of £*~lyi\» 'ilJjl j» Kutubshah (Eiyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 456a). He died A.H. 1030 The author was a native of Jushkan, who (Nigaristan i Sukhan, lived p. 122). in Kashan in the reign of Shah 'Abbas I. He asked Sadiki Beg, a poet of Isfahan, to Contents: Kasidahs, fol. 526, beginning bestow upon him a takhallus, but before he had time to use it, he took to opium and left off writing verses. He died A.H. 1026 (Subhi Gulshan, 10). Taki Kaski, Saki p. Oude Namah in Tarji' form, fol. 656, be- Catalogue, p. 24, no. 258, speaks of hiru as ginning : one of his contemporaries. In Khair ul- Bayan, fol. 3206, he is mentioned as the favourite poet of Shah 'Abbas I., and as being still alive (A.H. Mukatta'at, fol. 1019). 69a, beginning : Contents : Kasidahs, &c., fol. IS. A Saki Namak in Tarji' form, fol. 56, beginning At the end is a chronogram for the taking *— 1- j '—j Job WT of Ganjah, by Shah 'Abbas, A.H. 1015. A Narrative in Masnavi verse, fol. 166, Ghazals beginning, fol. 736, with a sepa- beginning rate 'Unviin : Chronograms relating to contemporary Ruba'is, fol. 886, beginning : events in Kashan, with dates ranging from A.H. 1005 to 1012, fol. 226. Ghazals alphabetically arranged, fol. 23a, beginning : bj wj ]} i^" w j> y j J 319. Or. 2998.—loll. 120; 7 in. by 4 ; 10 lines, m. long Euba'is, fol. 48a, 2 ; written in elegant beginning : Nestalik, with three double-page 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns, apparently early in the 17th century. [Sidney Chdechill.] II. Foil. 50—73. ^ ^ The Divan of Nasir i Hamadani, with a The Divan of Nizam Dast i Ghaib. short preface by the author, beginning; The author, whose full name is Mirza Nizam ul-Mulk, son of Amir Amin ud-Din : : : : : POETRY. A.H. 1000—1100. 203 Husain, belonged to an illustrious family of TarjI'at and Tarkibs, the first of which is Sayyids of Shiraz, called Sadat i i Dast a Saki Narnah, fol. 105a, beginning : G-haib. The author of Khair ul-Bayan speaks In a preface occupying the first eighteen pages of the MS., Abu Hayyan Mali, an 320. intimate friend of the poet, dwells on his Or. Foil. remarkable genius and poetical taste, and 3505.— 211 ; 10 in. by 6J; 11 lines, deplores his premature death, which took 4J in. long; written in large Nestalik, ap- place on Sunday the 25th of Zulhijjah, parently in the 17th century. A.H. 1029, adding that he was buried [Sidney Chuechill.] opposite the tomb of Hafiz. The above date was embodied by the poet's uncle in the following chronogram The Divan of 'All Naki Kamara'i, who died, according to Tahir Nasrabadi (Oude Catalogue, p. 91), A.H. 1030. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 818a, iv., and Or. The Divan, which spread rapidly in the 2975, v. Mir Husain mentions him in Khair author's lifetime, is described as consisting ul-Bayan, fol. 310, as still alive. of about 2500 Baits and being chiefly devoted to praises of the Prophet and the Imams. To the Divan is prefixed a prose preface The preface was written in the last decade by the author, containing a dedication to of Ramazan, A.H. 1030. Tahir Nasrabadi Imam Kuli Khan (see the Persian Catalogue, gives also A.H. 1029 as the date of Nizam's p. 681a), whom he begs to excuse him for death, adding that he was then only thirty not attending his court. It begins as follows, years of age (Add. 7087, fol. 204). fol. 16 : jjU, \j Jt/ Contents of the Divan : Kasidahs, fol. 106, beginning Contents of the Divan : Kasidahs in praise of Shah 'Abbas, Hiitim Beg, Murshid Kuli Khan, Imam Kuli Khan and others, beginning Ghazals, fol. 306, beginning is- \pU.T jcL Jij>j Chronograms, fol. 66a, beginning Ruba'is, fol. 836, beginning: ^6 tiijo JW d\^is\ This section contains two chronograms for Masnavis, fol. 966, beginning : A.H. 1018. This shows that the date A.H. 1013, assigned in Riyaz ush-Shu'ara to the author's death, is too early. dd 2 : : : 204 POETRY. Gliazals in alphabetical order, fol. 82b, Shapur went twice to India, A.H. 996, beginning and again A.H. 1019, and was treated there with great distinction. He returned thence to Persia, where he was still living when Mir Husain wrote his Khair ul-Bayan (see fol. Ruba'is, fol. 2006, beginning 314), i.e. A.H. 1019—1035. 322. Or. 4912.—Poll. 191 11 in. 321. ; by 7 ; 12 lines, 4 in. long ; written in fair large Nestalik, Or. 3324.— Foil. 160; 9 in. by 6; 5 lines, with 'Unvans, illuminated headings, and in. long written fair 2f ; in Nestalik, with ornamental borders throughout, dated A.H. 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns, in the 17th 1054 (A.D. 1644). century. Bound in stamped leather covers. [Sidney Ohuechill.] jy> The Divan of Mlrak, composed in close imitation of the Divan of Hafiz, with a prose The Divan of Skapiir, of Teheran, who ' preface by the author, beginning: 1 died about A.H. 1030. See the Persian jjuf* Catalogue, p. 6745, and Bthe, Bodleian Cata- logue, no. 1072. Contents : Kasidahs, mostly in praise of Mirak Nakkash, or Mlrak the painter, says 'Ali and the Imams, beginning : in the preface that he was at heart a Dervish jhi *? f*-* t)^ ^ and a worshipper of the great mystic Hafiz. His Divan includes, fol. 1826, a Masnavi in praise of Shah 'Abbas II., and a chronogram Two Tarji's, fol. 215, beginning : for his accession, A.H. 1052. It appears from a short epilogue that the Divan was composed in the next following year in the space of four months. The date is expressed Masnavis, fol. 295, beginning : by this chronogram : Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 38, be- Contents : long ginning with the same line as the Divan A Tarjl'-band, fol. 4a, beginning described in the Persian Catalogue. Ruba'is, fol. 1525, beginning : fol. A Saki Namah, 13a, with this burden : pjjU^ JlijJ e£ iSj'j (jT SJJ ^Uu This last section appears to be imperfect at the end. : : POETRY. A. H. 1000—1100. 205 Gkazals in alphabetical order, fol. 146, Ruba'is in alphabetical order, fol. 190a, beginning : beginning l^Jo j\ ^ jj.^ t> \LX>J& ^ Jib* sjj long Masnavi called A J&>, on the Masnavis with the heading Li>U-U«, victories of Shahjahan, fol. 1994, beginning : fol. 1776. Chronogram on the accession of yl^ijl lib si ^(js- 'Abbas, and Ruba'is alphabetically arranged, fol. 1835. A Masnavi entitled Lis oj.K=- and other Masnavis. See the Persian Cata- jji'j, fol. 1876. logue, p. 685, viii.; Bthe, no. 1106; and Copyist : i\£ (jiliii l> j_*s.* y>\l> 0 w ^jj Berlin Catalogue, no. 940, art. 1. Copyist : jxji ^jj j»U» ^s? ^ ^r ^ 323. Or. 3319.—Poll. 315 ; llJm.by6J; 15 lines, 3 in. long; written in fair Nestalik, with two 324. 'Unvansand gold-ruled columns; dated Zul- Or. Foil. ; in. hijjah, A.H. 1071 (A.D. 1661). 3234.— 257 9 by 5 ; 21 lines, [Sidney Churchill.] 2f in. long; written in fair Nestalik with gold-ruled columns; dated Muharram, A.H. 1029 (A.D. 1619). Bound in gilt and stamped leather The Divan of Kudsi, who died in India covers. A.H. 1056. See the Persian Catalogue, [Sidney Churchill.] p. 6846. Contents : Preface by Mulla Tughra, fol. 16. The Divan of Fayyaz Lahiji. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 685, v., and Bthe, no. 1102, art. 1. Beg. eiUs- ji\ j\ ^J-o lIaJj Jtj j>- Kasidahs in alphabetical order, fol. 86, i^UnT &J15 jjj jjL^j beginning ^ Fayyaz is the takhallus of the celebrated ^ ^ ^ philosopher, Mulla 'Abd ur-Razzak B. Ali The same beginning in the Oude Catalogue, Lahiji, who died under Shah 'Abbas II., Berlin, p. 536 ; no. 941 ; and Bodleian, no. about A.H. 1060. See above, no. 9, and 1102, art. 6. Kisas ul-Khakani, fol. 157. His Divan con- Tarkibs, fol. 93a, beginning as in the tains poems in praise of his master Mulla Persian Catalogue, p. 685, 11. : Sadra, of Mir Bakir Damad, and of Shah Safi. Contents : Kasidahs, fol. lb. Mukatta'at, Ghazals alphabetically arranged, fol. 119a, fol. 79«, beginning : beginning : the Tarkibs, fol. See Oude Catalogue, I.e., and Berlin, 856, beginning : no. 940, art. 3. : ; 206 POETRY. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, fol. 1056, fol. 1166 and ; Sham' i Anjuman, 127. beginning p. : Verses quoted in the Makhzan are found in the present MS. 0 ylj J.iiUe.' fo. JUiV The Divan has a marked religious and Shi'ah character. Ruba'is, fol. It is divided into two 2356, beginning : sections, the first of which, foil. 1—39, con- tains Ruba'is, and the second, foil. 40—347, Ghazals in alphabetical order. The j' ^ latter is imperfect at the beginning. The first com- A Saki Namah and other Masnavis, fol. plete Ghazal begins 244a, beginning : "Us> Z&L! \) J^y ^ djy~> Jjb J jb W ^bo j. j« \j 8, y L?/ jJ i£oT There is a lacuna extending from the be- ginning of letter (jS to that of letter „ and in 325. the latter part the original order has been disturbed Or. in the binding. 4391.—Foil. 347 ; 10 in. by 5f ; 12 lines, 4£ in. long; written in large and cursive The original colophon has been erased, and Nestalik, apparently in the 17th a century. spurious one, with the date u,U The Divan of Hazik, beginning : ooo 326. Or. 2849—Foll. 43 in. ; 6| by 8*; 15 lines, If in. long written ; in small and neat Nes- From several passages of the talik, with Divan (foil. gold-ruled columns, probably in 336, 316, 356) it appears that the author the 17th century. [Simrai Chubchill.] lived in India under Shahjahan, and was over seventy years of age at the time of writing. This is sufficient to establish his The Divan of Shaida, imperfect at begin- identity with Hakim Hazik B. Humam B. ning and end. Maulana 'Abd ur-Razzak Gilani, who was born at Fathpur Shaida Sikri, near Agra, in the was born in Fathpur, a town near reign Agra, of Akbar, was sent by Shahjahan on a where his father, a native of Mashhad, mission had to the Uzbek prince Imam Kuli settled. He served under Jahangir and Khan, Shahjahan, and was afterwards appointed, in the and died in Kashmir about A.H. fourth year of the reign, 1080. See the to the confidential Persian Catalogue, p. 1083a post of jjC ^jijs-. Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 2466 In his old age he retired ; Sham'i Anju- man, p. 220; and Hamishah to Agra, where he died A.H. 1068. See Bahar, Oude Catalogue, p. 124. Ma'agir ul-TJmara, Add. 6565, fol. 154 ; Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 122 ; Makhzan ul-Ghara'ib, The MS. contains only Ghazals in alpha- : : ; POETRY. A.H. 1000—1100. 207 betioal order. The first extant begins as The Divan consists mainly of Ghazals in follows : alphabetical order. These are followed, fol. 1836, by a few y jKi ij& L-.-T Kit'ahs, and, foil. 1846—194a, by Ruba'is beginning : The Ghazals come to an end on the last page, at the bottom of which the Ruba'is begin as follows On the first page is a note of a former owner, Ahmad B. Musa Ruhavi, dated A.H. 1122. SSjJ W-j y^- >i/ ir> Lfl 328. Or. 3282.—Foil. in. 327. 512 ; lOf by 5| ; 17 lines, J in. long ; written in Nestalik, Stowe, Or. 3 with four 15.—Foil. 196 ; 9 in. by 5| ; 12 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns ; dated A.H. lines, 2| in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, 1104 (A.D. 1692-3). [S. db Sacy.] probably about the close of the 17th century. The Divan of Sa'ib, of Tabriz, who died The Divan of Faraj-ullah Shusktari, who A.H. 1088. See the Persian Catalogue, uses Faraj as his poetical name. p. 693a. Beg. l^jli I4J2 Mj^M j^jli til Contents : Kasidahs, fol. 16, beginning : Faraj-ullah, a native of Shushtar, went over to India, and was seen by Taki Auhadi Ghazals, in alphabetical order, fol. 186, in Kambayat (Riyaz usk-Shu'ara, fol. 3336). beginning, as in the Lucknow edition of He settled in Haiderabad, and was raised to A.H. 1292, and several MSS. : rank and wealth by the Kutubshah, namely 'Abdullah Kutubshah, who reigned A.H. 1035—83, and is mentioned in the following Fardiyyat, also alphabetically arranged, line of the Divan, fol. 586 : fol. 4216, beginning C * ' o Ut jt> J^*»* Short pieces of two or three Baits, in alpha- See Sham'i Anjuman, 37-1. betical order, foil. 4306 p. His Arabic —5126, beginning : verses are praised by Sayyid 'Ali Ma'sum (Arabic Supplement, p. 625), who saw him Copyist in his father's house in Haiderabad, and says : ^>]f- JjJ.» sli jJj JJ.U jlac- that the poet was then (about A.H. 1080) The MS. is mentioned in the Catalogue of seventy years old. See Sulafat al-'Asr, Or. S. de Sacy's Library, Manuscrits, p. 49, no. 120, fol. 4406. Faraj-ullah is also mentioned 288. For other copies see Rosen, Institut, by Tahir ISiasrabadi among contemporary Pertsch, p. 264 ; Berlin Catalogue, no. 956 poets. See the Oude Catalogue, p. 98. and Bthe, no. 1131. : 20S POETRY. 329. with 'Unvan and ruled columns, apparently about the close of the 17th century. Or. 2694— Foil. 779; 10Ain.by5f; 16 lines, in. [Sidney Chuechill.] 3J long ; written in cursive Nestalik, with 'Unvan and ruled columns; dated 15 Zul- ka'dah in the 26th regnal year of Muhammad Shah=A.H. 1156 (A.D. 1743). The Divan of Arshad. [E. B. Eastwick.] Be !5 g- / i^HrJ- J!ir y» j> *f 1. Initial verses of the Ghazals in s, fol »sy iVjy 709a. ; 2. Fardiyyat, fol. 7385, beginning He must therefore have been born A.H. 1025. cjjj^ uyj u^r <^-& oVSjl The Divan includes chronograms ranging 3. Pieces of two or three Baits, in alpha- from A.H. 1048 to 1089. Most of the betical order, fol. 7466, beginning : Kasidahs are in praise of the Imams and of the successive viceroys of Khorasan, \)U siUL* %yO ^\ jJJ .i Hasan Khan Shamlu and his son and suc- ijU jjj ~^j\ tir ^y cessor 'Abbiis Kuli Khan. The latter, who ruled over Khorasan A.H. 1050 4. Turkish Ghazals, foil. 7736—7776, be- —90, appears ginning : to have been the special patron of the poet. Contents: Kasidahs, fol. 16. Tarkibs and Tarji's, fol. 486. Mukatta'at, fol. 54a. Mas- navis and chronograms, fol. 77a. Ghazals, The MS. was written for in Eustam 'Ali Khan alphabetical order, fol. 826, beginning : by Hidayat-ullah, dwelling in Kashan. li^lii *iiiT =- txZ^> 5 y ^— , fol. 330. Ruba'is, 2516, beginning : Or. 3541.—Foil. 263; 10£in. by 4f ; 17 lines, in. 2| long ; written in neat Shikastah-amiz, | : POETRY. A.H. 1000—1100. 209 Prose preface to a Masnavi entitled j\> j>\ two 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns, ap- which the poet completed by desire of his parently in the 17th century. patron in Herat, fol. 261&. [Sidney Churchill.] Beg. U ^_i3 Js (j^? j\ j\# y ^-i (/ ill I The Divan of Rakim, with a preface in prose. of the 331. Beg. preface : Or. Foil. ; in. 3634.— 126 8J by 4f ; 17 lines, 2^ in. long ; written in small cursive Nes- talik, partly on tinted paper with flowery designs, in Kabul and Kandahar ; dated oijS- (jl-r^j jbjj L^-/ ^ ^VjjS' ^3 Monday, 21 Zulhijjah, in the 42nd year of the reign (of Aurangzib), i.e. A.H. 1109 Beg. of the Divan, fol. 86 : (A.D. 1698). [Sie Gobe Ouseley.] l^so O—jiili- »iUjj y The Divan of Majziib, whose proper name was Mir Muhammad, of Tabriz, and who Rakim is the takhallus of Mirza Sa'd ud- died A.H. 1093. See the Persian Catalogue, Din Muhammad, son of Kkwajah 'Inayat, a p. 696&, and the Oude Catalogue, p. 479. merchant of Mashhad. He went with his father to India in the time of Shahjahan. Contents : Kasidahs, fol. 46, beginning as After his return to Persia he was appointed in the previously described MS., Or. 309. by Shah Sulaiman (A.H. 1078—1105) Vazir Ghazals, alphabetically arranged, fol. 14a, of Herat, and, afterwards, of the province of beginning Khorasan, and became known as a liberal patron of poets. See Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 1916, and Sham' i Anjuman, p. 167. A copy of his Divan, described by Sprenger, Mukhammas, Tarji', Masnavis, and chrono- Oude Catalogue, p. 540, contains a chrono- grams, fol. 1106, beginning: gram for A.H. 1084. 5JJ j> aiiT \j \^ In the preface Muh. Sadik Mashhadi, who appears to have been a dependant of the poet, enlarges on the praises of his patron, and Ruba'is, foil. 120a—1256. states that, although he had received from The MS. is noticed in Dr. John Lee's the Shah the office of Dastur, with the title Catalogue, no. 182. of Asafi, and was fully engrossed by the affairs of state, he yielded at times to poetical inspiration. 332. The Divan consists exclusively of short Or. 3487.—Foil. 206 8} in. ; by4J; 14 lines, pieces in the form of Ghazals arranged in in. 2| long ; written in fair JSTestalik, with alphabetical order. : • 210 POETRY. 333. 4. Opening verses and various pieces, jSlk. Or. 3644.—Poll. Ol^iloj, fol. 124a, including 173 ; 8* in. by 5£; 11 lines, chronograms. about in. long; 5. Masnavis, 3 written in neat Nestalik, fol. 1386, two of which are of with two some extent, 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns, and are respectively entitled about the close of the UJ and 17th century. , a^U. 6. Mu'ammas, or riddles, [Sidney fol. 153a. Chukchill.] 7. Prose pieces, foil. 1606— 169«, the first of which is a letter relating to the' Mir'at ul-Jamal of Sa'ib. The Divan of Nauras. The margins of a great part of the volume, and foil. 170—173 at the end, contain addi- tional verses by the same hand as the text, but in a smaller character. Nauras is the fcakhallus of Muhammad Husain Dumavandi, who came as a young man from his native place, Dumavand, to Isfahan, and was recommended by the famous 334. poet Sa'ib to Muhammad Zaman Khan. Tahir Or. Nasrabadi mentions 4774-Foll. 212 ; 10 in. him among his living by 6 ; 15 lines, m. contemporaries, 3J- long ; written and Hazin says that he died in fair Nestalik, with in gold-ruled columns, Isfahan. See Add. fol. apparently early in 7087, 3006 ; the the 18th century. Oude Catalogue, 103, pp. 139 ; and Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 472a. The Divan contains several Kasidahs in praise of the reigning sovereign, Shah Sulaiman, The an occasional Divan of Eafi' ud-Dm Va'iz Kazvlni poem on a Hammam built in who died about the town of A.H. 1105. See above, no. Dumavand, and chronograms 152, and Ethe, for dates Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1144. ranging from A.H. 1084 to 1105 (the last This copy is an addition to wants the first page, and begins the original text, fol. 170a). with the second Ghazal of the complete The contents MS., are : 1. Kasidahs in praise Add. 7812, the first line of which is : of Imam 'Ali Kiza, the first of which is en- titled uJUN j£. 2. A second series of Kasi- dahs, with an 'Uuvan, fol. 106, beginning : Contents : Ghazals, in alphabetical order fol. la. Kit'ahs, fol. 1175. Pardiyyat, foL The first 1216. Kasidahs, fol. 1306, beginning- Kasidah is again in praise of the same Imam, but the others are addressed to Shah Sulaiman, to Zaman Khan, Safi Kuli j£>fi Khan, and jyfc ]J\JJti ijm Shaikh 'Ali Khan I'timad ud- Daulah. 3. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, (See Add. 7812, fol. 1816.) A Tarkib, fol. fol. 355, beginning 1606. Kuba'is, fol. 1626, beginning : !P!>-^ jjj o ^ a) r ^ j : POETRY. A.H. 1100—1200. 211 Chronograms, fol. 172a. Masnavis, fol. The Mukatta'at, fol. 2336, begin with this 1846. The longest of these, foil. 1916—204a, verse relates to the famous battle of Shah Isma'U and Shaibak Khan. It begins as follows : JtajU oU- j»\j-=- j-ii They include some chronograms. The last of these gives A.H. 1114 for the compilation of the Divan, which is here designated as 335. Or. 3285.—Poll. 242; 9 in. by 5; 15 lines, 3 in. long ; written in cursive Nestalik, ap- parently in India, in the 18th century. jlr"^ si-JjJ£ u^4^ Beg. of the Divan : ^Jii*jU ^UT jjjls Jl5 336. Or. 2936.— Foil. 357 12 in. ; by 7i; 25 lines, 41 in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, in four The preface was written, at the request of columns divided by illuminated borders, orna- the poet, by Saki, who is better known by mented with three rich 'Unvans and seventy- the title of Musta'idd Khan, u nine miniatures of Indian style, and gilt yU- conferred upon him A.H. 1119, between the lines throughout, apparently and died A.H. 1136 (see the Persian Cata- about the beginning of the 19th century. logue, pp. 9366, 10836). He praises the [Nath. Bland.] author of the Divan, whom he calls Sikandar Sururi, as the great mystic poet of the period: ^ jyfl !j4r if* jr T ~~> ^ &Uj Hamlah i Haidari, a poetical account of r J 'Ali's life, by Bazil, who died A.H. 1124 (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 704), with the con- tinuation of Mir Ghuliim 'Ali The Divan consists chiefly of Ghazals of AzSd, which is noticed in the Persian a religious or mystic character, in alpha- Catalogue, p. 705, Add. 25,806. betical order. One of these, fol. 2026, is in praise of 'Alamgir. The Ruba'is which fol- The poem of Bazil is divided into two low, fol. 208a, contain many eulogies on parts, the second of which is marked by an Muhyi ud-Dln Jilani, to whose order, the 'Unvan, fol. 2276, and begins with the Khut- Kadiri, the author evidently belonged. of bah Muhammad, corresponding with p. 175 212 POETRY. of the Lucknow edition. The continuation margins; written in a cursive Indian cha- of Azad begins, also with an 'Unvan, fol. racter; dated 9 Rabi' I., A.H. 1133 (A.D. 3106. For other MSS., see Ethe, Bodleian 1'20). [Sidney Chueohill.] Catalogue, nos. 518-19. 337. The Ruba'is of Bidil (Persian Catalogue, p. 70C6), in alphabetical Or._3668.-FoH. 16; in. by order. 7| 5 ; 9 lines, in. long 2j ; written in neat Beg. l_>T Nesfcalik, with LJij j\ iiyj ^ ^ LrJ57 gold-ruled margins, in the 19th century. [SlDNET ChDECHILL.] At the end of the alphabetical series, fol. J** J* 126, is a colophon, in which the copyist states that, while Gul i he was engaged in tran- Kushti, a Masnavi, by Mir Najat, who died scribing these verses, the poet, Mirza 'Abd about A.H. 1126. See the Persian ul-Kadir Bidil, died on Catalogue, p. 8216, v. Thursday the fourth of Safar, A.H. 1133. The date of composition, as given in the following line The latter part of the MS., foil. 1266—135, of the epilogue, is somewhat is occupied by a ambiguous : section of mixed contents, consisting of satires in Kasidah jgjS J 4jJ form, Mu- J j* j>. ^ J> khammasat, and Ruba'is, by the same poet, This means, according to the Indian com- and imperfect at the end. mentators, that the numerical value tjP, of JS Beg. Ojb namely (jjX* C^jii-jjijjja 1108, is to be added to that of J*' viz. 34. Accordingly, the date would be A.H. 1142. This, however, is inadmissible; A similar collection of Ruba'is is noticed for Najat died before that date, in and there the Berlin Catalogue, no. 969. The first exists a copy of the poem dated A.H. 1128 piece there mentioned is the seventh of the (see Eosen, Institut, p. 269). The true in- present MS. See also the Oude Catalogue terpretation of Jj j is that only the head, no. 175. i.e. the initial letter, of is to be taken into account, which gives 1108 + 4, or A.H. 1112. The poem has been lithographed, with a 339. commentary by Ratan Singh, in Lucknow, Or. Foil. 3286.— 87 ; 6^ in. by 4; 14 lines, 1881, and with another by Gobind Ram in 2|in. long; written in neat Muradabad, Nestalik, with 1884. For MSS., included in two 'TJnvans and gold-ruled margins dated the Divan ; of Najat or separate, see Pertsch, 21 Shavval, A.H. ir. (for 1205, A.D. 1791). Berlin Catalogue, no. 674, 10, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 1162, 1164-5. The Divan of Tabib, with a prose preface 338. by the author. Or. 3542.—Foil. Beg. of the preface : 135; 10| in. by b\; 20 lines, s-i>jC jji^^i j, in. long, 2| with oblique lines round the : POETRY. A.H. 1100—1200. 213 Beg. of the Divan, fol. 106 > r The Divan of 'Ashik. HA)* The author, Mirza 'Abd ul-Bakl, of the i h J3i* -J (_r^ ^ Musavi Sayyids, was the son of Mirza Muh. 3 Rahim, who had been Hakim Bashi, or head Aka Muhammad 'Ashik, of Isfahan, was physician, to Shah Sultan Husain Safavi. a poor man, earning his livelihood as a tailor; He served in the same capacity under Nadir but he had poetical genius, and excelled espe- Shah. After that sovereign's death, he cially in amatory poems. Azur, who mentions became Kalantar of Isfahan, but resigned him among his contemporaries (Atashkadah, that charge in favour of his younger brother p. 414), says that he died A.H. 1181. See also Mirza 'Abd ul-Vahhab, and died A.H. 1168. Makhzan ul-Ghara'ib, fol. 304 ; Bodleian See Atashkadah, Catalogue, col. p. 412, and Majma' ul- 356, no. 1755 ; Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 340, where it is said that Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 346; and Sham' i Anjuman, Tabib's Divan amounted to two or three p. 293. This poet must not be confounded thousand Baits. The verses quoted there with an earlier 'Ashik, who wrote a Masnavi are found in the present MS. entitled <^>}* } J~s-, A.H. 1079 (Oude Cata- logue, In the preface the author refers, in ex- p. 339). tremely prolix and involved style, to his Contents : Kasidahs, fol. lb. Ghazals in retirement from worldly pursuits after the alphabetical order, fol. 42b, beginning : death of Nadir Shah, and to his pilgrimage aJUj j^-lai ai—ii tlJUr to the holy places. J jJ~> iy^ks iJjjJ j^ii The Divan consists of Ghazals in alpha- L betical order. At the end, fol. 79J, are some (The same beginning is found in a Berlin Ruba'is, beginning MS., Pertsch, no. 948, which contains only the Ghazals.) A Mukhammas, fol. 3026. Ruba'is, fol. 303a, beginning : and a Masnavi on Mahmud and Ayiiz, sJai ei &>j> jj\p jW ij*s?, fol. j 836, beginning ; Chronograms, with dates ranging from A.H. 1154 to 1181, fol. 3265. The first relates to the accession of Shah Sulaiman II., A.H. 1163, and begins : Copyist: JIa^JI ji^o\ ,Jc 340. ^ IS}?** **J> ^ Or. 3236.—Foil. 349 in. ; 9| by 5| ; 17 lines, in. 3| long ; written in neat Nestalik Shi- kastah-amiz, with two 'TJnvans and gold- 341. ruled columns; dated A.H. 1200 (A.D. 1786). Or. 2869.—Foil. 130 ; 8 in. by 5f ; 16 lines, [Sidnez Chuechill.] 3J in. long; written in cursive Nestalik, : J ; 214 POETRY. apparently about the close of the 18th Ruba'is, fol. 1505, beginning : century. [Sidney Chukchill.] Another copy of the Divan of 'Ashik, containing only Ghazals in alphabetical order, beginning as the corresponding sec- At the end are written verses composed tion of the preceding MS. by Azur on the poet's death, the last hemi- stich of which is a chronogram for A.H The colophon states that this Divan of 1190 : Aka Muhammad Isfahani, poetically called 'Ashik, was completed on Thursday in Taf- rish, no more precise date being added. 342. 343. Or. Foil. 2850.— 152 ; in. by ; 14 lines, 6-J 3f Or. 2868.—Poll. 137 ; lOf in. by ; 12 lines, 21 in. long; 6J written in small and neat Shi- in. long 2J ; written in elegant Nestalik on kastah; dated Safar, A.H. 1195 (A.D. 1781). gold-sprinkled paper, with an 'Unvan, gold- [Sidney Chuechill.] ruled columns, and gilt headings ; dated in the thirty-first year of Muhammad Shah, A.H. 1161 (A.D. 1748). The Divan of Tufan. [Sidney Churchill.] Beg. j\> c sjcj j J} \ J^,j abj j-cU "Valih u Sultan," a J&u\ j j# Jj* ^ romantic poem in Masnavi rhyme, by Fakir. Mirza Tayyib, of Hazar Jarib, Mazandaran, Beg. CAiSCto l poetically styled Tufan, lived in Isfahan, and WU tf was dreaded for the pungency of his satires. At last he repented of his wicked ways, and Mir Shams ud-Din Fakir retired to Najaf, where he died A.H. 1190. 'Abbasi, an emi- nent poet and scholar, was born at Delhi, See the Persian Catalogue, p. 808a, nr. A.H. 1115, of an ancient and noble Atashkadah, p. 413; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, family. He wrote two able vol. ii., p. 341. treatises on prosody and on poetical figures, a Divan, and several Contents : Kasidahs, fol. 21. Masnavis, Masnavis. He composed the present one fol. 616, beginning : at the request of its hero, 'Ali Kuli Khan J Valih (Persian Catalogue, ft) ^jljT jj p. 372a), with whom he was intimate. It treats of the love-story of Valih and his affianced bride Khadijah Bigam, Ghazals, in alphabetical order, fol. 1046, poetically surnamed Sultan, beginning who had been seized by force and married to one of the Afghan officers of Ashraf. The \j fj^j^i-j 8,U pijS jy~> (Jl^lj author of 'Ikd i Surayya, (Add. 16,727, fol. 681), writing A.H. 1199, says that he had : : POETRY. A.H. 1100—1200. 215 been lately informed that Fakir had perished three 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns ; dated in a shipwreck near Basrah on his return (fol. 1316) A.H. 1174 (A.D. 1760). from a pilgrimage to Najaf. For other [Sidney Churchill.] notices, see Sham' i Anjuman, p. 378, and Makhzan ul-Ghara'ib, Or. 4G10, fol. 344, Bodleian Catalogue, col. 362, no. 1993. The Divan of Vafa. In the section i entitled >Ki^ ^Jai Beg. yUj jl UU (j-ZUi^ & J^" ^V* fol. 106, the poet relates in the following verses how he had been sent for by Valih, who suggested to him the subject of the Mirza Sharaf ud-Din Ali Husaini Kummi, present poem called Akasi Beg, and poetically surnamed Vafa, was born A.H. 1137 in Kum, where his father was in charge of the sanctuary of the Imamzadah Fatimah. Having reasons Sitij ^j* alaL- ^j! to fear Nadir Shah, he escaped, with great difficulty, from Persia, and reached Delhi A.H. 1162. There he was warmly received by 'Ali Kuli Khan Valih, who devotes to him a long and sympathetic notice in the Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, Or. 2693, fol. 452, and The date of composition, A.H. 1160, is quotes a Kasidah which the young poet had fixed by two chronograms in the following composed in his (Valih's) praise, and which lines of the epilogue, fol. 1326 : is found in the present MS., fol. 216. It is stated in JU» Jjj j». Sham' i Anjuman, p. 520, that Vafa stayed thirty years in India and died jfjo JL> ^« plaj J,^, A.H. 1200. The same date is given in Ruz i Rushan, p. 700. A copy of the Divan is described in the Oude Catalogue, p. 584. Contents : 1. Kasidahs in praise of the Further on, fol. 1336, the poet says that Imams, of Vazir Asafjah, of Vazir Safdar he had embodied in his poem the contents of Jang, and of 'Ali Kuli Khan Zafar Jang. letters written by Khadijah Sultan to her At the end are two chronograms, Turkish lover, as well as the passionate outpourings and Persian, for the accession of of the latter. 'Alamgir II., A.H. 1167, and additional Kasidahs in This fiue copy has been revised by the a smaller and closer character. author, who writes at the end : Jh±> 2. Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 316. j.*T jd sic j$\ uf^lfcj jxii The first, which J.Z y>^\ LrJ^1 has been completely ob- literated, was apparently the same as in the Copyist : jaSj Oude Catalogue. The end of the first hemistich, ;bj, is still visible. \ r The 344. second Ghazal begins Or. 3239.—Foil. 167; 7 in. by 4; 11 lines, 2| in. long; written in fair Nestalik, with : ; : 216 POETRY. 3. Ruba'is, fol. 132 It breaks off at fol. 1646. The next three JlijU CJp id/ Jjjl ^ folios, which contain Ghazals, are misplaced they should come after foil. 59 and 100. It relates how Shah 'Abbas brought to shame and confusion the strict rigorists who passed a severe judgment on his conduct. 345. Or. 2851.—Foil. 207; 8 in. by 5; 14 lines, in. long 346. 3 ; written in cursive Kestalik, with ruled margins ; dated A.H. 1241 (A.D. 1826). Or. 2999.— Foil. 161; 7iin.by4i; 14 lines, [Sidney Churchill.] 2\ in. long; written in Shikastah ; dated 27 Rabi' I., A.H. 1199 (A.D. 1785). [Sidney Churchill.] The Divan of Sayyid Kuchak. Beg. 14b «U^- yjjl sjj JU U, " Khusrau " Shirin ; a Masnavi by Nami. Beg. tJu J\ys- aijT Jj, The author, who uses mostly tiU^ alone, but sometimes liUj^jju- as his takhallus, is not mentioned in the Tazkirahs. He is Nami is the poetical surname of Mirza designated in the colophon as a great mystic Muhammad Sadik Musavi, the historian of and religious guide, i } £ UyiJ\ sasS the Zand dynasty, who died A.H. 1204. See the liV/ ^ w Wj« ta/uyj Ajm j^ ujijWi Persian Catalogue, p. 196a; Atash- r _, kadah, p. 439 ; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 523. Prom the contents of the Divan, which is This poem is designated in the prologue designated in the colophon as Tuhfat ur- as the first composition of the author. Rizaviyyah, he appears to have been a Sufi It Fakir was written at the time when the poet living in Mashhad and a devout wor- came to Shiraz in the shipper of the suite of Karim Khan, who is great Imam known as Shah i praised as the reigning sovereign : Khurasan, to whom several of his odes are addressed. No precise date is found in the Divan, but the author refers to Shah 'Abbas : POETRY. A.H. 1100—1200. Beg. jt, c^\jj ^\ j»W> (j*^ ij\ jjli"' (_fj~> J[jii The narrative begins, fol. 7a, with these verses J** U-A ^ The prologue concludes, fol. 115, with a laudatory address to Azur, author of the Atashkadah. For another copy see Ethe, Bodleian Cata- logue, no. 1191. II. Foil. 576— 725. «IS 5li Dah Namah, or ten love-letters, by Ibn 347. 'Imad. Beg. UkJI Or. 3321.—Foil. ^Jj&l), j^ii 182; 0 in. by 3| ; 12 lines, in. long 2J ; written in neat Shikastah, with 'TJnvan, gold-ruled columns, and eight minia- tures, apparently early in the 1 9th century. Bound in painted and glazed covers. Ibn 'Imad is placed by Daulatshah, who [Sidney Chueohill.] quotes the above beginning of his Dah Namah, among the contemporaries of Hafiz, Another copy of the preceding poem. v., 15. He was a native of Khorasan, but It wants the last section, lived in ^ s\^jj oU'i., Shiraz, where he died, according to which occupies foil. Riiz i Rushan, 159—61 in the preced- p. 17, A.H. 800. A copy is ing MS. mentioned by Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 687, s. At the beginning is a note showing that the MS. was given, A.H. 1260, by Nasir ud- III. Foil. 726—74a. A Masnavi by Mulla Dln Shah to his servant Husain 'Ali. Hasan. Beg. IjUi. ^ ^ J\£3- 348. It is a love-letter written by a prisoner to Or. 4515—Foll. 82 in. ; 8J by 51; 12 lines, his beloved. in. long, 2f with oblique lines round the IV. Foil. 756—82. An margins; written in alphabetical glossary Shikastah-amiz ; dated to the poems of Ka'ani, Friday, 22 Jumada II., A.H. 1240 (AD sH^c oU! 1825). J® It does not proceed I. Foil. 3—57. beyond letter <_£. J^p } Vamik: u kastah-amiz dated ; Saturday, 28 Sha'ban, Masnavis, fol. 1316, beginning: A.H. 1262 (A.D. 1848). [Sidney Chukchill.] Another copy of the Vamik u 'Azra of Mukatta'at, Nami, wanting the prologue. fol. 1396, beginning : Beg. [sic]jb» >\ s^i' j3 ^U- itijS a l£>*J 1) Aiijjp- jjb \, y jy ^} Ruba'is, in alphabetical order, fol. Copyist : ^fjjiS A\ J^ii ^ Jj^ j^s? 1526, beginning : a_^> piijt 350. \j ,3 j Uy Or. 3488.—Poll. 162; 8-*- in. by 51; 17 lines, On the first page are some notes of former owners, the earliest 3-j in. long ; written in Shikastah-amiz, with of which is dated A.H. two 'TJnvans, silver-ruled columns, and gold 1239. headings, about the beginning of the 19th century. [Sidney Chubchill.] 351. Or. 4238.—Poll. 105 ; 13^ in. by 8 ; 17 lines The Divan of Rafik, or, as he is called in in. 6 long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Bom- the colophon, Maulana Husain Isfakani, bay, in the year 1256 of Tazdagird (A.D. 1886). [James Daemesteteb.] A poetical account of the life of Ghulam Muhammad Khan, by Maulavi Ghulam Jilani Mulla Husain was the son of a greengrocer Rampuri, with the following heading : in Isfahan, and he carried on his father's trade ; but he cultivated the society of the U«a3 !Jw»jli OilUi- ^bjj Cj*+>y> men of letters, who appreciated his poetical talent. He reached an old age, and died A.H. 1212. See Safinat ul-Mahmud, fol. Beg. ^3 j kadah, p. 390 ; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 142. Ghulam Muhammad was the second son of the famous Rohilla chief Paiz-ullah, of Contents : Kasidahs, fol. 16. Chrono- grams, with dates ranging from A.H. 1187 Rampur. His political career was a very to 1202, fol. 19a. Grhazals, alphabetically brief one. Shortly after the death of his father, on the 18th of Zulhijjah, A.H. arranged, fol. 436, beginning : 1208 (A.D. 1794), he put his elder brother Muham- U t/jKsU/ jl ±>jk( t£ d > } mad 'Ali to death, and, after yarious en- counters with the British troops and those : POETRY. A. H. 1200—1300. 219 of Asaf ud-Daulah, lie was obliged to sur- The title of the poem and the author's render, and was sent a prisoner to Benares. name are found in the following colophon See the history of the Rohillas, Or. 1639, transcribed from the original MS. : ill .v,U foil. 76—78 ; Mill's History of India, vol. vi., " i—ily * i_A,ai i_>lj^' p. 46 ; and the Ruhela Afghans," Calcutta w ^jaji s£ iiilj Review, vol. 61, p. 224. jly-ji <^Xx$ uJjy.Uyl^ UU» j^sf s& The poem begins with a long prologue, uu& J-fy Jj.l^i £,3? foil. 2—20. The historical portion starts j^j from the death of Faiz-ullah and the ensuing conflict among his sons, fol. 21a, with this heading : i_j\jS olij WU> Cys ^J* Copyist : jxZ>dJi jW^- jjyo The sending of Glrulam to Muhammad On the fly-leaf is a note by Prof. James Benares is recorded on fol. 53a. The rest Darmesteter ascribing the poem to " the well- of the volume is taken up by a narrative of known Derwish Monshee Jumal eddeen." his wanderings to Mecca and Medina and " Lower down : J'ai fait copier ce manuscrit his journeys to Rampur, fol. 596, to Kabul, aI a, Bombay sur un MS. prete' par G Azim- fol. 72a, and to Kashmir, fol. 78a, on all of eddin Khan, general en chef du Nabab de which the author appears to have accom- Rampor et son Vakil. II m'a dit qu'il n'y panied him ; and by an account deal- of his avait que deux copies de ce MS. dans le ings with the Vazirs of Oude the and English Rohilkand, l'original (dans la Bibl. du Na- authorities. bab ?) et sa copie." In one of the concluding chapters the author speaks of the Indian campaign of Zaman Shah (A.H. 1213) and of the offers of service made to him by Ghulam Muham- 352. mad, fol. 96. Or. 2817.—Foil. 59; 13! in- by 9 ; 17 lines, In the next chapter, fol. 100, he relates, 4} in. long ; written in elegant Nestalik in with great exultation, the murder of Mr. four gold-ruled columns, with two highly Cherry by Vazir 'Ali at Benares (in the same finished 'Unvans and illuminated headings ; year). In the last, fol. 101, the death of his dated Muharram, A.H. 1194 (A.D. 1780). hero is rather hinted at under cover of mystic [SlDN-EY ChDECHIIL.] phrases than explicitely told. In the epilogue, fol. 1045, the date of I. Foil. 1—52. composition is indicated by the following " Khusrau and Shirin," a Masnavi imitated chronogram from the poem of Mzami, by Shihab. Beg. (jrli-i- |.Vi a._,\j ^ADt i,<> But the text is evidently corrupt and the date uncertain. The poet designates himself only by his fi 2 : ; 220 POETRY. takhallus, which occurs twice in the pro- Rabi' I., A.H. 1194, as stated in the follow- logue, foil. 2a, 106 : ing lines of the epilogue, fol. 516 : yij' i_r# tjt" ^ * £fc>j ji )}j MpL} d\y> ^1 sZi j> yj>. L_->1^«* (j£U* (J>^ (J^^^J u->b. (jliC _jb ey J J His proper name, as found in the follow- The date of transcription, " Muharram, ing MS., was Mirza 'Abdullah B. Habib-ullah 1194," is apparently a mistake for " Mu- Turshlzi. He was successively the pane- harram, 1195." gyrist of Sbahzadah Mahmud, the Afghan, In a Persian note written on the first in Herat, and of Agha Muhammad Kajar, in page, ijd, the first words of the poem, Persia, and died A.H. 1215. See Safinat ul- are as given its title : c^lyl ^J3^ Mahmud, fol. 2386, and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 253. The prologue contains a panegyric on 'Ali Murad Khan, who is addressed as the II. Foil. 53 —59. An unfinished poem bv reigning sovereign, fol. 46 : the same Shihab on the career of 'Ali Murad Khan, to whom it is dedicated. Beg. y^o. ».U j-ij" ^J'] jM The poet's name is found in this line, fol. 546 'Ali Murad Khan, son of Allah Murad t—J^Y* Juj tab y i_i stated in the Ta'rikh i Gltl-Gusha'i, Add. 23,524, fol. 91a, to have assumed sovereignty The narrative begins on fol. 566. The in Isfahan shortly after the death of Karim author relates how his hero marched from Khan, A.H. 1193. He made himself after- Shiraz to Isfahan, crushed the rebellion of wards master of Shiraz, and remained the Zulfakar Khan (Afshilr), and ordered that virtual head- of the Zand empire until his chief to be beheaded. The last leaf, which death, which took place A.H. 1198. is disconnected from the preceding, treats of the same prince's victorious encounter near As to his own life, the author only says Hamadan with 'Ali Naki Khan (son of Ja'far (fol. 56), that he had been for five years Khan Zand), and of the latter's defeat and wandering through every land in great dis- flight to Shiraz. tress, lavishing praises on the great without obtaining any reward. The narrative, which begins fol. 6a, follows the main incidents of the poem of Nizami, but on a much reduced 353. scale. Or. 3318.—Foil. 289; 10Jin.by5|; 18 lines, The poem was completed on the 15th of 3f in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi POETRY. A.H. 1200—1300. 221 dated Friday, 18 Ramazan, A.H. 1232 (A.D. 3. Ghazals, fol. 605, beginning: 1817). [Sidney Churchill.] I. Foil. 1—221. i_>Lji yly.,3 4. Mukatta'at, The Divan of Shihab (see the preceding fol. 63a. MS.), with a preface by the 5. Hazliyyat, fol. author, which 104a, beginning : begins as follows : js^ y.j { w Beg. of the fol. Divan, 45 : 6. A supplement to the Divan, consisting of pieces composed subsequently to the date ij\> uZiij jfZj: ii"....' J of its compilation, foil. 142a—241. It con- tains Kasidahs in praise of Shahzadah Mah- In the preface the author gives his proper mud, a Marsiyah on the death of Timur Shah in full (A.H. name : Ibn Habib-ullah Turshizi 'Abd- 1207), Mukatta'at, including chrono- ullah, with the takhallus Shihab, and states grams for A.H. 1207-1208, a long Masnavi, that he compiled this Divan by desire of his foil. 172—193, being a satirical biography patron, Shahzadah Mahmud, A.H. 1206, and of Mustafa Kuli Khan, governor of Turshiz divided it into four parts (Kism), viz., and the sworn enemy of the poet, and 1. Kasidahs in praise of the Imams and of numerous satirical pieces. royal persons. 2. Kasidahs in praise of Amirs II. Foil. 2225—289. and Vazirs. 3. Mukatta'at. 4. Hazliyyat u ^ ^ Ahaji, i.e., humoristic pieces and satires. The Divan of Miram, with a preface in The Ruba'is are included partly in the third, prose and verse by the author, beginning and partly in the with a Tarji', the first fourth part. The preface line of which is : concludes with an enumeration of the other works of the author, namely Khusrau Shlrin, YCisuf Zulaikha, Bahrain Namah, Tazkirat the ush-Shu'ara, 'Ikd i Guhar on astrology, and burden : Murad Namah, a history of 'Ali Mardan Khan Zand, all of which are in verse. The j* 5)1 oUjKH Tazkirat ush-Shu'ara and the Murad Namah j were not yet completed. Two prose works, The prose part of the preface begins, fol. Tazkirat ul-Vuzara and Ta'rikh i j^sJ Mujadval, 224a, as follows : Cjjyo t£ \j ^Ub were also still unfinished. The contents of the Divan are as follows : The author says that, having composed a 1. Kasidahs in praise of the Prophet, the few jocular Ghazals, he had collected them Imams, and of royal personages. The latter at the request of some friends. He had fol- are Timur Shah, Shahzadah Mahmud, to lowed, he says, the example of Shaikh Sa'di, whom most pieces are addressed, Shahzadah and had, like him, conveyed spiritual thoughts Kainran and Abu '1-Fath Khan. under the veil of sensual images. 2. Kasidahs in praise of Amirs and The poet, who calls himself, fol. 283a, Vazirs, fol. 35a. Miram Siyah, was a native of Kazvin, but 222 POETRY. lived chiefly in Herat from the time of Sultan with three 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns, Husain Baikara to that of Humayun. Sam in the 19th century. Bound in handsome Mirza, who mentions him in Tuhfah i Sami painted and glazed covers. (written about A.H. 957), fol. 1185, as still [Sidney Churchill.] living, says that he led a dissolute life and that his verses reflected his character. He is mentioned in Khair ul-Bayan, fol. 2625, as The collected an imitator of 'Ubaid Zakani. It is stated works of Mijmar. in Subh i Oulshan that he composed two Mijmar was the poetical surname of Aka Divans, the second of which was of a jocular Sayyid Husain, of the family of Tabatabai character and had been written by desire of Sayyids in Ardistan. He lived at first in Khwajah 'Abd ul-Hayy. A D ivan of his Isfahan under Fath 'Ali Shah. Having re- composition, but with a different beginning, paired to Teheran, he received through the is mentioned by Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, protection of Mirza 'Abd ul-Vahhah, Munshi no. 1029. ul-Mamalik,the title of Mujtahid ush-Shu'ara. died still Contents : Ghazals in alphabetical order, He young, A.H. 1225. See Safinat fol. ul-Mahmud, 2256, beginning : fol. 1076 ; Anjuman i Khakan, fol. 856 ; Zinat ul-Mada'ih, fol. 1646 Nigar- ; istan i Dara, fol. 120a ; and Majma' ul- jl, Ja ei\ y Jj Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 465. Mukatta'at, fol. 2765, beginning: Contents : Some anecdotes in prose and verse, in the style of the Gulistan, ]\ Ruba'is, fol. 2795, beginning : Beg. oUi=> Oljjtf £=-ty- |.y. ^\ ±>\*y Ola-o y Oli aljoT ^ylj A Masnavi, fol. 96, commenting on Hadiths Another collection of Ruba'is of an ex- relating to Creation, and beginning : tremely coarse and licentious nature, with a jjy'' short preface, beginning : (jruwa- jjo U sLuj ^jM, i\j^> (j-jalj \i ^ u-jJj1 \J^.j^> i_i-k! yU; from which it appears u^jiS, that Kasidahs and Tarkibs, fol. 205, beginning : it was compiled at the instance of Khwajah 'Abd ul-Hayy, fol. 283a. Beg. \J\^wZ» j£ j_<*> &xxZ>jd Most Kasidahs are in praise of Fath 'Ali Shah and relate to events of his reign and occurrences at Court. They have headings 354. indicating their subjects. Some are addressed to the Vazir i A'zam Mirza Muhammad Shafi' Foil. Or. 3543.— 137 ; 9£in.by5f; 17 lines, and other officials. Another series of short 3| in. long ; written in fair Shikastah-amlz, Kasidahs, fol. 746. : : : POETRY. A.H. 1200—1300. 223 Ghazals, alphabetically arranged, fol. 905, Mukhammas, &c, fol. 73a. Ruba'is, fol. beginning : 766, beginning Mukatta'at in three distinct series, be- The Ruba'is are followed, fol. 79a, by a ginning respectively foil. 1076, 112a, and few Kit'ahs and Kasidahs. 120S. From notes written on the first page and Ruba'is, fol. 1346, beginning : at the end, it appears that this copy was presented by the author to Prince Iraj Mirza, A.H. 1232. It afterwards passed iuto the hands of Shahzadah Sultan Mustafa, who Fardiyyat, fol. 1366. substituted his name for that of the first owner. 355. 356. Or. 3544.—Foil. 81 in. ; 8f by b\ ; 16 lines, Or. in. long 2984.—Foil. 277 in. ; 3| ; written in fair Nestalik, about ; 81 by 6 11 lines, in. long A.H. 1232 (A.D. 1817). 3| ; written in Nestalik Shikastah- [Sidney Chueohill.] amiz, about A.H. 1237 (A.D. 1822). [H. A. Stern.] The Divan of Farrukh. A miscellaneous volume in prose and verse, Beg. & jKi ^ji-j ti/jd J\ 15 designated in the following heading as the 1 fourth J° J |*^. volume of Khamsah i Da'iid-shahi by Hasan Chelebi, Muhammad Hasan Khan, commonly called poetically surnamed Shaida, Khanlar Khan, and poetically styled Farrukh, JU1! s)ua j»U,^1j L>jl jyj. was the son of 'Ali Mardan Khan Zand, and, Jr' Z$»3 \fj ,131 sjj on his mother's side, a grandson of Muham- mad Hasan Khan Kajar. He was therefore a near relative of Fath 'Ali Shah, with whom The author was evidently a dependant of he was a great favourite. He died, accord- Da'iid Pasha, governor of Baghdad ; and the ing to Riza Kuli Khan, in Kirman, A.H. main part of the volume, foil. 56— 212, is 1237. See Majma' ul-Fusaba, vol. ii., p. 383, occupied by a rhymed chronicle, in which the and, for other notices, Safinat ul-Mah- movements of the Pasha and the daily oc- mQd, fol. 476; Zinat ul-Mada'ih, fol. 195a currences at the residence, ; from Rajah A.H. Anjuman i Khakan, fol. 83a ; and Nigaristan 1236 to Ramazan A.H. 1237, are minutely i Dara, fol. 1116. recorded. It begins as follows Contents ; Kasidahs, fol. 26. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, fol. 40a, beginning It is divided into short sections, the sub- T ^ Lfjj U ij) L_^j b jects of which are indicated by rubrics. : : 224 POETRY. The first part of the volume, foil. 5—55, 'Unvan and ruled margins, about the middle contains the author's prose compositions, of the 19th century. [Sidney Churchill.] namely, 1. Panegyrics upon Da'ud Pasha and upon his son Yiisuf Beg, beginning The Divan of Katrah, beginning (jijjo j (jjjb yli^ii. 2. Precepts of Buznrj- mihr to Anushirvan, fol. 14a. 3. A tract on divine power as manifested in human souls, ijUjjjl j\ (_y>yu ,131 j Olis jii, fol. 21a. Mirza 'Abd ul-Vahhab Katrah, of Chahar 4. Story of the Vazir and the thought -reader, Mahall, Isfahan, was a panegyrist of Path 'Ali Shah. He attached himself to the j yjj c»oK=-, and other moral Shah's son, Mahmiid Mirza, then governor anecdotes, fol. 28a. 5. On the faculties of of Nuhavend. Besides a Divan of great man, fol. 45a. 6. Sayings of great Sufis, extent, he composed a Masnavi on the expe- gli* jliai', fol. 516. ditions of Muhammad and 'Ali, and another, The latter part of the volume contains the entitled Fath Namah, on the campaign of Divan of the author, namely, 1. Kasidahs, Mukhtar. Riza Kadi Khan, writing A.H. mostly in praise of Da'ud Pasha and of Yusuf 1284, speaks of him as still living. See Beg, beginning, fol. 2136 : Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 422, and, for earlier notices, Anjuman i Khakan, fol. 175a ; Safinat ul-Mahmud, fol. 176 ; Nigaristan i Dara, fol. 167a; and Mada'ih ul-Mu'tama- 2. An astrological treatise in Masnavi, diyyah, fol. 231. aj^ki* jJLmj, fol. 2416, beginning: Contents : Kasidahs, alphabetically ar- ranged, in praise of Muhammad, 'Ali, and the Imams, fol. 16. Kasidahs in praise of Fath 'Ali Shah and his son Muhammad 3. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, fol. 2616, Taki Mirza, fol. 706. Chronograms relating beginning : to buildings, weddings, births, and other jUS- i_fl)j (.j'j-^ js-j from A.H. 1230 to 1235, fol. 142a. Tarji's 4. Ruba'is, fol. 2716. 5. Khatimah, fol. in praise of Muhammad and of 'Ali, fol. 165a. 2766. Satirical pieces, fol. 171a. Ghazals, in alpha- betical order, with blank spaces left for ad- A full tabulated index of the contents of ditions, fol. 1796, beginning: the volume occupies two pages at the be- ginning. Prom a note written on the outer edge of the MS., it appears to have belonged to Yiisuf Beg. 357. 358. Or. 3489.—Foil. 198; 8 in. by ; 12 lines, Foil. in. 12 lines, 5J Or. 3235.— 211 ; §\ by h\ 3 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, in fair with 3f in. long ; written Nestalik, with : POETRY. A.H. 1200—1300. 22.: gold-ruled columns, about the middle of the half of the 19th century. Bound in painted 19th century. [Sidney Churchill.] covers - [Sidney Churchill.] The Divan of Khavari, whose proper name The Divan of Khavar, with a prose preface was Mirza Fazl-ullah Shirazi, and who has beginning ; -\ j, been already mentioned as author of Ta'rikh ^ ^^ Zu'l-karnain, no. 71. -0' 15b Beg. jjls. ^ WU j yJl jljj Beg. of the Divan, fol. 46 : A notice of the poet, extracted from Anju- man i Khakan (no. 120), occupies two pages at the beginning. Haidar Kuli Mirza, poetically surnamed Contents : Kasidahs, in alphabetical order, Khavar, was the fourteenth son of Fath 'Ali mostly in praise of Fath 'Ali Shiih, of Huma- Shiih, who appointed him governor of Gul- yiin Mirza, and of the Sadr i A'zam Mirza paigan. After his father's death, he took Shafi', fol. 26. A Tarkib-band and a Tarjl', up his abode in Teheran, where he died in fol. 785. G-hazals, alphabetically arranged, the reign of Muhammad Shah. See Majma' fol. 846, beginning ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. 25 ; Safinat ul-Mahmud, l,Us- iSjj fol. 186; Anjuman i J MJt! ^ Khakan, fol. 356; Nigar- istan i Dara, fol. 8a ; and Gulshan i i^W ^T* lw1^ 13 ^ Mahmud fol. 325. Masnavis, fol. 1686, with the heading oio^J The i\j i_>i,s. preface, written in florid style, evi- tj^]/- beginning : dently by a dependant of the prince, contains a panegyric on Fath 'Ali Shah and an enco- nium on the Shahzadah and on his Divan, which was compiled A.H. 1238. The Mukatta'at, including many chronograms, contents of the latter are Kasidahs, a Tarkib on the with dates ranging from A.H. 1216 to 1237, death of Husain (fol. 6a), Ghazals in alpha- fol. 1776. Ruba'is, fol. 2016, beginning: betical order (fol. 95) beginning : J s s 5 !r* j *r 5r*" j *r J j ftjf Ly The date A.H. 1237 written at the end of Masnavis beginning the Kasidahs appears to relate to the com- with a Saki Namah, and a few Kit'ahs, fol. pilation of the Divan. 93a ; Ruba'is in alpha- betical order, fol. 1146, beginning: 359. !ib j»U- 5*u 5 |»'*°^' LsJ j«\ j Or. 3484.—Foil. ; Hi 121 in. by 7 ; 17 lines, 3 J in. long; written in fair Nestalik, with The last Ruba'i is Turkish. 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, in the first G G . : 226 POETRY. 360. The main bulk of the Divan consists of Ghazals alphabetically arranged, in which Or. Poll. in. 6 lines, 3245.— 55; 8J- by 5J; the royal author uses his own name as a in. long elegant Nes- 2§ ; written in large and takhallus in three forms, viz., Shuja', Shah talik, with marginal additions in a smaller Shuja', and Shuja' ul-Mulk. He adopts the character in red ink, about A.H. 1240 (A.D. last form, fol. 277a, in the following chrono- 1824). [Sidney Churchill.] gram for A.H. 1240, the year in which the compilation of the Divan was begun and completed : Moral precepts in Masnavi verse, by Abu'l-Hasan B. Muhammad Kazim Jajarmi, J 1- J 1*' wj? */ with a prose preface, beginning : <_j, This was also the time about which Shah The first line of the poem is : Shuja' composed his Memoirs (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 905), which have been partly translated by the late Lieut. S. W. Bennett in the Asiatic Journal, vol. 30, Asiatic Being prevented by his occupations from Intelligence, p. 6. In a letter written by the writing, for the benefit of his son Nasr-ullah, same gentleman to Mr. Macdonald, dated a full treatise on ethics, the author was Lodianah, Oct. 23, 1825, and bound up with induced, A.H. 1239, to confine himself to " the present MS., he says : The noble author these few precepts in verse, namely, 280 finished his work and presented me with it maxims in about 400 distichs, adding to on the 20th of Sept., 1825. This is a copy each as a confirmation, a verse of the Coran, of the original." For the history of Shah a Hadith, or some saying of the sages. Shuja' see Kaye, War in Afghanistan, and Eehatsek, last years of Shah Shuja', trans- lated from Ta'rikh i Sultani, Indian An- tiquary, vol. xv., 162, 261, 289. 361. pp. Contents : Ghazals, fol. lb. Saki Namah, Or. 3284.— Poll. 277 in. ; 15 lines, ; 10$ by 6 fol. 233J, beginning about 3f in. long ; written in cursive Nes- talik in Lodiana; dated Monday, Eabi' I., A.H. 1241 (October, 1825). Mughanni Namah, fol. 237a. Mukham- masiit, fol. 2405. Ruba'is, fol. 251a, be- The Divan of Shah Shuja', or Shuja' ul- ginning : Mulk, the Durrani king of Afghanistan, who died A.H. 1258. Fardiyyat, fol. 2596. Tarjl'at, fol. 266J. POETRY. A.H. 1200—1300. 227 362. " Hidayat Namah," a poem containing moral and religious precepts illustrated by Or. 4516.— Foil. 95 6| in. by 5 ; 11 lines, ; apologues and anecdotes in the style of the 3-j in. long ; written in Shikastah in the Masnavi of Jalal ud-Din Rumi and in the 19th century. same metre. Beg. OuJ siiS'ylju-x, 0 yU- The Divan of Nashat, consisting only of Ghazals in alphabetical order, and beginning: The poem is divided into sections, with long prose rubrics indicating their subjects. III. Foil. 110—146. u^LiUl The same beginning has been noticed in " Anis ul-'Ashikin," the Persian Catalogue, p. 722J. Nashat is a religious and mystic the poetical surname of Mirza 'Abd ul- poem, with anecdotes of saints and Sufis. Vabhab, of Isfahan. See above, no. 188, II., Beg. dlii Jj j \±u? y jls- and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1200. It is divided into twelve Makalahs, with 363. long prose rubrics. The present copy breaks off before the end Or. 4914.—Foil. 75 8| in. by ; 15 lines, ; 5J of the twelfth Makalah. 2| in. long ; written in fair Shikastah-amiz, with gold-ruled margins ; dated Safar, A.H. The MS. belonged to the library of Sani' 1257 (A.D. 1841). ud-Daulah Muhammad Hasan Khan, whose stamp is pasted on the first leaf. Another MS. of the Divan of Nashat, with the same beginning as the preceding, but with fuller contents. 365. Or. Foil. 238 in. 8 lines, 3377.— ; 13J by ; 25 in. 364. about 4f long ; written in cursive Nes- talik ; dated Ramazan, A.H. 1283 (A.D. Or. 3528.—Foil. 146 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 23 lines, 1866). [Sidney Chcechill.] 3 1 in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, with two 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns ; dated Shiraz, A.H. 1253 (A.D. 1837). The Divan of the same poet, Riza Kuli [Sidney Chubchill.] Khan Hidayat. Two Masnavi poems by Riza Kuli Khan, Beg. \&Ji> U U,i> I. Foil. 1—109. G g 2 : : : 228 POETRY. Mukatta'at, alphabetically arranged, fol. at A.H. 1295, with the remark that it was 2056, beginning composed twenty-six years before the event, that is to say A.H. 1269. J\j % h\J\ id\j cdu Contents : Kasidahs, mostly in praise of 'Ali, fol. 16. Ghazals in alphabetical order, Tazminat, with the heading, £jba« oUj^ii fol. 366, beginning : OU> ji fol. 2196. Mukham- masat, fol. 2216. Tarji'iyyat, fol. 223a. A Masnavi, fol. 228a, beginning : Tarji', Tarkib-band and Mukhammas, fol. 1046. Mukatta'at, including chronograms, fol. 117a, beginning : Ruba'is, in alphabetical order, fol. 2306, beginning Ruba'is, fol. 1316. Masnavis, fol. 1396, ^° tij^i—6 J (_^-»* C^is? beginning The copyist, 'Abdullah B. Ibrahim Tabrizi, states at the end that the number of Baits in the Divan amounts to about eleven thousand two hundred. 367. 366. Or. Poll. 3240.— 124 ; 8£ in. by 5 ; 23 lines, Or. 3237.—Poll. in. long written 141; 7f in. by 51; 12 lines, 2\ ; in small and close Nes- in. 3 long ; written in Neskhi in the latter talik ; dated Ispahan, A.H. 1261 (A.D. 1845). half of the 19th century. [Sidney Chuechill.] [Sidney Churchill.] The Divan of Ka'ani, beginning : The Divan of Ghamami, beginning : b j> sj\ d»—s> jb »sCiT bjjj i_>s? ^Ji jif J Ka'ani is by common consent the greatest The poet, of whom no record has been of the modern poets of Persia. His proper found, appears to have lived in Yazd about name was Mirza Habib-ullah, and he was middle the of the nineteenth century. His born in Shiraz. At the age of seven years Divan contains numerous references to that he left his father, Mirza Abu '1-Hasan, city, one among others to Mirza Muttalib its poetically surnamed Gulshan, and repaired governor, and a number of chronograms to Mashhad to apply himself to study. In a with dates ranging from A.H. 1252 to 1268. short time his precocious poetical genius Among these there is a curious one, fol. 1256, drew public attention to him, and he became fixing anticipation by the poet's own death a favourite of the governor, Hasan 'Ali ; POETRY. A. H. 1200—1300. 229 Mirza Shuja' us-Saltanah. The latter recom- trated by anecdotes and sayings of Sufis; mended the youthful poet to his father, lath by lbn 'Ali Akbar 'Ali Asghar, poetically 'Ali Shah, who conferred upon him the title styled Nayyir, with a prose preface by the of Mujtahid ush-Shu'ara. Ka'ani remained author, beginning : jj J} U JjS ^jJl & j^U at the capita] during the reigns of Muham- mad Shah and of the present Shah, who both ti/*jA^J <&\*=r treated him with great regard and liberality. Beg. of the poem, fol. 3b ; He was a great adept in all Muslim sciences and an eminent linguist. French being then in favour, he made himself so perfect a master of it that, according to his biogra- In the preface, after a panegyric on the pher, " but for his dress, it might have been Vazir, Haji Mirza Akasi, the author describes doubted whether he was a native of Pars or the present work as abridged from a longer of Paris." Ka'ani died at Teheran, A.H. poem composed in his youth. 1270, leaving a Divan of considerable extent, According to a note written by Mr. Churchill which was lithographed at Teheran, A.H. on the first page, the original Masnavi was 1277, and. a collection of anecdotes in prose lithographed on the margin of Nur al-Anvar, verse, and called lithographed Teheran, A.H. 1301, and the date of its in the same place, A.H. 1302. See a full composition is given in the following chrono- notice of his life in Ganj i Shaigan, pp. 362 gram : to 410 (prefixed in an abridged form to the i 'I—a- jii aijff- j\ aj edition Teheran of the Divan) ; Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 402; Mada'ih ul-Mu'tama- " diyyah, fol. 2266 ; and B. G. Browne, A This gives A.H. 1285-9=1276, a date Year amongst the Persians," p. 118. posterior to that of the present copy. The The present copy of the Divan consists poem which bears that date must therefore exclusively of Kasidahs arranged in alpha- be a later work of 'Ali Asghar. betical order. As it was written nine years Copyist : y^l-M^ii o.«s? before the poet's death, it naturally does not include his later compositions, and its con- tents fall far short of those of the printed edition. 369. Or. 2954.—Foil. 63 ; 8^ in. by 5£ ; 12 lines, 368. 3 in. long written in elegant Nestalik, with Or. 3000.—Foil. 56; 9 in. by 5£; 11 lines, a highly finished 'Unvan and gold-ruled columns, in the latter half of the 19th 3J in. long ; written in elegant Nestalik, with two 'Unvans and gold-ruled century. [Sidney Churchill.] columns ; dated A.H. 1263 (A.D. 1847). Bound in painted and glazed covers. [Sidney Churchill.] Bahram u Bihruz, a tale in Masnavi ver se, by Vakar. Beg. yW- ota |jl5\i> s£->\ Jjj A poem on mystic love, written in the \j style and metre of the Masnavi, and illus- : 230 POETRY. Mirza Ahmad Shlrazi, poetically styled Six Kasidahs in praise of Nasir ud-Din Yakar, was the son of the poet Yisal, who Shah, by the six sons of the poet Visal died in Shiraz, A.H. 1263 (see no. 308). Shlrazi, namely Four years after his father's death he went 1. Ahmad Vakar (see the preceding MS.), to India with his brother, Mirza Mahmud whose poem begins as follows : Tablb, takh. Hakim. After staying about two years in Bombay, he returned home and proceeded, A.H. 1274, to Teheran, where he was favourably received by Nasir ud-Dln 2. Mahmud Hakim, who died A.H. 1268, at Shah. He was then forty-two years of age. the age of thirty-nine. See Majma' ul- See Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 548. He Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 102. wrote, A.H. 1281, a collection of anecdotes 3. Muhammad Davari. See ib., in the style of the Gulistan, entitled Anjuman p. 130. i Danish, and lithographed in Teheran, 4. Abu '1-Kasim Farhang, who died a few A.H. 1289. years ago. See E. G. Browne, "A Year amongst the Persians," 119. The heroes of the tale, Bahram and Bih- p. 5. Muhammad Isma'il ruz, are two brothers, natives of Grilan, the Tauhul, see Majma' ul-Fusaha, first addicted to pleasure, the other living p. 84. for wisdom and virtue. The heroine is 6. 'Abd ul-Vakhab. Gauhar, their uncle's daughter. In the The writing is very similar to prologue, after a panegyric on Nasir ud-Dln that of the preceding MS., and is said to be that of Shah, the author describes the work as a Vakilr. poetical version of a tale he had found in India, A.H. 1266. In the epilogue, written eight years after his return, he bestows the 371. highest praise upon Sayyid 'Ata, a Persian exile, who had been Or. 3251.—Foil. 152; in. his benefactor in India, 7f by 4* ; 7 lines, m. long; and for whom he claims the Shah's clemency. 1| written in Neskhi, about AH. 1277 (A.D. 1860-61). On the first page is a Persian note declar- [Sidney Chueohill.] ing the MS. to be in the handwriting of the author, the 'late' Vakar. It is confirmed by the seals of the three great penmen of " Farhang i the Khuda-parasti," a poem on period, Mirza Zain ul-'Abidin Shlrazi, the martyrs of Karbala, by Mahram. Mirza Shaikh- 'ali, and Mirza Muhammad Husain. Beg. • CJjJ ^->jJ \jj£>\» fyOji Mirza 'Abdullah e 370. B. Mirza Muhammad Ali, surnamed Lisan ul-Hakk, was born in Yazd! Or. 8256.-Foll. 12 ; in. by 8J 5|; 10 lines, and adopted the poetical surname m. of his 3 long ; written in elegant Nestalik with father, Mahram. He spent 'Unvan his youth in and gold-ruled margins, about the Kirmanshahan, and afterwards settled in middle of the 19th century. Teheran in the time of Muhammad Shah, [Sidney Chuechill.J who conferred upon him the title of Malik ; POETRY. A.H. 1200—1300. 231 ush-Shu'ara'i 'Irak, and appointed him pro- fessor of French in the Dar ul-Funun. After a time he retired into private life and "Kaisari Namah," a poetical account of applied himself to the composition of poems recent events in India, under the Viceroys in praise of the Imams. See Majma' ul- Lord Lytton and Lord Ripon, by Munshi Bishan La'l, Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 457, and Ganj i Shaigan, poetically styled Nazir. p. 412. •Beg. dyoj j Ui- Oxi j j_»=. jl ^} The present poem is of the kind called J_,*s\ ajb s;_j ^i' \j Musammat. It was composed, as stated at the beginning, on the occasion of a Ta'ziyah In the prologue the author dedicates the performed by order of Nasir ud-Dm Shah, poem to Her Majesty (from whose Indian and contains a detailed description of the title its name is derived) through the medium martyrdom of one hundred and seventy-two of his patron, Sayyid Ahmad Khan, of Delhi. men, who fell by the side of Husain on the The work is divided into three parts called field Daftar. of Karbala, beginning with Hurr B. The first, fol. 10a, is a succinct Zaid Riyahi, and ending with 'Ali al-Asghar. history of the growth of the British Empire in The last two words of the above title form India from the first settlement in Calcutta a to the chronogram for A.H. 1277, the year in assumption by the Queen of the title Kaisar i which the poem was composed. This is Hind. The second and third stated in the epilogue, fol. Daftars, beginning 149a, as follows : respectively at foil. 68a and 866, treat more fully of the events of Afghanistan from the Kabul campaign, under Lord Lytton, to the final establishment of 'Abd ur-Rahman Khan on the throne. The At the beginning and at the end are found work was finished, as stated in the epilogue, eulogies, in prose and verse, upon the author on the tenth of Zulhijjah, A.H. 1297 and his work, by the (Novem- following writers : ber, Mirza 1880). Muhammad Savaji, fol. lb. Mirza Muhammad Hasan Tasllm, fol. 46. Mirza At the beginning, fol. 2, is a short state- Humil (Shirazi), ment of fol. 1495. Mirza Bidil, the contents, and, fol. 3, an enco- fol. 1506. Mirza Safa'i Katib, fol. 151a, and mium on the work and its author by Maulavi the daughter of Hakim Zauki, fol. 1526. Muhammad Ishak, professor of Madrasat ul- 'Ulum, The Delhi, who describes the author as a MS. bears at the beginning the seal Muslim convert. of the author, Lisan ul-Hakk. The poem was lithographed in Teheran, A.H. 1281, with a portrait of the author. 373. Or. 3254— Foil. 121 in. ; 8J by 6 ; 13 lines, 'i\ in. long written 372. ; in fair large Nestalik dated 20 RabI' L, A.H. 1298 (A.D. 1881). Or. 3243.—Foil. 126; 7fin.by5f; 11 lines, [Sidney Chueohill.] 4 m. long; written in a straggling Indian Nestalik, about A.D. 1880. I. Foil. 1—56. (yi^Jl J*\c jo.UJ [Sidney Chukchill.] Kasidahs of 'Amil ud-Din, with a prose 232 POETRY. preface by the author, beginning : Anthologies. 374. The author's full name is 'Amil ud-DIn Or. 4110.— Foil. 445 9iin.by6i; 25 linos, Muhammad Tahir B. Mulla Abu Talib, and ; 4 in. long ; written in a rather uncouth he uses 'Amil as his takhallus. In the Indian Neskhi, with rudely illuminated head- preface, which is dated the 16th of Safar, ings, apparently in the 15th century. A. H. 1298, he says that in the springtide of [Sidney Chubchill.] youth he had composed two volumes of poetry, one containing Ghazals and Ruba'is, A copious Persian anthology, without title the other, the present one, consisting of or author's name. Kasidahs in praise of 'Ali and Husain. The author lived in India, and wrote this The Kasidahs, including also some Mu- work during the short reign of Sultan ush- khamraasat, form an alphabetical series, and Shark Mubarak Shah, who succeeded to the begin as follows, fol. 3b : throne of Jaunpiir A.H. 803, and died in -K U the subsequent year (see Elliot, History of M f J J ft^" vol. i., India, vol. iv., p. 38 ; Firishtah, p. 289; and Brigg's translation, vol. i., II. Foil. 566—118. A Masnavi by the p. 498). This appears from the heading of same poet on the fate of 'Ali Akbar, Kasim a long poem (Muwashshah) addressed to that B. Hasan, and other martyrs of Karbala. Sultan by Malik 'Aziz-ullah, and dated A.H. 803 (foil. 2226—227). In that heading the Beg. ti3b jjb (jkte«> \j ^ author speaks of the Sultan as the reigning sovereign, adding to his name »£L Ss±~. A long prologue contains the author's The work is divided into sections termed view on a fifth soul, described as a privilege Kism, in which the poems are arranged according their subjects, to the various of the Imams ; further, a number of anecdotes to with spiritual or mystic import, and a Saki kinds of poetical composition, or to the Namah. The narrative begins, fol. 78a, poetical figures which they illustrate, the authors of most pieces being named in the with the heading yb->b jl&Tj &*l> JiL^^U^ heading. The poets quoted range from the time of Firdausi to that of Hafiz, and in- The poem is slightly imperfect at the end. clude a number of Indian poets unknown to It breaks off, fol. 1186. The next three Persia. The sections must have originally folios contain additional Kasidahs. The amounted at least to one hundred and one; MS. is, according to the following colophon, but the MS. is defective at the beginning and at the end, and has besides some in- the author's own draft : i_>U£Jt ci*^> ternal lacunas, so that many of the Kisms are \ jS&> J.„s? sjiljj Jiy> tf lost, while in some instances the headings are wanting or illegible. The contents may be briefly described as follows : Kism I. (the beginning of which is lost). Poems in praise of God, by Firdausi — ANTHOLOGIES. 233 'Amid Lunaki, Mughig Hansavi (mentioned In a passage occurring fol. 2225 the author in Haft Ikilm, fol. 147a, without any date), calls his book Dastur ush-Shu'ara, ^,>\ Khwaju Kirmani, and Sa'di, fol. 5a. II. (O— (j*. This may be either a Poems in praise of the Prophet, fol. 156. mere description of its scope or its specific III. and IV. eli a versified treatise title. on law, composed A.H. 693, fol. 28a. V. Laudatory poems by Anvari, Khakani, An addition by a later hand on the margin of fol. 186 is Kamal Isma'il, Minuchihri, Mu'izzi, Katariin, dated Delhi, 15 Zulka'dah, A.H. 935 (A.D. Nizami, Mughis Hansavi, &c, fol. 33a (break- 1529). ing off fol. Ill, and followed by a misplaced leaf containing riddles, and by the last five pages of a section on the poems called 375. Muvashshal.i). VII. Tarji'at, by Zahir Fari- yabi, Or. 3244.— Foil. in. Khwaju, Kamal Isfahani, Falaki, Sa'di, 184; 94 by 6} ; 15 lines, in. long Hamld Kalandar, Fakhr ud-Din 'Iraki, and 3^ ; written in elegant Nestalik, Salman, fol. 115a. VIII.—XI. Mudavvarat, with gold-ruled columns, apparently early in the and other pieces written in fanciful shapes, 16th contury. [Sidney Churchill.'] fol. 152a. XIV. — XVI. Mukhammasat, An extensive anthology of select Ghazals Musallas and Murassa', fol. 159a. XXIII. by various poets, from the time of Sa'di to (misplaced). Proverbs JIVilt fol. 164a. the first half of the tenth century of the XVII.—XXIX. Verses illustrating various Hijrah, by Fakhri B. Muhammad Amiri. kinds of poetical figures, fol. 1656. LXXIII. The MS. begins abruptly with the latter 5" pieces which may be read tti'j in part of the preface, from which it appears several metres, fol. 2186. LXXIV. Ghazals, that the work was compiled for the Vazir chiefly by Khakani, Sa'di, Hafiz, 'Ubaid Habib-ullah. It is evidently the anthology Zakani, and Kamal, fol. 2285. LXXV. The entitled mentioned in the Oude Masuavi entitled Duzd u Kazi, followed by a Catalogue, p. 12, and in the Persian vast number of Ghazals of a religious cha- Cata- logue, racter, p. 3666. chiefly by Sa'di and Humam, fol. 282a. LXXVI. Mukhammasat, fol. 3796. LXXIX., The Ghazals are arranged in alphabetical and three other Kisms with uncertain head- order, and have rubrics indicating their ings, containing artificial verses, fol. 3846. authors. The MS. breaks off towards the XCIII. Prosody, fol. 3996. end XCIV. Music, of the Ghazals in s. The latest poets fol. 402a. XCV. Masnavis, viz., extracts included are Bina'i, Asafi, Ahi, Hilali, Ahli, from the Shah Namah, Gul u Bulbul, &c, and the compiler himself, Fakhri (fol. 184a). fol. 4036. XCVI. Mukatta'at and Marasi^ The first Ghazal is by Sa'di, fol. and begins : 414a. XCVII. Ruba'is, without poet's names, fol. 427a. XCVIII. Mufradat, fol. 4436 (imperfect at the end). \j.< jju; cj:^s >_«i& }>y Foil. 1—4, misplaced at the beginning of The second is by Humam, and begins : the volume, contain Kism CI., treating of riddles, also 111* ' j--5 a Tarkib-band and MarsiyaS by Lr*J=" =5j ti>3? ^ J V Salman. ^SJ^ ^Ujj JuSAo c__>^l H H : : : 234 PO] The last is by Nava'i (Mir 'Ali Shir), and Fol. 675. j An anthology of princely poets, Rauzat Fol. 706. Extracts from yjj^ j by us-Salatin, by the same Fakhri, is described 'Urn, and from poems on the same subject by Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 644. by Vahshi, fol. 74a, and Shapur, fol. 806. Fol. 83a. Jiji ^ya*, by 376. Nasir 'Ali (Berlin Catalogue, no. 674, art. beginning Or. 4772.— Foil. 337 in. by 21 lines, 15), ; 9£ 6; 4f in. long ; written in small and close Nestalik in four red-ruled columns ; dated Fol. 96a. byMirzaTahirVahid, (fol. 324), Thursday, 23 Rabi' L, A.H. 1170 (A.D. 1756). beginning : A collection of Masnavis by ancient and modern poets, more especially by those who Fol. 1036. ylj-iy (jyi., by Mulla Ismail lived in India during the tenth and eleventh Zabihi Yazdi (Oude Catalogue, p. 122), be- centuries of the Hijrah. ginning : Omitting some of the lesser pieces, the main contents are as follows : Fol. 111a. Extract Fol. 16. Ui JU, by Zuhuri (d. 1024). from jW j ^j-*-*, by See Ethe, no. 1076, fol. 31. Zulali. Fol. 55a. jW j U», by Salim (d. 1057). Fol. 1246. Extract from jJi-, l)y Persian Vahshi. Catalogue, p. 7966, vni. ; Berlin Catalogue, no. 674, art. 12 ; and Ethe, nos. Fol. 125«. Masnavi of Salim on the visit 1113-14. of a caravan to the tomb of Hatim. Fol. 58a. by Nau'i (d. 1019). j jy, Fol. 1266. Masnavi on the battle of Shah Persian Catalogue, 674a. p. Isma'il with Shaibak Khan, by Va'iz Kazvini (no. 334), beginning : Fol. 62a. jjj j by Talib Amuli, beginning Fol. 133a. The story of Shaikh San'an, from Fol. 64a. jSi j Uii', by Hakim Rukna Mantik ut-Tair, by 'Attar (see the Turkish Catalogue, (v. Berlin Catalogue, no. 12, art. 10), be- pp. 1856, 3026), beginning : ginning : Fol. 138a. The story of Malik Dinar, by Fol. 65a. jsi j LiS, by Salim 'Attar Yazdi, Biiba Kasim Khadim (a sister's son of Mir takh. Salim, beginning Najat, v. Buz Rushan, p. 193), beginning: l^.K*- J$ : : : : : : ANTHOLOGIES. 235 Fol. 140a. ^juA. Mulla Sharif j by Fol. 2536. yjaiUN j^j, by Mirza Da'ud Isfahan], beginning : Mutavalli, beginning Fol. 141a. jW j Jj^sf, by Anisi Shamlu Foil. 2556. uUil fcj*, by Zablhi Yazdi, (Persian Catalogue, p. 10326, iv.), beginning : beginning- iCai- C^SjiJ j Fol. 145a. jjk- j by Vahshi Yazdi, Fol. 257a. c^Jjiji, by Mirza Hasan Yazdi, beginning: takh. Vahib, beginning : Fol. 159a. jSoj c^i*, by Nizami. Fol. 260a. ush by Mirza 'Abdullah takh. Fol. 188a. jjijUi, by Mir Yahya (Persian Kummi, Sha'af, beginning : Catalogue, lis- i^joj jl^jj p. 1002a), beginning : j» Fol. 2606. J, by Mir Najat. See Persian Catalogue, 8216, v. Fol. 1906. Oi^f ii»is, by Amir Klvusrau p. Dihlavi. Fol. 265a. Two Masnavis, by Amina Mu- dakkik Yazdi, beginning Fol. 2186. ljl=- j (y^, by Balia ud-Din \jS- *V£j\> 'Amili. Jjk- u CjyjiS* Fol. 2696. A Masnavi in praise of Kash- Fol. 225a. j^iJI A.^'i, a Kasidah by mir, by Sallm, beginning : 'Urfi Shirazi, and other Kasidahs by Anvari, Mukhlis Kashi, Baba Kasim Khadirn, Fir- W- J* ...a*" dausi, Sallm, Shaukat, Sa'ib, Naziri, Salik, Fol. 274a. Other Masnavis by Sallm, Ka- Mashrab, Amina, Da'ud Mutavalli, Shah Ak- Hm, and Vahshi. bar, and Ghani Kashmiri. Fol. 2856. j^'i^La ±~>, a satire by Natik (see Fol. 2386. Masnavi of Sallm, describing Oude Catalogue, p. 108), beginning a meadow at Lakijan. Fol. 2396. Salaman u Absal, by Jami. Fol. 287a. Other satires by Sallm, Sha- Fol. 2466. Fol. 295a. J>j)~> } £>\»j, by Fauki, begin- Fol. 249«. bU,, by Sayyid 'Ali Mihri ning : (Persian Catalogue, p. 796, Till.), beginning: fi-j L2-!&,=- ij?.j*~> tiljW tlo i^l Fol. 2506. JbAl by Mulla 'Ali Riza Fol. 3036. Kasidahs, Saki Namah, and a Tajalli (Persian Catalogue, p. 738a, and musical treatise in prose by the same Fauki. Berlin Catalogue, no. 674, art. 5), beginning The last is dated A.H. 1122. jk jp* uU» v» Fol. 3106. Some pieces of ornate prose, 236 POETRY. viz., JUi- ^ZX, by Tahir Jfasrabadi, JjjJ»y4,by present work immediately after completing Shahid Tihrani and Mihri, two pieces entitled the latter. The date of composition, A.H. 1 240, is fixed by the following line of a Kit'ah i-r'lr' by Aka Husain Khwansari and composed in praise of the work by Aka by Sa'ib, and other pieces by Nasira i Hania- Muhammad Taki, poetically surnamed Sipihr dani and Tughra i Hindi. (Majma' ul-Fusaha, ii., p. 156), and appended The transcribe]-, BadI' Muh. B. Muhsin at the end : Yazdi, who may also be the compiler, gives in the following colophon, fol. 324a, his name and his genealogy carried up WO J" '} to Shaikh 'Abd ul-'Ali al-'Amili : J f The preface concludes with three pieces of the author's IJy. Lflsj !\ . . . jU^l Jo ... >__>USCli\ composition, a Kasidah in praise 4 Jsl m: of the work and of Path 'Ali Shah, a Kit'ah Ju,S? £l±~> jC^il . . . l^s? ^l^A^iJ! ^ cf^ft^ and a Ruba'i. J...S- After the preface, foil. 7ft—24a, comes a - . V list of all poets included in the work, ar- ranged in alphabetical order under their US*. poetical surnames, with brief notices giving little more than the proper name and birth- place of each. The The remaining folios, 324a—3376, contain remainder of the MS. contains the miscellaneous poetical pieces, chiefly Ghazals opening Baits of Ghazals. They are arranged in alphabetical by Maghribi, Sa'di, &c, and fragments of order according to the rhyme-letters, and, under each of the Masnavi entitled J:>U jsf, by Ahli these, according to the initial letters of the Shirazi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6575. Baits. The name of the poet is written This last portion of the MS. is dated A.H. by the side of each verse in the margin. 1206. 377. 378. Or. Foil. 3552.— 191 ; 11 J in. by 8 ; 12 lines, Or. 3604.—Foil. 178 in. lines, 4 in. long ; written in fair large Nestalik ; 12^ by 7f ; 21 about the middle of the 19th century. 6 in. long; written in four columns in cur- [Sidney Churchill.] sive Nestalik on bluish paper, in the 19th century. [Sidney Chubchill.] A copious collection of the initial lines of Ghazals by contemporary poets, compiled by A Persian anthology with biographical Mahmud Mirza (see no. 70). notices, by Sayyid 'Abd ur-Rahim al-Musavi B. Mir Muhammad Bakir 'Aiiyabadi, poeti- Beg. ai\#."* Beg. The author refers in the preface to his previous Tazkirah, Safinat ul-Mahmud (no. 122), and says that he had compiled the #6 — ANTHOLOGIES. 237 The author was born, as stated at the end, Kism VI., fol. 163(7,. Tarji'-bands, begin- in Sari, A.H. 1197. It appears from the ning with Jami and ending with Hatif. preface that he wrote the present work for Life and poems of the author, foil. 174 in. long ; written in cursive 1237, when the prince's father assumed the 5f Nestalik, in four gold-ruled columns, with three 'Unvans, government of Tabaristan, and was finished apparently about the middle of the 19th on the 3rd of Jumada II., A.H. 1239. The century. Bound in painted and glazed author made use of several Divans and of covers. [Sidney Churchill.] the following Tazkirahs : Haft Ikllm, Dau- latshah, Tuhfah i Sami, Baharistan, Atash- kadah, and Zlnat ul-Mada'ih by Humii (no. 118). A Persian anthology compiled by Haidar Kuli Mirza, poetically styled Khavar (see The work is divided into six Kisms, con- his Divan, no. 359), with a preface by an taining respectively poems belonging to six anonymous dependant of the prince, begin- kinds of poetical compositions, namely Kasi- ning : Cl*~>\jj -1 1 dalis, Ghazals, Masnavis, Mukatta'at, Kuba'is \j ^jj^ ^jt*'* L?*'^ } u*^.^"* and Tarji'-bands. In each Kism the pieces are alphabetically arranged according to the After a glowing eulogy on the reigning takhallus of the authors, with the exception sovereign, Fath 'Ali Shah, and on the in- of those of royal princes, which take pre- comparable poets of his time, the writer says cedence. The contents are as follows : that Haidar Kuli Mirza in compiling this Kism I., fol. 5a. Kasidahs, beginning with work had been content to group together one by Fath 'Ali Shah, and several by the poems composed by various poets with the royal prince Muh. Kuli Mirza (Khusravi, same metre and rhyme, and had refrained who died A.H. 1260; Majma' ul-Fusaha, from entering upon biographical details or vol. i., p. 25). literary criticism. He states in conclusion The alphabetical series begins with Anvari that the work was completed A.H. 1242. and ends with Yusuf Amiri. The anthology comprises Kasidahs, Gha- Kism II., fol. 896. Grhazals, beginning zals, and Ruba'is, by ancient and modern with some by Khusravi and other princes. poets, in three separate sections, in each of The alphabetical series begins with Ahli which the alphabetical order of the rhymes Turshizi and ends with Yusuf Beg Istajlu. is followed, and the names of the poets form Kism III., fol. 117a. Masnavis of Ahli the headings. Shirazi and others, ending with Hijri Abu '1- The Kasidahs begin, fol. 46, as follows : Kasim. Kism IV., fol. 140a. Mukatta'at, from Anvari to Humayiin of Isfahan. Kism V., fol. 152i. Ruba'is, from Ustad The following are the poets included under Abu '1-Faraj to Yarain ud-Din Tughra'i. the rhyme-letter \ : Anvari, Sahab, Mijmar ; 238 TALES AND FABLES. (Sayyid Husain Isfahani), Khakani, Salman, beginning, from Ibn Babavaih's work en- Mu'izzi, Madhush (Muh. Sadik Gulpaigani), titled U5j ulift Jl/. This is one of Rashid Vatvat, Khusravi, Khavari (Fazl- r the numerous Arabic writings of the cele- ullah Shirazi), Hatif, Sabahi (Haji Sulaiman), brated ShI'ah theologian, who died in Eai, Zahlr Fariyabi, and Saba (Fath 'Ali Khan). A.H. 381 (see the Arabic Supplement, no. The Ghazals begin, fol. 1085, with one by 330). A copy is described by Ahlwardt in Khakan (Fath 'Ali Shah), the first line of the Berlin Catalogue, no. 2721, and to Dr. which is : Hommel belongs the credit of having dis- covered in that voluminous MS. the Arabic original of our Persian version. See Weisslovits's " Prinz und Derwisch," 1890. p. 132. The Ruba'is occupy foil. 3306—343a. Muhammad Ibn Zakariyya, quoted as authority at the beginning of the Persian translation, although not in the Arabic text, is, as Dr. Hommel suggests with great pro- bability, no other than the renowned physi- TALES AND FABLES. cian and philosopher Eazi, who was a contemporary of Ibu Babavaih, and like him 380. lived at Bai. Or. 3529.—Foil. 33 11+, in. ; by 7\ ; 23 lines, Full accounts of the present MS. have 5| in. long; written in fair Nestalik, ap- been published, with extensive extracts, by parently in the 18th century. Baron Rosen and Dr. von Oldenburg in the [Sidney Churchill.] Zapiski of the Archaeological Society, vol. iii., pp. 273—76, and vol. iv., pp. 229—65. An abridgment of the work in Arabic was pub- The story lished of Bilauhar and Yuzasaf, by by Dr. Hommel from a Halle MS. in Ibn Babavaih. the Verkandlungen des VII. Orientalisten- Congresses, Semitische Section, Beg. pp. 138— Jl/u^U^a ^.yV ^ 162. Another and fuller Arabic text was *4j0 ^ jl ajS- ^ Uj y>i!l lithographed in Bombay, A.H. 1306. r Another copy of the same Persian version is included in the Zubdat ut-Tavarlkk, no. foil. 36, 226—249. In the heading it is de- This is the work, of Buddhistic origin, scribed as extracted from the 'Am ul-Hayat which has become known in Europe, through of Aka Muh. Bakir [Majlisi], the who gives it medium of a Christian version in Greek, on the authority of Ibn Babavaih, \s\ as the " Book of Barlaam and Joasaph," and which was ^ SjjAl (j^ff- J J^sJI translated into Arabic verse in fc>?' j' J?** j J\j the eighth century by Aban Labiki. See Zotenberg, Notice stir le Livre de Barlaam et Joasaph, Notices et Extraits, torn, xxviii According to this, it was probably Muh. and Fihrist, pp. 119, 163, 305. Bakir, who translated into Persian the Arabic text of Ibn Babavaih. The present text is taken, as stated at the TALES AND FABLES. 239 381. Din, but whose proper name is given at the end, fol. 1946, namely, Rabib ud-Din Abu '1- Or. 2799.—Foil. 280 ; 9 in. by ; 23 lines, 5f Kasim Harun. In the same passage the 3f in. long; written in neat Nestalik, with Atabek Uzbek B. Muhammad B. Uduguz, 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins ; dated A.H. who reigned in Azarbaijan A.H. 607 612, 908 (A.D. 1502). [SroNEY Churchill.] — is named as the reigning sovereign. In the preface the author enumerates the standard The well-known version of Kalilah and works of elegant prose which he Dimnah, by Husain KasHfi. See the Persian had taken as his models, beginning with Kalilah, Sindbad Catalogue, p. 756a, and, for other MSS., Namah, Makamat i Hamidi, &c. Pertsoh, Berlin Catalogue, no. 1000; Rosen, The most recent of these is the Persian Institut, translation of the Yamini, no. 104 ; and Etbe, Bodleian Cata- which was written logue, no. 431. about A.H. 602 (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 158). The preface concludes with a table of the nine Babs into which the work is divided. They the 382. bear following headings : Fol. 96. ,a I. Or. 2956.—Foil. in. £?\}J'z i s->^i_i>,*'.> 196; 7f by 5 ; 15 lines, of in. long; written in fair Nestalik, with Fol. 256. ^ i^bUj uiil. If. J, ruled margins, apparently in the 15th century. [Sidney Ohoeohill.J Fol. 396. tiiU s f& _jj III. A book of apologues, written in imitation Fol. 58a. Aib of Kalilah and Dimnah. ji* 3 j>_* ji IV. B 6 ysj Fol. 745. Mdb/i .d V. J' Fol. (jjrjj 95a. j eJ^j fhji VI. This is a modern version, in elegant prose, Fol. 1256. jii, j Ja/t jJ VII. of the old Marzaban Namah, written in old Persian and in the dialect of Tabaristan by Fol. 152a, Uj^jjAjjSij^jd vrn. the Ispahbad Marzaban B. Rustam B. Sharvin Fol. 176a. Ais- } \j>) j £d j IX. in the fourth century of the Hijrah. A full j account of the origin and contents of the work will be found in C. Schefer's Chresto- In an appendix entitled L_>t.£j\ Jjj, fol. mathie Persane, vol. ii., pp. 194—209. The 1946, the author, after dilating on the merits author of the present version, whose name of his book, describes a library founded by does not appear in our MS., is, according to his patron in Isfahan and the rich store of M. Schefer, Sa'd al-Varavini, so called from works on every science which it contained. Varavin, a village of Azarbaijan. He wrote The appendix wants about two pages at the this work in Ispahan, and dedicated it to a end. Vazir who in the preface is only designated by his Lakab, Khwajah Zain ud-Din, or, as For other MSS., see Dorn, Petersburg written in the next copy, Khwajah Rabib ud- Catalogue, p. 406 ; the Leyden Catalogue, 240 TALES AND FABLES. vol. i., p. 353 ; the Paris Catalogue, p. 304, The author, who is called here Abu Tahir no. 384 Molla ; Firuz Library, p. 231, no. 49 B. ; Hasan B. 'Ali B. Musa at-Tarasusi," has and Schefer, Chrestomathie, vol. ii., p. 209. been mentioned in the Turkish Catalogue, The Marzaban Namah has been translated as p. 220, the author of Kiran i Habashi and into Arabic and lithographed in Cairo, A.H. other romances. The present work, although 1278. See also Sprenger's Library, no. 1248, dealing largely with the life and adventures and Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 427. of Iskandar, is generally called Darab Namah (a title not found in this copy), from Darab, the hero of its first portion. Although 383. its framework and leading names are borrowed from the Shahnamah, it is a pure Or. 2973.— Foil. 187 in. ; 8J by 5} ; 15 lines, romance, in which the original in. legend is all 3 long ; written in elegant Shikastah, but lost under a luxuriant growth A.H. 1277 (A.D. 1860—61). of the most fanciful fiction. The contents have [Sidney Churchill.] been briefly, but very aptly, described by J. Another copy of the Marzaban Namah. Mohl in his preface to the Shahnamah, p. 74, and by B. The nine sections, termed in this copy Dorn, Melanges Asiatiques, torn, vii., 174-5, Fa si, begin as follows: I. fol. 8a; II. fob p. and p. 406-7. The short 24a III. fol. account of the work in Charles ; 47a ; IV. fol. 55a ; fol. Stewart's V. 716 ; VI. fol. 91a VII. fol. Catalogue, p. 7, no. xiv., is misleading. ; 1206 ; VIII. fol. 1465; IX. fol. 166a; and the Khatimah, fol. 183a. The work is divided into sections of un- equal length, the beginning of which is marked by this invariable rubric : U 384. Or. Foil. 9J 2781.— 363 ; in. by 6 ; 25 lines, in. long 3j ; written in small and neat Nes- The narrative begins witli a mention of the talik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, three sons of Zal i Zar, and of the artifice by apparently in the 16th century. which Shaghad compassed the death of his [COMTE DB GOBINEAU.] brother Bustam. After a brief account of Bahman and Ardashir, we are told, fol. 26, how Humai secretly gave birth to the latter's The Darab Namah, by Abu Tahir Tarasusi. posthumous child, afterwards called Darab, The first folio is mutilated, so that about and entrusted him, like Moses, enclosed in a half of the first seven lines is lost, but the coffer, to the stream of Euphrates. The life missing words are supplied by the next copy. and adventures of Darab occupy the first part of the volume down to fol. 1286, The beginning is as follows : ujU>Jl jli j^l where his death and the accession of Darab junior ((ji^ i-J^i) arc briefly recorded. The mar- vellous career of his son Iskandar, whose clandestine birth had been previously de- scribed, fol. 126, fills the remainder of the i_s^- J~"Z **" ^ f"^J "!W \> jj JJi J* volume, which is slightly defective at the end. The last pages deal with the wall built TALES AND FABLES. 241 by Iskandar against Yajiij and Majuj, with and Bhiirah, also two bearing Muslim names, his journey, under the guidance of Khizr, to viz. Ibrahim Kahhar and Mukhlis. Several the land of darkness and to the spring of the of the above names have been already men- water of life, and with his miraculous con- tioned as attached to miniatures in the veyance from thence to Mount Kaf. The Vaki'at i Babari, no. 75. last words are : o.iu' Jli* j, ^\ 6lZ>y The last page of the MS. bears the ver- milion stamps of the kings of Oude. 386. Or. 3600.—Foil. 2 ; 2 ft. 8 in. 2 ft. in. 385. by 2 ; 19 lines, 21 in. long; written in fine large Or. 4615.— Foil. 129; 14 in. by 9}; 25 lines, Nestalik, apparently in the 17th century. 5f in. long; written in fair Nestalik, with [Presented by Rev. Straton Campbell.] 'Unvan, gold-ruled margins, and numerous miniatures, probably about the close of the Two detached leaves of a huge MS. of the 16th century. romance of Amir Hamzah Sahibkiran. Each of them has a portion of the text on one Another copy of the Darab Niimak, con- side and a large picture in Indian style on taining only the first part of the work, the other. namely, the story of Darab, and closely agreeing, as far as it goes, with the preceding Fol. 1 begins as follows : This passage occurs on fol. 1266 of the deals with the adventures of Zummurrud preceding MS., line 13. Shah, the giant king of the sun-worshippers. The picture represents him falling head fore- This MS. is profusely adorned on almost most from his castle and being seized by every folio with miniatures in the best style Malik Ira of Indian art. It is probably one of those j. which were illuminated for the emperor For MSS. of that voluminous tale, see the Akbar. The miniatures are generally signed Persian Catalogue, pp. 760—62, and Ethe, by the artists, mostly Hindus, and among Bodleian Catalogue, no. 473. An Arabic these are found the following six, mentioned version is noticed by Pertsch, Gotha Cata- in the A'in i Akbari, Blochmann's transla- logue, no. 2420. tion, p. 108, as painters employed by Akbar : Kesu, Farrukh, Madhu, Jagan, Mains, and Sanwlah. Other artists whose names fre- 387. quently recur in the MS. are Nanha, Bhag- Or. 3501.—Foil. 253; lOJin.bySi; 18 lines, wan, Dhauu, Chaturbhuj, Mitkra, Tiriyya, 3| in. long; written in small and elegant . 242 TALES AND FABLES. JSTestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, Muslim world in search of religious teachers in the latter half of the 19th century. Bound and of great mystics. From a full account in painted and glazed covers. of those travels, foil. 21 —24, the following [Sidney Churchill.] particulars may be briefly stated. Having left as a boy his native country for the holy «-&L2> (Jjjlfti! iUAAa. shrines of Irak, he spent there close upon A work in proof of the superiority of man twenty years, studying under his father and to all other beings, by Muhammad 'Ali B. other holy men. He lost his father and Iskandar ash-Shirvani. many of his friends, who died as martyrs during the incursion of the Vahhabis. He Beg. JUlj ifjA J j^wj ^ ^ then repaired to Baghdad and to Irak Id b 6^ til! J,; Ij^Sij w- itSs. 'Ajam, where he met his brother al-Haj Ja^^i. Zain ul-'Abidin (author of Kiyaz us-Siyaliat, J l>»^51 (j»Us-l . . no. 139), and a holy man, Haji Muh. Ja'far Hamadani, called Majzub 'Ali Shah. Hence, after a stay in Shiraz, he sailed to India, and visited in succession Karachi, Haidarabad, This is a much expanded version and Sufi Shikarpur, Surat, Bombay, Puna, Tiling, adaptation of the famous " Contest between Aurangabad, Haidarabad of Deccan, Machli- man and animals," which forms part of the Bandar, Sikakul, Pegu, Calcutta, Murshid- twenty-first treatise of the Ikhwan us-Safa abad, Benares, Lucknow, Agra, Delhi, La- (see the Arabic Supplement, p. 4815). ft is hore, Kashmir, Peshawar, Kabul, and the written in florid prose, freely interspersed Kuhistan of the Ilazarah, where he fell with verses, with Arabic texts from Coran captive into the hands of the cruel Uzbeks, and Hadis, and with passages of Sufi writers. and was taken to Kunduz, seat of Kilich It was composed, as stated in the introduc- Kuli Khan. After his release he reached tion, fol. 246, in Ardabil in the month of Kandahar, Herat, and Mashhad, and, finally, Jumada II., A.H. 1250, and is dedicated to Hamadan. There he met again his old Muhammad Shah B. 'Abbas Shah B. Fath master, Majzub 'Ali Shah, who sent him on 'Ali Shah Kajar. The date of completion, a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. From A.H. 1252, is given in a versified chrono- the latter place he went through Syria and gram at the end : Rum to Istambol, where he stayed three years, and witnessed the revolt of the Janis- saries. After some more pilgrimages and a stay of six years at Cairo, he returned by The scope of the work is set forth in the way of Mecca and by sea to Shiraz, and following line, fol. 296: lii^jJ thence to Teheran, Tabaristan and Grilan. Contents : Introduction treating chiefly of mystic lore. Life of the author, fol. 216. Its full title, as given in the same passage Eulogy on the Shah, fol. 25a. Preface is : til)L4t g?.J J\ j proper, i_suffi fol. 29a. The narrative begins at fol. 296, and deals The author was an extensive traveller, at first with the legend of Kayumars, the who had wandered over most parts of the murder of Siyamuk, and the hostility of COLLECTIONS OF ANECDOTES. 243 Jinns animals fol. : and towards men, to 3a, as . down the follows . . yjlUM i& sji time of Sulaiman. Complaints of the hawk, 1 2 • ' • fish, snake, bee, and other animals against v}? ? j^Jjj islilP J man, fol. 54. Messengers sent by Malik Dadbakhsk and by the animals, fol. 76a. Beginning of the trial before Malik Dad- bakhsh. Debate of the camel with the sage of Hijaz, fol. 956. Debate of the ant with There are miniatures in Indian style on the sage of fol. Sham, 106a. Debate of the foil. 4, 5, 12, 14 and 33, and, further on, a fox with the sage of Khita, fol. 119a. Debate few unfinished sketches in outline. Spaces of the spider with the sage of Rum, fol. 127a. reserved for pictures in the remainder of the Debate of the tortoise with the sage of Irak, volume have not been filled in. fol. 1356. Debate of the sage of Hindustan In the colophon the work is called with the peacock, fol. 1466. Debate of the sage of Shirvan with the Humai, fol. 1536. (The sage of Shirvan is evidently meant to represent the author himself, who here dis- plays at great length his mystical lore.) Allegorical description of the author's journey Collections of Anecdotes. to the region of the soul, ^aj ^Js\, foil. 2426—253a. 389. Or. 3590.—Foil. 120; 10] in. by 5f; 20 lines, 388. 4 in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, pro- bably in the 17th century. Or. 3223.—Foil. 232 ; 12 in. lines, by 8J ; 15 6 in. long; written in large Nestalik, ap- parently in India about the close of the 18th century. The Persian translation of " al-Faraj ba'd ash-Shiddah," or tales of deliverance from distress or danger. See the Persian Cata- The tale of Muhammad Mas'tid Shah, son logue, p. 7516. of 'Aziz Shah, king of Isfahan, and of his Beg. Ujjjfl ^.i* i—jbjl loves with Nik-Ikbal, daughter of the Vazir j\ Farrukhfal, and with Giti-ara. This is an enlarged version of the tale This is not the real beginning of the mentioned in the Persian Catalogue, p. 773a. work, but the first line of the second chapter The above title is found in a versified pro- of the preface, ^,>\ <^six;^i Jb. See the logue beginning : complete copy, Add. 7673, fol. 36. At the end there are some lacuna?, and J.»K As- ji> (ji—* s£ the MS. breaks off with the verse beginning in which the writer puts the tale into i~ &=- iujIs- which is found in the J} y lj\ > the mouth of a young man called Sultan 'Ali, last-named MS. at fol. 3416. There are whom he had met on the road and invited about seven or eight folios wanting at the to his house. The prose narrative begins, end. i i 2 ; 244 TALES AND FABLES. The Persian translation was lithographed There he received advice and encouragement at Bombay, 1859. For other MSS. see from the Malik ush-Shu'ara, Amir Mu'izzi, KrafTt, p. 54 ; Asiatisches Museum, pp. 291, and paid a visit to the tomb of Firdausi 351 ; Mulla Piruz, 228 p. ; and Pertsch, (foil. 18a, 226). In A.H. 914 he was again Berlin Catalogue, no. 1021. in Nishapur in the company of Mu'izzi (fol. 22a). 390. Nizarai 'Aruzi is chiefly known by his prose works, viz., the present one and a col- Or. 3507.— Foil. in. 37 ; 9£ by BJ; 21 lines, lection of anecdotes entitled ^s?, both in. long ; written in 3f fair Nestalik ; dated of which are mentioned by Haj. Khal., Rabi' II., A.H. 1017 (A.D. 1608). vol. ii., 656, and vol. v., 405. But [Sidney Churchill.] p. p. he ranked also high as a poet. He is noticed by 'Aufi, Oude Catalogue, p. 4, no. 56, among the great poets of Mavara-unnahr. Chahar Makalah, or the Four Discourses, See also Daulatshah, i. 13 ; Haft Iklim, by Ahmad B. 'Umar B. 'Ali an-Nizami al- Add. 16,734, fol. 5626; and Majma' ul- 'Aruzi as-Samarkandi. Fusaha, vol. i., p. 635. He calls himself in the present work, fol. 13a, one of the four poets who immortalised the of 1 Ja-jyj name the j^ (J^*\JJ J {J^Jj' j JljC J\s kings of Grhur. j L-jlj3 jlcl .... d jl Jjo-j Chahar Makalah was written for a prince , !, 0'•<'J J° j«C J* of that house, namely, al-Malik Husam ud- Daulah wa'd-Din Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali B. Mas'ud. Although that prince's name is preceded in The author, who was apparently a native the preface by the most pompous regal titles, of Samarkand, must have been well advanced he does not appear to have ever attained in years when he wrote the present work sovereign rank. He is mentioned in Tabakat for he says at the outset that he had then i Nasiri, Raverty's translation, p. 425, as one spent forty-five years of his life in the service of the sons of Malik Fakhr ud-Din Mas'ud, of the Ghiiri dynasty. From various pas- who was installed by his younger brother, sages of the Chahar Makalah the following the great Sultan of Ghaznin, 'Ala ud-Din particulars of his life may be gathered. Husain Jahan-suz, on the throne of Ghur While he was still in Samarkand, A.H. 504, and Tukharistan (see Tabakat i Nasiri, he received some information about the poet pp. 347—365). Rudagi from the Dihkan Abu Raja Ahmad B. 'Abd us-Samad al-'Abidi (fol. 15a). Two After bestowing due praise on the young years later, A.H. 506, he was at Balkh prince, the author proceeds to eulogize his conversing with 'Umar Khayyam, whom he nearest relatives, namely, his father, Fakhr revered as his master, and whose tomb he ud-Daulah wa'd-Din Mas'ud, the reigning afterwards visited in Nishapur, A.H. 530 king of Bamiyan, his brother Shams ud-Din (fol. 27a). In A.H. 510 we find him at Muhammad (who afterwards succeeded to Nishapur (fol. 5a), and, in the course of the the throne), and his mighty uncle, the above- same year, at Herat, from whence he repaired mentioned Sultan, 'Ala ud-Din Husain, all to the court of Sultan Sinjar, near Tus. three being spoken of as still living. : COLLECTIONS OP ANECDOTES. 245 The precise date of composition is not given, but it can be brought within narrow 391. limits. The work must have been written Or. 2676.— Foil. 290; 13L in. by 9; from 29 between the death of Sultan Sinjar, who is to 33 lines, in. long about 6J ; written in fine spoken of as dead, and that of Sultan 'Ala old Neskhi, with a gilt frontispiece and ruled ud-Dln Husain, who is described as the margins ; dated Wednesday, 24 Ramazan, reigning sovereign, that is to say between A.H. 732 (A.D. 1332). [H. G. Keen*:.] A.H. 552 and 55G. For the death of the latter see Kamil, vol. xi., p. 179, and Jahtin- ara, fol. 117. Jami' ul-Hikayat, the celebrated collection The work consists, as its name implies, of of historical anecdotes by Muhammad 'Aufi. four Makalahs, treating respectively of four See the Persian Catalogue, p. 7496, and Ethe, classes of men of whose services kings stand Bodleian Catalogue, no. 324. in need, namely, Vazirs, poets, astrologers, This fine volume has unfortunately been and physicians, and of the sciences and damaged by damp, and some leaves, foil. qualifications requisite for each, the whole 48—52, are slightly mutilated. It contains being illustrated by historical anecdotes. the last three of the four books (Kism) into Some preliminary chapters, foil. 26— 6a, treat which that extensive work is divided. of cosmology and of the various faculties of minerals, plants, animals and, lastly, man. The fourth Kism, which derives a special They include a curious observation on the interest from its chapters on geography and voluntary motions of some plants, which are natural history, is placed first, and has the thereby raised to the confines of the animal following inscription written in the Sulsi kingdom. The four Makalahs begin as character on two gilt borders at the top and follows bottom of its first page: L-jli^jt ^14=- -„s Fol. 6a. jisi> t^ji^ j I. The first of the twenty-five Babs which it contains has no special heading, and begins Fol. 12a. jS\£> Oj*^ j II. as follows: Ob&* ^\ [read j*U] j*lj»- Fol. 236. Ojl^ „»2 ls III. j r Ji*j <6 L_jl4- j- ii/ jyt (f 3 ^ Fol. 29a. Oj.U* j J» > lLu*U jd IV. - c >J The second Makalah is of especial value In the complete copy, Add. 16,682, this as containing notices and anecdotes relating anecdote is the third of the first Bab, fol. to early Persian poets, such as Eudagi, 326a ; but there are great differences between 'Unsuri, Farrukhi, Mu'izzi, Badihi, Firdausi, the two texts. The headings of the remain- &c. It is frequently quoted in later Tazkirahs. ing Babs, which also partly differ from those The Chahar Makalah was lithographed in given by Fliigel in the Vienna Catalogue, Teheran, A.H. 1305. For another copy see vol. i., pp. 411— 12, are in the MS. as further on, no. 418. follows : ^ 24G TALES AND FABLES. Pol. 7a. yjtjL.j.ulJjUii-.ji.Ji^jj II. Fol. 855. (j&j>.j U~, XXII. j £ _/j Pol. 96. III. Pol. 126. J ju/ j^j j Im jjJB ^ IV. Fol. 906. oWjje* u.-A&yijJ XXIII. Fol. 93a. ^jjjs j^iji XXIV. Fol. 156. iyi ti/ 'a\> jyU ojjM .a V. Fol. 96a. Jja j i. XXV. Fol. 186. ^hoj^L-jy-^SU^o.lsPji VI. This last chapter breaks off at the second page. Fol. 216. Lias? j'jL/w&.jj VII. Kism II., which follows next, has lost the first Bab. The following are the headings Fol. 256. c«*>j1 VIII. of the extant Jj*\*J*j> chapters : Fol. 97a. £*jy' j . . . . J^\i~> II. Fol. 286. eU tilip- jl tfjete /ijC IX. Fol. 996. QiJjStz oL-iij3 III. Fol. 105a. U Jjjyjs) IV. (r Fol. 34a. j£p o.is^ j/^yeljr j& J X. Fol. 116a. tl*^» jl* ^> Fol. 119a, CJjuis jS VI. Fol. 376. jis- j.isjj ,jieUr XI. Fol. 124a, C^ii^> j LLAi-iijJ VII. Fol. 1266. Ju«5 cJa-Aiji VIII. Fol. 496. uiJjb. J^y /ijH XII. j J!y Fol. 1285. cJu^i ,i IX. Fol. 545. Ll»aiy j jcjS j US .j XIII. Fol. 1306. X. Fol. 134a. j" } lUJUs L^Ai-aiji XI. Fol. 59a. b j XIV. w Fol. 139a. jjjjs XII. Fol. 616. JjJa OliU=- yj _j XV. Fol. 142a. 3 t)^ _/* J '^i'^'j XIII. Fol. 145a. a\J>jj& vj, jj.ly j5 XIV. Fol. 645. ijj-o liJJUi j 1^)51*. wUj jj XVI. Fol. 1476. y\ J& j j ^js-jS XV. Fol. 1525. cAi-li jij ji XVI. Fol. jjs ^ j 68a. j j ^^^0 XVII. Fol. 157a. &~ cJjuaJjS XVII. Fol. 71a. UUj j^jj XVIII. 3 Fol. 745. oU-AL i^^/iji XIX. Fol. 161a, OjLj jki oU^iji XVIII. Fol. 1646. lij Cl^i jj XIX. Fol. 776. j W>1 XX. Fol. Fol. 1686. » cJ-Oj(j5-iio\5 ^U>l s XX. 806. j j g_U» yolji. jSijj XXI. r J c J Fol. 171a. yU^^jyjS XXI. COLLECTIONS OP ANECDOTES. 247 Fol. 1746. u l jj.ly , Jj-ijjS XXII. Fol. 240a. j OJiUij Cxi* jii XIII. Fol. 179a- yUjjS XXIII. Fol. 2436. Mil , Fol. 1856. cJ j XXIV. Fol. 2476. iU—»\ (j^i^jj XV. Fol. 1884. jj\y> ji XXV. Fol. 2506. j Jlo jJ UloUa- O-oi^j jO XVI. This last Bab concludes with some verses Fol. 253a. J=>U»U wJ^jj XVII. in praise of the Vazir Nizam ul-Mulk Kivam Fol. 2566. j C i. XVIII. ud-Din, to whom the work was dedicated. Kism III. is complete, and has the follow- Fol. 261a. iO«i»jO ing headings to its twenty-five Babs : 0;V j j XIX. Fol. 1936. ^l-il £,Wh l.siUj.I Jjjji I. Fol. 264a. ^13 j Jj^' <-*«.i. ji XX. Fol. 1966. s~.=~ . j.H=- ,J II. Fol. 2686. jUu&l j, kU»b' Js\ir & XXI. Jo\ Fol. 1996. J III. ,3 Jy^^bjj uti" j Fol. 273a. bj j j*,^. tf /iji XXII. Fol. 2026. Fol. 2766. C^-yjjUjb yUjjSjjj XXIII. Fol. 2056. Fol. 2806. feUs- 15 Ujb U wbj /iy XXIV. Fol. 2856. coK* j ^bj [n,J^ XXV. Fol. 2096. jUU/ cubK=- L-iiUa! VI. ^ A table of chapters of the three Kisms, by Fol. 2136. joy' j^s C«A. ^ VII. a later hand, has been prefixed to the volume. Notes written on the title-page show that Fol. 2186. ^sj-v^loW ^jsUfji'ij.s VIII. the MS. was bought A.H. 1119 by Burhan ud-Din Parsa, and that it subsequently passed into the possession of a Mr. Gordon Fol. 224a. w5Ut j Jit LL-j-y IX. Sahib. Fol. 2286. i_miu j isj.s-j i_a)i- O^j^^j X. 392. Fol. 2326. ^lai-l io.K»j c*. i. j J$=- XL Of. 4392.— Foil. 222 ; 11 in. by 8 ; 25 lines, 6-J in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi, Fol. 286(i. \»U>ib _/i u } c**i»jO XII. with a gilt heading; dated 2 Jumada II., A.H. 741 (A.D. 1340). [Wallis Bodge.] : : 248 TALES AND FABLES. A portion of the first book of the Jami' Beg. US . . . (jjHjJ} JjSUMj tjjlWl L-.-J ^ jji ul-Hikiiyat. It contains the preface and the first ten Babs of Kism I., with some lacuna; and -1 ^VyU transpositions, as follows : The author was a Sunni, living apparently Preface, fol. 16. Bab I., in the fifth century of the Hijrah. He re- J6*>j>\ c> J<3 fol. 5a. flects in the preface JUS, A fragment of Bab IX., fol. on the depravity of the 11a. The latter time. " Holy Pirs and pious men," he says, part of Bab III., fol. 15a. "are dead, Bab IV., oJjA gjly and have carried away piety with 3 3 irifi tJljU /o ^ y them. Whoever wishes to keep his faith Bl4i\, fol. 216. Bab V., Uj w g^y /iy and be saved must not look to the men of yU^yU, fol. 67a. Bib VI., Jj* ^Ja^i ^, his time or follow their example, but he must fol. 1286. Bab VII., meditate on the lives of past worthies, and yltiljSU j walk in their path, so that he may reach the Mj^ ->4> j cf,b udiU jj, fol. 1426. Bab VIII., degree of holiness at which they arrived." } cjL«K iJjUJ j(S) fol. 1576. The work is divided into twenty Babs, Bab IX., ^IcUol. en~Awy, fol. 164 (breaks enumerated in the preface, and each Bab off fol. 165). The latter part of Bab I., contains ten narratives beaded Oj.K=- . The fol. 166a, Bab II., ^XJ>\ Uwl headings of the Babs are as follows : l yls w J|y! jyi j, fol. 1716. Bab III., Fol. 4. _y&b 3 ^jf- I. Un*1 OUU Ujl j xzAjf/i Jt>> fol. 1975. The latter part of Bab IX., fol. 204a, Bab X., Fol. 10. yUUob Ji' \ j i^-oVj II. oUiy jj, fol. 2106 (breaking off fol. 212). Disjointed Fol. 15. fragments, belonging for j>. u~J Hft 3 v>J j^l HI. the £ most part to Bab IV, fol. 213—222. the On first page is an illuminated circular ornament Fol. 19. ,)U IV. with an inscription showing that the MS. was written for the library of some Fol. 28. V. great Vazir called Husam ud-Din Siraf Fol. 34. 1 J " VI. ' r Copyist Fol. 54. ,)U3 (_«U> U!jl CjU/jjol VII. Fol. 61. joiji" bles __jj.il Jj ^ j VIII. 393. Or. 3207.—Foil. Fol. 66. ^b jji- Uljl jj-a >)1 ix. 153 ; 7 in. by j Jt 4f ; 17 lines, j in. long written 2f ; in fair archaic Neskhi, probably in the 13th century. Fol. 69. ji JUS ^Ui. i/ X. [Kl'e.mer, no. 210.] y w Jy ^\ collection A of anecdotes relating to saints and Sufis, without author's name. Fol. 75. XI. : COLLECTIONS OF ANECDOTES. 249 Eol. 83. > shah, vi. 2. The seven Babs y tJJJ XII. begin respec- tively as : I. fol. follows 156 ; II. fol. 47a ; Eol. 89. i»j / XIII. III. fol. 756 ; IV. fol. 104a ; V. fol. 161a; VI. fol. Fol. 97. OU/jS XIV. 1926 ; and VII. fol. 226a. Copyist : sU. jj.5- Fol. 112. jj^i ou/js xv. ^ ^ (jjUJI tfa-J\ Fol. 121. \Ju CjUJjS XVI. Fol. 133. 1 Jjej)^"jJ J ^ l?U»- aiWy XVII. Fol. 141. ouy Wji yi xviii. J( 395. Or. 4907.—Foil. 254 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 22 lines, Fol. 146. jil sjjj ^ly- j\ Jijj ^ XIX. in. long ; written in cursive Jj 4f Nestalik, probably about the close of the 18th century. [Sir Henry Rawlinson.] Fol. 150. gjj »jJi^ ObJ£». XX. The anecdotes relate to holy personages and Sufis of the first three centuries of the A collection of anecdotes and miscellaneous Hijrah, such as the early Khalifs, Amir ul- notices, by Majd ud-Din Muhammad al-Hu- Mu'minln 'Umar, 'Usnifm, 'Ali, Malik B. saini, surnamed Majdi. See the Persian Dinar, Ibrahim Adham, Bayazid Bastami, Catalogue, p. 758, and Pertsch, Berlin Cata- Misri, Sahl Tustari, Zu'l-Nun Ibrahim B. logue, no. 1017. Shaiban (d. A.H. 307), &c. The latest This copy presents lacunse and transposi- authority quoted is Abu Sa'id Khargfishi tions which are not indicated by any break (fol. 48), who died A.H. 407 (see the Arabic in the text. It begins with the heading Supplement, no. 509), and whose work en- titled Shi'ar us-Salihin (fol. 56) is the only one quoted by name. This copy breaks off towards the end of which belongs to the fifth Easl of the second anecdote of Bab XX. colo- A Juz I. The same heading is found at fol. phon by a later hand has been added. It is 496 of the complete copy, Or. 239, the con- dated RabI' I., A.H. 786 (A.D. 1384). tents of which are described in the Persian Catalogue. 394. The contents of the present MS. are as follows : Foil. Or. 2974.— 261 ; 10| in. by 7 ; 15 lines, Juz I. : Latter part of Easl 5, fol. 16. 5J in. long ; written in large and distinct Fasl 6, fol. 316. Fasl 7, fol. 52a. Fasl 8, Neskhi, with ruled margins ; dated Monday, fol. 586. Fasl 9, fol. 64a. Fasl 10, fol. 666. the last day of Safar, A.H. 910 (A.D. 1504). [Sidney Churchill.] Juz II. : Fasl 1, fol. 696. Fasl 2, fol. 72a. Fasl 3, fol. 83a. Fasl 4, fol. 92a. Fasl 5, fol. 1036. Fasl 6, fol. 1096. Fasl 7, fol. 112a The Nigaristan of Mu'ini Juvaini. See (breaking off at a passage corresponding with the Persian Catalogue, p. 7546, and Daulat- Or. 239, fol. 163a, line 16). K K 250 TALES AND FABLES. Juz V. : Fasl 6, fol. 1146. ing data may be gathered. His father (commonly called Shamsa i Shirazi) was a Juz IV. : Fasl 8, fol. 117a. Fasl 9, fol. native 1176. Fasl 10, fol. 120a. of Shiraz settled at Kerbela. Driven from thence by Sunni persecution, A.H. 1006, Juz V. : Fasl 1, fol. 1236. Fasl 2, fol. 1256. he repaired to Isfahan, the author being then Fasl 3, fol. 1276. Fasl 4, fol. 130a. Fasl 5, three years old, and proceeded, two years fol. 1316. Fasl 7, fol. 137a. Fasl 8, fol. 141a. later, to Mashhad. After seven months Fasl 9, fol. 1426. Fasl 10, fol. 1446. spent in the holy city, he returned to Isfa- Juz VI., fol. 14G6. Juz VII., fol. 1656. han, where the author stayed twenty-three Juz VIII., fol. 1896. years, engaged in study and literary pursuits. Juz IX. : Fasl 1, fol. 221a. Fasl 2, Geo- They subsequently proceeded to Rai (Tehe- graphy of Iran and other countries, fol. 224a, ran), where the author lost his father, A.H. breaking off in the course of the account of 1035, and discharged during fifteen years Egypt. Fasl 9, imperfect at the beginning, the office of Kazi. He wrote the present fol. 244a—2546. work at the request of his younger brother, Muh. Isma'il Munsif the ^_a;^i* The extant portion of this last, or his- (m MS., ; see the Oude Catalogue, torical, section contains accounts of the Ak p. 91, and Atashkadah, who Kuyunlus, of the Uzbeks, fol. 246a, and of p. 312), had written to him from India to that effect. It was completed, as Shah Isma'il Safavi, fol. 247a. The last is stated brought down to A.H. 928. at the end, A.H. 1060; but the following chronogram, occurring " in the last line, gives On the fly-leaf : Bought at Teheran. a later date, A.H. 1063 : 4 Tomans. Jan. 12, 1838. H. Rawlinson." 396. In the same Khatimah the author enume- rates his previous works as follows : In verse, Or. 2957.—Foil. 119; in. by 6+ 15 lines, 8£ ; Laili Majnun, Haft Paikar, 'Abbas Narnah, in. long ; written 3f in Nestalik ; dated 1 Ghazals, Kasidahs, Ruba'is, &c. ; in prose, Jumada II., A.H. 1291 (A.D. 1874). Siraj ul-Munlr (Persian Catalogue, p. 8616), [Sidney Churchill.] Durr i Maknun, Hawass i Batin, and mis- cellaneous compositions. Most of these works are also mentioned in the Tazkirah of A collection of moral tales and anecdotes Tahir, Oude Catalogue, p. 91, and in Riyaz in ornate prose and verse, by Muhammad ush-Shu'ara, fol. 3946. Sharif B. Shams ud-Din Muhammad, poeti- The tales are mostly taken, as stated in cally styled Kaskif. " the preface, from " Faraj ba'd az Shiddat l (Persian Catalogue, Beg- ^>^> (jrV,T p. 7516), the style of j # 3 j* '} jrf u& which the author considered too plain and bare of rhetorical ornaments ; but some of The author gives an account of his life and them relate to later periods down to the writings in a Khatimah, fol. 1166, written, author's time. like the whole work, in a florid style over- The Khazan u Bahar is divided into a loaded with metaphors. From it the follow- Mukaddimah, fourteen chapters j termed Asas, — COLLECTIONS OF ANECDOTES. 251 and the above-mentioned Khatimah. The Nigaristan i Dara, fol. 129a, and, for other Mukaddimah, fol. 5a, is in glorification of notices, Anjuman i Khakan, fol. 101a ; Safi- 'Ali, whose fourteen virtues are illustrated nat fol. ul- ul-Mahmud, 249 ; and Majma' by incidents of his life. The same virtues Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 514. form the headings of the chapters called The author says in the preface that he had Asas, which are as follows : I. j^o, fol. 10a. been brought up at Court, and had had his H. fol. 156. III. ejjl, fol. 27a. IV. mind improved by the conversation of the o/ftl>, fol. 34a. V. OaUp, fol. 42a. VI. learned men who gathered there. He was JJ, fol. 496. VII. (jA, fol. 57a. VIII. encouraged to undertake the present work U, fol. 646. IX. ^lii, fol. 73a. X. Cjytb, by the Shah, who gave to it the above title. r fol. 80a. XI. Cj,j., fol. 86a. XII. OjVii", The work is divided into five Babs, each fol. 91a. XIII. C^\/, fol. 996. XIV. 0?.1jj», subdivided into two Fasls, and a Khatimah. fol. 106a. The Fasls treat of various religious and moral qualities specified in the headings, The work was lithographed at Tabriz, which are as follows : A.H. 1294. A MS. has been fully described Institut, no. 107. by Baron v. Rosen, Bab I. : Fasl 1, fol. 46. cJixi*- } di\ oi^-ojJ jjc-y. Fasl. 2, fol. 86. Jiif ^ L_>bT jJ 397. Bab II. : Fasl 1, fol. 12 1. J=- ciA^i y Or. 3499.—Foil. 236 ; 14 in. by 8^ ; 21 lines, L»- j. Fasl 2, fol. 156. JSy s^ijJ 5J in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with ruled margins, apparently in the first half of the 19th century. [Sidney Churchill.] Bab III. : Fasl 1, fol. 166. Cs*^ Jt> OySj5~\ . fol. Jy#, j } J^\ij> s Fasl 2, 496. " Mufarrih ul-Kulub," a work treating of moral virtues, illustrated by the precepts of Muhammad and the Imams, and by tales Bab IV. : Fasl 1, fol. 51a. jily i_»WT o ; and anecdotes, with an historical appendix, tjjjjji ^aijl-ijljJ cJubaS j. Fasl 2, by Muhammad Nadim B. Muhammad Kazim. j _j Bab V.: Fasl 1, fol. 90a. /Z. } tZ*X>S/s jb tjj\i£ Fasl 2, fol. 93a. ^JU^Zt j j**> oluii jis The author, who is known by his poetical surname Nadim, was a native of Barfurush Some of the tales included are of consider- in Mazandaran. His father had been Khwan- able extent, and deserve a special notice. '1- salar, or steward, to Agha Muhammad, and They are as follows : Shahzadah Abu he became himself a great favourite with Mansur and Humai Farrukh-rukh, foil. 27a Fath 'Ali Shah, who employed him as reader 496. Abu 'l-'Alai Mausili, the merchant's and librarian. He died A.H. 1241. See son, and princess Kamar-sima, foil. 58a—90a. EE 2 252 LETTERS, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. Malik Kamal ud-Din, son of Masiha i Zahid, foil. 946—1136. A collection of royal letters and state The Khatimah, which occupies more than papers of the Persian Court, from the time half the volume, is of some historical im- of the Saljuks to the reign of Shah 'Abbas II., portance, as containing a very full account by Abu '1-Kasim Beg Aivaghli Haidar. of the reign of Agha Muhammad and of the first years of Fath 'AH Shah. It is divided Beg. s^- J-Ui j=- i_>Uii- (_>\I5^J1 s.£\S &=- il into the following five sections termed Ma- kalah : This is a somewhat imperfect copy of the I. Lineage of Path 'Ali Shah and history collection described in the Persian Cata- of his forefathers, fol. 1136. II. His birth logue, 389 91, under the title and subsequent events, fol. 1206. This sec- pp. — LsH tion is chiefly taken up by a detailed account Jj\ 05)w>y. The above title, j^f of Agha Muhammad's career, with separate l£i5)\, is found in the preamble of Juz II., headings : for the following years A.H. 1205, fol. 666. The contents of the present copy fol. 134a; A.H. 1206, fol. 138a; A.H. 1207, have been described in the Turkish Cata- fol. 1416; A.H. 1208, fol. 147a; A.H. 1209, logue, p. 86. Its concluding portion, foil. fol. 154a; fol. A.H. 1210, 158a. III. Ac- 2786i—295, contains letters and firmans of cession of Fath Ali Shah and subsequent the emperor Akbar, several of which are events, fol. 166a, with a special heading for addressed to 'Abdullah Khan Uzbek. The A.H. 1212, fol. 1796. Provincial IV. govern- last piece is the investiture of Shahbaz Khan ments committed to the Shah's sons, fol. 189a. as Subadar of Malwa. V. Description of the Shah's person and From a Persian note on the first page it qualities, of his family, his army, his esta- appears that Muhsin B. 'Abdullah Mir- blishment, palaces, and other buildings, fol. Akhur-Bashi received this volume as a 208a. present from Sayyid Mir Muhammad Taki The date of composition is not given. It Mustaufi, near Teheran, A.H. 1278. can hardly be much later than A.H. 1220, which is the last date mentioned in Makalah IV., fol. 1986. 399. Or. 3402.—Foil. 88 in. by ; 15 lines, ; 7J 5f 3+/ in. long; written in Nestalik ; dated LETTERS, STATE PAPERS, AND 1 Sha'ban, A.H. 1115 (A.D. 1703). AUTOGRAPHS. [Sidney Chuechill.] 398. A collection of prose compositions, chiefly Or. 3482.—Foil. 295; 12 in. by 7; about letters, by Ibn 'Abd ul-Fattah Muhammad 30 lines, 4^ in. long; written in neat Nes- Amin al-Vakari at-Tabasi al-Yazdi, with a talik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, preface by the author. apparently in the 17th century. [Sidney Chuechill.] Beg. ^Ujii w'j- ji * LETTERS, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. 253 their own hands original compositions, or .... iV.Ui jlcT j\j K j^j>. (i^" extracts from their own or other men's ^.llaJt ^Sjl—^li- sfK u^ij a-i^ ^1 works. These entries, which bear dates ranging from A.H. 1080 to 1126, are for the most part in prose and relate to Shi'ah The author appears to have lived in the tradition and theology, also to philosophy, latter half of the eleventh century of the medicine and mathematics. The most note- Hijrah. Two of his compositions are re- worthy writers included, with the dates of spectively dated A.H. 1078 and 1081, and their entries, are as follows : among his letters is one addressed to Malik Kazvini, ush-Shu'ara Sa'ib, who died A.H. 1088. Mulla Khalil B. Ghazi who died in Kazvin, A.H. 1089, pp. 26-27. The collection is divided into twelve RafT ud-Dln Muh. B. Fath-ullah azvml sections called Barg. The first contains K > takh. Va'iz, 38—48. prefaces, including one to the author's Divan. A.H. 1083, pp. The others consist of official documents and Muhammad Bakir, brother and disciple of ' letters. In quoting his own verses the Mulla Khalil, A.H. 1080, p. 51. designates himself by the author always Muh. Salih B. Muh. Bakir Kazvini, called Takhallus Vakiiri. Raughani (v. Amal ul-Amil, p. 64), The last eight leaves, foil. 81—88, contain pp. 56 — 68. the latter part of a similar collection by Aka Razi ud-DIn Muh. B. al-Hasan (d. A.H. Ghairi, Muhammad Mu'min, poetically styled 1096), A.H. 1080, p. 72. . . Cjj*n=- L=jLii* Firuzfibadi : U^y> ^>s- Mir Muh. Ma'siim Kazvini (d. A.H. 1091), sJ& i&\ s^o-j ^li'osjj^-i (_wAi2 ijjif- J-*s^° A.H. 1080, pp. 73—75. Mir Sadr ud-Din Muh. B. Muh. Sadik Kazvini, A.H. 1080, pp. 78—80. 400. Muh. Muhsin B. Shah Murtaza, called Faiz ' (d. 1091), pp. 81—84. Or. 4937.—Foil. 290; 8 in. by 4f; about 'Ali B. Muh. al-'Amili, great-grandson of 20 lines, 3 in. long ; written by several hands and in various characters, for the Shahld as-sani (d. A.H. 1103), p. 87. most part, about the close of the 17th Murtaza B. Muh. Mu'min, great-nephew of century. [Sidney Chukchill.] Muhsin Kashi, pp. 93-4. Murtaza Hadi, nephew of Muhsin O JyS- CX^>- Muh. B. ' Kashi, A.H. 1096, pp. 95-6. A Jung, or album of autographs and Muh. B. Murtaza, Niir ud-Din, brother of miscellaneous extracts, compiled by Haji Muhsin, A.H. 1095, p. 97. Mirza 'Abd ul-Karlm B. Yahya Khan al- Taki Majlisi, A.H. 1088, Kazvini. Muh. Bakir B. Muh. pp. 105—7. Mirza 'Abd ul-Karim, who lived in Kazvin, Muh. B. Abd ul-Fattah Tanakabuni (d. and occasionally in Isfahan, towards the ' A.H. 1124), pp. 112—133. close of the eleventh century of the Hijrah, appears to have been on intimate terms Muh. HadiB. Mulla Salih Mazandarani (Kisas ' with the great scholars of the period, who ul-'Ulama, p. 171), A.H. 1088, pp. 142— obliged him by entering in his album with 148. 254 LBTTEES, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. Muh. Muhsin B. Nizam ud-DIn Muh. Savi, Husain Khan, for the sum of 100 Tumans, A.H. 1080, pp. 197—204. as stated by the latter, p. 558. There is 'Ali B. Muh. at-Tabataba'i, Abu'l-Ma'ali also an autograph of another grandson of Path 'Ali Shah, Parhad Mirza, dated (Amal i Amil, p. 224), pp. 229—231. A.H. 1280, p. 52. Aka Jamal ud-DIn Muh. B. Aka Husain Short biographical notices Khwansari (d. A.H. 1125), pp. 278-9. have been added to some of the entries by 'Abd ul-Hayy Mull. Husain B. Mulla Salih Mazandarani, Munshi Tafrishi, takh. Sarkhwush, A.H. A.H. 1088, pp. 406—12. 1131. They contain frequent references to 'Ali Asghar B. YQsuf Kazvini, A.H. 1109, a work entitled oliil ^J^ printed in }J , pp. 446-7. Teheran, A.H. 1306. The latter part of the album was reserved Subjoined to the volume is a quire of 23 for poetical autographs. It contains those pages, containing a detailed list, drawn up of Sa'ib, 472—5 Kuli B. pp. ; Murtaza Khan in Persian by a modern hand, of the contents Hasan Khan Sbamlu, takh. Baba, pp. 477-8; of the album. Da'ud (Muh. Da'ud Mustaufi, d. A.H. 1133; see Sham' i Anjuman, p. 155), pp.485— 500; Ima (Mirza Isma'll, d. A.H. 1132), pp. 502-3 Hali, 'Abdullah Karbala'i, 401. ; A.H. 1090, pp. 537—43 ; and Ta'sir, Muh. Muhsin Or. 4934. —A box containing the following Isfahani, A.H. 1091, pp. 562—5. three paper rolls. [Sidney Churchill.] In addition to the above-mentioned auto- I. 9 ft. by 10 in. ; 45 lines, written in fine graphs, the volume comprises a vast number large Divani. of miscellaneous treatises, extracts and Firman of Ya'kub Beg, confirming two notices, in Arabic and Persian. Some of descendants of Imam 'Ali B. Miisa Riza, the most extensive are a tract by Aka Jamal namely, Sayyid Nizam ud-Din Sultan Ahmad ud-Din Khwansari, entitled Uj^ll PP- f?-j"> and Sayyid Kamal ud-Din 'Ata-ullah, in the 374—403, and treatises of Shi'ah law and charges which from the time of Shahrukh controversy, by Baha ud-Din al-'Amili, pp. had been hereditary in their family, 280—324. viz., those of Nakib of the Sayyids, of adminis- From an entry on p. 9 we learn that the trator of the endowments attached to the album was given by 'Abd ul-Karim to his sacred tombs of Sitti Patimah and Imam son Taki ud-Din Muhammad. After passing Tahir 'Ali B. Muh. Bakir in Kum, and of through several hands it came into the pos- Khatib and Imam in the Mosque of Imam session of a grandson of Path 'Ali Shah, Hasan 'Askari in the same city; dated Shahzadah Mu'ayyid ud-Daulah Tahmasp B. Kum, 15 Ramazan, A.H. 884 (A.D. 1479). Daulatshah, governor of Pars, who made Ya'kub Beg, son of Hasan Beg, founder use of some blank pages, pp. 53, 69, 152, of the Ak-kuyunlu dynasty, reigned from 168, for entries in his own hand, and of A.H. 883 to his death, A.H. 896. some leaves at the end, pp. 571— 579, for At the top of the Firman the name of pieces in prose and verse written for him by the others, A.H. 1277—79. He subsequently sovereign appears as follows : ^ik^ y\ ji* the to his made book over son, 'Abd ul- jjy* '-r'j^i- His seal, which is im- LETTERS, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. 255 pressed at the end, reads : ib\ conferring the custody of the JjJL> J\ Kum shrines upon Sayyid Shuja' ud-Din Sultan Mahmud Rizavi, son of Sayyid Murshid ud-Din Rashid The text begins : jJJI J&<& u)^jj ul-Islam (mentioned in the Firman of Shah Isma'il above described) ; dated 18 Jumada I., A.H. 948 (A.D. 1541). At the back are two lines of writing by Mulla Sadra Shlrazi. II. 16 in. by 9 ; 6 lines of writing in Nes- talik. Firman of Shah Tahmasp, conferring the Sadarat of the provinces of Shirvan and II. 7 ft. by 10 in. ; 36 lines, written in Shaki upon Amir 'Abd ur-Razzak fair Divani. ; dated Ramazan, A.H. 961 (A.D. 1554). Firman of Alvand Beg, confirming the III. in. by 5 lines. Firman of above-named Sayyids in their offices ; dated 8f 6J; Kum, 14 Rajab, A.H. 904 (A.D. 1499). Shah Tahmasp appointing six Hafiz to reoite the Coran at the tomb of his sister in the Alvand Beg, son of Yusuf Beg, was the Kum shrine; dated first decade of Jumada II., last prince of the Ak-kuyunlu dynasty. He A.H. 972 (A.D. 1565). was defeated and expelled by Shah Ismii'il in. Safavi, A.H. 907. IV. 21 by 10 ; 11 lines. Firman of Sultan Muhammad Khudabandah, granting His name appears in the heading ^\ a yearly allowance to Muhammad Aka Mui jiljy jjjJl jilall, and in the seal at the jjy* darris Isfahani and his children ; dated Rabi' end : ^Uis ^ i> <^ ^ *_i->y_ ^ vj\ II., A.H. 986 (A.D. 1578). III. 2 ft. 4 in. by 11 in. ; 8 lines, written V. 18 in. by 9 ; 13 lines. Firman of Shah in smaller Divani and partly obliterated. 'Abbas I., assigning to Amir Zahir ud-Din Ibrahim Rizavi the revenue of his late brother, Firman of Shah Isma'il, whose seal is Mir Shams ud-Din impressed at the top, conferring upon Sayyid Yusuf, custodian of the shrine ; Rashid ul-Islam the custody of the above- Kum dated Shavval, A.H. 1017 (A.D. 1609). named shrines in Kum ; dated 1st of Ju- mada II., A.H. 918 (A.D. 1512). VI. 14 in. by 8 ; 5 lines. An autograph of Shah Safi relating to a gift presented by '1- 'Abd ur-Razzak of Chubarah ; dated Zu hijjah, A.H. 1039 (AD. 1630). 402. VII. 14 in. by 8f ; 9 lines. Firman of Or. 4935.—Thirty-five sheets or slips of Shah 'Abbas II., referring to the ordinances various sizes, mounted in one volume, form- of his father and grandfather in favour of ing a further series of royal Firmans, in Christian monks, and ensuring full freedom continuation of the preceding no., and ex- and protection to some bare-footed Carmelite tending from the reign of Shah Tahmasp to monks who had come to Isfahan ; dated that of Nasir ud-Din Shah, as follows : Rabi' II., A.H. 1052 (A.D. 1642). [Sidney Chubchill.] 10i in. lines. VIII. by 7J ; 6 Firman of I. 18 in. by 7f ; 15 lines in Shikastah- Shah 'Abbas II., granting a yearly pension amiz. Copy of a Firman of Shah Tahmasp, of fifty Tumans to Maulana Muh. Bakir ; 256 LETTERS, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. of Khurasani; dated Sha'ban, A. H. 1068 (A.D. XVI. 18 in. by 9 ; 11 lines. Petition 1658). Muh. Yahya, of Isfahan, complaining of ex- tortions, and Firman of Nadir Shah in answer IX.a 15Jin. by 8J; 12 lines. Firman of to the same; dated Rajab, A.H. 1153 (A.D. Shah 'Abbas II., relating to a tax to be levied on waste land belonging to the shrine 1740). The legend of the seal is uJUj^li* of Kum and recently reclaimed ; dated Zul- C*~>\ yti with the date A.H. 1148. ka'dah, A.H. 1071 (A.D. 1661). XVII. 19| in. by 9| ; 17 lines. Firman IX. b 13 in. by 7% ; 3 lines. Eirman of granted by Nadir Shah to Sultan Muhammad Shah Safi (afterwards Shah Sulaiman), ap- Beg, Kurchi Bashi, in reward for faithful pointing Kurban 'Ali Ayaghchi as one of the service, exempting from taxes his estate near I., servants of the palace ; dated Rabi' A.H. Isfahan; dated Rabi' II., A.H. 1156 (A.D. 1078 (A.D. 1667). 1743). lines. X. a 2 ft. 6 in. by lljin.; 20 Firman XVIII. 16 in. by 9 ; 7 lines. Firman of of Shah Sulaiman, appointing Mir Hidayat, Ibrahim Shah (nephew of Nadir) to Muhibb son of Mir Muh. Taki, to the post of Shaikh 'Ali Khan, Ishik Akasi Bashi, regarding the ul-Islam in Mashhad ; dated Zulka'dah, A.H. locating of Afshar tribes in Lanjan and 1079 (A.D. 1669). neighbouring places ; dated Rabi' II., A.H. 1162 (A.D. 1749). The legend of the seal X.B 12 in. by 9^ ; 8 lines. Firman of the same in confirmation of a pension granted is l^- with the date 1162. f>*\)>\ to the children of Mirza Salih Tabrizi ; dated XIX. 191 i n . by 10 ; 9 lines. Firman of Shavval, A.H. 1084 (A.D. 1673). Shahrukh, confirming Mirza Abu '1-Hasan in XL 14 in. by 8f ; 8 lines. Firman of his office of Taujihgari in Isfahan ; dated Shah Sulaiman regarding the taxation of 16 Zulhijjah, A.H. 1169 (A.D. 1756). Armenian weavers of Isfahan ; dated Rama- XX. 15 in. by 9 ; 10 lines. Firman of zan, A.H. 1094 (A.D. 1083). Karim Khan, appointing Mirza Khalil to the in. 6 lines. Firman of XII. 16 by 10; office of Mustaufi of Maraghah ; dated Mu- Sultan Husain, appointing a European harram, A.H. 1177 (A.D. 1763). moulder in the royal arsenal ; dated Rama- XXI. 17 in. by 8J; 7 lines. Firman of zan, A.H. 1122 (AT). 1710). Karim Khan granting to the same Mirza ft. 10 in. 10i in. 52 lines. XIII. 2 by ; Khalil an annual allowance of thirty Tumans; Sultan Husain, relating to the Firman of dated Rabi' II., A.H. 1186 (A.D. 1772). administration of the revenue belonging to XXII. 10 in. by 9 ; 5 lines. Firman of the shrine of Imam Zain ul-'Abidin ; dated Ja'far Khan, conferring upon a son of Mirza Jumada I., A.H. 1125 (A.D. 1713). Ahmad the office of his late father; dated XIV. 18 in. by Hi; 7 lines. Firman of Zulka'dah, A.H. 1199 (A.D. 1785). Imper- Sultan Husain, assigning a house in Isfahan fect at the beginning. to Captain Francis ; dated Rajab, A.H. 1130 in. by 5 lines. Firman of (A.D. 1718). XXIII. 17 9^; Ja'far Khan, enjoining obedience to a Na'ib XV. 16 in. by Hi; 14 lines. Firman of Mutasaddi sent to Isfahan ; dated Jumada Shah Tahmasp II., relating to the endow- II., A.H. 1202 (A.D. 1788). ments of the shrine of Imam Zain ul-'Abidin 9 lines. Firman dated Rabi' II., A.H. 1143 (A.D. 1730). XXIV. 16^ in. by 12f; : LETTERS, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. 257 addressed to Muhammad Husain Khan, go- Nasir ud-Din Shah to his uncle Muh. Rahini vernor of (?), with instructions to send troops Mirza, governor of Khui and Salmas ; dated against a band of robbers who had plundered Rabi' I., A.H. 1275 (A.D. 1858). a caravan travelling from Dar ul-'Ibadat to XXXI. 14 in. by 84; 7 lines. Appoint- Isfahan; dated Zulka'dah, irr, probably for ment of Biiba Khan Munshi as secretary for A.H. 1230 (A.D. 1815). Some seals at the the drawing up of military orders ; dated back are dated A.H. 1227. AH. 1283 (A.D. 1866). XXV. 17 in. by 13; 8 lines. Firman of Fath 'Ali Shah, relating to arrears of taxes in Pars ; dated Jumada II., A.H. 1237 (A.D. 1822). 403. XXVI. 17 in. by 12; 6 lines. Firman of Or. 4936. —A large collection of detached Fath 'Ali Shah, sending a robe of honour leaves and slips of various sizes, containing to Muhammad Khan Kajar, Na'ib ; dated autographs of royal personages, statesmen, Sha'ban, A.H. 1238 (A.D. 1823). scholars, and poets of modern Persia, with other documents of historical interest. XXVII. A 14 in. by 9 ; 6 lines. Firman [Sidney Churchill.] of Sultan Muhammad Shah to his brother Bahman Mirza, governor of Azarbaijan, re- A full and detailed description of the con- the of late garding debts the Aka Jam Khan ; tents would require more space than we have dated Jumada I., A.H. 1259 (A.D. 1843). at our disposal. We must confine ourselves to a brief enumeration of the most important XXVII.B 17 in. by 13] ; 11 lines. Firman articles, as follows of the same to Aka Muh. Salih, Mujtahid of Kirmanshahan, assigning to him a yearly 1. Autograph of Sultan Husain Safavi on relating to a Georgian allowance of 300 Tumans ; dated Jumada I., a deed of manumission A.H. 1259 (A.D. 1843). slave, A.H. 1111; attested by the Mujtahid Jamil ud-DIn Khwansari. XXVII. o 16| in. by 13; 7 lines. The same to the same, sending him a robe of 2. Autograph letter of 'Abbas Mirza Na'ib us-Saltanah, written from Barman, A.H. honour ; same date. 1246 ; attested by his son, Farhad Mirza. XXVIII. 18 in. by 14| ; 14 lines. Firman of Nasir ud-Din Shah to Hishmat ud-Daulah 3. Autograph of Muhammad Shah, dated his brother Farhad Hamzah Mirza, governor of Azarbaijan, an- A.H. 1261 ; attested by nouncing the appointment of Sultan Mah- Mirza. mud Mirza as Vali-'Ahd ; dated Zulka'dah, 4. Two more autographs of Muhammad A.H. 1265 (A.D. 1849). Shah. XXIX. 17^ in. by 11; 6 lines. Firman 5. An autograph account of Mazendaran, of the same, deposing Mirza Aka Khan from by Nasir ud-Din Shah, written for the the office of Sadr i A'zam in Tabriz, and " Iran." confirming the appointment of Rukn ud- 6. Three letters of Nasir ud-Din Shah to Daulah Ardashir Mirza as governor of Azar- Husam us-Saltanah, governor of Khorasan, baijan ; dated Muharram, A.H. 1275 (A.D. A.H. 1278, 1279, and 1288. The hand- 1858). writing is that of Dablr ul-Mnlk, whose seal XXX. 17 in. by ; 7 lines. Firman of is at the back. 13J | 258 LETTERS, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. 7. Autograph letter of Mahd Auliya, 19. Yaghma Jandaki. See Majma' ul- mother of Nasir ud-Din Shah, to her Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 580. daughter 'Izzat ud-Daulah. 20. Visal Shlrazi, A.H. 1248. See no. 308. 8. Autograph of the Vali 'Ahd, or heir- 21. Mulla Hadi Sabzavari, who died A.H. apparent, on a letter of Dabir us-Saltanah, 1295. A.H. 1310. 22. Furughi, A.H. 1302. 9. Autograph verses by Muhammad Khan The collection includes also calligraphic Majd ul-Mulk. specimens of celebrated penmen, such as 10. Autograph letter of the Sadr i A'zam, Mir 'Imad, Maulana Shafi'a, Mirza Ahmad 'Ali Asghar Amln us- Sultan. Nairizi, Khwajah Ikhtiyar, Mirza Grhulam 11. Account of the siege of Mashhad by Riza, and Mirza Kuchak, pupil of Darvish. Ahmad Shah Durrani, written by Muh. Nasir Tabrlzi, A.H. 1168. 12. Undertaking of Sardar Sultan Ahmad, 404. governor of Herat, regarding the admission Or. 4679.—Poll. in. of Russian traders, A.H. 1276. 61 ; 8J by 6£ ; from 15 to lines, 21 about 5 in. long ; written in small 13. Autograph letter of Baha-ullah, the cursive Shikastah, in Shavval, A.H. 1272 Babi apostle, to Haji Zahir ud-Daulah, written (A.D. 1856). [Sidney Chuuohill.] in Arabic in a minute character, and begin- Copies of treaties and conventions con- ning : cibAp Jp Uj cil-ij j b u \ cluded by the Persian Court with Turkey, England, Russia, Spain and France, of in- tililjjj u°j^j- The seal structions given to Persian envoys, and of official accounts of their interviews bears the names ^f- } and the date in St. Petersburg and in Constantinople, A.H. 1279. At the top of the page there is with dates ranging from A.H. 1224 a contemptuous reply of Zill us-Sultan to to A.H. 1272. Zahir ud-Daulah, who had sent him the According to a note written by Mr. letter of Baha-ullah. Churchill at the beginning, this collection formed part of instructions issued 14. Autograph letter of the famous Abd- by Mirza Aka Khan I'timad ud-Daulah, then Prime elcader to M. G-aulois (?), tj^^ ^-"rs re- Minister of the present Shah, to the Persian commending the bearer, Haji Muhyi ud-Din, Envoy at Constantinople. a merchant trading in Tangier and Fez ; A.H. 1296. The first piece is a treaty between Fath 'Ali Shah and Sultan Mahmud, dated 19 Autographs of the following scholars and Zulka'dah, A.H. 1238 : sjJixi* ^s- Cj o poets : jy *3*^ u'JaL" sU> J.«sS* fli« ^UVs- (j^U 15. Baha ud-Din al-'Amili, A.H. 995. J _) Beg. (_Ak:i;_« 16. Muh. Kazim Valih, A.H. 1215. l-jU^^ jl u°f- 17. Zain ul-'Abidin Shirvani, Teheran, A.H. 1215. See no. 139. 18. Mirza Sadik Marvazi. See no. 118. The last is a letter containing the official ; LETTERS, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. 259 Persian account of the advance of Dost B. —A paper roll 2 ft. 6 in. by 9^ in. Muhammad into Khorasan in A.H. 1272. A congratulatory address of the inhabitants The English treaties included, foil. 6— 13, of Benares to Warren Hastings on the issue bear the names of Sheil, Jones, Gore Ouseley of his trial, dated Phalgun Suklasaptami, and Ellis. A full table of contents occupies Samvat 1852 (February, A.D. 1796). two pages at the beginning. The text is Sanskrit written in the Deva- nagari character. It is followed by a number of signatures in various Indian characters, 405. and by a Persian translation occupying fifteen lines, and beginning as follows : j)^>=r £t-=? Add. 29,217.—A box containing 6 rolls, the description of which follows. [Warren Hastings.] jO^j jJjjJl i>U» i—My ! OjU> ^J** y* J5 A.—A paper roll 27 ft. long by 12-J in. The leading text in this extensive docu- C.—A paper roll 7 ft. long by 9-J in. ment is drawn up in Persian, and occupies A similar address in Sanskrit, with a twenty-six lines. It is a declaration by 'Ali Persian translation, accompanied by nu- Ibrahim Khan, respecting the manner in merous signatures, and testimonials ; dated which he had acquitted himself as governor Baisakh, Sudi-Sattami, Samvat 1853, and of Benares, his maintenance of public order, 5 Zulka'dak, A.H. 1210 (May 1796). his suppression of various abuses, and his impartial administration of justice. He refers D.—A paper roll 5 ft. long by 9-J in. especially to the measures he had taken for A congratulatory address written by the the relief of a famine which raged there, inhabitants of Benares to Warren Hastings A.D. 1783, and concludes with an appeal to on the same occasion. It is written in the inhabitants of Benares for confirmation Persian in sixteen lines, without date, and is of his statements. followed by numerous seals and signatures. Beg. Os-U—? J-h- : bis, J* It begins as follows &i£ } j»W ^jof- The Persian text is followed by a Hindi translation in the Devanagari character. Numerous testimonials in various Indian E. —A paper roll 5 ft. long by 6J in. characters, with signatures and seals, fill the A congratulatory address written by the whole space above and below the above docu- inhabitants of Calcutta to Warren Hastings ment. The latter is not dated. A.H. 1198 on the same occasion. (A.D. 1784) is the latest date appearing in The text is Persian. It occupies 28 lines, the seals affixed. and its wording agrees closely with that of 'Ali Ibrahim Khan, author of some his- the preceding document. It is also undated, torical works and several Tazkirahs, died begins as follows : and } jjft»r <^°f- A.H. 1208. See the Persian Catalogue, pp. 328, 375 ; the Oudo Catalogue, p. 180 Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 663, &c. jd\^> jl*Isl i_->\y u-o'j; LL 2 ;; 260 LETTERS, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. The Persian text is followed by a Bengali artillery practice, fol. 140. Urdu songs for translation and numerous signatures, also in soldiers, fol. 161. the Bengali character. On the fly-leaf is a notice of the work by Major Gen. Geo. F. —A paper roll 2 ft. 6 in. long by 8 in. G. Pearse, who says that the MS. was procured by him in Madras, Another copy of the preceding address, A.D. 1882. containing only the Persian text, also undated, with seals and signatures in the Persian character. 407. Or. 4543. —A single sheet, 18 in. by 7J 406. containing 22 lines, 4J in. long on the recto, and 25 on the verso, besides additional lines C-i in Or. 3260.— Foil. 171 ; 8 in. by ; about the margins ; written in Shikastah with in. gilt 9 lines, 5 long ; written in large Nestalik; 'Unvan, dated 7 Ramadan, A.H. 1210 dated Monday, 15 RabI' II., A.H. 1206 (June 1787). (A.D. 1791). Aletter addressed to "Marechal de Castries, Military rules of Tipu Sultan, drawn up Ministrc de la Marine," ^jljX ^ JUy, by Zain ul-'Abidin, A.H. 1197, endorsed yijU i> applying for French, assistance in order to recover the writer's Jagir from This is the work described by Ethe, the English, and for the settlement of claims Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1903, under its upon the French Company. The writer, 51 proper title, ^y^U-* ^j, and with the full whose name does not appear, begins by recording the services rendered name of the author, Zain ul-'Abidin B. by his grand- father, Navviib Sayyid Razl, of Shushtar. Ghulam Imam Husain, to the French Company, and says that his own The Persian text is written on the left Jagir had been originally conferred on his side, the opposite page being occupied, foil. uncle, Ghulam Husain Khan, called Husain 2—86 and 114—161, by a partial English 'Ali Khan, by the emperor Muhammad Shah. translation. The first page of the text is The letter contains frequent references to wanting, but the translation shows that the Tipu Sultan, who had married a sister of beginning was that given by Ethe, viz. : the writer. Contents Zain : ul-'Abidin's preface in PAINTINGS. praise of Tipu Sultan, fol. 2. Introduction treating of the creed and religious duties of 408. Muslims, especially of the obligation of Jihad, Stowe, Or. 16.—Foil. 60 ; 17 in. by and of the treatment of unbelievers, fol. 16. 10| bound in painted and glazed covers. On strategy, l_^=- jy>\Si, fol. 63. Commands album of miniatures and exercises of infantry, fol. 75. Duty of An and calligraphic specimens, mounted on stout the Sipahdars, Bakhshis, &c, fol. 113. gold-sprinkled paper, with ornamental Rules relating to rounds, guards, sentries, borders. salutes, &c, fol. 121. Rules relating to On the second folio, in the centre of an PAINTINGS. 201 oval illuminated border, is the stamp of The first is a portrait of Navvab Kasim Aurangzib, which reads " Abu '1-Zafar Muhyi 'Ali Khan, Subahdar of Bengal. The others ud-Din Muhammad 'Alamglr Padishah Ghazi," represent scenes of Indian life and Raginis. with the date A.H. 1079, and with the names of the emperor's forefathers up to Timur, written in a circle round his own. The 410. album, however, is of later date. Its first Stowe, Or. 19. paper roll, 5 ft. long owner appears to have been the Navvab of —A by 8 in. Oude, Asaf ud-Daulah, whose seal is im- pressed at the top of most leaves. The seal A drawing in water-colours representing " contains the following titles : Vazir ul- an Indian prince riding on an elephant, pre- Mamalik Asaf ud-Daulah Asafjah Yahya ceded and followed by numerous mounted Khan Bahadur Hizabr Jang," and is dated retainers and ladies carried in sedan chairs A.H. 1190. and palanquins ; apparently about the be- The miniatures consist of portraits of the ginning of the 19th century. Timuride emperors and their Amirs, of hunting scenes and other subjects of Indian life and fiction. The portraits are mostly 411. without names, but those of Aurangzib, foil. Or. 2787.—Foil. 62; in. by 10; with 3a, 5 Christ with the crown of thorns, fol. 18a. Daulah Himmat-yar Khan, an Amir of the The dates of the specimens of calligraphy Nizam's Court, and completed on the 29th range from A.H. 972 to 1171. Some are of Jumada I., A.H. 1204 (A.D. 1790). signed by well-known penmen, as Mir 'Ali, On the first page, within an illuminated Mir 'Imad, Abd ur-Rashid, Javahir Rakam circular border, is an impression of the col- Sani (Mir 'Ali Khan), and Hidayat-ullah lector's seal, dated A.H. 1200, and reading Zarrin Rakam. as follows : j.ai*« t^J.;s- yU- jl> The covers are ornamented outside with lilAil j.Uo3 sl=- i_Jls7 t_fjjj CJ.1V <±*m* miniature portraits in the Indian style, and of In a versified chronogram at the end it is with Ghazals Hafiz round the borders ; inside, with two identical paintings on a stated that the collection occupied no fewer large scale, representing a lady and gentle- than twenty-nine years, having been com- man in the costume of Louis XIV. 's time. menced A.H. 1176 and completed A.H. 1204. Prom a further note, fol. 62, we learn that the album was got up at a cost of 5780 409. rupees. Stowe, Or. 18. —Eight Hindu drawings of The drawings arc partly portraits of various sizes, apparently of the latter half of Indian princes and Amirs, partly pictures of the 18th century, bound in one volume, Hindu mythological subjects, and of scenes 18 in. by 9. of Eastern fiction and Indian life. The 262 PAINTINGS. portraits bear the following names : Timur, baka Musavi, and other famous penmen. fol. 56. Humayun, fol. 66. Akbar, fol. 76. They bear dates ranging from A.H. 1119 Shahjahan, fol. 96. 'Alamgir, fol. 106. to 1184. Muhammad Shah, fol. 116. Abu'l-Hasan A companion volume of smaller size, Or. Kutubshah, fol. 13a. Ahmad Shah, fol. 14a. 2787b, contains a full, but rather inaccurate, 'Ali 'xidil Shah, fol. 146. Bahadur Shah, description of the contents of the album, fol. 156. Baridi Padishah, fol. 166. 'Abd- drawn up in very peculiar English, apparently ullah Khan Uzbek, fol. 18a. Darii Shikiih, by its late owner, Zuhur ud-Din Ahmad fol. 20a. Shuja', fol. 21a. Bidar-bakht, Khan. fol. 22a. 'Ali Gauhar (Shah 'Alam), fol. 23a. Nisir Jang Shahid, fol. 24a. Asafjah, of Haidarabad, fol. 246. Hfunid Khan, fol. 25a. 412. Himmat-yar Khan Shahid, fol. 26a. The Or. 4938.—A collection of drawings, con- owner of the album in his youth, fol. 27a. sisting principally of portraits of royal Mubariz Khan, fol. 28a. Yvisuf Khan, Nazim persons and statesmen of the Persian Court. of Haidarabad under Bahadur Shah, fol. 29a. [Sidney Churchill.] Mir Jumlah, fol. 30a. Asalat Khan, fol. 31a. 'Ali Mardan Khan, fol. 316. 'Umdat ul- The portraits are as follows : Mulk Shahjahani, fol. 326. Jansipar Khan, I. A contemporary portrait of Karim fol. 336. Ruh-ullah Khan, fol. 35a. Path- Khan Zand. ullah Khan, fol. 36a. Sa'iidat-ullah Khan, II. Portrait of Muhammad Shah, by Mu- fol. 366. Najabat Khan, fol. 376. Sa'd-ullah hammad Hasan Afshar, A.H. 1263. Khan, fol. 39a. Mir Ahmad Khan, son-in- III. Portrait of Nasir ud-Din Shah, law of Kutubshah, fol. 40a. Rajah Bijai stand- ing with his left hand resting Singh, fol. 406. Ranvar Singh, fol. 42a. upon a gun, by Mirza Baba al-Husaini al-Imami. Rajah Jaisingh Savai, of Jaipur, fol. 43a. Chand Bibi, fol. 556. Nurjahan Bigam, IV. Portrait of the same, sitting on a foL 58a. sofa, by Muhammad Isfahimi, A.H. 1272. Among the other pictures the following V. Photograph of the same, carte de visite may be especially noticed : Sulaiman sitting size. his throne and surrounded a of on by crowd VI. Portrait of the Shahzadah, I'tizad us- genii and wild animals, fol. 26. Mani, the Saltanah 'Ali Kuli Mirza, minister of sciences, female painter, with two figures designated commerce, and arts, A.H. 1280. as Firingis, or European ladies, fol. 476. A VII. Portrait of 'Imad ud-Daulah, by Chinese lady, drawn by a Chinese artist, Sani' ul-Mulk (Mirza Abu '1-Hasan Ghaffari fol. 57a. Matwali Bang-saz, a large picture Kashani). representing a highly dressed Indian female selling Bang, and a crowd of customers in VIII. Photograph of a Persian prince, without name. various stages of intoxication, fol. 586. IX. Portrait of The calligraphic specimens are in fine Mirza Agasi, by Sani' ul- Nestalik and various kinds of Shikastah. Mulk. They are signed by Mu'jiz Kalam, Rushan X. Portrait of the Kisikchi Bashi, Mirza Kalam, Zarrin Kalam, Mushkin Kalam, Muhammad Khan Kajar, by the same, A.H. 'Abd ur-Kashid, Mahmud Shihabi, Abu'l- 1267. INSCRIPTIONS. 263 XI. Portrait of Mirza Aka Khan, by the same. 414. XII. Portrait of Khusrau Khan Kirmani, Stowe, Or. 17b.—Foil. 40 in. in. ; 9J by 1\ ; " by the same. described on the title-page as follows : This XIII. Portraits in black and white of Aka contains a faithful Copy of the Inscriptions Rahim 'Ali Beg, Lalah-bashi of Amir Dust on the Outside of and within the Mausoleum, Muhammad Khan, and of Mirza Bidil Kir- or Taaje, at Agra, in India, taken by a manshahi, by Asad-ullah Khan Ghaffari Moonshee who was employed by the Bengal Kashani, A.H. 1283. Government to superintend and shew the Place to Visitors, and which were carefully XIV. A photographic group of Riza Kuli translated under the Inspection of the Adju- Khan Lalah Bashi, the Vali'ahd Muzaffar tant-General of the Bengal Army in the ud-Din Mirza, as a boy, and two attendants. Year 1812-13. G. Nugent." XV. Another photographic group, with Nasir ud-Din Shah as a boy. The text of the Arabic inscriptions is XVI. Portrait of a Persian lady, by Mirza written in clear vocalized Neskhi, with an Matlab, A.H. 1304. interlinear English version. It consists of the following extracts from the Coran: On Among the other drawings the following the outside of the great gate of Mumtaz may be mentioned : Mahall, Surat ul-Fajr, fol. lb. Inside, Surahs XVII. Sketches of illustrations for the 93 95, fol. 36. Round the Rauzah, Surah Arabian Nights, by Sani' ul-Mulk. — 36, fol. 5a. Round the arch of the Rauzah, XVIII. Miniature in imitation of Renais- Surahs 81, 82, 84, 98, fol. 13a. Round the sance style, by Mirza Baha Imami. interior of the Rauzah, Surahs 67, 48 and XIX. Views of the Kazimaim Mosque, by 76, fol. 17a. On the top of the tomb of 'Ali Kuli Beg Musavi. Mumtaz Mahall, Surah 41, v. 30, Surah 40, XX. Pen and ink drawings of a gazelle v. 7, and other verses, fol. 276. Obituary and of a wild goat, by Nasir ud-Din Shah. date of Mumtaz Mahall, A.H. 1040, fol. 29a. XXI. Drawing of an old man in a sitting On the eastern and western sides of the same posture, warming his hands and feet over a tomb, the ninety-nine holy names of God fire, by Malik ush-Shu'ara Mirza Mahmud and some verses of the Coran, fol. 29b. Khan, A.H. 1310. Persian inscription on the tomb of Shah- jahan, with the date of his death, 26 Rajab, 1076, fol. 32a. Persian inscriptions of Moti INSCRIPTIONS. Masjid and Divan i Khass, fol. 326. His- torical account of the death of Mumtaz 413. Mahall, fol. 356. Inscriptions on great guns, fol. 39a. Stowe, Or. 17a.—Twenty-five large coloured plates, being plans and elevations of Taj On three additional leaves at the end is Mahall, Moti Masjid, and other monuments found an " Extract from a Journal written at Agra, with facsimiles of the detail of their by Lady Nugent, by whom these Drawings ornamentation and of their inscriptions, drawn were given to the Marquess of Buckingham." by native artists about A.D. 1812, and bound It is followed by " Lines written on seeing up in a volume 3 ft. 5 in. long by 2 ft. 6 in. the Taaje by Lady N[ugent]." 264- MSS. OF MIXED CONTENTS. 415. Paper-cast of a Persian inscription kept in a shrine dedicated to Khwajah Khizr on an Or. 4595.—Foil. 119 ; 11 in. by ; 9 lines, 6f island situated in the Indus, opposite Rohri, 4^ in. long; written in large Nestalik and and known as Khwajah Khizr Island. The Neskhi; dated 17 Zulka'dah, A.H. 1232, inscription consists of the following versified corresponding with 29 September, A.D. 1817. chronogram, giving A.H. 341 as the date of Inscriptions of principal the buildings of the erection of the shrine : Shahjahanabad and old Delhi, transcribed in imitation of the original characters. Beg. ssijb >iUT J-i^yZ, ^j^ii jb as.-* There is neither preface nor title. In the colophon, Hafiz ud-Din Ahmad is named as The date is also written in Arabic figures the author, and Asghar 'Ali Beg, commonly under the last line. The style and character called Sangin Beg, as the transcriber. The of the inscription point to a much later period, latter wrote subsequently under the title probably not earlier than the 17th century. A second sheet of the same size contains an JjUy a more detailed work on the same ink impression of the inscription, a modern subject, for which see the Persian Catalogue, transcript of which on a smaller sheet is p. 431, and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, added. no. 536. Contents : Masjid Jami', Masjid Akbar- iibadi, and other Masjids of Delhi, fol. 16. Buildings within the fortress, fol. 20a. MSS. OF MIXED CONTENTS. Environs of Delhi, Dargah i Kadam Sharif, &c, fol. 216. Masjid Jami' in the old fort, 417. fol. 326. Masjid of Nizam ud-Din Auliya Or. 2852.—Foil. 103 ; in. lines, and neighbouring tombs, fol. 426. Tomb of by 5 ; 12 Humayun, fol. 636. Lat of Firuz Shah, 3J in. long ; written in small and close Shi- kastah-amiz fol. 656. Shrine of Shah Mardan, fol. 666. ; dated Jumiida II., A.H. 1293 Masjid Muthah, fol. 686. Shrine of Nasir (A.D. 1876). [Sidney Churchill.] ud-Din Chiragh Dihlavi, fol. 726. Masjid I. Foil. 1—49. ^ £ij,y Kuvvat i Islam, fol. 78a. Tomb of Sultan A treatise on the mystical meaning to be Shams ud-Din, fol. 93a. Shrine of Khwajah attached to sensual images in the Divan of Kutb ud-Din, fol. 103a. Tughlukabad, fol. Hafiz, and in defence of the poet against the 1166. Shrine of Imam Nasir ud-Din in censures of ignorant detractors by Muham- Sonipat, fol. 1186. ; mad B. Muhammad ad-Darabi. Beg. jUi ociX) t^ls.*" <& ^tyt ^J> 416. Or. 4768.—A sheet of thick paper, 16 in. by The author left his native place, Darabjird, 10i. [Presented by H. E. M. James, Esq., for Shiraz, where he spent most of his life. Commissioner of Sind.] He also visited India, for he states incidentally MSS. OF MIXED CONTENTS. 265 in the present work, fol. 49a, that he was in Hamadani, Asaf Khan, Ibrahim Khan, Kasim Ahmadabad, A.H. 1062. The text of our Kahi, Abu Talib Kallm, Sadr ud-Din Shirazi, MS. is much fuller than a lithographed edition and Mirza Ibrahim Hamadani. The last printed at Teheran, A.H. 1304, under the piece is Muh. Zaman Khan's preface to a title sjjjs- cJtxia) . The latter, however, contains, Baz Namah, foil. 83a— 103ft. p. 122, a passage not found in the MS., in which the author states that he wrote the work at Shiraz in the space of two weeks, A.H. 10S7. He left also a Sufi work, uyUS. 418. ^jjUll, and a treatise on the lawfulness of Or. 2955.—Foil. in. ; 15 lines, 190 ; 6| by 3f singing, entitled ^JLiUl j,i ^jjUM j^i. about in. 5 2^ long ; written in cursive Nes- talik or Shikastah-amiz ; dated from 8 Rabi' The present work, which is also called, I., A.H. 1274, to 25 Rabi' I., A.H. 1275 fol. 8a, Ifry, is yLJ divided as follows : (A.D. 1857-8). [Sidney Chueoiiill.] Mukaddimak, on the spiritual meaning of I. Foil. 1—60. Chahar Makalah, by Ni- words according to Sufi usage, fol. 8a. Bab I. zami 'Aruzi ; dated Karyat ul-'Arab, Kirman, Sufi interpretation of some obscure lines of 25 Rabi' I., A.H. 1275. See no. 390. the Divan, fol. 96. Bab II. Spiritual mean- ing of other verses, fol. 276. Bab III. On II. Foil. 61ft—131. Farhad u Shirin, by the real meaning of passages which, taken Vahshi, with the continuation of Visal ; see literally, seem to conform with the Ash'ari no. 308. doctrine, fol. 41a. Khatimah, on some in- This copy contains, in addition to the stances of omens drawn from the Divan, former, "Visal's prologue to his continuation, fol. 47a. foil. 97ft —99a, beginning : II. Foil. 50—103. A collection of royal and private letters, with a short preamble beginning : Rajab, A.H. 1275. At the end is a note stating that the writer, having found, A.H. The letters, which are all undated, are as 1293, in a printed copy, ^J-^* e-i^ , at follows: Shah 'Abbas I. to Jehangir on the Tafrish, some additional leaves, had tran- latter' s accession, fol. 51a. Akbar to Shah scribed them to complete the present MS. 'Abbas I., fol. 52ft, and the latter's answer, This addition occupies foil. 1446. fol. 57a. Humayun to Tahmasp, fol. 64a. 132a— It relates to the of : Akbar to 'Abdullah Khan Uzbek, fol. 65a. death Farhad, and begins Akbar to Khankhanan, son of Bairam Khan, fol. 70a. Abu Talib Khan I'timad ud-Daulah to a Sayyid, fol. 73a. Akbar to Khankhanan, fol. 74a. Dastur ul-'Amal, or rules and It ends with a panegyric on Farhad Mirza ordinances addressed by Akbar to officials, (son of Na'ib us-Saltanah and governor of fol. 77a. Sultan Husain Baikara to Shah Fars) and upon Nasir ud-Din Shah. It is Isma'il, fol. 816. Private letters by Naslra i said at the end to have been composed twelve M M 266 MSS. OF MIXED CONTENTS. hundred seventy and odd years after the cursive Nestalik, partly in diagonal lines, Hijrah : with various dates ranging from Muharram, AH. 1077 (fol. 183), to Muharram, A.H. 1088 (fol. 187) (A.D. 1666—77). The first j jol j lias j \ja sixteen leaves are dated Kashan, 1 Muharram, a date posterior to the death of Visa!. A.H. 1115 (A.D. 1703). This last piece is dated end of Zuihijjah, [Sidney Churchill.] A.H. 1293 (A.D. 1877). I. Foil. 45— 16a. The Lava'ih of Jami, ELL Foil. 145—190. ^^]] c^y with the heading 5)1 {JtMt s)U,. See the Persian Catalogue, " Mirror of the Gnostics," a Sufi tract by p. 44a; Rosen, In- stitut, no. 113 the Berlin Hamid ud-Dln. ; Catalogue, no. 238, art. 3 ; and the Bodleian Catalogue, Beg. Cj\j*J\\ jJj fjii^ ^ *«Ja»!\ t^«^ no. 894, art. 16. II. Foil. 176— 74a. 1^,. The author's name occurs in the following A collection of moral anecdotes, by Mu- passage, fol. 1525 - hammad Sharif B. : J-oyil yi^"** j*" 'Hj^'wi*? Shams ud-Din Muham- mad, poetically surnamed Kashif. Beg. LlA—^yj (jiili- »> w \j j> The above title was suggested to the author l_s in a vision by his spiritual guide, as stated 8 J.J.JOJ : i-JuW «!L>j further on, fol. 1546 j ^ The work was finished, as stated at the ^uAjiaJ Jj yjjSSrf*'', The same title is end, on Friday at the end of Rabi' I., A.H. 1030. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 8616, repeated at the end, 190a: »W- ^j! \J,^> and no. 422, I. For the same author's Kha- zan u Bahar, see no. 396. interspersed The tract is written in prose in. Foil. 765— 114a. Farhad u Shirln, by with verses, without any division. It con- Vahshi. See no. 308. cludes with a Masnavi in glorification of the religious order of Kalandars. IV. Foil. 836—1055 (margin), yjjji j Farhad Shirin, ud- The present copy is written in very cursive u a Masnavi by Fauk Din Yazdi, poetically surnamed Shikastah, and dated Wednesday, 8 Rabi' I., Ahmad A.H. 1274. Fauki, with a prose preface by the author, beginning: jJ.«*j.> 0*i ^>- jjjlio. :\ A»o Another copy, dated A.H. 1248, is men- j w tioned, without author's name, by Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 8, art. 3. The preface is in Sufi style, and chiefly in Copyist : ij^^y j^s? praise of the Malamiyyah branch of the order, to which the author evidently belonged. The poem begins, fol. 866, as follows : 419. Or. 2975.—Foil. 373 ; 9$ in. by 5 ; 15 lines, in. in It is extremely coarse and obscene. about 2f long ; written more or less : : :; : MSS. OP MIXED CONTENTS 267 (see no. 310, art. 5), with a Takhmis by Sa'ib, V. Foil. 1166—183a. J?> i> Jj>A beginning The Divan of 'Ali Naki Kamra'i See 1 * no. 320. J*i> eta Beg. V^ilyjS Jiis oijAt* XIII. Foil. 302a—305a. A Kasidah by Nizam (no. 319), beginning : A similar beginning is noticed in the Oucle Catalogue, no. 412. XIV. Foil. 3056—314a. Kasidahs of 'Urfi, VI. Eoll. 188a—2036. Kasidahs by Vahshi, beginning written in oblique lines, beginning uUo ^sf j>Jo jl d,Vs ^ XV. Foil. 314a—317a, Kasidah of Nasir i Khusrau, beginning : VII. Foil. 2046—2216. JiU j£" Sihr i Halal, by Ahli Shirazi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6576 ; Berlin Cata- XVI. Foil. 317a—319a. A Masnavi without logue, no. 16, art. 2; and the Bodleian Cata- author's name, beginning : logue, no. 1027. Foil. 222a 2326. Kasidahs by the VIII. — Foil. 320a—3266. US XVII. ^ } same poet, beginning as in the Persian Cata- A Masnavi by Muh. 'Ali Taslim, beginning : logue, p. 658a, in., and in the Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1027, art. 3. 233a—236a. Foil. 3276—3336. \jb w.j'ii^ IX. Foil. , ^ XVIII. Wy. Shir u Shakar, a Masnavi by Shaikh Baha A Masnavi on 'Ali's creed, by Maulaua ud-DIn Muhammad. See the Persian Cata- Tughra (Persian Catalogue, p. 742a), be- and the Berlin Cata- logue, p. 831a, xxix., ginning : logue, no. 674, art. 21. Lithographed with Nan u Halva, Teheran, A.H. 1279. XIX. Foil. 3346—3476. An anonymous 262a. Select Ghazals, by X. Foil. 2366— commentary on 'Ali's speech known as ixmi. Mir Abu'l-Hasan Farahani, Zafar Khan, fol. Zuhuri, fol. 238S ; Talib Kalim, 2446 ; and Sa ibai Tabrizi, fol. 2536. Beg. iiiai- ^J* (jVy XI. Foil. 2636—2816. 3 jj- Suz u Gudaz, a Masnavi by Nau'i. See XX. Foil. 348a—3576. \jU 3 no. 313. Nan u Halva, a Masnavi by Baha ud-Din 'Amili. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 679a. XII. Foil. 2826—300a, J^iJ\ l*J 358«—3726. Kasidahs of An- A Kasidah by 'Urfi entitled Tarjumat ush- XXI. Foil. beginning Skauk, beginning vari, written in oblique lines, <6 JLISj \j>y^ *?- ^3 268 MSS. OP MIXED CONTENTS. 420. 421. Or. 3307.—Foil. 94; 1\ in. by 5; 15 lines, Or. 3314.—Foil. 113 ; 7 in. by 4£; 16 lines, in. 3 long; written in fair Nestalik, with in. 2f long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Rajah red-ruled margins; dated (fol. 48) Friday, A.H. 1233 (A.D. 1818). 20 Ramazan, A.H. 877 (A.D. 1473). [Sidney Chuechill.] [Sidney Chubchill.] I. Foil. 16. A short treatise on mensura- I. Foil. 2—48. j;u=- tion, C*»-U* <-JtiS, without author's name. A treatise on poetical figures, by Rashld Beg-. Ll—l Vat-rat. See above, no. 188, i. J tUi j lUj JJo- j> J^JU W T II. Foil. 486—60. UN J- J* A treatise on riddles, by Minuchihr the merchant, surnamed Badi' at-Tabrizi. II. Fol. 56. A treatise on arithmetic, Ut. Beg. o>i ^ »jU3 ^ l_A_=- divided into three Makalahs, without author's name. U • • H/ trtV ^ **J jM J&> {A j) J, c Beg. LJti" *u . . . U J^i\ Vj d _y.il From the preface it appears that the author —0 j Jjfc was engaged in trade, and was travelling in III. Fol. 326. jlUI Rum with his father, ^ when the latter died, Anis A.H. 794. Passing through Ardabil, he met ul-'Ushshak, by Sharaf Rami. See the some scholars who had read a former work preceding MS., art. nr. of his, yjjjUJI (j-JI. It was at the request IV. Fol. 636. A treatise on rhyme, by of one of these that he wrote the present 'Ata-ullah, jly .jl^. J» JlS g ee no _ 191> treatise, which he completed in Yazd. art. in. The author claims to be the first to write V. Fol. 82a. jJlHU a treatise on riddles. He divides them into A treatise on poetical figures, two species respectively called yi and written for U«, Shaikh Uvais and gives as an by Sharaf Rami, and more example of the latter a Mu- 'amma properly entitled jjljil jjJlS*.. composed on his own name, Minuchihr, by his revered master, Shaikh Kamal Khu- Beg. JS cw/ SljLoj ^ ^ ^ j| jandi. ^ III. Foil. 63—94. jlsJl Lr£\ A treatise on the terms and metaphors For the division of the work and for other used by poets in describing female beauty, copies, see Rosen, Institut, p. 282, no. 101, by Sharaf Rami. See the Persian Catalogue' art. 4 Krafft, no. ; 68 ; the Berlin Catalogue^ 814a Ethe, p. ; Bodleian Catalogue, no. • 1339 no. 35, art. 1 ; and the Bodleian Catalogue' and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 35, art. 2. no. 1340. : MSS. AND MIXED CONTENTS. 209 422. The Kasidahs are followed by an alphabeti- cal series of Ghazals, fol. 130a, beginning : Or. in. lines, 3642.—Foil. 202; 94. by 5J ; 19 UT ti!'ajp» vjjj d\» 2-iy in. long ; written in Nestalik and in fi> J\ Skikastak-amiz, partly in diagonal lines, with US I i^Jbjj OaSj SjoJ rtAjS" J>j gold-ruled margins ; dated from Muharram There are a few Kit'ahs and Ruba'is at A.H. 1073 to 17 Zulhijjah, A.H. 1088 (A.D. the end. 1662—78). [Sidney Churchill. J VII. Foil. 1446—1786. The Divan of I. Foil. 166— 64a. ^ y> Saidi, who died A.H. 1069. See the Persian Catalogue, Siraj MunTr, a collection of moral tales by p. 6896, and Rosen, Institut, 264. Muhammad Skarif B. Sharns ud-Din Muh. p. See no. 419, n. Beg. l_>Urfrf ^ SJJi i__>Jya} yji/ II. Foil. 646— 706. Ji* 3 y~=- Ghazals, fol. 150a, : A mystic allegory in prose, the kero of beginning is wkick Ruh, tke kuman soul ; by Fuzuli. yiKj :1 Beg. tyjj si tl*->^-> \j j-.=» dijj jd U- VIII. Foil. 1806— 197a. Tke Divan of Ummldi, who died A.H. 930. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 1091a ; Majma' ul- Foil. III. 71a—846. Tke tkree prose com- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 7 ; and Ethe, Bodleian positions of Zuhuri, namely Gulzar i Ibrahim, Catalogue, no. 1017. Khwan i Kkalil and DIbajah i Nauras, im- Beg. e-o^ j-3 LlJwUa ^tj perfect and witk some leaves transposed. See tke Persian Catalogue, p. 7416, and tke Berlin Catalogue, no. 1056. The Divan consists only of Kasidahs. It is preceded by a preface, in which the editor, Foil. 846—956. IV. ^ 3 Mas'ud ul-Hasani, states that he had collected "Tke Rake and tke Ascete," by Fuzuli. the scattered poems of Rukn ud-Din Mas'ud 304. See no. Ummldi by desire of Shah San. The preface begins *Jj»U> jl L> bj ^ V. Foil. 103a—113a. A piece in ornate ^7 W tf ^.U-. prose written, like art. III., for Sultan Ibrahim 'Adilshah, and designated at tke end as IX. Folk 1976—199. A Tarkib-band in (sic) mj-ijU Imperfect j>~£ VI. Foil. 1216—1436. Tke Divan of Nuri, who died A.H. 1000. See no. 224, v., and tke Petersburg Catalogue, p. 402. It is followed by a Kasidah in praise of Beg. Jy^ »U i^f (jjUo. aU-> the twelve Imams by Birahman. Besides the above works, tke MS. contains 270 LATEST ACCESSIONS. at the beginning some pieces from the Divan 'Abdullah (sic), known as Hafiz i Abru, and of Shams i Tabrizi, and in other places mis- is said to be a summary of all the earlier cellaneous notes and extracts in prose and chronicles. The above title is found in the verse. following passage, fol. 55 : <—>Vy>i- gjb> .jl^ LATEST ACCESSIONS. j uJ^l cDjU JUil j 423. After some preliminary chapters on the creation of Adam, on his expulsion from Or. 4898.—Foil. 302; 10£ in. by 6J; 19 Paradise, and on the conflicting accounts of lines, 3| in. long ; written in small Nestalik, the time elapsed between Adam and Muham- with red-ruled margins, apparently in the mad, the author states that the work is 16th century. [Sir Henry Rawlinson.] divided into three Kisms and a Makhlas or conclusion. The Kisms are subdivided into a number of Tabakahs, the subjects of which A work on universal history, imperfect at are given, somewhat at variance, in respect beginning and end, without author's name. of Kism III., with the actual contents of the MS., which are as follows : The extant portion of the preface begins I., treating in the middle of a passage relating to early Kism very fully of the ancient dynasties of Persia in chronology and to the uncertainty of Muham- four Tabakahs, viz., 1. Pishdadis, fol. 8a. 2. Kayan, fol. 236. mad's genealogy, as follows : Jj\j ^j.** ^.iS } 3. Ashkanis, fol. 476. Sasanis, fol. 486. Ivism II., comprising the five following sli ishs>3 jjl jtai. Lower down the author Tabakahs : 1. Ancestors of Muhammad, states in the following verses that he entered traced down from Seth, and life of the upon the composition of the work in Rajab, Prophet, fol. 71a. The Khulafa i Rashidln, A.H. 831 : or first three Khalifs, fol. 816. The twelve Imams, fol. 956. The Umayyade Khalifs, fol. 107a. The Abbasides, fol. 113a, Kism III., comprising, Ijil as stated in the preface, thirteen Tabakahs (but in the body of the work, only twelve), treating of the following dynasties: 1. Tahiris, fol. 127a. 2. Saffaris, fol. 1306. 3. Samanis, fol. 139a. 4. Ghaznavis, fol. 145a. 5. Dailaman, fol. He must, however, have spent many years 1516. 6. Saljukis of Iran, fol. 1016, of over it, for his account of Shahrukh is Kirman, fol. 1836, and of Rum, fol. 1846. brought down, fol. 2296, to that prince's 7. Atabeks of Shiraz, fol. 186a. 8. Ghuris, death, A.H. 850. The preface contains, fol. 1936; Ghuris of Bamiyan, fol. 1936; fol. 16, a tabulated list of forty-nine authori- Khiljis of India, fol. 2005. 9. Isma'ilis, fol. ties. The last is the Majma' ut-tavarikh, 2066, in two Makalahs, viz., Isma'ilis of which is ascribed to Maulana Shihab ud-Din Maghrib, fol. 207a, and Isma'ilis of Iran, LATEST ACCESSIONS. 271 this heading : ^U- fol. 225a, 10. Khwarazmstahis, fol. 242a. The volume begins with 11. Karakhita'is of Kirman, fol. 248a. 12. J-aib jl (3^ jti~ CJe-j )\ fSo , J\-» i£p Turks and Moghols. This Tabakah com- prises a Matla' on the genealogy of the Turkish tribes, fol. 262a, and a Maksad treat- ing of the Moghols who ruled over Iran from The narrative begins as follows : Jj>j\ ^ Chingiz Khan to Abu Sa'id, fol. 2626. The Makhlas, -or conclusion, fol. 2866, is devoted to the history of Timur. After re- cording his death, fol. 2986, the author enu- merates his sons, and dwells especially on the career of the fourth, Mirza Shahrukh, The corresponding passage is found in from his boyhood to his death, A.H. 850. Or. 142, fol. 3106. fol. 2996, by a narrative of This is followed, The MS. breaks off before the end of A.H. sent by Shahrukh to China, the embassy 801 in the course of an account of the clan- which occupies the A.H. 822. This section, destine escape of Sultan Ahmad from Bagh- the MS., is imperfect at last seven pages o£ dad, and of his taking refuge with Kara is an extract from the diary of the end. It Tusuf in Diyarbekr (see Or. 465, fol. 2966). the mission drawn up by Kkwajah Ghiyag For other copies of the Ta'rikh i Alfi, see ud-Dln Nakkash, and quoted at greater Behatsek, Molla Firuz Library, pp. 94, 95 ; the Matla' us-Sa'dain. See Or. length in and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 417 ; 1291, foil. 134—145, and Quatremere, No- Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 99. tices et Extraits, vol. xiv. In the division of his work the author appears to have followed very closely the plan of a history compiled A.H. 830-31 by 425. Muhammad B. Amir Fazl-uilah al-Musavi lines, in. by 7 ; 31 4948.—Foil. 248 ; 10$ and entitled pJ^W jo\. See Ethe, Bodleian Or. written in small Neskhi ; dated 4| in. long ; Catalogue, no. 32. Thursday, the 1st of Muharram, A.H. 893 (A.D. 1487). 424. in. ; lines, 4899.—Foil. 435 ; llf by 35 Or. 6f An Arabic dictionary explained in Persian, long; written in small and close Neskhi, 3-f in. by Abu'1-Fazl Hubaish B. Ibrahim B. Mu- probably in the 18th century ; slightly muti- hammad at-Tiflisi. lated at the beginning. [Sib Henbt Rawlinson.] Beg. C^-SUS" J » u-V" f>.±> W i_-o.il _)}*> • • J yj J> & y\ g_> _} The second volume of the great chronicle compiled for Akbar and entitled Ta'rikh i Alfi (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 117), com- J*j J rf ji-jJ «s-U t_rO» Lfjut r prising the Rihlat years 501— 791 (A.H. 511—801). : 272 LATEST ACCESSIONS. ^JkS jb (_^*« cibU*- Jjj ^jj*** ^*?" poets on account of the rhyme, and for men of letters with regard to difficult words '> fif >—>^ (^ijS J— <—>jj»- i JOjJJ cJ* ^Xi^ if Y,}- ^s\q> LjjJill yyls ^jU^" ^jixlj y£ j The author says in the preface that, having »«oli- 0«1 yli' Ij found no book in which the vocables of uUjJJ w j J*,! Jil t_JSl Arabic were fully and lucidly explained in Persian, he proceeded to compile one from Many of the works included in the above the following sources: ij-ai-U ^>.f- list were unknown to Haji Khalfah, who gives their bare titles on the authority of the present work (see vol. vi., p. 34)1, no. 13,772). W° yljiJ jLiU Duo^ C As far as they can be identified in the l_>li^ y*s? IslflM l_>2^ L_(\*^ l_>U^, iuJJI absence of the names of most authors, one of the latest appears to be the Mukaddimat ul-Adab by Zamakhshari, who died A.H. 538. £J»^° i-H^j CjUUI J£~-o t-rJ ^_} * Mjimi3)1 quotes no more recent authority than Ibn 4->^j Ji^S* i jVa^j Jazlah, who died A.H. 493. It must be ^j^HJI (yUo^j a£i ^ISS^ Cyij=- oUUu noted, however, that he is not noticed l—AiS'j j^-ii l J ,_joU>}l\ jiUI by Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah, -T ^ j *-r>\2>j who wrote his Lives of Physicians about A.H. 650. See Wiisten- feld, Arabische Aertzte, no. 73. The preface is followed by a preliminary siLJ\ >-r>^j Uy*^ (_>=i)-=- l-r>^j chapter, in which the author shows by numerous examples the multiplicity of mean- ings of some Arabic words and the various ^.ji> <-r^&j S-^ki' i^Juit i_->US"j forms they assume in prose and verse. He s—l,U j-j-t) v'^(j UJ^ £f»« then proceeds, fol. 6S, to expound the plan of the dictionary, which is peculiar and rather He adds that he had collected and arranged complicated. in alphabetical order the select matter of the above works, and had called his book Kaniin The words are arranged under the final ul-Adab, as being a classical norm and letters, each of these forming a Kitab. Each standard for Persian readers, especially for Kitab is divided into nine sections called LATEST ACCESSIONS. 273 appendix occupying foil. 222 gy, according as the vowel preceding the An —248, last letter is a, u, i, a, n, i, or a, u, i fol- with the heading Jl«il c_b^l> i—jII^, is a full lowed by a quiescent consonant. Each of treatise on the conjugation of Arabic verbs, these sections is again subdivided into sub- both regular and irregular, with paradigms. sections containing respectively words of two, It is not due to Hubaish, but to one of his three, four, five and six letters. disciples, who says that his late master had not fully expounded that subject in his At the end of the dictionary are found the work following two chapters (instead of three entitled Tasrif i Kalam : ^ s& ^js- announced in the preface) : Fasl I., exhibit- ing the various forms of broken plurals ^JOl^i (J--ai jt> ^Le U arsis' aj with the corresponding singulars, fol. 21 Ob. Copyist : J-.*" Fasl II., containing a full list of the forms of ^ Masdar or infinitive, fol. 220a. For another copy see Uri, no. 1054. N N - . mm ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF TITLES. In this and in the following indexes the numerals refer to the numbers under which the MSS. are described. Works which are only incidentally mentioned are distinguished by figures of lighter type in the reference. 152. Jail 161. 114. 235 i., 236 n. 101. 1 120. cr^' 55. 369. 374. 381. 420 ii. 280 ii., 281, 420 n. 97. 280 in., 281. 81-2. 364 ii. 264 v. 420 in., 421 in. 360. 20. 151. 13. 150. 196 ix. 147-8. 48. 197 i. 90. 235 in., 236 v. 378. 225—9, 232. 195 ii., 196 Tin. "b Ay? 423. 171. 56. 106. NN 2 . ? 276 ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF TITLES. J.<±l_l -*±±. 63. 63. 52. 307 i. 53, 54. OKI oio a .401, <4^tD o. 60, 61. OQ 70. 353. 92. oDtJ. 93. vtA — i.S7/ 11., 377, 70, 122. 80. jUi J..S? 199 i. i 37. 307 i. 83 ii. 155, ii. v 89. — 376. 49. <_il^Jl — * 252-3. . 7. 376. 76. 74. j^o sU. ^jVj 132. 74. 289-90. 424. Ji\ — 375. o / — 4. , ilSlil Hi 89. 103. (esUi lid 15. 166 57. 84 ii. 71, 118. — V 221 i. 65. 22. 100 i. t h\*» ^L,£l- — 5. 43. 44. 423. olj* — 353. 71. 98. ALPHABETICAL INDEX OP TITLES. 277 110. Soya) jXa 8^JJ 77. 124, 171. ^fcUj tj>s> 390, 418. 83 at. 283. 115. 143. 310 5. 188, 420 i. 419 xil. 141. 417 i. 190. 257 ii. 129. 51. 421 v. 77. 215. 264 i. 84 i. 264 iv. 422 ii. 10. 86. 400. 421 v. 76. 18. 387. ajjtli SajiSs*. 295 iv. ; 297. 157. 193. 153. 258 ii., 259. 187. 336. 307 i. 396. 25-6. 289-90. 396. 1 4* 391-2. J ^ J wis 142. 87. 399. 307 ii. 351. ^U- j^s? ^s- j.*U^i=- 237 ii. 158. 314 i., 315. 257 i. 352, 353. ^>\^ 307 i. 346-7. J& 154. 225—9, 231. J&> — 278 ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF TITLES. 237 ii. 348 ii. iwli J* 3 3T*~ ^J>\ 419. six. 258 in. 105. 422 in. u^y 116. 261 ii. 34-5. ^ tie- 318 i. 376. Ol 1 T * "It \ (ill I. y> — OOD. 239 i. * i . i. 255. 239 n. f OOK Q ii.-, ?-,l <4<4D—y. ,_j«UaJ &— 330. .... ^ 295. 211 in., 213, 224 in., 234 • 422 in. \i- \ 306. JZ>\ — 265 v 9RR Ol Q tt O/IC . <41o II., <54:D I. — lUo-o. Oil) — 384-5. 422 viii. 162 in. 211 v., 215 v., 218—20. ^jyi — O /O. 258. 122. 287-8. — rfv 356. Ol»- O/I O /I 374. W^' 224 iv. t3yi- 160. 325. 374. 267—74, 417 i. feiU — 62. 215 vi. t/y^ — 189. 221 ii. 18. 359. > - 102 iv. 358. 307 i. iv. liil 220 264 iv. (jl^tj J-ai 5 J 262. j»y- — ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF TITLES. 279 332. 260. 309 n., 310. — 212 it., 234 n. <& 282. 239 iv. — 320, 419 v. ijj t> — 350. jjiii J> 285 it 204 ii., 205, 212 m. 335. 366. — ~~ 300. 327. 355. ~ 220 in., 265. ts — 214, 215 m. 203-4. J-J 345. 213 in. 220 n. 257 in. —, _j — 258 iv. jUs — 321. J3$& 324. (jily — 361. c 284-5. ^u. — 367. JT« — — 323. t ^,6S\ ^JSjZ, 239 in. ;JJU 243-4. 238. 207-8, 245 n. - 277 ii. 204 in., — 357. 353 i. L_)\^i 326. \&x~> — 275-6. 356. 1 — 271 ii. i^r tr** — 328-9. 212 ii. cf-» 422 vn. — 331. 339. 354. _ 342. 211 vi., 215 vn., 216. — 222—4. 5 277 i. tijw LiV ^ — 340-1. j^lc — 277 ii. Jr-< 373. 206, 212 v., 224 n. - 217. 285 in. J!f 264 i. 322. ALPHABETICAL INDEX OP TITLES. 353 ii. 58. «i .n .11 209-10. 375. 234 i. 278. 362-3. 23. 318 ii. 144. 319. 139. 316. 112-3. 279. 45-7. 333. 126. 224 v., 422 vi. — 264 vii. ) ^ 334. 11. 344. J 11. 254. 27. 365. 33. ( ctl. .Vi^I 146. ..111 Jl &a0 •*/ 36. --J 211 ii., iv., vii. 395. 280 in., 281. 376. 159. 156. 167. 39, 71. 264 vi. 118-9. J Oil 191 in., 192, 421 iv. 376. 191 iv. 376. 16. 196 ii. 192 v., 194. 289-90. 193. 419 vn. 214. 376. 304-5, 422 iv. 3. 94.—400. 419 n., 422 i. ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF TITLES. 281 111. 396. 122, 70. 135. 163. 422 t. 289-90. 191 i. 289-90. 19. Sjlil J«) sjjjl 156. U-Jl Ju 264 ii. 90. 90-91. 176. 353. 313, 376, 419 xi. 380. 214, 215 II. 406. 10. 301. 175. 265 vi., 266. 302 n. 196 vi., 199 ii. 195—9, 263. 389, 396. •'' 201 ii., 188 ii. d.eU *^ 310-11, 376. 4. 419 iv., 376. 95-6. 308, 376, 418 n., 419 III. 2-=-j l_s yJji^ J *W 73. 168. 417 i. 371. 419 ix. j"" J J?* 170. 255. 171. 295 ii. 169 ii., iv. .Lai!' ->t (oUiK* utlifc J 189. 145. 80. 425. 302 i. 256, 307. 154. 386. &*a3 102. 380, 36. 368. 388. 59. 376. . 0 0 282 ALPHABETICAL INDEX OP TITLES. 388. 149. 214. 419 xvii.) 376. 215 ii. 372. 146. '-y • * 88. 201 iv. x U , r 303. 85, 86. ,#3 Ip »^ > • ^6 K 23. 9. U 195 i.j 196 i.j 201-2. 85, 86. 162 iv. .15,^)1 L-ai/ 283. 154. i 116 ii. 'i ** 337, 376. 38. 374. 241-2. 335. 89. 399. 155 i. )\ » i IJill L_>U! r 422 in. 241. r 376. 78. 249-50. 100 in. 376. 417 i. 121 1'? 70 164-5. 66. 23. 246—8. 419 i. 265-6. 289-90. 264. 261 i. 354. 396. i ails' 380. i^aJl |>U3j (jji^Sl Jl»^ 298-9. ^XiCe 162 v. 225-9. ^ 235 v. 295-6. fiilfc 173. 68-9. 161. 29. — ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF TITLES. 283 240. 382-3. JJ ^J- —" - D -JJ 264. 17. J 104. 89. 235 iv., 236 iv. 310 7. j^l j,** 398. 255. *' > 33. _o ,1,21 74. w 1— 190. fOl*. 423. . jl .3 ,1.21 r.-^* ,3^ J 125. 257. ^r • ^™ »»J n 376. 122. (~. . 390. 419 xni. JUU _U* 190. 255. > -> ** i - sUy'i] >1 , JA 163. *SO i I. u g Ij^J\ a. --^ 235 vi. <41D IV. C3^ c in a 1/4:. A*.-.. 1 Uu> 163. 1izi,oo 8. 317 376. 221 n. 397. 3 I^"\ll -i^ 417 i. ,.n.',Wl OUlii* 11/. 149. Lis!! ^L'iK« 122. 169 ii., iv. 127—8. 16 ii. 353. 10. 131. 122. 85. 235 n., 236 in. 99. 50. &Ac- u-^*l_y« 418 in. 1. 257. •j^ 1 ;L« 24. 83. 71. oo 2 284 ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF TITLES. 89. 75. 107. 74. 107. 85. 379. 343. 376. 348-9. 71. 220 iv. 419 xx., 376. 236 vi. ** 41. 364 i. a«*\3 i *s \ Ah trjr 376. 6. 100 i. 376. 136-7. 376. 42. ..AaUwsb 1«\S alii 138. 89. 289-90. 130. Jlyl 255. 187. 396. ^~*2£> J**?v 122. 225—30, 376. 149. 295, 305 ii. 425. 215 iv., 382. 123. 289-94. 394. 353. 264 in. 200. 85. &*b jy ( 285 ) INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES. Numerals in parenthesis are Hijrah dates. Coming after a man's name they are precise or approximate obituary dates ; when following the title of a work, they relate to its composition. Other numerals are ' references to the Nos. of the Supplement. Muh. is short for Muhammad ; t. for takhallus,' or poetical surname. SCHEME OF TRANSCRIPTION, s, _ h, • kh, i z, zh, (_>o s, i^jo z, is t, ]i> z, e i gh, k, v, medial hamzah j Jj j Ibn 'Abbad (385) 88. 'Abd ul-Karim Kazvlni. Jung (1126) 400. •Abbas I., 402, 417 n. 'Abd ul-Latif Shushtari (1220). Tuhfat ul-'Alam, 'Abbas II., 402. 84 11. 'Abbas Mirza, Vali-'ahd, 121, 170, 403 2. 'Abd ur-Rahim Kashiini. Mir'dt ul-Kdsdn (1288) 'Abdullah Ansari (481) 16 11., 108. 99. 'Abdullah Khan Uzbek, 411, 417 11. 'Abd ur-Rahim Khan (1036) 75. 'Abdullah Mirza, 121. 'Abd ur-RahTm al-Musavi, t. Munsif. Badi' ul- 'Abdullah B. Muh. Aka, t. Raunak. Hadikat Afkdr (1239) 378. Amdnulldhi (1265) 129. 'Abd ur-Rahman B. Muh. an-Naishabiiri, 87. Abdullah B. Muh. Ali, Lisan ul-Hakk, t. Mahram. 'Abd ur-Rashid, calligrapher, 408. Farhang i Khuddparasti (1277). 'Abd ur-Razziik Lahiji, t. Fayyaz (c. 1060). Gauhar 'Abdullah B. Ni'mat-ullah Shushtari (1173). Taz- i Murdd, 9. Divan, 324. hirah i Shushtariyyah, 98. 'Abd ur-Razzak B. Najaf Kuli (1243). Basirat 'Abd ul-'Ali Birjindi. Shark Bist Bab, 155 v. Namah, 63. Ma'dmr i Sultdniyyah, 68-9. 'Abd ul-Basit, Shaikh, 169. Nigdristdn i Bard, 123. Tajribat ul-Ahrdr, 'Abd ul-Hasib, v. Muh. B. Sayyid Ahmad al- 132. 'Amili, 10. 'Abd ul-Vahhab B. 'Ali Ashraf Shlrazi. Nukhbat 'Abd ul-Hayy, Khwajah, 353 11. ul-akhbdr (1257) 41. 'Abd ul-Hayy Tafrishi, t. Sarkhwush (1131) 400. 'Abd ul-Vahhab Isfahaai, t. Nashat (1244) 188 n. 'Abd ul-Jalll B. 'Abd ur-Rahman Masihi (c. 1050) Divan, 362-3.— 118, 119, 120, 122-4, 132. 162 11. 'Abd ul-Vasi' Jabali (555). Divan, 217.— 105 l, 'Abd ul-Kadir (Muhyi ud-Din) 403 14. 107, 115. 'Abd ul-Kadir Khan. Hishmat i Kashmir (1245) 'Abdi, formerly Nuvidi (988). B&stdn i Khaydl, 86. Khazd'in ul-Malahut, 307. — 286 INDEX OP PERSONS' NAMES. Abshfir Marghazi, 107. Aflatun, Mulla, 66. Abu '1-Ala Ganjavi, 115. Afsar, 111, 120. Abu 'AH Kalandar, 111. Afshan, 127. Abu '1 Baka MQsavi, 411. Afzal ud-Din Kirmaui. 'Ikd ul-'Ula (584) 90, 91. Abu Bakr B. Sa'd, 190. Agasi (Mirza) 412. Abu Dulaf, 201 i. Ahli Shirazi, or Turshizi. Sihri Balal, 419 vn. Abu '1-Faraj Runi (o. 500). Divan, 211 i. — 105, 107, 108, 375, 378. 115, 190, 378. Ahli Khurasani, 108. Abu '1-Faraj Sistani, 107, 108 i. Ahmad or Ahmadi. Shdhanshdh Ndmah (738) Abu '1-Fath Busti, 100, 107. 201 ii. Abu '1-Fath B. Sultan Husain (907) 268. Ahmad Ali Hashimi. Makhzan ul-Ghard'ib (1218) Abu '1-Fazl Allami, 169 n., iv. 117. Abu '1-Fazl Gulpaigiini, 15. Ahmad Ali Mirza, 121, 123. Abu Hanifah, 107. Ahmad Allamah, 85. Abu '1-Hasan Balkhi, 106, 107. Ahmad B. Muh. Bahbahani. Mir at ul-Ahvdl (1225) Abu '1-Hasan Farahaui, 219, 419 x. 131. Abu '1-Hasan GhaffSri. Gidshan i Murdd, 66. Ahmad Rumi (c. 720). Dakd'ik ul-Hakd'ik, 18. Abu '1-Hasan Jafani, 107. Ahmad Shah, 411. Abu '1-Hasan B. Muh. Kazim Jajarmi. Akhldk Ahmadi, 111. ul-Auliyd (1239) 360. Ahsan, 111. Abu '1-Kasim Beg Aivaghli. Majma' ul-Inshd, 398. 'Ajiz, 124. Abu '1-Kasini Kazaruni, 108. Ajri, 111. Abu '1-Muayyad, 107, 200. Aka Khan (Mirza) 412, 404. Abu '1-Muhakkik, 107. Akbar Padishah, 408, 411, 417 n. Abu '1-Muza£far Tabir, 107. Akbar, Mirza AH Akbar, 124. Abu Nasr Ahmad al-Kubavi. Ta'rilch i Bukhara, Akhgar, 127. (522) 87. Akhtar, 124. Abu Raja, 107. Ala ud-Daulah Simnani (736). Al-'Urvah, 19. Abu Raja Ahmad B. 'Abd us-samad 'Abidi, 390. 'Ala ud-Din Husain Jahiinsuz (556) 390. Abu Sa'id Abu '1-Khair, 108, 116. 'Alamgir, 403, 411. Abu Salik, 107. 'AH, 124, 127. Abu Sarakah, 107. 'Ali B. Abu Talib, 124, 419 xix. Abu Tahir Tarasusi. Ddrtib Ndmalt, 384-5. 'AH 'Adilshah, 411. Abu Trdib al-Husaini. Tumk i Tvmiri (1047) 51. 'AH B. Ahmad, 195. Abu Talib Khan I'timad ud-Daulah, 417 II. 'Ali Akbar Shirazi, t. Bismil (c. 1280). Bahr id- Abu Talib Tabiizi (1221). Khuldsat ul-Afkdr. La'Hi, 48.— 120, 123, 127, 412. Lubb us-Siyar, 116. 'AH Asghar Amln us-Sultan, 403 10. Abu Turab Beg (1026). Divan, 318 i.—108. 'Ali Asghar B. 'AH Akbar, t. Nayyir. Ziyd un- Abu Yazld Bastami, 107, 108. Nur (c. 1263) 368. Adab, 127. 'Ali Asghar B. Yusuf Kazvini (1109) 400. Adib, 127. 'Ali Hamadani, Sayyid (786). Aurdd, 20. Adib Sabir (540). Divan, 239 n.— 105, 107, 115. 'AH B. Husain Kashia (939). Lata' if ut-tavd'if, 'Adil, 123, 124. 100 in. INDEX OP PERSONS' NAMES. 287 'Ali Ibrahim Khan (1208) 405. Asadi, 105, 106-8, 115, 124. 'AH Kuli Beg Musavi, 412. Asadi. Garshdsp Namah (458) 195 i., 196 i., 201 1., 'Ali Kuli Khan t. Valih (1169). Riydz ush-shu'ard, 202. 112.—343-4. Asad-ullah Khan, 124, 412. •AH Kuli Mirza, 74, 121, 123, 412. Asaf, 111. 'AH Kushji (879). Sharif Zij, 156. Asaf Khan, 417 II, 'AH Khan, 121. Asaf ud-Daulah (1212) 81-2, 408. 'Ali B. Mahmud Husaini. Bazm-arai (1000) 106. Asan, 128, 375. 'AH Mardan Khan, 411. Asafjah, 411. 'AH (Mir), calligrapber, 408. Asalat Khan, 411. 'AH B. Muh. 'Amili (1103) 400. Asar, Shafi'a, 376. 'Ali Murad Khan Zand (1198) 352. 'Ashik (1181). Divan, 340-41.— 132. 'AHNakiKamara'i (1030). Divan, 320, 419 v.— 108. Ashki (972). Divan, 306. 'Ali Eashti, 127. Ashna, 111. 'Ali Biza Mirza, 121. Ashraf, of Azarbaijan, 123-4. 3.— 'AH Shah Mirza, 121. Ashraf Samarkandi (854) 286 107, 115. 107. Alishir, Mir, t. Navii'i (906). Majdlis un-Nafais, Ashraf Kashani, 104.—375. Ashuftah, 128. Allahkuli, 111. Aslr, 111.— 123-4. Allahvirdi Mirza, 121, 123. Asir Akhslkati, 107, 115. Allahyar Khan, 123. A§ir Aumani (665). Divan, 239 i.—107, 115. Alvand Beg Ak-kuyunlu (907) 401 II. Asiri, 132. A'ina, 127. ABjadi, 106, 108, 115. •Am'ak, 105, 107, 115. Aslam, v. Bad!' uz-zaman Abu '1-Kasim, 85. 191 m., 192, 421 iv. Amani (c. 1016). Divan, 312. — 111. Ata-ullah B. Mahmud (929) Aman-ullah Khan, 129. 'Atiki (744). Divan, 260. 235-7.— 'Amid Liinaki, 374. Attar, Parid ud-Din (627). Eulliytit, 107, 'Amil ud-DIn Muh. Tahir. Divan (1298) 373. 115, 376. 391-2. Amin Ahmad Razi. Haft Iklim (1002) 138. Aufi, Muh. Jdnii' ul-Hikdyat (625) Amina Mudakkik Yazdi, 376. Auhad ud-Din Grurganji, 107. 240. Amir Beg, v. Mirza Beg, 58. Auhad ud-Din Kirmani, Amir Khan, 111. Auhad ud-Din Mamarghi, 107. i Ndmah, Andalib, 123, 124, 127. Auhadi (738). Divan, Jam Jam, Dak Anisi Shamlu. Mahmud u Aydz, 376. 258-9.— Ill, 115. Anjum, 128. Aumani, Asir ud-Din (665). Divan, 239.— 107, 115. Anjuman, 127. Aziid, 111.— 123-4. Mukim of •Anka, 127. Azad, Mir Ghulam 'AH (or rather Muh. 1150 v. Subh i Anvari (587). Divan, 211 v., 215 v., 218-20.— Kashmir, who died A.H. j the Persian Catalogue, 105, 107, 115, 190, 374, 378-9, 419 XXI. Gulshan, p. 6, and Hamlahi Haidari, 'Arifi (853). Hal Namah, 283.—280 7. p. 1092a). Continuation of Arshad (c. 1084). Divan, 330. 336. Arzu, Siraj ud-Din 'Ali Khan (1169) 232. Azari (866) 201 m.— 107. Asad, 111. Azhari, 106. 288 INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES. Azhari, 111. Bandah, Muh. Razi (1223). Zmai ut-Tavdrlkh.— 'Aziz, 123. 120, 123-4. 'Aziz-ullah B. Asad-ullah. Burr i Maknun (1151) Barldi Padishah, 411. 21. Barkyaruk, 197 tl. 'Aziz-ullah Zahidi. Bauzat ul-'Ashikin (820) 278. Basir, 127. Azraki (526,. Divan, 211 in., 213 I., 224 in., Bayani, 'Abdullah Marvarid (922) 268. 234 in.— 105, 107, 108, 115, 190. Bazil (1124). Hamlah i Haidari, 336. 'Azud ud-Daulah Sultan Ahmad. Ta'rikh i 'Azudi Bazmi, 118. (1304) 72. Bidarbakht, 411. Azur, v. Lutf 'AH Beg. Bidil, 'Abd ul-Kadir (1133) 338. Bab, 'Ali Muh. Shirazi (1266). Baydn i Fdrsi, 12. Bidil, Muh. Rahim, 120, 123-4, 127. Babar. Ydki'at i Bdbari, 75. Bijai Singh, Rajah, 411. Ibn Babavaih (321 ). Kissah i Bilauhar, 380, 36.— Bina'i, 108, 115, 375. 23. Binava, 120, 124. Bad!' Tabrizi, v. Minuchihr. Bishan La'l, t. Nazir. Kaisari Ndmah (1297) 372. Bad!' ud-Din Abu 'l-Kasim Muh. Aslam. Gauhar Bismil, 'Ali Akbar (c. 1280) 48.—120, 123, 127, 412. i 'Alam (o. 1200), 85, 86. Burhani, 107. Bad!' Muh. Yazdi. A collection of Masnavis Buzurg, Mirza, 120, 122-4. (1170) 376. Castries (Marechal de) 407. Badi' uz-Zaman Rashld Khan (1107). Latd'if ul~ Chakar, 123, 127. AHbdr, 78. Chand Bibi, 411. Badihi, 107, 390. Daklki, 190. Baha Iuiaini, 412. Dara, 120, 123-4. Baha ud-Din al-'Amili (1030). Mifldk ul-Faldh, 8. Dara-shikuh, 411. Nan u Halvd, 376. Shir u Shakar, 419 ix. Darvish, 132. —400, 403 is. Darvizah Ningarhari. Tazkirat ul-Abrdr (1021) 5. Baha ud-Din Marghmani, 107. Darya, 127. Baha ud-Dm B. Sahibkii-an, 107. Da'ud Mustaufi (1133) 400. Baha ud-Din Zanjani, 107. Da'ud Mutavalli, 376. Baha-ullah, Husain 'Ali (1309). Letters, 13-14, Da'ud Pasha, 356. 403 is. Daulat, 119-20, 123-4. Bahadur Shah, 411. Dava'i, 106. Bahar, Muh. 'Ali, 127-8. Davari, 370. Bahjat, 127. Dm Muhammad (1006) 104. Bahman Mirza (c. 1300). Tazkirah i Muhammad- Diyanat Khan, 162. shdhi, 124.— 121, 171, 402 xxvu. Durri Shushtari (c. 1241) 111. Bahram Mirza, 121. Efendi, 124. Baihaki, Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali. Ta'rikh i Baikal: Elchi i Nizamshah, v. Khwurshah B. Kubiid, 32. (563) 89. Faiz, v. Muh. Muhsin B. Murtaza. Baisunghar, Mirza (837) 1 96. Faizi, 108, 127. Baiza, 123. Fakhr ud-Din B. Ahmad Riidbari. Kanz ul-Hidd- Bakhtiyari, 200. yah (1253) 161. Baki, 120, 124. Fakhr ud-Din Ibrahim (825) 88. INDEX OP PERSONS' NAMES. 289 Fakir nd-Din Mas'fid (Malik) 390. Fuzuli (963). Rind u Zdhid, Divan, 304-5, 422 iv. Fakhr ud-Din Razi (606). Jami' ul-'TJlum, 142. Laili Majnun, 261 1. Husn u 'Ishk, 422 n. Hadd'ik ul-Anvtir, 143. Gha'ib, 127. FakhriB Muh. Amiri. Tuhfatul-Habib (c. 930) 375. Ghiilib, 132. Fakir 'Abbasi (1199). Vdlih u Saltan, 343. Ghamami. Divan (1268) 366. Falaki, 105, 115, 374. Ghaugha, 127. Fana, 127. Ghaza'iri, 108 1., 190. Faraj-ullah Shushtari (c. 1080). Divan, 327. Ghazal, 127. Fardi, 124. Ghazali, 128. Farhad Mirza (1305). Nisdb Ingilisi, 187.—418 n., Ghiyas ud-Diu (c. 750) 162 v. 400. Ghiyfid ud-Din Mansur (948). Akhldk i Mansiiri, Farhang, Abu '1-Kasim, 370. 150. Farid ud-Din Ahval (c. 680). Divan, 213 in.— 115. Ghulam Basit. Ta'rikh Mamdlik i Rind (1196) Faris. Divan (bef. 1087) 271 iv. 83 n. Farrukh, Muh. Hasan Khan (1237). Divan, 355.— Ghulam Jilaui Bampuri. Jangndmah (c. 1213) 351. 122-3. 119, Ghulam Muhammad Khan (c. 1213) 351. Farrukhi (429). Divan, 203-4.—105 I., 106, 108 I., Gulandam (c. 791) 267, 271. 115, 190, 390. Hadi Sabzavari, Mulla (1295) 403 zi. Fasihi, 108. Hafiz (791). Divan, 267-75.— 115, 374, 417. Fath 'Ali Khan, t. Saba, 66, 118-20, 122, 124, 127, Hafiz i Abru (834). Zubdat ut-Tavdrikh, 27 423. 188 ii., 379. Hafiz Tanish. Sharafndmah i Shdhi (997) 73. Fath 'Ali Shah, t. Khakan, 118-124, 188 a., 378, Hafiz ud-Din Ahmad. Inscriptions of Delhi (1232) 402 xxv. 415. Fath-ullah Khan, 411. Haidar Razi. Ta'rikh (1028) 33. Fath-ullah Mirza, 121. Haidar Kuli Mirza, t. Khavar. Divan (1238) 359. Fauki. Farhdd n SUrin, 376, 419 it. Mizdn i Tabd'i' (1242) 379.—120, 123. Fayyaz, v. 'Abd ur-Razzak Lahiji, 324. Haidar Tuniyani, 162 iv. Fazl-ullah Kazvlni (c. 740). Works, 257. — 107. Hairati (961). Kitdb i Mu'jizdt, 303. Fazl-ullah Shirazi, t. Khayari. Ta'nkh i Zulkar- Hajat, 132. nain (1251) 71. Divan, 358.— 120, 123, 124, Hajib, 120, 123-4. 127, 379. Hakim, Muh. Yusuf, 127. Fazl-ullah B. Shaikh ul-Muluk. Ziya ul-'Arifln Hakim, Mahmud (1268) 370. (1272) 102. Hali, 108, 123. Fida, 127. Hali, 'Abdullah Karbala'i (1090) 400. Fighani (925). Divan, 258 IV.— 108. Halimi. Lughdt, 164-5. Fikrat, 120, 123-4. Hamd-ullah Mustaufi. Zafar Ndmah (735) 263. Fili, 127. Nuzhut nl-Kulab (740) 136-7. Firdausi. Shtihnamah, 195-9, 263. Yusufu Zulai- Hamgar, v. Majd ud-Din Hamgar. kha, 200.— 106-8, 115, 390. Hamid Kalandar, 374. Firibi, 132. Hamid Khan, 411. Firishtah (o. 1033). Dudiir ul-Atibba, 160. Hamid ud-Din Balkhi, 107. Furugh, 127. Hamid ud-Din. Mir'at ul-Muhakkikin, 418 in. Furughi, 22. 403 Harif, 119, 124. P P 290 INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES. Harun (o. 700). Divan, 254. Husain Hamadani (1299). Ta'rikh i Jadid, 15. Hasan Ali Mirza, 121. Husain Kashifi (910). Armor i Buhaili, 381. Hasan, Amir (727) 286 i, 107. Mavdhib 'Aliyyah, I, Lubb i Lnhdb i Ma'navi, Hasan Beg Rumlu. Ahsan ut-tavdrikh (985) 55. 241-2. Hasan Chelebi, t. Shaida. Durrat ut-tdj (1237) Husain Khwiinsari, Aka, 376. 356. Husain B. Muh., Mir. Bisdlah i Mu'amma, 192 v., Hasan Ghaznavi (565). Divan, 215 vi.—105, 107, 194. 115, 190. Husain Shirazi Karbalil'i. Ta'rikh i Ahmad Shah Hasan B. Lutf-ullah Tihrani. Maikhdnah (1040) (1305) 74. 107. Ilusaini Sadat, 115. Hasan, Mulla, 348 m., 123-4. Husam ud-Din Ali B. Mas'ud (Malik) 390. Hasan Mutakallim, 107. Husam ud-Din Bukhiiri, 107. Hasan Yazdi, t. Vahib, 376. Husam ud-Din Nakhshabi, 107. Hasrat, 120, 123-4. Ibrahim Hamadani, 417 II. Hastings (Warren), 405. Ibrahim Khan, 123. Hstif, 132, 378-9. Ibrahim Shah Afshar, 402 XVIII. Hatifi (927). Ehamsah, 295, 305 n.— 108, 275. Ibrahim Sultan B. Sliahmalik, 149. Hayat, 128. Ibrahim Sultan B. Shahl-ukh, 193. Hazik Gilani (1068). Divan, 325. Idraki, 108. Hidayat, v. Riza Kuli Khan. Ima, Isma'il (1132) 400. Hidayat-ullah B. Mirza Ahmad (1253) 161. 'Imad (Mir) 408. Hijran, 128. Ibn 'Imad (800). Dah Ntimah, 348 n. Hijri, 132, 378. 'Imad ud-Daulah, 412. Hilal, 127. 'Imad ud-Din B. Kasir (774) 43. Hilali (935). Sifdt nl-'Ashikin. Shah u Danish, 'Imadi, 105 i., 115, 190. 302.— 108, 375. Imami (686). Divan, 213 n., iv., 245 i.— 107, 115. Himmatyar Khan (1204) 411. Imamvirdi Mirza, 120-1, 123-4. Ibn Hindushab, v. Muh. B. Hindushab, 189. 'Inayat Khan Rasikh, 76. Hishmat, 120, 123. 'Iniiyat-ullah B. Muhibb 'Ali. Tatimmah i Ahbar- Hubaish B. Ibrahim TiflTsi. Kdnun itl-Adab, 425. ndmah, 76. Huma, v. Muh. Sadik Marvazi, 118. Ira] Mirza, 121. Humam, 374-5. 'Iraki, Fakhr ud-Din, 374. Humayun Isfahani, 378. Ibn Isfandiyar. Ta'rikh i Tabaristdn (613) 92. Humayan Mirza, 121, 123. Ishrak, 123. Humayun Padishah, 411, 417 II. 'Ishrat, 120, 123. Hurmuz Mirza, 121. Iskandar Munshi. 'Alam-drdi 'Abbdsi, 59. Husaiu, 124. Isma'il Mirza, 121. Husain, of Sari, 120. Isma'il, Shah, 401 in. Husain 'Akili Rustamdari. Biydz ul-Ahrdr (979) 'Ismat Bukhari (840). Divan, 282.— 108. 144. Al-Isnawi, 89. Husain 'Ali Mirza (1251) 45, 120, 121. Istighna, 111. Husain B. Ghiyas ud-Din. Iliyd ul-Muluk (1028) I'timad us-Saltanah Mirza Muh. Hasan, 72. 97. Khair ul-Baydn (1035) 108-9. I'tizad us-Saltanah, v. 'Ali Kuli Mirza, 74. —— INDEX OF PI iSONS' NAMES. 291 'Izzat, 120, 123. Kamiil Khujandi (803). Divan, 275-6.-286, 'Izzat-ullah. Travels (1228) 133. 420 ii. Ja'far Beg, Asaf Khan (1021). Divan, 314 n Kamal ud-Din Husain Khwarazmi (833). Nasihat- Klmsrau Shirin, 314 I., 315. ndmah i Shdhi, 149. Ja'far Ja'fari. Shark ul-Aurdd, 20. Kamal ud-Din Husain Tablb (c. 990) 159. Ja'far Khan Zand, 402 xxn. Kami, 10S, 128. Ja'fari, 107. Karim Khan Zand, 412, 402 xx., xxi. Jahan, 123. Kashif, v. Muh. Sharif, 396. Jahangir. Jahangir Ndmah, 77. —408, 417 n. Kasim 'Ali Khan, NaVTab, 409. Jabanshak Mirza, 123. 121, Kasim ul-AnTar (837). Divan, 280-81. Anis ul- Jaisingh Savai, 411. 'Arifin, 280 ii. Risdlat ul-Amdnah, 280 in. Jajarmi, Badr nd-Dm, 107. 275. Ibn Jajarmi, 107. Kasim B. Dust 'AH Bukhari (c. 1000). Kashf ul- Jalal ud-Din Mirza, Ihtisham ul-Mulk, 99. Autdr, 162 it. Jalal nd-Dln Riinii (672). Masnavi, 240-1. Divan, Kasim Junabadi, 106. 243-4.— 18, 115. Kasim 'Ali Khan, Stowe, Or. 18. Jalal Munajjim. Ta'rihh i Shah 'Abbas (1020) 57. Kataran (o. 450). Divan, 204 in., 207-8, 245 n.— Jamal ud-Din Ashhari, 107. 105, 107, 115, 374. Jamal ud-Din Husain Inju. Farhang i Jahangm, Katibi (838) 275. (1017) 168. Katrah, Mirza 'Abd nl-Vahhab. Divan (1235) Jamal ud-Din Isfahani (588). Divan, 224 it.— 115. 357.— 127. Jamal ud-Dm Khwansari (1125). Miftdh ul-Faldh, Kaukab, 120, 123-4, 127. 8.—400. Kausar, 123-4. Jamal ud-Din Samarkandi, 107. Kayumai'g Mirza, 121. Jamali Mihrijirdi. Bahman Namah (c. 502) 201 m. Kazvini (682). 'Ajd'ib ul-Makhliikdt, 135. Jami (898). Divan, 287-8. Haft Aurang, 289-94. Khadim, Baba Kasim, 376. Treatise on rhyme, 192 it. Lavd'ih, 419 i. Khadim, of Isfahan, 128. 107, 108, 275, 286. Khadim, Sayyid Isma'il of Kum, 127. Jani, Haji Mirza (1268) 15. Khfikan, t. Kath 'Ali Shah. Jansipar Khan, 411. Kbakani. Tuhfat ul-'Irdkain, 221. Divan, 221 n. Jauhari Zargar, 107. 105, 107, 115, 190, 374, 379. Javad Karbala'i (o. ]301) 15. Khalid, Shams ud-Din, 107. Javahir Eakam, 408. Khalil KazTini (1089) 400. Ka'ani (1270). Divan, 367.— 127, 348 it. Khan Ahmad of Gllan, 106. Kabil, 123-4. Khandanran (1167) 51. Kadiri, 107. Ibn Khatlb, 107. Kahi, Kasim, 417 II. KhaTar, t. Haidar Kuli Mirza. Kaika'us B. Iskandar. Kdlnis Namah (475) 145. KhaTar, Mahmud Khan, 120, 123, 127. Kaika'iis Mirza, 121. KhaTari, v. Fazl-ullah ShirSzi, 71. Kaikhusrau Mirza, 121. Khavari, Ma'sum, 118, 119. Kaikubad Mirza, 121. KhaTari, Muh. Bakir, 127. Kalim, 376, 417 H., 419 x. Khurram, 124, 127. Kamal Isfahani (635) 107, 115, 374. Khusrau DihlaTi, Amir (725). Divan, 220 it. — 292 INDEX OP PERSONS' NAMES. Khamsah, 255. Kirdn us-Sa'dain, 256.— 107, Mahmud B. Muh. al-lji, called Najib, Hist, of Muh. 275, 376. (o. 850) 43. Kkusrau Khau (1250) 129. Mahmud Shihabi, 411. Kliusrau Khan Kirrnani, 412. Mahram, v. 'Abdullah B. Muh. 'Ali, 371. Kkusravi, Muh. Kuli Mirza, 120, 121, 123, 124, Mahram, Muh. 'Ali, 127. 879. Mahram, Aka Husain 'Ali, 123. Al-Khuwari, 'AH B. *Abi Salih, 89. Mahram, 120. Khwaju (c. 750). Divan, 262.—196 II., 374. Ma'il, 118, 120, 123-4. Khwaud-amlr (941). Ma'dsir ul-Mulik, 29. Khuld- Maimandi, 107. sat nl-Akhbdr, 30. Habib us-Siyar, 31. Majd ud-Dln Hamgar (686). Bubd'is, 211 n., iv., Khwurshah B. Kubad, Elchi e Nizamshah (972). TO.— 115. Ta'rikh, 32. Majd ud-DlnMuh. Majdi. Zinatul-Majdlis(lOQi)39o. Khwuslihalchand. Ta'rikh i Muhammadshdhi, 37. Majnun, 127. Kisa'i, 106, 108, 115. Majzub (1093). Divan, 331. Ifivam ud-Dln Nizam ul-Mulk (892) 101. Majzub 'Ali Shah, 387. Krusinski. Afghan invasion, 63. Maktabi (c. 900). Laili u Majnmi, 298-9.— 108. Kuchak, Sayyid (o. 1200). Divan, 345. Maktum, 128. Kudrat, 128. Malik Kasim Mirza, 121, 124. Kudsi (1056). Divan, 323. Malik Kummi, 108. Kuhi, 'Ali Baba (442). Divan, 271 B. Malik, Muh. Mahdi, 128. Kummi, Hasan B. Muh. Eitdb Kumm (378) 88. Malik Mansur, 121. Kunimi, Hasan B. al-Hasan (825) 88. Al-Malik al-Mujahid Ali (761) 161. Kuskairi, 'Abd ul-KarTui (465). Bisdlah, 16. Manakji Limji (c. 1308) 15, 42, 99. Kutb ud-Din Bakhtiyar Kaki (633) 238. Mansur, 120, 123-4. Kutubshah, Muh., 146, 237. Manzar, 127. Lfimi'i (c. 550). Divan, 212 n.— 105, 115. Manzur, 120, 123. Lisan ul-Hakk, v. Abdullah B. Muh. 'AH, 371. Marvarid, 'Abdullah, t. Bayani (922) 268. Lisani, 108. Marzabiln B. Rustam. Marzabdn Ndmah, 382-3. Lutf 'Ali Beg, t. Azur (1195). Atashkadah, 114. Mashrab, 127. Madkush, 379. Mashriki, 107-8. Maftun, 'Abd ur-Razziik, 118, 120, 124. Mashriki, Shams. Divan, 277 II. Maghribi (809). Divan, 277 I. Masih, Enkn ud-Dln Kashi (1066) 108, 376. Mahd Auliya, 403 7. Masih. uz-Zaman (1061) 162 n. Mahdi, Mirza. Ta'nkh i Nddiri, 65. Sangldhh, 176. Mas'ud i Sa'd, 105, 107, 108, 115, 190. Mahjub, 127. Matlab, Mirza, 412. Makjur, 127. Mazhar, 128. Mahmud Khan, Malik ush-Shu'ara, 412. Mazlam, 137. Mahmud B. Khwandarmr, Hist, of Shall Isma'il and Mihri, 376. Tahmdsp (955-57) 53. Mijmar, Sayyid Hasan, 107. Mahmud Mirza. Ta'nkh i Sdhibkirdni (1248) 70. Mijmar, Sayyid H usai n (1225). Kulliydt, 354. Gulshan i Mahmud (1236) 121. Safinat ul- 118-19, 120, 123-4, 379. Mahmild (1240) 122. Bayan ul-Mahmud (1240) Mmuchikr, Badi' Tabrizi. Al-Ihyd jil-Mu'amma 377. Mahmid ul-Lughah, 174.—120, 123-4. (c. 800) 420 ii. INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES. 293 Minuchihr Khan (1263) 127. Muh. Husain B. Salih Mazandarani (1088) 400. Minuchihr Mirza, 121. Muh. Husain Tafrishi, 107. Minuchihri (432). Divan, 206, 212 v., 2244 105, Muh. Ibrahim Naslri. Dastur i Shahrinyaran 107-8, 115, 190, 374. (1110) 62. Mir Ahmad Khan, 411. Muh. B. Jalal Rizavi (1028) 162 i. Mir 'Alam. Hadikat ul-'Alam, 84 i. Muh. Juibari, Khwajah, 73. Mir Jumlah, 411. Muh. Karim B. Mahdi Kuli. Farhang i Muham- Mirak Nakkask. Divan 322. (1053) madshdhi (c. 1250) 171. Miram Siyah (c. 960). Divan, 353 n, Muh. Kasim Khan Kajar, 140. Mirza Beg B. Hasan. Hauzat us-Safaviyyah (1038) Muh. Kasim Khan, t. Shaukat, 120, 123, 127. 58. Muh Kazim Valih, 403 is. Miskin, 127. Muh. Khan Kajar, 412, 403 ». Mu'ayyad Nasafi, 107. Muh. Khan (Mirza), 127. Mubariz Khan, 411. Muh. Khan (Sharaf ud-Din Hghli) (955) 53. MughTs. Hansavi, 374. Muh. B. Kivam Balkhi, 233. Muh. B. 'Abd ul-Fattah Tanakabuni (1124) 400. Muh. Kuli Kajar. Lubb ul-Lubab (1097) 38. Muh. 'Abd ur-Rahman B. Rushan Khan, 74. Muh. Kuli Mirza, v. Khusravi. Muh. 'Ali, t. Bahar. Madd'ih Mu'tamadiyzjah (1059- Muh. Latif. Mir'dt ul-Bind, 83. 1063) 127-8. Muh. Mahdi Ka'ini, t. Hayat, 128. Muh. 'Ali B. Iskandar Shirvani. Hakikat ul- Muh. Mahdi Mirza, 121. Hakd'ik (1252) 387. Muh. B. Mansiir. Javdhir Ndmah, 158. Muh. 'All Khan Shirazi (1210) 66. Muh. B. Mas'ud Mas'udi. Jahdn Danish (643) 154. Muh. 'Ali Mirza, t. Daulat, 119-21, 123. Muh. Ma'sum Kazvini (1091) 400. Muh. Amin Mirza, 121. Muh. B. Muh. Darabi. Latifdh i Ghaibi (1087) Muh. Amin Vakari. Guldastah i Andishah (a. 1090) 417 i. 899. Muh. Muhsin B. Murtaza, t. Paiz (1091) 400. Muh. B. Amir Fazl-ullah, 423. Muh. Muhsin Mustaufi. Zubdat ut-Tavdrikh (1154) Muh. A'zam Didahmari, 85. 36. Muh. Bakir B. Ghazi Kazvini (1080) 400. Muh. Muhsin Savi (1080) 400. Muh. Bakir Majlisi (1110). Zd'idah Zdd uUMa'dd, Muh. B. Murtaza Hadi (1096) 400. 11. Tazkirat ul-A'immah, 44. Hilt/at ul- Muh. B. Mu'tamad Khan, 76. Muttakm, 153.— 380, 400. Muh. Nasir Tabrizi, 403 u. Muh. B. Da'ud Shadiyabadi. Miftdh ul-Fuzald Muh. Razi Tabrizi, t. Bandah (1223). Zinat ut- (873) 163. tavdrikh, 39.— 120, 123-24. Muh. Fazil, t. Ravi (1252). Anjuman i Khdkdn, Muh. Riza Mirza, t. Afsar, 120-21, 139. 120.— 123-4. Muh. Sa'd, fc. Ghalib. Shark i Shdfiyah, 175. Muh. Hadi B. Muh. Salih Mazandarani (1088) 400. Muh. Sadik Marvazi, t. Huma. Zinat ul-Madd'ih Muh. Hashim. Zivar i Al iDd'ud (1226) 64. (1223) 118-19.— 71, 120, 214, 127, 403 is. Hasan Muh. B. Ma'sum Kazvini (c. 1250). Mydz Muh. Sadik Miisavi, t. Kami (1204). Khusrau ush-Shahddah, 45. Shlrln, 346-7. Vdmik u 'Azrd, 348-9. Muh. B. Hindushah. Dustur ul-Kdtib, 189. 167. Muh. Salih Kazvini, t. Raughani, 400. Muh. Husain, Adib, 212 v. Muh. B. Sayyid Ahmad 'Amili, 'Abd ul-Hasib. Muh. Husain Mirza, t. Hishmat, 123. Takdis ul-Anbiyd, 10. — 294 INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES. Muh. Shah of India, 411. Nabil, Mirza Muh., 12. Muh. Shah Kajar, 387, 402 xxvn., 403 3,4. Nadim, 'Ali Akbar, 127. Muh. Shah Saljuk, 201 in. Nadim, Muh. of Barfurush (1241). Mufarrih ul- Muh. Sharif, t. Kashif. Sirdj ul-Muvwr (1030) Kulub, 397.-120, 123. 419 n., 422 i. Ehazdn u Bahdr (1060) 396. Nadir Shah, 402 xvi., xvn. Muh. Tahir Nasrabadi. Tazlcirah (1083) 110. Naghmah, 127. Muh. Taki Majlisi (1070). Lavdmi', 23. Nahhas Razi, 107. Muh. Taki Mirza, t. Shaukat, 120, 121, 123. An-Naishaburi al-Hakim (405) 89. Muh. Vali Mirza, 121. Najabat Khan, 411. Muh. Zaman Khan, 417 II. Najat, Mir (o. 1126). Gul i Kushti, 337, 376. Muh. B. Zufar. Ta'rikh i Bukhara (574) 87. Najib, v. Makmud B. Muh. 43. Muhlt, Ma'sum, 120. Najlb Jurpadakani (625). Divan, 234 I.—10S 1. Muhyi. Futuh ul-Haramain, 301.—275. Najru ud-Dln Dayah (654). Mirsdd ul-Ibdd, 17. Mu'in Yazdi. Mavdhib i Ildlii, 50. Najm ud-Dln Kubra. Si/at ul-dddb, 154.—108. Mu'in Zamji Asfizari. Mauzdt ul-Janndt (897) 94. Nami, v. Muh. Sadik Musavi, 346. Mu'in ud-Dln Shahristani, 107. Narshakhi (348). Ta'rikh i Bukhara, 87. Mu'ini Juvaini. Nigdristdn, 394. Nashat, v. 'Abd ul-Vahbab Isfahani, 188 II, Mu'izzi, 105, 107, 108, 115, 190, 374, 379, 390. Kashati, 119, 120, 123, 127. Mujir Bailakani, 107, 115, 190. Naslb, 124, 132. Mu'jiz-Kalam, 411. Nasibi, 108. Mukktari (554). Divan, 211 VI., 215 Til., 216.— IMasih B. Zafar, 215 iv. 105, 107, 115, 190. Nasir Adib, 107. Mulhimi, 108. Nasir 'Ali (1108) 169, 376. Mumtaz Mahall (1040) 413. Nasir Hauiadani (1030). Divan, 318 II. — 376, Munis, 120, 123. 417 a. Uunshi, 127. Nasir Jang, 411. Munsif. Bail' ul-Afkdr (1239) 378. Nasir i Khusrau (481). Divan, 209-10.— 105, 107, Munsif, Muh. Isma'il (1060) 396. 115, 419 xv. Murtaza 'Alam ul-Huda (c. 658). Tabsirat ul- Nasir ud-Dln Shah, 412, 402 xxviii.-xxxl, 403 a, o. 'Avdm, 7. Nasir ud-DinTiisi (672). Akhldk i Ndsiri, 147-8. Murtaza Kuli Khan Shamlu, 400. BUt Bab, 155 n. Tansik Ndmah, 157.— 107. Murtaza B. Muh. Mu'rnin, 400. Nasiri, v. Muh. Ibrahim, 62. Musa H. Ayyub Nasrapiiri. Shir'a.t ul-Isldm, 4. Nasr-ullah, 124. Mushfiki, 108. lbu Nasuh, 111. Mushlr, 120. Natik, 119, 127. Mushkin-Kalam, 411. Nau'i. Sb u Guddz, 313, 376, 419 x.— 108, 376. Mushtak, 132. Nauras, Muh. Husain (c. 1100). Divan, 333. Mu'tamad Khan, 76 II. Nava, Darvish Husain. Tazldrah (c. 1253) 115. Muti', 127. 124. Muvali. Divan (850) 285 iu. Nava'i, v. 'Alishir. Muzaffar, t. Shifa'i (963). Ahldtik i Shifd'i, 151. Nava'i, Muh. Taki, 123. Muzaffar ud-Dln Mirza, Vali-'ahd, 412. Nayyir, v. 'Ali Asghar, 368. Muznib, 124. Nazr 'Ali Mirza, 123-4. INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES. 295 Nazir, v. Bishan La'l, 372. Rashid ud-Dln Fazl-ullah (718). Jtimi' ut-tavdrikh, Nazlri (1022). Divan, 316.— 108. 25-6. Ni'mat-ullah Vali (834). Divan, 279. Rashidi Samarkandi, 107. Ni'mat-ullah Yazdi, 159. Eaunak, v. Abdullah B. Muh. Aka, 129. Niyazi, 132. Raunak, Muh. Hashirn, 127. Nizam Dast i Ghaib (1029). Divan, 319. Ravi, v. Muh. Fazil, 120. Nizami 'Aruzi. Chahdr Makdlah (552-6) 390, RazI Artimani, 376. 418. Razi B. Mirza Muh. Shaft', 118-19. Nizami Ganjavi (c. 610). Khamsah, 225-9.— 107, Eazi ud-Dln Ivhashshab, 107. 115, 374. Razi ud-Din Muh. B. Hasan (1096) 400. Nujiimi Haravi, 56. Eazi ud-Din Naishapuri, 107, 115. Nur ud-Din Eazi, 107. Bedhouse. Thesaurus, 177-86. Nur nd-Dln Vali, 85. Revari (Rajah of), 134. NQri, Nur ud-Din Isfahani (1000) . Divan, 224 v., Rif'at, Fath-ullah, 127. 422 vi. Riyazi Samarkandi (884). Divan, 285 II. —275. Nfirjahau Blgam, 411. Riza B. Razi Tabrizi, 124. Nusrat, Sultan Husain, 120, 123. Eiza Kuli of Hamadan, 127. Nusrat ud-Diu Atabak, 257. Eiza Kuli Khan, t. Hidayat (1288) . Nizhad Kdmah, Nuvidi, v. 'Abdi. 42. Mtijma' ul-Fusahd, 125. Riydz ul-Ariftn, Partav, 'Ali Eiza, 127. 126. Miftd/i ul-Kunuz, 221 n. Eidauat Parranah, Muh. Sadik, 120, 127. Ndmah, 364 I. Anis ul- Ashikin, 364 n. Pindar Eazi, 108 I. Divan, 365.-93, 212 v., 412. Pur Baha, 107. Biidagi, 106, 107, 108, 115, 204 m., 390. Pur Hasan, 107. Eiih-ullah Khan, 411. Babib ud-Dln Aba '1-Kasim Harun (c. 610) 382. Ruhi, 107. Eafi' ud-Din Ibrahim Shirazi. Tazkirat ul-Muliik Eu'i, 106. (c. 1020) 83 in. Eukn ud-Dln Kashi, v. Masih. EafV ud-Din Lunbani (603). Divan, 239 iv.—107. Eushan, 127. Rail' ud-Dln Va'iz (c. 1105). Abvdb ul-Jinan, 152. Eushan-kalam, 411. Divan, 334.—400. Sa'adat-ullah Khan, 411. Eafi' i Naishapuri, 107, 111. Saba, v. Path 'Ali Khan. Eaflk(1212). Divan, 349.— 132. Sabahi, Sulaiman, 118, 132, 379. Ragkib Isfahani (c. 500). Zari'ah, 146. Sabur, Ahmad, 118-120, 123-4. Eahlm, 'Ali Beg, 412. Sa'd al-Varaviui. Marzahdn Kdmah (c. 610) 382-3. Rakim, Sa'd ud-Diu Muh. (o. 1090). Divan, 332. Sa'd ud-Din Sa'id, 107. Eakbshan, 128. Sa'd-ullah Khan, 111. Ram Mohan Rai (1249). Tuhfat ul-MuvaWidin, Sa'd ud-Din Shushtari, 107. 22. Sa'di (690). Kulliyydt, 246-8. Gulidin, 249-50. Ramzi Isfahani, 106. BUslun, 251. Pand Ndmah, 252-3.—115, 374. Rauvar Singh, 411. Sadr ud-Dln Muh. Kazvlni (1080) 400. Rashid Vatvat (578). HacU'ik us-Sihr, 188, 420 i. Sadr ud-Din Muh. Shirazi (1050) 417 n., 123. Divan, 212 IV., 234 If, On metre, 191 II.— 105, Sadr ud-Din Tabrizi. Farhang i 'Abbdsi (1225) 107, 115, 190, 379. 170. 296 INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES. Safa, 'Abd ul-"Vasi', 127- Shah Malik, Amir (829) 149. Safa'i, Ahmad Narfiki, 123. Shah Shuja' Muzaffari, 146. Safa'i, Mulla Muh., 127. Shah Shuja', of Afghanistan (1258). Dican, 361. Safi, Ahmad of Narak, 124, 132. Shahid Tihrani, 376. Safi, Shah, 402 VI. Shahldi, 108. Saghar, Muh. of Shiraz, 124. Shahin, 127. Siighar, Muh. Ibrahim of Isfahan, 127. Shahjahan, 411, 413. Sahab, Sayyid Muh., 118-20, 123-1, 379. Shahkuli Mirza, 121. Sahba, Aka Muh. Taki, 132. Shahpur Mirza, 121. Sahib, daughter of Skahbaz Khan, 119. Shahrazuri. Ta'rzkh ul-Hukamd (c. 600) 100 I. Sahib, Muh. Taki, 120, 123, 127. Shahrukh, 402 xix. Sahiri, 108 4. Shaida (c. 1080). Divan, S26. Sa'ib (1088). Divan, 328-9.-376, 419 x., xn. Shaida, v. Hasan Chelebi, 356. Sa'Id B. As'ad, 212 i. Sha'ik, 124, 128. Sa'id B. Muh. al-Kattau. Sirdj ul-Kulub, 3. Shaikh 'AH Mirza, 121, 123-4. Saidi (1069). Divan, 422, m. Shams i Fakhri, 167. Saif ud-Din Akhsikati, 107. Shams i Kais. Al-Ma'ajjam (a. 630) 190. Saif ud-Din Haji. A.sdr nl-Vuzard (883) 101. Shams i Mashriki. Divan, 277 II. Saif ud-Dm Isfarangi (666). Divan, 220 II. — 115. Shams i Tabriz. Dican, 243-4. Saif-ullah Mirza, 121. Shams ud-Din Muh. Kashmiri, 167. Sain (o. 910). 'Ariz, 191 i. Shapur (c. 1030). Divan, 321.— 108. Saifi, Yadgar Beg (870) 275 n. Shapur, Shaikh 'AH Mirza, 120, 123-4. Sa'in ud-Din Sliirazi, 107. SharafRami (795). Aim uU'Ushshdk, 420 HI., 421 Saki, Musta'idd Khan (1136) 335. in. Hadlkat id-Hakd'ik, 421 v. Sakib, 127. Sharaf ud-Din Khan Bitliisi. Sharaf Ndmah Salim, Salim 'Attar Yazdi, 376. (1005) 95-6. Salim, Muh. Kuli, 376. Sharaf ud-Din Fazl-ullah Kazvini (c. 740). Works, Salman Savaji (779). Divan, 220 m., 265-6. 257.— 107. KImurshtd n Jamsliid, 265 v., 266. Firdk Sharaf ud-Din Shufurvah (c. 600). Divan, 239 Namah, 265 vi., 266.-374, 379. nr.— 107, 118, 190. Yazdi . Ilulal i Mutarraz, 193. Sam Mirza. Tuhfah i Sttmi, 103. Sharaf ud-Din (858) 107. Sana'i, Hakim (c. 545). Divan, 214, 215 nr. Sharaf Shah, HaiUkah, 215 i.— 105, 107, 115, 190. Sharar, Husaia 'AH Beg, 118. Tabrizi, 108. Sana'i Mashhadi (996). Dican, 309 I. Sharif Sangln Beg, 415. Sharif Isfahani, 108. SanT ul-Mulk, 412, Shaukat, Muh. Taki Mirza, 120, 123-4. Sarshar Najaf Kuli Khan, 123-4. Shaukat, Muh. Kasim, 120, 123, 286 7. Sarv i Azad, 196 v. Shauki (o. 800) Sayyid Kuohak (c. 1200). Divan, 345. Shifa, 123. Sha'af, 'Abdullah Kummi, 376. Shifa'i, v. Muzaffar, 151. Shiih (Mulla) (1072) 130. Shihab, 'Abdullah Turshizi (1215). Khusrau Siimn, Shah 'Alam, 411. 352 i. Hist, of 'Ali Murdd Khdn, 352 n. Shah 'AH B. 'Abd ul-'Ali. MajdUs un-Na/d'is, 104. Divan, 353. INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES. 297 Shihab, Nasr-ullak, 127. Taki, 124. Shihnah, 120, 123-4. Taki ud-Din Kashani. Khuldsat ul-Ash'dr (996) Shuja', son of Skfihjahan, 411. 105. Shuja', Shah (1258). Divan, 361. Talib Amuli, 108, 376. Shukr-ullah B. Shihab ud-Din. Bahjat ut-tavdrlkh Tali'i (858) 286 «. (861) 28. Tarab, 120, 123. Slma, 127. Taraj, 127. Sipihr, 123, 377. Ta'sir, Muh. Muhsin (1091) 400. Siraf, Husam ud-Din, 392. Taslim. Kazd n Kadar, 419 xvn. Siraj ud-Din Sijistani, 107. TauhTd, Muh. Isma'il, 370. Sudi. Shark Divan Hdfiz, 274. Tavakkul Beg Kulali. Nushhah i Akvdl i Shahi Sufi Mazandarani, 107. (1077) 130. Suhaili (907) 275. Tazarv, 128. Sulaiman Khan, 123. Timur, Amir. Tuzuh i Himuri, 51.—411. Sulaiman Mirza, 121. Tipu Sultan, 406. Sulaiman Safavi, Shah, 402 is. Tishnah, 127. Sultan Ahmad Mirza, 121. Tuba, 128. Sultan Ahmad, Sardar, 403 12. Tufan (1190). Divan, 342.—132. Sultan Hamzah Mirza, 121. Tnghra, Mulla, 323, 376, 419 xvin. Sultan Husain Baikara. Divan, 300. —417 11. Tughrul, 120, 123-4. Sultan Husain Safavi, 402 xn.-xiv., 403 1. Tusi (869) 286 1. Sultan Ibrahim Mirza, 121. Tuti, 123-4. Sultan Muhammad Mirza, 121. 'Ubaid Zakani (772). Eulliyydt, 264.-374. Sultan Mustafa Mirza, 121. Ulfat, 111. Sultan Sallm Mirza, 121. Ulfati, 111. Sultani, 120. Ulugh Beg (853). Zlj, 156. Surur, 123. Ibn Umailah al-Maraghi (778) 43. Suriiri. Shark i Hdfiz, 273. 'Umar Khayyam (517) 390. Suriiri, Sikandar. Divan (1114) 335. 'Umdat ul-Mulk, 411. Suzani, 105 1., 108, 115. Ummid, 123, 127. Tabib, 'Abd ul-Baki (1168). Divan, 339. Ummidi (930). Divan, 422 vni. Tabib, Muh. of Burujird, 124, 132. 'Unsuri (431). Divan, 204 p., 205, 212 111.— 105, Tahir, Hasan Khan, 120. 106, 108, 115, 190, 390. Tahir, of Hamadan, 127. 'Urn (999). Divan, 310. Farhdd u Shirin, 310 8, Tahir Nasrabadi. Tazhirah (1083) 110.—376. 311 11.— 108, 309 11., 311, 419 xn., xit., 376. Tahir Vahid. Hist, ofAbbas II., 60, 61.—34. 'Uzri, 132. Tahmasp I., Shah, 402 I.-HL Vafa (1200). Divan, 344.— 123, 127. Tahmasp II., Shah, 402 xv. Vafa'i, 120, 123. Tahmasp B. Daulatshah (1279) 400. Vafa'i, Husain. Itisdlah, 167. Tahmasp Mirza, 123. Vahib, Hasan Yazdi, 376. Tahmuras Mirza, 121. Vahid, v. Tahir Vahid. Ta'ir, 123-4. Vahshi (991). Farhdd u Shirin, 303, 376, 418 11., Tajalli, 376. 419 in.—376, 419 vi. E B — 298 INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES. Va'iss, v. Rafi' ud-DIn Va'iz, 152. Zahir ud-Daulah Ibrahim Khan, 123-4. Yakar, Ahmad. Bahrdm u Bihruz (c. 1274) 869. Zahir ud-Dm Mar'ashi. Ta'rihh i Tabaristdn (881) 370. 93. Vakari,v. Muh. Amln, 399. Zahir Fariyabi (598). Divan, 222-24.—107, 115, Vala, 123-4. 190, 374, 379. Valih, 124. Zain ul- (Abidin B. Sayyid Razi. Fath ul-Mujdhi- Valih, v. 'AH Kuli Khan, 112. din, 406. Vassaf. Ta'rilch ul-Vassdf, 49. Zain ul-'Abidin Shirvani. Miydz ua-Siydhat (1242). Visal Shirazi (1263). Farhdd u Shh-in., 308, 418 Bustdnus-Siyahat (1248) 140-41.— 387, 403 W. II—107, 127, 403 20. Zain ud-Din Sijzi, 107. Yaghma, 123, 403 io. Zaini 'Alavi, 107. Yahya Lahiji, 108. Zamiri, 108. Yahya, Mir, 376. Zakariyya Mirza, 121. Yahya Mirza, 121. Zargar, 127. Ya'kub Beg Ak-kuyunlu (896) 401. Zari', 128. Ibn Yamln (745) 261 n., 107. Zarif, 120. YamTn ud-Din Tughra'i, 378. Zarrah, 124. Yamini, 124. Zarrin Rakam, Hidiiyat-ullah, 408, 411. Yusuf Amiri, 378. Zauki, 127. Yiisuf Beg Istajlu, 378. Ziya, 123, 127, 376. Yusnf Khan, 411. Zuhuri (1025) 422 m., 419 x., 108, 376. Zabihi, 127, 376. Zulali (o. 1025). Mahmud u lyds, 317.—376. Zafar Khan, 419 x. Zulfakar Shirvani, 115. Zafir, Shams ud-Din Hasan, 146. ( 299 ) CLASSED INDEX OF WORKS. The works are arranged, as far as possible, under each heading in chronological order. Numerals in parenthesis are Hijrah dates relating to the composition of the works or to the death of the authors. Other numerals refer to the nos. under which the MSS. are described. Theology. Daka'ik ul-Haka'ik (720) 18. Al-'Urvah li-ahli Mavahib i 'Aliyyah (899) 1. '1-khalwah (736) 19. Anonymous Tafsir (before 1085) 2. Sharh i Aurad i Sayyid *Ali Hamadani (786) 20. Siraj ul-Kuliib, 3. Khaza'in ul-Malakfit by 'Abdi (968) 307 n. Shir'at ul-Islam (573) 4. Abvab ul-Jinan by EafI' Va'iz (1105) 152. Tazkirat ul-Abrar (1021) 5. Hilyat ul-Muttakin by Muh. Bakir (1110) 153. Hidayat us-Su'ada, 6. Durr i Maknuu (1151) 21. Tuhfat ul-Muvahhidin by Ram Mohan Eai (1249) Mir'at ul-Muhakkikm by Hamld ud-Din, 418 III. 22. Law. Shi'ah Works. Lavami'i Sahibkirani (1065) 23. Tabsirat ul-'Avam (c. 653) 7. Miftah ul-Falah (1030) 8. Hinduism. Gauhar i Murad (c. 1060) 9. Asvamedka Parva of Mahabharata, 24. Takdis ul-Anbiya (before 1073) 10. Za'idah i Zad ul-Ma'ad (1110) 11. History. General History. Babi Boohs. J5mi' ut-Tavarikh by Rashid ud-Dla (704) 25-6. Bayan i Farsi (before 1266) 12. Zafar Namah by Hamdullah Mustaufi (735) 263. Ikan. Letters of Baha (c. 1280) 13, 403 is. Zubdat ut-Tavarikh by Hafiz i Abru (830) 27. Baha's letter to the Shah 14. (1285) Ta'rikh i Khairat (850) 423. Ta'rikh i Jadid (before 1298) 15. Bahjat ut-Tavarikh by Shukr-ullah (855) 28. Ma'asir ul-MulQk by Khwandamir (c. 900) 29. Sufism and Asceticism. Khulasat ul-Akhbar by the same (905) 30. Eisalat ul-Kushairi (465) 16. Habib us-Siyar by the same (930) 31. Anecdotes of saints (c. 500) 393. Ta'rikh i BIchi i Nizamshah (972) 32. Mirsad ul-lbad (654) 17. Ta'rikh i Alfi (997) 424. 300 CLASSED INDEX OF WORKS. Majma' ut-Tavarikh by Haidar Razi (1028) 33. 'Alam-arai Abbasi (1038) 59. Klmld i Barin (1071) 34-5. Khuld i Barin (1071) 34-5. Lubb ul-Lubab by Muh. Kuli Kajar (1097) 38. Ta'rikh i Tahir Vahid (1074) 60-61. Zubdat ut-Tavarikh by Muh. Muhsin (1154) 36. Dastur i Shahriyaran (1110) 62. Ta'rikh Muhamrnadshahi by Khuskhalchand (1154) Afghan invasion by Krusinski (o. 1140) 65. 37. Zivar i Al i Da'ud (1226) 65. Zinat ut-Tavarikh by Muh. Razi (1220) 39. Nadir Shah. Khulasat i Ta'rikh, anonymous (1250) 40. Nukhbat ul-Akhbar by 'Abd ul-Vahhab (1257) 41. Ta'rikh i Jahangushai Nadiri (1161) 65. Nizhad Namah i Padishahau by Riza Kuli Khan (c. 1280) 42. Zands. Gulshan i Murad (1198-1210) 66. Muhammad, Khalifa and Imams. Hist, of Ali Murad Khan (c. 1198) 352 n. Hist, of Muh. and the Khalifa by Najib (c. 850) 43. Kitab i Mu'jizat by Hairati (961) 303. Kajars. Tazkirat ul-A'immah by Muh. Bakir Majlisi (d. 1110) Ta'rikh i Muhammadi (1211) 67. 44. (c. Mufarrih ul-Kulub ; by Nadim 1220) 397. Hamlah i Haidariby Bazil (1124) 336. Ma'asir i Sultaniyyah (1229) 68-9. Riyaz ush-Shahadah by Muh. Hasan Kazvini (1227) Ta'rikh i Sahibkirani (1248) 70. 45-7. Ta'rikh i Zulkarnain (1262) 71. Bahr nl-La'ali by 'Ali Akbar Shirazi (1257) 48. Memoirs of Fath 'AH Shah's Court by Azud u Farhang i Khudaparasti (1277) 371. Daulah (1304) 72. Special Dynasties. Uzbeks. Moghols. Sharaf Kamah i Shahi (997) 73. Ta'rikh ul-Vassaf (712) 49. Shahanshah Namah (738) 201 n. Afghans. Hist, of TJlja'itu and Abu Sa'id (c. 820) 26 n. Ta'rikh i Ahmad Shah (1257) 74. Muzaffaris. India. Mavahib i Ilahi by Mu'in Yazdi (767) 50. Vaki'at i Babari (936) 75. Timur. Tatimmah i Akbar Namah, 76 I. Jabangir Namah (1033) 77. Tuziik i Timuri (1047) 51. Early history of Shahjahan (1037) 76 II. Safavis. Lata'if ul-Akhbar (1063) 78. Fragments relating to Jahandar Shah (1124) 79. Hist, of Shah Isma'il (c. 940) 52. Hist, of Muhammad Shah (1144) 80. Hist, of Isma'il and Tahmasp by-Amir Mahmud Akhbar (1210) 81-2. (957) 53-4. Ahsan ut-Tavarikh by Hasan Beg (985) 55. Deccan. Afzal ut-Tavarikh (o. 1020) 56. ul-Muluk (c. 1020) 83 Ta'rikh i Jalal Munajjim (1020) 57. Tazkirat mi Rauzat us-Safaviyyah (1028-35) 58. Hadikat ul-Alam (o. 1218) 84. CLASSED INDEX OE WORKS. 301 Kaslimvr. Tazkirah i Muhammadshalii by Bahman (1249) 124. Gauhar i 'Alam (c. 1200) 85. Tazkirah i Darvish Nava (c. 1250) 115. Hishmat i Kashmir (1245) 86. Majma' ul-Fusaha by Riza Kuli Khan (c. 1250) 125. Local Histories. Riyaz ul-'Arifln by the same (1260) 126. Mada'ih ul-Mu'tamadiyyah by Bahar (1259-63) Ta'rikh i Bukhara (348) 87. 127-8. Kitab i Kum (378) 88. Hadlkat Amanullahi by Raunak (1265) 129. Ta'rikh i Baihak (563) 89. Conquest of Kirman by Malik Dinar (584) 90-91. Memoirs and Travels. Ta'rikh i Tabaristan by Ibn Isfandiyar (750) 92. Ahval i Shahi by Tavakkul Beg (1077) 130. Ta'rikh i Tabaristan by Zahlr ud-Din (881) 93. Jangnamah i Navvab Ghulam Muhammad Khan Rauziit ul-Jannat, a hist, of Herat (897) 94. (1213) 351. Sharaf Namab, a hist, of the Kurds (1005) 95-6. Mir'at ul-Ahval by Ahmad Bahbahani (1225) 131. Ihya ul-Muluk, a hist, of Slstan (1028) 97. Tajribat ul-Ahrar by 'Abd ur-Razzak (1228) 132. Tazkirah i Shushtariyyah (1169) 98. Travels of 'Izzat-nllah (1227-8) 133. Tuhfat ul-'Alam, a hist, of Shushtar (1216) 84 n. Hist, of Dii'fid Pasha of Baghdad (1237) 356. Mir'at ul-Kasan (1288) 99. Statement of the Raja of Revari (c. 1 270) 134. BlOGEAPHT. Cosmography and Geography. Ta'rikh i Hukama by Shahrazuri (c. 600) 100 I. 'Aja'ib nl-Makhlukat by Kazvlni (682) 135. Asar ul-Vuzara (883) 101. Nuzhat ul-Kulub by Hamd-ullah (740) 136-7. Haft Ikllm by Amln Rfizi (1002) 138. Haft Ikllm by Amln Razi (1002) 138. Ziya ul-'Arifin by Fazl-ullah (1272) 102. Riyaz us-SiyShat by Zain ul-'Abidln (1242) 139. the same (1242) 141. Tazkirahs. Hada'ik us-Siyahat by Bustan us-Siyiihat by the same (1247) 140. Majalis un-Nafa'is (896) 104. 103. Tuhfak i Sami (987) Sciences. Khulasat ui-AsVar (996) 105. Encyclopaedias. Bazm-arai by Sayyid 'Ali (1000) 106. ul-'Ulum by Fakhr ud-Din Razi (574) 142-3. Khair ul-Bayan by Mir Husain (1019-36) 108-9. Jami' Riyaz ul-Abrar by Husain 'Aklli (979) 144. Maikhanah by Hasan Tihrani (1040) 107. Tazkirah i Tahir Nasrabadi (1083) 110. Ethics and Politics. Saflnah i Khushgu (1137-47) 111. Kibus Namah by Kaika'us (475) 145. Riyaz ush-Shu'ara by Valih (1161) 112-13. Az-Zari'ah by Raghib Isfahani (c. 500) 146. Atashkadah by Azur (1193) 114. i Nasiri by Nasir ud-Din Tusi (672) 147-8. Khulasat nl-Afkar by Abu Talib (1207) 116. Akhlak Naslhat Namah i Shahi by Husain Khwarazmi Makhzan ul-Ghara'ib by Ahmad 'Ali (1218) 117. 149. Zinat ul-Mada'ih by Huma (1218-23) 118-19. (829) Ghiyas ud-Din 150. Anjuman i Khakan by Fazil (1234) 120. Akhlak i Mansuri by (948) 151. Gulshan i Mahmudby Mahmiid Mirza (1235) 121. Akhlak i Shifii'i by Muzaffar (963) Saflnat ul-Mahruud by the same (1240) 122. Abvab ul-Jinan by Rafi' Varta (1105) 152. 397. Nigaristan i Dara by 'Abd ur-Razzak (1241) 123. Mufarrih ul-Kulub by Nadim (1241) s s . . 302 CLASSED INDEX OF WORKS. Astronomy Redhouse's Thesaurus, 177-86. Nisab ilngilisi Farhad Mirza 187. Jahfin Danish by Sharaf ud-Din Mas'udi (643) 154. by (1269) Bist Bab by Naslr ud-Din Tusi (672) with comm., Rhetoric, Inshd and Poetical Figtires. 155. Hada'ik us-Sihr by Eashid ¥atviit (c. 550) 188. 'Ali Kushji's comm. on Zij i Ulugh Beg (c. 850) Tarassul un-Nusriyyah by Fazl-ullah (c. 732) 257 II. 156. Dustur ul-Katibby Ibn Hindushah (c. 770) 189. Mineralogy. Anis ul-'Ushshak by Sharaf Rami (795) 420 Hi. Tansfik Namah by Nasir ud-Din Tusi (672) 157. Hadikat ul-Haka'ik by the same, 421 v. Javahir Namah by Muh. B. Mansur (c. 880) 158. Prosody. Medicine. Al-Mu'ajjam by Shams i Kais (c. 620) 190. 'Arflz i Saifi (896) 191 i. Risalah i Tiryak i Faruk by Kamal ud-Din (c. 950) 159. Treatise on rhyme by 'Ata'ullah (929) 191 m., 192. Dustur ul-Atibba by Firishtah (1033) 160. Fiddles. Farriery. Al-Ihya fi'l Mu'amma by Miuuchihr (c. 800) 420 n. Hulal i Mutarraz by 'Ali Yazdi (858) 193. Translation of al-Akwal al-Kafiyah (c. 750) 161. Treatise by Mir Husain (904) 191 v., 194. Music. Poetry. Treatises on music (collected A.H. 1075) 162. On musical moods, 191 VII. Firdausi (411). Shahnamah, 195-8, 269. Yusuf u Zulaikha, 200. Philology. Barzu Namah, 195 II., 196 VIII. Faramurz Namah, 196 vi., 199 n. Persian Lexicography Azarbarzm Namah, 197 I. Miftah ul-Fuzala by Muh. Shadiyabadi (873) 163. Farrukhi (429) 203-4. Lughat i Halimi (c. 886) 164-5. •Unsuri (431) 204 n., 205, 212 in. Tuhfah i Skahidi (920) 166. Minuchihri (432) 206, 212 v., 224 ir. Risalah i Husain Vafa'i (933) 167. Asadi. Garshasp Namah (458) 195 1., 196 1., 201 1., Farhang i Jahangiri (1017) 168. 202. Treatise of Abd ul-Basit (c. 1150) 169. Kataran (465) 204 in., 207-8, 245 II. Farhang i 'Abbasi (1225) 170. Nasir i Khusrau (481) 209-10. Farhang i Muhammadshahi (1249) 171. Jamali. Bahman Namah, 197 II., 201 in. Rush Namah, 201 rv. Arabic Lexicography and Grammar. Abu'l-Faraj Runi (c. 500) 210 i. Kanun ul-Adab by Hubaish Tiflisi (c. 600) 425. Lami'i (c. 520) 212 i. Dustur ul-Ikhwan (c. 822) 172. Azraki (526) 211 in., 213 i., 224 in., 234 m. Kanz ul-Lughah (c. 880) 173. Adib Sabir (540) 239 II. Mahmud ul-Lughah (bef. 1131) 174. Sana'i (c. 542) 214-15. Comm. on the Shafiyah, 175. Mukhtari (544) 211 vi., 215 vn., 216. Varia. •Abd ul-Vasi' Jabali (555) 217. Sanglakh, a Turki-Persian Dictionary (1173) 176. Hasan Ghaznavi (565) 215 vi. CLASSED INDEX OF WORKS. 303 Raahld VatTat (578) 212 it., 234 II. Shahi (857) 284-85. Anvari (587) 211 v., 218-19. Tali'i (858) 286 e. Jamal Isfah&ni (588) 224 it. Tusi (869) 286 i. Khakani (595) 221. Sain (870) 275 n. Zahlr Fariyabi (598) 222-24. Riyazi (884) 285 n., 275 n Sharaf ShufurTah (c. 600) 239 in. Jami (898) DiTan, 287-88 ; Haft Aurang, 289-93. Raft' Lunbani (603) 239 it. Maktabi (c. 900) 298. Nizami GanjaTi (o. 607) 225-33. Suhaili (907) 275 n. Najlb Jurpadakani (625) 234. Hatifi (927) 295-97, 305 n., 275 n, Farid ud-Dm 'Attar (627) 235-7. TTmmidi (930) 422 vhi. Kutb ud-Din (633 ?) 238. Muhyi (933) 301, 275 n. Asir Aumani (665) 239 i. Hilali (935) 302. Saif Isfarangi (666) 220 II. Miram Siyah (o. 960) 353 n. Jalal ud-Din Rami (672) 240-44. Hairati (961) 303. Imami HaraTi (686) 213 II., 245 I. Fuziili (963) 304-5, 422 n. Majd ud-Din Hamgar (686) 211 n., it., tii. Ashki (972) 306. FarTd ud-Din Ahral (o. 686) 213 in. 'Abdi (961-68) 307. Sa'di (691) 246-53. Vahshi (991) 308. Hariin (c. 700) 254. §ana'i (996) 309 I. Khusrau. DihlaTi (725) 220 it., 255. TJrfi (999) 309 n., 310-11. Amir Hasan (727) 286 i. Niiri Isfahani (1000) 224 t. 422 ti. Fazl-ullah KazTini (c. 732) 257. Amani (c. 1016) 312. Auhadi (738) 258-59. Nau'i (1019) 313. Ahmad Tabrizi. Shahanshah Namah (738) 201 n. Ja'far (1021) 314-15. Hamd-ullah Mustaufi (c. 740). Zafar Namah, 263. Nazh-i (1022) 316. •Atlki (744) 260. Zulali (c. 1025) 317. Ibn Yamin (745) 261 u. Abu Turab Beg (1026) 318 i. Khwaju (o. 750) 262. Sam Namah, 196 n. Nizam Dast i Ghaib (1029) 319. 'Ubaid Zakani (772) 264. Nasir Hamadani (1030) 318 II. Salman S&Taji (779) 220 in., 265-66. Ali Naki Kamara'i (1030) 320. Hafiz (791) 267-74. Shapur (c. 1030) 321. Ibn 'Imad (c. 800) 348 II. Mirak (c. 1053) 322, Kamal Khujandi (803) 275-76, 286 «• Kudsi (1056) 323. Maghribi (809) 277 I. Fayyaz Lahiji (c. 1060) 324. Shams Mashriki (c. 800) 277 H. Hazik (1068) 325. 'Aziz-ullah. Rauzat ul-'Ashikm (820) 278. Saidi (1069) 422 tii. Ni'mat-ullah Vali (834) 279. Shaida (c. 1080) 327. Mnrali (c. 834) 285 in. Rakim (c. 1084) 332. Kasim ul-AnTar (837) 280-81. Sa'ib (1088) 32S-29. Katibi (838) 275 n. Arshad (o. 1089) 330. 'Ismat (840) 282. Majziib (1093) 331. 'Arifi (853) 283, 286 i. Nanras (c. 1105) 333. Ashraf (854) 286 3. Raft' Va'iz (c. 1105) 334. 304 CLASSED INDEX OP WORKS. Burfiri (c. 1114) 335. Tales and Fables. Bazil (1124) 336. Kissah i Bilauhar by Ibn Babavaih (321) 380. Mn-Najat (c. 1126) 337. Marzaban Namah (c. 610) 382-3. Bidil (1133) 338. Anvar i Suhaili by Husain Kashifi (910) 381. Tabib 339. (1168) Darab Namah by Abu Tahir Tarasusi, 384-5. 'Ashik (1181) 340-41. Hakikatul-Haka'ik by Muh. 'Ali Shirvani (1252) 387. Tiifan (1190) 342. Kissah i Mas'ud Shah, 388. Fakir Abbasi (o. 1199) 343. Collections of Anecdotes. Vafa (1200) 344. Al-Faraj ba'd ash-Shiddah, 389. Sayyid Kiiehak (c. 1200) 345. Nami (1204) 346-49. Anecdotes of Saints, anonymous (c. 500) 393. Chahar Nizatni (c. Raftk (1212) 350. Makalah by 552) 390. Jami' ul-Hikayat by Aufi 391-2. Gkularn Jilfini. Jangnamah (1213) 351. (625) Nigaristan i Mu'ini 394. Shihab (1215) 352-53. (735) Zlnat ul-Majalis Majdi 395. Mijmar (1225) 354. by (1004) Historical anecdotes, anonymous (c. 1000) 102. Katrah (1235) 357. Siraj ul-Mumr by Kashif (1030) 419 n., 422. Farrnkh (1237) 355. Khazan u Bahar by the same (1060) 396. Shaida, Hasan Chelebi (c. 1237) 356. Mufarrih ul-Kulub JSTadim Khavari (1237) 358. by (1241) 397. Khavar (1238) 359. Letters, State Papers, and Autographs. Abu '1-Hasan Jajarmi (1239) 360. Majma' ul-Inshii by Abu '1-Kasim Beg (c. 1052) 398. Shall Shuja' (1240) 361. Guldastah i Andishah by Vakari (c. 1081) 399. Nashat (1244) 362-3. Anonymous collection of royal letters (c. 1100) Hidayat (1253-83) 364-5. 417 ii. Visal (1263) 308. Autographs compiled by 'Abd ul-Karim Kazvini Nayyir (1263) 368. (1080-1126) 400. Ghamami (1269) 366. Firmans of the Shahs (884-1283) 401-2. Ka'ani (1270) 367. Collection of autographs, 403. Vakar (1274) 369-70. Copies of treaties (1224-72) 404. Mahram (1277) 371. Addresses to Warren Hastings, 405. Nazir (1297) 372. Military rules of Tipu Sultan, 406. 'Amil (1298) 373. A Letter from Deccan to Marechal de Castries, 407. Anthologies. Paintings. Dustiir ush-Shu f ara, an anonymous anthology of Album of Asaf ud-Daulah, 408. Persian and Indian poets (803) 374. Album of Himmat-yar Khan (1204) 411. Tuhfat ul-Habib by Fakhri (e. 930) 375. Portraits of Persian princes and ministers, 412. Collection of Masnavis by Bad!' Muh. (1170) 376. Inscriptions. Badi' ul-Afkar by Munsif (1239) 378. Inscriptions of Taj Mahall and Delhi, 413-15. Maljmud ul-Bayan by Mahmud Mirza (1240) 377. Inscription of Khwajah Khizr, 416. Mizan i Taba'i', by Khavar (1242) 379. ( 305 ) NUMERICAL INDEX. SHOWING THE CORRESPONDENCE OP THE NUMBERS BY WHICH THE MANUSCRIPTS ARE DESIGNATED WITH THE NUMBERS UNDER WHICH THEY ARE DESCRIBED IN THE PRESENT SUPPLEMENT. Oriental. Supplement. Oriental. Supplement. Oriental. Supplement. . . 70 2676 . . 391 2819 . 12 2876 . . . . 118 2677 . . . 31 2833 . . . 263 2877 2692 . 84 2834 . . 225 2878 . . 202 . . . 2693 . . . 112 2837 . . . 41 2879 208 . . 224 2694 . . . . . 2880 , 329 2838 297 . . . 45 2699 .... i . . 86 2839 . . . 313 2881 . 46 2710 . . 267 2841 . . 156 2882 . . . 2739 ...... 152 2842 . . . 4 2883 47 . . 2743 ... . . 247 2843 . . 205 2885 .. 26 2747 . . . 236 2844 . . . 206 28S6 . . . 50 . . . 2769 . 133 2845 . . 209 2887 . 90 .' 2774 . . . . 27 2846 . . . 239 2888 . . . 237 . . . 2775 . . 28 2847 . . 245 2889 212 2776 . . . 54 2848 . . . 303 2892 . . . 17G 2777 . . . 326 . . 196 . 87 2849 2926 . 2778 92 2850 . . . 342 2927 . . . 25 2779 . 97 2851 . . 345 2928 . 30 . . 2780 . 201 2852 . . . 417 2929 . . . 114 . 2781 . 384 2862 . 93 2930 . . 200 2787 ...... 411 2863 148 2931 . . . . 226 . 2799 . 381 2864 . . 157 2932 . . .. 227 2812 . . . 8 2S65 . . . 160 2933 . . . 231 . 2813 . 11 2866 . 243 2934 . . . . 233 2814 . . . 190 2867 . . . 295 2935 . . . 290 . . . 2815 . 265 2868 . . 343 2936 336 2816 . . . 241 2869 . . . 341 2937 . . . 16S 2817 . . 352 2870 . . 304 2939 . 53 2818 . . . 155 2872 . ... 312 2940 . . , 60 T T 306 NUMERICAL INDEX. Oriental. Supplement. Oriental. Supplement. Oriental. Supplement. 2941 62 3000 368 3271 , 76 2942 15 3115 . 14 3272 59 2943 129 3116 13 3273 . 172 2944 1SS Q07/f 3202 . oi) oti i * 314 203 Q97S 2945 3203 130 Oil 1 0 . 315 294G 199 3204 . oil OAlO 77 2947 264 3205 274 Q977 158 2948 246 3206 . 273 O&IO . . 68 2949 255 3207 393 Oiiiii . 69 2950 275 3208 . 3 o 2952 317 OtiOii 3223 . 388 . . 328 2953 349 3233 218 O&OO . 284 2954 369 QQQA 3234 . 324 OZO'l . . 361 2955 418 ..>_•> OOO 3285 335 2956 OiSOO 3236 . 340 . 339 QQQ7 2957 . . OoX> O£i0t ODD 3287 78 I 77 QR I /-oO 3238 . . . 238 3288 37 2969 43 QAA 3299 loo 2970 49 3240 . 367 3300 170 7 2971 / 3241 194 3301 223 2972 3302 91 A 142 3242 . 17 2973 OoO OOA Q 372 3303 AiO 2974 OU3) 3244 . 375 3304 280 2975 419 3245 360 3305 ZOO 1 Q7 2976 1(7 < 3306 3246 . 204 283 2979 Ql ft OIU 3247 . . 268 ooU/ 420 2980 1 Ql 3248 . 52 OOUO . 143 2983 . 2 3249 . . 192 3312 . . 219 2984 . . . . 356 3250 . 124 3313 . . 277 2985 . . 299 . 3251 . . 371 3314 . . . 422 2986 . . . 308 . 3252 . 145 3315 . . 154 2993 . 9 . . . . 3253 240 3316 . . 296 2994 . . . 48 3254 . . 373 3317 . . 207 2995 . . 213 3255 . . . 316 3318 . . . 353 2996 . . . . 150 3256 . . 370 3319 . 323 2997 . . 278 3260 . . . . 406 3320 . . 217 2998 . . . 319 3261 . . 252 3321 . . 347 2999 . . 346 3262 . . . 253 3322 . . . 257 "NTTTMF'TfTP A T TATT^T? "V" UN Dili A. 307 Oriental. Supplement. Oriental. Supplement. Oriental. Supplement. 3323 . . 210 3501 . . 387 3589 . . 116 3324 . . . 321 3504 . . 307 3590 . . . 389 3325 . . 222 3505 . . 320 3592 . 66 3332 . . . 61 3506 . 105 3600 . . . 386 3333 . 40 3507 . . 390 3602 . 64 3334 . . . 285 3508 . . 123 3603 . . . 99 3344 . . 189 3509 . . 193 3604 . . 378 3374 . . . 216 3512 . 23 3610 . . . 79 3375 . . 262 3513 . . 232 3632 . . 146 3376 . . . 234 3514 . . 242 3633 . . . 301 3377 . . 365 3515 . . 175 3634 . . 331 3378 . . . 42 3516 . . 153 3641 .. . . 44 3379 . . 300 3517 . . 169 3642 . . 422 3386 . . 115 3520 . 174 3643 . . . 29 3387 . . 260 3521 . . 167 3644 . . 333 3388 . . . 58 3522 . . 102 3647 . . . 254 3389 . . 106 3523 . . . . . 132 3648 . . 144 3390 . . . 120 3524 . . 125 3649 . . . 19 3391 . 88 3527 . 71 3653 . . 165 3396 . . 104 3528 ... . 364 3666 . . . 141 3397 . . 108 3529 ...... 380 3667 . . 318 . 3398 . . 164 3535 . 32 3668 . . . 337 3399 . . 119 3536 . . 126 3677 . . 140 3400 . . 38 3537 . . . 107 3713 . . . 211 3401 . . 221 3541 . . 330 3714 . 75 3402 . . 399 3542 . . 338 4106 . . . 94 3481 . 35 3543 . . 354 4107 . . 101 3482 . . 39S 3544 . . 355 4108 . . . 72 3483 . . 161 3545 . . 122 4109 . . 149 3484 . . 359 3546 . . 151 4110 . . . 374 3486 . . 220 3547 . 18 4118 . 16 3487 . . . 332 3549 . 57 4119 . . . 147 3488 . . 350 3550 . 74 4120 . . 249 3489 . 357 3551 . 67 4121 . . . 251 . 3490 . 108 3552 . . 377 4122 . . 291 3497 . . . 73 3553 . . 121 4123 . . . 287 3498 . 36 3584 . 91 4124 . . 302 3499 . . . 397 3587 . 89 4132 . . . 34 ' 3500 . . 282 3588 . . 271 4133 . 10 . . oUo JN UMJilulGAlj Oriental. Supplement. Oriental. Supplement. Oriental. Supplement. 4134 .. 55 4608 . 82 4901 . . . 9S . 4135 . . . 279 4609 . 81 • •. 4902 . . 138 4151 .. . . 235 4610 ...... 117 4903 . . . 136 4195 . . 173 4615 . . 385 -. . 4904 . 137 4238 . . 351 4616 . . 306 4905 . . . 1S7 4379 . 1 4617 . . 139 4906 . . . 195 4380 .. . . 6 4658 . . . 100 4907 . . . 395 4381 . 20 4671 . 110 4908 . . 134 4382 . . . 21 4672 . . Ill 4909 . . 266 4383 . . 135 4673 . . 379 4910 . . 261 4384 . . . 198 4678 . • 56 4911 . . 305 . 4385 . 228 4679 . . 404 4912 . .322 4386 . . . 229 4680 . . 171 4913 . . . 309 4387 . . 250 4681 . . 2S8 . 4914 . . 363 ' 4388 . . . 270 4688 . 85 . 4932 . . 259 4389 . . 293 4689 . . 244 4934 . . 401 4390 . . . 294 4691 . . 159 4935 . . . 402 . . 4709 . 4391 . . 325 . . 113 4936 . . 403 4392 . . . 392 4722 . 51 4937 . . . 400 4482 . 4730 . . 258 . 230 4938 . . 412 4733 . 4507 . . . 5 . 131 4948 . . . 425 4508 . 33 4738 . 22 4745 . 4509 . . . 63 . 272 4510 . 4768 . . 109 . 416 Stowe Or. Supplement. . . 4511 . . . 127 4772 . 376 14. . . 256 4512 . . . 128 4773 . . 269 15 . . 327 4513 . . . 289 4774 ... . . 334 16. . . 403 4514 . . . . 215 4775 . 65 17 . .413-14 4515 . . 348 4776 . 83 18. . . 409 4516 . . . . 362 4779 . . 248 19 . . 410 4535 . . . ^92 2. 4836 . 95 4543 . . 407 4898 . . 423 4561 . . . 24 4899 . . 424 Add. 4595 . . 415 4900 . 96 29,217 . . . 405' j j^^WjiS VI. than three pieces on the death of Amir JkiJ Mu'izzi, who « sS' (jyXo »^,b" eujlk. was killed by a stray shot of VII. Sultan Sinjar, A.H. 542. The third of * O-^jJyTjJji these, which J ^ VIII. contains an allusion to the cause of his death, fol. 137ft, is as follows O—cb : : ;