SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE OF THE PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM BY CHARLES RIEU, Ph.D. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES Sontion : SOLD AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM; AND BY Messrs. LONGMANS & CO., 39, Paternoster Row; R QUARITCH, 15, Piccadilly, W.j A. ASHEE & CO., 13, Bedford .Street, Covent Garden ; KEG AN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., Paternoster House, Charing Cross Eoad ; and HENEY FROWDE, Oxford University Press, Amen Corner. 1895. LONDON : printed by gilbert and rivington, limited , st. John's house, clerkenwell, e.g. TUP r-FTTY CFNTEf PEE FACE. 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 Dinar (nos. 88 — 90) ; geographical works, with historical notices, by Zain ul-'Abidin Shirvani (nos. 139 — 141) ; lastly, the best copy known of Ta'rikh i 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 epic poems hitherto scarcely known by name (no. 201) ; further, a volume of the great historical work of Hafiz i Abrii (no. 27) ; the Persian translation of Narshakhi's history of Bukhara (no. 87) ; the history of Tabaristan, by Ibn Isfandiyar (no. 92) ; and Ihya 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. 25) ; an early MS. of the Khamsah of Nizami (no. 226) ; and a profusely illuminated 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 Shi' ah works 4 Babi boohs 6 Sufism 9 Appendix to Theology 13 Law 13 Hinduism 14 History. General history 15 Muhammad and the Imams ... 29 Moghols 33 Muzaffaris 33 Timur 33 Safavis 34 Nadir Shah 43 Zands 43 Kajars 45 Uzbeks 49 Afghans 51 India 51 Local histories 58 Biography 68 Lives of Sufis 70 Tazkirahs or Lives of Poets ... 71 Memoirs and Travels 96 Cosmography and Geography .... 98 Sciences. Encyclopaedias 102 Ethics and Politics 105 Astronomy 110 Mineralogy 112 Medicine 113 Farriery 114 Music 114 Philology. Persian Lexicography . . 116 Arabic Lexicography and Grammar . 120 Various Lexicographical works . . 120 Rhetoric and Insha 121 Prosody 123 Middles 126 Poetry 127 Anthologies 232 Tales and Fables 238 Collections of Anecdotes .... 243 Letters, State Papers and Autographs . 253 Paintings 260 Inscriptions 263 MSS. of Mixed Contents 264 Latest Accessions 270 Alphabetical Index op Titles .... 275 Index of Persons' Names 285 Classed Index of Works 299 Numerical Index 305 SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE OF THE PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS. THEOLOGY. 1. Or. 4379.— Foil. 384; 12J in. by 8£ ; 27 lines, 6 in. long ; written in Neskhi by two hands, apparently in the 17th and 18th centuries. [Wallis Budge.] The Persian commentary of Husain Va'iz Kashifi upon the Coran. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 9 6, and Ethe, Bodleian Cata- logue, nos. 1805 — 8. The MS. contains the first part of the work. It breaks off in the middle of Surat ul-A'raf, vii., v. 149. The latter part of the volume, foil. 132 — 384, contains a portion of the Arabic com- mentary entitled Ma'alim ut-Tanzil. See the Supplement to the Arabic Catalogue, no. 1266. 2. Or. 2983.— Foil. 550; 12 in. by 7|; 20 lines, 4f in. long ; written in small, neat and close, Nestalik; dated Thursday, 20 Rabi' II., A.H. 1085 (A.D. 1674). [H. A. Stern.] The first volume of an extensive Shi'ah commentary upon the Coran, without title •or author's name. It is imperfect at the beginning, com- mencing abruptly in the middle of comments on the first words of the Fatihah as follows : c ***j J o-:^ j\ ji j> j\Ksil J?.—** j vju^-j \jZj>- iz*>*> The commentary upon Surat ul-Bakarah begins, fol. 4a, as follows: W M syLJl ijy» sjAc C^—aIUs ^ ^ ^ J^c- W T, CLo.^J j (Jl^wJ^ (3^* dX^>- Zjy^j J\ .Vet CJj The next-following Surahs begin respec- tively as follows : Al 'Imran, fol. 125a ; al-Nisa, fol. 1866; al-Ma'idah, fol. 231a; al-An'am, fol. 2756; al-A'raf, fol. 312« ; al-AnfSl, fol. 360a ; al-Taubah, fol. 3674 ; Yunus, fol. 4105; Hud, fol. 4306; Yusuf, fol. 4486; al-Ra'd, fol. 4696; Ibrahim, fol. 4786; al-Hijr, fol. 4856; al-Nahl, fol. 492a ; Bani Israil, fol. 506a ; and al- Kahf, fol. 5296. The commentary includes the text of the Coran in rather long passages consisting of one or more verses, followed by a Persian paraphrase. It deals chiefly in traditions £ 2 THEOLOGY. and legends. Although quite distinct from the Khulasat ul-Manhaj by Fath-ullah B. Shukr-ullah Kashani (see the Persian Cata- logue, pp. 12a and 1077/'), it contains much matter in common with it. The Shi'ah character of the work is shown by frequent references to the interpretations of the Imams, such as iZ*x-i^ Jfcl js~^> ail d. ^U=-^ The title written on the outer edge, both at the side and at the bottom, is Jj^N jiU It is probably due to a con- fusion of the present work with that con- tained in the preceding MS. Copyist : ,j\j±>ji\ ^ J^r 3. Or. 3208.— Foil. 55 ; in. by 5 ; 12 lines, oj in. long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in India ; dated Monday, 29 Jumada I., in the sixth year (of Anrangzib's reign) and A.H. 1072 (A.D. 1601). [Keemee, no. 211.] Answers of Muhammad to questions put to him by the Jews. Beg. j>&\ r JU)\ ... <->j H o-U J, j5U- Ui»j cy.il \slA\j iiJJl\ J> *>j&\ lT Oiks No author is named in the present copy ; but the contents agree substantially, not- withstanding some variations, with those of the MS. noticed in the Persian Catalogue, p. 176, in which the work is ascribed to Sa'id B. Muhammad al-Kattiin al-GhaznavI. The same author is named in a Berlin MS., Pertsch, no. 219. The first question is : IjU j^a* b j£ The last, fol. 45a, is : j ^ \jU \s, jxi- The answer to this last consists of the Story of Balukiya, foil. 45a — 74, which con- cludes the work. For other copies see Pertsch, no. 218. 4. Or. 2842.— Foil. 246; 8 in. by 5J ; 10 lines, 2J in. long ; written in large and elegant Nestalik, with 'Unvan and ruled margins ; dated Dar us-Saltanah (Teheran), Sunday, 15 Safar, A.H. 1221 (A.D. 1806). [Sidney Churchill. J A translation by Musa B. Ayy lib B. Ahmad Nasrapuri of the Shir'at ul-Islam, a trea- tise on religious duties and rules of life founded on the precepts and example of the Prophet. See the Arabic Supplement, no. 178. Beg. (_y>ULj jiij i iUuo\ j o^Ia"' j j-** SjOj . . . \j si \j>_ Ji^,ji\ The preface of the translator includes a dedication to Amir Khusrau Khan and a long panegyric upon him in prose and verse. The work consists of a Bab, or introductory chapter, on the duty of following the Sunnah, and of fifty-nine sections (Fusiil) fully enumerated in the preface. The contents agree with the analysis of the original work given by Krafft, no. 929. Copyist : j£J>\ J^4-« ^ THEOLOGY. 3 5. Or. 4507.— Foil. 186; 81 in. by 6; 17 lines, 3| in. long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated 10 Safar, A.H. 1034 (A.D. 1624). [Raverty.] A controversial treatise against heresies, by the great champion of Sunni orthodoxy among the Afghans, Shaikh Darvizah lin- garhari. See the Persian Catalogue, pp. 28 and 1078a, and Raverty's Pukhto Grammar, 2nd edition, p. 33. This copy wants about three pages at the beginning. The first words extant, ±>Xs, J\Jj J i— ai-a-o j\ i>*3 iiT.iT \> j 4l)b \jb&, are found at fol. 4a, line 9, of the previously described MS., Or. 222. Two leaves are lost 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 which gives the date of composition, A.H. 1021, is wanting. In the colophon the work is called j\j£>% J^] if&. Major Raverty writes on the fly-leaf: " This very old copy was obtained at Haider- abad, in India, from the descendants of a disciple of the Akhund." 6. Or. 4380.— Foil. 89 ; 8 in. by 5Jj 15 and 17 lines, 3 in. long ; written in Neskhi and in Nestalik, apparently in the 17th century. [Wallis Bodge.] A work treating of the holiness and pre- rogatives of the descendants of the Prophet, imperfect at beginning and end, without author's name. The first page contains the last two lines of the doxology, and the beginning of the preface, which commences thus : nMf- &*> W ^jjabja* IS&b ij^&j* j efj^ 5 ^j^ JU, ^ ^ After dwelling at length on the duty in- cumbent on every believer to love and honour the descendants of the Prophet, the author states that the work comprises fourteen sec- tions called Hidayah, subdivided into chapters termed Jilwah, a table of which concludes the preface. The MS. contains only the first of those fourteen Hidayahs and a portion of the second. The first treats of the pre-eminence of the Prophet's descendants, and has the following heading : J ^Jl BUiij Jj"s)l h\&£) It is divided into eighteen Jilwahs, enume- rated at the beginning, fol. 7a (there are only seventeen in the body of the volume). Of the second Hidayah (^bjj Jj"^ <6j*~ ,j ^.^j yUi^), which is divided into seven Jilwahs, the MS. contains only the first three and the last two, foil. 78—89. The author purposely suppressed his name, lest it should be placed before those of the holy Sayyids, as he states himself : *0 j yU-j jii i_jbL5 ^ (jjjb. &£>\j\ ±zj so^ (^Lij.l u bj. That he was a Sunni is 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 another passage, fol. 8ft, he says that whoso- ever places 'Ali above Abu Bakr and 'Omar is a heretic, and whosoever denies their claim to the Khilafat and abuses them is a Kafir, b 2 4 THEOLOGY. or unbeliever. He cannot have lived earlier than the 8th century of the Hijrah ; for he quotes Sa'di, and Khulasat us-Siyar, the author of which died A.H. 694. The margins contain miscellaneous notes and extracts in a later hand. Shi' ah Works. 7. Or. 2971.— Foil. 114 ; 9f in. by 5$ ; 25 lines, 3| in. long; written in clear Neskhi ; dated Ardabil, 26 Eajab, A.H. 1096 (A.D. 1685). [Sidney Churchill.] An account of the tenets of various re- ligions and of the sects of Islam, ^considered from a Shi'ah standpoint, by Sayyid Murtaza 'Alam ul-Huda, who lived about A.H. 653. See the Persian Catalogue, pp. 140, 1081a. Beg. &Air if J»j ys- \j (jjL-j } ±2~ The work has been lithographed, together with Kisas ul-'Ulama, Teheran, A.H. 1304. For MSS. see Rehatsek, Mulla Firuz Library, p. 188 ; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 228 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1766. In the last two works the Persian headings are given in full. Copyist: JU^" In a note written at the end, S. Churchill states that in the colophon of another copy the author was called Sayyid Murtaza Bazi. 8. Or. 2812.— Foil. 164; 8J in. by 5 ; 14 lines, 2 J in. long; written in elegant Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins ; dated Monday, 17 Rabi' I., A.H. 1092 (A.D. 1681). Bound in painted and glazed covers. ^.llie s.£-J> A collection of prayers, handed down by tradition from the Imams, and appointed for stated times of day and night, translated from the Arabic work Miftah ul-Falah, of Baha ud-Din Muhammad al-'Amili (died A.H. 1030), with explanations and additions, by Jamal ud-Din Muhammad B. Husain Khwansari. Beg. ^- > J>- 1 jwjiu j ^Ss- j Ijj j — UB« The work is divided into six Babs, accord- 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 Persian version. The preface concludes with a wordy and stilted pane- gyric upon Shah Sulaiman Safavi. The present MS. was transcribed from the ori- ginal draft of the translator, who is spoken of in the colophon as being still alive. Copious marginal notes. The Miftah ul-Falah is mentioned, as well as the translation of Aka Jamal Khwansari, in a full notice of Baha ud-Din 'Amili, Kisas ul-'Ulama, pp. 174 — 84. See also Sama un- Nujum, pp. 26 — 34, and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 8. Aka Jamal Khwansari was one of the disciples of Mulla Muhammad Taki Majlisi, who was himself a disciple of Shaikh Baha ud-Din 'Amili and died A.H. 1070. See Kisas ul-'Ulama, p. 172. 9. Or. 2993.— Foil. 281 ; 9 in. by 4f ; 20 lines, 2-J in. long ; written in small and neat Nestalik; dated 1 Zulhijjah, A.H. 1060 (A.D. 1650). [Sidney Churchill.] ; A treatise on metaphysics and Shi'ah THEOLOGY. 5 theology, by 'Abd ur-Razzak B. 'Ali B. al- Husain al-Lakiji. Beg. $ \) i^jj^j (je\jC s.{ iji]/' p£ 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 described MS., Add. 26,289, and has annota- tions written by another hand in a cursive character on the margins and on inserted slips. Foil. 39 — 52 have been supplied by the same hand to fill up a lacuna of the original MS. Copyist : ^>\j> j>\ Js*.-^ ^ Foil. 268 — 280, written in the cursive character above mentioned, contain two ad- ditions, namely : 1. A Persian tract on the fate of souls after death, and on the Day of Judgment ; being the original draft of the anonymous author, dated Safar, A.H. 1100 ; imperfect at the beginning. 2. An Arabic tract on the question whether Rukayyah and Zainab, wives of 'Ugman, were daughters of Muhammad ; also anonymous ; beginning (fol. 2746) as follows : j^i' ^ ^ 10. Or. 4133.— Foil. 243; 9|in.by4i; 23 lines, 2 1 in. long; written in small and neat Neskhi, with red-ruled margins ; dated 1 Zulhijjah, A.H. 1073 (A.D. 1663). [Sidney Ciiukchill.] A Shi'ah work tending to establish the immunity from sin of the Prophets and the Imams, by Muhammad B. Sayyid Ahmad al- 'Alavi al-'Amili, commonly called 'Abd ul- Haslb al-Husaini al-Fatimi. The work is divided into a Fatihah, or in- troduction, and twenty chapters called Tak- dis, subdivided into sections termed Tamjid. The contents are as follows : Fatihah treating of the necessity of Pro- phets and of their attributes. Takdis I. Im- pescability of Prophets and Imams, fol. 8a. Refutation of doubts and objections arising from apparent sins ascribed to the following- fifteen Prophets, to each of whom a special chapter (Takdis) is devoted, viz. : Takdis II. Adam, fol. 17a. III. Nuh, fol. 27a. IV. Ibrahim, fol. 33a. V. Ya'kub, fol. 45a. VI. Yusuf, fol. 46a. VII. Ayyub, fol. 656. VIII. Shu'aib, fol. 666. IX. Musa, fol. 67b. X. Da'ud, fol. 886. XI. Sulaiman, fol. 926. XII. Yunus, fol. 97a. XIII. Lut, fol. 1006. XIV. Zakariyya, fol. 103a. XV. 'Isa, fol. 1046. XVI. Muhammad, fol. 1056. XVII. Evidences of the Imamship of Ali, fol. 114a. 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 of Judgment, fol. 221a. The author refers incidentally to two other works of his, entitled SjO— and Copyist : j>}jS\ ^1 jj^- g>\ THEOLOGY. 11. Or. 2813.— Foil. 98; 9J in. by 5 ; 15 lines, 2J in. long; written in fair Persian Neskhi, with gold-ruled margins ; dated 1st Rabi' II., A.H. irv, probably for 1127 (A.D. 1715). [Haji Khan.] A short guide to prayers and religious obligations, according to ShI'ah practice, by Muhammad Bakir B. Muhammad Taki, with the heading : aUy &\j sjJ]pb jiftill sji»j 2U, Ij* Beg. iSjO U . . . .iUillj \ j$>\ J.J jH j_J>1 •I U ylJl ^ J^Cj ^\ ^ U U.ii)\ J* ^ J*£ From the Arabic introduction, which oc- cupies the first two pages, it appears that the author, whose name is not given, wrote this epistle in answer to a disciple already advanced in spiritual life, whom he addresses in the course of the work sometimes as brother, sometimes as son. The doxology includes the usual blessings invoked upon Muhammad and his family. The Persian text begins as follows : :\ \j ^KlLo S^j»i ijjk «Jj Ofl* 0 -$Sl Jhj> ( _^ti- « Jib jQf* i " ^ga*] j {J^\j (J^*gte & 3^*v" It ends, fol. 77a, with these words ; * r° r* The next page contains a letter addressed to a Shaikh not named, and alluding to im- pending persecution and martyrdom. It begins as follows : ^{ \j ^js? JI^uj.I &>\Z> c£ ^ j^Uj \j ^ .... i_AiU> The last words are : ^sLa s3j\j lie- as»-1j After this comes an explanation of the mystic meaning conveyed by the letters composing the word : yj jl AiAjji* tilisi^ ^»j\ju 1 'J ji^* tS*" J 1 * III. Foil. 78— 127. A collection of Persian letters by Baha-ullah. They are mostly letters of admonition or encouragement written to followers of both sexes ; a few others are addressed to outsiders or opponents, with the object of convincing them of the truth of the new revelation. They generally begin with a formula which contains an allusion to the writer's name, ^y^J^N ^^5)1 or jjis-^ (_>ujj'5)\ y>. In several instances, however, the heading is yLUs- <~>yu£ The letters are too numerous to be in- dividually noticed. The beginnings of the first seven are as follows : Fol. 78a. Jj^l jj* yjkM y> Fol. 79a. ^y}] ^1 ^ ]) JU)! Jit lb. j ji&lli j.W ^ j-s-^j THEOLOGY. Fol. 796. oJJJtsll fH-i Fol. 80(i. lb. j\ jjl 5iiU ^sf J^il jj jk« j\ JUj j\ J! ^ &>dj> t=ryi*> j Fol. 806. ^\ ^i>\ -J^* ^ oil! iS^Hi kO-H [i>] Jl JjS e^-s; jyUil ..jSU- i\ jy^V ^^-V> i^.^^ (J* y^J 5) |.jiE)l isi" jji- jj\ Jl Jj*l J jjSl U^U dill yib jy]i«l\ ^ uiJjjs- I,* til! A similar, but shorter, appeal is addressed further on, fol. 104a, to the father of the writer. It begins : jd J)^\ jJi'jAJ ^ jib Jb\} Ja^> J$e\ j jCj JU There is at fol. 1166 an important passage, in which Baha enjoins on his correspondent 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. 2>b j/s* jl>U. [jj*] ^1 ^L^l i_i*>j ^,0 ika?\ ^i-ay o^i) U^i^J >>4^j iciy \_y>) ^Uxil Jill Lfj*~*l The names of the persons to whom the letters are addressed are rarely given. "We have only noticed the following : Riza, fol. 1016; 'Abdullah, foil. 1036, 116a; Yusuf, fol. 105a; Muhammad 'Ali, Jjj j..*' 0 (probably the poet Nabil), fol. 1066; 'AH Akbar, AJ J^, fol. 110a. One of the letters, fol. 82a, is addressed to the writer's cousin, i- 14. Or. 3115.— Foil. 30; 7 in. by 4J ; written in Neskhi and Nestalik, in the latter half of the 19th century. [Kejsmer, no. 125.] Letter of Baha-ullah to the Shah, written in Arabic with passages in Persian. See the Supplement to the Arabic Catalogue, no. 224. 15. Or. 2942.— Foil. 177; 8 in. by 5; 16 lines, 2 J in. long ; written in neat minute Nestalik ; dated Kajab, A.H. 1298 (A.D. 1881). [Sidney Ohuechill.J THEOLOGY. 9 A history of the Bab and of his early disciples, by Mirza Husain Hamadani, who died A.H. 1299. Beg. Oibji Ll*->y _yb ^Uaj aj- ^^AJ^^jjtoj UE*^ ^ jj^dU j tijj^ The " New History " is based upon a con- temporary account due to Haji Mirza Jani, of Kiishan (who died as a martyr A.H. 1268), a copy of which was brought home by Comte de Gobineau, and is now in the Paris Library. The present work, which differs from the original by excisions, alterations, and con- siderable additions, bears no author's name. It is known, however, to have been written, at the request of the Parsi Manakji, son of Limji Hushang, who died about A.D. 1890, by Mirza Husain Hamadani, who submitted it for correction to one of the earliest dis- ciples of the Bab, Sayyid Jawad Karbala'i (d. about A.H. 1301). Mirza Abu '1-Fazl Muhammad, of Gulpaigan, wrote the preface, and Manakji several additions. 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, 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 present MS., on which Dr. Browne's translation is principally based, was described by him in " A Traveller's Narrative," vol. ii., pp. 192 — 97. Another copy is noticed by Baron v. Rosen, Collections Scientifiques, vol. vi., p. 244. On the first page is written : " Tarikh i Jedid. Henry L. Churchill. 1882." Sufism. 16. Or. 4118.— Boll. 280; 9iin.by6i; lSlines, 5 in. long ; written in large bold Neskhi ; dated Baghdad, 5 Zulhijjah, A.H. 601 (A.D. 1205). [T. Fiott Hughes.] A Persian translation of the celebrated Sufi work known as Tazkirat ul-Kushairi, by Abu '1-Kasim 'Abd ul-Karim B. Hawazin al- Kushairi, who died A.H. 465. See the Arabic Supplement, no. 227. The following title is prefixed by the hand of the transcriber : i_aJl5 hj.JiM)\ 'i!s\»>J\ i A'if fJSS\ ^ jas^ 1 uiDUl jJUN r '.^Jl £tN sic 4111 ^jij cyulSI yjlyi ,~>J^\ ^ Beg. J-^yj sJj^U Ji)^ dju 411 j^U After the Arabic doxology, which is simply transcribed from the original text, the trans- lation begins as follows : ^ t&\ t^Si- £j-*-J>. »AJJ il**>\ ijf^J ^ dill A4>W L/»ij q\j tjy&j The headings of the chapters and the poetical quotations are left in the original language. The order of the chapters has been partly interverted. Their ordinal num- bers, which have been added by a later hand, go from the first (ujlll i_>b) to the fiftieth. In the following table of headings the word t_jL> has been, for brevity's sake, omitted : 0 to THEOLOGY. iuojill j^oio fol. 12a; u^> J} MiM £> U yU-'j sijlW sji, fol. 51a; fol. 786; w*^'!, fol. 688; 2}«5\j2jlU, fol. 8 7a; ijjSai, fol. 90a ; ^ fol. 936 ; j*^, fol. 96a ; fol. 99a; ^jiA, fol. 103a; \~J\ fol. 1076; yjU, fol. 111a yJutt l^jj*, fol. 112a; SjIiM, fol. 113a; JUI^N, fol. 1106; jJil, fol. 1246; djJ.\ fol. 1276 ; SjjiJl, fol. 133a; b.y\, fol. 1356; MwN, fol. 139a; yiN, fol. 1406; w*>-mJ\. fol. 149a; l-^I, fol. 132a; jiJI J ^K-t, fol. 1556 ; ios^, fol. 162a ; Ja»y!\, fol. 1656 ; Lj^il ^ jus j^)\jo-<, fol. 180a; fol. 18G6; fol. 1906; j^l, fol. 1976; uijpj gViil W, fol. 204a (here a folio is missing ; the lacuna corre- sponds with p. 196, line 9, to p. 197, line 5, of the Bulak edition, A.H. 1284) ; ^J\, fol. 205a;' CMf tzA&, fol. 2116; mSII bjj, fol. 220a; j_U, fol. 227a; sua*)!, fol. 228a; *MiSJV, fol. 230a; J*j2t, fol. 2316; fol. 237a ; ugKJl, fol. 240a ; j.^>\ fol. 2426 ; uj^, fol. 2456 ; fol. 247a ; fol. 2516; wj,^, fol. 2536; UHj^N, fol. 258a; (J****, fol. 2596; jo-ail, fol. 261a; fol. 2626; u^i, fol. 265a; /ill, M. 2668 ; s^^\ fol. 277a. The author states at the end that the dictation of the Risalah was completed at the beginning of A.H. 438. Copyist : j>.j}&\ jf- t^. j-,s? Three pages at the beginning of the volume and two at the end are occupied by a Sufi tract of 'Abdullah An sari, ±*s- . . . ^ u?,lai5l\ dill „ written in a very cursive and crowded character of nearly the same date as the Risalah. The first few words are partly obliterated. The next passage reads ij^f i}j£» (jljLujil b s£ ill. ..Lai ss- ^jl ^^Jl. The first section begins as follows : t?Vj^ 4-^ The first of the above passages is the beginning of the Munajat. See Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 2, 4. 17. Or. 3242.— Foil. 132 ; 9| in. by 7 ; 23 lines, 5f in. long ; written in large, distinct Neskhi ; dated Rustak Kajiir, in Ruyiin, Saturday, 20 Muharram, A.H. 779 (A.D. 1377). [Sidney Churchill.] J A treatise on Sufisni by Najm ud-Dln Ibn Shahavar, called Dayah, who died A.H. 654. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 386. This copy has lost the first leaf. It begins abruptly with this passage of the preface : jjjll oat b, which is found at fol. 36, line 4, of Or. 258. In the epilogue the author calls himself Abu Bakr Abdullah B. Muhammad Shahavar al-Asadi al-Razi, and says that he completed the work in Sivas, on Monday, the first of Rajab, A.H, 620. A copy is mentioned by Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1248, and an abridged Arabic version is described by Ahlwardt, Berlin Catalogue, no. 3006. Copyist : ^ j*s- ^ ^ yi THEOLOGY. 1] 18. Or. 3547.— Foil. 219 ; 9J in. by 5 ; 17 lines, 2| in. long ; "written in neat Nestalik ; dated Thursday, in the last decade of Shavval, A.H. 1077 (A.D. 1667). [Sidney Churchill.] 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. Beg. Us> . . . ijiUlj tfiW i—Jj j~\ Cj\£ jS s^- lie 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 the other copy : Copyist : J^jjjV L y ; »Ua!\ J= For another copy see Aumer, no. 329. 19. Or. 3649.— Foil. 177 ; %\ in. by 5| ; 17 lines, 2f in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, with red-ruled margins, apparently in the 17th century. [Sidney Chukchill.] fjlilj 3j& yi Fjydl A treatise on theology and Sufism, by 'Ala ud-Daulah Ahmad B. Muh. al-Simnani, who died A.H. 736. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 413a, and Haj. Khal., vol. iv., p. 197. Imperfect at the beginning, commencing abruptly with the latter part of the preface, as follows : piLo^M ^> ci^f^jj jr»>o The preface concludes with a full table of the contents. The work is divided into six Babs, with the following headings : Fol. 36. iJjo-j <— >j»-j ^li-ib^i lI^j'o jJ I. J' 1 * 3 J* Fol. 206. JV>^ W W« ,j*- : y II- (Here the author expounds and discusses seventy-seven tenets of various sects with regard to God's nature and attri- butes, to Creation, &c.) Fol. 81a. jatf j\ Ifcji* ^a— K_j jj III. Fol. 111a. >>j?-jM vrlj ■MjUi- <"J^ IV. Fol. 1186. oWjJIj Olj-iSI V. Fol. 1286. W^o ^U-J _, jLU c^-joU,? jsU In the extant portion of the preface, the author, after expatiating on the sanctity of | the Aurad, relates, as an instance of their efficacy, a vision which came to his Shaikh, Kutb ul-Aktab 'Imsid ud-Din, while thrown into an ecstatic state by their recital. The Arabic text of the Aurad is included in the commentary. It begins as follows : It concludes with some prayers for Mu- hammad, the last of which begins : J^o The author of the Aurad is the famous Saint, Sayyid 'Ali Hamadani, who died A.H. 786, and the commentator appears to have been an orthodox Sufi of the Sunni sect. The commentary bears a marked Sufi character ; but the Hadiths quoted are taken from the canonical books of the Sunnis. The latest authorities cited are Shaikh Nur ud-Din Ja'far, a disciple of Sayyid 'Ali Hamadani, and the work entitled Fasl ul- Khitab, apparently that of Khwajah Parsa Nakshabandi, who died A.H. 822. The Aurad, which are entitled tyj, have been lithographed at Lahore, A.H. 1289, and at Cawnpore, A.D. 1876. The commentary, which is the work of Muhammad Ja'far Ja'fari, has been litho- graphed at Lucknow, A.D. 1876. It begins as follows : ^ sa ~^^ £i ^ j}\ ^Xia)\ A ^Ji J) lilyl ^\ J*».j z ysd\ For other copies of the Aurad see Loth, nos. 368-9. 21. Or. 4382.— Foil. 45; 8 in. by 5Jj 13 lines, 3f in. long ; written in small and neat Nestalik ; dated Saturday, 25 Zulhijjah, A.H. 1154 (A.D. 1742). [Wallis Budget] THEOLOGY. 13 A collection of Sufi sayings and anecdotes, in prose intermixed with verses, by 'Aziz- ullah B. Sayyid Asad-ullah al-Hasani al- Husaini al-Hindi. Beg. A.T J^j ^ £ JUi- eAr 5 ^ js" ^ <^ ■ • • sUjj^j s,*1 ill! ^-s-^ The author, who in his verses designates himself by the Takhallus 'Aziz, says that he began this work A.H. 1151, being then thirty-six years of age. The work is divided into seventeen Biibs. The headings of the first eight are as follows : 1. "i\ d\ 5) ^Ijujjii Js; 7. OjUi*' ; S.jEi ^Uy. Many of the anecdotes relate to Indian Saints, as Shaikh Kabir, Mu'in ud-Din Chishti, Dara Shikuh, lastly to the author's own Shaikh, 'Abd ur-Rasul B. Muhammad Khan al- Bijapuri. Most paragraphs begin with the heading ^ai, a word in use with the Sufis to designate an ecstatic thought or inspired utterance. It would appear from the following colo- phon that the MS. was written by the author : rffll i^ji £h\ y>.f- f.\&s\ i i\j> Appendix to Theology. 22. Or. 4738.— Foil. 26; 7| in. by 6 ; 9 lines, 3f in. loug ; written in fair Nestalik about A.D. 1860. Tuhfat ul-Muvahhidin, a critical review of the principal religions of the world, from the standpoint of pure Deism, by Raja Ram Mohan Rai. Beg. Oj^-jj l>a=- j il^J (joj^ll ^Loiil j Cj,m> The author's position is that belief in one supreme God is common to all men, and therefore rooted in their very nature ; whereas belief in the various religious systems rests only on authority and education. As these religions are mutually antagonistic, and as there is no rational ground for adopting any of them in preference to the others, he 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 Muwahhidin, or a Gift to the Deists ; in the original Persian, transcribed from the second edition published in 1859 in Calcutta, by his son Ramaprasad Rai." Ram Mohan Rai was born in Burdwan in 1780, and died in Paris on the 27th of September, 1833. See notices of his life by Dr. Lant Carpenter, 1835, and byK. B, Mac- donald, Calcutta, 1879. LAW. 23. Or. 3512.— Foil. 598; 12Jin.by8; 28 lines, 5 in. long ; written in small, neat and close, Neskhi, with ruled margins, probably in the 18th century. [Presented by B. B. Poktal.J A Persian commentary by Muhammad 14 THEOLOGY. Taki B. 'Ali al-Majlisi, upon the Shi'ali treatise on law of Ibn Babawaik, entitled MjEafl tyi& 5) ^ ujUS' (Arabic Supplement, no. 330). Beg. as?- 0 j J,* oUj j^jj.' Mulla Muhammad Taki B. Maksud 'Ali Majlisi, a disciple of Baha ud-DIn 'Amili, was born A.H. 1003 and died A.H. 1070. See notices of his life in Kujum us-Sama, p. 59, and Kisas ul-'Ulama, p. 172, where the present work is mentioned and said to have been left unfinished. In the preface, after a pompous panegyric upon Shah 'Abbas II., the author says that, when he had entered upon the seventh decade of his life, he had written a full Arabic commentary [entitled ia 5Q\ upon the 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. The preface is followed by twelve pre- liminary chapters called with the following headings: 1. Uc_. Js. cAx^i jS , fol. 36; 2. r U ^Ji, JlS , f 0 i, 4a . 3-jiJ r p W T r Ui if f 0 i. 4j . 4. ^ ujsl-^y t^jo Jil, fol. 66 ; 5. lJjs-j y &,Sb pis s^'jj fol. 85; 6. ji fol. 9a ; 7. l 4 M W U uiDii-l, fol. 11«; 8. sjUlji, fol. 13a; 9. ^UTj ^ ^ j9 u> ! J eJj fol. 15a; 10. Sl^l o.^ji sUab j, fol. 166; 11. oU^ljJ, fol. 19a ; 12. Js L_Jt Ojj jS, fol. 206. The commentary proper, which begins with the Basmalah, fol. 24a, extends to the end of the first Juz of the original, treating of purification and prayer. The present volume consists of five sections, each of which has a separate doxology. The second begins with c^ll i_>b, fol. 1596; the third with SjLJI ^\^\, fol. 2476 ; the fourth with Jh\ i_,b, fol. 4116 ; and the fifth with i*41 ^b, fol. 4836. At the end of the second is a colophon, apparently transcribed from the author's original draft, stating that he finished the writing of it in Shavval, A.H. 10(55. The Arabic text is included in the commentary and distinguished by a red line drawn over it. A MS. described in the Petersburg Cata- logue, no. 253, contains only the first part, Sjl^yi ^-j\'J.{, of the same commentary. HINDUISM. 24. Or. 4561.— Foil. 161; 9+ in. by 6; about 18 lines, 4 in. long; written in cursive Indian Nestalik; dated 25 Muharram, the second year of the reign of 'Ali Gauhar Padishfih (i.e. A.H. 1175=A.D. 1761). Asvamedha Parva, the fourteenth Parva of the Mahabharata, translated into Persian. Beg. ^ CJj^l^ i_>ll/j1 fijte HISTORY. 15 ftjLi^ ^j<^j> j ^IwJ^i- U fli' ^J&Ui'' ^ 1 s£ The contents correspond substantially with those of the same section in the version pre- pared for Akbar, Add. 5640, foil. 160—360 I (see Persian Catalogue, p. 57) ; but the trans- lation is shorter and couched in a plainer style. The MS. was written for Lalah Bhawani Parshad. Copyist: J.£j.j--" J h j^' ^ tjj HISTORY. GENERAL HISTORY. 25. Or. 2927.— Foil. 256 ; 13 in. by 9 ; 27 lines, Of in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- talik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins ; dated the 20th of Aban in the 31st Hahi year of Akbar, corresponding with the 29th of Zulka'dah, A.H. 994 (A.D. 1586). [Naih. Bland.] The first volume of the great historical work of Rashid ud-DIn Fazl-ullah Tabib. Beg. i_A— =- j l^S^U i__j\jLS^ c^-^i (Si/T CJyaa- (j^jiT j US j VftiUj The contents correspond with the latter half, foil. 404—728, of the large folio, Add. 7628, described in the Persian Catalogue, pp. 74 — 78. They are as follows : Preface of the Jami' ut-Tavarikh (Quatre- mere's edition, pp. 4 — 60), fol. 36. Preface of the first volume called Ta'rikh i Gkazani (the latter part of this preface is given in Quatremere's edition, pp. 60 — 82), fol. 76. Origin of the Turks and history of their tribes, fol. 10a. Ancestors of Chingiz Khan, fol. 39a. Chingiz Khan, fol. 526. Ukutai Ka'an, fol. 106a, Juji Khan, fol. 1196. Cha- ghatai Khan, fol. 1256. Tului Khan, fol. 130a. Kuyuk Khan, fol. 1326. Mungga Ka'an, fol. 136a. Kubilai Ka'an, fol. 1436. Timur Ka'an, fol. 1576. Hulagu Khan, fol. 161a. Abiika Khan, fol. 176a. Takudar, or Ahmad Khan, fol. 187a. Arghun Khan, fol. 1916. Kaikhatii Khan (wanting in Add. 7628), fol. 1976. Ghazan Khan, foil. 1996—286. 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 a modern hand, occupies three pages at the beginning. To the copies mentioned in the Persian Catalogue may be added one of the same first volume in the Bodleian, Ethe, no. 23. A considerable portion of the second volume is preserved, as shown by Baron Rosen, in two Petersburg MSS. bearing the mislead- ing title Zubdat ut-Tavarikh. From the analysis given in " Collections Scientifiques de l'lnstitut," vol. iii., pp. 83 — 111, it ap- pears that the portion of those MSS. which extends from the beginning of the life of Muhammad to the end of the history of China, is in verbal agreement with the corre- sponding part of the complete copy of Rashid ud-Din's work, Add. 762S, foil. 58—336. 16 HISTORY. 26. Or. 2885.— Foil. 422 ; 13i in. by 7f ; 21 lines, in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- talik; dated 28 Rajab, A.H. 1030 (A.D. 1621). [Sidney Churchill.] I. Foil. 1 — 363a. Another copy of the first volume of the Jami' ut-Tavarlkh. Contents: Preface of the Jami' ut-Tavarikh, fol. 16. Preface of the Ta'rikh i Ghazani, fol. 76. Turks and their tribes, fol. 12a. Ancestors of Chinglz Khan, fol. 536. Chingiz Khan, fol. 66a. Ukutai, fol. 156a. Juji, fol. 181a. Cbaghatai, fol. 1936. Tului, fol. 2016. Kuyuk, fol. 206a, Mungga, fol. 2126. Ivu- bilai, fol. 2256. Timur, fol. 2186. Hulagu, fol. 252a. Abaka, fol. 271a. Ahmad (Takii- dar), fol. 2836. Arghiin, fol. 2886. Kaikhatu, fol. 293a. Ghazan, foil. 296a— 363a. 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. Beg. U . . . ujiijj.) JajUIIj ujiWI & ^llalui |.iLo^ sLiijb Oxij b CJ, M Ji\ »bl *UoS51 j\ ±*> 3 After a long doxology and a wordy pane- gyric on the reigning sovereign Shahrukh and upon his son, Padishah Zadah Baisunghar Bahadur Khan, comes the preface proper, fol. 55, i_sJb i-r»^*" m which the author states that he had compiled the work by desire of the latter prince, and enumerates his sources, in perfect agreement with the extract given by Rosen from MS. C, pp. 59 — 06. This is followed by two preliminary chapters on Eras, ^-j>>j*> ji *jS L_>bj\ Jjl J>ai Fol. 736. j^f, pp/ 1 j- J* a ' Fol. 896. yj^j* a-^j^ j\ (•j* - J-*" Fol. 92a. >_a~>y. Lai'jS pjS j»j.-o J.ai Fol. 1166. ^-.iO taSji jyi Ljb ^ J^j After Ayyub come, without any further distinction of Fasls, Shu'aib, fol. 118a ; Musa, fol. 120a ; Yusha', fol. 1556 ; Kalib and Haz- kil, fol. 159a; Alisa', fol. 160a; the Kings of Bani Isra'il, fol. 1606; Da ud, fol. 165a; Su- laiman, fol. 179a ; Raj'Im [sic] B. Sulaiman, fol. 179a; and Sha'ya the Prophet, fol. 182a. Fol. 183a. sailiM KjUl .jS j\ i_. >b History of the Kayani Dynasty, from Kai- ka'us to Darab. Fol. 2336. (_>b ^ j f~> j> (yd ^ Fol. 244a. j\ jjo s£ (V 5 Fol. 257a. ^ 3 ^ vUJa ^ KSU)^ S^U Fol. 261a. jyj uJJjl. JU fj^r J^' D 18 HISTORY. Fol. 2616. a») Wi_>,p yKuyijj J^i This chapter includes the Ashab i Kahf, fol. 270a; Yfmus, fol. 2726; Shamshun 'Abid, fol. 276a; Jirjls, fol. 2766. Fol. 279a. j\ ^ji-T laA> fsj .J^. ujb ujUllU ^sUjI &^ r a? i^JjL History of the Sassanides, imperfect at the end. It breaks off shortly after the heading of the reign of Hurmuz, son of Anushirvan. 28. Or. 2775.— Foil. 228 ; 9J in. by 5; 19 lines, 2f in. long ; written in elegant Nestalik, with gold-ruled margins ; dated Rajab, A.H. 949 (AD. 1542). [COHTE DB GOBINEAU.] A compendium of Muslim history, brought down to A.H. 855, by Shukr-ullah B. Shihab ud-Din Ahmad. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 884. This copy wants about twelve leaves at the beginning, and has some folios transposed. The folios are to be taken in the following order : 213—220, 5—58, 3, 4 (after which two leaves are lost, corresponding with foil. 1146 — 1176 of the previous copy, Or. 1627), 59—212, 227, 221—226, 228. The text begins abruptly with these words, fol. 213: r Wi JL> S UH J ^\ r >j? (Or. 1627, fol. 196, line 9). The next page has the heading Jis- ^Uj y J,l J^J (j-jfli, which belongs to the first of the thirteen Babs into which the work is divided. The subsequent Babs begin as follows : II. fol. 29a; III. fol. 41a; IV. fol. 506; V. 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. Copyist : ^.ijJl 5)* Oily. ^ i_sul=>Dl jos- For other MSS., see the Leyden Catalogue, no. 907; Aumer, Verzeichniss, 1875, p. 183; Rosen, Institut, iii., no. 9 ; and Ethe, Bod- leian Catalogue, no. 34. 29. Or. 3643.— Foil. 108 ; 8^ in. by 5f J 15 lines, 3J in. long ; written in cursive Nestalik, in the 19th century. [Sidney Chubchill.] A work treating of the institutions, founda- tions, and wise sayings of kings and ancient sages, by Ghiyas ud-Din Khwand-amir (Per- sian Catalogue, p. 966). Beg. tjjl^iUj o>tf,.iM h*Ai cjlyU oU" yi^Jl cijbc- jijio- Sji j jjjis 5jj,j w U . . . . Ji*% jSjil This work, which is mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 350, is probably the earliest of the celebrated author of Habib us-Siyar. He does not refer in it to any previous com- position of his own, and he speaks of his grandfather, the author of Rauzat us-Safa, as still living. In the preface he states that he had some time contemplated writing a book on the above subject, and was encour- aged to carry out that plan by his illustrious patron, Nizam ud-Daulah wad-Dunya wad- Din Amir 'Alishlr, to whom he devotes a long panegyric. The first chapter, fol. 4a, is entitled &vi (.jSj U ylaU.jb j r sP liJjL. ^Ui^jlST j\, and treats of the institutions and maxims of the ancient kings of Persia from Kayumars to HISTORY". 10 Anushirvan. The second chapter, fol. 26a, 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 historical works. They treat of the Umay- yades, fol. 52a, of the 'Abbasides, fol. 62a, and of the independent dynasties, Tahiris, Samanis, Ghaznavis, &c, down to the Kurt dynasty. The last section, which relates to the Khakans of the Turks, breaks off at the second page. 30. Or. 2928.— Foil. 410 ; 8iin.by5i; 15 lines, 3 1 in. long; written in small and neat Nestalik ; probably about the close of the 18th century. [Nath. Bland.] The first volume of the well-known his- torical compendium of the same Khwand Amir. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 96. Contents : Preface, fol. 7ft. Makalah I. Prophets, fol. 16a. II. Philosophers, fol. 125a. III. Kings of Persia, &c, fol. 133a. IV. Muhammad, fol. 218ft. V. Early Khalifs and Imams, fol. 293a. VI. Umayyades, fol. 355ft. 31. Or. 2677.— Foil. 361 ; 14 in. by 9} ; 35 lines, 6| in. long; written in small and neat Nestalik ; apparently in the 16th century. [H. a. Keene.] The third volume of the great historical work of Khwand Amir. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 98. Beg. U ... ^5 pjU ^ iji- ^Ujj b Contents : Juz I. Khans of Turkistan, Chingiz Khan and his successors, fol. 1ft. Juz II. Contemporary dynasties, fol. 736. Juz III. Timur and his successors, fol. 122ft. Juz IV. Shah Isma'il Safavi, fol. 3076. The following particulars, taken from the present work, may be added to the notice of the author in the Persian Catalogue, p. 96. His father, Humam ud-Din Muhammad B. Khwajah Jalal ud-Din B. Burhan ud-Din Shirazi, was Vazir to Sultan Mahmud Mirza, who succeeded his father Abu Sa'Id in Mavara-annahr, and died in Samarkand, A.H. 900. Khwand Amir was living in 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. That prince sent him later on, A.H. 923, to the rebel Amir, Urdushah, with the object of inducing him to submit and to surrender Balkh. See Habib us-Siyar, Bombay edition, vol. iii., Juz iii., pp. 194 and 369 — 71. 32. Or. 3535.— Foil. 409 ; 13i in. by 8 ; 32 lines, 6^ in. long; written by several hands in more or less cursive Nestalik ; apparently in the 18th century. [Sidney Chubchill.] The great historical work of Khwurshah B. Kubad al-Husaini, known as Blchi e Nizamshah, who died A.H. 972. See the Persian Catalogue, pp. 107 — 111. Beg. tj^j '--'^yry 0*H/^ ** S * J This volume contains the first five of the d 2 20 HISTORY. seven Makalahs into which the work is divided, with the main part of the sixth, and corresponds with foil. 2 — 477 of the previously described copy, Add. 23,513. It supplies the name, wanting in the latter MS., of the sovereign to whom the work was dedicated. It is Ibrahim Kutubshah, who reigned in Golconda A.H. 957 — 988 (see Briggs' Ferishtah, vol. iii., pp. 395 — 446). The list of authorities, fol. 26, contains, in addition to those mentioned in the former copy, the HabTb us-Siyar, Ta'rlkh i Guzidah, Tafslr i Shihabi va Kiishifi va Tha'labi, and Zafar Namah. In the latter part of the MS. the rubrics have not been entered. Contents: Mukaddimah, fol. 4a; Makalah I. Ancient kings, in five Guftars, beginning foil. 11a, 406, 546, 645, 75a. Makalah II. Muhammad and Khalifs, in five Guftars, beginning foil. 79a, 1016, 105a, 1276, 1326. Makalah III. Dynasties contemporary with the Abbasides, in thirteen Guftars, beginning as follows : Tahiris, fol. 1386 ; Saffaris, fol. 139a ; Samanis, fol. 142a ; Al i Buwaih, fol. 147a ; Ghaznavis, fol. 1525 ; Ghuris, fol. 1606; Isma'ilis, fol. 1636 ; Saljukis, fol. 173a; Muluk i Nimruz, fol. 1866; Kurts, fol. 187a ; Atabeks, fol. 1906 ; Khwa- razmshahis, fol. 194a ; Karakhitais, fol. 203a. Makalah IV. Moghols, in four Guftars, viz. 1. Turkish tribes, fol. 204a; 2. Chingiz and successors, fol. 2076; 3. Hulagu and suc- cessors, fol. 227a ; 4. Al i Muzaffar, fol. 250a. Makalah V. Timur and successors, in three Guftars, viz. 1. Timur, fol. 2646; 2. Shah- rukh and successors, fol. 310a; 3. Babar and successors, fol. 353. (The latter part of Guftar 2 and the beginning of Guftar 3 are lost ; the lacuna corresponds with foil. 4066—4086 of Add. 23,513.) Makalah VI. in five Guftars, the first three of which only are extant, viz. 1. Kara-Kuyunlus, fol. 372a; 2. Ak-Kuyunlus, fol. 377a; 3. Shah Isma'il and Tahmasp, fol. 3,846. The MS. breaks off in the latter part of Guftar 3, in a passage relating to the events of A.H. 943, at the very point where in the former copy, fol. 4775, extracts from Nusakh i Jahanara are substituted for the original text of Khwurshah. The corresponding passage occurs at fol. 556 of Or. 153. 33. Or. 4508.— Foil. 355 ; 13fin.by8i; 35 lines, 5j in. long; written in minute and close Neskhi in Isfahan, A.H. 1272 (A.D. 1855). [Sidney Chukchill.] A volume of an extensive work on general history, without title or author's name. Beg. Lijj^lji' oJiaLa j i^JjUjS'i On the fly-leaf is a Persian note in a cursive and ill-shaped character, in which the writer, Muhammad Vali, states that the present MS. of Majma' ut-Tavarikh was transcribed for him from a copy belonging to his late son, Nasr-ullah Mirza Viini, in Isfahan, under the care of his other son, 'Abbas Kuli Mirza, and that he received it from Isfahan on the first of Safar, A.H. 1272. He adds that the history had been written under Shah 'Abbas I., A.H. 1028. In the body of the MS., fol. 2556, A.H. 1026 is incidentally referred to as the present year. The above dates rendered it probable that we had here a portion of the vast historical compilation of Haidar B. 'Ali Husaini Kazi, which was completed A.H. 1028, and a com- parison of the contents has fully confirmed that conjecture. The hitherto only known copy of Kazi's work consists of two volumes in the Berlin Library, described by Pertsch, nos. 418-19. HISTORY. 21 A detailed account of it, with extracts, written by Dr. Gosche for Sir H. Elliot, is preserved among the latter' s MSS., now in the Museum, and has been noticed in the Persian Catalogue, p. 8875. In his Historia Ghaznevidarum, Fr. Wilken gives a Latin version of Haidar's preface, pp. xii. — xvi., and in the notes, pp. 139, 153, &c, several extracts from his history. Those passages are found verbatim in our MS., foil. 56a, 565, &c. The work is mentioned in Elliot's History of India, vol. ii., p. 431, and vol. vi., p. 574. The History of Haidar Razi does not contain any original matter, but it is a com- prehensive and useful compilation of standard historical works. It consists of five Babs, subdivided into Fusul, a full table of which has been transcribed from the preface by Dr. Gosche, pp. 33 — 38. The author gave no title to the work. The title Zubdeh i Tavarikh rests only on an endorsement of the Berlin MS. The first half of the present MS., foil. 2 — 209, contains the main part of Bab II., namely, Fusfil 1 — 28 of Gosche's table, or nos. 1 — 26 of Pertsch's Catalogue. The chapters are not numbered. The following table shows the main headings as they appear in the MS., omitting the wordjSi, with which they invariably begin. Fol. 66. ^V^i^ C«ji> j ^bi" Ll^ikUi Fol. 11a. J&\ jijiSixJ Fol. 125. yUKi! _j L_S3ljl» udjU Pol. 13a. ^IjjUjLu J} $> Jj\jj Fol. 22a. J^j^ ^> Pol. 235. jl> ^J>>>%\ j ^— =* ub^j" Fol. 255. Ci%\ j sbj ^ (j£.Cbj\ j Fol. 276. Fol. 526. Fol. 53a. Fol. 56a, Fol. 76a. Fol. 1586. j\ j ^b-o w _=» ^jji- Fol. 1716. (.JjljA- r &- Pol. 1936. j ^.^1 o^£- Fol. 1976. j> liljU i^j^- Fol. 2096. Jc~,J^ j JJjJ ^fc C^^=- The latter half of the MS., foil. 210—355, contains the last portion of Bab I., namely, Fusul 18—37 of Gosche, nos. 15—34 of Pertsch. It begins abruptly in the middle of the history of al-Muwahhidin, with an ac- count of the revolt of the Ghumarah tribe after the death of 'Abd al-Mumin, and of its suppression, A.H. 561. The succeeding head- ings are as follows : Pol. 212a. j***^ "^^^ <-^*^=- Fol. 213a. J^jl j SO-W c-JJaU lb. u ^ JT HISTORY. 22 Fol. 2166. l_J1 ^ jtli aJ JlS J\ 13 r u j J Ji^ w^j 1 Fol. 224a. (J.n'i^j (jjSaik^l Fol. 2316. wA^Sjto o^si- Fol. 2365. ^-a* j i—jywjj j-L*,~>1 il*s^li- Fol. 255a. Fol. 2556. ^ X- Fol. 256a. Jil^. JT \)\L>\ ^ j> X. Fol. 257a. ij» j J^y. ji JjJic tivtjSi. Fol. 2596. jj> IjjUjl &*>\ X- Fol. 2626. j,,*- (yLi>.\ Jj\ u? £*£, Fol. 281a. j«a< J l/j^> ^.liJl ^Ajjui»l Fol. 318a. iSjurf yjjJljjJj^l tiLUl s-/^*- The history of the Circassians, or Mamluk, sultans of Egypt is brought down to the Turkish conquest, and concludes Bab L 34. Or. 4132.— Foil. 290 ; llf in. by 7J ; 17 lines, 4J in. long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated Muharram, A.H. 1247 (A.D. 1831). [Sidney Chtochili,.] A work on general history. The present volume is the last and most valuable portion of what must have been a very voluminous compilation. It consists of two parts respec- tively designated as the sixth and seventh Hadikah of the eighth Rauzah. They con- tain a full and contemporary record, drawn 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 A.H. 1071, apparently the year in which, the work was finished. The author does not give his name ; but it appears from several passages that he was a brother of the well-known historian of Shah 'Abbas II., Mirza Muhammad Tahir Vahid (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 189). Under A.H. 1056, for instance, fol. 182a, he records the appointment of the latter, whom he calls his "excellent brother" [jdj to the office of Majlis-navis, and adds that, owing to his protection, he (the author) obtained 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 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 another place, fol. 1916, the latter states that in A.H. 1058, when he accompanied Shah 'Abbas in the campaign which resulted in the taking of Kandahar, he was already upwards of seventy years of age. The sixth Hadikah begins as follows : UJT £ \ JjiA y>\ y^Sf ^b,; It commences with an account of the accession of Shah Safi, which took place in 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 'Abbasi, that is to say, according to the Turkish cycle of twelve solar years. Each HISTORY. 23 year begins with the Nauruz, or festival of the vernal equinox, and the corresponding day of the Hijrah year is given in the preamble. In the following table of the years included in this Hadikah, the figures in parenthesis refer to the corresponding folios in the next following MS., Or. 3481. Fol. 46. Yilan-yil, beginning 25 Rajab, 1038 (fol. 4a). Fol. 266. Yunt-yil, 6 Sha'ban, 1040 [read 1039] (fol. 23a). Fol. 416. Kui-yil, 17 Sha'ban, 1041 [1040] (fol. 36a). Fol. 506. Bichin-yil, 20 [27] Sha'ban, 1042 [1041] (fol. 44a). Fol. 69a. Takhaku-yil, 9 Ramazan, 1043 [1042] (fol. 60a). Fol. 82a. It-yil, 21 Ramazan, 1044 [1043] (fol. 716). Fol. 916. Tunguz-yil, 2 Shavval, 1044 (fol. 806). Fol. 103a. Sichkan-yil, 12 Shavval, 1045 (fol. 896). Fol. 109a. Ud-yil, 23 Shavval, 1046 (fol. 94a). Fol. 1136. Pars-yil, 5 Zulka'dah, 1047 (fol. 98a). Fol. 1246. Tushkan-yil, 14 Zulka'dah, 1048 (fol. 107a). Fol. 1296. Lui-yil, 27 Zulka'dah, 1049 (fol. 111a). Fol. 1326. Yilan-yil, 8 Zulhijjah, 1050 (fol. 114a). Fol. 136a. Yunt-yil, 28 Zulhijjah, 1051 (fol. 117a). Besides the headings denoting the above years, there are also rubrics for the principal events recorded. The narrative concludes, fol. 137a, with the death of Shah Safi on Monday, 12 Safar, A.H. 1052. Ten additional chapters, termed Manzar, contain biographical notices of the prominent men of the reign, classed under the following heads: 1. Kurji-bashis, fol. 1376; 2. Vazirs, fol. 1386; 3. Sudur or Shaikh ul-Islam, fol. 141a; 4. Ishik-akasi-bashis, fol. 1416; 5. Other officials, including physicians and astrologers, fol. 1426 ; 6. Artisans, fol. 1466 ; 7. Secretaries and accountants, fol. 149a ; 8. Emirs and Khans, fol. 150a ; 9. Vazirs of provinces, fol. 155a; 10. Holy Sayyids and 'Ulama, fol. 156a. The seventh Hadikah begins, fol. 1586, as follows : j\ ^Jls> m 3j Ji^j j. jj.W j\ j^^'j es®» j^A> oJji w Uj It commences with a record of the acces- sion of Shah 'Abbas II., on the eve of Friday, 16 Safar, A.H. 1052, and of the events of the first year of his reign. The subsequent years are as follows : Fol. 171a. Kui-yil, 9 Muharram, 1053 (fol. 147a). Fol. 1746. Bichin-yil, 20 Muharram, 1054 (fol. 150a). Fol. 177a. Takhaku-yil, 1 Safar, 1055 (fol. 152a). Fol. 1816. It-yil, 11 Safar, 1056 (fol. 156a). Fol. 189a. Tunguz-yil, 24 Safar, 1057 (fol. 162a). Fol. 190a. Sichkan-yil, 25 Safar, 1058 (fol. 163a). Fol. 2066. Ud-yil, 6 Rabi' I., 1059 (fol. 1766). Fol. 2116. Pars-yil, 18 Rabi' I., 1060 (fol. 1806). Fol. 215a. Tushkan-yil, 28 Rabi' I., 1061 (fol. 184a). (Lui-yil is not entered.) Fol. 217a. Yilan-yil, 20 Rabi' II., 1063 (fol. 1856). 24 HISTORY. Fol. 221a. Yunt-yil, 1 Jumada I., 1064 (fol. 189a). Fol. 2336. Kui-yil, 12 Jumada L, 1065 (fol. 1991). Fol. 241a. Bichin-yil, 23 Jumada I., 1066 (fol. 2061). Fol. 2541. Takhaku-yil, 4 Jumada II., 1067 (fol. 217a.) Fol. 263a. It-yil, 15 Jumada II., 1068 (fol. 224a). Fol. 2691. Tunguz-yil, 27 Jumada II., 1069 (fol. 2291). Fol. 283a. Sieikan-yil, 8 Rajab, 1070 (fol. 2401). Fol. 289a. Ud-yil, 18 Rajab, 1071 (fol. 245a). The last incidents recorded are a complaint made to the Shah by the Hindu merchants of Ispahan of exactions committed by the governor of Bender Abbasi, and the sending by the Shah of stores of corn to relieve a famine raging in the capital. The history of the reigns of San and 'Abbas II. in the Fava'id Safaviyyah (Persian Catalogue, p. 133) is avowedly abridged from the present work, and is brought down to the same year. Copyist : l _f^/> ^ 35. Or. 3481.— Foil. 246 ; 10Jin.by6f; 19 lines, 44 in. long ; written in small and close Neskhi; dated Shavval, A.H. 1278 (A.D. 1862). [Sidney Chubchill.] Another copy of the same portion of the Khuld i Barin. The contents are identical with those of the preceding MS. Copyist : Jl^ijU^Jt J* Ju> ^\ ±+s.° 36. Or. 3498.— Foil. 254; 13 in. by 8; about 25 lines, 4^ in. long ; written in small, cursive, and not easily readable Shikesteh, partly in two columns, and in the tabellated form called Siyak ; apparently about the middle of the 18th century. [Sidney Chukchill.] A work on general history, by Muhammad Muhsin, Mustaufi of Nadir Shah, y-s? Beg. Uojl j Uj\ j <_>l~i\ ijjj ij^j jjr b~*> j l>^' *5 ij&>j\<&- (^UHjj In the preface, which contains a pompous panegyric on Nadir Shah, and on his son Riza Kuli Mirza, the author states that the work was compiled by order of the former for the use of the latter. It was written, as incidentally mentioned, fol. 2151, A.H. 1154 (i.e. two years before that unfortunate prince was blinded by his father). The contents are as follows : Adam and the Prophets, fol. 8. Muhammad, fol. 30. Khulafa. i Rashidin, fol. 33. Hasan and the Imams, fol. 81. Ancient kings of Persia, fol. 100. Bani Umayyah, fol. 110. Dynasties contemporary with the Abbasides, from the Tahiris to the Karakhitai's of Kirman, fol. 112. The Abbasides, fol. 125. The Moghols, fol. 129. Five subsequent dynas- ties, viz. Chaupanis, Ilkanis, Abu Ishak Inju and Muzaffaris, Kurts, and Sarbadars, fol. 134. Timiir and his descendants in Iran and India, fol. 140. Kara Kuyunlus and Ak-Kuyunlus, fol. 140. Safavis, fol. 151. 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 time of his assumption of the regal title. It includes the following reigns : Sultan Husain, fol. 175 ; Tahmasp II., fol. 182, and the puppet-king 'Abbas III., fol. 188.) The Afghans Mir Vais, Mahmud and Ashraf, fol. 196. Christian kings, foil. 196—205 and 208. Seljuks of Rum, fol. 206. Ancient kings of India, foil. 207, 209—211, 215-216. Kings of Israel, fol. 212. The contents of the latter part of the volume are very miscellaneous. They relate to the seven climes, fol. 217 ; to the Pharaohs and the 'Adites, fol. 218 ; to Lokman, fol. 222 ; Barsisa, fol. 224; Harut and Martit, fol. 225 ; and to the wonders and curiosities of the world, fol. 250. They include a version of the story of Yudasaf and Bilauhar, jfc,bj i-A-Uj?., foil. 226— 249, extracted from the Kamal ud-Din of Ibn Babavaih (see Or. 3529). The MS. is probably due to the pen of the Mustaufi himself, or of one of his secretaries. The headings are written throughout like entries in an account-book, in an almost illegible hand, and a perusal of the text requires a fair practice in Shikesteh. 37. Or. 3288; 11^ in. by 7f ; 15 lines, 4f in. long; written in fair Nestalik, with two 'TJnvans and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 18th century. J& jkU. j^s.* ^JG A work on general history, with special reference to India, by Khushhalchand, son of J ivanram Kayath, secretary to the Divan of the Province of Delhi. For the division and contents of the work see the Persian Catalogue, pp. 128, 894, and Elliot's History of India, vol. viii., p. 70. The present volume begins with a preface relating to the decline of the empire, its causes and remedies, and concluding with a notice of the author's father, fol. Oft. It contains, besides, two detached portions of of the work, namely, the first Kaifiyyat of Makalah I., and the latter portion of the first Matla' of Makalah II. The contents of Kaifiyyat I. are as follows : Prophets from Adam to Muhammad, fol. 136. Ancient kings of Persia, fol. 46a. Descend- ants of Japhet down to 'Umar Shaikh, father of Babar, fol. 766. Early Khalifs, fol. 120a. Umayyades, fol. 1266. Abbasides and contemporary dynasties, fol. 12a. Safavis, fol. 1476. Descendants of Ham in India, fol. ]55a. The Matla' begins with a new 'Unvan, fol. 1596, as follows : sU^b u l cujU^ ^Uj ^ l# sl * ^ >^~*.' JV iij«s (jujLj-jI JLa» j. It comprises the following chapters : Reign of Shahjahan. Reign of 'Alamgir, fol. 2606. His death, his sons, his officials, and contemporary kings, fol. 344a. Contemporary Shaikhs, fol. 351a. 'Ulama, who flourished from the time of Akbar to the reign of 'Alamgir, fol. 3536. Calligraphers, fol. 3586. History of the period extending from the death of 'Alamgir to the defeat of A'zam Shah, fol. 3646. Reign of Shah 'Alam, fol. 374a. Contest of his sons, fol. 384a. Reign of Jahandar Shah, fol. 387a. Reign of Farrukhsiyar, fol. 396a. Reign of Rafi' ud-Daulah, fol. 416a. Reign of Muhammad Shah, foil. 418a— 4266. This last chapter, which has been supplied by another hand, does not appear to belong E 20 HISTORY. to the original work. It contains a very brief account of the reign of Muhammad Shah down to his death on the 27th of Babi' II., A.H. 1161. The contents of foil. 159—341 agree sub- stantially, in spite of many variations, with those of Add. 24,027, foil. 418—601, and the contents of foil. 364—417 correspond with Or. 1654, foil. 7—139. A few extracts from the present work have been given, but under the title of Ta'rlkh Bahadur Shahi, and without author's name, in Elliot's History of India, vol. vii., pp. 565—67. A MS. described by Pertsch, Berlin Cata- logue, no. 495, contains the latter part of Matla' I., and the whole of Matla' II. of Makalah II. 38. Or. 3400.— Foil. 154 ; 7±- in. by 4± ; 14 lines, 2 J in. long ; written in neat minute Nestalik ; apparently in the 19th century. Bound in painted and glazed covers. [Sidney Churchill.] A manual of Muslim history, by Haji Muhammad Kull Kajar. It begins with a versified prologue, the first line of which is : The author describes himself as a native of Ganjah, there designated as the greatest of the cities of Turkestan, w VjLiy sib ^s-\, and as descended .from a family which for several generations had given soldiers to that land. Although his military duties left him little leisurefor study, he had brought together some historical works, and was induced to compile from them an easy and comprehen- sive abridgment, by means of which any reader could without difficulty ascertain the date and length of the reign of any king, from the origin of Islamism to the time of compo- sition. As a matter of fact the history stops somewhat short of the date of composition, which is expressly stated, fol. 965, to be A.H. 1097. The work is divided into twenty-three Fasls as follows : I. The fourteen Ma'sums, i.e. Muhammad, 'All and the Imams, fol. 4a. II. The three accursed usurpers of the KMafat (i.e. Abu Bakr, 'Omar and 'Osman), fol. 146. III. Banu Umayyah, fol. 164. IV. Banu 'Abbas, fol. 21a. V. Banu Lais Saffar, fol. 34a. VI. Samanis, fol. 355. VII. Tahiris, fol. 38a. VIII. Ghaznavis, fol. 396. IX. Ghuris, fol. 426. X. Al i Buvaih, fol. 436. XI. Saljukis, fol. 48a. XII. Khwarazmshahis, fol. 556. XIII. Ata- beks, fol. 586. XIV. Isma'ilis, fol. 61a. XV. Karakhita'is of Kirman, fol. 65a. XVI. Chingizkhan and his descendants, fol. 666. XVII. Sarbadars, fol. 726. XVIII. TImur and his descendants, fol. 75a. XIX. Kara Kuyunlus and Ak Kuyunlus, fol. 84a. XX. Sultans of Rum, down to Muhammad IV., fol. 906. XXI. Uzbaks from Shahi Beg to the death of 'Abd ul-Latif Khan (two leaves added for the continuation of this chapter have been left blank), fol. 946. XXII. Safavis from Shah Isma'il to the death of Shah 'Abbas I., A.H. 1038, fol. 966 (there are five blank pages at the end). XXIII. Persian poets, fol. 130a. This last Fasl contains notices of 220 poets, divided into three Babs, viz. 1. Sixty ancient poets from Rudagl to A.H. 900, in chronological order (the last is Vali Kalandar, a poet of the time of Sultan Baisunkar). 2. Thirty poets of the time of Sultan Husain, beo-inning with Sultan Husain himself, and ending with 'Abd ul-Jalil Va'iz, fol. 139a. 3. One hundred and thirty modern poets, HISTORY. 27 fol. 144a. First come six princes from Shah Isma'il to Shah 'Abbas II. The remaining poets are given in alphabetical order. The notices are short and mostly confined to a verse or two ; a few only have dates. Copyist : Ji* i ijj** ,iis> uj— =- 39. Or. 3202.— Foil. 293 ; 12 in. by 8; 25 lines, 5 in. long ; written in small and neat Nestalik; dated Dar us-Saltanah (Tehran), A.H. 1220 (A.D. 1805). [Keemee, no. 56.] The first volume of Zinat ut-Tavarikh, a general history compiled by order of Fath 'Ali Shah, by Mirza Muhammad Razi Tabrizi. Beg. y/jy jUi-j j idU->i sjjjb (ji>.ij-> The author, poetically called Bandah, was son of Muhammad Shafi' Tabrizi, Vazir of Azarbaijan. He held the office of Munshi ul-Mamalik, and was one of the favourites of Fath 'Ali Shah. He was assisted in the compilation of the Zinat ut-Tavarikh by Mirza Ibrahim Ishtihardi. He died in Teheran A.H. 1223. See Nigaristan i Dara, fol. 83, Anjuman i Khakan, fol. 40ft, and Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 80. The present volume contains the first half of the work, namely the Preface, the Intro- duction (Aghaz), and the first of the two Pirayahs into which the work is divided. Its contents are identical with those of Add. 23,514, described in the Persian Cata- logue, p. 135. This copy is due to the pen of Aman-ullah, with the takhallus Nazir, a poet of some note, who died A.H. 1226. See Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 527. 40. Or. 3333.— Foil. 176 ; 8£ in. by 4§ ; about 15 lines, 2J in. long in a page; written in Shikesteh; dated 1st Rajab, A.H. 1260 (A.D. 1844). [H. A. Stern.] A compendium of general and Persian history from the earliest times to A.H. 1220, drawn up for the most part in tabular form, with the heading: ^ ^laU^b gJ5 **>ite- tf\il>\ j\ Ail iij ^j}) i^U. ji s£ tjfi. j jUli' »li ^*£? cJjS Jl tl^ojj/ C-il»l-> There is no preface or author's name. After a tabulated index of contents occupying six pages, the text begins, fol. 5a, as follows : fC>\ li^i yjy) Jig ^ L^«jj/ The date of composition is given, fol. 169a, as A.H. 1250 ; but the history of the reign of Fath 'Ali Shah is not brought further down than Ud yil = A.H. 1220. The main divisions are as follows : Ancient kings of Persia from Kayiimars. to Yezdegird, fol. 5. Kings of the Arabs, fol. 29a. Muhammad, the first Khalifa and Imams, the Ummayades and Abbasides, fol. 39a. Dynasties contem- porary with the Abbasides, fol. 69a. Moghols, fol. 92a. Muluk ut-Tava'if, fol. 98a. Timur and his successors in Iran, fol. 108a. Kara Kuyunlus and Ak Kuyunlus, fol. 114a. Uzbeks, fol. 119a. Safavis, fol. 120a. Af- ghans, fol. 131a. Safavi pretenders, fol. 134a. Russian invaders, fol. 136a. Afshars, fol. 137a. Zends, fol. 150a. Kajars, fol. 157a. The last events recorded are the death of Ibrahim Khalil Khan and the expedition of Husain Khan Kajar and Isma'il Khan Dama- ghani against Mustafa Khan Shirvani in £ 2 28 HISTORY. Karabagh, A.H. 1220 (or A.H. 1221, accord- ing to the Ma'afir i Sultaniyyah, Brydges' translation, pp. 267 and 287). 41. Or. 2837.— Foil. 204 ; 12} in. by 7f ; 19 lines, 4} in. long ; written in fair Neskhi, apparently about A.H. 1260 (A.D. 1844). A compendium of general history, with special reference to Persia, from the earliest time to the date of composition, viz. A.H. 1257, by £ Abd ul-Vabhab B. 'Ali Ashraf B. 'Ali B. Isma'Il B. Muh. Mahdi Shirazi. Beg. jlii »<5U*}j J> & The work is divided into a Mukaddimah, sis 'Unvans, and a Khatimah, as follows : Mukaddimah : Creation and Adam, fol. 10a. 'Unvan I. Prophets, fol. 136. II. Prc-Islam- itic kings, fol. 476. III. Life of Muhammad, fol. 58a. IV. Persian kings in Muhammad's time, viz. Anushirvan and his successors, fol. 1286. V. Lives of Fatimah and the twelve Imams, Umayyades, and Abbasides, fol. 131a. VI. Dynasties contemporary with the Abba- sides and posterior to them, down to the ac- cession of Muhammad Shah Kajar, fol. 1426. Khatimah : Reign of Muhammad Shah Kajar, fol. 199a. The most valuable part of this manual is the latter section, Maksad 2, of 'Unvan VI. It treats of the dynasties which rose in Iran after the Abbasides, under the following ten heads (Ta'ifah) : I. Moghols, fol. 1536. II. Muluk ut-Tava'if, viz. Chupanis, Ilkanis, Abu Ishak, Muzaffaris, Kurts, and Sarbadars, fol. 1566. III. Gurganis, fol. 1626. IV. Turco- mans and Uzbeks, fol. 1666. V. Safavis, fol. 169a. VI. Afghans, fol. 173a. VII. Various pretenders who rose after the downfall of the Safavis, fol. 1746. VIII. Afshars, fol. 176a. IX. Zands, fol. 1836. X. Kajars, fol. 188a, The Khatimah contains a brief account of the reign of Muhammad Shah. The last event recorded is the rising of Aka Khan in Kirman, which took place A.H. 1257. A full table of contents occupies foil. 1 — 8. At the beginning is a marginal note, dated Rajab, A.H. 1260, in which the author de- scribes the MS. as his autograph draft. 42. Or. 3378.— Foil. 118 ; ISf in. by 8-1 ; 14 lines, 5 in. long ; written in fine large Nestalik, in in the latter half of the 19 th century. [Sidney Churchill.] A history of those dynasties who traced their origin to the ancient kings of Persia, by Riza Kuli Khan, poetically surnamed Hidayat, who died A.H. 1288. Beg. jJ ^ \J$*» j u-V 1 ]> uP^ 4 ^- lM? > The work was written at the request of the author's Parsi friend, Manakji Limji Hushang Haturiya, and after the Majma' ul- Fusaha, which is often referred to. It is divided into a Mukaddimah, eighteen Taba- kahs, and a Khatimah. The Mukaddimah treats of the five old dynasties mentioned in the Dabistan, and of historical documents bearing upon the ancient kings of Persia, The eighteen Tabakahs re- late to the following dynasties: I. Saffaris, MUHAMMAD AXD THE IMAMS. 29 fol. 7b. II. Sanianis, fol. 13a. III. Al i Bavand, fol. 216. IV. Al i Buvaih, fol. 256. 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, fol. 77a. X. Al i Fazlavaih in Shabankarah, fol. 79a. XL The Badusis of Mazandaran, fol. 82a. XII. The Bahmanis of Gujarat, fol. 83a. XIII. Kings of Skirvan, fol. 84a. XIV. Kings of Nur, fol. 86a. XV. Kings of Kajur, fol. 87a. XVI. Kings of Laristan, fol. 88a. XVII. Kings of Hurmuz, fol. 89a. XVIII. The Jams of Sind and Multan, fol. 93a. The Khatimah, foil. 93—118, beginning with a sketch of Muhammad's life, consists of chronological tables extending from the Hijrah to A.H. 1203, where the MS. breaks off. They are written in two columns, and are made up of brief notices of historical events and obituary notices of poets and saints. For the life and works of the author, see Churchill, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. 18, pp. 196—204, vol. 19, p. 163, and Ch. Schefer, Relation de 1' Ambassade au Kharezm, p. xvi., and Chrestomathie Persane, vol. ii., p. 79. Muhammad and the Imams. 43. Or. 2969.— Poll. 191; 9-i-in. by6i; 23 lines, 3| in. long ; written in small, neat, and close Neskhi, with 'Unvans and gold-ruled margins ; dated 28 Rajab, A.H. 883 (A.D. 1478). [Sidney Chueohill.] A history of Muhammad and the Khalifs, brought down to the extinction of the Abba- side Khalifs of Baghdad, by Mahmud B. Mu- hammad al-Iji, called Najib. Beg. Jj^j Jaclj J^iilj Ji>\ U > ill si oxtail |j /&\ <^}y~\ ^si ±*> U . . . . The author, who was a Sunni, lived ap- parently about the middle of the ninth century of the Hijrah. One of his latest authorities, quoted fol. 6a, is Shaikh ul-Isliim 'Imad nd-Din B. Kathir ad-Dimashki (d. A.H. 774), of whom he speaks as dead. He gives his own name in the following Isnad, fol. 135 : L->.jf ^ &>, if", ji'iaM Jyu ^ i&Ur i^J J . ^i>\ ^s? ^ yj.jjl jy iXJl\ |,U^)1 j^j^. ^»^\ j& J^> &\ The last-named traditionist, Ibn Umailah al-Maragbi, from whom the author professes to have received traditions through one inter- mediate link, died A.H. 778. See al-Durar al-Kaminah, vol. ii., fol. 22. The first Hadith, quoted in glorification of Muhammad, is to the following effect : Adam, 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. The contents are as follows : Life of Mu- hammad, fol. 3a. Khilafat of Abu Bakr, fol. lbb ■ of 'Omar, fol. 29a ; of 'Osmfm, fol. 506 ; of 'Ali, fol. 57a. Hasan and Mo- 'awiyah, fol. 70a. Husain and the Umma- yades, whom the author does not call Khalifs, but kings, fol. 72b. The 'Abbasides, foil. 116o— 191a. The work has no specific title. It is en- dorsed ^jj^yi lili- £_3y, and at the beginning there are the words -*Lo JjJ^c so HISTORY. written in ornamental Kufi within an illumi- nated border. Both titles are inadequate and misleading. 44. Or. 3641.— Foil. 304 ; 10^ in. by 6J ; 17 lines, 3J in. long; written in small Neskhi; dated Monday, 16 Ramazan, A.H. 1260 (A.D. 1844). [Sidney Churchill.] Tazkirat ul-A'immah, or Memorial of the Imams, by Muhammad Bakir B. Muhammad Taki (Majlisi), who died A.H. 1110. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 20. Beg- (j eA-) WHsJ^ J*=t- tj&\ A .Ji'j a > jSb yUoii sV LilU- cVj^ u>»=r The author says that the chief scope of the work is to establish the divine mission of the Prophet and the holiness of the Imams by evidences drawn from the sacred books of the Jews, Christians, Hindus, and Greeks, and he gives in his preface a rather fanciful enumeration of those books, from which numerous extracts in Hebrew, Chaldee, Ar- menian, and other tongues, but transliterated in the Arabic character, are given, with inter- lineary Persian version, in the body of the 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. The work is divided into a Mukaddimah, fourteen Babs, and a Khatimah, as follows : Mukaddimah ; Advent of Muhammad as fore- told in the sacred books, fol. 3a. Bab I. Life of Muhammad, fol. 10a; events which fol- lowed his death, fol. 536 ; exposition of Muslim sects and of the tenets of Jews, Christians, Brahmins, Magians, and philo- sophers, fol. 67a. Bab II. Life of Fatimah, fol. 98a. ILL Life of 'Ali, fol. 1046 ; events which followed his death, the Ummayades, fol. 1586, and the Abbasides, fol. 1866. IV. Hasan, fol. 1996. V. Husain, fol. 2026; events which followed his death, fol. 2106. VI. Zain ul-'Abidin, fol. 2166. VII. Bakir, fol. 203a. VIII. Sadik, fol. 2256. IX. Ka- zim, fol. 240a. X. Riza, fol. 244a. XL Ja- wad, fol. 247a. XII. 'Ali Naki, fol. 249a. XIII. Hasan 'Askari, fol. 250a. XIV. Sahib ul-Amr, or Mahdi, and his future advent, fol. 251a. Khatimah : The Imams in general and evidences in support of their legitimacy, fol. 300a. The sectarian and controversial matter occupies throughout the work more space than the history proper. The Tazkirat ul- A'immah is mentioned among the works of Muhammad Bakir in the Nujiim us-Sama, p. 366, and in the Kisas al-'Ulama, p. 158 ; but with the remark that it is not included in the authentic list of Muhammad Bakir's works drawn up by Muhammad Salih Mazan- darani. 45. Or. 2881.— Foil. 265 ; Hi in. by 7; 25 lines, 44 in. long; written in small Neskhi ; dated A.H. 1228 (A.D. 1813). . [Sidney Churchill.] A history of the sufferings and martyrdoms of Muhammad and of the holy Imams, by al-Haj Muhammad Hasan B. al-Haj Ma'sum al-KazvIni. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 1556. Beg. sS\^i LijJl J«- jj) jJJ j-a=- ji&i jjjS" (j-via- hjo Ul . . . (JUs-i) Uj^° _j MUHAMMAD AND THE IMAMS. 31 The author was a disciple of AM Bakir Bahbahani, who died A.H. 1205 (v. Nujiim us-Sama, p. 342). In the introduction he dwells on the trials and persecutions under- gone by the prophets from Adam to Mu- hammad, and shows that the sufferings of the latter and of his descendants have far surpassed those of his predecessors. Com- 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 work, which is divided into thirty Majlis. The above introduction is preceded by a preface, the beginning of which is lost. It contains a wordy panegyric upon Fath 'Ali Shah and upon his son Husain 'Ali Mlrza, 1 whose just rule had restored Fars to a state of unexampled prosperity, and to whom the work is dedicated. At the end of the preface is a table of chapters, fully stating the contents of the four Majlis contained in the first volume. The contents of the first volume are as follows : Majlis I. Life of Muhammad in four Fasls, viz., 1. From the creation of his " Light " to his mission, fol. 76 ; 2. From his mission to his flight, fol. 286; 3. From his flight to his last pilgrimage, fol. 416 ; 4. His death, fol. 666. Majlis II. Life of Fatimah in three Fasls, viz., 1. Her birth and her merits, fol. 766 ; 2. Her marriage, fol. 846 ; 3. From the death of Muhammad to her death, fol. 89a. Majlis III. Life of 'Ali in five Fasls, viz., 1. His birth and supernatural gifts, fol. 996 ; 2. Hadiths in proof of his Imamship, fol. 108a; 3. His virtues and merits, fol. 1576 ; 4. His trials after the 1 Husain 'Ali Mirza had been Farnian-Farmfi or governor of Fars from A.H. 1214 to 1250. He failed in the at- tempt to seize upon the throne, A.H. 1251, and was put to death by Muhammad Shah. See the Persian Cata- logue, pp. 727a and 11556. death of Muhammad, fol. 184a. 5. His martyrdom, fol. 231a. Majlis IV. Life of Hasan in four Fasls, viz., 1. His birth, fol. 246a ; 2. Proofs of his Imamship and his miracles, fol. 249a; 3. His dealings with Mu'awiyah, fol. 254a; 4. His martyrdom, fol. 2606. Copyist : ^\ jk? ^\ li, j^* 46. Or. 2882.— Foil. 248 ; 12 in. by 7 J ; 25 lines, 4^ in. long ; written in Neskhi, with silver- ruled margins ; dated "Wednesday, 14 Zul- ka'dah, A.H. 1238 (A.D. 1823). [Sidney Chuechill.] The second volume of the same work, containing eighteen Majlis, the first seventeen of which relate to the lives and martyrdom of Husain, his relatives and companions, and the eighteenth to their avenger, Mukhtar. The contents are the same as those of Or. 1293, described in the Persian Catalogue, p. 1556. Copyist : J. 47. Or. 2883.— Foil. 223 ; 12 in. by 7J ; 27 and 28 lines, 5£ in. long ; written in neat Neskhi, early in the 19th century. [Sidney Churchill.] The third and last volume of the same work, containing the last eight Majlis, num- bered here (in continuation of the twenty- two Majlis comprised in the first two volumes) from 23 to 30. They treat of the later Imams as follows : Majlis XXIII. Zain ul-'Abidin, fol. 16. XXIV. Muhammad Bakir, fol. 16a. XXV. Ja'far Sadik, fol. 366. XXVI. Musa Kazim, fol. 64a. XXVII. 'Ali 32 HISTORY. Riza, fol. 965. XXVIII. Muhammad Jawad and ls ^WiaV} .... jl jl^jl lAr* - J&ij ^ jj\ Si^d yjOjj iv^*^ L T , ^~"^ The work was written under Shah Tall- in asp, and probably shortly after his acces- sion, to which the author refers in his con- clusion as a recent event. But it must have received subsequent additions, for in the body of the volume there is a mention of A.H. 947. This occurs under A.H. 923, fol. 277a, where the author, having spoken of Muhammad Zaman Mirza, gives a short sketch of that prince's subsequent career in India, stating that, during the retreat of the emperor Humayun from Bengal in A.H. 947, the Mirza was drowned in the Ganges. The history of Shah Isma'il bears a striking likeness to the corresponding portion of Habib us-Siyar, from which it was evidently copied with some verbal alteration and with- out any acknowledgment. Matter and ar- rangement are the same ; the headings of chapters and the inserted verses are all but identical. On the other hand, there are here and there in the present work additional details, which point to independent sources of information. The relation between the two works will be fully discussed by Mr. B. D. Ross, who is preparing an edition of our text. The work begins with a genealogy of Shah Isma'il, carried up to the seventh Imam, and with a rather legendary account of the Shah's forefathers, partly taken from the Safvat us-Safa, in the following order : Flruz Shah, fol. 24 ; 'Ivaz ul-Khavas and his son Sayyid Muh. Hafiz, fol. 36 ; Salah ud- Dm Rashid, fol. 46 ; Kutb ud-Din, ib. ; Sayyid Salih, fol. 5a ; Sayyid Jibril, fol. 56 ; Safi ud-Din Ishak, fol. 66 ; Sadr ud-DIn Musa, fol. 116; Sultan 'Ali Siyahpush, ib. ; Shaikh Ibrahim, fol. 166 ; Sultan Junaid, fol. 17a ; 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 the death of Sultan Haidar, fol. 236. Escape of Sultan 'Ali and his brothers from Istakhar, fol. 256. Death of Sultan 'Ali, fol. 276. Isma'Il's flight to Gllan, fol. 29a. His stay in Lahijan, fol. 32a. Death of Rustam Turcoman and accession of Ahmad Beg, fol. 376. Isma'il proceeds to Ardabil, fol. 416. His march into Shlrvan, fol. 536. His victory over Farrukk Yasar Shlrvanshah, fol. 57a. Taking of Badkuyah, fol. 61a. The Shah's march to Gulistan and into Azarbaijan, fol. 64a. Contest with Amir Alvand, fol. 66a. SAFAVIS. 35 Events of A.H. 907, fol. 68a. Isma'il's entry into Tabriz and his accession, fol. 72a. The further events of the reign are told year by year as follows : A.H. 908, fol. 79a; 909, fol. 916; 910, fol. 106a ; 911, fol. 114a ; 912, fol. 120a ; 913, fol. 1 22a ; 914, fol. 134a ; 915, fol. 1516; 916, fol. 177a ; 917, fol. 1976 ; 918, fol. 208a; 919, fol. 218a ; 920, fol. 2436 ; 921, fol. 256a ; 922, fol. 262a ; 923, fol. 273a; 924, fol. 2776; 925, fol. 2796 ; 926, fol. 282a ; 927, fol. 2866; 928, fol. 2976; 929, fol. 300a ; 930, fol. 3026. Accession of Shah Tahmasp, fol. 3056. No title is given to the work in the pre- face ; but in his conclusion the author designates it as follows : d ssojZ> iixsf° ^ Further on he invokes blessings upon the reigning Shah, whom he describes as a youthful sovereign who had but recently succeeded to the throne : J 1 ^ >j ] 5 ^) l J\z/ jyZ/ u U->y Sjby j ij})^ The last line contains the name of Mu- hammad 'Ali B. Nura, ^ s,i \ J} > f^j, but without any word to explain his connection with the MS. He was probably the copyist or the owner. The Cambridge University Library possesses a copy of the same work, which will be described in the forthcoming catalogue by Mr. B. Gr. Browne. 53. Or. 2939.— Foil. 245 ; 9|in. by 5| ; 15 lines, 3J in. long ; written in neat Nestalik ; dated Wednesday, 21 KabI' I., A.H. 1042 (A.D. 1632). [Sidxet Chdrchill.] A history of the reigns of Shah Isma'Il and of Shah Tahmasp, brought down to A.H. 957, by Amir Mahmud B. Amir Khwandamlr. The writer was a son of the well-known author of Hablb us-Siyar, to whom he refers as his father in the present work, fol. 112a. He appears to have lived in Herat, and he deals especially with the events that occurred in that city and in the province of Khorasan, especially with the fierce and protracted struggle of the Shahs with the Uzbek invaders. His work is written in the same florid style as the Hablb us-Siyar. It is noticed in the Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 153a, and in the Rauzat us-Safaviyyah, Or. 3388, fol. 3a, as the main authority for that period. The preface, which is imperfect at the beginning, is dated A.H. 955. It contains a wordy panegyric on Shah Isma'Il and on the reigning sovereign Shah Tahmasp, and a dedication to Muhammad Khan, i.e. Sharaf ud-Din Ughli Teklu, who was then governor of Khorasan. The first chapter, fol. 7a, treats of the merits and eminent qualities of Shah Isma'Il, L_)\y yl s\$W jlijb <_ilcj\ j\ j>j &f-Jft nAs- o-**+~>\ sU> j4*-j s-'W 0 ^, and begins as follows : lib i ■■ ■ r t_j<"W" *^ t«» ^ |»J.s njjlib yjjiu CjS.s- j This is followed by a chapter on the Shah's genealogy, identical with the corresponding portion of the preceding MS., Or. 3248, fol. 16 — 2a, and beginning: <— i'U.' 0 e » ceil Then comes a longer chapter, foil. 96 — 19a, on the merits and supernatural manifesta- tions of the sainted ancestor of the Safavis, Shaikh Safi ud-Din of Ardabil, ^ ^ p 2 36 HISTORY. (j>^Sl ^JitO Obis- Jj_)\}=-J CAsUO j\ After sliort notices of Sadr ud-DIn Musa, Shaikh 'Ali Khwajah, Ibrahim, Junaid, and Haidar, comes the history of Shah Isina'il, which begins at his birth, fol. 266, and is carried on to his death, fol. 114a. The narrative is not divided by years, but by rubrics indicating the chief events recorded. The author observes, fol. 60J, that, his main object being the history of Shah Tahmasp, he confined himself with regard to Isma'il, both for brevity's sake and from want of 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 history of Shah Tahmasp is told in great detail, especially with regard to Khora- san, and occupies foil. 116i — 2296. It con- cludes with the siege of Herat by the Uzbeks, A.H. 957. The last incidents recorded are the death of their chief, Shah Muhammad Sultan, and the raising of the siege on the 29th of Jumada I. of that year. Foil. 230 — 214 contain a chronological table of the principal events of Persian history from the birth of Shah Isma'il, A.H. 892, to the death of Shah 'Abbas I. 54. Or. 2776.— Foil. 164; 9 in. by 6; 17 lines, 3 $ in. long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated 27 Zulhijjah, A.H. 983 (A.D. 1576). [COMTE DE GrOBINEAU.] Another copy of the preceding work, wanting the preface and a portion of the introduction. It begins abruptly in the middle of the notice of Shaikh Safi ud-Din with a passage corresponding with the third line of fol. 125 in the preceding MS. 55. Or. 4134.— Foil. 193 ; 10 in. by 6±- ; 21 lines, 3f in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- talik ; dated Ramazan, A.H. 1024 (A.D. 1615). [Sidney Churchill.] History of the reigns of Shah Isma'il Safavi, of Shah Tahmasp, and of .Shah Is- ma'il II., by Hasan Beg Rumlu, grandson of Amir Sultan Rumlu. Beg. 1, ^jUal-J (_jjU> j j cj-'-J"" j J-J" The author states, fol. 11 5b, that he had followed the train of Shah Tahmasp from the time of the Dizful campaign (A.H. 948) to the year in which he was writing that part of his history, viz. A.H. 980, and that he had witnessed most of the Shah's battles. In A.H. 985, when Muhammad Khudabandah was proceeding from Shiraz to Kazvin to take possession of the vacant throne, the author paid homage to him in Kum, and was taken into his service. See fol. 189a. The author follows a strict chronological 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 transactions in Persia and neighbouring countries, then some miscellaneous occur- rences, and lastly obituary notices. The following are the principal dates as stated by Hasan Beg : Death of Shah Isma'il in the night preceding Monday, 19 Rajab, A.H. 930. Accession of Tahmasp on Monday, 19 Rajab, A.H. 930. Death of Tahmasp in the night before Tuesday, 15 Safar, A.H. 984. Accession of Isma'il II. on Wednesday, 27 Jumada I., A.H. 984. Death of Isma'il IT. in the night before Sunday, 13 Ramazan, SAFAVIS. 37 A.H. 985. Accession of Muhammad Khuda- bandah on Thursday, 5 Zulhijjah, A.H. 985. The work concludes with the accession of Muh. Khudabandah and the record of a victory gained by Karakhan Beg over a Turkish troop sent by the Pasha of Erze- roum against Shurah Gil. But the main 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 the 'Uam-arai 'Abbasi, Add. 16,684, fol. 22, as the best authority for the reign of Tahmasp. For other copies, see the Petersburg Cata- logue, no. 287; Wm. Ouseley's MSS.,no. 346 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 287. Ex- 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 MS. contain notices of Shaikh San ud-Din Ishak and of Shaikh Sadr ud-Din Musa, by a later hand. 56. Or. 4678.— Foil. 275 ; 13J in. by 7± ; 20 lines, 4 in. long ; written in large, cursive, and straggling Nestalik ; dated Tuesday, 24 Sha'- ban, AH. 1049 (A.D. 1639). [Sidney Churchill.] History of the reign of Shah Tahmasp, from his accession to his death, without author's name. This is only a portion of a larger history treating of the Safavi dynasty and composed during the reign of Shah 'Abbas I. Of the preface to the present volume, the last nine lines only are extant. In these the author says that after recording the reign and death of Shah Isma'il II. and the reign of Sultan Muhammad Khudabandah,which lasted twelve years, his intention was to chronicle, if life were vouchsafed to him, the events and con- quests of the reign of Shah 'Abbas, that being the main scope and object of his composition : j?. JiU-J uJS jlK#"V S U. j'iT s 4 .i> J\ . . . . j%j }J ujilji- jiJSw W T JU» ,3 *jj T jy£ til) — > «Ijb W U) jl>«i_« jfi The first chapter relates to the accession of Tahmasp and to the appointment of Mirza Kasim as Poet Laureate. It begins as follows : J-iil Jj! te-Ujp jH tf li>\ Ola-W J.U j u lilj» \x>j j$**> fS\j j ^a-Jj JlaU sj,i jiiy S°* ^ $ J^iJ The present volume is designated, fol. 146, and again at the end, fol. 274a, as the first Daftar of the second Jild of Afzal ut-Tavarikh, and the second Daftar was to treat, as stated in the latter passage, of the events which followed the death of Tahmasp. Contents : Accession of Tahmasp, and of- ficial appointments, fol. 2a. Attack of 'Ubaid Khan Uzbek upon Herat, and his defeat by Sam Mirza, fol. 46. Burning of the Vazir I'timad ud-Daulah Jalal ud-Din Mahmud Tabrizi, and appointment of Kazi Jahan to the Vazirate, fol. 86. Chronological summary of the reign of Tahmasp, fol. 96. Detailed history of the same reign, in strict chrono- logical order according to the years of the Turkish cycle, from Yunt-yil, corresponding with A.H. 931, to Tunguz-yil=A.H. 984° foil. 15a — 274a. There is, however, a lacuna 38 HISTORY. extending from the middle of Bichin-yil = A.H. 969, fol. 243, to the latter part of Sichkan-yil = A.H. 973. The last three pages contain a table of the children and grand- children of Shah Tahmasp and of the officials of his reign. It is imperfect at the end. The author appears to have had access to State papers. He frequently quotes royal letters, firmans of investiture, and bulletins in extenso. As to previous histories, he refers to Habib us-Siyar, to Ahsan ut-Tavarikh (no. 55), fol. 32a, and to Maulana Nujumi Haravi, the historian of Khorasan, foil. 176, 50a. 57. Or. 3549.— Foil. 259 ; 10 in. by 6 ; 22 lines, 3^ in. long ; written in cursive but distinct 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 Isma'il II. and Sultan Muhammad ; by Jalal ud-Din Munajjim Yazdi. This is the work described in the Persian Catalogue, p. 184. This copy wants about twenty folios at the beginning. It com- mences in the middle of the account of the siege of Turbat, A.H. 991. The first line, C^iAi >*>, corresponds with fol. 326, line 3, of the former copy, Add. 27,241. On the other hand, the defective portion of the latter MS., towards the end, is usefully supple- mented by the present copy. The margins contain extensive extracts from 'Alain arai 'Abbasi. The MS. is en- dorsed, " The «b' jjy of Molla Jalal Mo- ray jim." Copyist : *>jj\ ^ 58. Or. 3388.— Foil. 402 ; 9| in. by 6 ; 23 lines, 3J in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- talik ; dated (fol. 385) Zulhijjah, A.H. 1052 (A.D. 1643). [Sidney Churchill.] A history of the Safavi dynasty, from its origin to the beginning of the reign of Shah San ; by Mirza Beg B. Hasan Hasani Juna- badi. The first page of the preface has been 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 s3UJ iJj»-j)1 <— 'frtf oju iJ^ Jtj&& After a long doxology, the preface proper begins, fol. 46, with these words : j>^a j> Ul The author says in the preface that he had first applied himself to philosophy and poetry, but, feeling unequal to composition in either, he turned to history, as not requiring talent of the same order, and it occurred to him to compile a record of the Safavi dynasty, "the crowning glory of the Sultans of the world, and the standard-bearer of the sacred law." The preface concludes with a wordy pane- gyric on Shah 'Abbas I., the reigning prince. Further on, fol. 6a, we are told that the work was commenced A.H. 1023, while towards the end, fol. 3556, A.H. 1028 is incidentally given as the date of composition. It was not finished, however, till a few years later, for it concludes, in its original shape, with a record of the attempt of Hafiz Ahmad Pasha to retake Baghdad, an event of A.H. 1035. In an appendix written after the death of Shah 'Abbas, the author gives, fol. 387a, the following account of his authorities. For SAFAVIS. 39 the earliest period and the reign of Shah Isma'il, down to the battle of Chaldiran, he followed the appendix of Habib us-Siyar by Khwandamir ; for the end of the reign and for that of Shah Tahmasp down to the war with 'Ubaid Khan Uzbek, the work which Khwajah Mahmud, son of KhwandamTr, wrote for Muhammad Khan Sharaf ud-Din Ughli Taklu (no. 53) ; for the subsequent period down to the time of Kazak Khan B. Muham- mad Khan Taklu (governor of Khorasan, who died A.H. 973), the Nusakh i Jahanara of Kazi Ahmad Ghaffari Eazi (Persian Cata- logue, p. 111). From that date to the acces- sion of Shah 'Abbas he relied on information orally received from trustworthy witnesses. Lastly, for the reign of Shah 'Abbas he depended only upon his own observation, having been, he says, an ocular witness of the most important events, especially of the conquest of Azarbaijan, in which he followed the royal train. The work is written in a flowery and metaphorical style, not unlike that of the Habib us-Siyar. Tt is not divided by years, but the principal events are marked by rather prolix headings. It is very sparing of dates, and the few that are given are, with few exceptions, confined to the bare mention of the Hijrah year, without day or month. The first heading is as follows : <_j^y J^j 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 ud-Din Musa, fol. 136, and Sultan Junaid, fol. 17a. Birth of Shah Isma'il and his early life, fol. 19a. His accession in Tebrlz, A.H. 906, and history of his reign, fol. 416. Accession of Tahmasp and history of his reign, fol. 1256. Reign of Shah Isma'il II., fol. 225a. Events which followed his death, fol. 2306. Reign of Sultan Muhammad, fol. 2316. History of Shah 'Abbas during the reign of Sultan Muh., fol. 238a. His first Julus and subsequent events, fol. 2426. His second Julus and history of his reign, down to the repulse of Hafiz Ahmad Pasha from Baghdad, foil. 268a— 385a. This is the conclusion of the original work. At the end the copyist has given the date of transcription, A.H. 1052, in the following verse : JL» ji-T iU jj j sip.- j First Appendix, in which are related the events of the concluding years of the reign and the death of Shah 'Abbas, which is said to have taken place in Ashraf, on the third of Rabi' I., A.H. 1038, and to have been kept some time secret (strangely at variance with the 'Alam-arai 'Abbasi, which places the same event on the 24th of Jumada I. of the same year), foil. 385a — 3876. Second Appendix. — Enthronement of Shah Safi on the 4th of Rabi' I., A.H. 1038, and beginning of his reign, foil. 3876 — 4026. This continuation, which is due to the 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 tf Uj ^ yo jjj JHs ^ c^.~>fr$\ The MS. is imperfect at the end. The last extant chapter relates to the attempt made by the Khan of Bukhara, Imam Kuli Khan, to possess himself of Merv, when the Persian general, Murtaza Kuli Khan was 40 HISTORY. made prisoner by the Uzbeks, and subse- quently set free by the Khan of Bukhara (A.H. 1041-42 ; see Khuld Barm, fol. 55-56). The copy breaks off after the heading of the next following chapter, which relates to the invasion of Khorasan by the troops of Balkh, ^-^"iy i ai». ^j** j \j>{~t\ji- The Rauzat al-Safaviyyah, by Amir Beg, is one of the authorities quoted in the Majma' ut-Tavarikh of Muhammad Khalil (A.H. 1 207) . See Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 436. 59. Or. 3272.— Foil. 355 ; 13 in. by 7* ; 23 lines, 5j- in. long ; written in neat Nestalik ; dated (fol. 279) Friday, 26 Shavval, A.H. 1060 (A.D. 1650). iS)J\ ^Ifr g^lS History of Shah 'Abbas I., by Iskandar Munshi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 185. Beg. ^Miob iJJjT J\» j s.iust° ^ys- ull^j^**' t/^*"" ^UjJ a»-Ujd j jK^K This fine copy, written only twenty-two years after the completion of the work, wants the Mukaddimah and the first Sahifah. It contains only the history of the reign of Shah 'Abbas, as follows : Sahifah II. The first thirty years of the reign, namely, from Tunguz-yil = A.H. 996 to the end of Lui-yil=A.H. 1025, fol. 16. Maksad II. The last twelve years of the reign from Yilan-yil= A.H. 1026 to Lui-yil =A.H. 1037, fol. 2805. In this last section there is a lacuna ex- tending from the middle of Yunt-yil=A.H. 1027 to the middle of Takhaku-yil = A.H. 1030. It corresponds with foil. 3656— 372a, of the complete copy, Add. 16,684. There are also about two pages wanting at the end, namely, the last lines of the biographical notices and the Khatimah. For other copies see Pertsch, Berlin Cata- logue, nos. 441 — 46, and Etke, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 289—299. 60. Or. 2940.— Foil. 247 ; llf in. by 6 ; 16 lines, 3 J in. long; written in elegant Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins ; dated 28 JumadaL, ici.forA.H. 1152 (A.D. 1739). [Sidney Chukohill.] History of the reign of Shah 'Abbas II., by Mirza Tahir Vahid. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 1896. This copy contains much more than the previously described MS., Add. 11,632. The portion corresponding to the latter occupies foil. 2—156 of the present MS. Foil. 1566— 247 contain a continuation which extends to Tushkan-yil, the twenty-second year of the reign, corresponding with A.H. 1073-74. The last events recorded are the journey of Shah 'Abbas from Teheran to Isfahan ; the arrival at Court of envoys of the king of Abyssinia and of the Imam of Yemen ; lastly, the appointments of 'Ivaz Beg as Divanbegi, and of Murtaza Kuli Khan as Beglerbegi of Karabagh. The author occupied the post of Vezir under Shah Sulaiman and Shah Sultan Hu- sain. The date of his death is doubtful. Riza Kuli Khan says in Riyaz ul-'Arifin, fol. 93a, that he died in Isfahan A.H. 1108, while the Zubdat ul-Ghara'ib, fol. 242, refers the same event to A.H. 1110. Both dates SAFAVIS. 41 are probably too early. Fath 'Ali Khan suc- ceeded him, according to Zinat ut-Tavarikh, in A.H. 1120. One of his letters, dated A.H. 1111, in which he takes the title of Tmad ud-Daulah Muh. Tahir, is mentioned in the Turkish Catalogue, p. 896. In a copy of the same work described by Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 301, the last date mentioned is A.H. 1064. 61. Or. 3332.— Foil. 211 ; 11J in. by ; 15 lines, 3f in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 18th century. [H. A. Stern.] Another copy of the history of Mirza Tahir Vahid, with the same contents as the pre- ceding, except that it wants about ten folios at the beginning'. 62. Or. 2941.— Foil. 250 ; lOf in. by 6J ; 14 lines, 4 in. long; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 18th century. Partly stained by damp and obliterated. [Sidney Ohuechilx.] A history of the reign of Shah Sultan Husain, by Muhammad Ibrahim B. Zain ul- 'Abidln an-Nasiri. Beg. ^ JU1. -i/ tiliy LiU A) This is a court chronicle, written in a pompous and turgid style of the most weari- some prolixity. After a doxology which oc- cupies no less than twelve folios comes the preface proper, ^_>UT Jz& _fd s*j.iu. From this we learn that the author came of a family which had been for several genera- tions devoted to the dynasty, and had been re- warded with high offices, such as the custody of the sanctuaries of Najaf and Mashhad, the Vizarat i Divan, Insha i Mamalik, Istifa i Mamalik, &c. After having been for a long time out of employment, the author was re- instated in his office of court historiographer. In another passage, under A.H. 1110, fol. 239, he records his appointment as Majlis-navis. There he styles himself Mirza Muhammad Ibrahim Nasiri, grandson of the late Talib Khan, Vazir i Divan i A'la. In a Persian note written, A.H. 1302, on the first page, it is stated that Nasiri was the Nisbah of the descendants of Naslr ul-Din Tusi, several of whom rose to high posts under the Safavis. The history begins, fol. 146, with an account of the Julus of Sultan Husain, which took 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 new coin is given as follows : This is followed by a record of the events which took place during the remainder of the above Turkish year. The succeeding years begin as follows : Fol. 68a. Tunguz yil=A.H. 1106, the second year of the reign. Fol. 786. Sichkan yil=A.H. 1107. 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 MS. breaks off at the fifth page of a chapter headed ysX**, u^iUi ^b** jj&> ^is The extant portion of that chapter relates G 42 HISTORY. to the expedition of Ismii'Il Pasha, governor of Baghdad, against an Arab chief, Shaikh Salman, in Kerbela. 63. Or. 4509.— Foil. 97 ; 8} in. by 5 ; 12 lines, 3 in. long ; written in Neskhi, with ruled margins ; dated Thursday, 26 Rabi' II., A.H. 1278 (A.D. 1861). [Sidney Churchill.] A history of the Afghan invasion, trans- lated from Turkish by Ibn Najaf-Kuli 'Abd ur-Razzak (see no. 68), with the following heading : JjJ*\ ^ } (_ ) i ) US' ^ i.«\'> <—>j~a.> Beg. e£—*^^"- J s ^ yUj sj^.T i^^i-ob O^U-i j.'^j'i 3+$T " jl 0 =-U- It is stated in the preface that in the time of Shah Sultan-Husain a Christian traveller came to Isfahan, where he resided close on six and twenty years, and, being a keen ob- server of current events, and especially of the Afghan invasion, wrote in Latin a de- tailed account of the latter. This was trans- lated into Turkish and printed at Islambol by an Osmanli official, Ibrahim by name, who 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- lation of the well-known history of the Jesuit missionary, Judas Thaddseus Krusinski, originally written in Latin under the title of " Tragica vertentis belli Historia." The Turkish translation, J} $o jH ^.Lj -^J3 \ was printed by Ibrahim Mutafarrikah at Constantinople, A.H. 1142. It has been subsequently translated into Latin by J. C. Clodius, and from Latin into English by Gr. N. Mitford, London, 1840. See Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, no. 973, and Krafft,no. 262. 64. Or. 3602.— Poll. 101 ; 8| in. by 5| ; 14 lines, 3-J in. long ; written in Shikastah in the 19th century. [Sidney Chubohill.] A history of Sayyid Muhammad Mirza (Shah Sulaiman II.) and his family, by his son Muhammad Hashim. Beg. £j$ The history of Nadir Shah, by Mirza Mahdi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 192. This MS. contains little more than the first half of the work. It breaks off in the middle of the chapter relating to the siege of Ganjah, A.H. 1147. The last incident men- tioned is Nadir's narrow escape from a cannon shot which killed a man by his side and splashed him with brain and blood. See the Tebriz edition of A.H. 1263, p. 520, and Sir William Jones's abridged translation, London, 1773, p. 59. Zand's. 66. Or. 3592.— Foil. 229 ; 14 in. by8i; 22 lines, 5 J in. long ; written in close and neat Nes- talik, A.D. 1887. [Sidney Chuechill.] A detailed history of Karim Khan and his successors down to the death of Ja'far Khan, A.H. 1203, by Ibn Mu'izz ud-Din Muhammad Abu '1-Hasan al-Ghaffari al- Kfishani al-Mustaufi. Beg. Cj,\Ja j \j JLM (jJalLu CU»>\ ^iXii j j tiDU (JTi^Jjlj Jj**» il«...?J n^r^ ^) J>*J U\ tl*M>jl OJjii\S j i^X^ <6 j^J-jT ujjjs? Jj c**&> ti&W c^UiJl The author says in the preface that at the age of seven he had learnt the art of painting, which he cultivated during two years. He then met his father's friend, Mirza Muh. Burujirdi, who advised him to qualify himself for the profession of official writer, in which his father had attained eminence. In obe- dience to that advice, he applied himself in the first place to arithmetic and account- keeping, jU-> jj^-, and then to the art of elegant composition, LSol. The project he formed at the time of writing the annals of the reigning sovereign, Karim Khan, was delayed for four years. It was not before A.H. 1198, in the reign of ! Ali Murad Khan, 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 Khan), inserted in the preface, conveys the same date, A.H. 1198, as that of the com- position of the work. It must, however, be taken as relating to its beginning only, for, further on, fol. 110a, 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. 1210. The author's father, Mirza Mu'izz ud-Din Ghaffari, was governor of Kashan in the time of Karim (see fol. 5a). The work is divided, according to the preface, into a Mukaddimah treating of the g 2 44 HISTORY. pretenders who rose after the death of Nadir Shah, and three Makalahs devoted respec- tively to the reigns (1) of Karlm Khan, (2) of Abu '1-Fath Khan and 'Ali Murad Khan, and (3) of the reigning sovereign, whose name is left in blank. This last Makalah, however, does not appear in the body of the volume, and there is, moreover, a considerable lacuna, without any apparent break, at the beginning of the work. The Mukaddimah comes to an abrupt end after the first page and a half, fol. 4a, and Makalah I., which was to commence with the genealogy and first rise of Karim Khan, begins equally abruptly, in the course of the Turkish year It-yil = A.H. 1167-8, the sixth year of the reign, with the march of Karim Khan from Shiraz to Irak and the taking of Isfahan, a=-y ji 'z The events of the remainder of the reign are then fully narrated, unfortunately in a very florid and prolix stylo, under the follow- ing Turkish years, each of which begins with a long poetical description of Spring : Fol. 56. Tunguz yil, beginning on the 7th of Jumada II., A.H. 1168. Fol. 106. Sichkan yil, 18 Jumada II., A.H. 1169. Fol. 13a. Ud yil, 29 Jumada II., A.H. 1170. Fol. 15a. Bars yil, 11 Rajab, A.H. 1171. Fol. 166. Tushkanyil, 21 Rajab, A.H. 1172. 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. Fol. 755. It yil, 9 Shavval, A.H. 1179. Fol. 786. Tunguz yil, 20 Shavval, A.H. 1180. Fol. 81a. Sichkan yil, 1 Zulka'dah, A.H. 1181. Fol. 84a. Udyil, 11 Zulka'dah, A.H. 1182, Bars yil, Tushkan yil and Lui yil. Fol. 86a. Yilan yil, 26 Zulhijjah, A.H. 1186. Fol. 876. Yunt yil, 8 Muharram, A.H. 1188. Fol. 92«. Km yil, 18 Muharram, A.H. 1189. Fol. 976. Bichi yil, 29 Muharram, A.H. 1190. 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 Safar, A.H. 1193, is followed by an enumera- tion of his children, fol. 110a, and of the eminent men of his reign, especially of the poets, whose notices, alphabetically arranged under their poetical surnames, occupy foil. 113a— 1266. Makalah II., fol. 1265, begins with the installation of AbuT-Fath Khan on the throne, and the assumption of sovereign power by Zaki Khan, but it is mainly taken up with the doings of 'Ali Murad Khan. The heading is: i_My OikU> j>& KAJARS. 45 It comprises the following years : Fol. 127a. Tunguz yil, beginning 29 Safar, A.H. 1193. Fol. 145a. Sichkan yil, 13 Rabi' I., A.H. 1194. Fol. 161a. Ud yil, 24 Rabi' I., A.H. 1195. Fol. 1846. Bars yil, 5 Rabl' II., A.H. 1196. Fol. 1965. Tuskkan yil, 17 Rabi* II., A.H. 1197. Fol. 1986. Lui yil, 28 Rabl' II., A.H. 1198. The death of 'Ali Murad Khan, which happened during his march from Teheran to Isfahan on the 30th of Rabi' I., A.H. 1199, is recorded at fol. 205a. Then follows the accession of Istizhar ud-Daulah Muhammad Ja'far Khan, fol. 208a. The events of his 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. Fol. 2206. Kui yil, 1 Jumada II., A.H. 1201. Fol. 2255. Bichi yil, 12 Jumada II., A.H. 1202. The last events recorded are the march of Ja'far Khan to Isfahan and the flight of 'Ali Kuli Khan Kajar, fol. 2266; the flight of Murtaza Kuli Khan, son of Muhammad Hasan Khan Kajar, to Gilan, fol. 227a ; lastly, the death of Ja'far Khan, who was assassinated in his palace at Shiraz on the 25th of Jumada I., A.H. 1203, and the assumption of sovereignty by Sayyid Murad Khan, who maintained himself only seventy days, fol. 228a. In a conclusion, due apparently to the author's son, it is stated that, the author having died soon after the events of the last reign, the work had been completed by Muhammad 'Ali Khan ShTrazi, who had been a witness of some of the transactions and campaigns recorded. He finished the work in Kashan on the 6th of Sha'ban, A.H. 1210, in the reign of (Aka) Muhammad Khan, at a time when that sovereign was preparing for his campaign to Khorasan. Then follows a colophon transcribed from the original MS., which had been written for the author of the continuation, Muham- mad 'Ali Khan, and completed on the 5th of Zulhijjah, A.H. 1210. Mr. Churchill writes at the end : " This copy was made for me by Molla Aflatun, the Zoroastrian, and completed on the 19th July, 1887, from a copy belonging to the Etimad us-Sultaneh. In January, 1888, Molla Afla- tun turned Musselman, and is now known under the name of Mirza Mehdi." Kajars. 67. Or. 3551.— Foil. 180; 12 in. by 1\; 15 lines, 5 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with 'ITnvan and gold-ruled margins ; written about the close of the 18th century. [Sidney Churchill.] A history of the rise of the Kajars and of the reign of Aka Muhammad, by Muhammad B. Muhammad Taki as-Saru'i. The contents are identical with those of Add. 27,243, described in the Persian Cata- logue, p. 199a. Like the latter, the present MS. concludes with a poetical eulogy on the work by Fath 'Ali Khan Kashani, Malik ush-Shu'ara, takh. Saba, who died A.H. 1238 (Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 267). 46 HISTORY. 68-69. Or. 3278-79. — Two uniform volumes, con- sisting respectively of foil. 128 and 116; 8 in. by ; 15 lines, 3^ in. long; written by the same hand in cursive Nestalik, and forming a continuous text; dated 9 Zul- ka'dah, A.H. 1236 (A.D. 1821). A History of the rise of the Kajars, and especially of the reign of Path 'Ali Shah from his accession to the end of A.H. 1229, by Ibn Najaf Kuli 'Abd ur-Razzak. i This is the work which has been trans- lated by Sir Harford Jones Brydges under the title of Dynasty of the Kajars, London, 1833. An edition of the text published in Tabriz, A.H. 1241, is the first book printed in Persia. It has no pagination. The con- tents of the work have been described by Hammer in the Jahrbucher, vol. 53, Anz. Blatt, p. 58. A copy consisting of three parts, and ending also with A.H. 1229, is mentioned in Morley's Catalogue, nos. 151—53. 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, leaving, besides the present history, a Taz- kirah and some poems. His Takhallus was Maftfin. See Tazkirah i Muhammad shahi, fol. 2126; Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 483 ; and Zinat ul-Mada'ih, Or. 2877, fol. 134. The Tazkirah above mentioned, called Nigar- istan i Dara, Or. 3508, concludes with the life and poems of the author. The first volume of the present copy contains the rise of the Kajars and the reign of Agha Muhammad, foil. 1 — 15 ; the acces- sions of Path 'Ali Shah, fol. 16 ; and the following years of his reign : A.H. 1213, fol. 215; 1214, fol. 30a; 1215, fol. 42a; 1216, fol. 486 ; 1217, fol. 626 ; 1218, fol. 666; 1219, fol. 696 ; 1220, fol. 87a; and 1221, fol. 105a. The second volume comprises the follow- ing years : A.H. 1222, fol. 4a; 1223, fol. 15a ; 1224, fol. 346; 1225, fol. 55a ; 1226, fol. 706; 1228, fol. 99a ; and 1229, foil. 111a— 116. After fol. 73 there is a lacuna indicated 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 immediately preceding that lacuna relates to the arrival of Sir Gore Ouseley, whose merits are dwelt upon in glowing terms, a passage omitted in Brydges' s version. The conclud- ing part of the latter version falls within the above lacuna. The Tabriz edition has, in addition to the contents of our MS., the years A.H. 1230 — 1241, occupying the last seventy-four pages of the volume. On the fly-leaf at the end of Or. 3279 is written : " Wm. Oliver, Esq., Civil Indian, with Wm. Monteith's compliments." 70. Or. 2876.— Foil. 153 ; llf in. by 7 ; 15 lines, 4Jin. long; written in fair Nestalik, with gold- ruled margins, A.H. 1248 (A.D. 1832—33). [Sidney Chdechill.] A history of the reign of Path 'Ali Shah, from his accession to A.H. 1248, with an introduction treating of the rise of the Kajar dynasty, by Mahmud Mirza Kajar. KAJARS. 17 Beg. Oli Ai" c^^i' iT^jKj,^. dycji Iks- OU-Ojljl LlJljjl C >y j The author, the fifteenth son of Fath 'Ali Shah, was born A.H. 1214. He was ap- pointed governor of Nehavend, and left, besides the present work, a Tazkirah called Safinat ul-Mahmiid (no. 122), an anthology entitled Bayan i Mahmud, and a work called Gulshan i Mahmud, treating of the lives and poems of the sons of Fath 'Ali Shah (no. 121). See Zu '1-Karnain, Or. 3527, fol. 358a ; Anjuman i Khakan, fol. 336 ; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. 56. He says, in the preface, that the Shah, being dissatisfied with the prolixity and abstruse phraseology of the chronicles com- posed by the court Munshis, selected him among the princes on account of the literary skill displayed in his previous compositions, to entrust him the task of writing the present history, to which the Shah himself gave the above title. The work was commenced in the last decade of Rabi' II., A.H. 1248, and completed, as stated at the end, on the 14th of Rajab of the same year. The author states in the preface that from his boyhood he had enjoyed the tuition of the Sadr i A'zam, Mirza Muhammad Shafi'. The work begins with the following pre- liminary chapters : Genealogy of the Kajars, fol. 2a. History of Fath 'Ali Khan, fol. 2b. His expedition in aid of Shah Sultan Husain Safavi, fol. 3a. History of Muhammad Hasan Khan, fol. 4a. History of Husain Kuli Khan, father of Fath 'Ali Shah, fol. 6a. History of Muhammad Shah, told in great detail, year by year, from A.H. 1193 to his death, foil. 86 — 57. This concludes what the author calls the first volume (Mujallad). The second volume, which forms the main part of the MS., foil. 58 — 153, is devoted to the reign of Fath 'Ali Shah, from his acces- sion in A.H. 1212 to A.H. 1248. It is divided according to the years of the Hijrah, which form the main headings. The last year in- cluded, A.H. 1248, begins at fol. 1446. The last event recorded is the coming of the Shahzadah Saif ud-Daulah Sultan Muham- mad Mirza from Isfahan to Teheran in the first decade of Rajab. From notes written on the first page of the volume, it appears that it was presented A.H. 1248 to Baha ud-Daulah Bahman Mirza, son of Fath 'Ali Shah, and passed, A.H. 1261, into the possession of 'Ali Kuli Mirza, grand- son of the Shah. 71. Or. 3527.— Foil. 460 ; 121 in. by 8J ; 23 lines, 5 in. long ; written in large, but stiff and in- elegant, Nestalik, in the latter half of the 19th century. [Sidney Chukohill.] A history of Fath 'Ali Shah, from his early life to his death, by Fazl-ullah al-Mimshi, poetically surnamed Khavari. Beg. *!Uu, u-jllaii J^ij _j ^jli'li- toU i_>U\ The author was only fourteen years of age, and still at school, when he first saw Fath 'Ali, then governor of Fars, and con- ceived the wish to enter his service. He was employed as secretary under the Sadr i A'zam, Mirza Muh. Shafi', and was afterwards at- tached during ten years to a Shahzadah whom he does not name. 1 He subsequently became private secretary to the Shah. Having heard on some occasion His Majesty saying that a historian ought not to make a displav of his skill in fine writing, but should use plain language and adhere strictly to truth, 1 This was Humayun Mirza, to whom the author was appointed Vazir, as stated in Majma' ul-Fusalia. 48 HISTORY. he resolved to carry out the suggestion. Muh. Razi Tabrizi had chronicled, in his Zinat ut-Tavarikh, the first ten years of His Majesty's reign, and Mirza Muh. Sadik Marvazi had related, in his Tarikh i Jahan ara, thirty-six years of the reign ; but the latter had omitted much weighty matter, especially the negotiations and treaties with Turkey and European powers. The author, therefore, who had been nearly thirty years in the service of the Shah, wishing to leave a record of himself in prose, as he had already done in poetry by his Divan entitled ^jU- J?,, wrote the present work, which is divided into two volumes (Jild) and a Kha- timah. Each of the two Jilds bears a special title. The first is called ytSW- w\5, the second w yu=-Uo siL>j. Contents: Jild I. The realm of Iran, fol. 4 w ^ w i;u - ol ^A> 0 i)"** UZBEKS. 49 There is no preface. The author's name is found in an epilogue entitled uJijJIj l-o.-» He was the forty-sixth son of Fath 'Ali Shah, and was, at the time of writing, governor of Hamadiin. He composed the present work in obedience to an order of the present Shah, conveyed to him by the minister of the press, I'timad us-Saltanah, Mirza Muhammad Hasan, and he completed it in Jumada I., A.H. 1304. He says that he was only ten years old at the time of Path 'Ali Shah's death, and that his record is based partly on his own recollection and partly on what he was told by older members of his family. The work is written in an unpretending gossiping style, and abounds in characteristic anecdotes of the Shah and his entourage. The arrangement is not very methodical. The maiu contents are as follows : Notices of the wives and concubines of Fath 'Ali Shah , and of free women and slave girls attached to the Harem, fol. 16. Etiquette relating to the attendance of the princes at Court, to the rank of the prin- cesses, &c, fol. 25a. Principal eunuchs, fol. 316. Wedding festivals of the royal princesses, fol. 33a. Anecdotes showing the Shah's regard for the Kajar chiefs, fol. 496. Account of the Harem, fol. 516. Notices of the Vazirs of the reign, fol. 63a. Reception of Zill us-Sultan by the Shah ; notices and anecdotes relating to the Shah's sons and courtiers, fol. 71a. Character and moral qualities of the Shah, fol. 98a. Good qualities of Muhammad Shah and his treatment of his relatives, fol. 1096. Number of the descen- dants of Fath 'Ali Shah, fol. 1196. Epilogue, fol. 1226. The work has been lithographed in Bom- bay, A.H. 1306, under the title ^^s- pju. Uzbeks. 73. Or. 3497.— Foil. 261 ; 14 in. by 8f ; 31 lines, 5^ in. long ; written in fair Neskhi ; dated Thursday, 8 Jumada I., A.H. 1304 (A.D. 1887). [Sidney Churchill.] A history of 'Abdullah Khan from his birth to A.H. 997, by Hafiz Tanish B. Mir Muhammad al-Bukhari, &+s? jx* ^ ^jSi laiU Beg. o»\>jf j^j** liUU yoU 'Abdullah Khan, son of Iskandar Khan, is the greatest of the Shaibani sovereigns. Born A.H. 940, he became the virtual ruler of the Uzbek empire long before he assumed the sovereign title at the death of his father', Iskandar Khan, A.H. 991. He died A.H. 1006. The scantiness of the hitherto avail- able sources on his eventful career is evidenced by the sketchy character of the accounts given of it by Vambery, History of Bukhara, pp. 282 — 96, and by Sir Henry Howorth in his History of the Mongols, Part II., Division II., pp. 730—38. The present work is the only full and authentic history of his life, written by a contemporary witness, who was attached to the Khan's suite ; but its undoubted value is to some extent marred by the pompous verbosity of its style and the too frequent absence of precise dates. The work is often called 'Abdullah Namah. It has been noticed by Desmaisons in his translation of Abu '1- 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 the work in Schefer's Chrestomathie Persane, vol. ii., p. 216, has been the subject of some observations by S. Churchill, Indian Notices and Queries, vol. iv., no. 41, p. 93. From a prolix and verbose preface we gather that the author, who from his early youth had been ambitious of distinguishing himself by some historical composition, did not begin to write until 'Abdullah Khan had established his rule over Mavara-annahr and had made Bukhara his capital. It was then that the author, now in his thirty-sixth year, undertook the compilation of a full record of the Khan's early life and of his victories. But it was only after he had been admitted to the presence of the great Vazir, Amir Kulbaba Kukaltash, and encouraged by that generous patron of letters, that he set about collecting his rough drafts and brought them 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 composition : iSjji jS> sULi^ jl i_i^> <$y>ji j>.j^ li- lt will be seen, however, presently, that the work was brought down to a later date. According to the preface, it was to consist of the following parts : Mukaddimah treating of the Khan's forefathers from Noah down to his father Iskandar Khan, with a notice of his religious teacher Khwajah Juibari. Makalah I. History of 'Abdullah Khan from his birth to his accession to the throne. Makalah II. His history from his accession to a subsequent date, which is left undefined. Khatimab, on the distinctive qualities of the sovereign, on the holy Shaikhs, 'Ulama, men of letters, poets, Amirs, Vazirs of his reign, on his pious foundations and the public buildings erected by him. Of the above four parts the present MS. contains only the first two, namely : 1. The Mukaddimah, foil. 9a — 31a, comprising a genealogical sketch of the descendants of Chingiz Khan, with a fuller account of the Shaibani branch, and concluding, fol. 27a, with a notice of the great saint Khwajah Muhammad Juibari, of the Nakshabandi order, with his spiritual pedigree, and an account of his son, Khwajah Kalan Kkwajim. 2. Makiilah I., which begins with the follow- ing heading : l^>jU~j b os^lj ^UjoI j\ Sift* j>j~> j L=_yiil u*}^r Ail ^ J3$> cAt> 3 objlj j JUit o^U /i j 0 *u j ^li This Makalah, which forms the main bulk 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 the beginning of Jumada II. (A.H. 991) and the subsequent Julus of 'Abdullah Khan are recorded in chapters beginning respectively at fol. 2036 and fol. 2056. The rest of the volume is devoted to a record of the next following six years. It concludes with a detailed account of the taking of Herat, which fell after a siege of nearly nine months. The city, we are told, was taken by storm on Monday, the third of Rabi' II., when a scene of general pillage and slaughter en- sued. On the fifth the commander, 'Ali Kuli Khan, who had retired to the fortress of Ikhtiyar ud-Dln, surrendered, and was treacherously massacred with his Kizilbash followers. The year in which that event took place is not stated in the narrative, AFGHANS. 51 but in a long Kasidah composed by the author on that occasion, the date is given in the following chronogram : This would give A.H. 999, which is obviously wrong. According to Jalal Munajjim, the fall of Herat took place in A.H. 997. In the 'Alam arai 'Abbasi, the same event is placed in the Sichkan yi], beginning in Jumiida I., A.H. 997, and ending in Ju- mada I., A.H. 998. In his conclusion, fol. 2596, the author says : " Here ends Makalah I : it will be followed by Makalah II." Whether the latter or the Khatimah were ever written is un- certain. The present copy appears to have been made from a MS. written by Mirza Khush Muhammad B. Tash Muhammad Bai Kat- ghan, whose colophon is transcribed at the end. It is dated 19 Jumada I., A.H. 1239. Copyist : JU^U JiaUaN > A full table of chapters occupies five pages at the beginning. Afghans. 74. Or. 3550.— Foil. 197 ; 11J in. by 6^ ; 15 lines, 4 in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins; dated 12 Jumada II., A.H. 1305 (A.D. 1888). [Sidney Churchill.] A history of the Durrani dynasty of Af- ghanistan, from the rise of Ahmad Shah to the death of Shah Shuja', A.H. 1257, trans- lated from Hindustani into Persian by Sayyid Husain Shirazi Karbala'i, son of Aka Sayyid Riziii Shirazi, Urdu translator of the Dar ut-Tarjumah, Teheran. It begins with three Baits, the first of which is : ^TjO «b j> ^ ^> Lai! j i jji\ Then comes the prose doxology, beginning : pl^> b£ £j**>\j*> (_jijljkw3 \y^.S^\ tiiLc Oji> From a note written on the fly-leaf by the translator, we learn that the Urdu original, entitled oUs\j, was the work of Muham- mad 'Abd ur-Rahman B. Haji Muhammad Rushan Khan, and had been printed in Kanpiir. Some omissions in that work were supplemented and some discrepancies cor- rected by reference to ^Uu and to ^tuJUil &J3 by 'Ali Kuli Mirza I'tizad us- Saltanah, son of Fath 'Ali Shah. Contents : Genealogy of the Saduzais ; dis- turbed state of Afghanistan and invasion of Nadir, fol. 46. Death of Nadir and reign of 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. 1216, fol. 77a. Reign of Sultan Mahmud till his death, A.H. 1244, fol. 1276. History of Shah Shuja' from his accession to his death, A.H. 1257, fol. 148a. Topography of the Duabs and of Afghanistan, foil. 176a — 197. India. 75. Or. 3714.— Foil. 528 ; 12J in. by 7| ; 12 lines, 4 in. long ; written in large and elegant Nes- talik, with gold-ruled margins, and profusely h 2 52 HISTORY. ornamented with miniatures and illuminated borders, apparently about the close of the 16th century. Bound in painted and glazed covers. The Memoirs of Babar, translated from the Turki original by 'Abd ur-Rahim Khan. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 244. Beg. jc5 «jj j aJ.*w i^^j The four detached portions of which the Memoirs consist begin respectively as fol- lows : I. A.H. 899—908 (Erskine, pp. 1—122), foil. 1— 156a. II. A.H. 910 — 914 (Erskine, pp. 127—234), foil. 1565—2966. III. A.H. 925—926 (Erskine, pp. 246— 284), foil. 297a— 348a. IV. A.H. 932—936 (Erskine, pp. 290—425), foil. 3486—5286. This fine volume contains sixty-eight whole- page miniatures in the most highly finished style of Indian art, and forty-eight pages have coloured drawings of smaller size repre- senting various animals and trees. These miniatures are, with few exceptions, signed by the artists, most of whom bear Hindu names. The following are the names which recur most frequently : Kisu, Sanwlah, Mahis, Jagannath, Bhurah, Thirpal, Nand Gwaliyari, Bhawani, Sivdas, Tulsi, Tiriya, Pars, Bhag- wan, Dhanraj , Sunkar G ujrati, Banwari, Pada- rat, Ramdas. The first four are mentioned in A'in i Akbari, translation, vol. i., p. 108, among the masters of the art at the court of Akbar. There are also some Muslim names, such as Ibrahim Kahhar, Mansur Nakkash (Nadir ul-'Asr, see Tuzuk Jahangiri, p. 235), and Farrukh, the last also mentioned in the A'in i Akbari. For other copies see Ethe, Bodleian Cata- logue, nos. 180—183. 76. Or. 3271.— Eoll. 138 j 8| in. by 5| ; 15 lines, 3 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik in the first half of the 18th century ; damaged by damp and partly discoloured. I. Foil. 2—45. mU _/\ Acontinuation of Akbar Namah, comprising the last four years of the reign of Akbar, by 'Inayat-ullah B. Muhibb 'Ali. Beg. *j% gjV,'i ^ ^ J^ 6 J The same beginning is found at fol. 12 of another copy, Or. 1854, described in the Persian Catalogue, p. 929ffl. The author's name is given iu the following endorsement, apparently in the hand of the copyist : sVjo ^VsH JL> oo.US j J4=- UjjIjI mIj ^ u** iH\ Oi'is. The same 'Inayat-ullah B. Muhibb 'Ali is mentioned as the author of a Takmilah i Akbar Namah in Ta'rikh i Muhammadi, Or. 1824, fol. 1316. The present work is quite distinct from a similarly entitled history ascribed to Shaikh 'Inayat-ullah, extracts of which are given in Elliot's History of India, vol. vi., pp. 103 — 115. While in the latter the murder of Abu T-Fazl is told in a few lines, and without any direct implication of Jahangir in the crime, the author of the present work narrates the same event in the most circumstantial manner, and distinctly states that the mur- derer, Barsingh Dev, acted at the bidding of Jahangir. He dwells at length on the courage displayed by Abu '1-Fazl in the fatal en- counter, on the sad loss entailed by his INDIA. 53 death, and on the overwhelming grief of Akbar. II. Foil. 46—138. History of Shahjaban, from his birth to his accession, ascribed in a contemporary endorsement to Mu'tamad Khan : W U- i«l>« &s&yc ^^s^ ^^jljiUi Jt_j=-\ It begins, without any preface, with the following heading : } t\a~ y^»-> The text begins : The dates are given throughout with great precision according to the days of the Ilahi months, with the corresponding dates of the lunar months. The work concludes with the arrival of Shahjahan at Agra, his Julus on the 8th of Jumada II., 1037, and an enumera- tion of the stages of his journey from Junir to the capital. Some verses inserted after the account of the Julus end with this line : j.ls21 ilU* \J> jli-T J.W y ^ which shows that the work was written during the reign of Shahjahan. Mu'tamad Khan, if such be the author's name, must be a distinct person from his namesake, the author of the Ikbal Namah. The latter, when referring to himself, uses such a phrase as " the present writer," while in corresponding passages our author men- tions Mu'tamad Khan by name. In a note written on the first page of the volume Mirza Muhammad B. Mu'tamad Khan states that in Zulhijjah, A.H. 1157, he re- ceived the above two works from 'Inayat Khan Easikh, son of Shams ud-Daulah Lutf- ] ullah Khan Bahadur Tahavvur Jang. This same 'Inayat Khan is mentioned in the Per- sian Catalogue, p. 8766, as the editor of a collection of royal letters. 77. Or. 3276.— Poll. 314 ; 101 | n . by 5 a . 15 nneS) 3 in. long ; written in fair Nestahk, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 17th century. The Memoirs of Jahangir. Beg. c-*\~£> ^\ oWp [3] J>j\ oblis- -\ 5 ^jW j j)? f 5 ^* ^-f'Jjjj 1 ^>j$ The contents agree substantially with those of Add. 26,215 described in the Persian Cata- logue, p. 2536, and with the edition printed at Ally Gurh, 1864, under the title of iJj^-'-S ijji&yfc-. The first part of the Memoirs, comprising the first twelve years of the reign, ends at fol. 3006, and is followed, without any heading or break in the text, by the second part, beginning with the thirteenth year. The MS. breaks off in the middle of that year at a passage relating to the painter Mansiir, and corresponding with p. 235, line 32, of the Ally Gurh edition. On the first page and within an ornamental border is found this misleading title : a*b' For other copies see Ethe, Bodleian Cata- logue, nos. 219—20. 78. Or. 3287.— Foil. 134 ; 10| in. by 6^ ; 19 lines, 4J in. long ; written in fair Nestalik in the 17th century. 54 HISTORY. Account of the siege of Kandahar by Daril Shikuh. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 2646, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 238-9. Beg. yUUiib ijrjjj \j xj l_jVjj! s^^jjst? The author, whose name does not appear in the work, was Badi' uz-Zaman Rashld Khan, who died, as Divan of Shah 'Alam, upwards of eighty years old, in Agra, A.H. 1 107. See Ta'rikh i Muhammadi, Or. 1824, fol. 2346, and Or. 1937, fol. 156. This copy wants about a page and a half at the end. On the first page is a Wakf, or pious dona- tion, of the book by Mirza Mahdi B. Mirza '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. 79. Or. 3610.— Foil. 20; 16 in. by 11 ; 12 lines, 6f in. long ; written in fair large Nestalik, with fourteen whole-page and two double- page miniatures, apparently in the 18th century. Detached fragments of a historical work relating to the reigns of Bahadur Shah and Jahandar Shah. Pol. 1 relates to the death of Bahadur Shah, and begins as follows : Jciii^j/ ^jy-j (3jS sUI sU j Cj^Ju.j^ ^Jj*i (ji^s mj,/ uiff The work appears to have been composed during the short reign of Jahandar Shah. It is written in rather florid prose interspersed with verses, and is very circumstantial, but quite destitute of dates. The subjects of the remaining fragments are as follows : Poll. 2 — 3. Kambakhsh orders Mir Malang (Ahsan Khan) and other Amirs to be executed. His defeat and death (A.H. 1120). Poll. 4—8. Rising of the Sikhs under Banda. Expeditions of Vazir Khan and of Prince Mu'izz ud-Din against them (A.H. 1120). Poll. 9—20. Victory of Mu'izz ud-Din Jahandar Shah over his brothers. His ac- cession. Poetical description of his mistress La'l Kunwar and of his mad passion for her (A.H. 1124). Bound up with this volume is a large sheet containing a deed of sale relating to a private house in Lucknow, dated 13 Zulka'- dah, A.H. 1264 (A.D. 1848). 80. Or. 3281.— Foil. 86; 8 in. by 4f ; 15 lines, 3 in. long ; written in small and close Nestalik, apparently in the 18th century. History of the reign of Muhammad Shah down to the 14th year. This is the anonymous work designated in some MSS. as JUi'l tius^, three copies of which have been described in the Persian Catalogue, viz. Or. 1900, p. 940a ; Or. 1656, II., p. 1008a ; and Or. 1747, VI., p. 1015S. Compare p. 10556, VIII. The present copy has two additional chapters at the beginning. The first begins jjjLx ij^'-s-j ^.^>- It relates to a vision seen by Bigam Sahib, mother of Muhammad Shah, six days after his birth. The second 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 fol. 7b, is identical with the first section of Or. 1900. From that point the contents of both copies are in substantial agreement ; but towards the end the present MS. gives in full Muhammad Shah's correspondence with the Persian court, much abridged in the other. It contains, moreover, the appendix (Tazyil) on the Indian seasons mentioned in the Persian Catalogue, p. 10086. On the fly-leaf is written : " For Captn. Scott with Mr. Polier's compts." 81-2. Or. 4609 and 4608. — Two uniform volumes consisting respectively of foil. 140 and 283 ; 9 lines, 4J in. long ; written in cursive and straggling Indian Nestalik, about A.D. 1796. [G. Cecil Renouard.] A collection of Akhbar, or news-letters, relating to daily occurrences at the Courts of Delhi, Lucknow, Rampur, and the camps of the Mahratta generals from the 18th of Safar, A.H. 1210, to the 23rd of Rajab in the same year (September, 1795 — January, 1796). The news-letters appear to have been received and compiled in Lucknow. Those which relate to the Court of the Vazir ul- Mamalik Asaf ud-Daulah are dated on con- secutive days. They are the most circum- stantial and the latest in date. The others are from the Court of Dehli, from the camps of the Marattah generals, viz. Daulat Rao Sindhya, Takoji Holkar, Kashi Rao Holkar, from the camp of Nawab 'Ali Bahadur (the Oude general), and from the seat of Nasr- ullah Khan of Rampur. Beg. ji-o fcfy J*" J*>j& J^~\ J^i j& tjojZ i*/ \/P 'iJ-T yU- ^jij ajw> J\ \j r J$ The first volume ends with the Akhbar of Asaf ud-Daulah on the 23rd of Rabi' I. The second volume, Or. 4608, begins with the Akhbar of the Dehli Court on tbe 26th of Rabi 1 I., and ends with a news-letter from the camp of Lakhwaji Pandit, dated the 17th of Rajab, and imperfect at the end. The MS. passed from Renouard's hands into the possession of Dr. John Lee, in whose catalogue it is noticed, p. 57, no. 174. 83. Or. 4776.— Foil. 345; 12£ in. by 64; 12 lines, 4 in. long; written in cursive Nestalik, apparently in India in the 19th century. I. Foil. 1—56. m£\ oT^ Revenue tables of the Subahs of Hindostan, written in Siyak, by Muhammad Latif, son of Muhammad 'Ali B. Muhammad Shah, of Broach in Gujrat. Beg. U! lJ -uuJJ XiSUNj w_>, jji ^\ ^\ jC y)\ (JjUjil ^ CJjAs- H%\ j\ The preface contains verses in praise of Abu '1-Fazl and of Shah 'Alam, a celebrated saint who died A.H. 880, and whose tomb in Ahmadabad is an object of pilgrimage. The author appears to have been a devout worshipper of holy personages. Further on, under Ajmir, he breaks out again into a 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 Aurangzib, fol. 36, shows that the work was written after his time. The tables, which begin, fol. 5a, with Gnjrat, end with Multan. Another copy is mentioned by Rehatsek, Mulla Firuz Library, p. 102, no. 58. II. Foil. 57—78. History of the kings of Gujrat, extracted from the work entitled iS^e lLJJW £jt>, which was written A.H. 1196 by Ghulain Basit. This chapter corresponds with foil. 946—102a of the MS. Add. 27,250, described in the Persian Catalogue, p. 237. See for another copy Rehatsek, i'6., p. 76, no. 15. III. Foil. 79—345. u£Jj!il i/si A general history of India, treating more especially of the 'Adishahis of Bijapur, by Rafi' ud-Din Ibrahim Shirazi, who wrote about A.H. 1020. See the Persian Cata- logue, p. 316, and Rehatsek, ib., p. 73, no. 11, where the contents are described. The portion of the work contained in the present MS. corresponds with foil. 46 — 206 i if the complete copy previously described, Add. 23,883. It consists of chapters (Fasl) C — 9, beginning with the kings of Gujrat and ending with the Timurides, as described in the Persian Catalogue. But Fasl 9 is not brought down further than the early part of Akbar's reign. The last section relates to the murder of his Vazir, Atakah Khan, which took place A.H. 970. On the last leaf is the name of a former owner, John W. Watson. 84. Or. 2692.— Foil. 393 ; 12|-in.by7J; 24 lines, 4J in. long; written in neat Nestalik; dated (fol. 2636) 12 Sha'ban, A.H. 1258 (A.D. 1842). [E. B. Eastwiok.] I. Foil. 1—263. JU)\ History of the Kutubshahis and of the Nizams of Haidarabad, by Mir Abu '1-Kasim, surnamed Mir 'Alam. See the Persian Cata- logue, pp. 323 — 25. Beg. jjJj JiH&\ j Lfj)'^ The contents agree with those of the edition lithographed in Haidarabad, A.H. 1266. The second Makalah begins at fol. 136a. This copy was written, as stated at the end, by Muhammad Vazir for Mir Muhammad Husain Musavi, whose seal dated 1249 is impressed on the first page. The MS. was presented A.H. 1285, to whom is not stated, by the latter's daughter, tlusaini Begam. II. Foil. 264—393. ^UJI Hi- Account of Shushtar and of the author's travels in India, by 'Abd al-Latlf B. Abu Talib Shushtari. See the Persian Catalogue, pp. 383-4. Beg. t>^ 5 The work was composed A.H. 1216. An appendix added by the author, A.H. 1219, is written separately, foil. 389 — 393. At the end is a notice by Ahmad 'Ali, stating that the author died in Haidarabad on the eve of Monday, the 6th of Zulka'dah, A.H. 1220; but some verses written by the same hand give for the same event the chronogram «T i.e. 1221. For other copies see Mulla Firuz Library, p. 69 ; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 98 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 323. 85. Or. 4688.— Foil. 222 ; 12 in. by 7\ ; 17 lines, 5 in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, with INDIA. 57 ' LTnvan and ruled margins, apparently in the 19th century. allSJ Had jjlff- jbjf A history of Kashmir, by Badi' ud-Dm Abu T-Kiisim Muhammad Aslam, poetically surnamed Mun'imi, son of Maulavi Muh. A'zam Kul, with the takhallus Mustaghni. Beg. <_yA~J jjls- j l?>*>\ The author mentions in his preface the following two works as his principal authori- ties : 1. The work of Khwajah Muh. A'zam Didahmari, son of Khair uz-Zaman Khan, entitled j~J^ oUslj, and brought down to A.H. 1160 (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 300), the author of which had somewhat curtailed his account of kings so as to devote more space to the lives of Sayyids, saints, and poets. 2. The Nur Namah, a collection of the in- spired utterances of the holy Shaikh Nur ud-DIn Vali, written down in the language of Kashmir by one of his disciples, and afterwards translated into Persian, with the title of cjTj*, by Maulana Ahmad 'Alla- mah, a panegyrist of Sultan Zain ul-'Abidin. In A.H. 1188 the author, having proceeded from Lucknow to Etawa with the Vazir's army, met there a descendant of the Chak kings of Kashmir, and obtained from him the autograph MS. of the above-mentioned translation, from which he extracted most of the contents of the first section of his work. For the thirty or forty years which had elapsed since the conclusion of the Vaki'at, he relied on information obtained from trustworthy persons and on his own memory. This would bring the date of composition of the present work to A.H. 1190—1200. Further on, fol. 6?), there is a full list of sources (given in extenso by Ethe, no. 320) which appears to have been bodily taken from the Vaki'at i Kashmir (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 3006). The preface concludes with a dedication in prose and verse to Shah 'Alam, and with a table of chapters. The title, which in the preface, fol. 9a, is is given as above, appears in a somewhat different form, namely ^Jls- L>\i in the dedicatory verses, fol. 76. The work is divided into a Mukaddimah, six Tabakahs, and a Khatimah, as follows : Mukaddimah : Peculiarities of Kashmir, its climate and noteworthy sites, fol. 9a. Taba- kah I. Origins of Kashmir, conflicting tra- ditions of Muslims and Hindus, and ancient kings, in two Kisms, fol. 166. The second Kism, beginning fol. 32a, treats of the Da'udi line and the Pandus. Tabakah II. Hindu Kajahs, fol. 546. Tabakah III. Muslim kings, fol. 84a. Tabakah IV. Kings of the Chak line, fol. 1326. Tabakah V. Timurides, fol. 168. The fifth Tabakah, which is the last ex- tant, comes to an abrupt termination with A.H. 1150. The last event recorded is the struggle of the Naib, Abu '1-Barakat Khan, with rebels headed by Mir Muhammad Ja'far, resulting in a battle fought by the con- tending parties on the 14th of Muharram, A.H. 1150. See the Vaki'at i Kashmir, Add. 26,282, fol. 285a, and Newall's abstract in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Ben- gal, vol. xxiii., p. 413. A copy described by Ethe, Bodleian Cata- logue, no. 320, breaks off at the same point, which makes it probable that no more was written. 86. Or. 2699.— Foil. 112 ; 10 in. by 6^; 15 lines, in. long ; written in cursive Nestalik ; dated 12 Rabi' II., A.H. 1247 (A.D. 1831). A history of Kashmir, with an account i .58 HISTORY. of the neighbouring countries, by 'Abd ul- Kadir Khan B. Kazi'l-Kuzat Maulavi Vasil 'Ali Khan. Beg. \xi>\ ae\2r ^ j>& ^* **! 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, at Benares, A.H. 1245, A.D. 1830. The main authority followed by the writer for the history of Kashmir is the work of Muham- mad Badi' ud-DIn Abu '1-Kasim Aslam, poeti- 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 title jfclSs ^» n&£j>/. The work is divided into four Chamans and a Khatimah, as follows : Chaman I. Account of Kashmir, fol. 66, W L> y ^ j ,ji)lj>Ajsf ^jJ-=- J tiLL* cJi^ C^>\ ^r?y^- i/y^j^. Ancient history and Hindu Rajahs, fol. 66. Muslim kings, fol. 29a. Subadars under the Timurides down to the conquest by Ahmad Shah Dur- rani, fol. 55a. Curiosities and wonders of Kashmir, fol. 726. Its trade and manufac- tures, fol. 756. Chaman II. Description of Tibet and Kal- makistan, including an account of the religion of the Tibetans and of the painter Mani, fol. 81a. Chaman III. Account of Badakhshan, fol. 90a. Chaman IV. Description of the highlands of Afghanistan, namely, Pagli(?), Ghur,Grhaz- nin, and Kuh i Sulaiman ; with a brief history of the Afghans, fol. 936. Khatimah : A short review of the just rulers of India, concluding with a eulogy on the Company's rule, fol. 111a. LOCAL HISTORIES. 87. Or. 2777.— Foil. 199 ; 8£ in. by 4f ; 13 lines, 2i in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, with a highly finished 'Unvan and colour-ruled margins, apparently in the 19th century. [COMTE DE GOBINEAU.] History of Bukhara, translated from the Arabic work of Abu Bakr Muhammad B. Ja'far an-Narshakhi. Beg. (_y»U-> ols^' pjo xjL^Oj i)J The original author, an-Narshakhi, was born A.H. 286, and died A.H. 348 (see al-Sam'ani, fol. 558a). He wrote the history of Bukhara, A.H. 332, for the Samani king, Amir Hamid Nuh B. Nasr. The work was translated into Persian, A.H. 522, by Abu Nasr Ahmad B. Muh. B. Nasr al-Kubavi. The present MS. contains an abridgment of the latter version made A.H. 574, for the Mufti of Bukhara, Taj ul-Ma'ali 'Abd ul- 'Aziz B. Husam ud-DIn 'Umar, by Muham- mad B. Zufar B. 'Umar. This abridged version has been edited by M. Charles Schefer, Paris, 1892. A con- siderable portion of the work had been pre- viously published by the same scholar in the first volume of his Chrestomathie Persane, pp. 9 — 55 ; ro-it*. A short extract was given by Lerch in the Transactions of the Congress of St. Petersburg, torn, ii., pp. 424—9. The contents have been described by Vambery, History of Bokhara, p. xii. For other copies see Morley's Catalogue, p. 151, and Khany- kov, Melanges Asiatiques, vol. ii., p. 437. Contents : Preface of Muh. B. Zufar, fol. 16. I Kazis of Bukhara, fol. 3a. Extract from the 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. Description of Bukhara, its environs and public buildings (Chrestomathie Persane, pp. i-.-if), fol. 125. Silver coinage of Bukhara (published by Lerch, I.e., pp. 426—8), fol. 395. Muslim conquest, fol. 42a. Division of Bu- khara between the Arabs and Persians, fol. 485. Rule of Kutaibah B. Muslim, fol. 505. Origins of Al i Saman, fol. 69a. Rise of Mukanna', foil. 77a. History of the Samanis, fol. 915. This last section is brought down by an-Narshakhi to the accession of Nuh B. Nasr, A.H. 331, fol. 1155, and briefly con- tinued by the translator to the death of Mansfir B. Nasr, A.H. 365. The text is in close agreement with M. Schefer's edition, pp. 2 — 99. 88. Or. 3391.— Foil. 138; 12iin.by 7J ; 17 lines, 4 in. long; written in neat Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 15th century. [Sidney Chukchill.] A historical and topographical account of the city of Kum, written A.H. 378 by Hasan B. Muhammad B. Hasan Kummi, and trans- lated from Arabic, A.H. 825, by Hasan B. al-Hasan 'Abd ul-Malik al-Kummi. The translator's preface begins : H l_->\la^ JjUj yjj J^JU .... ^\ liny The translation of the original work begins, fol. 25, as follows : i__jU^ ^ u_a!yc The work is dedicated to a mighty Vazir, Sahib al-Jalil Kan '1-Kufafc, whose proper name does not appear. It was apparently Ibrahim B. 'Abbad, the famous Vazir of two successive sovereigns of the Buvaihi dynasty, viz. Mu'ayyad ud-Daulah and Fakhr ud- Daulah, who died A.H. 385. The latter prince is named in the preface as the reign- ing sovereign, and in other passages, foil. 55 and 9a, mention is made of the VazTr's father, Shaikh al-Amin Abu '1-Hasan 'Abbad B. 'Abbas, who is described as the Vazir of Rukhn ud-Daulah, and is stated to have died A.H. 330. In the preface the author dwells at great length on the merits of his patron, and especially on the benefits conferred by him upon the city of Kum, on the magni- ficence with which he enriched its holy Sharifs and its 'ITlama, on the copious water- supply created by him, on the number of books placed by him at the disposal of students, and generally on his just and beneficent administration. The author was induced to write this book by the fact that his brother, Abu '1-Kasim 'Ali B. Muh. B. al-Hasan al-Katib, then governor of K um ; had searched in vain for a history of that city. He compiled it from a number of scattered notices and from oral tradition. Two of the historical chapters are brought down to A.H. 378, evidently the date of composition. The work is divided into twenty Babs, subdivided into sections (Jyai) amounting altogether to fifty. Qf those Babs only the 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 be quoted in full. The heading of Bab I. begins as follows : } j>b jd Jjl i_->L> 60 HISTORY. iki- j 5»jb ji> sail j W T ^J^i-ljj^i iJlOj j y^*' j *>^* J C*»l Ji-lii \ iWii^Jij yljj jj^l^i Jjj Briefly stated, the contents of the twenty Babs are as follows : I. Name and origin of Kum ; its topography and principal buildings, fol. lOi. II. Surveys of the land ; tribute and taxation, fol. 54i. III. Descendants of Abu Talib, fol. 1016. IV. Arab settlers of the family of Malik B. 'Amir Ash'ari, fol. 113a. (After fol. 112 there is a lacuna, without any apparent break in the text, so that the end of Bab III. and the beginning of Bab IV. are wanting.) V. The Ash'aris after their conversion to Islam, foil. 123 — 138. (This Bab concludes in the present MS. with an account of the taking of Sus by Abu Musa al-Ash'ari.) VI. Genealogy of the Arabs of the race of Kahtan. VII. Arabs who held sway in Kum. VIII. Cele- 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 Kum from A.H. 89—378. XII. Kazis of Kum. XIII. General chronicle of the Khalif s from the time of Muhammad to A.H. 378. XIV. Estates belonging to the Sultan. XV. Estates belonging to Kum an d to private persons. XVI. 'ITlama. XVII. Men of letters. XVIII. Poets. XIX. Jews and Magians. XX. Peculiarities of Kum and miscellaneous historical notices. The Persian translation was made A.H. 825 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 Safi : Sj^j jg te-ljli yJ.xMj SJj^3\ i>U» Ji»5M «_*>U)1 y> Jili> 0 !U> who was probably governor of Kum or Kashan under Shahrukk. On the first page is a circular illuminated border enclosing a title which has been oblite- rated. Above is written : ^ ^j^ojU J«> gji ur~» iyi & u^- 3 - 89. Or. 3587.— Foil. 179 ; 8| in. by 5 ; 19 lines, 3 in. long; written in small and neat Nes- talik ; dated 1 Jumada II., A.H. 835 (A.D. 1432). [Sidnejt Chubohill.] A History of the district of Baihak, by Abu '1- Hasan 'Ali B. Shams ul-Islam Abu '1- Kasiin Zaid B. Shaikh ul-Islam Abu Sulaiman Amirak Muhammad, &c, al-Baikaki. Beg. i^x*)j> j J>?.^ J y^*" u*>^f»» ±+s? <^ j J 1 ^ The author belonged to the ancient family of the Hakimis, which had given eminent divines and Kadis to Baihak. In the preface he traces up his pedigree to Huzaimah B. Tkabit, one of the Companions of the Prophet, and from him upwards to Shem, son of Noah. He completed this work on the fifth of Shav- val, A.H. 563, in the village of Shashtamad. i LOCAL HISTORIES. 61 He occasionally refers to two works previously written by him in Arabic, namely, i__>Ul)\ t_>U i_jlac"!)l L-Aii51j, treating of the genealogy of the descendants of the Prophet, and L_>,lt« < uj,\jSj , being a continuation of Ta'rikh i Yamini. An extract from the latter, relating to Sultan Shah of Khwarazm, and quoted by Ibn ul-Asir in his Kamil, vol. ix., p. 249, is brought down to A.H. 595. He wrote also a continuation of the Dumyat ul- Kasr of al-Bakharzi, entitled h*d\ (Ibn Khallikan, De Slane's version, vol. ii., p. 323, and Haj.Khal.,vol.iii.,p.238,vi.,pp.442,510). The two works which he mentions as his principal authorities are the Ta'rikh Naisha- bur, in twelve volumes, by al-Hakim Abu 'Abdallah Muh. B. 'Abdallah (d. A.H. 405), and Ta'rikh Baihak, by 'Ali B. Abi Salih al- Khuwari. In a long preface the author laments the decline of sciences in his day, especially of those -which are the special glory of the Arabs, namely, Hadith, genealogy, and pro- verbs ; after which he dilates on the charm and importance of a study of history. The work is rather a collection of biographical notices than a history proper. The contents are as follows : Preface, fol. 15. Principal countries of the world, fol. 11a. Standard works of his- tory, fol. 116. Histories of towns, fol. 13a. Eminent peculiarities of Baihak, fol. 135. "Companions" who came to Baihak, fol. 15a. Muslim conquest, A.H. 30, fol. 15a. Climate, fol. 156. Things in which various countries excel, fol. 17a. Plagues peculiar to each country, fol. 176. Capitals of various coun- tries, fol. 186. Dependence of climate on the elements, fol. 19a. Etymology of Bai- hak, its limits, and its division into twelve districts, called £>j, fol. 196. Foundation of Sabzavar, and memorable events which took place there from the time of Bahman B. Isfandiyar to A.H. 455, fol. 22a. Ancient families of Baihak, in the following order : Sayyids, fol. 306 ; Tahiris, fol. 37a ; Samanis, fol. 38a; Mahmudis, fol. 396 ; Saljuks, fol. 40a ; Nizam ul-Mulk and his descendants, fol. 41fls; Muhallabis, fol. 476; Fuladvand and his descendants, who were the hereditary Ra'is of Baihak, fol. 526; Hakimis, the author's family, fol. 576; the Baihakis, fol. 615; Mukh- taris, fol. 65a; Mikalis, fol. 675; and a few more families, the last being that of Muh. B. Ibrahim Ibn Simjirr, fol. 77a. Notices of 'Ulama, Imams, and other eminent men who were born in Baihak, or dwelt there, fol. 79a. Memorable events in Baihak, from the incursion of Hamzah Azarak, A.H. 213, to the author's time, fol. 156a. Remarkable things peculiar to Baihak, fol. 162a. Siege of Sabzavar by Mu'ayyid ud-Daulah Malik ul-Mashrik, A.H. 561-2, foil. 166a. This last chapter breaks off, foil. 1666, without any visible gap in the text, and is immediately followed by some moral pre- cepts and anecdotes, which conclude the work. The MS. was apparently transcribed from a copy which was defective at the end. The latter part of the volume, foil. 171 — 9, contains three additional pieces written by several hands, namely : 1. Fath Namah, or bulletin addressed to Muh. Sufi Tarkhan at Herat on a victory gained over Iskandar at Sultaniyyah. 2. Notices of Ahmad B. al-Husain al- Baihaki and of al-Farra, in Arabic, from the Muhimmat of al-Isnawi. 3. Nasab Namah i Mikaliyyak, or genea- logy of the Mikali family, by Nasir ud-Din Tusi ; copy dated A.H. 896. The Ta'rikh i Baihak is mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 122. A MS. described by Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 535, has the same title as ours, but a different beginning. 62 HISTORY. 90. Or. 2887.— Foil. 93 ; 9 in. by 5$ ; 12 lines, 3g in. long ; written in fair large Nestalik, with neat 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins ; dated 15 Zulhijjah, A.H. 1286 (A.D. 1870). [Sidnei Chukohill.] A history of the conquest of Kirman by the Ghuzz chieftain, Malik Dinar, A.H. 581—3 ; by Afzal ud-Din Ahmad B. Hamid Kirmani. Beg. J Jjj, M Jrj >J> J- *>» J*> 3 ] jj j J >') ^ >" Afzal ud-Din Kirmani is chiefly known as the author of the standard history of the Saljuks of Kirman, entitled gftr, j ^UpM jjlcW J*/. See Houtsma, Recueil des textes re- latifs a, l'histoire des Seljouoides.vol. i., p. xi., pp. re— i, and Zeitschrift der D. Morg. Ges., Band 39, p. 365. That work is also the main authority of the Simt ul-'Ula for the early history of Kirman. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 8496. The present work was composed in Safar, A.H. 584 (see fol. 425), for presentation to Malik Dinar, as a record of his glorious victories. It is divided into five parts (Kism) as follows : I. Decline of the Saljuk dynasty of Kirman, and disturbances which followed the reign of Tughrul Shah (A.H. 551—565), fol. 6a. II. Invasion and conquest of Kirman by Malik Dinar, and his eminent qualities (con- taining a full account of his campaign, from his entering upon the Kirman territory at Ariz, near Kiibinan, on the 22nd of Rama- zan, A.H. 581, to the taking of Burdashir in Rajab, A.H. 583, and the complete esta- blishment of his rule), fol. 15a. III. Exhortation to justice and kingly virtues, fol. 44a. Early history of Kirman and description of the land and of its prin- cipal cities, namely, Jiraft, Barm, Narmashir, Burdashir, and Sirjan, fol. 586. IV. Eulogy on the Vazir Kivam ud-Din Mas'ud B. Nizam ud-Din Kaikhusrau, and on his forefathers, fol. 67b. V. Life of the author, fol. 826. Owing to the disturbed state of the country and to a famine which occurred in the Kharaj year 570, the author left Burdashir, intending to repair to the court of Tughan Shah in Kho- rasan, but did not go further than Kiibinan, 1 where he was induced to stay by the Amir Mujahid ud-Din, and remained five years. From thence he was taken most unwillingly to Yezd, where the king put him in charge of the hospital, and wished to retain him also as his Munshi. By some artifice, how- ever, he managed to escape from that com- pulsory service. Having returned to Kubinan on the 5th of Muharram, A.H. 584, he entered at once on the composition of the present work, designed as a suitable offering to the new sovereign of Kirman. The work is written in florid prose, freely interspersed with Arabic and Persian verses. For an account of the reign of Malik Dinar, . who died A.H. 591, see Houtsma, Zeitschrift, vol. 39, pp. 392—95. Baron von Rosen gave, in the Zapiski of the Archaeological Society, vol. ii., pp. 182 — 84, some extracts of the present work, partly i Often written ob/'in the MS. Yakut, vol. iv., p. 316, spells the name ,J-jf. LOCAL HISTORIES. 63 from a MS., partly from an edition litho- graphed at Teheran, A.H. 1293. At the end of our MS. is a colophon tran- scribed from an earlier copy and dated Rabi' L, A.H. 649. 91. Or. 3584.— Foil. 97 ; 6 in. by 3| ; 12 lines, 2y in. long ; written in small Neskhi, with gold-ruled margins ; dated A.H. 1276 (A.D. 1859-60). [Presented by Sir Feed. Goldsmid.] The same work. The five Kisms begin respectively at foil. 55, 15a, 456, 70a, and 855. Like the preceding MS. and the Teheran edition, this copy concludes with a colophon dated Rabi' I., A.H. 649. In a Persian note written on the first page, the writer states that he had borrowed the MS. from the owner, Col. (now General Sir Fred.) Goldsmid, then passing through Kirman, on his way from Teheran to Karachi, in Sha'ban, A.H. 1282, and had afterwards returned it to him via Bombay. 92. Or. 2778.— Foil. 219 ; 9 in. by 5£; 15 lines, 3 1 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated Sha'ban, A.H. 1273 (A.D. 1857). [COMTB DE GOBINEAU.] History of Tabaristan, written about A.H. 613, by Muhammad B. Hasan B. Isfandiyar, and brought down by an anonymous con- tinuator to A.H. 750. Beg. \ J6&lf\ ^ , US j j.,=- .... ^+Z>\ j ^.y <-y*S ^ £j*s>\y» This copy agrees substantially with Add. 7633, the contents of which have been described in the Persian Catalogue, pp. 202—4. Like that MS., it wants Kism III., the heading of which as given in the preface is ; J>A s{ jifU^j jT j\ yU-^Ja till* Jai jJ The other sections begin as follows : Kism I., Bab 1, fol. 65. Bab 2, fol. 325. Bab 3, fol. 45a. Bab 4, fol. 53a. Kism II., fol. 83a. Kism IV., fol. 1865. For the contents of the Oxford MS. see Ethe, no. 307. The work of Ibn Isfandiyar is frequently quoted by Comte de Gobineau in his Histoire des Perses ; see vol. i., p. 263, &c. 93. Or. 2862.— Foil. 171 ; 9^ in. by 5| ; 21 lines, 3f in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- talik ; dated 4 Jumada II., A.H. 1014 (A.D. 1605). [Sidney Churchill.] History of Tabaristan, from the earliest time to A.H. 881, by Sayyid Zahir ud-Din B. Sayyid Nasir ud-Din Mar'ashi. Beg. Oti ^ \j uiJOU u»Ujj jJ- This is the work edited by Dorn in the first volume of his " Muhammedanische Quellen zur Geschichte der siidlichen Kustenlander des KaspischenMeeres," St. Petersburg, 1850. A full account of the author's life will be found in the preface, pp. 9 — 22. For a description of the two MSS., both later than the present 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. Din, a history of Gilan, is brought down to A.H. 894. See Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 309. The present MS. has in its early portion marginal notes in the hand of Riza Kuli Khan (Lalah Bashi), and two lost quires of the original MS. have been supplied by the same hand, namely, foil. 2 — 8, corresponding with the printed text from p. 3, line 4, to p. 21, line 8 ; and foil. 53 — 59, correspond- ing with p. 167, line 13, to p. 186, line 3. Copyist : ^ ^ to, j^s.* 94. Or. 4106.— Foil. 399 ; 9£ in. by 6} ; 5 lines, 3$ in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan and headings alternately red, blue, and gold ; dated Rabr I., A.H. 933 (A.D. 1526). [Sidney Choeohill.] A history of Herat, from early times to the beginning of the reign of Abu '1-Ghazi Sultan Husain, with an introduction on the topography of the province, compiled A.H. 897 (fol. 14a) by Mu'in az-Zamji al-Asfizari (fol. 16a). See the Persian Catalogue, p. 206; Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 310 ; and Re- hatsek, Molla Firuz Library, p. 94. This important historical work has become chiefly known by copious extracts published by Barbier de Meynard in the Journal Asia- tique, 5 e Serie, vol. xvi., pp. 461 — 520, xvii., pp. 438—522, and xx., pp. 268—319. The present copy is earlier, more correct, and more complete than the MS. described in the Persian Catalogue. It has only a short lacuna at the end of Rauzah XXIII. and be- ginning of Rauzah XXIV. The twenty-six Rauzahs into which the work is divided begin as follows : I. fol. 206 ; II. fol. 29a ; III. fol. 326 ; IV. fol. 39a ; V. fol. 59a; VI. fol. 1436 ; VII. fol. 150a ; VIII. fol. 2016 ; IX. fol. 217a ; X. fol. 224a ; XL fol. 2256 ; XII. fol. 2406 ; XIII. fol. 250a ; XIV. fol. 2586 ; XV. fol. 272a ; XVI. fol. 2896 ; XVII. fol. 299a ; XVIII. fol. 320a ; XIX. fol. 326a ; XX. fol. 331a ; XXI. fol. 3586 ; XXII. fol. 3646 ; XXIII. fol. 371a ; XXIV. fol. 3816 ; XXV. fol. 3886 ; XXVI. fol. 3966. The last two Rauzahs are wrongly designated in the MS. as the 24th and 25th. Copyist : i_Ja5 ^ i>3-\ gZ> ^ j>.d\ rfj 95. Or. 4836.— Foil. 266; 13iin.by8i; 17 lines, 5^ in. long ; written by several hands on blue-tinted paper in Nestalik, probably early in the 19th century. The well-known history of the Kurds, by Amir Sharaf ud-Din B. Shams ud-DIn Bitlisi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 2086. This copy has lost the first page and begins, after the last line of the doxology, as follows : Ojf»- ^Ui^iys j> jjo Ul This is the shorter recension of the pre- face. It has been given by Veliaminof- Zernof in the appendix to the second volume of his edition, pp. 2 — 5. Contents : Mukaddimah. Origin of the Kurds, fol. 3a. Sahifah I., in five Fasls, viz. : 1. Jazirah and Diyarbakr, fol. 56. 2. Dinavar and Shahrazul, ib. 3. Fazla- vaihs, or Liir i Buzurg, fol. 66. 4. Lur i Kuchak, fol. 96. 5. Al i Ayyub, fol. 176. Sahifah II., in five Fasls, viz. : Ardalan, fol. 286. 2. Hakkaris, fol. 31a. 3. 'Imadiyyah, LOCAL HISTORIES. 65 fol. 32a. 4. Jazirab, fol. 355. 5. Hisn Kaif, fol. 49a. Sahifah III., comprising three Firkahs, as follows : Firkah I., in nine Fasls, viz. : 1. Ohimishkazaks, fol. 53a. 2. Mirdasi, fol. 58a. 3. SasQn, fol. 636. 4. Khizan, fol. 696. 5. Kiffis, fol. 736. 6. Shiravan, fol. 77a. 7. Zaraki, fol. 80a. 8. Suvaidis, fol. 856. 9. Sulaimanis, fol. 896. Firkah II., in ten Fasls (three of these, numbered 7 — 9, are wanting in this copy as in all known MSS.), viz. : 1. Suhran, fol. 94a. 2. Babans, fol. 976. 3. Makri, fol. 101a. 4. Baradust, fol. 1036. 5. Mahmudis, fol. 105a. Dun- bulis, fol. 108a. 10. Galhurs, fol. 1106. After this comes an unnumbered section, fol. 1116, relating to the Galbaghi Amirs, and corresponding with the text given in Veliaminof's Appendix to vol. ii., pp. 36 — 45. Firkah III. Kurds of Iran in four Shu'bahs, fol. 1136. Sahifah IV. Amirs of Bitlis, in a Fatihah, fol. 118a, and four Satars beginning re- spectively at foil. 126a, 128a, 130a, and 143a. The fourth Satar breaks off, fol. 148a, at a passage corresponding with p. 414, line 15, of the first volume of Veliaminof's edition. After this, and without any apparent break in the text, comes the latter part of the Khatimah, or history of the Osmanlis, beginning in the middle of A.H. 987, and corresponding with pp. 258 — 308 of the second volume of Petersburg edition. The first part of the same Khatimah, imperfect at the beginning and correspond- 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 character. A French translation of the whole work, with a copious introduction and notes, was published in St. Petersburg, 1868 — 75, by F. B. Charmoy. Two Turkish versions have been described in the Turkish Catalogue, pp. 70—72. For other MSS. of the text see the prefaces of Veliaminof, pp. 16 — 19 ; and of Charmoy, p. 4 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 312 — 14. 96. Or. 4900.— Foil. 358; llfin.by7|; 19 lines, 4 in. long; written in fair Nestalik ; dated Rabi' I., A.H. 1251 (A.D. 1835). [Sir Henky Rawlinson.] Another copy of the preceding work. This MS. has the longer preface beginning as in the Petersburg edition, and its contents agree closely with Veliaminof's text. The principal sections begin as follows : Sahifah I., fol. 10a. Sahifah II., fol. 41a. Sahifah III. : Firkah I., fol. 81a. Firkah II. comprising eight Fasls, numbered 1 — 6 and 10-11, viz., 1. Suhran, fol. 133a. 2. Babans, fol. 1366. 3. Makri, fol. 1406. 4. Baradust, fol. 1446. 5. Mahmudis, fol. 147a. Dun- bulis, fol. 1516. 10. Galhurs, fol. 155a. 11. Banah, fol. 157a. Firkah III., fol. 158a. Sahifah IV., fol. 1636. Fatihah, fol. 164a. Satar 1, fol. 275a, Satar 2, fol. 177a. Satar 3, fol. 1796. Satar 4, in four Vajhs beginning respectively at foil. 194a, 1966, 1996, and 210a (about a page at the beginning of Vajh 2 is wanting). Zail, fol. 215a. Kha- timah, foil. 2206—3586. 97. Or. 2779 ; 9f in. by 5$ ; 19 lines, 3J in. long; written in small, close, and cursive Nestalik, apparently in the 17th century. [COMTE DE GOBINEAU.] K 06 HISTORY. A history of Sistan from the earliest times to A.H. 1028, by Shah Husain B. Malik Ghiyas. ud-DIn Muhammad, of the Saffari line. Beg. jii** >lj j^A* 8j\— =-j The author belonged to the princely family of Sistan, which was represented in his time by Malik Jala! ud-Din Mahmud Khan B. Malik Jalal ud-Din Muhammad. In his account of the genealogy of that prince, which he carries up through sixteen genera- tions to 'Amr B. Laith of the Saffari dynasty, fol. 9a, the author gives his own pedigree as follows : Shah Husain B. Malik Ghiyas ud- Din Muhammad B. Shah Mahmud B. Shah Abu Sa'id, this last being the ancestor in the fifth generation of the above reigning prince. In the preface the author mentions a history of the kings of Sistan, written in Arabic by Abu 'Abdullah in the reign of Shah Kutb ud-Din B. Shah 'Ali, and trans- lated into Persian by Abu Muhammad. A later extensive history, compiled by a ma- ternal grandsire of the author, Amir Mu- hammad B. Amir Mubariz, in the reign of Malik Nizam ud-Din Yahya, was no longer extant. The author wrote the greater part of the present work in A.H. 1027, and finished it in 1028. The latest date men- tioned is the 25th of Shavval of the latter year, when the author was in Isfahan in the suite of Shah 'Abbas. He refers incidentally to another work of his, a Tazkirah entitled (Or. 339V). The work is divided into a Mukaddimah, three parts called Fasl, and a Khatimah, as follows : Mukaddimah, treating of the founder of Sistan (Garshasf), of its scholars, traditionists and poets, of its peculiarities, of its names, its revenue, and the genealogy of its kings, fol. 26 : (j^Vj j »A> ijU J* cj^o^^a^ j .J*S»*\3 J - yV.j]; J Fasl I. Rulers of Sistan from Garshasf to the introduction of Islam and Arab governors, fol. 10a. Fasl II. Descendants of Kisra, who settled in Sistan after the Muslim conquest, down to Ya'kiib B. Lais and Khalaf B. Ahmad. The history is subsequently brought down to Malik Taj ud-Din Abu '1-Fazl, the first who assumed the regal title, and, in a further continuation to Malik Kutb ud-Din Muham- mad, fol. 25a. (This Malik Kutb ud-Din was appointed by Timur, A.H. 805, as suc- cessor of his father, Shahshahan Shah 'Ali, in the government of Sistan.) Fasl III. From the time of Malik Kutb ud-Din Muhammad to the date of composi- tion, fol. 48a. Khatimah. Career of the author, his travels, and the wars in which he took part, foil. 1886 — 2166 (beginning with the author's presentation to Shah 'Abbas in Kazvin, A.H. 1027). The Ihya ul-Muluk is one of the authorities quoted by Riza Kuli Khan in his Nijad Namak, no. 42, foil. 76, 766. A Persian note on the first page states that the MS. was acquired by Oomte de Gobineau in Teheran, A.H. 1273 (A.D. 1856-7). LOCAL HISTORIES. 67 98. Or. 4901.— Foil. 126 ; 8£ in. by 6 ; 14 lines, 4^ in. long; written in fair Nestalik; dated Friday, 16 Ska'ban, A.H. 1255 (A.D. 1839). [Sjh Henry Rawlinson.] A history of the city and province of Shushtar, by Sayyid 'Abdullah B. Ni'mat- ullah Shiishtari. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 2145. Sir H. Rawlinson wrote on the fly-leaf : " Copied for me at Baghdad from a MS. of Col. Taylor's [Add. 23,534], Oct. 20, 1839." 99. Or. 3603.— Foil. 200 ; 8| in. by 6| ; 17 lines, 4J in. long ; written in neat Neskhi ; dated Dar ul-Khilafah (Teheran), Sunday, 9 Rajab, A.H. 1304 (A.D. 1887). [Sidney Churchill.] A geographical and historical account of Kashan, by Mirza 'Abd ur-Rahlm B. Muh. Ibrahim al-Kasani, poetically surnamed Suhail. Beg. JU j^ajT j ji^s l_>U,I ji^o _j! j The author belonged to the Zarrabi branch of the ancient Dunbuli family, to the history of which he devotes an extensive section of the present work, foil. 131 — 152. He was a descendant in the fourth generation of Mirza Haji Riza'i, a brother of the celebrated Malik ush-Shu'ara Fath 'Ali Khan. He wrote the present work in answer to a questionary drawn up by the Parsee Manakji, and sent by order of Shah Nasir ud-Din to the governors of the various provinces of Iran. Jalal ud-Din Mirza Ihtisham ul-Mulk, who was then governor of Kashan, entrusted the task of drawing up the answers to Mirza 'Abd ur-Rahim on the 9th of Rabi' II., 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 suddenly recalled to Teheran. The questionary, the arrangement of which is here followed, consisted of six Babs, each of which contained nine questions. Some of the questions, having no application to Kashan, received only negative answers. Contents : The author's introduction on the state of the country of Kum and Kashan at the time of the Arab conquest, fol. 116. Bab I. Ancient and modern names of Kashan and its founder, fol. 13a. Its limits, fol. 146. Mountains and rivers, fol. 27ft. Torrents, springs and aqueducts (kanat), fol. 40a. Jungles and deserts, fol. 526. Climate, fol. 54a. Bab II. Castles, towns, agriculture and population, fol. 56a. Gardens, fol. 82a. Pasture-grounds, fol. 866. Snow, rain, hail, &c, fol. 87a. Plagues and locusts, ib. Earthquakes, famines and floods, fol. 90a. Wars and revolutions, from the Afghan invasion to the present time, fol. 91a. En- demic diseases, fol. 94a. Bab III. Animals, trees, vegetables, cereals, edible roots, minerals, handicrafts, trade and taxes, fol. 945. Bab IV. The principal merchants, fol. 99a. Bodily features, stature and longevity of the inhabitants, fol. 101a. Their disposition and manners, creed, costume, &c, fol. 1016. Marriage laws and condition of women, fol. 105a. Wealth, measures and weights, fol. 114a. Ancient families and celebrated scholars, divines and officials, fol. 115a. 68 HISTORY. Bab V. Governors from the time of Nadir to the date of writing, fol. 1 626. Longitude and latitude, fol. 1636. Distances and routes to the frontiers of Persia, fol. 165a. Amount of cultivated land, revenue, and police, fol. 166a. Bab VI. Public buildings and places of pilgrimage, fol. 1676. Travellers, and ac- commodation supplied for them, fol. 168a. The author answers this last question in a mystic sense, describing at length the stations of wayfarers on the road to spiritual truth. Khatimah. Eulogy on the governor Jalal ud-Din Mirza ; rewards promised by him to the author ; and Kasidah composed by the latter in his praise, foil. 195 — 200. Copyist : jtfMsN > The following pieces are prefixed to the work : 1. Two notices relating to the present copy, by the author and by Zain ul-'Abidin ul-Ghaffari, in Shikastah, foil. 1, 2. 2. A table of contents in Neskhi, fol. 3. 3. A notice of the work, written at the re- quest of Mr. Churchill, by the author, who here styles himself: ^lyjjU^—* yj^^Ue**^!! jj* JL\\ J,\j£> Jejtl Ji>& It is written in Shikastah and dated Saturday, 3 Sha'ban, A.H. 1304, foil. 7—10. BIOGRAPHY. 100. Or. 4658.— Foil. 284; 9§in. by 6J; 21 lines, 4 in. long ; written in fair small Nestalik ; with ruled margins ; dated 12 Rabi' I., A.H. 1088 (A.D. 1677). I. Poll. 2—128. uiU AjL History of ancient and modern philoso- phers, translated from the Arabic work of Shams ud-Din Muhammad Shahrazuri by Maksud 'Ali Tabrizi. Beg. J2&*^ Lflib J\ j i> fg- J\ f V y The proper title of the original work is UjwiSjy a££ J ^\Ji\ l£ M Xsji (^ji-liilj. It was written by Shams ud-Din Muhammad B. Mahmud ash-Shahrazuri about A.H. 600, and consists of two parts treating respectively of the ancient and Muslim philo- sophers. A MS. of the first part is described in the Leyden Catalogue, no. 1488. A com- plete copy is noticed by Sachau, Chronologie Orientalischer Volker, p. l. The translator says in his preface that, the work having been brought to the notice of the sovereign, only designated as ^UaLJ^ W \U3 yVU-S^ (evidently Shah 'Abbas I.), he received his Majesty's commands to trans- late it into Persian, A.H. 1011. Contents : Introduction treating of the value of philosophy, of the ancient Greeks (Yunan), and of their philosophers, fol. 3a. Notices of the ancient sages as follows : Adam and Seth, fol. 126 ; Hermes, fol. 13a ; Tat, fol. 21a; ^Esculapius, fol. 22a; Empe- docles, fol. 23a ; Pythagoras, fol. 246 ; Socrates, fol. 33a ; Plato, fol. 506 ; Aristotle, fol. 56a ; Theophrastus, fol. 626 ; Eudemus, fol. 63a ; Demoeritus, Hippocrates, Cebes, Aristippus, fol. 636 ; Plutarchus, Suidas, Alexander Aphrodisiensis, Euthamtius(P) and Ibn Iskandar, Shaikh Yunani, fol. 64 ; Zaradusht, fol. 65a; Diogenes Cynicus, fol. 656; Hippocrates, fol. 69a; Homerus, fol. 716; Thales, fol. 72a; Solon, fol. 746; BIOGRAPHY. 69 Zeno, fol. 766 ; Iskandar Zulkarnain, fol.78a ; Ptolemssus, fol. 88a; Basilius, fol. 90a; Lukrnan, fol. 906 ; Galenus, fol. 98a. 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 Razi, &c. The notices are too numerous and too short to be fully enumerated. The last and longest is that of Ibn Sma, which begins at fol. 1266 and breaks off at fol. 1286. II. Foil. 129—278. An extensive collec- tion of anecdotes and historical narratives, imperfect at beginning and end. It begins with the latter part of an anec- dote relating to Abu Nasr Farabi as musician. The next paragraph begins : n^T The anecdotes follow a rather loose chrono- logical order. They relate successively to the Ghaznavis, Buvaihis, Saljuks, Kkwarazm- shahs, Atabeks, Moghols, Ilkanis, Muzaffaris, Sarbadars, Timurides down to Sultan Husain, and Kara-Kuyunlus. The extracts begin mostly with such headings as jSljdl or <-^.^ ur, or q\ajS\ y*. Authorities fre- quently quoted are the following ; *.U ObKU, ^ r UiJ bUj, fJJ «=-iu ^js, gjs t ^uu Vy, uiiJAb. The latest works quoted are Rauzat us-Safa and Habib us-Siyar. III. Foil. 279—284. A fragment of the Lata'if ut-Tava'if, by 'Ali B. Husain Kashifi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 7576. The fragment consists of the main part of Bab XIII. and of the whole of Bab XIV., corresponding with foil. 144 — 158 of Add. 18,408. For other copies see the Leyden Catalogue, no. 2748 ; Pertsch, Berlin Cata- logue, no. 1013 ; Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 454; and Mulla Firuz Library, p. 230. 101. Or. 4107.— Foil. 157; 9^ in. by 5J ; about 21 lines, 3J in. long ; written by several hands in cursive Nestalik, apparently in the 17th century. [Sidney Churchill.] Ay^\ /\ Lives of celebrated Vazirs by Saif ud-Dln Hajl B. Nizam al-'Akili, dedicated to the Vazir Khwiijah Kivam ud-Dln Nizam ul- Mulk al-Khwafi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 9696, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 347. Beg. j& s^\j ^fcUob Oj-is- uU^i l_ soLi The work is divided into two Makalahs, the first of which contains notices of past Vazirs chronologically arranged in twelve Babs, under the following heads : The first four Khalifs, fol. 5a. Ancient kings of Persia (beginning with Pythagoras, Vazir of Gusktasp, and ending with Buzurjmihr, Vazir of Anushirvan), fol. 56. Umayyades, fol. 106. Abbasides, fol. 14a. Al i Saman, fol. 71a. Ghaznavis, fol. 72a. Al i Buvaih, fol. 93a, Al i Safjiik, fol. 956. Khwarazm- shahs, fol. 121a. Chingizkhan and descend- ants, fol. 123a. Al i Muzaffar and Muluk i Ghur, fol. 1326. Timiir and his descendants down to Abu Sa'id, fol. 134a. Makalah II., devoted to the author's patron, is divided into four Babs, namely, 1. Character and superior merits of Kivam ud-Dln Nizam ul-Mulk, fol. 1416. 2. His career previous to his appointment as Vazir 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 favours bestowed on the Vazir by the sove- reign, is wantiug. The date of composition is given, fol. 141a, as A.H. 803, io.UiUj i^-Jj &^->, evidently by mistake for A.H. 883. The Vazir Kivam lid-Din was deposed A.H. 892. Foil. 151 — 154 contain a portion of a Sufi work on Tauhld, the scope of which is stated as follows : *i ; =»y j> C^>\ ^-5- jSJ U \_y>f The fragment consists of the latter part of the preface and of the first three Fasls, the last of which is imperfect. Fol. 156 and two folios at the beginning are detached leaves of a chronicle of the reign of 'Alamglr (Aurangzlb), relating to the sixth and seventh years, in Indian Shikastah. Two other leaves at the begin- ning are a fragment of an Insha. Lives of Sufis. 102. Or. 3522.— Foil. 290 ; 9f in. by 5f ; 17 lines, 3^ inches long ; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, after A.H. 1272 (A.D. 185G). [Sidney Churchill.] Lives and sayings of the great theosophists ('Urafa) of the first four centuries of Islam, by Fazl ullah. Beg. Jiif lijAx* 13 (juUu j lj ^e- The author says in the preface that he wrote the present work shortly after his arrival from Irak at Shiraz, A.H. 1272. He names Nasir ud-Din Shall as the present sovereign, and praises as his special patron the governor of Fars, Mir Tahmasp B. Daulat Shah B. Fath 'Ali Shah. He mentions also his own father, Shaikh ul-Muluk, ^ <£p \Z**t\ j£ ' ^lijUs- j j±) u>\ whom he describes as the object of the special favour of Daulat Shah. Contents : Preface, with table of chapters, fol. 2b. Mukaddimah treating of Takiyyah (concealment of Shi'ah faith from motives of prudence) and of the means of arriving at a fair judgment and discrimination respecting the 'Ulama and 'Urafa, j j *xi5 \ijS- jiK^j l^c j jja<5 Jp, fol. 6a. Notices of ninety-six 'Urafii, in as many numbered Fusul, alphabetically arranged according to the leading names, fol. 25a. 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 A.H. 397, fol. 32a ; and Abu '1-' Abbas Mu- hammad B. Ishak, fol. 336. Khatimah : Discussion of the views of some modern divines for or against Sufis, with extensive extracts from their writings, 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 Hasan Kaskani, and Shahid i Sani (Zain ud-Din B. Nflr ud-Din 'Ali al-'Amili, who was put to death A.H. 966). The Khatimah concludes with an alphabetical list of Sufi TAZKIRAHS. 71 writers known to the author, fol. 279, and with a tract of al-Haj Zain ul-'Abidin, called Mirza Kuchak Na'ib us-Sadr, on the division of Muslim sciences, and in glorification of 'AM, foil. 287—290. On the first page there is a former owner's note, dated A.H. 1296. Tazkirahs, or Lives of Poets. 103. 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.] Notices of contemporary poets, by Sam Mirza, son of Shah Isma'il Safavi. Beg. J^U Olw ^ J JjS sji A })= j£* *s»^ U L) C^lai ^IjjA JJ> j» . . . This valuable copy, written in the author's lifetime, agrees substantially with the MSS. described in the Persian Catalogue, p. 367. The following table shows the beginning of the various divisions of the work and the name of the first poet noticed in each : Sahifah I., Shah Isma'il, fol. 36. Sahifah EL, Saf hah 1, Mir 'Abd ul-Baki, fol. 136. Saf hah 2, Kazi Mir Husain, fol. 286. Sahifah III., Mirza Shiih Husain Isfahani, fol. 33a. Sahi- fah IV., Khwajah Shihab ud-Din 'Abdullah Bayani, fol. 37a. Zail. Maulana Shah Mah- mud, fol. 47a. Sahifah V., Matla' 1, Mau- lana Jami, fol. 50 ci }J i j j^jw A^-jl For the original work, see the Turkish Catalogue, p. 273, and, for another transla- tion, the Persian Catalogue, p. 366. In a short preface the translator says that, Persian being preferred, both in speaking and in writing, by men of letters, the less polished Turki language was generally neg- lected, especially under the present ruler, Sultan Din Muhammad. Complying, there- fore, with the desire of some friends, he had turned into Persian the Tazkirat ush-Shu'ara of Mir 'Ali Shir. Din Muhammad, son of Jani Beg and of a sister of 'Abdullah Khan Uzbek, ruled over part of Khorasan during the reigns of 'Abd- ullah and 'Abd ul-Milmin Khan. After the death of the latter, A.H. 1006, he was pro- claimed Khan in Herat, but soon after he was defeated by Shah 'Abbas, and died during his flight. See Mir'at ul-'Alam, fol. 170a, and Ho worth, History of the Mongols, part ii., p. 739. The MS. contains only seven of the eight Majlis into which the work is divided. They begin respectively as follows : I. Kasim i Anvar, &c, fol. 3. II. Sharaf ud-Din Yazdi, &c, fol. 15. III. Nfir ud-Din Jami, &c, fol. 39. IV. Pahlavan Muh., &c, fol. 65. 7-2 BIOGRAPHY. V. Amir Daulatshah, &c, fol. 86. VI. Ahmad Haji Beg, &c, fol. 91. VII. Amir Tlmur, &c, fol. 98. This last Majlis breaks off in the middle of the sixth notice, that of Ulugh Beg. 105. Or. 3506.— Foil. 567 ; lO} in. by 7\ ; 26 lines, 4| in. long ; written in small neat Nestalik, apparently in the 1 6th century, with the exception of some leaves supplied by a modern hand. [Sidney Churchill.] A portion of the extensive Tazkirah so called by Taki ud-Din Muhammad B. Sharaf ud-Din 'Ali al-Husaini al-Kashani. The work has been described by Bland, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. ix., pp. 126 — 134, and by Sprenger, Oude Cata- logue, pp. 13 — 46. An abridgment is noticed by Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 647, and a MS. of the third Rukn is described, without author's name, in the Petersburg Catalogue, no. 321. The present MS. contains only a small portion of that voluminous anthology, namely, the introductory chapters and the first volume (Mujallad) of the first of the four Rukns, or main divisions of the work. The first folio, supplied by a modern hand, has the following beginning, differing from that which is given by Sprenger and by Pertsch : \ }J ojUkc cJo- \j Jj 3 **" The next folio contains, in a fair imitation of the original old writing, a eulogy on the reigning sovereign, Shah Tahmasp, also noticed by Bland, p. 127, which must have have been written before A.H. 984. It is followed by a later dedication to Shah 'Abbas, at the end of which the author says that the work was completed at the beginning of A.H. 996 : «.?Ux_5 j >j i^** - **•«• J^!/ _j J Fol. 3, the first of the original MS., con- tains the end of the preface and a full state- ment of the division and contents of the whole work. Contents of the present MS. : Mukaddimah, treating of the need of anthologies and of the reasons for writing this work, fol. 4a. Four chapters (Fusul), beginning respectively at foil. 5a, 76, 86, and 166, treating of Love (see Bland, p. 128), and concluding with Arabic verses by 'Ali B. 'Abi Talib, accom- panied by a Persian paraphrase, fol. 196. Lfihikah, or appendix, on poetry in general, and on the first beginnings of Persian poetry, fol. 28a. Rukn I., containing in its first part (Mu- jallad) notices of early poets who lived under Al i Subuktigin, or Ghaznavis, with very copious extracts from their compositions, occupies the main part of the present volume, f 0 U. go — 559. The notices are arranged in the order indicated in the preface, fol. 3a, differing from that which Sprenger follows. They relate to the following twenty-two poets : 'Unsuri, fol. 306. Minuchihri, fol. 536. Farrukhi, fol. 59a. Asadi, fol. 676. Nasir Khusrau, fol. 73a. Kataran, fol. 1026. Abu'l-Faraj Runi, fol. 1356. Mas'ud B. Sa'd B. Salman, fol. 1526. Azraki, fol. 1986. Adib Sabir, fol. 2166. Amir Mu'izzi, fol. 2366. 'Am'ak Bukhari, fol. 2796. Sana'i, fol. 2856. Mukhtari, fol. 325a. Lami' i Jur- jani, fol. 351a. Stizani, fol. 361a. 'Abd nl- Vasi' Jabali, fol. 396a, Hasan Ghaznavi, fol. 4276. 'Imadi Shahriyari, fol. 4496. Rashid Vatvat, fol. 4686. Falaki Shirvani, fol. 500a. Anvari, fol. 512a. The last notice breaks off in the course of the poetical ex- | tracts, fol. 5596. TAZKIRAHS. 73 A notice on Khakani, -which, according to the preface, was to begin the second Mujallad of Rukn I., has been appended by a modern hand, foil. 560—564. The Tazkirah of Mir Muh. Taki Kashani is one of the authorities mentioned by the author of the Majma' ul-Fusaha. in his preface. 106. Or. 3389.— Foil. 208 ; 12 in. by 8} ; 25 lines, 6 in. long; written in Indian Nestalik lean- ing to Shikastah-amiz ; apparently early in the 17th century. [Sidney Chueohill.] J) & A Tazkirah of ancient and modern Persian poets, by Sayyid 'Ali B. Mahmud al-Husaini. Beg. 64?- j (_^LSjj (jSjli- j o-'V' j The author praises in the preface Jalal ud- Din Akbar as the reigning sovereign, and dedicates the work to his special patron, the Khankhanan ('Abd ur-Rahlm B. Bairam Khan ; see the Persian Catalogue, p. 244a). The date of composition, A.H. 1000, is given at the end, fol. 208a, as follows : ^SUA } AJ\ d 9. t>jto , fol. 85. Fasl III. on the first attempts at metrical speech, ib. Fasl IV. on the first who made Persian verses, fol. 9a. Fasl V., Notices of the kings who composed verses, beginning with the Samanis, and ending with Malik Ikhtiyar ud-Dln Shaibani, a contemporary of Sultan Sinjar, fol. 95. Fasl VI., Notices of Vazirs, Sudur, and other great men who indulged in poetry, beginning with Abu '1- Kasim Ahmad B. al-Hasan Maimandi, and ending with Shaikh Abu Sa'id Abu '1-Khair, fol. 165. Fasl VII., Notices of poets from 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 al-Balkhi, Abu 'Abdallah B. Muh. Rudagi, Kisa'i Marvazi, 'Unsuri, Farrukhi, 'Asjadi, Azhari, Abu '1-Fath Busti, Asadi Tusi, Firdausi, &c, and ends with Kasim Junabadi, who lived under Shah Tahmasp. Khatimah. Notices of Sultans, Amirs, men of letters and poets, who lived in the time of Akbar, some of whom were personally known to the author, beginning with Khan- khanan Muh. Bairam Khan (father of the author's patron), Sultan Ibrahim B. Bahram Safavi, Khan Ahmad of Gilan, &c, and ending with Ramzi Isfahani, Dava'i Sabzavari, and Ru'i Savaji. A full table of the notices included, in a modern hand, fills seven pages at the beginning. L 74 BIOGRAPHY. 107. Or. 3537.— Ml. 380 ; 15} in. by 8^ ; 31 lines, in. long, with additional slanting lines in the margins ; written for the most part in four columns in small Nestalik, by Zain ul- 'Abidln B. 'Ali Hamadani for the Shahzfidah Tahmasp Mirza, and dated (fol. 3376) 5 Sha'- ban, A.H. 1227 (A.D. 1812) ; but embodying some leaves of an earlier MS., written ap- parently in the 17th century. [Sidney Churchill.] A Tazkirah of Persian poets, by Hasan B. Lutf-ullah Tihrani Razi. This work is quite distinct from the " Maikhanah u Butkhanah " of Mulla Sufi Mazandarani, mentioned by Bland, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. ix., p. 165 (see also the Oude Catalogue, p. 88 ; Ethe, no. 366 ; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 38). The preface, which has been misplaced, fol. 922), begins : OUj.K i_*>j The author states that he wrote this work by desire of his noble patron Hasan Beg, 1 who, being fond of poetry, had collected a great number of rare Divans, and that his friend, Sayyid Amir Muh. Husain Tafrishi, prefixed to it a Dibajah, or laudatory pro- logue. He adds that his father, Khwajah Lutf-ullah, having been appointed Vazir of Khorasan by Shah Tahmasp, proceeded to Herat A.H. 968, he being then a boy of tender age, and that after his father's death, A.H. 981, he succeeded to the same office. ' Hasan Beg Shamtu., Beglerbegi of Khorasan, A.H. 1027 — 1050. See the Persian Catalogue, pp. 682a, 1091a. The preface is imperfect at the end, but the date of composition is found in a passage of the table of contents in which the author says that his account of the Safavi dynasty was to be brought down to the present year, namely A.H. 1040 (fol. 496, margin). Earlier dates found at the end of some sections — ■ namely, A.H. 1018, fol. 119a; A.H. 1025, fol. 1506; A.H. 1029, fol. 83a; and A.H. 1030, fol. 57a — show that the author had been for many years engaged in his com- pilation. According to a first table of contents, fol. 46, the Maikhanah is divided into a Fatihah, four Makalahs, twenty-eight letters of the alphabet (i.e. notices in alphabetical order), and a Khatimah. The Fatihah con- tains Arabic poems classed under four heads, namely: Fasl 1, 'Ali B. Abi Talib. Fasl 2, Saints and Imams. Fasl 3, Panegyrists of the Prophet and of the holy family. Hashiyah, Other poets. Of the Persian portion there is a fuller table further on, foil. 47 — 49. It consists of three Makalahs, of the alphabetical series of notices, and of a Khatimah, as follows : Makalah I., with this heading : ^s- } .U» iiUU«jU*\3 <^£>j- It trcats of king 8 endowed with literary talent, beginning with Amir Falak ud-Dln Ibrahim Samani, and ending with Kaidu Khan B. Kashin B. Okotai Ka'an. Makalab II. Saints and great Shaikhs, from Sultan Abu Yazid Bastami to Khwajah Baha ud-Din Nakshaband. Ma- kalah III. Celebrated Vazirs, beginning with Abu T-Kasim Ahmad B. al-Husain and end- ing with Amir Abu '1-Fatih 'Abd ul-Karim. Alphabetically arranged notices, a full list of which is given, beginning with Abu 'Abdallah Muh. ar-Rudagi as-Samarkandi and ending with Khwajah Yusuf Jami. TAZKIRAHS. 75 The Khatimah, comprising two sections called 'Ikd, the first of which treats of poetesses, the second of the author's life. The present copy, however, is very far from fulfilling the expectation raised by the above programme. Several sections are altogether omitted, while others are sadly curtailed, and the original order of the notices, partly owing to misplaced folios, is completely disturbed. The actual contents are as follows : 1. Prologue (the Dibajah above mentioned), fol. lb. It begins with a Ruba'i, the first line of which is : yjl Obi/, j c*r* J\ The prose text begins : ^lii The first table of contents, 0-^43 ^ fol. 46. 2. The Arabic section, without any divi- sion, fol. 66. It begins with this line : The poems are written for the most part consecutively, without any break or heading. The following author's names are added in the margins: al-Farazdak, Abu 'l-'Ala, Abu 't-Tayyib (al-Mutanabbi), Abu Tammam. The margins are full of glosses. In the latter part there are a few headings to poems of Ibn al-Farid, to the Burdah of al-Busiri, and to pieces by Abu '1-Fath al-Busti and by 'Amid ud-Dln As'ad B. Nasr ash-Shlrazi. 3. Table of contents of the Persian section, fol. 47a. 4. Makalah I. Origins of Persian poetry and notices of kings, namely, Ibrahim B. Nuh Samani, Abu Mansur B. Null, Mahmud B. Subuktigin, Abu Muh. B. Sultan Mahmud, Malik Shah B. Alp Arslan, and Sinjar B. Malik Shah (breaking off before the end), fol. 496. 5. Notices of Persian poets, foil. 516 — 380. They fall far short of the number exhibited in the table of contents, foil. 47 — 49, and the original alphabetical order is frequently inverted. They consist mainly, and in several instances exclusively, of poetical extracts. The latter are often of considerable extent. Those taken from the Divan of Mu'izzi, for instance, fill no fewer than 67 folios, 261 — 327. The earliest Tazkirahs, those of 'Aufi and of 'Aruzi Samarkandi, are occasionally quoted. The extant notices relate to the following poets : Abu 'Abdallah Muh. Riidagi, fol. 516. Abu Salik Gurgani, Abu '1-Hasan Shahid Balkhi, fol. 535. Abu SarSkah 'Abd ur- Rahman B. Ahmad Balkhi, called Amin Najjar ; Abu '1-Faraj Runi, panegyrist of Amir Abu 'Ali Simjur (died A.H. 466), fol. 54a. Abu '1-Faraj Sistani ; Abu Hanifah Askani; Abu '1-Fath Busti; Abu '1-Muhakkik Bukhari, Abu '1-Muayyad Balkhi, fol. 58a. Amir Abu Muh. B. Yaraln ud-Daulah Sultan Mahmud; Amir Abu Muzaffar Tahir B. al- Fazl al-Jafani ; Saif ud-Daulah Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali B. 'Abdullah Jafani ; Abu '1- Kasim Ahmad B. Ahmad al-Maimandi ; Shah 'Ali Abu Raja Ghaznavi, fol. 586. Abu 'l-Kasim Firdausi, fol. 59a. Abu Yazld Bastami, fol. 60a. Mirza'l-Mulk Mashriki, fol. 606. Ashraf al-Asamm Kashani, fol. 61a. Sharaf ud-Dln Fazl-ullah Kazvlni, fol. 626. Asadi Tusi (with extracts from the Garshasp Namah), fol. 63a. A§Ir ud-Dln Akhsikati, fol. 70a. Aglr ud-Dln Aumani, fol. 78a. Imami Haravi, fol. 84a. Azraki Haravi, fol. 91a. Shaikh Azari, fol. 94a. Auhad ud-Din Anvari, fol. 96a. Auhad ud-Dln Mamarghi, fol. 99a. Abshar Marghuzi, fol. 106a. Ibn Khatlb Fushangi, fol. 107a. Badlhi, fol. 1076. Sayyid Hasan Ashrafi Samarkandi, fol. 108a. Pur Baha Jami, fol. 110a. Auhad ud-Dln Gurganji, fol. 111a. Shihab ud-Din Ahmad Ashrafi, fol. 112a. l 2 76 BIOGRAPHY. Baha ud-Din Marghinani, fol. 114a. Baha ud-Din Zanjani, fol. 1145. Burhani, fol. 115a. Baha ud-Din Muh. B. Khwajah Shams ud- Din Sahib Divan, fol. 1165. Badr ud-Din Jajarmi, fol. 117a. Jamal ud-Din Samar- kandi ; Ja'fari Hamadani, fol. 119a. Nasir ja'fari, fol. 1196. Taj ud-Din Hasan Ghaz- navi, fol. 120a. Afzal ud-Din Khakani, fol. 1285. Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, fol. 141a. Rafi' ud-Din Mas'ud Lunbani, fol. 148a. Rashidi Samarkand!, fol. 151a. Ru.hi Shari- stani, fol. 152a. Razi ud-Din al-Khashshab Samarkandi, fol. 153a. Zain ud-Din Sijzi, fol. 155a. Amir Zaini 'Alavi, fol. 156a. Razi ud-Din Naishapuri, fol. 157a. Rashid 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- Din Sijistani, fol. 183a. Saif ud-Din A'raj Isfarangi, fol. 189a. Sharaf ud-Din Shufur- vah, fol. 190a. Shams ud-Din Khalid, fol. 192a. Shams ud-Din Sharafshah, fol. 193a. Sa'in ud-Din Shirazi, fol. 194a. Sadr ud- Din 'Ali Fakhr Shushtari, fol. 1946. Adib Sabir, fol. 198a. Farid ud-Din 'Attar, fol. 202a. 'Abd ul-Vasi' Jabali, fol. 203a. •Am'ak Bukhari, fol. 204a. 'Usman Mukk- tari, fol. 205a. Hamid ud-Din 'Umar B. Mahmud Mahmudi Balkhi, fol. 213a. Hamid 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. 216a. Shihab ud-Din Muayyad Nasafi, fol. 217a. Abu'l-Kasim Firdausi, fol. 218a. Hakim Kataran, fol. 223a. Nasir Adib, fol. 229a. Kamal ud-Din Isma'il, fol. 230a. Kadiri, fol. 238a. Minuchihri, fol. 239a. Mas'ud i Sa'd i Salman, fol. 240a. Mujir Bailakani, fol. 241a. Nasir i Khusrau 'Alavi, fol. 248a. Nur ud-Din 'Abd ur-Rahman Razi, fol. 260a. Amir Mu'izzi Samarkandi, fol. 2616. Mu'in ud-Din Shahristani, fol. 328a. Nasir ud-Din Tusi, fol. 329a. Ni- zami, fol. 330a. Jauhari Zargar, fol. 333a. Jamal ud-Din Ashhari, fol. 334a. Ibn Ja- jarmi, fol. 335a. Abu '1-Ma'ali Nahhas Razi, fol. 3356. Pur Hasan Isfara'ini, fol. 3365. Sayyid Hasan Isfahani Mijmar, fol. 3376. Zahir ud-Din Fariyabi, fol. 3646. A list of the notices in the order in which they appear in the MS. has been written by a modern hand at the beginning, fol. 51a. It may be noticed that in a note appended to a Kasidah of Jamal ud-Din Samarkandi, fol. 119a, and dated Lahore, A.H. 1018, the author designates his anthology by another title, viz. Kharabat : ^ <&y*s? ^ l_«=-^ tjj* V^i; 108. Or. 3397.— Foil. 467 ; lOf in. by 6^ ; 19 lines, 3^ in. long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated 20 4 Rabi' I., A.H. 1041 (A.D. 1631). [Sidney Churchill.] A Tazkirah of Persian poets, ancient and modern, by Husain B. Gkiyas ud-Din Mahmud (the author of Ihya ul-Muluk, no. 97). Beg. i£ tl*— joli-So ^ (jr^j/^i. jjiy Jj^ The author, having been often requested by his friends to compose a Tazkirah, deter- mined, at the time of his setting out for Hijaz, to comply with their wish. The work was commenced, as stated at the end, A.H. 1017, and completed on his return from that journey in Ramazan, A.H. 1019. It was subsequently carefully revised and enlarged, A.H. 1035 (see fol. 304a), and received further additions A.H. 1036 (see fol. 130a). In a highly florid and stilted preface the TAZKIRAHS. 77 author says that he was left fatherless in early life, and had attained his twentieth year when Malik 'Akibat Mahrnud, his pro- tector, fell a victim of his own relatives and of foreign foes. He was himself imprisoned with his brothers, but escaped and joined the son of that prince, Jalal ul-Islam wa'l-Mus- liman, who, with the help of some valiant men of Nhnruz, succeeded in avenging the death of his father, but was compelled by the invasion of the Turkistanis into Khorasan to take refuge in the mountains, and ulti- mately to repair, accompanied by the author, to Kandahar. When, however, the ruler of Turan died, and Shah 'Abbas drove the enemy out of Herat and Khorasan, the author re- turned to his native land and paid homage to his Majesty, to whom the present work is dedicated. It appears from incidental pas- sages in the Mukaddimah that the author accompanied Shah 'Abbas in his campaign of Khorasan, A.H. 1008, and in other expe- ditions. The work is divided into a Mukaddimah, two Fasls, and a Khatimah, as follows : — Mukaddimah. History of Muhammad, of the twelve Imams, and of the Safavi dynasty down to A.H. 1033, fol. 95. Fasl I. Notices and select poems of the great poets of the past, in loose chronological order ; taken from Daulatshah and Jami's Beharistan, with many additions, fol. 416. The order is nearly the same as in Daulatshah. After a few Arab poets we find Riidagi, Ghada'iri, Asadi Tusi, Abu'l-Faraj Sijzi, Minuchihri Shast Gallah, Pindar Razi, TJn- suri, 'Asjadi, Mas'ud B. Sa'd, Firdausi, Far- rukhi, Mu'izzi, &c. The last notice, which is that of Najib ud-Din Jurfadakani, is followed, fol. 1276, by the names of a few poets, Kisa'i and others, of whom the author knew nothing but a few verses. Appendix, added A.H. 1036, consisting of select verses with the bare names of the authors, extracted from two Jangs, or antho- logies, sent from India to the prince of Sistan, fol. 130a. Additional notices relating to Mas'ud B. Sa'd, Suzani, Azraki, &c, fol. 141a. Notices of great Sufis, Bayazid Bas- tami, Abu Said Abu '1-Khair, 'Abdullah Ansari, Najm ud-Din Kubra, and others, fol. 1906. Continuation of notices of poets, beginning with 'Ismat Bukhari and ending with Jami, fol. 204a. This portion was completed in Jumada L, A.H. 1018. Fasl II. Notices of modern poets, with a preface beginning aJu-^j i ^£ aP sjJ^ J sjjis- O— J:sU- C*«o Jj tjd jJo, and divided into four Asls as follows : Asl 1. Poets who lived from the end of the reign of Sultan Husain to the end of the reign of Shah Isma'il Safavi, fol. 216a. They are Baba Fighani, Ahli Shirazi, Nasibi, Hatifi, Maktabi Shirazi, Hilali, Bina'i, Umidi, Hali, Lisani, Shahidi, Sharif Tabrlzi, Mushfiki Baghdadi, Idraki Hamadani, Ahli Khurasani, Zamlri Hamadani, Kazi 'Isa, Kiizi Yahya Lahiji. Asl 2. Poets who lived from the accession of Shah Tahmasp to the middle of his reign, fol. 2246. They are Zamlri Isfahani, Fuzuli Baghdadi, Sharaf Jahan Kazvini, Kasim Junabadi, Shaikhzadah Lahiji, Ghazali Mash- hadi, &c. Asl 3. Poets who lived from the middle of the reign of Shah Tahmasp to the rise of Shah 'Abbas, fol. 2366. They are Vali Dasht- bayazi, Husain Sana'i, Maili Mashhadi, Muh- tasham Kashi, Nur ud-Din Isfahani, Hisabi Natanzi, Timur Munshi Farahi, &c. Asl 4. Poets who lived from the birth of Shah 'Abbas to the date of composition, with a preface beginning ^^/^JU AS! } j ^\*>\ j» j ,j>J j jlk. j itj) jl s^, fol. 2796. They are 'Urfi Shirazi, Faizi, Naziri Naisha- 78 BIOGRAPHY. piiri, Zuhtiri, Shifa'i Isfahani, Rukn ud-Din Masih Kashi, Fasihi Ansari,'Ali Naki Kamra'i, Mulhimi Slurazi, 'Ata'i Janpuri, Mashriki Mashbadi, Shapur Firibi, Talib Amuli, Sahiri Tuni, Abu '1-Kasim Kazamni, Malik Kummi, Abu Turab Beg, Kami Sabzavari, Nau'i Khabuskani, &c. The last is the author, Shah Husain, poetically surnamed Hadi, who refers for a full account of his life to his historical work Ihya ul-Muluk. Khatimah. Kings and Amirs who made verses, beginning with Toghrul Shah Saljuki, Sultan Sinjar, 'Ala ud-Din Tukush, Tughan Shah, Sultan Husain, Shahbeg Khan Uzbek, 'Abdullah Uzbek ; and ending with Murshid Kuli Sultan Jala'ir, fol. 4106. Beg. i^si J sja- ii>»U» if j£z> ±-o It was written in Herat and finished in Jumada I., A.H. 1019. Khatm i Khatimah. Some great 'Ulama who were not professed poets, as Baha ud- Din Muh. 'Amili, Mir Muhammad Bakir (takh. Iskrak), Shaikh 'Abd us-Salam, &c, fol. 4316. A collection of Hadis, pious sayings, and moral precepts, with the heading ji tioaU, foil. 4456—467a. Khair ul-Bayan is one of the authorities mentioned in the preface of the Majma' ul- Fusaha. 109. Or. 4510.— Foil. 324 ; 10 in. by 5| ; 21 lines, 34 in. long ; written in cursive and close Neskhi, apparently in the 18th century. [SlDKEY ChUEOHILL.] A defective copy of the same work, want- ing some of the notices. Contents : Preface, fol. 16. Mukaddimah, fol. 66. Fasl I., fol. 316. Fasl II., fol. 159a. Asl 1, fol. 1596. Asl 2, fol. 1676. Asl 3, fol. 176a. Asl 4, fol. 205a. Khatimah, fol. 299a. Khatm i Khatimah, fol. 312a. This last section breaks off, fol. 3166, at the end of the notice of Mir Jalal ud-Din Hasan Sala'i (Or. 3397, fol. 439a). Fol. 317 is a misplaced leaf belonging to Asl 4. Foil. 318 — 324 contain miscellaneous poetical ex- tracts. After fol. 175 there is a lacuna cor- responding to foil. 234a— 237a of Or. 3397. 110. Or. 4671.— Foil. 285 ; 9^ in. by 4f ; 21 lines, 2^ in. long ; written in small and neat Nestalik; dated 9 Jumada II., A.H. 1097 (A.D. 1686). [Sidney Churchill.] Jiib J*+s-* SjSOi' A Tazkirah of contemporary Persian poets, compiled A.H. 1083 by Muhammad Tahir Nasrabadi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 3686. Contents: Mukaddimah. Kings and Princes, fol. 56. Saff I. Firkah 1, Amirs and Khans of Iran, fol. 95. Firkah 2, Amirs and Khans of Hindustan, &c, fol. 306. Firkah 3, Vazirs, Mustaufis and Katibs, fol. 396. Saff II. Sayyids and noblemen, fol. 54a. Saff III. Firkah 1, 'Ulama and litterati, fol. 826. (This section breaks off in the middle of the notice of Najiba, the last but four, corresponding with fol. 154a of the other copy, Add. 7087. The last two Firkahs are missing.) Saff IV. Firkah 1, Poets of Iran, imperfect at the beginning, fol. 104a. (The first extant notice is that of Hakim Euknai Kashi, the second of that section ; see Add. 7087, fol. 161a. After fol. 125 there is a lacuna extending from the notice of Mulla Zaki Hamadani to that of Mirza Fasihi, cor- TAZKIRAHS. 79 responding with foil. 178a — 1865 of Add. 7087.) Firkah 2, Poets of Mavara-annahr, fol. 229S. Firkah 3, Poets of Hindustan, fol. 2366. Saff V. The author's family, fol. 2406. Khatimah. Chronograms and riddles, fol. 250a. For other copies see Pertsch, Berlin Cata- logue, nos. 648-49, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 373. 111. Or. 4672.— Foil. 229 ; 12 in. by 7f; 22 lines, 5 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik Shikastah- amiz, A.H. 1252 (A.D. 1836). [Sidney Churchill.] Tazkirah of Persian poets by Khushgu, arranged in alphabetical order by Durri Shushtari. Khushgu, whose proper name was Bin- draban, received his poetical surname from his master, Muhammad Afzal B. Muhammad Zahid (born A.H. 1050, died A.H. 1126), as he relates himself in the full notice devoted to his teacher, fol. 69a. The Safinah, com- piled A.H. 1137 — 1147, consists, according to Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 130, of three volumes, treating respectively of ancient, mediaeval and modern poets, in chronological order. The contents of the second volume have been stated in full detail by Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 376. Copies of the first and second volumes are mentioned by Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, nos. 652-3. The third is not extant. In the preface of the present recension, the editor gives the following curious account of the discovery of the original work. (It has been extracted by Mr. Churchill from a copy in the Madrasah i Nasiri, at Teheran, the preface being imperfect in the present MS.) : In the month of Muharram, A.H. 1228, the river flowing by Shushtar was swollen to a torrent by excessive rains. One day, whilst watching the waters, somebody perceived a dark object floating past him, seized it and found that it was a book, which had suffered not a little from immersion, 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 have remained without further harm, but for his wife and children, who made use of it when wanting paper. A year later, however, it was laid before Sayyid Muhammad B. Sayyid 'Abd ul-Karim al-Musavi, who recog- nized its importance and ordered the editor to read it daily to him. In a second preface, fol. 5a, the same writer states that Amir 'Alikuli Khan Karms, who was sent, after A.H. 1236, to restore order in Khuzistan, having been shown at Shushtar the water-carried Safinah, found it inconveniently arranged for reference, and desired the editor to re-write it in alpha- betical order. Hence the present recension, which, in allusion to Safinah (ship), received the title of Shira' (sail). It is said to contain 991 notices. These notices range over the whole field of Persian poetry from the earliest time to the period of Khushgu, and are consequently taken from all three volumes of the original work ; but they form one alphabetical series, and are distributed under the letters of the alphabet quite promis- cuously and without any regard to the chro- nological arrangement adopted by Khushgu. This will be seen from the following list of the first twenty-one notices under letter Alif. Mir Jalal ud-Din Asir Shahrastani, who died A.H. 1069, fol. 86. Shaikh Allahhuli Isfahani, fol. 96. Navvab Zafar Khan AAsan, 80 BIOGRAPHY. who died A.H. 1073, fol. 10a. 'Inayat Khan Ishna, who died A.H. 1077, fol. 106. Mir 'Abd ur-Rasul htighma Kashmiri, who died under 'Alamgir, fol. 11a. Kazi Asad Ka- shani, fol. 114. Mir Ajri, one of the Husaini Sayyids of Yazd, ib. Mirza 'Abdullah Ulfat Khurasani. Azhari Kuhpiiyahi. Sayyid Amir Khan 'Alamgirshahi, who died at the beginning of Muhammad Shah's reign. Mirza Arjumand Azad (also Junmi), son of 'Abd ul-Ghani Beg, who died A.H. 1143, fol. 12a. Mir Lutf-ullah Ahmadi, of Balgriim, who died A.H. 1143. Jsaf Kummi (Muh. Kuli), who cametoIndiaunderShalrjahan,fol. 126. Zllfati, son of Husain Saji, who came to the court of 'Abdullah Kutubshah. Mir Afsar, son of Mir Sinjar Kashi. 'Abdullah Amani of Kir- man, who entered the service of Mir Jumlah, fol. 13a. Shaikh Auhadi, disciple of Shaikh Auhad ud-Din Kirmani, who died under Ghazan Khan, fol. 13a. Abu 'l-Hasan Manjik, of Tirmid. Ibn Nasilh, of Fars. Shaikh Sharaf ud-Din Abu 'All Kalandar, under Tugkluk Shah. Imam ud-Din Rafi'i, who died A.H. 633, fol. 136. A full alphabetical list of all the notices included in the volume occupies six pages at the end of the preface, foil. 6 — 8. The alphabetical series concludes with two notices relating to Yahya Khan, son of Ahmad, Tabib, and to Yamlni Simnani, after which the above-mentioned Amir, 'Ali Kuli B. Shah- var Karrus, states that the work was finished on the 12th of Rabi' I., A.H. 1241. This is followed by a few additional notices accident- ally omitted, foil. 2016— 203a. Foil. 2036 — 2276 form a separate appendix. It consists of Kasidahs by Nasir B. Khusrau '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. 2146, and Mirza Muh. Taki 'Ali-abadi, fol. 2186. 112. Or. 2693.— Foil. 478 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 24 lines, 5J in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, for the Sind Amir, Murad 'Ali Khan Talpur ; dated 19 Rabi' II., A.H. 1216 (A.D. 1801). [B. B. Bastwiok.] The Tazkirah of 'Ali Kuli Khan Daghi- stani, poetically called Valih. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 371 and p. 1086a. Other copies are described by Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, nos. 656-7, and by Ethc, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 377. 113. Or. 4709.— Foil. 342 ; 14 in. by 8£ ; 24 lines, 6 J in. long ; written in cursive Nestalik in the 19th century. An incomplete copy of the preceding work. It breaks off in the middle of the third notice under letter that of Karimi Samar- kand!, which in the complete copy, Add. 16,729, is found at fol. 3746. 114. Or. 2929.— Foil. 251 ; llf in. by 7} ; 25 lines, 5J in. long ; written in small and neat Shi- kastah-amiz, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins ; dated Isfahan, Muharram, A.H. 1234 (A.D. 1818). Bound in painted covers, the inner sides of which apparently represent the author seated before a prince. [Nath. Bland.] Atashkadah, the Tazkirah of Haji Lutf 'Ali Beg, poetically surnamed Azur. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 375a. TAZKIRAHS. 81 The contents have been fully analysed by Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 384, coll. 262 — 293. A notice of the author will be found in the Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 73, where he is stated to have died A.H. 1195. The same date is given in Anjuman i Khakan, Or. 3390, fol. 108a. Copyist: crj^-i ^y, W >1 115. Or. 3386.— Foil. 417 ; 12J in. by 8 ; 22 lines, 5f in. long ; written in four columns in legible Neskhi before A.H. 1253 (A.D. 1837). [Sidney Churchill.] A Tazkirah of ancient poets, from the earliest times to the ninth century of the Hijrah, with extensive extracts from their works ; without preface or author's name. At the beginning is a table of the poets included, with the following heading : ^UjI Prom this it appears that the MS. contains only the first Tabakah of the first Silsilah of a vast compilation. Mr. Churchill states that a MS. belonging to Sipihr, of Teheran, and containing, besides the above Tabakah, two Silsilahs treating of later and contemporary poets, is endorsed " Tazkirah i Darvlsh Nava." This Nava is mentioned in Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 527, among contemporary poets, as a native of Kashiin, properly called Darvlsh Husain, who took up his abode in Tabriz, and left at his death a Tazkirah without preface or epilogue. Nava must have died before A.H. 1288, the date of the Majma' ul- Fusaha. His Tazkirah is also mentioned in the preface of the same work among its sources. The biographical notices are short, mostly abridged from Daulatskah, and devoid of dates ; but the author appears to have had access to rare Divans, from which he makes considerable extracts. The present MS. seems to be either the autograph of the author or a copy written for him. Some marginal addi- tions, foil. 289a and 3836, are accompanied by directions as to the place at which they were to be inserted. The following are the poets included ; they are arranged in alphabetical order. Abu '1-Faraj Rum, fol. 16. Hakim Azraki (Zain ud-Dln Abu Bakr) Haravi, fol. 24a. Hakim Anvari (Auhad ud-Din), of Abivard, fol. 41a. Ustad Asadi Tusi, fol. 65a. Shaikh Auhadi, of Maraghah, fol. 666. Abu 'l-'Ala Ganjavi, fol. 72a. Sayyid Hasan Ashraf al-Husaini Ghaznini, fol. 726. Sayyid Hasan Ashrafi (Mu'in ud-Din), of Samarkand, fol. 78a. Asir ud-Din Akhsikati, fol. 796. Asir ud-Din Aumani ('Abdullah), of Hama- diin, fol. 826. * Imami Haravi, fol. 84a. Bina'i Haravi, fol. 846. 'Abd ul-Vasi' Jabali, of Gharjistan, fol. 855. Jamal ud-Din 'Abd ur-Razzak, of Isfahan, fol. 926. Amir Husaini Sadat (Husain B. 'Ali), of Ghiir, fol. 98«. Hafiz Shirazi, fol. 1036. Afzal ud-Din Khakani (Ibrahim B. 'Ali) Shir- vani, fol. 108a. Sayyid Zu'l-fakar (Kiviim ud-Din Husain) Shirvani, fol. 1196. Ustad Rudagi (Abu '1-Hasan), fol. 1216. Razi ud-Din, of Naishapur, fol. 126a. Rashid Vatvat (Rashid ud-Din Muh.), of Balkh, fol. 139a. M 82 BIOGRAPHY. Hakim Sana'i Ghaznavi, fol. 158J. Suzani (Abu '1-Fazl Shams ud-Din Mull.), of Samarkand, fol. 1776. Saif ud-Din, of Isfarang, fol. 1816. Shaikh Sa'di Shlrazi, fol. 184a, Sharaf ud-Din Shufurvah (Fazl-ullah), of Isfahan, fol. 1946. Shihab ud-Din Adlb Sabir, of Bukhara, fol. 1976. Zahlr Fariyabi, fol. 206a. Abu'l-Kasim Hasan B. Ahmad 'Unsuri, fol. 214a. 'Asjadi ('Abd ul-'Aziz B. Mansur), of Marv Shahijan, fol. 2346. 'Imadi Shahriyari, fol. 235a. 'Am'ak Bukhara'i, fol. 2416. Shaikh Farid ud-Din 'Attar, fol. 247a. Firdausi (Hasan B. Ishak), fol. 253a. Abu Nizam Jalal ud-Din Muh. Falaki, of ShamSkhi, fol. 2836. Ustad Farrukhi, of Tirmiz, fol. 289a. Farid ud-Din Ahval, of Isfahan, ib. Hakim Kataran B. Mansur, of Tirmid, fol. 2956./ Kamal ud-Din Isma'il, of Isfahan, fol. 309a. Kisa'i (Majd ud-Din Abu Ishak), of Marv Shahijan, fol. 3196. Lami'i, of Jurjan, fol. 321a. Minuchihri Shast Gallah, of Balkh, fol. 3276. Maulana Jalal ud-Din Rumi, fol. 331a. Khwajah Majd ud-Din Hamgar, fol. 343a. Amir Mu'izzi, fol. 351a. Mukhtari ('Usman), of Ghaznin, fol. 361a. Mas'ud Sa'd Salman, of Jurjan, fol. 371a. Mujlr Bailakani, fol. 3866. Niisir i Khusrau (Hujjat), fol. 390a. Shaikh Nizami, of Ganjah, foil. 411a — 417a. Some verses scribbled at the end of the last notice and on the fly-leaf bear dates ranging from A.H. 1253 to 1287. 116. Or. 3589.— Foil. 409 ; 14f in. by 9 ; 25 lines, 5J in. long ; written in cursive Indian Nes- talik, apparently early in the 19th century. I. Foil. 3—348. J6&\ ho'b*. Ivhulasat ul-Afkar ; a Tazkirah of Persian poets, from the earliest period to the author's time, by Abu Talib B. Haji Muhammad Tabrizi Isfahani, Beg. J& jjlHi'-V jtiU* j ^U, jjii, Ji d-*s? ji*-*" ^ }>\ (3^#." tiV^>5ll ijj'j^ The work has been described, from a very imperfect copy, in the Persian Catalogue, p. 3786. See also Bland, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. ix., pp. 153 — 58 ; Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 163 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 391, where the contents are fully analyzed. It was commenced in Calcutta, A.H. 1206, when the author was forty years of age, and finished A.H. 1207. It is dedicated to Asaf ud-Daulah, and divided into a Mukaddimah, 28 Hadikahs, a Zail and a Kkatimah. The contents are as follows : The author's Preface (analyzed by Bland, I.e., p. 154, and partly given in the original text by Sprenger, I.e.), fol. 46. Mukaddimah. Essay on Persian poetry and on the rules to be observed in the compila- tion of Tazkirahs (analyzed by Bland, I.e., p. 155), fol. 56. Table of contents, fol. 8a. Notices of 310 poets arranged under the twenty-eight letters of the alphabet, from Abu Sa'id Abu '1-Khair to Muh. Yusuf Jar- badakani (fully stated by Ethe, I.e., coll. 302—312), fol. 106. TAZKIRAHS. S3 Zail. Notices of 159 poets omitted in the preceding section, from Adham Kiishi to Yahya Uzbek (Ethe, coll. 312—14), fol. 2916. Khatimah. Twenty-three notices relating to the author's friends and to the author himself (Ethe, coll. 314-15), fol. 305a. The author's treatises on ethics, fol. 323a ; music, fol. 325a ; prosody and rhyme, fol. 3266 ; and medicine, fol. 331a. II. Foil. 348a— 4046. U5 S-* 5 A manual of history, written by the same Abu Talib Khan, A.H. 1208, also dedicated to Asaf ud-Daulah. See the Persian Cata- logue, p. 8956. Beg. J\J>- o>«j U . . . yjjiUl uj, ill jji iWluJjA* ^^ilt" (ji&iU* (_>i,*J The work is divided into four Babs, sub- divided into Furu', the contents of which have been described by Bland, I.e., p. 157, and by Elliot, History of India, vol. viii., pp. 298 — 300. In this copy the work ends with the sketch of the kings of Kashmir. 117. Or. 4610.— Foil. 530; 14fin.by9J; 25 lines, 6| in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with 'ITnvan and ruled margins, in the first half of the 19th century. [Sidney Churchill.] Makh zan ul-Grhara'ib, the most compre- hensive Tazkirah ever written ; compiled by Ahmad 'Ali Hashimi Sandilahi, son of Shaikh Ghulam Muhammad B. Maulavi Muhammad Haji. Beg. J3l j ^Uja hUN J> s < . . . . el*— J.jjjlji- icij y^ly oiib <-s£y '-r^* ^ i^' y?l jJj In the preface the author gives some account of his life. Having left home in his boyhood, he attached himself to the "late" Navvab 'Izzat ud-Daulah Mirza Hasan Suh- rab Jang, son of Mirza Muhsin, elder brother of Safdar Jang, and with his consent entered the service of Navvab Zu '1-Fakar ud-Daulah Mirza Najaf Khan in the imperial Eisalah under Shah 'Alam. During the troubled period and general dispersion which followed the death of Najaf Khan (A.H. 1196), he associated with natives of Khorasan, Irak and Fars, and began to eagerly collect poems from every source. These he was subse- quently advised by his master, Mirza Muh. Hasan Katil.to bring together into a Tazkirah arranged in alphabetical order. The result was the present work, which he compiled at the age of fifty-four and completed, as stated in a chronogram at the end, A.H. 1218. To the copious list of authorities included in the preface, and given by Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 146, we can add,' from the present copy, Nafa'is ul-Ma'asir by Mir 'Ala ud-Daulah(Oude Catalogue, p. 46) and the oral communications of Mirza Katil and others. The Makhzan ul-Ghara'ib is mentioned in the Persian Catalogue, p. 10156. Its con- tents, consisting of 3148 notices, have been stated with meritorious fulness and accuracy by Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 395, coll. 316—396. An alphabetical index of names, with references to the folios of the present copy, occupies fourteen leaves at the beginning. A note written on the first page shows that the MS. was bought in Haidarabad, A.H. 1247. In A.H. 1275 it was purchased in Kerbela by a Persian prince, Nur ucl-Dln, son of Bad! 1 uz-Zaman Mirza (see fol. 16a). M 2 84 BIOGRAPHY. 118. Or. 2877.— Foil. ISO: llin.byC^; 151ines, 4 in. long ; written in neat Shikastah-iirniz, with'Onvan and gold-ruled margins. Bound in painted and glazed covers. [Sidney Chukchill.] A collection of poems in praise of Fath 'Ali Shah, with notices of their authors, by Muhammad Sadik Marvazi, poetically sur- named Huma. Be g- up* j!& LrjjX y Lfl From the notice of the author's life with which the work concludes, we learn that he was born and educated in Merv Shahijan. When that place was laid waste by the Uzbeks, he repaired to Kerbela and Najaf, and thence to Kashan, where he studied poetry under Sabahi (d. A.H. 1206). A history of the Kajar Dynasty, which he wrote under the title of Ta'rikh i Jahan-ara, brought him to the notice of Fath 'Ali Shah, who appointed him Court Chronicler, jKi. When the Shah set out on his cam- paign against the Goklan in Kkorasan, he left the author behind with the task of compiling the present work. Notices of Huma in Nigaristan i Dara, Or. 3508, fol. 137; Anjuman i Khakan, Or. 3390, fol. 105 ; and in the Majma* ul- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 572, do not give the date of his death. It must have taken place after A.H. 1233, the year to which the Ta'rikh i Jahan-ara is brought down (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 2006, and Morley's Catalogue, nos. 154-55). In the Tazkirah i Muhammad Shahi, written A.H. 1247, he is spoken of as still holding the office of Vaka'i' Nigar. Zinat ul-Mada'ih is one of the sources of Majma' ul-Fusaha ; see preface, p. 6. In the preface, which is chiefly taken up with a wordy panegyric on Fath 'Ali Shah, the author says that the work comprises poems composed from His Majesty's acces- sion to the seventh year of his reign (A.H. 1218). It was compiled by order of the Shah, who gave it the above title, and 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, Malik ush-Shu'ara, fol. 18a. Ilazl, son of Mirza Muh. Shafi', Mustaufi of Azerbaijan, fol. 976. Sahab, Sayyid Muh., son of Hatif, of Isfahan, fol. 1066. Sabiir, Mirza Ahmad, nephew of Fath 'Ali Khan, fol. 120*. Maftiln, 'Abd ur-Razzak Beg, son of Najaf Kuli Khan Dunbuli, fol. 134a. Nashaf, 'Abd ul-Vahhab, Kalantar of Isfahan, fol. 136a. Pirayah II. Compositions of other poets, namely Bazmi, Sayyid Sadik, of Bidgul, Kashan, fol. 152a. Khavari, Ma'siim, of Kuzah-kunan, Tabriz, fol. 153a. Sharar, Husain 'Ali Beg, son of Lutf 'Ali Beg Azur, fol. 158a. Sabahi, Sulaiman, of Bidgul, fol. 160a. Ma'il, Muh. 'Ali, son of Muh. Kazim, Mustaufi, fol. 1626. Mijmar, Sayyid Husain, of Isfahan, fol. 1646. Zivar. Life and poems of the author, fol. 1666. The introductory notices, prefixed to most of the poems, and showing on what occasion they were composed, are of some historical interest. TAZKIRAHS. 85 119. 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- tury. Bound in painted and glazed covers. [Sidney Churchill.] A sequel to the preceding work, by the same author. Beg. j^b gl j& jj b ^ib ^.j+'tZ n*s> j,ib lIoJJ ^jT K»J*oj J^bs^' SJ^- ^J, ±Ji It is designated in the preface as the second volume of the work, and contains further pieces of the same poets and com- positions of a few new ones. It was compiled, as stated fol. 208a, A.H. 1223, and is divided into five parts termed Minu, Ghurfah, Rau- zah I., Rauzah II., and Hadikah. The con- tents are as follows : Minu. Poems of Path 'AH Shah, fol. 46. Ghurfah. Poems of Shahzadah Muhammad 'Ali Mirza, the eldest son of the Shah, poetically surnamed Daulat (died A.H. 1237), fol. 116. Rauzah I., divided into seven Gulbuns. Poems of the following seven Court poets : Saba, fol. 225. Razi, fol. 89a. Sahab, fol. 92a. Sabiir, fol. 1276. Mijmar, fol. 144a. Nashat, fol. 176a. Arabic Kasi- dah by Mirza Muh. Husain, son of Mirza Muh. Kazim Mustaufi, fol. 182a. Rauzah II., in six Gulbuns. Poems of six other poets, viz., Earif, Abu'l-Hasan, of Jandak, fol. 1 836. Khavari, Ma'suin, fol. 186a, Sahib, daughter of Shahbaz Khan Dunbuli, fol. 1936. Farrukh, Khanlar, son of 'Ali Murad Khan Zand, fol. 195a. Nashati, 'Abbas, of Hazarjarib, fol. 197a. NUHk, Sadik of Isfahan, fol. 201a. Hadikah. Poems of the author, slightly imperfect at the end, fol. 2076. 120. Or. 3390.— Foil. 204 ; 111 in. by 7f ; 17 lines, 4J in. long; written in fair Shikastak-amiz, with gold-ruled margins, A.H. 1234 (A.D. 1819). [Sidney Churchill.] Tazkirah of the poets who lived in the reign of Fath 'Ali Shah, by Muhammad Fazil, poetically surnamed Ravi. Beg. pli ab ^U; -jj ^ ^bU- w ^2\ i_-oj The author tells us in the last chapter that he belonged to the Turcoman tribe called Bayandari, and was born in Karrtis, a district of Hamadan, A.H. 1198. Having lost his father A.H. 1214, he repaired to Teheran and studied poetry under the Malik ush- Shu'ara Fath 'Ali Khan. His master recom- mended him to the Shah, who made him his favourite and reciter of his verses. See Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 142, where it is stated that he died A.H. 1252, and Taz- kirah i Dara, Or. 3508, fol. 926. In the preface the author says that Fath 'Ali Shah had long desired to see the compo- sitions of the poets of his time collected into one volume, that the task had been under- taken by some scholars, who had failed to carry it out, and was ultimately, A.H. 1234, committed to himself. The Anjuman i Kha- kan is one of the sources of Majma' ul- Fusaha. The author is mentioned as still alive, A.H. 1247, in Tazkirah i Muhammad Shahi, fol. 1876. The work consists of four sections, called Anjuman, and a Khatimah, with the following contents : Anjuman I. JS\ j J\y*\ j\ tir ^&\ 86 BIOGRAPHY. jUiSl (jj^ji J^-j^r'- An account of the prede- cessors of Path 'AH Shah, and of his reign, with some specimens of his poetry, fol. 36. Anjuman II. Notices of the following royal princes and Khans : Muhammad 'Ali Mirza Daulat, fol. 256. Muhammad Kuli Mirza, Khusravi, fol. 29a. Husain 'Ali Mirza, Far- man-farma, fol. 296. Mull. Taki Mirza Shau- kat, fol. 30a. 'Ali Shah, fol. 306. Shaikh 'Ali Mirza Shupur, fol. 316. 'Abdullah Mirza Bard, fol. 32a. Imam-virdi Mirza, fol. 33a. Mahmud Mirza, fol. 336. Muh. Riza Mirza Afsar, fol. 346. Haidar Kuli Mirza Khavar, fol. 356. Humayiin Mirza Hishmat, fol. 36a. Zahir ud-Daulah Ibrahim Khan Tughrul, fol. 366. Muh. Kasim Khan, Shaukat, fol. 37a. Sulaiman Khan 'Izzat, fol. 376. Allahyiir Khan, Ilujib, fol. 38a, Anjuman III. Notices of the following thirty-nine Court poets : Binava, Da'ud B. Mahdi at-Tusi, fol. 396. Bandah, Mirza Muh. Razi, fol. 406. Bismii, Aka 'Ali Akbar, fol. 416. Buki, a Sayyid of Isfahan, fol. 42a. Bidil, Muh. Rahlm, fol. 426. Mirza Buzurg Mu'taman ud-Daulah, fol. 436. Parvanah, Mirza Ahmad, fol. 46a. Hasrat, 'Ali, fol. 47a. Husain, of Sari, fol. 476. Khavar, Mahmud Khan, fol. 48a. Khavari, Sayyid Fazl-ullah of Shiraz, fol. 526. Sahub, Sayyid Muh., son of Hatif, fol. 556. Sultuni, Riza Kuli of Nava, fol. 62a. Sakha, Muh. Zaman, fol. 626. Shihnah, Muh. Mahdi Khan, fol. 63a, Saba, Path 'Ali Khan, fol. 63a. Sahib Muh, Taki Mazandarani, fol. 786. Sabiir, Ahmad, nephew of Fath 'Ali Khan, fol. 79a. Tarab, Mirza Yiisuf Shaikh ul-Islam, fol. 80a. Tahir, Hasan Khun, fol. 806. Zarif, Muh. Hasan, fol. 82a. 'Ishrat, Muh. Mahdi al- Husaini, fol. 826. Farrukh, Muh. Hasan Khan, son of 'Ali Murad Khan, fol. 83a. Fikrat, Sayyid M'mat-ullah, fol. 836. Kau- kab, 'Abd ul-'Ali, fol. 84a. Maftiin, 'Abd ur- Razzak Beg, fol. 85a. Mijmar, Sayyid Husain of Ardistan, fol. 856, Mansur, Muh. Riza, fol. 89a, Mail, Muh. 'Ali, fol. 896. Munis, Muh. Riza, fol. 90a. Mahrum, Aka Husain 'Ali, fol. 90a. Muhlt, Ma'sum B. 'Isa, fol. 906. Manzur, Muh. Ibrahim, fol. 916. Muster, Abu '1-Kasim Farahani, fol. 92a, Nashat, 'Abd ul-Vahkab al-Musavi, fol. 94a. Nadim, Muh. of Barfurush, fol. 101a. Nasr- ullah Khan, fol. 101a. Nashati, 'Abbas of Hazarjarib, fol. 1016. Nusrat, Sultan H usarn > ib. Vafu, Husain Farahani, fol. 1036. Vafa'i, 'Abdullah Beg of Tafrlsh, fol. 104a. Huma, Muh. Sadik, fol. 105a. Anjuman IV. Notices of a hundred and twenty other poets, in alphabetical order, from Amur, Lutf 'Ali Beg to Yaghma of Jandak, fol. 1076. A table of contents is prefixed, fol. 107a. Khatimah. Life and poems of the author, fol. 2016. 121. Or. 3553.— Foil, 60 ; 11 in. by 7$; 15 lines, 4J in. long ; written in large Nestalik, with ruled margins ; dated 28 Rabi' I., A.H. 1239 (A.D. 1823). [Sidney Churchill.] Notices of forty-eight sons of Fath 'Ali Shah, with specimens of their poetry, by one of them, Mahmud Mirza (see above, no. 70). Beg. ijdj+z? i_^isuj i_y>\^> ^IsLa The work was compiled, as stated in the preface, by order of the Shah, A.H. 1236. The preface includes a Kasidah in praise of the Shah, concluding with the following chronogram for the date of composition, which gives only 1235. ^J-*^* t^~~^ TAZKIRAHS. 85* Contents : Preface, fol. 16. Glories of the Shah's reign and number of his children, fol. 6a. His poems, fol. 80. Notices of the following 47 sons of Fath 'Ali Shah, with specimens of their verses : Muh. 'Ali, fol. 106; Muh. Kuli, fol. 136. Muh. Vali, fol. 15a; 'Abbas, fol. 166; Husain 'Ali, fol. 186; Hasan 'Ali, fol. 196; Muh. Taki, fol. 206; 'Ali Kuli, fol. 226; Shaikh 'Ali, fol. 236; 'Ali Khan, fol. 246; 'Abdullah, fol. 266 ; Imam-virdi, fol. 30a; Muh. Riza, fol. 31a; Haidar Kuli, fol. 326 ; Humayim, fol. 34a ; Allah-virdi, fol. 36a; Ismail, fol. 37a; Ahmad 'Ali, fol. 376 ; 'Ali Riza, Kaikubad, fol. 396 ; Bahram, fol. 406 ; Shahpur, fol. 41a ; Malik Kasim, fol. 416; Minuchihr, Hurmuz, fol. 42 ; Iraj, Kaika'us, fol. 43 ; Shahkuli, Muh. Mahdi, fol. 44; Kaikhusrau, Kayumars, fol. 45; Jahan- shah, fol. 46 ; Sulaiman, fol. 47 ; Fath-ullah, Malik Mansur, fol. 48 ; Bahman, fol. 49 ; Sultan Muh., Sultan Salim, fol. 50 ; Sultan Mustafa, Sultan Ibrahim, fol. 51 ; Saif-ullah, fol. 52 ; Yahya, Zakariyya, Muh. Amin, fol. 53 ; Sultan Hamzah, Sultan Ahmad, Tah- muras, fol. 54. Six sons of Husain Kuli Khan, brother of Fath 'Ali Shah, fol. 55. Memoir of the author and his poems, foil. 57a — 64. 122. Or. 3545.— Foil. 299 ; 10| in. by 6} ; 21 lines, Si in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with an 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, probably about the middle of the 19th century. Bound in painted covers. [Sidney Chukchill.] A Tazkirah containing notices and select compositions of the poets of Fath 'Ali Shah's reign, by Mahmud Mirza, author of the pre- ceding work. Beg. Ob JJ-J.l (.Uj j-Ijj Jjl The author, who mentions in the preface his proficiency in various sciences and in the art of calligraphy, gives the following list of his works : Safinat ul-Mahmud (the present work) ; iy^^ on the life and miracles of the Prophet ; cif^? f^zM, a biographical account of the sons of Fath 'Ali Shah (no. 121) ; Oj*sr*^ yjatf , on the lives and miracles of saints ; »'j &y^?, containing anecdotes and moral precepts ; a Risiilah on the true dreams and prognostics of Fath 'Ali Shah ; ^-aj, advice to his son Mas'fid Mirza; his poetical compositions ; and J+> (see Or. 3552). The preface concludes with a piece of verse at the end of which is a chronogram for the date of composition, A.H. 1235 : Majma' i Mahmud is the specific title given by the author to his Safinah, fol. 36 : jujjLj Out £v<*^ * A second and later preface begins, fol. 46, as follows : Jt ) ^Iji-U j^j C>b^=-^« ^=-5 >jW ^Kol ye. There the author states that in A.H. 1240 he received the sovereign's com- mands to compile an account of contemporary poets, several works previously written on 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, the name of Safinat ul-Mahmud. The work is divided into four parts called Majlis, viz. : I. Lives and poems of the Shah and of the royal princes, fol. 66. II. The Vazirs and great office-holders, 88 BIOGRAPHY. namely, Nashat, fol. 246 ; Mirza Buzurg, fol. 33a ; Saba, fol. 335 ; and Farrukh, fol. 476. III. Poets of Iran, in the following five sections, termed Martabah, in each of which the notices are arranged according to the Abjad : 1. Irak, about two hundred notices, fol. 496. 2. Fars, 33 notices, fol. 198a. 3. Khorasan, 36 notices, fol. 2236. 4. Gilan and Tabaristan, 32 notices, fol. 243a. 5. Azar- baijan, 18 notices, fol. 257a. At the begin- ning of each Martabah is a table of the poets it includes. IV. Life and select compositions of the author, fol. 274a. Safinat ul-Mahmud is one of the sources of the Majma' ul-Fusaha, as mentioned in the preface. 123. Or. 3508.— Foil. 212 ; 12 in. by 7 ; 23 lines, 4o in. long ; written in minute and elegant Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, in the 19th century. Bound in painted and glazed covers. [Sidney Churchill.] A Tazkirah of the poets who lived in the time of Fath 'Ali Shah, by 'Abd ur-Razzak B. Najafkuli. Beg. J3~,j\y Oj\> 3 \Ja ^JSi ■}}> The author's historical work, Ma'agir i Sultaniyyah, nos. 68-69, has been mentioned above. The present work was written A.H. 1241. The preface gives an account of a meeting which took place in that year in Sultaniyyah, between Fath 'Ali Shah and his son, the Na'ib us-Saltanah 'Abbas Mirza. The former having expressed a desire for the compilation of a Tazkirah comprising the poets of the period, the prince pointed out the author as a competent person for the task. Hence the present work, which is divided into five parts called Nigarkhanah, or Aivan, as follows : I. History of Fath 'Ali Shah and speci- mens of his poetry, fol. 26. II. Royal princes and noble Amirs, ar- ranged according to the date of their birth, fol. 5a. These are the sons, grandsons and nephews, of Fath 'Ali Shah, as follows : Daulat, Muh. 'Ali Mirza. Rhusram, Muh. Kuli Mirza. Shanked, Muh. Taki Mirza. 'Mil, 'Ali Shah. Tola, 'Alikuli Mirza. Shapiir, Shaikh 'Ali Mirza, Dura, 'Abdullah Mirza. Imam-virdi Mirza. Mahmud Mirza. Humayun Mirza. Khtivar, Haidar Kuli Mirza, Baiza, Allah-virdi Mirza. Jahan, Jahanshah Mirza. Ahmad, Ahmad 'Ali Mirza. Hish- mat, Muh. Husain Mirza. Suriir, Tahmasp Mirza. Ziya, Nazar 'Ali Mirza. Tvghrul, Zahir ud-Daulah Ibrahim Khan. Shaul-at, Muh. Kasim Khan. 'Izzat, Sulaiman Khan. Eujib, Allahyar Khan. III. Favourites of the Shah and of the princes, men of letters, Vazirs and other officials, fol. 84. Saba, Fath 'Ali Khan, heads the list as Malik ush-Shu'ara, with extensive extracts from his poems, fol. 9b. The others are arranged in the alphabetical order of their names or takhallus, as follows : Abu'l-Kasim, Sayyid ul-Vuzara, fol. 71a, Abu '1-Kasim Hamadani, fol. 806. Ibrahim Munshi, of Tabriz, fol. 81a. Ashraf, 'Ali Ashraf of Azarba'ijan, fol. 816. Ishrak, Mirza Muh., of Burujird, fol. 826. TJmnud, Abu '1-Hasan Khan, of Nuhavand, ib. Bandah, Muh. Razi B. Muh. Shafi', fol. 83a. Bidil, Muh. RahTm, fol. 84a. Bismil, 'Ali Akbar, fol. 866. Chdhar, Hasan 'Ali Khan, ib. Hali, Fath 'Ali Beg, fol. 87a. Easrat, Muh. Taki, fol. 88a. Mulla Hasan, master of MahmudMirza, fol. 886. TAZKIRAHS. 89 Mirza Husain B. Mirza Kazim Mustaufi, fol. 89a. Mulla Husain Silravi Kazi 'Askar, ib. Mirza Husain, of Kuzahkunan, ib. Khavar, Mahmud Khiin Dunbuli, fol. 896. Khavari, Fazl-ullah Shirfizi, fol. 91a. Ravi, Muh. Fazil, fol. 926. Sarshar, Najafkuli Khan, fol. 936. Sipihr, Aka Muh. Taki, of Kashan, fol. 95a. Sahab, Sayyid Muh., of Isfahan, fol. 956. Sakha, Muh. Zaman Khan, fol. 1006. Sbihnah, Muh. Mahdi Khiin, ib. Shi/a, Mulla Riza, of Tabriz, ib. Sahib, Muh. Taki B. Mirza Zaki, 'Aliyabadi, fol. 105a. Sabur, Ahmad, nephew of Fath 'Ali Khan, fol. 106a. Safa'i, Ahmad B. Mulla Mahdi Naraki, fol. 108a. Sadra, Sadr ud-Din Muh. Tabrizi, fol. 1086. Tiiti, Abu '1-Fath Khan, ib. Td'ir, Hasan Khan, fol. 109a. Tarab, Muh. Yusuf, brother of Abu '1-Kasim of Karmanshahan, ib. l Ishrat, Mahdi Farahani, ib. Mirza Buzurg, 'Isa B. Hasan Farahani, fol. 110a. 'Aziz, Yusuf Beg, of Lahijan, fol. 1106. Farrulch, Muh. Hasan Khan, fol. 1116. Fihrat, Sayyid Ni'mat-ullah, of Larijan, ib. Kdbil, Husain 'Ali Khan, ib. Kausar, Mulla Riza, ib. Eauliab, 'Abd ul-'Ali B. Muhsin Yazdi, fol. 112a. 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. Mahram, Aka Husain 'Ali Afshar, fol. 124a. Munis, Muh. Rizii, of Barfurush, ib. Nashat, 'Abd ul-Vahhab, of Isfahan, fol. 1246. Nadim, Muh., of Barfurush, fol. 1286. Nashuti, 'Abbas, of Hazarjarib, ib. Nnsrat, Sultan Husain Beg, of Talish, ' fol. 129a. Nava'i, Muh. Taki B. Riza Kuli, ib. Vafa, Muh. Husain Husaini, ib. Vafa'i, 'Abdullah Beg, of Tafrish, fol. 137a. Hurna, Muh. Sadik, of Merv, fol. 1876. IV. Notices of about 120 other poets, also in alphabetical order, beginning with Azad, Mirza Muh. 'Ali, of Kashmir, and ending with Yaghma, Abu 'l-Hasan, of Jandak, fol. 140a. V. Life and poems of the author, fol. 1806. Appendix. Notice of 'Andal/b^iuh. Husain Kashi, son and successor of the Malik ush- Shu'ara, fol. 209a. The work is mentioned in the preface of Majma' ul-Fusaha, p. 6, as %S& 124. Or. 3250.— Foil. 224; 14in.by8i; 21 lines, 5J in. long ; written in fair Nestalik with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins for Aka 'Ali, Mahram i Harim i Shahinshahi, A.H. 1257 (A.D. 1841). [Sid.net Churchill] JkU> J^s-* a/Jo A Tazkirah of Persian poets, by Bahman Mirza, son of Na'ib us-Saltanah 'Abbas Mirza. Beg. i_)U/ j» C^>.j . . . tjaWl ^ jl) sji After a panegyric on the reigning sove- reign, Fath 'Ali Shah, and on the Na'ib us-Saltanah, the author says that he was N 90 BIOGRAPHY. residing in Ardabil, to the government of which he had been appointed by his father, when he was invited by his elder brother, Muhammad Shah, to join him, and, at his request, compiled the present work. The date of composition, A.H. 1247, is conveyed by this chronogram : It is stated at the end that the work was completed A.H. 1249. Mr. Churchill states in a letter that Bahman Mirza subsequently fled to the Caucasus and died there a few years ago. The work is divided into three parts called Rishtah, and a table of all the poets noticed is found at the end of the preface, foil. 3-4. The contents are as follows : Rishtah I. Notices of about 150 poets of the past, i.e. from the earliest times to the end of the twelfth century of the Hijrah, arranged in alphabetical order, fol. 4a. A few Arabic verses by 'Ali B. Abi Talib are prefixed. The alphabetical series begins with Asadi and ends with Yamini, a Sayyid of Kashan. The notices are short, and too much space is taken up by extensive extracts from such well-known poets as Hafiz, Sa'di, Maulana Rumi, Firdausi and Nizami. Rishtah II. History of the Kiljars and of Fath 'Ali Shah, with specimens of his poetry, fol. 173a. Notices of the following royal princes : Daulat, Muh. 'Ali Mirza ; Ehusravi, Muh. Kuli Mirza ; Shaukat, Muh. Taki Mirza ; 'Adil, Zill i Sultan ; Dura, 'Ali Naki Mirza; Shu-pur, Shaikh 'Ali Mirza ; Vila, 'Abdullah Mirza ; Imam-virdi Mirza ; Mahmud Mirza ; Malik Kasim Mirza ; Tughrul, Zahir ud- Daulah Ibrahim Khan ; 115 jib, Asaf ud- Daulah Allabyar Khan, fol. 1766. Rishtah III. Contemporary poets, also in alphabetical order, as follows : Abu'l-Kasim B. 'Isa Farahani, Ka im Makam, fol. 179a. Ashraf, of Tabuh, Azarbaijan, fol. 182a. Asad-ullah Khan B. Haji Ibrahim Khan. 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. Bandah, Muh. Razi, of Tabriz. Bidil, Muh. Rahim Tabib. Baki, Sayyid 'Abd ul-Baki, of Isfahan. Bidil, Muh. Amin Khan, fol. 1836. Mirza Taki, Tabib. Mirza Husain B. Mirza Kazim Mustaufi. Mirza Husain, of Kuzahkunan. Hasrat, Muh. Taki, of Hamadan. Harif, Sayyid Abu '1-Hasan, of Jandak. Mulla Husain 'Ali, of Kazvin, fol. 184a. Mulla Hasan, of Nuhavand. Khavari, Sayyid Fazl-ullah, of Shiraz. Khurram, of Azarbaijan. Zarrah, 'Abd ul-Ghani, of Tafrish, fol. 1846. Ravi, Fazil Khan, fol. 1876. Riza., son of Mirza Razi Tabrizi, fol. 188a. Sarshar, Najaf Kuli Khan. Sahab, Haji Sayyid Muh., of Isfahan. Saghar, Shaikh Muh., of Shiraz, fol. 1886. Shilmah, Muh. Mahdi Khan, of Mazandaran. Sha'ik, Hadi Beg, of Luristan. Saba, Fath 'Ali Khan Malik ush-Shu'ara. Safi, Haji Mulla Ahmad, of Narak, fol. 2086. Sabur, Mirza Ahmad, brother of Fath 'Ali Khan. Tuti, Abu'l-Fath Khan B. Ibrahim Khalil Khan. TAZKIRAHS. 91 Ta'ir, Hasan Khan, nephew of Haji Ibrahim Khan. Tabib, Mirza Muh., of Burujird. 'Isa, Mirza Buzurg, Ka'im Makam, fol- 209a. 'Andalib, Muh. Husain Kban, son of Path 'Ali Khan, fol. 2096. 'Ali, Muh. Husain, Kalantar of Shiraz. 'Ajiz, Khalifah Muh., of Garmrud. Fikrat, Sayyid M'mat-ullah, fol. 211a. Fardi, Safar 'Ali Beg Zand. Kabil, Husain Kuli Khan. Kaugar, Mulla Riza, of Hamadan. Kaukab, Mirza Bakir, of Khorasan. Ma'il, Muh. 'Ali Mustaufi, fol. 2115. Maftun, 'Abd ur-Razzak Beg Dunbuli, fol. 2126. Mijmar, Sayyid Husain Muzahhib, of Ardi- stan, fol. 213a. Muznib, Shaikh Rahim, fol. 2156. Mansur, Muh. Riza, of Isfahan. JNTashat, Sayyid 'Abd ul-Vahhab, of Isfahan. Nasr-ullah, of Ardabil, fol. 220S. Nazar Ali, Hakim Bashi, of Kazvln. Nava, Darvish Husain, of Kashan, fol. 221a. Nasib, Aka Muhammad. Huma, Mirza Muh. Sadik. Valih, Aka Muh. Kazim, of Isfahan, fol. 2216. The Tazkirah i Muhammadshahi is the last of the sources enumerated in the preface of Majma' ul-Fusaha, p. 6. 125. Or. 3524.— Foil. 268 ; 11} in. by 8 ; 24 lines, 5£ in. long; written in fair Nestalik in four columns, about A.H. 1250 (A.D. 1835). [Sidney Chuechill.] An extensive Tazkirah of Persian poets, by Riza Kuli Khan, poetically surnamed Hidayat. Beg. (_/?,\i~> j \ Jf?±- j° ^JJ^Z, ^Ijyu This MS. contains an early recension of the work which was completed by the author A.H. 1284, and has been lithographed at Teheran, A.H. 1295. The preface differs from the printed text, and contains a dedi- cation to Muhammad Shah, whose accession is described as a recent event. It concludes with a table of the ancient poets included in the work, beginning with Abu 'Abdullah Faralavi and ending with Yusuf Ghaznavi. The work proper begins, fol. 7a, with the notice of the former, and breaks off in the middle of the extracts from Nizami Ganjavi, the contents corresponding with pp. 65 — 639 of the first volume of the Teheran edition. Foil. 191 — 212 are in a Shikastah character, which is, according to Mr. Churchill, the hand- writing of the author. On the first page is a note by Prince 'Abd ul-Husain Kajar, stating that in A.H. 1294 he received this volume as a gift from Cj^ia- d\j apparently the Shah his father. 126. Or. 3536.— Foil. 146 ; 14 in. by 84 ; 25 lines, 6 in. long; written in fair close Neskhi in the latter half of the 19th century. [Sidney Chukchill.] Notices of Sufi poets, with copious ex- tracts from their compositions, by Riza Kuli B. Muhammad Hadi, poetically surnamed Hidayat. It begins with a Ruba'i, the first line of which is J* j> 4 The prose N 2 02 BIOGRAPHY. begins as follows : 3 j'is? tJ^j^ 't'j^ U=^j The author remarks in the preface that previous writers on the lives of saints, such as 'Attar in his Tazkirat ul-Auliya, Jami in his Nafahat ul-Uns, and Nur-ullah Shushtari in his Majalisul-Mu'minin, had confined their selections to utterances in prose. This in- duced him to compile the present collection of the holy men's poetical effusions. The work is dedicated to the reigning sovereign Abu '1-Muzaffar Sultan Muhammad Shah. It was written, as appears from the concluding section, fol. 1406, A.H. 1260, when the author was forty-five years old. It is divided into one Hadikah, two Rau- zahs, a Firdaus, and a Khuld, as follows : Hadikah. An introduction treating in six chapters, termed Gulbun, of Sufism, of the mode of life adopted by Sufis, and of the conventional terms they use, fol. 46. Rauzah I. ^j>? g}-* ) V ^ Notices of theosophists and holy Shaikhs who composed verses, arranged in alphabeti- cal order, fol. 9a. The notices, a table of which is prefixed, are about 170 in number. They begin with Aba Yazid Bastanii, and end with Yusuf Batini Hindi. Rauzah II. , iUi ft jA. Notices of eminent poets and philosophers who were at times under mystical inspiration, fol. 62a (about 100 notices, alphabetically arranged, beginning with Abu 'Ali Sina, and ending with Yahya Lahiji). Firdaus. ^.eU-* } ^J>-Xi.^, JU Notices of modern and contemporary Sufi poets, also alphabetically arranged, about 70 in number, beginning with Agah Shirazi, and ending with Hamdam Shirazi, fol. 93a. Khuld, or conclusion, being a notice of the author's life, with ample extracts from his poetical works, fol. 1406. The author states that he was born in Teheran on the 15th of Muharram, A.H. 1215, and that his father, Muh. Hadi, who was treasurer to Aka Muhammad Shah Kajar, died in Shiraz, A.H. 1218. He gives a full list of his numerous works in prose and verse, including the three volumes added to Rauzat us-Safa and the Majma' ul-Fusaha (which was not completed until A.H. 1284; see the preface). At the end is a Masnavi by Mirza Ibrahim Kazaruni, takh. Nadiri, in praise of the present work. 127. Or. 4511.— Foil. 355 ; 12 in. by 7 ; 23 lines, 4j in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, A.H. 1259 (A.D. 1843). [Sidney Churchill.] A collection of poems in praise of Mu'- tamad ud-Daulah Minuchihr Khan, with notices of their authors, compiled by Mu- hammad 'Ali, poetically surnamed Bahar. Beg. u^jU jjjU j ^ft.:;* <_} tj>>\l»> ij-te The work was compiled, as stated in the introduction, by desire of Minuchihr Khan (see fol. 376). The author gives at the end a short account of his life, from which it appears that he was a son of the late Aka Abu Talib Muzahhib (or illuminator), of Isfahan, and that, having no taste for study, he took to his father's trade and to poetry. To the present work he prefixed a memoir of Minuchihr Khan, composed by " the late " TAZKIRAHS. 93 Aka ' Ali Eashti, who appears to have written it in the lifetime of Fath 'Ali Shah and of the Ka'ib us-Saltanah 'Abbas Mirza. That celebrated general was originally brought to Persia as one of the captives taken by Fath 'Ali Shah in his Georgian campaign, A.H. 1219. Having won the favour of the Shah, he was placed, as Ich-Akasi Bashi, in com- mand of the royal Harem, and subsequently sent, with one of the royal princes, to rule over Gilan. As a reward for distinguished services in the Russian war, A.H. 1240, lie received the title of Mu'tamad ud-Daulah, and was afterwards actively engaged in military operations in Fars, Kirmanshahan, Arabistan, and other parts. The memoir, which is written in a wordy and stilted style, is brought down by the compiler, fol. 366, to the 20th Rajab, A.H. 1259, when Minuchihr Khan, returning from Court, entered Isfahan, the seat of his government. The notices, which are mostly rhetorical exercises with a minimum of fact, are accom- panied by considerable poetical specimens. They relate to the following poets : Aka 'Ali Eashti, fol. 38a, Adib, Muh, 'Ali, of Teheran, fol. 39a. Adab, Muh. Taki, of Kirmanshahan, fol. 436. Ummid, 'Abbas, of Mazandaran, fol. 45a. Akhgar, 'Abd ur-Rashid Khan, fol. 476. Anjuman, Mirza Ishak, of Shiraz, fol. 49a. Afshan, Mirza 'Abdullah, of Furushan, fol. 51a. A'ma, fol. 53a. Bidil, Haji Muh., of Kirmanshahan, fol. 536. Bash', Aka Muh. Ibrahim, of Isfahan, fol. 55a. Bismil, Mirza 'Ali Akbar, fol. 57a. Bahjat, Aka Muh. Bakir, of Isfahan, fol. 576. Partav, 'Ali Riza, of Lanjan, fol. 586. Parvanah, Muh. Sadik, of Kum, fol. 606. Parvanah, Muh. Husain, of Lanjan, fol. 61a. Tishnah, Muh. Taki Khan, fol. 62a. Taraj, Aka Muh. Husain, of Isfahan, fol. 696. Taraj, of Shiraz, fol. 70a. Sakib, Muh. Husain, fol. 706. Chakar, Sayyid Muh. Hadi, of Kashan, fol. 73a. Chakar, Muh. Kasim Khan, of Mazandaran, fol. 74a. Chakar, Nasr-ullah, of Burujird, fol. 745. Hakim, Muh. Yusuf B. Muh. Husain Nuri, fol. 78a. Khurram, son of Pasha Kasim Khan, of Kajur, fol. 79a. Khavar, Mahmud Khan, of Azarbaijan, fol. 80a. Khavari, Muh. Bakir, of Herat, fol. 826. Khavari, Fazl-ullah, of Shiraz, fol. 876. Khadim, Sayyid Isma'il, of Kum. Darya, Lutf-ullah B. Mirza Katrah, fol. 886. Zauki, Fath-ullah, of Khorasan, fol. 896. Zabihi, Isma'il Mirza Afshar, fol. 99a. Riza'i, Muh. Riza, of Mazandaran, fol. 102a. Rif'at, Fath-ullah Mirza, son of Muh. 'Ali Mirza, fol. 104a, Rushan, Aka Muh. Sadik, fol. 108a. Raunak, Muh. Hashim, fol. 109a. Zargar, Aka Muh. Hasan, fol. 110a. Sima, 'Abd ul-Karim, of Talikhuni, fol. 1106. Saghar, Muh. Ibrahim, of Isfahan, fol. 117a. Shihab, Nasr-ullah, fol. 118a. Shahin, of Kashan, fol. 147a, Shihab, Aka Muh. Tahir, of Isfahan, fol. 148a. Shurish, fol. 157a. Sahib Divan, Mirza Muh. Taki, of 'Aliyiibad, fol. 1576. Saba, Malik ush-Shu'ara Fath 'Ali Khan, fol. 159a. Safa'i, Mulla Muh., of Isfahan, fol. 160a. Safa, 'Abd ul-Vasi' B. Muh. 'Ali Vafa, fol. 161a. 94 BIOGRAPHY. Ziya, Mulla Muh. Husain, of Isfahan, fol. 1626. Tatar, Muh. Tatar, of Hamadan, fol. 1686. 'Andalib, Muh. Husain Khan Malik ush- Shu'ara, fol. 1696. 'Anka, Muh. Rahhn, of Khorasan, fol. 1726. 'Ali, Haji 'Abd ul-Ghafur, of Isfahan, fol. 174a. Ghazal, Muh. Muhsin, of Kirman, fol. 175a. Gha'ib, Aka 'Abbas, of Burujird, fol. 1806. Ghaugha, 'Abdullah, of Mazandaran, fol. 1816. Pida, Muh. Sa'id, of Ardistan, fol. 184a. Furugh, Muh. Munajjim Bashi, fol. 190a. Fida, Muh. Husain, of Isfahan, fol. 202a. Fana, Mulla 'Ali Lur, of Lanjan, fol. 2036. Faizi, Mirza Ahmad, of Luristan, fol. 225a. Fili, fol. 226a. Ka'ani, Hablb B. Mirza Gulshan, fol. 2266. Katrah, 'Abd ul-Vahhab, of Isfahan, fol. 231a. Kaukab, Muh. Bakir, of Khorasan, fol. 242a. Muh. Kasim Khan, son of Saba, fol. 249a. Miskin, Muh. 'Ali, of Isfahan, fol. 2616. Manzar, 'Ali Asghar, fol. 276a. Mahjub, Aka Haidar 'Ali, of Shiraz, fol. 282a. Muti', of Mazandaran, fol. 2966. Mahjur, Husain Kuli Khan, fol. 3046. Mirza Muhammad Khan, brother of Muh. Yusuf Hakim, fol. 309a. Aka Sayyid Muh., of Lanjan, fol. 3106. Munshi, Muh. Hasan B. Muh. Nasir, fol. 314a. Mirza Muh. Khan, son of Malik ush-Shu'ara, fol. 317a. Majnun, of Teheran, fol. 319a. Mashrab, Muh. 'Ali, of Na'In, fol. 322a. Mazlum, Haji Muh. Hashim, fol. 3226. Mahram, Muh. 'Ali, of Shiraz, fol. 3236. Mirza Riza Kuli, of Hamadan, fol. 324a. Naghmah, Riza Kuli, of Mazandaran, fol. 325a. Nadim, 'Ali Akbar, brother of Ka'ani, fol. 3296. Natik, Muh. Hasan, of the family of Saba, fol. 3326. ' Nashati Khan, fol. 3356. Visal, Muh. ShafI', of Shiraz, fol. 336a. Vafa, Muh. 'Ali, of Ardistan, fol. 3366. Hilal, Sayyid Abu Talib, of Kashan, fol. 3376. Huma, of Shiraz, fol. 3396. Memoirs and poems of the author, foil. 3466 — 355. A tabulated index of the lives occupies two pages at the beginning, foil. 1-2. This MS. was apparently the copy pre- sented to Minuchihr Khan, whose portrait is found inside the original painted cover. 128. Or. 4512.— Foil. 357 ; 13} in. by 8 ; 23 lines, 4} in. long ; written in small and neat Nestalik ; dated Isfahan, the last day of Shavval, A.H. 1263 (A.D. 1847). [Sidney Churchill.] A later enlarged edition of tho same work. The historical introduction is brought down from A.H. 1259 to the death of Minuchihr Khan, which took place on the fifth of Rabi' I., A.H. 1263, foil. 31—35. It concludes with a Kasidah in the Khan's praise, ending with a chronogram for his death. There are nineteen additional notices re- lating to the following poets : Ashuftah, Haji Muh. Kazim of Shiraz, fol. 446. Asafi, Muh. Ja'far, son of Safi, fol. 546. Anjum, 'Ali Akbar Khan, fol. 556. Tazarv, Faraj-ullah of Azarbaijan, fol. 786. Hayat, Muh. Mahdi Ka'ini, fol. 876. Khadim, of Isfahan, fol. 1016. Rakhshan, Yusuf, son of Knyaz Melikof, fol. 117a. TAZKIRAHS. 95 Zari', Aka Rajab Ali of Isfahan, fol. 122&. Ska'ik, Mulla Hasan of Isfahan, fol. 1595. Tuba, Sayyid Hasan of Kashan, fol. 180a. Ghazati, fol. 1935. Kudrat, Sayyid Muh. 'Ali of Kashan, fol. 250a. Kami, Sulaiman, son of Knyaz Melikof, fol. 252a. Malik, Muh. Mahdi of Farahan, fol. 2595. Mazhar, Murtaza Kuli Mirza, fol. 2605. Maktum, Hakim, fol. 274a. Mirza Muh. Mahdi of Khui, fol. 2815. Hijran, Aka Fath Ali B. Muh. Karim Khan, fol. 344a. 129. Or. 2943.— Foil. 272 ; 9} in. by 5f ; 14 lines, 3 in. long ; written in cursive Nestalik ; dated 4 Rajab, A.H. 1266 (A.D. 1850). [Sidney Chuechill.] A Tazkirah of the poets of Sinandij, the chief town of Persian Kurdistan, 1 by Mirza Abdullah B. Muhammad Aka, poetically surnamed Raunak. Beg. jUj! j jVil j u^iil ^Uj ejus*. jU."^ Js>j\ The author says in his preface that he had from his childhood devoted himself to the study of poets, ancient and modern, and that, having perused three or four Tazkirahs, he was indignant at finding in them no record of the poets of Sinandij. From a desire to supply that deficiency, he spent ten years, from the twentieth to the thirtieth of his age, 1 The place commonly called Sinna, and described by Rich in his Narrative of a Residence in Kurdistan, pp. 199 and 208, where its proper name is said to be Sinendrij. during the governorship of the late Governor, Khusrau Khan, in collecting their select com- positions. But the work was not completed until A.H. 1265, after the accession of the latter's son, Aman-ullah Khan II., in whose honour he gave it the above title. Khusrau Khan, son and successor of Aman- ullah Khan I., 3 held the Vali-ship of Kurdi- stan, as we learn from the present work, from A.H. 1240 to his death, A.H. 1250. His son, Aman-ullah Khan II. was appointed to the same government by Muhammad Shah Kajar, A.H. 1262, at the age of three and twenty ; was deposed after a year's tenure, and re- instated by Nasir ud-Dln Shah, A.H. 1265. From the autobiography which concludes the present work we learn that the author was born in Sinandij, where his grandsire, coming from his native city, Hamadan, had settled, A.H. 1120 (read 1220); that his 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, by Aman-ullah Khan II. Compare Majma' ul-Fusahii, vol. ii., p. 150. The work is divided into the following sections : — Khiyaban. A short account of Sinandij, fol. 95. Gulban I. Life and poems of Aman-ullah Khan II., with the poetical surname Vali, fol. 11a. Gulban II. Notices of poets, thirty-nine in number, in alphabetical order, fol. 295. Juibar. Notices of two female poets, fol. 221a. Guldastah, or Khatimah. Life and poems of the author, fol. 2395. 3 Aman-ullah. Khan I. was forty-seven years of age when Rich visited Sinna in 1820 (A.H. 1235). See ib., p. 211. 96 BIOGRAPHY. The present copy was written by Nasr- ullah B. Aka Ibrahim Sinandiji for his pater- nal uncle Mirza. 'Abdullah Munshi Bashi (the author) one year after the date of compo- sition. Memoirs and Travels. 130. Or. 3203.— Foil. 79; 8J in. by 6; from 13 to 18 lines, 4f in. long ; written in cursive Nestalik, early in the 19th century. [Keemee, no. 57.] ksr- J Life and teachings of the Indian saint Mulla Shah, by his disciple Tavakkul Beg Kulali. Beg. Ui'jl \j ^> \j J$ Oli W T (3 j <^>>\*±> ■ ■ • ■ The author says in the preface that he had become in his sixteenth year a disciple of Mulla Shah in Kashmir, and had for forty years, with some interruptions, availed him- self of his teaching. He adds that he had recorded in the present memoir only what he had himself witnessed or heard from his master's lips. The date of composition, A.H. 1077, is expressed by the above title ; but, by some accidental slip in the text, Shah- jahan appears in the preface (instead of 'Alamgir) as the reigning sovereign. Mulla Shah was born, as stated at the end, A.H. 992, and died in Lahore on the eve of the 15th of Safar, A.H. 1072. See also the Persian Catalogue, p. 6906. An abstract of the present work was pub- lished by A. von Kremer in the Journal Asiatique, 1869, i., pp. 105 — 159. The MS. belonged originally to Capt. Wm. Deuce, whose name is written in the Persian 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. 131. Or. 4733.— Foil. 357 ; 8£ in. by 5| ; 15 lines, 3i in. long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated a".H. 1281 (A.D. 1864). [Sidney Chuechill.] Mir'at ul-Ahval, or Memoirs of Ahmad B. Muhammad 'Ali B. Muhammad Bakir al- Bahbahani. This copy agrees with a former MS., Add. 24,052, the contents of which have been fully described in the Persian Cata- logue, pp. 385-6. Its various sections begin respectively as follows : Summary of the whole work, by the author, fol. 26. Preface, fol. 17a. Matlab I., fol. 19a. Matlab II., fol. 266. Matlab III., fol. 36a. Matlab IV., fol. 48a. Matlab V., Maksad 1, fol. 696 ; Maksad 2, fol. 96a; Maksad 3, fol. 234a. Khatimah, fol. 327a. The author's colophon, transcribed at the end, is dated 'Azimabad (Patna) in the third month of the fifth year of the third decade of the third century of the second thousand of the Hijrah, i.e. Rabi' I., A.H. 1225. Foil. 69 — 79 contain in the margins ad- ditional notices by Muh. Sadik B. al-Sayyid Muh. Mahdi B. Amir Sayyid 'Ali, written in small Neskhi in the reign of Nasir ud-Din Shah. MEMOIRS AND TRAVELS. 07 132. Or. 3523.- Foil. 220 ; llf in. by 7f ; 21 lines, 4 in. long; written in fair Neskhi leaning to Nestalik, in the 19th century. [Sidney Churchill.] i^L-'ij Jj^Y) toy? Memoirs of 'Abd ur-Razzak B. Najaf Kuli Dunbuli, with notices of his contemporaries. Beg. I/ yUU, \iya J gyp SJJjji ^ The author, three of whose works, Ma'asir Sultaniyyah, a translation of Krusinski, and a Tazkirah, have been already mentioned (nos. 68, 63, 123), was born, as he states here, fol. 316, in Khui, A.H. 1176, and was 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 and afterwards to Isfahan. The present work was written, as stated fol. 215*, A.H. 1228, and in another passage, fol. 1316, the author says that he was then fifty and some years old. The style is ex- tremely diffuse and artificial, being half Persian and half Arabic, and largely made up of poetical pieces. Contents : Preface, including a panegyric on Path 'Ali Shah, fol. 36. Account of the author's clan, the Dunbulis, and of its eminent men, especially of the author's father, who served with distinction under Nadir and under Muhammad Hasan Khan Kajar, and was confirmed by Karim Khan in the go- vernorship of Tabriz, fol. 15a. Birth of the author, and his early life, fol. 316. His arrival at Shiraz ; notices of eminent 'Ulama in Shiraz and Isfahan, fol. 416. Notices of the following contemporary poets, with ex- tensive extracts : Mushtak Isfahani, fol. 69a ; 'Ashik, Aka Muh. Isfahani, fol. 76a ; Azur Begdili Sh amlu (Lutf e Ali Beg), fol. 83a ; 'Uzri Begclili Shamlu (Ishak Beg), fol. 966 ; Hatif (Sayyid Ahmad Isfahani), fol. 976; Sabahi (Haji SulaimSn), fol. Ilia; Sahba (Aka Muh. Taki), fol. 1256 ; with shorter notices of Tabib, fol. 126a; AsTri, Hajat, Rafik, Siifi, Tufan, fol. 128 ; Ghalib, Firibi, Darvish 'Abd ul-Majid, Nashat, fol. 129 ; Nasib, Niyazi, Hijri. Continuation of the author's life, fol. 130a. Extract from Mahdi Khan 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. 1516. Shiraz under Karim Khan, fol. 1546. Continuation of the author's life, fol. 160a. His conversation with friends in a garden at Shiraz, and conclusion of the memoirs, foil. 163a— 2196. 133. Or. 2769.— Foil. 200; lOf in. by 6f ; 11 lines, 4} in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, partly in tabulated form ; dated 11 Rabi' II., A.H. 1249 (A.D. 1833]. [Presented by Wm Weight.] Itinerary of Sayyid 'Izzat-ullah through Tibet and Turkistan, A.H. 1227-8. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 982. Beg. 13 uSiSl j\ JjLU Jjuaij j jjli! 134. Or. 4908.— Foil. 10; 9 in. by 7 ; 12 lines, 4^ in. long; written in fair Nestalik about A.D. 1860. [Sm Henry Rawlinso.w] A personal statement addressed by the Raja of Rewari to the Indian Government, with the object of proving his loyal attitude during the Mutiny, in the hope of being restored to his former position. 98 COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY. Beg. & XUj*i» ji Jijji ( W fW* jJ 5Jy n^ax! COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY. 135. Or. 4383.— Poll. 183 ; 13J in. by 8 ; 25 lines, 5 in. long; written on blue-tinted paper in cursive Nestalik, with gold-ruled margins and miniatures ; dated 17 Shavval, A.H. iro, apparently for 1205 (A.D. 1791). Bound in painted covers. [Wallis Budge.] " The Wonders of Creation ; " translated from the Arabic of Zakariyya, B. Muhammad al-Kazvini. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 462. Beg. o-y^ J^J A>^ J "J**" a ^ After an Arabic doxology, different from that of the original work, the author's name is given at the bottom of the first page as follows : J>. 3 j&\ ^ to* ^>Jj as^r *"? w jikb &L»y_, hLobj s^y. After this there is an extensive lacuna involving the loss of the preliminary chapters. The next three pages contain the Arabic table of chapters (p. 13, line 21— p. 15 of Wiistenfeld's edition). The text begins, fol. 3a, as follows : Hj.a» J Jj^ J\*tf Jfi>J IftSS^j I^UVj J The translation, which keeps close to the text, differs from that which has been litho- graphed at Teheran, A.H. 1264. It breaks off about three pages before the real end of 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. For other Persian translations see Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 345, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 397. 136. Or. 4903.— Foil. 78 ; 11J in. by 8 ; 21 lines, 5£ in. long; written in small and cursive Nestalik ; dated A.H. 1250 (A.D. 1834-35). [Sir Henry Rawlinson.] Nuzhat ul-Kulub, a oosmographical work by Hamd-ullah Mustaufi ; the latter half of the work, from the beginning of Kism II., which treats of the geography of Iran, to the author's epilogue. The contents correspond with foil. 142 — 241 of the complete copy, Add. 16,736, described in the Persian Catalogue, p. 418. For other copies see Pertsch, Berlin Cata- logue, nos. 347 — 52, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 406—412. 137. Or. 4904.— Foil. 84; 11 in. by 7|; 19 lines, 5J in. long ; written in distinct Nestalik ; dated the last day of Rabi' II., A.H. 1256 (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 a MS. of Major Rawlinson. August 7, 1840." COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY. 9!) 138. Or. 4902.— Foil. 392 ; lliin.by7i; 23 lines, 4J in. long ; written in distinct ISTestalik, with 'Unvan and red-ruled margins, ap- parently in the 17th century. [Sie Hbnet Rawmnson.] "The Seven Climes;" a geographical work by Amin Ahmad Razi, chiefly valuable on account of the copious biographical notices which it includes. See the Persian Cata- logue, p. 3356. This copy wants about twelve lines at the end. For other copies see Bthe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 416 — 20. 139. Or. 461 7.— Foil. 329; 15|in.byl0; 26 lines, 6^ in. long ; written in clear large Neskhi, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, before A.H. 1246 (A.D. 1830). [Sidney Churchill.] A geographical work with copious his- torical and biographical notices, by Ibn Iskandar Zain ul-'Abidin Shirviini Ni'mat- ullahi. Beg. r£> w tJ$ j (j»Uui j jJ- The author was a great traveller. All the countries here described, from Morocco to Bengal and from Rumili to Yemen, he had personally visited, and his biographical notices relate mostly to contemporary per- sons, men in power or religious characters, with whom he had met and conversed. He often indulges in more or less extensive digressions on extraneous subjects, such as the doctrines and observances of Sufis, the I secret virtues of letters and of the names of God, the interpretation of dreams (foil. 59 — 82), traditions relating to the prophets of old, and Shi'ah polemics. The work is men- tioned as one of the sources of Majma' ul- Fusaha (Preface, p. 6). A notice of Jalal ud-Din Rumi, prefixed to the Bombay edition of the Masnavi, A.H. 1300, is ascribed to the author. The present volume is the second and last of the work. The first volume, which treats of Persia, had been finished, as the author states here, in Kumshah (district of Isfahan), A.H. 1237. The continuation had been delayed by a period of troubles and by untoward circumstances until the month of 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 was completed, as stated at the end, on Monday, the 27th of Zulhijjah, of the same year, and A.H. 1242 is frequently mentioned in the body of the work as the date of composition. The present volume contains seven sections called Rauzah, and numbered from two to eight, as follows : Rauzah II., comprising a " Siyahat " and four " Bustans," as follows : Siyahat ; a general description of TQran, or Mavara- annahr, fol. 3a. Bustan 1. Principal towns of Turan (including Badakhshan) with his- torical accounts, and notices of poets and saints, fol. 36. Bustan 2. Turkistan, with an account of the Turkish race, fol. 12b. Bustan 3. Kabul and dependencies, fol. 15a. Bustan 4. Kashmir, fol. 27a. Rauzah III., comprising a " Sair " and four " Gulistans," viz., Sair; general account 1 A son of Fath 'AH Shah, born A.H. 1211, and ap- pointed A.H. 1234 to the government of Gilan. See Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. 11, where the prince is spoken of as still living. o 2 100 COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY. of Turkey (Rum), fol. 44a. Gulistan 1. Towns of Anatoli, fol. 446. Gulistan 2. Lesser Armenia, fol. 106a. Gulistan 3. Di- yarbekr, fol. 1116. Gulistan 4. Rumili, fol. 1146. Rauzah IV., "Tafarruj;" general account of Syria, fol. 1216. Firdaus 1. Jund i Urdunn, fol. 1236. Firdaus 2. Jund i Di- mashk, fol. 128a. Firdaus 3. Jund i Filistin, fol. 153a. Firdaus 4. Jund i Kinnisrin, fol. 195a. Rauzah V., " Nazar ; " general account of Arabia, fol. 2146. Jinan 1. Hijaz, including an account of Muhammad and the Com- 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 the Imams and first Khalifs, fol. 2326. Rauzah VI., " Kisht " ; historical account of Egypt, fol. 245a. Gulshan 1. Cairo and Lower Egypt, including a history of Moses and the Jews, of the Fatimides and Ayyub- ides, fol. 249a. Gulshan 2. Sa'id, or Upper Egypt, fol. 2666. Gulshan 3. Maghrib, chiefly Morocco, fol. 2686. Gulshan 4. Islands of the Mediterranean, fol. 290a. Rauzah VII., " Gardish ; " general account of India, fol. 2706. Jannat 1. Bengal, fol. 2736. Jannat 2. Deccan, fol. 2786. Jannat 3. Sind and Gujrat, fol. 2825. Jannat 4. Hindustan, including an account of the Hindu creed and of the kings of Delhi, fol. 2866. Rauzah VIII., " Gulzar" 1. Countries not visited by the author, but respecting which he had obtained some information, viz., Russia, Bosnia, China, Habash, Khita, Crimea, Namsah (Austria), Venice, Nepal, and America, fol. 315a. Gulzar 2. Seas, lakes, and rivers, fol. 3196. Gulzar 3. Islands of India, including a history of Adam and his descendants, fol. 3216. Gulzar 4. Springs and wells, fol. 327a. Bahar ; epilogue in praise of Muh. Riza Mirza. On the first page of the volume is a note stating that it was deposited in the library of Muh. Riza Mirza, A.H. 1248. On a fly- leaf at the end are entered birth-dates of some of the Prince's sons. 140. Or. 3677.— Foil. 347; 12 in. by 7i ; 23 lines, 5J- in. long ; written in small and elegant Nestalik, with a neat 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, apparently A.H. 1248 (A.D. 1832). [Sidney Churchill.] A work on geography, alphabetically ar- ranged, with copious historical and biogra- phical notices, by the same author. Beg. (joUiU? *U3 j t^^*" ) ^ ■ ■ ■ jj^ W *1 ^ • ' • l fi ■> "****^ lib jt~ (^.'WWI The author seems to have been a man of liberal views, vast experience, and large sympathies. He shows a predilection for strange religions and heretical sects, of whose tenets he gives a fair presentment, as, for instance, in his notices on the Iblisis, fol. 19a; Yazidis, fol. 51 ; Nanakshahis (or Sikhs), fol. 536 ; on the followers of Zar- dusht, fol. 72a ; on the Christian sects, fol. 1436, &c. He was himself a Sufi of the Ni'mat-ullahi order, in which he was initiated by Muh. Ja'far Karaguzli, known as Majzub 'Ali Shah, and he gives, foil. 151—59, a full account of the Sufi system and of the various branches of the sect. His biographical notices relate mostly to great saints and I gnostics ('Urafa). COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY. 101 From a rather diffuse preface we gather that the author was transferred in early childhood from his native land to the holy places (Kerbela), where he studied for twelve years under his father and others. At the age of seventeen he started on his travels, visiting the learned, and associating with high and low in every land. At the time of writing he had reached his fifty-fourth year, and he says that the chronogram, L_-y^< = 1248, indicates the year of both the com- mencement and the completion of the present work. At the end, however, it is stated that it was finished in Shiraz on Thursday, the 27th of Shavval, A.H. 1247. The work is divided into an introduction called "Sair," twenty-eight " Gulshans," corresponding with the letters of the Arabic alphabet, and a conclusion called " Bahar." Contents : " Sair ; " introductory remarks bearing chiefly on the ignorance, the spirit of intolerance, and the narrovr-mindedness pre- vailing among Muhammadan writers, fol. 4a. The twenty-eight Gulshans form a geogra- phical dictionary, occupying the main part of the volume, foil. 5 — 322. The leading words are mostly names of countries or towns, sometimes names of races or sects, as Tatar, Tajik, fol. 875; Rus, fol. 1296; Yunan, Yusufzai, fol. 321 ; Shii'ah, fol. 143 ; and even, in a few instances, words expressing abstract notions, as ^L.^ JJUis, fol. 181a,, ^^j, fol. 3035. In the case of names of places, the author is always careful to distinguish those he had visited from those which he only knew from hearsay. Gulshan I. begins, fol. 5a, with ^/i, a description of the seven climes. Then come the follow- ing articles: Azarbaijan, fol. 156; Alamiit (with an account of the Isma'ilis), fol. 16a; Albustan, fol. 19a ; Achi (Achin), fol. 21a, &c. In the absence of conspicuous headings, the following list will not be superfluous. It gives the folio at which each of the remaining Gulshans begin and the first article in each. II. i__> Bab ul-Abvab, or Darband, fol. 596. <-_> Panipat, fol. 85a. III. Tashkand, fol. 875. IV. Thai], fol. 93?). V. ^ Ja- balsa and Jabalka, fol. 94a; ^Chach, fol. 1006. VI. c Haji Tarkhan (Astrachan), fol. 1026. VII. • Khandes, fol. 109a. VIII. J Darab- jird, fol. 115a. IX. i Zahab, fol. 1256. X. j Raz, fol. 126a. XI. j Zfibul, fol. 130a,. XII. (j* Samirah, fol. 132a. XIII. <_£ Sham, fol. 1395. XIV. ^ Salih-abad, fol. 148a. XV. Zila', fol. 100a. XVI. k Ta'if, fol. 160a. XVII. k Zafir.fol. 162a, XVIII. t 'Anah, fol. 1626. XIX. j_ Ghazipfir, fol. 1736. XX. ,_j Fas, fol. 176a. XXI. J Kahirah, fol. 190a. XXII. ^ Kabul, fol. 2175; £j Gagri, fol. 228a. XXIII. J Lar, fol. 249a. XXIV. r Mahan, fol. 259a ; (under Medina is found an account of Mu- hammad, the Imams, and the early Khalifs, foil. 264—275). XXV. u Nabulus, fol. 2876. XXVI. j Vasit, fol. 3026. XXVII. * Hfishi- mah, fol. 308a. XXVIII. ^ Yafa, fol. 3166. " Bahar," the concluding section, is di- vided into four Gulzars, viz., I. Interpreta- tion of dreams, fol. 323a. II. Stages tra- versed by the author on his journeys and their distances, fol. 337a. This section concludes with an ^Ulcl or apology. The author excuses any deficiency in the work on the following ground : while passing through Kumshah on his way from Shiraz to Kerbela, A.H. 1241, he had been shame- fully robbed of all his belongings, including his travelling notes, by Muh. Kasim Khan Kajar, governor of that place. III. Mis- cellaneous traditions and narratives, fol. 3405. IV. The author's epilogue in praise of the work, fol. .3466. For other MSS. see Melanges Asiatiques, vol. i., p. 556, and vol. vi., p. 403. 102 SCIENCES AND ARTS. 141. Or. 3666.— Foil. 443 ; 13f in. by 8^ ; 17 lines, 6^ in. long ; written in Neskhi on blue-tinted paper ; dated 5 Ramazan, A.H. 1273 (A.D. 1857). [Sidney Chukchill.] An earlier and shorter edition of the pre- ceding geographical dictionary. Beg. u»V 0°% j U5 j W The work is stated at the end to have been completed in Shiraz on Saturday the 18th of Zulhijjah, A.H. 1242, that is to say in the same year as the second volume of the Riyaz us-Siyahat (no. 139) by the same author, and the preface contains the same dedication as the latter work, although the name of the prince has been left out in the present MS. This first edition is considerably shorter than the later one, and the arrangement is dif- ferent. The alphabetical order of entries under the same letter which obtains in the latter is not observed in the present one. The work is divided into a Bustan, twenty- eight Hadikahs, and a Gulistan. The Bustan, fol. 46, is identical with the Sair of the pre- ceding MS., and the Hadikahs correspond with its Gulshans. The first eight begin as follows : I. \ ^ fol. 6a. II. <_> >S seas, fol. 876. III. ^ Tiling, fol. 126a. IV. ^ Thalj, fol. 1346. V. ^ Jabalsa, fol. 135a. VI. r Habash, fol. 148a. VII. £ Khita, fol. 1566. VIII. a Dimasbk. The last two are XXVII. s Venice, fol. 4266. XXVIII. ij Yunan, fol. 4346. At the end are found the same JiiS»\, or apology, as in the pre- ceding MS., fol. 442a, and the Gulistan, a short epilogue, fol. 4426. SCIENCES AND ARTS. Encyclopaedias. 142. Or. 2972.— Foil. 188 ; 9^ in. by 6 ; 17 lines, 3| in. long ; written in clear Neskhi, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins ; dated Shav- val, A.H. 977 (A.D. 1570). [Sidney Chukchill.] An encyclopaedia of Muslim sciences, by Fakhr ud-Din Muhammad B. 'Umar ar-Razi, who died A.H. 606. Beg. iSi.J^> 'j/' j *&>.j*ik ttliil The author says in his preface that, at- tracted by the renown of 'Ala ud-Dunya wa'd Din Abu '1-Muzaffar Tukush B. Khwa- razmshah, he proceeded to that prince's residence. After spending three years in Khwiirazm, he obtained access to His Ma- jesty's presence, and wrote for him the present work, treating of various sciences. It was so planned as to comprise nine pro- positions out of each science, three of which are easy, three difficult, and three examina- tory, i.e. designed to test the reader's pro- ficiency. In other copies the title of the work is »jU!l £*\yr- I Q a ^ev edition described by Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1481, and comprising sixty sciences, A.H. 574 is given as the date of composition. The present recension comprised only fifty-seven sciences (one of which is lost in the MS.), namely: fol. 4a; Jys\ fol. 86; JaU fol. 10a; OUilil fol. 146; i^iU fol. 19a ; fol. 24a ; b.U^ fol. 27a ; JuiS! fol. 30a ; jWhN J&J fol. 336 ; ENCYCLOPAEDIAS. 103 Jlc fol. 386 • dOjjU^I A# fol. 41a ; JUjll fol. 47a ; gjyll fol. 496 ; ^U^l fol. 626; yi" fol. 646 ; fol. 67a; fol. 706; JUU^l fol. 71a; fol. 746; jljaK fol. 80a; jj&Mj j»i31 fol. 83« ; j*SJl O^L. fol. 85a; jU^ fol. 88a; OU«jukil fol. 92a; fol. 956; fol. 1006; fol. 102a; gjiSl fol. 114a; Sio^aJl fol. 1176; t^ljil fol. 1206; fol. 1216; jfc\jU fol. 1246; ol— UJ1 fol. 1276; fo-lifl fol. 132a; fol. 133a ; fol. 134a; sl^S! J* fol. 1366; *-,^\ fol. 1386 (Jb-L4\, mentioned in the table, is here missing, owing to the loss of some leaves) ; Jliu^lja- fol. 141a; l_>1_» fol. 1436; J\j£\ fol. 146a; jSjJ\ ^1* fol. 147a ; Su^Uy ^ fol. 1496 ; Jk~JA fol. 1514 ; fol. 155a ; r &»D1 fol. 1586 ; fol. 161a ; JSyi\ fol. 1636 ; oLjW! fol. 1686 ; J»\ fol. 171a; j5k»5H fol. 173a; ^UUJl fol. 1756 ; Jjill ^ fol. 178a; ^ fol. 1806 ; olj&oJl ^ fol. 183a; V W fol. 185a. For other copies see the Leyden Catalogue, vol. i., no. 16 ; Ethe, I.e.; and Pertseh, Berlin Catalogue, no. 92, where the work is men- tioned under the same title as in the next MS., viz. ^5)1 j5l&» jjlji^l j5W 143. Or. 3308.— Foil. 132 ; 7 in. by 4f ; from 18 to 23 lines, about 3^ in. long ; written in small and cursive Nestalik ; dated Tuesday, 20 Ramazan, A.H. 893 (A.D. 1488). [Sidney Churchill.] Another enlarged edition of the same work. With the exception of the new title, the preface is identical with that of the preceding MS. In the body of the work there is also complete agreement, with the exception of the following three additional chapters : 1. C2)T ^s- fol. 105a, coming after J* JShM ; 2. abUUI j& As., fol. 108a ; and 3. l JA*\3p\ A», fol. 1096, both placed after us>W^ L r J '— ^- There are also a few variations in the headings. The chapter headed JUil (fol. 666) is identical with the ,Jp of the preceding MS. ; the chapter here called g},±> ^» (fol. 67a) corresponds with the j.*z.\\ u^Ki* of the latter ; and instead of iiiUy jfr, we have, fol. 112 on account of the sixty sciences with which it deals, while he calls his own as including ninety sciences. It must be con- fessed, however, that the arrangement is un- methodical. Many sections are jumbles of heterogeneous subjects. There is ample evidence of the author's having held extreme Shi'ah views. The work is divided into a Fatihah, twelve Rauzahs, and a Khatimah. The Fatihah comprises three Hadikahs, viz. : 1. Criticism on the work of Razi, enumeration of the sciences with which it deals, and a full table of contents of the present work, fol. 206. 2. Showing that Amir ul-Muminin ('Ali) was the originator of sciences, fol. 22a. Commentary on a Khut- bah of 'Ali called Khutbah i Shikshikiyyah, fol. 26ft. Rauzah I., in sixteen Makiils, treating of the Prophet's traditional saying about seventy-three Muslim sects, showing that the one saving sect is the Imamiyyah, and containing an exposition and refutation of other sects and religions, fol. 396. Rauzah II., in three Maksads. A summary of history from Adam to the time of compo- sition, fol. 1086. Eauzah III., in fourteen Bayans, fol. 146a, the subjects of which are stated as follows : jj* j . ... yU? j r y * j J*"** 5 r ls ■> 0 Rauzak IV., in twelve Eukns, fol. 174a, dealing with the following matters : The Muslim creed; the ninety-nine names of God and their virtues; properties of the Surahs and verses of the Coran and of the letters of the alphabet; alchemy pronunciation and various readings of the Coran ; writing and orthography ; strange characters; writing implements and coloured inks ; the art of removing stains ; proverbs and Insha. Eauzah V., in three Asls, treating of ethics and politics, of medicine, and of the interpre- tation of dreams, fol. 197a. Eauzah VI., in eight Shajarahs, treating of astronomy, astrology, prophecies, and divination, fol. 236a. 3 jJp w Uj / jJU, j Jy> j)U» j 3U*. ifjA fWj oW,Hj s'Jj. oJVw, 0/» OilUs *^ i_*-.UU W 1 *?- tilt' Jj 1 ^ JV*J l^J*^ 3 uteft (j* j j-j w 1 ^ j ^ J ^ Eauzah VII., in twelve La'ihahs, treating of the properties of precious stones, agri- culture, and various practical arts, fol. 2726. cjAj> j s^>y 3 utfi 3 c l 4- 3 o-y* Eauzah VIII., in eight Dauhahs, treating of riddles, music, prosody, &c. j«! ^ c^jjls? j s-*- 5 ^ 3 U°3S*3 J 3 ETHICS AND POLITICS. 105 Rauzah IX., in ten Thamarahs, treating of meteorology, charms and incantations, al- chemy, magic, implements of war, &c, fol. 311a. fjj'i- j _y>f |J* j yr isjUj.^ ^VjJjJ Rauzah X., in eight Manzars, treating of geometry, arithmetic, optics, and terrestrial astronomy, fol. 338a. s-i^a ^b^j Rauzah XI., in three Asls, treating of ab- struse questions of physics and metaphysics, fol. 359a. DLi* c_-=»lf« } JA- < ^Uj Rauzah XII., in three Hikmats, treating of the existence of God and his attributes, fol. 371a. Sjji~* jS- siiVo u^>5/H 1 "f'j oU51 Khatimah, divided into a Mukaddimah, a a Kalb, and three Makamahs, treating of the technical terms and the system of the Sufis, foil. 385a— 406i. At the end is a notice of the death of Skahzadah 'Abd ul-'Azim, son of Shah Sulai- man, in Teheran, A.H. 1084. Ethics and Politics. 145. Or. 3252.— Foil. 146 ; 8± in. by 5J ; 15 lines, 2f in. long ; written in elegant Xestalik, with neat 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins ; dated Rabi' II., A.H. 861 (A.D. 1457). [Sidney Churchill.] 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 ,> 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, according to its precepts. The above date, found in all known copies, shows that the statement of Habib us-Siyar, vol. ii., 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 has been edited by Riza Kuli Khan, in one volume with the Tuzuk i Timuri, Teheran, A.H. 1285. A French translation by A. Querry, based on an edition dated A.H. 1275, was published in Paris, 1886. For other MSS. see the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 207, and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 266. For Turkish translations see the Turkish Catalogue of the Museum, p. 116. 146. Or. 3632.— Foil. 269 ; 9| in. by 6 ; 21 lines, 4 in. long; written in small and archaic Neskhi, with gold-ruled margins ; dated 3 Zulka'dah, A.H. 835 (A.D. 1432). [John Lee.] A translation of an Arabic treatise on ethics, entitled &*>jty\ pK* tajjjJl, by p 106 SCIENCES AND ARTS. Abu 'l-Kasim ar-Raghib al-Isfalmni. See I Haj. KhaL, vol. iii., p. 334, and Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, no. 1839. The author, -whose full name is Abu '1- Kiisim al-Husain B. Muh. B. al-Mufaddal al- IsfahSni, is chiefly known by another work entitled Vja^ and is stated to have died about A.H. 500. See the Arabic Cata- logue, p. 333 ; the Vienna Catalogue, no. 369 ; Ahlwardt, Verzeichniss, no. 1116 ; and the Berlin Catalogue, vol. v., p. C. The present work was, according to Haj. KhaL, held in great esteem by al-Ghazzali. The Persian translation is designated in the colophon by this title : j n ^ **>£y\ jy* wo^iM fjK* **>.j&\- In his conclusion the translator, who does not give his name, says that he had written it by command of the reigning sovereign, whose name does not occur in this copy, and that he had been previously encouraged to undertake that work by his late father, the great doctor of the age, Shams ud-Din Hasan Zafir, fol. 2676, p JJ wit _/Ub UJ ^. yijJl U-*l> SjM jlj*} From another copy described by Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1450, we learn that the translation was written under Shah Shuja' Muzaffari (A.H. 760—786). The MS. is defective at the beginning, and a spurious exordium has been prefixed, fol. 3. The first folio of the original MS., fol. 4, contains a eulogy on Muhammad and the Khalifs, and ends with a mention of Chingiz Khan and the heathen Tartar dynasty, which is referred to as a thing of the past. The initial words of the original text are : yjo jA* The next-following folios, 5—8, contain the last four lines of the preface and a full table of contents, occupying eight pages. The work is divided into seven sections (Fusul), in full agreement with the headings given by Haj. KhaL, namely : I. Treating of man, his faculties, his pre- eminence and moral dispositions, in thirty-five Babs, fol. 86: oU-ii j "$ 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 MSS., the second preface. For other copies see Pertsch, Berlin Cata- logue, no. 268, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1435. Colophon : ,J-j^ ijye^ J^-' i— i-i lfd\& jU ^ {uiifc, j 3j atjjjU} C*& 3 atjjjjj 148. Or. 2863.— Foil. 187 ; 8J in. by 5| ; 15 lines, 3i in. long; written in fair Neskhi, apparently in the 15th century. [Sidney Churchill.] Another copy of the preceding work, wanting the last page. 149. Or. 4109.— Foil. 156; 10 in. by 6J ; 21 lines, 4 in. long ; written in small and elegant Nestalik, with gold-ruled margins, A.H. 947 (A.D. 1540.] [Sidney Churchill.] A work on ethics, by Husain B. Hasan. The MS. is imperfect at the beginning. The first page contains the last eleven lines of the doxology, followed by this passage : The author, who designates himself by his proper name and patronymic as above, is better known as Kama! ud-Din Husain Khwarazmi. A later work of his, L gaS'i\ AiaS\\, was dedicated to Ibrahim Sultan, son and successor of Amir Shah Malik, viceroy of Khwarazm (see the Persian Catalogue, 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 eighth of Rabi' I., A.H. 829, two days before that prince's death, the author was sent for by the princess, and wrote in the Amir's name two letters to the reigning sovereign, Shahrukh, and to his son, prince Ulugh Beg. He subsequently took down in writing the dying injunctions and admonitions addressed by the Amir to his son Ibrahim Sultan and to his own wife, who was then forty-four years of age. After the Amir's death, and in com- pliance with the prince's desire, he expanded those precepts into the present work. It is divided into two books, *)Uu, con- taining jointly twenty Babs. Makalah I., 108 SCIENCES AND ARTS. with this heading : ^!\ JUM j d 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- ciate with the virtuous, fol. 466. 4. Justice, fol. 546. 5. Piety, fol. 63a. 6. Account kept of men's actions, fol. 666. 7. Humility, fol. 706. 8. Meekness and forgiveness, fol. 75a. 9. High-mindedness, fol. 796. 10. Placing God's law above human lust, fol. 85a. 11. Vigilance, fol. 91a. Makidah II., ^^U- Oji> O^Ji- t^jo) ^Ijjl^ f.y») OJ.lff, j , comprises nine Babs, on the following subjects : 1. Faithfulness and loyalty, fol. 104a. 2. Obedience to kings, fol. 110a. 3. Gratitude and fair service, fol. 1146. 4. Deference to parents, fol. 1226. 5. Discrimination of men's worth, fol. 128a. 6. Resignation to fate, fol. 134a. 7. Ad- vantage of religious guidance, fol. 141a. 8. Trust in God, fol. 1466. 9. Khatimah, fol. 152a. The moral precepts are copiously illus- trated by Arabic texts, verses and anecdotes. In the conclusion, fol. 1546, the author refers to a previous work of his, entitled jAalljy.S' 150. Or. 2996.— Foil. 67 ; 7£ in. by 4J ; 13 lines, 2-f in. long; written in elegant Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, A.H. 956 (A.D. 1549). [Sidney Churchill.] A treatise on ethics by Ghiyas, commonly known as Mansur. Beg. iwIj y> Jjl j ^ J}-°^ Jib-" Mir Ghiyas ud-Din Mansur, son of Mir Sadr ud-Din Muhammad Shirazi, died A.H. 948. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 826a, and the obituary notice in Ahsan ut-Tavarikh, Or. 4134, fol. 1166, where the present work is noticed. This work was, as stated at the beginning, the first treatise of the third part (a^-j) of the Jam i Jahan-numa, a philosophical en- cyclopasdia, which apparently was not com- pleted, and is not mentioned in the notices of the author among his works. Haj. Khal., who gives the title, vol. ii., p. 499, does not appear to have seen the work. The present treatise is divided into two Majallahs, subdivided into a number of Taj- liyahs, the headings of which are given by Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, no. 1860. 151. 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). [Sidney Churchill.] A treatise on ethics, by Muzaffar al-Husaini at-Tabib al-Kashani, poetically surnamed Shifa'i, who died A.H. 963. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 474a. Beg. & ^ ^J*\x\Zs Ja£ i^yj W— i j-> ETHICS AND POLITICS. 109 j C-claj SS'&frj \> J&t; uol£^ Jli&t The author wrote this work by desire of an eminent religious teacher, fjj> ;j J1r >., whom he does not name, and dedicated it to Shah Tahmasp. It is divided into two Ma- kalahs, treating respectively of virtues and of vices. The first, fol. 66, contains the fol- lowing twenty-one Babs : 1. C^is; 2. C^s\^; 3. cJ\*e (in ten Khaslats); 4. cuyU^; 5. JSy; 6. fje^; 7. U,; 8.y*>; 9. ; 10. CsSte; 11. j^o; 12. jcUy; 13. »t»; 14. ; 15. jU- y^s. ; 16. \J\^c j jij; 17. y\t ; 18. l_AM; 19. LliUj 20. y^ ; 21. Cy^Sw* j The second Makalah, j^i-^ jj, fol. 74a, comprises the following seventeen Babs : 1. J&^; 2. Oj$£>; 3. l_*-oS-; 4. J,_» } 5. Jii; 6- ) ; J 1 ^ j W-'j^J 8. _j iJ^jo^ Q-A, i ; 9. bj ; 10. nU- ; 11. W>j ■ 12. ^h; 13. (j^. ; 14. r &; 15. J ± s~ ; 16. Copyist : ±+s? ujyiyiJl las^M u>-» ^ 152. Or. 2739.— Foil. 220 ; 11J in. by 6f ; 25 lines, 5 in. long ; written in fair Neskki, with ruled margins ; dated Thursday, the last day of Rabi' EL, A.H. 1106 (A.D. 1694). A work containing moral and religious precepts, by Muhammad Rafi' Va'iz. _y>U» y\aJ\ ^Jy 1 yl»*= O^a y . . . . jy jj\y The author, a native of Kazvin and cele- brated preacher, poetically surnamed Va'iz, wrote the present work under Shah 'Abbas II., who is praised in the preface as the reigning sovereign, and died at the beginning of the reign of Sultan Husain Safavi, i.e. A.H. 1105 or shortly after. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 826a; Nujum us-Sama, pp. 148—50 ; and Riyaz ul-'Arifin, fol. 926. The present volume is only the first of eight, of which the whole work was to consist. A MS. containing the first two volumes is described by Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1472, and the third was seen by the author of Nujum us-Sama, I.e. Whether the remaining five volumes were ever written is doubtful. The first volume is popular and frequently to be met with. It was one of the first books issued by the Tabriz press about A.H. 1240, and a lithographed edition ap- peared in Teheran A.H. 1274. It has also been lithographed at Lucknow, 1868. The headings of the first volume have been given in full by Ethe, I.e. ; by Flugel, Vienna Catalogue, no. 1861; and by Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 282. The contents of the present copy are as follows : Preface, fol. 16 ; Mukaddimah, treating of religious admonition, in three Matlabs, fol. 5a. Bab I., on the transitory -world and its pernicious influences, in three Fasls, viz., 1. Definition of the love of the world, fol. 10a. 2. On the fickleness of the world, fol. 126. 3. On love of the world in its various aspects and ramifications,, fol. 196. This third Fasl, which forms the main bulk 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. 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 and envy, fol. 113a. XI. Covetousness, fol. 127a. XII. Avarice, fol. 142a. XIII. In- justice and tyranny, fol. 1736. XIV. Ill- temper and harsliness, fol. 198a. 153. Or. 3516.— Poll. 419; 8 in. by 4J ; 15 lines, 2f in. long; written in fair Neskhi, about A.H. 1152 (A.D. 1739). [Presented by B. B. Portal.] A treatise on rules of conduct and on daily observances, by Muhammad Bakir B. Muhammad Taki, who died A.H. 1110. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 20a, and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 284, where the headings of chapters are given. Por lives of the author see Nujum us-Sama, p. 160, and Kisas ul- 'Ulama, p. 152; and, for a list of his works, Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 17. A full table of contents prefixed to the MS., foil. 1—8, is dated Sha'ban, A.H. 1152. Astronomy. 154. Or. 3315.— Foil. 83 ; 7i in. by 5| ; 20 lines, 4J in. long ; written in small cursive Neskhi, A.H. 855 (A.D. 1451). [Sidney Churchill.] 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 : ^jjjjl i_aJ0 jJ* jJ (jiita J&r l-jIjS' Beg. ±j si j l!*— Jis>ji\ ^.Ui- (_>»U-i ujii^* ^.^^> ^ • • • lIa-^Uj _j tJj^J s^jjT This is a Persian translation, by the author, of his own Arabic work al-Kifayat fi 'ilm al- Hai'at (see Haj. Khal., vol. v., p. 223). It is stated at the end of this copy that the work was finished on Thursday, the 14th of Sha'ban, A.H. 643. A MS. described by 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 author wrote also a treatise on Hanafi law, ejjiJl j (Haj. Khal., vol. vi., p. 470). The work is divided into two Makalahs, the subdivisions of which are fully enume- rated in the preface. The first comprises twenty-three and the second fourteen Babs. They begin respectively on foil. 4a and 55a. The original headings are given by Pertsch and Etke, I.e. The Jahan Danish is one of the authorities quoted by Hiifiz i Abru. See 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. 2. A treatise of Najm ud-DIn Kubra on the rules of religious life, in seven Babs, foil. 806—836. Beg. J* u-rtsJtt si* (.Ulll i_iiuo CJi\j\ ]) i_rP j Jj^ t_->b . . . i_. >\jA The tract is known as iws. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 836a. 155. Or. 2818.— Foil. 118 ; 7f in. by 4 ; 22 lines, 2^ in. long ; written in minute Shikastah- ASTRONOMY. Ill amiz; dated Isfahan, Friday, 14 Ramazan, A.H. 123 (i.e. 1123, A.D. 1711). [Sidney Churchill.] I. Foil. 1—4. iui/jl ijJS, <-»jij. 5) fcfDI a sji It was composed, according to the pre- amble, for the author's son Muhammad, surnamed 'Alam ul-Huda, and is divided into short sections called J^ol. II. Foil. 46—17. The treatise of Nasir ud- Din Tusi on the construction and use of the astrolabe, known as Bist Bab. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 453a. III. Foil. 18—25. Astrological fragments, in prose and verse, on the influence of the planets, signs of the zodiac, and first days of the year. IV. Foil. 26—30. Another treatise on the astrolabe, divided, like the first, into twenty Babs, but distinct from it ; without author's name. y\ ^ U wL_jl JU. JUjL) bis- j i_>^la«.l Oill ^b y Jjl i_jb s^jli. j ,_jb V. Foil. 306— 108a. The commentary of 'Abd ul-'AH Birjindi on the Bist Bab of 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 to the influences of the signs of the zodiac. At the end is a table of the latitude and longitude of the principal cities of the East, fol. 116a, followed by elaborate tables of the Ikhtilajat, or omens to be drawn from throb- bings in various parts of the body, foil. 1166— 118a. Copyist : J» oJj u;_» jUhil 156. Or. 2841.— Foil. 220 ; 10 in. by 6f ; 19 lines, 4J in. long ; written in elegant Nestalik, ap- parently in the 15th century. [Sidney Churchill.] A commentary on the Zlj of Ulugh Beg (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 4556), without preface or author's name, endorsed in an old hand, ^jj ,_jb^. The original text is given in rather long sections preceded by the word (JU in red ink, while the commentary is introduced by the word also in red ink. The first two pages are taken up by the beginning of Makalah I. down to the heading of Bab I. The commentary begins at the bottom of fol. 2 as follows : 3 Juoj-u sU j3 z jjj^iS ^-oj-u <_j\Iil jjii cJj j ijj-J j iJU-»Jjj jl4=- j »bH Ojlfl5 ssiU=- V iwUij—iJ \j j ±> J} ~\ j } ~j3 w \»\£wb (Tansuk is Turkish for a rare and valuable object suit- able for a present. It corresponds with the Arabic Hi.) The Tansuk Namah, which was known to Haj. Khal., is mentioned in the Habib us- Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 1, p. CI, as one of the works of Nasir ud-Din Tusi. It is divided into four Makalahs, namely : I. On the elements of which minerals are composed and on the causes of the formation of mines, fol. 26 : ^ ij&j* j J II. On precious stones, their origin, pro- perties, value, &c, fol. 6a: Air j\ ^ fSfl- y> III. On metals, their origin and uses : IV. On perf nmes : ^ j Vfc^ac- j J The MS. was evidently transcribed from a copy which was defective and in a state of confusion. The copyist himself writes in the margin of fol. 25 that some leaves were missing in the original. The beginning of Makalah II. is wanting, and most of the contents of Makalah III., the heading of which is found at fol. 256, have been trans- ferred to fol. 416. 158. Or. 3277.— Foil. 73 ; 8J in. by 4| ; 15 lines, 2| in. long ; written in elegant Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, ap- parently in the 16th century. A treatise on precious stones and other minerals, by Muhammad B. Mansur. Beg. \ u* 1 ^ 0 U*^? j o-V*" J Lr^-" - yjS. W U .... OUjtf fJ-^O LSj")?- ^ MEDICINE. 113 See the Persian Catalogue, p. 4646, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1877. The MS. wants three or four leaves at the end . It breaks off at the end of the article on Iron, corresponding with fol. 75a of the previously described copy, Add. 23,565. The work has been wrongly assigned to the seventh century of the Hijrah. Abu 'n- Nasr Hasan, mentioned in the preface as the reigning sovereign, was the first ruler of the Ak-Kuyunlu dynasty, whose original seat was Diyarbekr. He reigned over Persia A.H. 873—882. His son Sultan Khalil, for whom the work was written, was in his father's lifetime viceroy of Fars. He suc- 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. Medicine. 159. Or. 4691.— Foil. 35; 6 in. by 3; 18 lines, 1J in. long; written in minute and neat Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 16th century. A treatise on the composition and use of the antidote called Tiryak i Faruk, by Kainal ud-Din Husain Tabib. Beg. .-uJy ^ ^U, } a?- t_*jj3 si>jit j&\y>- j muU Ay=.\ j| ^ The author was physician to Shah Ni'mat- ullah Yazdi (grandson of the famous saint Shah Ni'mat ullah Vali). After the death of his patron he went to Court, where he became celebrated for his wonderful cures. But Shah Tahmasp held him in scant esteem, because he was addicted to wine. After the acces- sion of Muh. Khudabandah (A.H. 985), he entered the service of Khan Ahmad in Grilan, where he spent the last years of his life. See 'Alam-arai 'Abbiisi, fol. 43a. The treatise is dedicated to the author's first patron, Shah Nur ud-Din STi'mat-ullah, and is described in the preface as follows : y> i^jU >—,/j J^l w \ju j3 Jj£ ^.U JJU, jd L,S^ s jjJ j> J*li ^yls ^j^i-lj L_Ajb,y ^-\*{ ji^ jVjy j£\3 Syrj } It is divided into a Mukaddimah, three chapters called Bukn, and a Khatimah. 160. Or. 2865.— Foil. 166; 10fin.by7; 17 lines, 4f in. long; written in a cursive Indian character, probably in the 18th century. [Sidney Choeohill.] An exposition of the Indian system of medicine, by Muhammad Kasim Hindushah, commonly known as Firishtah. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 225. Beg. is-j 3)1 tdJUU,] U ^ ^z^j.tjg- C*^j\ (j>i^- ^ C& 3 ^ Jw j ]} jV ^ J ci J f/ ^ ^ j£ ■ ■ ■ S ^'Z- W .... iyj j\S 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. 162. Or. 2361 — Foil. 269 ; 9| in. by 5J ; 25 lines, 3 1 in. long; written in small and neat Nes- talik, with 'Unvans and gold-ruled margins ; dated Shahjahanabad (Delhi), A.H. 1073 — 75 (A.D. 1662^64). [Sayyid 'Ali, of Haidarabad.] 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- ment, no. 823. The following are Persian : I. Foil. 26 — 15a. A treatise on the law- fulness of music, by Muhammad B. Jalal Rizavi, who wrote it A.H. 1028. Beg. >\ »sut« MUSIC. 115 (-ill, The author expounds very fully the opinions pro and contra of the great Sunni legists and of the most celebrated Sufis. He concludes with a Khatimah, fol. 136, on the proper rules to be observed in the practice of sacred music, >y ^bTjj II. Foil. 15a— 176. A tract on the lawful- ness of sacred music and on terms used by Sufis, by 'Abd ul-Jalil B. 'Abd ur-Kahman. Beg. wl$S $ss. Jy^jU^ The work is dedicated to Navvab Masih uz-Zaman (d. A.H. 1061 ; see Persian Cata- logue, p. 779, no. 30), in whose honour it was entitled Masihi jr*. It is divided into two books ujU^ the first of which treats, in four Fasls, of the lawfulness of music, the second of the terms used by Sufis and of the verses sung by them. The present copy contains only the first three chapters of Book I. III. Poll. 157a— 1615. A chapter on music, extracted from the Danish Namah i 'Ala'i. See the Arabic Supplement, p. 5596, vii. Beg. A\ ^ ^\ J* gfc ^ ^ IV. Foil. 2406-246a. A treatise on the divisions of the strings in musical instru- ments, by Kasim B. Dust Ali al-Bukhari, entitled JSj® UizS, and dedicated to the" emperor Jalal ud-Din Akbar. Beg. ^ J, ^Ufi ^ jj£ ^ J>JJ\ ^ 4JJ1 >U ^WjN J« C~, JlS yj! It is an exposition of the sixth Makam of the work entitled r UU s, which Darvish Haidar Tuniyani dedicated to Humayun Padishah. V. Foil. 2476—2696. A treatise on music, without author's name. See the Arabic Supplement, p. 561, xiv. Beg. 0^=. ,Ulu> i JJj . A=- i i.ij A The introduction, with the headins ti "-^j contains an allegory on the travels of Pikr and Khayal, and concludes with a panegyric in prose and verse on the author's patron, Ghiyas ud-Dunya wa'd-Dln, whose titles show him to have been a Husaini Sayyid of princely rank. The date of composition is indicated at the end by the following Ruba'i : 0 *i iJ->. S-o v According to this, the treatise was finished on the 22nd of Jumada II. ; but the year, as indicated in the third hemistich, is doubtful, because the last letter but one has no dia- critical point. It may be A.H. 741, 749, 0 r 789, according as the unpointed letter is read ba, ya, or nun. The work is divided into a Mukaddimah on the pre-eminence of music, fol. 252a, and the following four Makalahs, each of which is subdivided into two Kisms : I. Fol. 2526. on the theoiT of music and on the causes of high and low pitch. II. Fol. 2566. J^y. ^ on thc practical side of music. Q2 116 PHILOLOGY. III. Fol. 2616. J JiJ^j j*> on the composition of melodies. IV. Fol. 2566. \j J tf U\l> ^ J~oj jC J\ useful advice to students of the art, and appropriate verses. The last section contains several pieces by Sa'di, whose name is written throughout, PHILOLOGY. Persian Lexicography. 163. Or. 3299.— Foil. 306; 12 in. by 7^; 10 lines, 4f in. long; written in large and elegant Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled mar- gins, apparently in the 1 6th century. [Sidney Churchill.] A glossary of the rare words and proper names occurring in ancient Persian poets, by Muhammad B. Da'ud B. Muh. B. Mahmud Shadiyabadi. Beg. tjjyo* C^ia- y j3 to Aw j The author has been mentioned in the Persian Catalogue, pp. 556a, 5616, as a com- mentator of Anvari and Khakani. He had 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, Zahir, Isfahani and Sa'di. In A.H. 873 he compiled the present glossary from the fol- lowing works : «)L> } } o^y j£ »»\3 tiliiy JjUAU SiUj JiUflM £>U« j LfA->\ j jJ-oM The work is divided, according to the initial letters, into twenty-two Babs, and each Bab is subdivided according to the final letters. The words are briefly explained in Persian, sometimes with poetical quotations ; 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. The first three of the author's sources are mentioned by Salemann in his Beilage V., Melanges Asiatiques, vol. ix., pp. 505 — 577, under nos. 7, 3 and 11, and the last two under nos. 10 and 13 ; but of the Mafatih ul- Faza'il and the Sulalat ul-Afazil no notice has been found. The first lines under i_sW i_Aj, fol. 5a, are as follows: \j\ >fi j ji5Uj jiiUl U>l The work has been noticed by Churchill, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. xviii., p. 203, note, and, after him, by Sale- mann, Melanges Asiatiques, torn, ix., p. 517. 164. Or. 3398.— Foil. 185 ; 8£ in. by 5f ; 15 lines, 34 in. long ; written in small Turkish Neskhi, A 8 .H. 982 (A.D. 1594). [Sidney Chukchill.] A Persian-Turkish dictionary, often desig- nated as «J« by Lutf-ullah B. Abi Yusuf al-Halimi, who died after A.H. 886. See PERSIAN LEXICOGRAPHY. 117 the Turkish Catalogue, p. 1376. Compare Pertseh, Berlin Catalogue, nos. 141-2 ; Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 1688 — 90 ; and Salemann, Melanges Asiatiques, torn, xix., p. 515, no. 22. At the end, foil. 157 — 185, is a fragment of a Persian-Turkish vocabulary. 165. Or. 3653.— Foil. 147 ; 8| in. by 64 ; 21 lines, 4|- in. long ; written in Turkish Neskki ; dated Amasia, Sha'ban, A.H. 948 (A.D. 1541) . Another copy of Lughat i Halimi, with marginal additions. Copyist : j /£> j i^US j-?- sJl-, ^\ ±*> U J6^J~ j* QUI It was written, as stated in the preamble in the reign of Shah Takmasp, A.H. 933, and was compiled from the following works : 1. A treatise by Muh. B. Hindushah Munshi, dedicated to Khwajah Ghiyas nd-Din [B.] Rashld (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 499«). 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- mann). 3. The rough draft of a glossary by Shams ud-Din Muh. Kashmiri. The first of the above works is the authority chiefly followed. The last is also quoted by Sururi. See Salemann, Melanges Asiatiques, torn, ix., p. 534, no. 35. The glossary is divided into twenty-eight Babs, in which the words are classed accord- ing to their final letters. The Babs are sub- divided into Fasls according to the initial letters. The Risalah, or Farhang, of Husain Vafa'i is one of the sources of the Farhang i Jahan- giri and of the Majma' ul-Furs of Sururi. The work has been described, with extensive extracts, by Salemann, Melanges Asiatiques, torn, ix., pp. 454 — 493, and p. 522, no. 46. A copy is mentioned by Pertseh, Berlin Catalogue, no. 119. Foil. 68J — 75 contain a letter of Navvab Muhsin Mirza and miscellaneous notes. 168. Or. 2937.— Foil. 429 ; 10 in. by 6J; 24 lines, 3| in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- talik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins ; dated Sunday, 12 Safar, A.H. 1111 (A.D. 1699). [Nath. Bland.] The great Persian dictionary of Jamal ud- Din Husain Inju, who completed it A.H. 1017. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 4966. 118 PHILOLOGY. Contents: Mukaddimah, fol. 46. Dictionary proper, fol. 176. Khatimah, fol. 3626. Compare Lagarde, Persische Studien, pp. 45 — 49 ; Salemann, Melanges Asiatiques, torn, ix., pp. 537 — 41 ; Pertsch, Berlin Cata- logue, no. 123 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Cata- logue, no. 1734. Copyist : all! j£\ ^ g>\ 169. Or. 3517.— Foil. 109 ; 10£ in. by 7| ; 17 lines, 3f in. long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in India, in the 18th century. [Presented by B. B. Poetal.] I. Foil. 1 — 48. A treatise on Persian grammar and on the language of Persian and Indian poets, by Shaikh Abd ul-Basit. Beg. J>J uJU>j! lsJ ~^ Ik jis j-s j\ &o .... w !jbj sta s£ jjy JLj jjs? yj\>, j lii! JjbJ^ )aj*\d\ In the above passage the date of the author's birth is fixed by a chronogram for A.H. 1099. He evidently lived in India : his poetical quotations are mostly taken from an Indian poet, Nasir 'Ali, who died A.H. 1108. The work consists of seventeen Babs, enumerated in the preface; but the present copy contains only the first seven, which treat of the following subjects : I. Meanings of letters and their permutations, fol. 3a. II. Grammatical forms of Persia.n, fol. 146. III. Persian syntax, fol. 196. Compound words, fol. 24a. V. Letters elided by poets, fol. 30a. VI. Words used as last members of compounds, fol. 32a. VII. Differences in style and phrases between ancient and modern poets, fol. 34a. VIII. A glossary of words and phrases used by modern poets, in alphabetical order, foil. 37a — 486. The remaining Babs treated chiefly of various kinds of poetical compositions. II. Foil. 49 — 61. A glossary to the letters of Abu'1-Fazl, with the heading jfi ciUky" tiJjU* ^ J^iil! y! *i L £''^ s> CjUjK* Beg. u^ilsj_£)b j,\>j (jlaSI i_iW! i_A> The words, chiefly Arabic, are arranged in Babs under the initial letters ; but within the Babs no further alphabetical order is observed. The explanations are mostly con- fined to a single equivalent. III. Foil. 62 — 68. Commentary on Surah xlviii., from the third Daftar of the Muka- tabat of Abu '1-Fal , with an interlinear Persian gloss, »yiu> Jiid ^jto, Jy^' T^it^ jltT U^ 5 b! tjy* j»...S-3 j> ^(J^aaM y! Obj&. IV. Foil. 69—109. A glossary of Arabic words occurring in the letters of Abu '1-Fazl, (J^iiM yj c_jbjK-o tSlikjj. Beg. jyJL. Jj\ b Uij! ,_tthl\ i_iW! ^b \ j \if j *<% .j\ y^?- jjjlji- (jSJ.t-> Jus? Wj j yijjj l^W 1 Kjj ySib s&Ijj After praising the reigning sovereign, Path '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 latter prince, finding that existing Persian dictionaries were ill arranged, redundant in some respects and defective in others, had desired him to compile a new one, which would bear his name. In obedience to that command, the author wrote the Farhang i 'Abbasi, which was commenced A. II. 1225. He extracted the definitions of words from the Burhan i Rati', omitting, however, the poetical quotations, and relegated the meta- phors and words containing the eight ex- clusively Arabic letters to a Khatimah, which does not appear in the present MS. The words are arranged according to the final letters, for the convenience, the author says, of poets looking for rhymes. To each letter a main section, or Bab, is devoted, and each Bab is subdivided, according to the initial letters, into sub-sections called Pas]. A Mukaddimah comprises six preliminary chapters, termed Numayish, treating of the following subjects : 1. Superiority of the Persian language and its dialects, fol. 36. 2. Character of the language, distinction between j and j, and grammatical forms, fol. 4 ... i-hij^i fS- j egily ^ ^f-foj v>Sjj£ The commentator is Muhammad [B.] Sa'd, who in the colophon, adds to his name the takhallus Ghalib. The commentary includes the text in short passages distinguished by a black line drawn above them. After a eulogy in prose and verse on Ibn ul-Hajib and his work, the author begins with the explanation of tgUJI ^t>j & s <^> as follows : yjijjU ~? j £^ *•*" Jb ^ J*i r s£*jo\ J & u&jtt-j i/V'J The MS. is endorsed jjJU j> ^> Various Lexicographical Works. 176. Or. 2892.— Foil. 369 ; 15} in. by 10 ; 27 lines, 6f in. long ; written in cursive Nestalik and Shikastah-amiz, in the 19th century. [Sidney Chuechill.] A dictionary of Oriental Turkish explained in Persian, by Mirza Mahdi Khan, completed A.H. 1173. See the Turkish Catalogue, pp. 264—66, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1760. 177-86. Or. 2959 — 68. — Ten large folio volumes of the Thesaurus of Arabic, Persian and Turkish, RHETORIC by James William Redhouse, in the hand- writing of the author. See the T urkish Catalogue, pp. 147 — 9. 187. Or. 4905.— Foil. 61 ; 8| in. by 6± ; 14 lines, 4} in. long ; 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 Persian students ; by Shahzadah Na'ib ul- Iyillah Farhad Mirza, with the following heading : ^_>\y JaM, j\ ^ ^_^\ cktj «3\iSI {be) q\ ^JJA sji^jfeU. JUI sJUSI r b Sjj* A short prose preamble explaining the dis- position of the work begins : cuU jSi\ ^U^" Saffi Jjl^ o-l SJ-Tji Jbj iL^J jaSl The vocabulary begins with the following lines : jj/ w t L_>^li y35lc\i ySiUls The words included in the text are again written in three columns beneath each verse, namely, the English in the Roman AND INSHA. i 2] character on the left, the Persian in the middle, and the Arabic equivalents on the right. The work was completed on Saturday, the 26th of Sha'ban, A.H. 1269, corresponding with the 4th of June, A.D. 1853, as stated in the concluding lines : Farhad Mirza was a son of Na'ib us- Sultanah 'Abbas Mirza, consequently a brother of Muhammad Shah and an uncle of the present Shah. He showed himself an able, but stern ruler in his government of Fars and Irak, and had the title of Mu'tamad ud- Daulah conferred upon him. He wrote, besides the present work, a Persian com- mentary on the Khulasat ul-Hisab of Baha ud-Din al-'Amili, and a Geography entitled Jam i Jam, and dedicated to the present Shah. See Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 46 — 52, and Browne, " A Year amongst the Persians," pp. 105 — 8, where the Nisab i Ingilisi is described, and the author is stated to have died A.D. 1888. The present copy was written, by order of Farhad Mirza, by Muh. Isma'il 'Ali-abadi Mazandarani. Rhetoric and Insha. 188. Or. 2944.— Foil. 124; U in. by 5£; from 9 to 12 lines, 2f and 3 in. long; written in R PHILOLOGY. 122 fair Nestalik, with 'Unvans and ruled margins; dated (fol. 77) A.H. 1264 (A.D. 1848). [Sidney Chubohill.] I. Foil. 2—77. j^Ss j A treatise on figures of speech, by Mu- hammad B. 'Abd ul-JaM al-'Umari, called ar-Rashid. Beg. is-jN ^> U t> J\yi\ |JS>0 The preface of the Shahinshah Namah, fol. 916, begins : j\&r » C^-s The last piece is the marriage contract of Navvab Husain 'Ali Mirza, fol. 119a, which is imperfect at the end. The author, Mirza 'Abd ul-Vahhab, poeti- cally surnamed Nashat, belonged to the family of the Musavi Sayyids of Isfahan, and was first Kalantar of that city. He subsequently became the favourite secretary of Fath 'Ah Shah, who conferred upon him the title of Mu'tamad ud-Daulah. He died A.H. 1244. See Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 509 ; Zinat ul-Mada'ih, fol. 136a; Anjuman i Khakan, fol. 94a ; Safinat ul-Mahmud, fol. 246 ; Nigaristan i Dara, fol. 1246; Tazkirah i Muhainmadshahi, fol. 2156 ; and the Persian Catalogue, p. 722a, Nashat was a friend of Sir Gore Ouseley, who devotes to him a very flattering notice, quoted in full in Bthe's Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1200. The above prefaces are probably unequalled examples of the turgid, stilted, and de- sperately prolix style which may be called Persian Euphuism, and which still finds admirers in the Bast. 189. Or. 3344.— Foil. 392; 9|in.by5|; 19 lines, 4 in. long ; written in small Neskhi ; dated Wednesday, 9 Safar, A.H. 816 (A.D. 1413). [Sidney Chubohill.] The secretary's manual, or rules and models of epistolary composition, by Muhammad B. Hindushah, called Shams, al-Munshi al- Nakhjuvani. Beg. lJjU j ,>Uv uXijj* J*" ^ \s±*£ The author mentions in the preface the following great masters of the art : Rashid ud-Dln Vatvat, Baha ud-Din Muh. Bagh- dadi, STur ud-Din Munshi, and Razi ud-Din 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, who reigned A.H. 757—776), he says that he had not had the honour of kissing the royal threshold, but was, from his distant home, invoking blessings upon His Majesty, and had written the present work, in his old age, as a tribute of homage to his sovereign. He adds that he had formerly been invited by Khwajah Ghiyas ud-Din Muh., in the reign of Abu Sa'id, to write a similar work, but had not been able to accomplish that task. Ibn Hindushahis also known as the author of a Persian glossary entitled and dedicated to the above-mentioned Vazir, Khwajah Ghiyas ud-Din. See Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, p. 36, and Melanges Asiatiques, torn ix., p. 36. Contents of the present work : Preface, fol. lb, concluding with a full table of chapters, foil. 9a — 16ft. Mukaddimah, fol. 16ft, Kism I., comprising four Martabahs, viz., 1. Letters to Sultans, royal ladies (Khatfms) and princes, fol. 19a. 2. Letters to Amirs, Vazirs, Sayyids, Shaikhs, &c, fol. 131a. 3. Letters to 'Ulama, physicians, professors, &c, fol. 209a. 4. Letters written by Sultans, Amirs, Vazirs, &c, to each other, fol. 247b. Kism II. Edicts, diplomas of investiture, and other official documents, in two Babs, beginning respectively at fol. 280ft and 357a. Khiitimak, fol. 383a. The contents have been described in full by Hammer, Handschriften, no. 185, pp. 171 — 177. Two copies noticed in the Ley- den Catalogue, no. 290, and in the Vienna ODY. 123 Catalogue, no. 244 (Hammer's MS.), are later than the present. Copyist : j£ ^ ^ Prosody. 190. Or. 2814.— Poll. 191 ; 9f in. by 61 ; 21 lines, 4 in. long ; written in Neskhi, apparently in the 14th century. [Sidney Churchill.] ^ >A! ^ J ^ A treatise on Persian metre, rhyme, and poetical figures, with copious quotations from old poets, by Shams i Kais. The preface, the beginning of which is lost, contains a panegyric on a king, whose name does not appear. He is spoken of as a young sovereign ^y* sUob, whose seat was Shiraz, and who had lately added to his empire Kish with its dependencies, parts of the Hijaz, Bahrain, 'Oman, the harbours of the Persian Gulf, and the littoral from Basrah to the borders of India. This evi- dently applies to the Atabek Abu Bakr B. Sa'd B. Zingi, who reigned A.H. 623 — 658, and whose conquest of Kish, Katif, Bahrain and 'Oman took place, as stated in the Jahan-ara, fol. 104ft, A.H. 628. The present work must have been written shortly after the latter date. Other passages confirm that inference and throw some light on the career of the author, who appears to have spent the early part of his life in Bukhara. He speaks in the Khatimah of a Pakih and would-be poet, who came to him in that city, A.H. 601, where he stayed with him five or six years, and whom he subsequently met again in Rai, A.H. 617. r 2 124 PHILOLOGY. In the preface, when stating the origin of the present work, the author relates how a 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 Farzln j>.jj> in the month of Jumada of the year 17 (A.H. 617). Some quires of that book were subsequently recovered and shown by him to the learned men of Shiraz, who, while pleased with it, objected to the use of the Arabic language in treating of Persian poetry. In compliance with their urgent request, he extracted from it and turned into Persian those parts which treated of that subject. The work is divided, fol. 6a, into two parts (Kism), treating respectively of metre and of rhyme, ^ Jj* f~ ' The first Kism is subdivided into four Babs, with the following headings : j 3. ^ J»' J^W fol. 14a. *?J S if- J Jl-^ 3 /* S J U fol. 17a. The second Kism, treating of rhymes and of poetical criticism, contains six Babs, as fol. 29a. follows : ^ fol. 84a. fol. 876 J « jj 1 ^ 2. cib j» fol. 113a. jSil jyJii. ^iS fol. 1186. ■Wjbj&j jij j ^3 fol. 1356. There is, besides, a Khiitimah, foil. 179 — 191, containing the author's advice to in- tended poets. The work is copiously illustrated with poetical quotations. The most frequently quoted poet is Anvari, and one of the latest is Kamal Isma'il (d. A.H. 635), a contem- porary of the author. There are also verses of 'Unsuri, Dakiki, Farrukhi, Minuchihri, Ghaza'iri, Azraki, Abulfaraj Runi, Mas'ud i Sa'd, Banal, Mu'izzI, Mukhtari, Sayyid Hasan Ghaznavi, Rashid, 'Imadi (Shahriyarl), Khakani, Mujir Bailakani, Zahir, Sharaf ud- Din i Shufurvah, and others. The j5b», by Shams i Kais, ap- parently an abridgment of the present work, is quoted iu a later treatise on rhyme, noticed in the Persian Catalogue, p. 8146, xil. Two other works of Shams i Kais are quoted by Fakhri ; see Bthe, Bodleian Cata- logue, no. 1371. An anonymous work jU*. \£>% treating also of metre and rhyme, and composed A.H. 649, is much shorter than the present work, from which it is quite distinct. See the Leyden Catalogue, vol. i., p. 119, and the Persian Catalogue, p. 525a. The word ^e* in the above title is pro- bably to be read Mu'ajjam, in the sense of " turned into Persian." The author refers, fol. 1146, to his previous work as i— u^Uy, "the book written in Arabic." The usual PROSODY. 125 meaning of Mu'jam, " alphabetically ar- ranged," does not apply to this work. The margins are covered throughout the volume with glosses explanatory of Arabic words, written by a later hand and without any connection with the text. 191. Or. 2980.— Foil. 115; 9| in. by 7|; from 15 to 18 lines, 4f in. long; written in small and fair Nestalik ; dated 25 Rajab, A.H. 1123 (A.D. 1711). [H. A. S TEEN. I. Foil. 1—23. A treatise on prosody, by Sain. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 5256, and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, nos. 56, 5, 115, 5. II. Foil. 24, 25. A short tract ascribed to Rashid ud-Dln Vatvat, giving examples and scansion of sixteen favourite Persian metres. Beg. jfh J* (.iLJlj !jU!l_, a sbiy, if jUil ; J> l—AiS^) ^ U isXi. ^AwJj jlju**\ (J^li ^\s- The first example, ^yt jt^, begins as follows : jj 1 !) Lib U$ ) ]) °*^> u>}jf£ III. Foil. 26-35. A treatise on rhyme *!L.j sjj$, by Ata-ullah B. Mahmud al-Husaini. Beg. £.!jo \ ^ j„o U .... Olffj^o ^ >\ks jjjii ^jia- ^ \j ..US' U T ^ Amir Burhan ud-Din 'Ata-ullah, born in Naisha pur, studied in Herat, and became an accomplished master of prosody and poetical figures. He was for many years engaged in teaching in the Sultaniyah and Ikhlasiyyah Madrasahs, 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. See Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3, p. 345; Majalis ul-Mu'minm, fol. 76; and Baber, Pavet de Courteille's translation, vol. i., p. 404. The present treatise is extracted, as stated in the preamble, from the Makta', or final section, of a comprehensive work on the art of poetry, entitled ScU-JI which the author had written by desire of Mir All Shir. (See Haj. Khal., ii., 399, and iii., 425.) It is divided into nine sections called ; with the following headings : 1. Fol. 27a. tuXi ^sjyjjj 2. Ib. (jrjj <->}_f~ (J^> ) l_ > }J =~ d\s*> j>- 3. Fol. 29a. > 3J j\ 4. Fol. 30a. jusl? 5. Fol. 316. yil _SUj1 j ^ £j>\ ^ ^ 6. Fol. 32a. 7. Fol. 326. 8. Fol. 34a. OJIS t_JiU js. t-jyts- ^UjjJ 9. Fol. 346. lJj.Jj j L-a-U The author quotes the anonymous ^U*. jUi>l)1, noticed in the Persian Catalogue, p. 525a. Compare Fleischer, Dresden Cata- logue, no. 333. IV. Foil. 36 — 38. Jami's treatise on rhyme. ^3 jUcb jjj'i Ail uWji 126 PHILOLOGY. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 5266, VI. ; Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 894, 33 ; and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 115, 3. V. Foil. 42—108. A treatise on riddles U«* sJLu,, by Mir Husain B. Muhammad al- Husaini (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 649b), with a commentary. It is stated at the end 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 at the end chronograms of his own composi- tion for A.H. 912 and 914. He does not explicitly state his name ; but he designates himself in the following chronogram by the takliallus Rukni : The above chronogram gives A.H. 916 as the date of composition of the commentary. VI. Foil. 109—111. Tables of divination L_jjli^ l-JIs- >_->ViS^ alleged to have been written by Aristotle for Sultan Sikandar. VII. Foil. 112 — 115. An anonymous treatise on the twelve musical moods, on their relation to the twelve signs of the zodiac, and on their subdivisions. It is en- dorsed Ju*»y (.jis- and begins with a quatrain containing the names of the twelve musical moods, the first line of which is : ' Unvan and gold-ruled margins ; dated Skav- val, A.H. 1245 (A.D. 1830). [Sidney Churchill.] A treatise on rhyme, by 'Atfi-ullah B. Mahmud al-Husaini. See the preceding MS., art. 111. Beg. u-i-Aj t£\ J. O-^jA e\j y>- <_ >■ ^j* J' The treatise is divided into short unnum- bered sections, with the heading 192. Or. 3249.— Foil. 26; 8 in. by 4| ; 12 lines, 2f in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with Biddies. 193. Or. 3509.— Foil. 200; 7 in. by 4; 15 lines, 2| in. long ; written in Neskhi, apparently 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). Beg. ,^J.« l>L>y*) J The MS. is endorsed, Wy jiS This is evidently the work entitled Hulal i Mutarraz, JS^-, on which Jami based his own treatise on the same subject, inscribed JU iUU. See Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. 108, vol. v., p. 638 ; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 32, art. 2 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 894, art. 32. An abstract of the same work, subsequently made by the author, is designated asjjk* ,>- u^***. See the Bod- leian Catalogue, no. 1345. Although the title ■jja*. Ji» is not actually found in the POETRY. 127 text, it undoubtedly applies to the present work, and is easily accounted for by the fact that its main sections are called JU, while their subdivisions are designated by the word j\Jh. The preface begins with some considera- tions on human speech in general and on the literal and the hidden meanings of the Coran. After these the author states that in A.H. 832 his royal patron, Abu'l-Fath Ibrahim Sultan (son of Shabrukh and Viceroy of Filrs) marched at the head of an army from Shiraz to Azarbaijan, and displayed the most brilliant generalship and prowess, especially in a battle fought before Salinas, in which the rebel Iskandar Turcoman 1 was defeated. A portion of Ibrahim Sultan's troops were then dismissed to Shiraz, and the author, who had accompanied the prince on that campaign, returned with them, and, pining at his master's absence, he sought solace in the composition of this work. It treats of the art of composing verses which enclose words, mostly proper names, disguised in some ingenious fashion. Contents : Preface, fol. 26. Two prelimi- nary chapters called Asl, fol. 10a, viz., 1. w 1 j-Xjk 3 jjj J 1 ** J <-^3j* ji" jJ, and 3)° J- Mukaddimah, fol. 566. Five main sections called Hullah (iJ*), subdivided into chapters termed Tiraz. The headings of the Hullahs are given in the Mukaddimah, fol. 576, as follows : cr*** OiiU ^Jj j j J 3 1 £u I. 3^ ^ u^jl 3 u^V ^ « .jl^a. ajo- IV. j d>— iiifo a/ t/oi-ly (jjjiii j j id* V. i — jp- t/OJ* '— > jy° The first four Hullahs begin respectively at foil. 586, 94a, 1176, and 181a. The early part of the second is wanting, owing to the loss of one or more leaves after fol. 93. The fourth Hullah is slightly imperfect at the end, and the fifth is missing. 194. Or. 3241.— Foil. 60 ; 9| in. by 6J ; 13 lines, 2-1 in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- talik, with an illuminated border enclosing the first two pages, and gold designs on tinted paper margins; dated A.H. 925 (A.D., 1519). [Sidney Churchill.] A treatise on the same subject, by Mir Husain B. Muhammad al-Husaini, who died A.H. 904. See no. 192, art. v. Beg. v*(r> j jl a£T fXx> Copyist: ^ ^ POETRY. 195. Or. 4906.— Foil. 642 ; 12^ in. by 8 ; 25 lines, 4J in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, in four gold-ruled ruled columns, with 'Unvans and 128 POETRY. thirty-eight miniatures in rather inferior Persian style, apparently in the 17th century. [Sir Henri Eawlinson.] See the The Shahnamah of Firdausi Persian Catalogue, p. 533. This copy contains upwards of sixty thou- sand distichs, or at least ten thousand above the usual number. The excess is accounted for by the following extensive additions to the original text : I. The Garshasp Namah of Asadi, in two parts, occupying respectively fol. 10a, line 24, to fol. 686, line 22, and fol. 73a, line 25, to fol. 1016, line 20. The first part begins with this line : which in the Gobineau copy, described under no. 201, is found at the end of the prologue, fol. 36, line 6. It is brought down to the death of Atrat, father of Garshasp, and the latter's accession, ending with this verse : which occurs at fol. 35a, line 27, of the above- mentioned MS. This first part is separated from the second by a portion of Firdausi' s text relating to the history of Farldun, and corresponding with pp. 31 — 48 of Macan's edition. The second part of the Garshasp Namah begins with the line which in the Gobineau MS. follows immediately the last quoted verse, namely : Ji )3J \j ^)L^ J— i U U» It differs in contents and arrangement from the text of the Gobineau MS., and has some additional matter at the end. The death of Garshasp, with which the latter copy concludes, is recorded here in the first lines of fol. 100a. This passage is followed by three sections relating to the mourning of Nariman, to a letter of condolence written to him by Faridun, and to the festive banquet given in his honour by the latter. The epilogue which follows, contains the date of composition, A.H. 458 : the name of the poet, Asadi, and the statement that the poem consists of nine thousand Baits, and had been composed in the space of two years : ..J6 S«< At the end is a versified colophon dated A. H. 748, evidently transcribed from an earlier MS. The next two pages, fol. 102a and b, are occupied by a prologue to a collection of select verses from the Shah- namah, classed, according to subjects, in thirteen Babs. It was compiled by one 'Ali B. Ahmad, and dedicated to Malik Shah. II. The Barzu Namah, inserted after the episode of Bizhan, and occupying foil. 261a —303a. ^ u>3* •Is Ji This poem, the author of which is not known, has been described by Mohl in his preface to the Shahnamah, p. xliv., and by Macan in his introductory remarks, pp. xxv. xxx. The present text agrees with that printed by Macan in the fourth volume of Beg. Hj> a)j y j' J* POETRY. A.H. 400—500. 129 his edition of the Shahnamah, pp. 2160— 2296. The history of Barzu is briefly told in Ihya ul-Muluk, Or. 2779, foil. 13—15. The poem is found inserted in another copy of the Shahnamah, Add. 27,258, foil. 2526, 261a — 3016, and a fragment is noticed by Eth<5, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 511. The Barzu Namah is ascribed in one of Anquetil's MBS. to a poet Atai. See Maoan, p. xxix. In the epilogue of the Shahnamah, fol. 6416, the early date of composition, A.H. 384, noticed in the Persian Catalogue, p. 5346, is given in these words : ^j-^-j- 1 - *«a>' ±JU j„> 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 sum given away by the poet to the beer- seller. The following line and a few more are evidently taken from the famous satire upon Sultan Mahmud : See Maoan, p. 65, and Mohl, Preface, p. xci. From a somewhat mutilated note on a partly torn fly-leaf, it appears that the MS. once belonged to Timur Mirza, and was pur- chased by Sir Henry Rawlinson in Baghdad, AD. 1839. On fol. 4466 there is a Ruba'i written by a former owner, A.H. 1157. 196. Or. 2926.— Foil. 349; 161 in. by 111; 25 lines, 7f in. long; written in cursive Nestalik, in six gold-ruled columns, with nine miniatures ; dated A.H. 1246—49 (A.D. 1830-33). [H. A. Stbbm.] The first half of the Shahnamah, brought down to the accession of Luhrasp, with the preface of Mirza Baisunghar. (See the Per- sian Catalogue, p. 536a.) This copy contains a considerable amount of extraneous matter, amounting in the aggregate to about twenty thousand distichs. It consists of various poems and episodes of later date, inserted at suitable places of the Shahnamah, without any break or special heading, so as to form in 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 M 13 i_»->U>^ with this begin- ning' : See the Gobineau MS., no. 201, fol. 36, line 20. It concludes with the death of the hero and a brief mention of the letter written to his son by Farldun. The last lines are : See Or. 2878, fol. 110a. II. Foil. 63a, line 16, to fol. 93a, line 25. Sam Namah beginning, in continua- tion of Firdausi's text (Macan, p. 96, line 23), with these lines : e£r ux-v y uX& CJ^ ^ ^ l?1 jJ p^-J 130 POETRY. The last line is The Sam Namah is a very late composi- tion ascribed, probably falsely, to Khwaju Kirmani. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 5436, and Eehatsek, Molla Firuz Library, p. 152. Compare Spiegel, Eran, vol. i., p. 559, and Ethe, Litteraturzeitung, 1881, no. 45, col. 1736. m. Fol. 107ft, line 23, to fol. 1126, line 19. The episode of Rustam's fight with Kuk Kuhzad, beginning : i}Lj J^c! ^ j^j* It is printed in the fourth volume of Macan's edition, pp. 2133—2158. It is also found in Add. 27,258, foil. 596—676, and an 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, of the birth of Faramurz, and of the sea- monster Batyarah t)^->, also destroyed by Rustam ; beginning : V. Fol. 146a, line 6, to fol. 1676, line 2. Episode of Shabrang, son of Div i Sapid, and of the encounters of Rustam and Fara- murz with him and other Divs in Mazan- daran, beginning : ( $.*0 Serv Azad, of Merv, is one of the authori- ties of Firdausi. See Mold's edition, preface, p. xix., vol. iv., p. 701. VI. Fol. 1676, line 3 to fol. 1796, line 25. Faramurz Namah JjAJ, in substantial agreement with a separate copy, no. 199, II. ; beginning : y'Jr' j> i j>) The next lines in our text are : sj \^ ji'i f\ Suhrab's mother, Tahmlnah, resolves to avenge his death, but becomes reconciled with Rustam, and gives birth to Faramurz. VIII. Fol. 193a, line 1, to fol. 2216, line 20. Barzu Namah jjy, agreeing with no. 195, art. ii. IX. Fol. 2496, line 7, to fol. 251a, line 19. An episode relating to the warlike daughter of Rustam, Banu Gushasp, beginning : j\ } 'sii jiid w j\ »jjyv ii,-J. ^fUb .sJijlA-i- >'<> jljb .U The poet, whose name does not appear, says in his prologue that ten years had elapsed since the death of Malik Shah : .U. Kashmir, with this heading: .13 Be ^ _ As the story begins with the birth of Azarbarzln and ends with his death, the text here given cannot fall much short of the whole poem. It appears to be an abridged version of the history of that hero, whoso career is related at much greater length in the next-following poem. He was writing, therefore, A.H. 495. He describes the troubles which followed the death of Malik Shah, and the prowess with which his son succeeded in putting down rebels and establishing his rule. The author approached the royal throne, he says, in Isfahan, and invoked blessings on the sove- reign. The prince here referred to can hardly be any other than the son and suc- cessor of Malik Shah, Barkyaruk, who reigned A.H. 486—98. The name of Mahmiid, which appears in the above heading and at the end, fol. 133a, would seem to have been intro- duced by some confusion with Sultan Mah- miid, the patron of Firdausi. There was, indeed, a son of Malik Shah called Mahmiid' but ho was only four years of age when raised upon the throne after his father's death, and he died himself about a year later. 8 2 132 POETRY. The same poem is found in another MS., Or. 2780, no. 201, III., with a different pro- logue, addressed to Muhammad Shah, brother and successor of Barkyaruk, about A.H. 502. The narrative begins, fol. 626, line 12, with these verses (corresponding with Or. 2780, fol. 136, line 9) : ±>y> lC-s- The two texts are in close agreement down to the fight of Bahman with the dragon and to his death, fol. 1326, line 6 (Or. 2780, fol. 1876, line 5). The concluding lines in the present copy relate to the return of Azarbarzin to Sistan, and to the death of Zal, while the concluding portion of Or. 2780 describes the reception by Humai of the tidings of Bahman's death and her installa- tion on the throne. An abstract of the contents of Bahman Namah will be found in Ihya ul-Muluk, Or. 2779, foil. 19—21. Foil. 133a— 275 contain the latter part of the Shahnamah, from the accession of Humai to the death of Yazdagird (Macan, pp. 1248— 2089), wanting the last two sections and the epilogue. This volume contains nine half-page minia- tures on foil. 66, 69, 72, 74, 80, 127, 128, 132, 136, and several blank spaces left un- filled. 198. Or. 4384.— Poll. 307; 13Hn,byl0; 27 lines, 71- in. lone ; written in small and neat Nes- talik, in six gold-ruled columns, with 'Unvans, apparently about the close of the 15th century. [Wallib Bodge.] The Shahnamah, with the old preface. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 534a ; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 702; and Bthe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 497. The MS. is somewhat imperfect at the beginning. The first folios, which must be taken in this order, 2, 3, 1, 5, contain the main part of the old preface, corresponding with pp. 54—68 of Wallenbourg's transla- tion, and the summary of the four Persian dynasties (ib. pp. 70-75). Fol. 4, which should come after fol. 219, belongs to the history of Bahrain Gur, and corresponds with pp. 1517—23 of Macan's edition. The last six folios should be taken in this order: foil. 302, 3066, 306a, 303, 304, 305, 307. In the epilogue, the early date of com- position, A.H. 384, noticed in the Persian Catalogue, p. 5346, is also found, but some- what differently expressed, in the following line ; As. ScJL «> JV-> ^> &•»> j The number of Baits in the MS. is about 48,500. There are nine half -page miniatures, of inferior Persian style, at foil. 31, 51, 85, 93, 129, 158, 192, 239, and 276. The poem is 'divided into two equal parts, the second of which begins, fol. 1416, with the accession of Luhrasp. 199. 0r . 2946.— Foil. 109; 9| in. by 4J ; 19 and 13 lines ; written in cursive Nestalik, ap- parently in India, in the 18th century. [Sidney Churchill.] I. Foil. 2—49. ^yx> Bizhan Namah, an episode of the Shahnamah, with the heading, «0 ^ j'^ Beg. ]} fij*-'. dfi $ a& The text corresponds in substance with POETRY. A.H. 400—500. 133 Maoan's edition, pp. 755—805 ; but it is swelled by interpolated verses from about 1400 Baits to 1900. The last section, how- ever, relating to the return of Rustam to the Court of Kaikhusrau, is shorter than the original text, and differs from it considerably. An appendix of 50 Baits, written in a smaller character, treats of the reception of Manizhah and Bizhan by Farangis, and con- cludes with this line : This copy, as well as that of the following poem, was probably written by a Parsee, as appears from this substitute for the usual Bismillah : JjlAlm i±i>\jZJi. ^ Jjj II. Foil. 50—109. j^i Faramurz Namah, a history of the expedition of Fara- murz, son of Rustam, to India, one of the episodes grafted upon the Shahnamah. Beg. yl&j ^jjj JJj The fourth line, is identical with the beginning of another copy above mentioned, no. 196, art. VI., and the two texts are in close agreement. The last line common to both, jjUi Ji£-> lijilu j is followed in the present copy by four Baits in which Faramurz is said to return to Jaipal : (jy Two separate MSS. of the above episodes are noticed by Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 1978-9. 200. Or. 2930.— Foil. 240 ; 9 ; l in. by 5f ; 15 lines, 4 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik in two columns; dated Friday, 7 Rabi' II., A.H. 1244 (A.D. 1828). [Nath. Bland.] J Yusuf u Zulaikha, by Firdausi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 545, and Ethe, Bod- leian Catalogue, nos. 505 — 6. Beg. ^j** jd j> dji&a, Jjj This copy is the only one known which contains the full prologue of Firdausi, espe- cially the important account given by the poet, foil. 7a — 96, of his two predecessors, Abu '1-Muayyad and Bakhtiyari. That pro- logue has been edited by Ethe, mainly from the present MS., in his " Firdausi's Yusuf und Zalikha," 1887, pp. 20—23. The verses 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, the first from fol. 36, line 11, to fol. 4a, line 14; and the second from fol. 2b, line 10, to fol. 3a, line 6. For MSS. and printed editions, see Ethe, ib., pp. 7 and 12. An elegant translation of the poem in German verse was published by Freiherr von Schlechta - Wssehrd, Vienna, 1889. 201. Or. 2780.— Foil. 243 ; 10 in. by 6J; 23 lines, 4| in. long ; written in minute and neat Persian Neskhi, in six gold-ruled columns, 134 POETRY. with four rich double-page 'Unvans of the most highly finished style, gold headings, and miniatures ; dated Safar, A.H. 800 (A.D. 1397). [CoHTE DE GoBINEAU.] I. Foil. 1—40. U,/ Garshasp Namah, the history of Garshasp, the hero of Sistan, written in imitation of the Shahnamah of Firdausi ; by Asadi (see no. 196, art. I.). Beg. L^Uifcj &pl W j 1 o*^~> The author's name is not found in the text; but in the endorsement, j\ **X> u«>Uj/ \ OV-ojlii*, the poem is as- cribed, in conformity with Eastern tradi- tion, to Hakim Asadi Tusi. As the latter was the senior contemporary and master of Firdausi, and died, at an advanced age, about A.H. 421 — 32, the authentic date of the present poem, A.H. 458, noticed under no. 195, and found in the Paris and Oxford MSS. (see Ethe's Catalogue, no. 507, and Mold's Preface, p. lv.), renders that attribu- tion untenable, and makes it evident that the Garshasp Namah is the work of a later poet who had adopted the same poetical surname as his predecessor. It would be rash, however, to infer from this identity of names a close relationship between the two poets (see Ethe, Verhandlungen des fiinften Orientalisten Congresses, 2ter Theil, p. 64). It is well known that names of that class are strictly personal, and do not pass from father to son. Abu Nasr (or Abu Mansiir) 'AH B. Ahmad al-Asadi al-Tusi, author of the earliest poetical glossary, is probably identical with the later Asadi. See Majalis ul-Mu'minin, Add. 16,716, fol. 579, and Salemann, Me- langes Asiatiques, vol. ix., p. 507. The same name, with another Kunyah, is found in a MS. of the Garshasp Namah described by Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, no. 40, art. 2. What we learn from internal evidence, in addition to the above-mentioned date, is that the author composed this poem for Abu Dulaf, prince of Arran (to whose name the Majma' ul-Fusaha, i., p. 107, adds the Nisbah e from Karkar, a town of Arran) : (yjlj ldH$ jWL^J" and that before writing it he was not known as a poet. This appears from the following verse in the epilogue : The contents of the poem are described by Mohl, Preface of the Shahnamah, pp. lv. Iviii. ; they are briefly stated in the Ihya ul-Muluk, Or. 2779, foil. 10—11, and by Rehatsek, Molla Firuz Library, p. 164. Extensive extracts are given in Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 110 — 139. After a prologue, which occupies four pages and a half, the narrative begins, fol. 36, as follows : In the present copy the poem concludes with the death of Garshasp (Majma 1 ul-Fu- saha, p. 135, line 23). The subsequent sec- tions and the epilogue are wanting. The first portion of the poem, from fol. 3d, line 21, to fol. 6a, line 20, corresponds with the text printed in the fourth volume of Macan's edition of the Shahnamah, from p. 2109, line 23, to p. 2133, line 9. 1 The above is the reading of the Majma' ul-Fusaha, p. 113. In the present MS. the second hemistich is: POETRY. A.H. 400—500. II. Foil. 41—132. ^ sliJ^i Shahanshah Namah, a rhymed history of Ohinglz Khan and his successors down to A.H. 738, by Ahmad of Tabriz. Beg. The title of the poem and its dedication to Abu Sa'id are found in the following lines of the prologue, fol. 426: »Uj J, ^jT "Mr»l mW-j (_r— i;- The 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 : Fol. 426. r 5Ui ^ ^ ^ ^ Fol. 44a. J\ j ^ 16. ^ »/ jl Jj*. ^ ^ lb. u a\ o-jj tf U- ^b^s, y^jUi^ Fol. 46a. ^U^b ^ jXiy ?...».; Fol. 46a. b ^ Fol. 466. a \ j] ^jjii Fol. 47a. j! w yU- ^U-b The history of Chingiz Khan is told at great length down to fol. 69a. The subjects 135 of the next-following sections are Okotai, Tuli Khan, fol. 70a ; Jalal ud-Din Khwarazm Shah, fol. 73a; Jaghatai, fol. 796; Kuyuk Khan, fol. 816; Mung Ka'an, fol. 826; and Hulagu Khan, fol. 84a. The rest of the poem is taken up with the wars of Hulagu and the reigns of his suc- cessors in Persia down to the author's time. It appears from the epilogue that the 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 of composition and the poet's name are found at the end : JL, J- The copy is dated the 14th of Rajah, A.H. 800. It is endorsed : oLjki. s^UjaSj* III. Foil. 134—187. US ^ Bahman Namah, the poem above men- tioned, no. 197, II., with a different beginning. Beg. ^U^*, (ji. j| The prologue is much longer than in the preceding copy, and contains a panegyric on the reigning sovereign, Muhammad Shah, brother and successor of Sultan Barkyaruk' The poet describes at length two events which took place in the early part of his reign. The first is the capture of Shahdiz, a stronghold held by the Isma'ilis, close to 136 POETRY. Isfahan. It was taken by storm after a year's siege, and the chief was flayed alive (A.H. 500 ; see Kamil, vol. x., p. 299). The second is the great battle in which Muham- mad Shah routed and slew Malik ul-'Arab, i.e. Amir ul-'Arab Saif ud-Daulah Sadakah B. Mazyad (A.H. 501 ; see Kamil, lb., p. 306). Here the poet describes a huge dragon which came down from the sky before the battle, and was taken as an omen of victory. The same incident is mentioned in Ta'rikh l Guzidah. The beginning and conclusion of the narra- tive have been given above under no. 197, II. This copy is dated in the last decade of Eabi' I., A.H. 800. The poem is ascribed in the endorsement, ^-C- c^V^lii* *«U ^-.ftJ u^iT, to Hakim Azari. This is, apparently, owing to a confusion with a later Bahman Namah, a history of the Bahmams of Deccan, by Shaikh Azari, who died A.H. 866 (see the Persian Catalogue, pp. 43a, 642a). The Mujmil ut-Tavarikh, translated by Mohl, Journal Asiatique for 1843, i., pp. 395 to 418, mentions a Bahman Nameh written in verse, by Hakim Iranshan [J^]^) B. Abi '1-Khair ; but the line there quoted is not found in our MS. In Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. HO, it is stated that the Bahman Namah was attributed by some to Jamali Mihrijirdi. In another place, p. 494, the latter poet is explicitly called author of Bahman Namah, and is mentioned as one of the contemporaries of Lami'i, who lived about A.H. 500. IV. Foil. 188—243. «J3 (J>/ Hush Namah, by the author of the pre- ceding poem. Beg. Jjj trAjj ^-^J ,_£y jj/b j ib J~ j ib i,; 3 w-jj In the prologue the author, whose name does not appear, gives again a poetical de- scription of the great battle in which his sovereign defeated and slew the king of the Arabs." He refers to the preceding poem and to the princely reward he had received for it, and in token of gratitude dedicates the present one to his royal patron. He then passes on to the subject-matter of his poem in the following lines, fol. 190a : U">y My J&ijjt j*> 103? The hero of the poem, Kiish, surnamed Pildandan, " the elephant-tusked," is repre- sented as a contemporary of Zohak and Faridun, and his warlike exploits range over all the known world from China to Maghrib. According to the Mujmil ut-Tavarikh, Rush Pildandan B. Rush was a brother's son of Garshasp. See Mohl, Journal Asiatique, 1843, i., pp. 391, 414. Some episodes of the Rush Namah have been described by Oomte de Gobineau, Histoire des Perses, vol. i., pp 139 144. In the endorsement the poem is ascribed, like the preceding, to Azari. Copyist (foil. 132, 243) : & al *** The MS. is ornamented with eleven minia- tures in good Persian style. They occupy two-thirds of the page or more, and are found at foil. 14, 18, 29, 44, 49, 61, 89, 163, 171, 202, 213. The contents of this MS. have been briefly POETRY. A.H. 400—500. 137 noticed by Comte de Gobineau in the Me- langes Asiatiques, vol. vi., p. 404. They were more fully described in the Athenseum, 31 May, 1884. 202. Or. 2878.— Foil. 119; 121 in. by 8; 17 lines, 4J in. long; written in four columns in elegant Nestalik, with 'Unvan, gold-ruled margins, gilt headings and miniatures, ap- parently in the 16th century. Bound in stamped leather covers. [Sidney Chuechill.] Another copy of the Garshasp Namah (see no. 201, i.). The prologue is abridged to fifty-two Baits, and does not contain the name of Abu Dulaf. The narrative begins at the top of the third page, fol. 36, and the record of the death of Garshasp, with which the former copy concludes, is found at fol. 112a. It is followed by several sections relating to Nariman and to his conflict with Ra'd i Ghammaz, Lord of Sipand Kuh (partly printed in the Majma' ul-Fusaha, pp. 135—138). The epilogue, foil. 118-19, consists only of reflections on the transitory nature of worldly greatness and of prayers, without any mention of the poet's patron. In the colophon is found the curious notice that the author, Maulana Asadi, was the sister's son of Firdausi: ^ two ruled columns ; dated Jumada II., A.H. 1275 (A.D. 1859). Bound in painted and glazed covers. [Sidney Chuechii.l.] Selection from the Divan of Farrukhi, with this heading : .jjUj w ly j 3 Beer. ^f±»>\ Wj« oaf j\ The MS. contains two whole-page minia- tures in Persian style at the beginning, and six half-page miniatures at foil. 13, 40, 52 82, 96 and 108. Copyist : ^Kll puis yj s^f j£ 203. Or. 2945.— Foil. 94 ; 10f in. by 6 ; 16 lines, 3J in. long; written in cursive Nestalik in Farrukhi, whose original name was Abu'l- Hasan 'Ali B. Kulu', was a native of Sistan, distinguished alike by musical skill and poetical genius, and a dependant of the local ruler, Amir Khalaf B. Ahmad (deposed A.H. 393 by Sultan Mahmud; see Kamil, vol. ix., p. 122). Leaving his native country in search of fortune, he repaired to Balkh and won the favour of Amir Abu '1-Muzaffar Tahir Chaghani, by whose liberality he was enabled to appear in state at the Court of Ghaznah. There he became one of the favorite poets of Sultan Mahmud, and died A.H. 429, leaving, besides numerous poems, a treatise on rhetorics entitled Tarjuman ul- Balaghah. See Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 439—65, where extensive extracts from his Divan are given, and Khair ul-Bayan Or. 3397, fol. 51ft. The date 470, assigned by Taki Kashi, Oude Catalogue, p. 15, to Farrukhi's death, is evidently much too late. The contents of the present MS. are an alphabetical series of Kasidahs with headings indicating to whom they were addressed, fol. 2b, three Tarjl'-bands, fol. 86J, Kit'ahs and Ruba'is, fol. 91a, and an appendix containing some Ghazals and additional Ruba'is, foil. 924— 94a. Most of the Kasi- dahs are in praise of Sultan Mahmud, of his son Muhammad and of his brother, Amir Yusuf. A notice of the poet is prefixed foil, lb— 2a. The MS. was written by a student called Abu '1-Kasim, for Muh. Mahdi B. Mustafa al- Husaini al-Tafrishi, surnamed Bada'i'jsTigar. T 138 POETRY. The same Selection was subsequently 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 contents of that lithographed edition are identical with those of the present MS., with the exception that the additional pieces of the appendix have been inserted into the body of the work. Another edition of Farrukhi's Divan was lithographed in Teheran, A.H. 1302. It contains Kasidahs, in alphabetical order, more numerous than in the first edition, but without headings, and two short Grhazals at the end. Some pieces have been edited by M. Schefer in the second volume of his Chrestomathie persane, pp. 247 — 52. A translation of Riza Kuli Khan's notice of Farrukhi will be found in the same volume, p. 242. 204. Or. 3246.— Foil. 286; 11 in. by 6J ; about 19 lines, 3f in. long ; written in two red- ruled columns in cursive Nestalik; dated (fol. 262) Tuesday, Ramazan, A.H. 1248 (A.D. 1833). Bound in painted and glazed covers. [Sidney Churchill.] I. Foil. 1-212. J-jJ Jyfi The Divan of Farrukhi ; see the preceding MS. Beg. bjd y^jj lSjjJ <-fr^ u!3^& lS "*^ J Contents : Kasidahs in alphabetical order, partly agreeing with the Teheran edition of A.H. 1302, but much more numerous. Tarjj'- bands, fol. 202a, beginning : Ghazals, fol. 207a, beginning : Ruba'is, fol. 2106, beginning : II. Foil. 213—262. t^aift ^j, The Divan of 'Unsuri. Contents ; Kasidahs in alphabetical order, fol. 2135, with the same beginning as in no. 205. Additional Kasidahs not alpha- betically arranged, fol. 2506. Ruba'is, fol. 261a, beginning : y £j " j} t? J y u)lij' f-i-*' 8 *4f? ^ III. Foil. 263—286. A collection of Kasi- dahs alphabetically arranged, designated in the colophon as the Divan of Rudagi : y_.il yl jli-.lU ^y.jJl Beg. b_»7 c^iA Jy^jj ufV^j 11 uf J J ^ iSj_»j ^ t-J-^/J It is stated, however, in a note at the beginning, that the poems are by Kataran, and have been wrongly ascribed to Rudagi, as they are found in the Divan of the former. In fact most pieces are found in the Divan of Kataran, no. 207. The same writer, who signs himself Bah- man B. 'Abdullah Mirza B. Fath 'Ali Shah, makes an exception in favour of two pieces which he says are really by Rudagi. The first is a Kasidah beginning, fol. 277a, as follows : Js jjb \j ^ jliU (In Majma' ul-Fusaha it is given under Rudagi, vol. i., p. 238, but said to be really by Kataran). The second is the well-known piece be- ginning : ij*" ±>J W V Js" Ji i/y *J u^V* - Copyist : l_~I~> yl POETRY. A.H. 400—500. 139 205. Or. 2843.— Foil. Ill; 8^ in. by 51; 12 lines, 3^ in. long ; written on blue-tinted paper in neat Shikastah-amiz, with 'Unvan and gold- ruled margins ; dated Teheran, 28 Zulhijjah, A.H. 1278 (A.D. 1862). [Sidney Chuechill.] 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. It is alphabetically arranged, and begins with a Kasidah in praise of Sultan Mahmud, the opening line of which is : The alphabetical series of Kasidahs is followed, fol. 102a, by three Kit'ahs and G-hazals, and, fol. 104a, by an alphabetical series of Ruba'is, beginning : The Divan includes a Kasidah of Abu Zaid Ghaza'iri (who died A.H. 426; Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. i., p. 368) and a "replica" by 'Unsuri, foil. 59—65. A similarly arranged Divan with nearly the same contents was lithographed in Persia without date. A later and fuller edition, probably lithographed in Teheran, is dated A.H. 1298. Copious extracts are given in Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. L, pp. 355—67. MSS. noticed by Sprenger, Oude Cata- logue, p. 528, and by Ethe, Bodleian Cata- logue, no. 521, are not in alphabetical order. They begin with a Kasidah in J\, which is found in the present MS., fol. 70. Copyist: w u^.^ J^jjjU U U- Je ^ I 206. Or. 2844.— Poll. 81 ; 8J in. by 6J ; 15 lines, about 4 in. long ; written in cursive Shi- kastah-amiz, A.H. 1274 (A.D. 1857-8). [Sidney Chuechill.] The Divan of Minuchihri, with the heading Beg. Ujyj; ^ ^ ^ U^s ^ ^ ^ 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 Amir Kabiis, A.H. 386. After that prince's death in A.H. 411, he repaired to Ghaznah, paid his court to the Malik ush-Shu'ara '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 (see Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. 542) or A.H. 439, as stated in the Teheran edition of the Divan. The first edition of his Divan was pub- lished in Teheran by the learned Riza Kuli Khan, who prefixed to it a biographical notice of the poet. A second edition was lithographed in Teheran, A.H. 1297. M. A. de Biberstein Kazimirski, who had published in 1876 a specimen of the Divan, drawn from a MS. in his possession, has since edited the whole text, enlarged from the Teheran edition, with translation and notes, Paris, 1886. This edition contains an extensive historical in- troduction on the reign of Sultan Mas'ud, pp. 17—142, and Ri z a Kuli's biographical notice in text and translation, pp. r-r and 143—147. T 2 140 POETRY. The contents of the present copy differ by some additions and changes in the arrange- ment from those of the Teheran edition of ] 1297, and agree on the whole better with ' that of Kazimirski. The Musammatat begin, fol. 645, with this line, jj^i- I Js- j liJJJi- (Kazimirski, no. 58), and are followed, fol. 796, by a few Kit'ahs and Ghazals. 207. Or. 3317.— Foil. 254 ; 8 in. by 4| ; 18 lines, 2f in. long ; written in small and neat Nestalik in two gold-ruled columns, with 'Unvan, apparently early in the 1 9th century. Bound in painted and glazed covers. [Sidney Churchill.] The Divan of Hakim Kataran. Beg. UuM &f ls^j 5 e/° J 5 ^ Kataran was a native of Jabal, or the Dailami Highlands, and lived in Tabriz, where Nasir i Khusrau met him A.H. 434 (see Schefer's translation of Sefer-Nfimeh, p. 18). He addressed most of his poems to the Sultans and Amirs, who held sway in Azarbaijan under Sultan Toghrul I., es- pecially to Amir Fazlfm and Shah Abu Nasr Mamlan (appointed governor of a district of Azarbaijan, A.H. 450 ; see Kamil, vol ix., p. 448). Kataran is called Tabrizi in the earliest Tazkirah, that of 'Aufi. See Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 3686, Haft Iklim, fol. 5096, and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. 466. A.H. 465 is given in the last work as the date of his death. Some pieces of the Divan will be found in Schefer's Chrestomathie Persane, vol. ii., pp. 240—47. The Divan consists for the most part of Kasidahs in alphabetical order, without headings. These are followed, fol. 202a, by Tarji' bands and Kit'ahs, beginning : ^ im*J L>r^ At the end, fol. 2456, is a series of Ruba'is without alphabetical order, beginning : ^ jir 1 u>T The MS. is endorsed Jz }J U V- J > but this has been corrected in a note showing that the mistake arose from a confusion between Abu Nasr Mamlan, patron of Kataran, and Nasr B. Ahmad Samani, patron of Rudagi. 208. Or. 2879.— Foil. 81 ; 8£ in. by 5 ; 17 lines, 2f in. long, with additional slanting lines in the margin ; written in neat Nestalik, ap- parently in the 19th century. [Sidney Chuechill.] A smaller collection of the poems of Kataran. Beg. !Uu>j1jj13 j\ lir -° t^*> The first Kasidah is found at fol. 173 of the preceding MS. The Divan concludes with another Kasidah, which occurs at fol. 94 of the latter copy, and begins thus : CAi, td^ J j->j j* jj? 3 ^ ^ ^X>j sal^ of u^jr $ j ] f-J An appendix, foil. 723—816, contains some ! additional pieces beginning : POETRY. A.H. 400—500. 141 On the first page is a note of a former owner with the date A.H. 1278. 209. Or. 2845.— Poll. 160 ; 8£ in. by 4f ; 23 lines, 2f in. long ; written in minute and very neat Nestalik, apparently early in the 19th century. [Sidney Churchill.] at The Divan of Nasir i Khusrau 'Alavi. Beg. IpU. ^ ji j jJj \jb Oil* (_. tU» ijf- t j£e ±XS ,S Nasir i Khusrau was born in Kubadiyan, near Balkh, A.H. 394, and died in Yumgan, in the province of Badakhshan, A.H. 481. For notices of his life, see the Persian Cata- logue, p. 1086k ; Ethe, Actes du sixieme Congres, Leide, 1885, Part 2, pp. 171—237; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. L, pp. 607—633, where copious extracts from the Divan are given. A lithographed edition of the Divan, alpha- betically arranged, with an abridgment of the alleged autobiography of the author, was printed in Tabriz, A.H. 1280. The contents of the present MS. are not in alphabetical order, although they begin with the first Kasidah of the Tabriz edition. The second Kasidah of the MS., beginning J^J & >jxt \ sj Two prose pieces are prefixed, viz., 1. A notice of the poet, by Taki ud-Din Mull. al-Husaini (no. 105), fol. 15. 2. The auto- biography of Nasir i Khusrau, foil. 4b — 206. The contents of the Divan are much fuller than those of the Tabriz edition. The alpha- betical series of Kasidahs, which ends fol. 317a, is followed by two longer pieces, the beginnings of which are as follows : Fol. 317a. Fol. 321a. At the end, fol. 326a, are some Kit'ahs beginning : 211. 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. in four red-ruled columns, "with gilt 'Unvans ; dated Tabriz, from Tuesday, 6 Rabi' II., A.H. 692, to Friday, 5 Safar, A.H. 697 (A.D. 1293 — 98). [Sidney Chueohill.] I. Foil. 2b— 17a. yl U V- J The Divan of Abu '1-Faraj Runi, who died about the close of the fifth century of the Hijrah. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 547 ; Bthe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 523 ; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 70 — 78. Beg. pjffl diM i_Aii\ j oSjtij^r*' The Divan is not in alphabetical order. The Kasidahs are followed, fol. 16a, by Mukatta'at beginning : and, fol. 166, by Ruba'is beginning : II. Foil. 176— 18a. Ruba'is by Majd ud- Din Hamgar, ±s!° Beg. <_if- &/j\diJj^\ p^j 5 Hamgar was a native of Shiraz, who traced his origin to Anushirvan. He was a pane- gyrist of the Atabek of Fars, Sa'd B. Abu Bakr B. Zingi, and of the great Sahib Divan, Shams ud-Din Muhammad. He died A.H. 686. See Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 478 ; Bthe, Bodleian Catalogue,no. 678; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 594 — 8. The Ruba'is are in alphabetical order, and break off in letter O. For the continuation see below, artt. iv. and vii. III. Foil. 186—356. Jjj\ The Divan of Azraki. Beg. JOJ *_o.T ^jj l-±3 jji j Jb tj^T ^y jjj {jy°} Zain ud-Din Abu Bakr Azraki lived at the Court of Tughan Shah, the Saljuk prince of Nishapur, and died in Herat, A.H. 526 or 527. See Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 366 ; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 711 ; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 139 — 52. The Divan consists almost entirely of Kasidahs, many of which are addressed to Tughan Shah B. Muh., to Mlranshah B. Kavurd, who reigned in Kirman A.H. 487 — 494, and to several Vazirs of the same period. They are not in alphabetical order. At the end, fol. 346, are Ruba'is beginning : V,i_ill3 a»jfc y J> bx> IV. Fol. 356— 36a. Ruba'is of Majd ud- Din Hamgar, continued from fol. 18, with the heading : ^ Cj*»\ j ^ V. Foil. 365— 125a. u^yl The Divan of Anvari. See no. 215, v. Beg. j j 1 *. j iby / Contents : Kasidahs not alphabetically ar- ranged, but grouped under the persons to whom they are addressed. Mukatta'at, fol. 83a, beginning : POETRY. A.H. 400—500 Ruba'is, fol. 118a, beginning: 143 VI. Foil. 1256— 1736. ^tta? ^ The Divan of Mukhtari. See no. 215, vn. Beg. l) U/'l1o^_, ^1 jb \j> ^UuiAlfe ^b j jl sU» 4»b £jo Kasidahs arranged under the persons in whose praise they are written. Hazaliyyat and Ghazaliyyat, fol. 1656, the latter of which begin as follows : Masnavis, fol. 166a, the first of which is entitled and begins : i^-S ljS\,> djfi-'i Euba'is, fol. 170a, beginning: V,V5j (j^j (corrected to KU Cil. o£L VII. Foil. 1736—1796. Ruba'is of Majd ud-Din Hamgar, continued from fol. 36, and extending from & to L $. In some verses at the end the transcriber, Ishak B. Kivam Muh. Hamgar, states that this copy of the Ruba'is of his grandfather was finished on Friday, the 5th of Safar, A.H. 697 in obedience to the commands of Fakhr i Millat u Din Khwajah i Jahan, son of Nasir ud-Din Ahmad, in Tabriz. The Divan of Mukhtari was transcribed, as well as the preceding Divans, by Muham- mad Shah B. 'Ali B. Mahmud Isfahani, J[f CJ^ri who finished the last on Tuesday, 6 Rabi' II., A.H. 693. 212. Or. 2889.— Foil. 119; 8 in. by 5; about 22 lines of varying length ; written in small and cursive Nestalik Shikastah-amiz ; dated Teheran, from 22 Jumada II., A.H. 1289, to Wednesday, 28 Jumada I., A.H. 1293 (A.D. 1872—76). [Sidney Churchill.] I. Foil. 2—8. An Arabic Kasidah, com- posed in prison, by Sa'id B. As'ad, with this heading : uLb.bl ^ ^ ^ Beg. ,\Jh>. cut.U» ^ J II. Foil. 10— 24a. ^ Jjji The Divan of Abu '1-Hasan Lami'i. Beg. j ^ U V- J The Divan of Rashid ud-Din Vatvat ; see the Persian Catalogue, p. 553a, and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. 222. Beg. Uy |»/- jW. It consists of two series of Kasidahs, the first of which is in alphabetical order. The second, which is not so arranged, begins, fol. 57a, as follows : Y. Poll. 756— 119a. uj^y* Jnjd 0-»b-u \j II. Foil. 876— 148a. ^ The Divan of Imami Haravi, who lived in Kirman and Isfahan, and died in the latter place, according to Taki Kashi, A.H. 686. See Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 17, no. 46, and p. 439; Daulatshah, III., 10; Haft Iklim, fol. 1946 ; Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 156 ; Atashkadah, fol. 76a; Ethe, Bodleian Cata- logue, no. 676; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 98—101. Contents : Kasidahs, not alphabetically arranged, beginning : U£>\ u \4=» tfjsf Mukatta'at, fol. 1326, beginning : III. Foil. 1486— 1756. Jj-^aN *>J ^y.a The Divan of Farid ud-Din Ahval, a con- temporary of Imami and of Majd ud-Din Hamgar, and panegyrist of Atabek Sa'd B. Zingi. See Daulatshah, 11., 13 ; Riyaz ush- Shu'ara, fol. 3326 ; Haft Iklim, fol. 355 ; Oude Catalogue, p. 397 ; and Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 377 — 80. It consists exclusively of Kasidahs, with- out alphabetical order or headings, and begins as follows : JjU JU? j£>^j " J?.^ IV. Foil. 176a — 1796. Three additional Kasidahs ascribed in the heading to Imami POETRY. A.H. 500—600. 145 B eg. JU- jl ab ij* hi***" 1 J" 3 The MS. was written for Malik ush- Shu'ara Mirza Sarkhush, by Ja'far Kuli B. Muh. Taki Jajarini. 214. Or. 8802.— Pan. 227 ; 7i in. by 4f ; 15 lines, 3J m. long ; written in distinct Neskki, before A.H. 1280 (A.D. 1863). [Sidney Churchill.] The Divan of Hakim Sana'i, with a preface by the author. See the Persian Catalogue pp. 549—551. of the Preface : Ua» ^jIacjJ II. ^ J' j j^^WjiS VI. JkiJ « sS' (jyXo »^,b" eujlk. VII. * J O-^jJyTjJji ^ VIII. O— cb , 146 POETRY. The actual contents of the MS. fall far short of the above programme. The divi- sion into Babs is not observed, the matter is considerably curtailed, the seventh Bab and the tenth (the Hadikah) are omitted, and the order of others is inverted. Contents : Religious and moral Kasidahs, fol. 136. Kasidahs in praise of Bahramshah, of his father and predecessor, Sultan 'Ala ud-Daulah Abu Sa'd Mas'ud (AH. 492— 508) and others, fol. 366. A Sufi poem, entitled ai^U jy°j 3 'iS^ 1 jy^i fol. 626, beginning : (mentioned in Nafahat ul-Uns, p. 697, under the title tyWjyfj Other Sufi poems in Kasidah form, fol. 76a. Ghazals, fol. 75a, beginning: CX>j L^j^ b' and some laudatory and miscellaneous pieces. Elegies fol. 137a. Satires, fol. 146a. Ghazals, fol. 1466. Ruba'is and Kit'ahs, fol. 1746, beginning : Li*— i)J j d\d J.M S^A=- ti!j» j 5 \j kiAj ^Vjj v£)jt Jj The Masnavi entitled ^\\ J\ sU»!\ jJm> (designated in the table as Bab III.), foil. 1866 — 221a, beginning: An appendix, foil. 221a — 227a, contains anecdotes and letters of Sana'i. Copyist : ( jKid\>j>~ ^ ,JiUN ms- 215. Or. 4514.— Eoll. 153 ; 9J in. by 6£ ; 35 lines, 4^ in. long, with additional lines round the margins ; written in a very minute Nestalik in six columns; dated from Jumada I., A.H. 1009 (fol. 1166) to 14 Rabi' II., A.H. 1023 (fol. 766) (A.D. 1600—1614). [Sidney Chukchill.] I. Foil. 3a— 406. The Hadikah of Sana'i, to which is prefixed the preface of Muham- mad B. Ali al-Raffa, imperfect at the begin- ning, followed by that of Sana'i, fol. 4a (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 550 ; Ethe, Bod- leian Catalogue, no. 528 ; and Pertsoh, Berlin Catalogue, no. 717). II. Foil. 406 — 42a. Another Masnavi by Sana'i, with the heading Ji\ ,sb.«!\ ^btf' jy,Ji\ jjiJj 0 ..„ \\ sUy. See above, no. 214, fol. 186. III. Foil. 426— 76a, The Divan of Sana'i ; see no. 214. Beg. yjU^ yj 5 ^- ^ y ^ yjj.jo \yyo L> Cld* £si£ The Kasidahs, which are not in alphabetical order, are followed, fol. 66a, by Ghazals be- ginning : jwi/^.j s/b >V.bjb bjj &j» and, fol. 74a, by Mukatta'at beginning : j^b ^ki J j& jijj jcJj w bj In the colophon the preceding articles are designated as yl . . . (jjsiii*' 1 'ij±> Ob£ 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. al-Munshi al-Churpadakani (Persian Cata- logue, p. 157), or rather from the translator's continuation. It relates to the events of A.H. 582, and, first, to the great cataclysm which had been foretold for that year. V. Poll. 786—1166. ^ The Divan of Anvari, alphabetically ar- ranged, with the usual beginning. See further on, no. 218. The Mukatta'at begin on fol. 96a, and the Ghazals on fol. 108a. VI. Poll. 1176— 1346. .y- ^jb jA« At the end are a few Kit'ahs and Ruba'is. u 2 148 POETRY. 217. Or. 3320.— Foil. 149 ; 9^ in. by 4f ; 20 lines, 2f in. long ; written in elegant Nestalik in two gold-ruled columns, with 'Unvan ; dated 23 Eabi' I., A.H. 1016 (A.D. 1607). [Sidney Churchill.] Beg. j jjkj j j.ls.j i> j u^jJ The poet, a native of Gharjistan, lived mostly in Herat and Ghaznln, and was a pane- gyrist of Bahriimshah Ghaznavi and of Sultan Sinjar Saljuki. He died, according to Taki Kashi, Or. 3506, fol. 397, A.H. 555. See Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, pp. 16 and 444; Daulatshah, II., 2; Haft Iklim, fol. 260a; Biyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 96a ; and Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 185—192. A MS. of the Divan with the above beginning, is fully de- scribed in Ethe's Bodleian Catalogue, no. 538. Contents : Kasidahs, not alphabetically arranged, mixed with some Kit'ahs, fol. 16. Ghazals, fol. 127a, beginning : sab ^yLi bj Jiu ^* b «S aW } ^y Euba'is, fol. 140a, beginning : Copyist : ^ibbyU- ^ Jjj-. ^ JU 218. Or. 3233.— Foil. 422 ; 9^ in. by 51 ; 18 lines, 3 in. long ; written in very neat Nestalik in two gold -ruled columns, with four rich 'Unvans; dated Thursday, 20 Eajab, A.H. 1154 (A.D. 1741). [Sidney Churchill.] The Divan of Anvari. See above, no. 215, v. ; the Persian Catalogue, p. 554 ; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 713 ; Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 543 ; Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 152—167 ; M. Ferte, Journal Asiatique, 1895, 1. ; and Zhukovski's Essay on Anvari's life and poetry, published in Bussian, St. Petersburg, 1883, and reviewed by Pertsch, Literatur Blatt fur Orientalische Philologie, Band II., pp. 10—18. In this MS. the Divan is divided into four parts, marked by separate 'Unvans, contain- ing respectively the Kasidahs, the Mukatta'at, the Ghazals, and the Euba'is. In each part the contents are arranged in alphabetical order. The initial verses of the four parts are as follows : I. Fol. lb. \j y u bj j y i,ij-i> j i^w.^i f°l- 3876. Copyist : lSj]^ POETRY. A.H. 500—600. 149 219. Or. 3312.— Foil. 149; 6 in. by 4 ; 18 lines, 2 in. long ; written in small and cursive Nestalik; dated Zulhijjah, A.H. 132 (pro- bably for 1132, A.D. 1720). [Sidney Churchill.] A commentary upon the Mukatta'at of the Divan of Anvari, by Abu '1-Hasan al-Husaini F arahani. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 5564, where the same author's commentary on the Kasidahs is described. Both commentaries are mentioned by Ethc, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 557. fff L-JIS j3 <_yt ill] JUS The author refers in the preface to his previous commentary on the Kasidahs, and prefixes to the present work an introduction on the six kinds of Persian poetry. The commentary follows the alphabetical order of the Mukatta'at. The first line quoted is • written in large and elegant Nestalik, with gold. ruled margins, a rich double -page 'Unvan and gold headings ; dated A.H. 841 (A.D. 1437-8). [Sidney Chubchill.] I. Foil. 16-3276. upyil ^ The Divan of Anvari, to which is prefixed, foil, lb — 3a, a prose preface by an anony- mous editor. Beg. of the preface : l-A^ ^ J^i J ^ eulogy on the poet, 5)1 (see Or. 3233, fol. 209a). Only such pas- sages are cited as require explanation. In conclusion the author claims the indulgence of the readers on account of his youth. For other copies see the Oude Catalogue, p. 332, no. 100, and Melanges Asiatiques,' vol. iv., p. 54. Copyist : Jl^l i^e 220. Or.3486.-Foll.540; 13|in.by94; 15 lines, 3 T m. long in the centre of the pages, and about 31 oblique lines round the margins; After a pompous whom he calls p^Uill iUc yj^j, A\\ ^ } \ l^DI . . . . the editor says that, having found Anvari's poems, especially those of his latter days, scattered and exposed to loss, he deemed it incumbent upon himself to collect and ar- range them, and to compile a table in order to render the search for them easy. There is, however, no such table in the MS. The Divan begins, fol. 36, with a Kasidah in praise of Sultan Sinjar, with the heading: A" b,uj- ffesn >u c ^ j, the opening line of which is : The arrangement is not alphabetical. Some Kasidahs at the beginning have head- ings indicating their subject. The Mukatta'at begin, fol. 2036, as follows : Then follow six Ghazals, fol. 3216, be- ginning : 150 POETRY. and Ruba'is, fol. 323ci, beginning : J-oU (?) JUc ji J, r y ji y jl ib II. Foil. 3286— 5406. 0 V Jj).* 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 the Persian Catalogue, p. 5816. The first section contains Kasidahs and Tarji'-bands, many of which have headings 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 one Ghazal, fol. 536, beginning : \ J} tj&jf £->jy° ^ y> J Ruba'is, fol. 5376, beginning : i>y- j\ ^t>j jb J^*: \) The margins throughout the volume form a continuous text, consisting of the following works : III. Foil. 16—343a. d U»> Wj* ^yi The Divan of Salman Savaji, who died A.H. 779. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6246 ; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 837 ; Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 807 ; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 19. Beg. 0- ; b. JU° C*jy> ^y _/ ^ j» Contents: Kasidahs or Tarji'-bands, partly provided with headings indicating the persons to whom they are addressed, without alpha- betical arrangement. Margiyahs, fol. 195a, beginning : h/ y^.j sUi tp^J Mukatta'at, fol. 205 a, beginning : Another series of Kit'ahs ajJaaMj, fol. 3296, beginning : Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 243a, beginning : Ruba'is, fol. 334a, beginning : toy* IV. Foil. 3436—5406. sr £- OUjc Ghazals of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (Persian Catalogue, p. 609), alphabetically arranged. Beg. uisiU! all ybj jj f\j ^ This first piece is the opening of the Divan entitled Sjil k-j (sec Oude Catalogue, p. 468, and Ethe, no. 753), from which most of the contents of the present collection are taken. The first three pieces, which are in praise of God jj^yN J, are followed by a piece beginning : aj& abb ^joU,^ ^\ which is at the head of the Ghazals in the same Divan. POETRY. The alphabetical series of Ghazals begins, f ol. 345a, as follows : At the end are a few Mukatta'at, fol. 538a, and some Euba'is, fol. 539a. The latter begin : This fine and well-preserved MS. is the work of two skilled penmen, who wrote very similar hands. The main text in the centre was written by 'Ali B. Ska'ban B. Haidar al-Oshturjani, while the marginal text is signed Zain al-Katib al-Isfahani. 221. Or. 3401.— Foil. 180; 9 in. by 5J ; 12 and 15 lines ; written in cursive Nestalik Shi- kastah-amiz ; dated Jumada II., A.H. 1259 (A.D. 1843). [Sidney Chuechill.] I. Foil. 3—105. ^jJl HJ. Tuhfat ul-'Irfikain by Kkakani (Persian Catalogue, p. 560a), with the prose preface, foil. 3—7. The poem is imperfect at the end. II. Foil. 106—180. jjiSfM A commentary upon the Divan of Kha- kani by Riza Kuli, poetically surnamed Hidayat (see no. 42). Beg. JjU c U^.j ^ ^ ^ Uj CajUo ^ j£i ^ ^ ^ U . . . r to j The author says in the preface that, although he was aware that commentaries had been written on Khakani's Divan, he had not seen any. He therefore thought it A.H. 500—600. 151 expedient to give his own explanations of 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 engrossing occupations. He concludes by stating his intention of writing later on a commentary upon Tuhfat ul-'Irakain. For other commentaries on the Kasidahs of Kkakani, see the Persian Catalogue, pp. 561-62 ; Oude Catalogue, p. 462 ; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 742; and Ethe' Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 572-3. Copyist : ajUI y>j 222. Or. 3325—Foll. 106 ; 6f in. by 5 ; 17 lines, 2| in. long ; written in small and fair STes- talik ; dated beginning of Ramazan, A.H. 873 (A.D. 1469). [Sidney Chueohill.] The Divan of Zahir Fariyabi, with a preface. Beg. of the Preface: ^ ^ Beg. of the Divan : u£li». JjLj cJi } ifjf. After some considerations on the noble gift of speech and on the relative merits of prose and poetry, the unknown author of the preface says that untoward circum- stances had torn him away from his native place and from his parents, and that his great desire was to meet Zahir ud-Din Tahir B. Muh. al-Fariyabi, and to gather from t 152 POETRY. converse with him knowledge and wisdom, but he was balked in his purpose by adverse fate, and, ere he could reach him, the poet had departed for the abode of bliss. The writer was fain to collect the scattered poems of Zahir in a Divan, which he dedi- cated to the Vazir Majd ud-Daulah wa'd-Din Ahmad B. Muhammad. The same preface is noticed by Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 579, and byEthe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 582. Contents of the Divan : Kasidahs not alphabetically arranged, with a few Tarkib- bands, some of which have rubrics indicating to whom they were addressed, fol. 66. Mukatta'at, fol. 68J, beginning : Ghazals, fol. 975, beginning : Ruba'is, fol. 9966, beginning : } ji3 u>'jl* For notices of Zahir, who died A.H. 598, and of MSS. of his Divan, see the Persian Catalogue, p. 5626; Schefer's Chrestomathie, vol. i., p. 112; Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 330—36 ; Rosen, Institut, p. 205 ; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, nos. 691, 747-8 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 582 — 4. The Divan was lithographed at Lucknow, A. H. 1295. This copy was written by Yiisuf B. 'Abd ul-'Aziz for the library of Amir Bakari Beg B. Iskander Beg. 223. Or. 3301.— Foil. 124 ; 7\ in. by 4 ; 15 lines, 2 in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, with two 'Unvans and gold-ruled margins, ap- parently in the 16th century. Bound in stamped and gilt covers. [Sidney Churchill.] Another copy of the Divan of Zahir Fariyabi, with the same preface. The contents of the Divan agree to some extent with those of the preceding copy. The Mukatta'at begin with the same piece, fol. 59a ; but there are further on, fol. 92a-, a few Ghazals, and some additional Kasidahs. The Ruba'is, foil. 1176— 124a, have the same beginning. 224. Or. 2880.— Foil. 370 ; llf in. by 8 ; from 18 to 22 lines, about 4^ in. long ; written in fair Nestalik; dated from Muharram to Jumada I., A.H. 1245 (A.D. 1829). [Sidney Churchill.] I. Foil. 16— 117a. ^Jjjijztjb yljj.J The Divan of Zahir Fariyabi (see no. 222), with the usual beginning : The same beginning is found in many copies. See Add. 7733, Persian Catalogue, p. 563 ; Oude Catalogue, no. 542 ; Ethe, no. 584; and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 747. The Kasidahs are followed by Mukatta'at, fol. 1146, beginning : y t-^y° >J j ^1)13 Lili* Sitf±- ^-as- The Ghazals begin on fol. 806, which should immediately precede fol. 1146, as follows : Ruba'is begin, fol. 1140 «^*» e)V ^ ,Js Cabs' ^jl^jj II. Foll.ll8&-140a. tfc^^^j^ The Divan of Minuchihri. See no. 206. Beg. Ujejjj l^j) jb W U ^ ^ W^e jlj yU. ij^ ^ It consists only of select Kasidahs without alphabetical arrangement. IIL Foil. 1406— 1976. Jj\ The Divan of Azraki. See no. 211, in. Beg. JliJ «ijT ^.jj Kasidahs, not in alphabetical order, fol- lowed by a few Kit'ahs, and, fol. 1916, by Ruba'is beginning : Oi^j c^->^, lLUj jij> Ujj IV. Foil. 1986-3416. ^ ^1 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 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, The beginning given by Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 446, occurs here at fol. 2076. Contents : Kasidahs and Tarji's without alphabetical order or headings ; Mukatta'at, fol. 3056, beginning : , C.cVO bT POETRY. A.H. 500-600. 153 Ghazals, fol. 323a, beginning : y U y y r i r ^ ^ ■V.I u^" jli* a?. 1 **?" ^i-5j-> C-STi Contents : Kasidahs without alphabetical order. Ghazals, fol. 354a, beginning : Mufradat, fol. 3626, and Ruba'is, fol. 364a, with some other short pieces. The Ruba'is begin : Copyist : JliKMyb j.^? ^ J* 225. Or. 2834.— Foil. 374 ; 10J in. by 61; 19 lines, 4 in. long; written in elegant Nestalik in four gold-ruled columns, with a double-page 'Unvan and five single-page ones, orna- mental headings blue and gold, and twenty- six miniatures, half-page or more, in fair Persian style; dated Sunday, mid-Shavval A.H. 895 (A.D. 1490). Bound in painted and glazed covers. 154 POETRY. The five poems of Nizami. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 564 ; Pertsoh, Berlin Catalogue, no. 719 ; Roseu, Insbitut, p. 171 ; Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no's. 585, &c, and 1981 ; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp. 637—654. I Poll, 16— 31«. Makhzan ul-Asrar, ^ II. Foil. 316— 105a. Khusrau u Shtrm, The prologue is in praise of Atabek Mu- hammad, and the date of composition, A.H. 571, is given, fol. 102a, as follows: III. Poll. 1056— 165a. Laili u Majniin, The name of the king of Shirvfm, to whom the poem is dedicated, is written, fol. 111a, Poll. 1056— 165a. IV. Foil. 1656- 33a. Haft Paikar, \ ^Ay^ VI. Foil. 3256— 374a. The second part of the Iskandar Namah, with the heading: ^ JUS! US? It contains in the prologue, fol. 329a, that dedication to Malik Kahir 'Izz ud-Din Mas'tid B. Nur ud-Din, of Mosul, which has been noticed in the Persian Catalogue, p. 569a, and begins J&to^ J-j*> u>. Al-Malik al-Kahir succeeded his father at the end of Rajab, A.H. 607 (Kamil, vol. xii., p. 193). This dedication, if really written by Nizami, would show that the poet was still alive some time after that date. The epilogue is also addressed to Malik 'Izz ud-DIu Mas'ud. An English translation of the first part of the Iskandar Namah was published by H. Wilberforce Clarke, London, 1881. In this, as in most early copies, the prince for whom the poem was written, is called, fol. 1696, 'Ala ud-Din a * ..1 ' S 8U This 'Ala ud-Din was Lord of Maraghah, where he was besieged by Aitughmish, A.H. 602 (see the Kamil, vol. xii., p. 156). He was a descendant of Aksunkur Ahmadili, who was murdered by the Butinis, A.H. 527 lib. vol. x., p. 483), and whose son joined Atabek Ildughuz in his Georgian war, A.H. 558 (#. vol. xi., pp. 189, 218, 280). V. Foil. 2336— 325a. Iskandar Namah, totf jiM^A Bart I. Copyist : ^\ J*- 226. Or. 2931.— Foil. 504 ; 9 in. by 6 ; 21 lines, 21 in. long, with 16 slanting lines in the margin ; written in elegant Nestalik in two gold-ruled columns, with five highly finished double-page 'Unvans, ornamental gold head- ings, and twenty-one half-page miniatures in fair Persian style ; dated (fol. 439) 3 Zul- ka'dah, A.H. 878 (A.D. 1474). [Nath. Bland. J The same five poems in the following order : Makhzan ul-Asrar, fol. 26. Khusrau u Shirln, fol. 436. Laili u Majnun, fol. 1456. Haft Paikar, fol. 2296. Iskandar Namah, The date of the same poem, fol. 321a, is A.H. 593, as in the Persian Catalogue, p. 567a : ay ^ -\ The second part of Iskandar Namah has, fol. 444a, the same dedication to Malik Kahir 'Izz ud-Din Mas'ud, of Mosul, as in the' pre- ceding MS., beginning : b The epilogue is also addressed to the same 'Izz ud-Din Mas'ud. 227. Or. 2932.— Foil. 3S0 ; 111 in. by 17; 19 lines, 3| in. long ; written in small and fair Nestalik in four gold-ruled columns, with a 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 oovers - [Nath. Bland.] The same five poems, viz., Makhzan ul- Asrar, fol. 18 ; Khusrau u Shirin, fol. 336 ; Laili u Majnun, fol. 1166; Haft Paikar' fol. 1765. Iskandar NEmah, with the heading UjA^J mU fol. 2426 ; Part II., also called uJ^i, fol. 3326. POETRY. A Part I.; designated in the colophon as i^j^Ll L.U <_ijZ>, fol. 3216. Part II., with the heading JU, fol. 4396. The date of Khusrau u Shirin, fol. 1446, is A.H. 579 instead of A.H. 576 as in the Persian Catalogue, p. 566a : The name of the king of Shirvan, fol. 1536, is written yliM, and that of the king for whom Haft Paikar was composed appears, fol. 235a, in this line : H. 500—600. 15£ The last poem has, fol. 336a, the dedica- tion to Malik Kahir 'Izz ud-Din Mas'ud B. Nur ud-Din, as noticed iu the preceding copies. This volume contains twenty whole-page miniatures in fair Persian style, fifteen of which belong to the original MS., while five, foil. 199, 210, 214, 225, 229, have been inserted at a later date. 228. Or. 4385.-Foll. 314 ; 11 i„. by 6f ; 23 lines, 4 in. long ; written in small Nestalik in four gold-ruled columns, with four 'Unvans and gilt headings; dated (foil. 147, 314) A.H. 1005, and Sha'ban, A.H. 1006 (A.D. 1597-8). [Wallis Budge.] The same five poems in the following order: Makhzan ul-Asrar, wanting the first page, fol. la. Khusrau u Shirin, fol. 266. Haft Paikar, fol. 936. Laili u Majnun, fol. 1486. Iskandar JSTamab, Part I., fol. 1986. Part II., with the heading ewU In the dedication of the Haft Paikar, fol. 96a, the prince is designated as follows : j4 J}~^ *rj^ s 5 --^ Copyist : JUUfkoD! ^ 1^1 229. Or. 4386.— Foil. 381 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 19 lines, 5f in. long ; written in fair Nestalik in four ruled columns, with six 'Unvans; dated Wednesday, 1 Sha'ban, A.H. 1237 (A.D. !822). [Wallis Bxjdq'e.] The five poems of Nizfimi in the following order : Makhzan ul-Asrar, fol. 36 ; Khusrau 156 POETRY. u Shmn, fol. 346 ; LailiuMapun, fol. 1236 ; Haft Paikar, fol. 1816 ; Iskandar Namah, Part I., fol. 2466 ; Part II., fol. 3346. Written for Muhammad Sultan B. Mustafa Kuli Khan by Mustafa B. Ahmad SiyahkuM. 230. 0r . 4730.— Foil. 141 ; 8f in. by 5| ; 15 lines, 3i in. long; written in the Hebrew cha- racter, apparently in the 18th century, with miniatures. [SlDNEI CHUBOHILL.] The Haft Paikar of Nizami, imperfect at beginning and end. Fol. 1, the lowest third of "which is alone extant, begins with the following verse, which belongs to the latter part of the prologue (Lucknow edition of A.H. 1290, p. 12, line 19) : 113 dsn run id The same leaf has been patched with the upper two-thirds of a folio, the contents of which belong to the latter part of the poem, and begin with the heading : abeso P*o nwa» See the Lucknow edition, p. 101. The first extant heading of the original text, fol. 56, is that of the last section of the prologue (Lucknow edition, p. 16), viz. : to iniariB m>wi pD nVss n The latter part of the poem is lost. The last heading of the MS., fol. 140a, corre- sponds with the first heading of p. 98 of the Lucknow edition. It is as follows : The MS. contains twelve rather rude and faintly painted miniatures, some of which are more or less rubbed and obliterated. 231. Or. 2933.— Foil. 99 ; 12} in. by SJ; 12 lines, 3 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik in two gold-ruled columns, with an 'Unvan, rich gold designs covering the margins through- out the volume, and sixty-three miniatures, mostly whole-page, in the best style of Indian art ; dated 25 Muharram, in the 8th year of Muhammad Shah, corresponding with A.H. 1139 (A.D. 1726). Bound in painted and glazed covers. [Nath. Bland.] An abridgment of Khusrau u Shirin, a poem of Nizami. It is stated at the end that the original poem, as read by Kabil-ram, had 6500 Baits, while this selection consists only of 1522 Baits. A table of the miniatures occupies three pages at the beginning. 232. Or, 8513.— Foil. 365 ; 8-} in. by 6; 15 lines, 3f in. long; written in fair Nestalik, ap- parently in India at the close of the 18th century. [Presented by B. B. Portal.] A commentary upon the first part of the Iskandar Namah, by Siraj ud-Din 'Ali Khan, poetically surnamed Arzu, who died A.H. 1169 (Persian Catalogue, p. 5016). Beg. ^ J*J. U ... Ip&S* W J w & ^ U POETRY. A.H. 600—700. Although many commentaries had been written by learned men, ancient and modern, upon this poem, none of them was found sufficient to explain the difficult verses and phrases of the text. This induced the author, as he states in a short preamble, to write the present commentary. The text is not given in full. The verses commented on are only indicated by the initial words. Arzu's commentary has been given in ex- tenso, with a few additions, in the margins of the Iskandar Namah lithographed at Bombay A.H. 1277. It forms the basis of the glosses in the Calcutta and Lucknow editions, as stated by Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, no. 426. For another MS. see Pertsch, Berlin Cata logue, no. 736. Copyist : ^ 5 j^s JL, ^ 233. Or. _29.34.-FoH. 134; 10 in. by % 21 lines, 3f in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- tahk, apparently in the 17th century. [Nath. Bland.] A commentary upon Makhzan ul-Asrar, by Muhammad B. Kivam B. Bustam al-Balkhi. See the 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, first line. At the end, fol. 1346, is a note of purchase dated A.H. 1091. In the margins and on the fly-leaves are a few notes in the handwriting of Sir William Jones. 157 the margins; written in fair Nestalik on green-tinted paper ; dated Thursday, 2 Zul- ka'dah, A.H. 1002 (A.D. 1594). [Sidney Chuechill.] I. Foil, lb— 27a. JlSjb,. Divan of Najib Jurpadakani. Beg. fj/ ^ uHjj ^ £ ll^d ^ (^jl ^ ^ Sprenger states in the Oude Catalogue, p. 513, that Najib ud-Din Churbadgany lived towards the end of the Seljiik dynasty and under the Khwarazmshahis, and that he died probably A.H. 625 or 635, the date 665 found in Taki Kashi's Tazkirah being evi- dently due to a clerical error. This is fully confirmed by the present Divan. It contains a Kasidah, fol. 3a, in praise of Uzbak, the last Atabek of Azarbaljan (A.H. 607—612) : and other poems addressed to 'Ala i Daulat u Din, i.e. 'Ala ud-Din Tukush Khwarazm- shah and to 'Imad ul-Mulk, general of the Khwarazmshah (see Kami], A.H. 614, vol. xii., p. 206). Najlb witnessed the Moghul invasion to which he alludes in this line, fol. 46 : 234. Or. 3376—Foll. 129; 9 in. by 5f ; 15 lines, 2 m. long, with about 30 sloping lines round But he cannot have survived it long, for in the same piece he refers to his age as beino- over seventy : -1 Contents : Kasidahs and a few Kit'ahs in alphabetical order, breaking off at fol. 21J, before the end of letter ^ (The initial verses quoted by Sprenger and by Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 637, occur in our 158 POETRY. MS. respectively at fol. 21a and fol. 216.) Ghazals, fol. 22a, beginning : Ruba'is in alphabetical order, fol. 25a, beginning: For notices of Najib see also Haft IkTim, fol. 394a; Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 449a ; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. 634. II. Foil. 256—1086. An anonymous Divan, •which proves to be that of Rashld Vatvat. See above, no. 212, IV. Beg. Ujj y liUs £>* jUjJ y w^" Mukatta'at, fol. 104a, beginning : 1) ir* tM* The Divan is imperfect at the end. III. Foil. 109a — 129a. A Divan imperfect at the beginning, which is found to be that of Azraki. See no. 211, III. It begins with the latter part of an alphabetical series of Kasidahs, extending from the end of letter J to ^. The first Kasidah, the beginning of which is wanting, ends with this line : jJj/yVx^j L_ ^ Beg. C*J\,j ^ r^- This first line is in most copies the second of the poem. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 576a, ii. ; Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 622, art. 11, 623, art. 5 ; and the Kulliyyat lithographed at Lucknow, 1872, pp. 771— 943. II. Fol. 806. Mantik ut-Tair, yU\ jlal* Beg. \ v>-/ ] ^ 3U- JiZ* syiJA ^ *^ In the epilogue the author says that he finished the poem A.H. 583 : POETRY. A.H. 600-700. The Mantik ut-tair includes, foil 93—98 the story of Shaikh San'an mentioned in the Turkish Catalogue, p. 302. For other copies see the Persian Catalogue, p. 576a, i- Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 753; Ethe -Bodleian Catalogue, no. 622, art. 13; and the Lucknow edition, pp. 1049—1165. ' in. Pol. 1366. Asrar Namah, M Be s- ^ jy > ^ This work was lithographed in Teheran A.H. 1298. For MSS. see the Persian Cata- logue, p. 576a, nr.; Pertsch, Gotha, no. 52- and Ethe, no. 622, art. 14. IV. Fol. 1706. Musibat Nfimah, «,U c Beg. i^Jby! cJlj yUjI ^ 159 In the body of the volume there are nine miniatures in Persian style, at foil. 13 34 50, 92, 96, 125, 145, 192 and 264. Poll' -9-74 and 248-256 have been damaged by tire and are in part illegible. did C^ilU si See the Persian Catalogue, p. 5766 iv ■ Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 761 • Ethe' no. 622, art. 12; and an extract by Kuckert' Zeitschrift der D. M. G, vol. xiv., pp. 280— 288. V. Pol. 2586. Kanz ul-Haka'ik, jJISil jiT This poem begins with the same verse as the Asrar Namah. See Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, no. 137, where the initial line is different, and Ethe', nos. 622, art. 18 and 623, art. 9. ' | VI. Fol. 2746. Miftahul-Futuh,^ U. Beg. / ^ ^ ^ This is one of the esoteric works of 'Attar who enjoins that it be withheld from the unfit : See Ethe, nos. 622, art. 19, 623, art 10 627, art. 3. ' 236. Or. 2747.-Foll.309; 9J in. by H ; 21 lines, 4 r in. long ; written in fair Nestalik in four gold-ruled columns, with five 'Unvans and gold headings ; dated 22 Zulhijjah, A.H. 889 (A.D. 1485). Six poems by the same author, viz. : I. Fol. 26. Mukhtar Namah, with a prose preface beginning: ^ i_^L*u } ^ Beg. of the verses : See the Persian Catalogue, p. 5766, vi and p. 5776, in. ; Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue' no. 622, art. 21; and Molla Firuz Library' P- 167. The Mukhtar Namah, with the same preface, occupies pp. 946—1047 of the Lucknow edition of the Kulliyat. This copy breaks off in the middle of Bab XI. (Lucknow edition, p. 974). II- Pol. 17a. Ilahi Namah, ^ ^ ( see no. 235, i.), imperfect at the beginning It commences abruptly in the middle of Maka- lah III. (Lucknow edition, p. 801), and has some lacunae in the body of the work. III. Fol. 846. Mantik ut-Tair. See no. 235, ii. IV. Fol. 1456. Musibat Namah. Seei6.,iv. V. Pol. 2386. Asrar Namah. See ib., m. VI. Pol. 2815. Vaslat Namah, US c-U, Beg. J6>/ ^ 9 160 POETRY. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 579a, n., and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 622, art. 7, 623, art. 2, and 624, art. 17. 237. Or. 2888.— Foil. 273 ; 9J in. by 6| ; 19 lines, 4| in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- talik in four gold-ruled columns, with two tasteful 'Unvans ; dated Babi' II., A.H. 893 (A.D. 1188). [Sidney Churchill. J Two poems by Band ud-Din 'Attar, viz. : I. Boll. 1—162. The first part of Jauhar uz-Zat, uAiil J**-, corresponding with pp. 2—298 of the Lucknow edition of the Kulliyat. Beg. O-SVjf-rjy^f^ There are some transpositions. The text corresponds with the pages of the above edition taken in this order : 2—43, 129 174, 100—129, 43—100, 174—298. In the latter portion there are two lacunae corre- sponding with pp. 250-252 and 276-282 of the Lucknow edition. For other copes see the Persian Catalogue, p. 5766, 1. ; Pertsch Berlin Catalogue, nos. 759-60 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 622, art, 3, 623, art. 7. II Foil. 163—273. Khusrau u Qui, sr ** Beg. mentions several of his previous poems, namely, Musibat Namah, IlahT Namah, Asrar Namah, and Makamat ut-Tuyur {i.e. Mantik ut-Tair), and says of the first two that he had commenced them in the druggist's shop, where five hundred people came to him every day to have their pulses felt : The epilogue concludes with an elegy upon the poet's mother lately deceased. For other copies, see the Persian Catalogue, p. 5766, v., and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 622, art. 6. This MS once belonged to Sultan Muham- mad Kutubshah (A.H. 1325 35), whose seal impressed on fol. 163 reads tXt^S 238. 0r 3938 -Foil. 100 ; 7* in. by 4f ; about 15 lines, 8} in. long ; very incorrectly written in a rude and ill-shaped character, probably in India in the 1 8th century. [Sidney Chtjuchill.J A collection of Sufi poems, by Kutb ud- Din. The story of the loves of Khusrau and Gul was abridged by 'Attar from his own Khus- rau Namah. From the prologue it appears that the latter was founded upon a prose narrative which a friend of the poet had asked him to turn into verse. In a further passage, fol. 173a, 'Attar Beg. V* u bj oUS Oa-o ji J">1 1^ '4 J It consists of short pieces in the form of Ghazals, in which the poet uses mostly ^ ^J*>, sometimes alone, for his POETRY. A.H. 600-700. takhallus. They are alphabetically arranged m the early part of the collection, foil. 1—34 In the remaining portion there is no ap- parent order. At the end are some Ruba'is. Most of the contents are found in a similar but larger, collection lithographed in Luck- now, A.H. 1296, under the title, ^ ^ J\j}** Kutb ud-Dm Bakhtiyar Kaki, the famous Indian saint, to whom the Hivan is ascribed, died in Delhi, A.H 633 bee the Persian Catalogue, pp. 4326 and 9735 He w mentioned as poet in Riyaz ush-Shu- ara fol. 31 9a; Sham' i Anjuman, p. 387 • Makhzan ul-GWib, fol. 3516 ; and Riv^ ul-Anfln, fol. 1466. A copy of the same Divan is mentioned in the Oude Catalogue p. 537. ° The latter part of the MS., foil 63—87 contains Sufi comments, perhaps by the same author, on some sayings of Muhammad, and further on, foil. 88-100, miscellaneous extracts and notes. 101 A.H. 665. See also Daulatshah, in., , a • Atashkadah, fol. 114S; Ri y5? ush-Shu'ara, tol. 86; Maikhanah, fol. 78a; Tazkirah i Nava, fol. 826; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i p. 105. The Divan contains Kasidahs in alpha- betical order, Ghazals (fol. 436) beginning: .,U> Tarji'-bands, and Mukatta'at imperfect at the end. 239. 0, 2846.-roll. 191 ; 8 in. by 4^ ; 17 lines, 4 in. Jong J written in fair Nestalik, with two TJnvans and gold-ruled columns; dated m the second decade of RabI' I., AH 1019 (A.D. 1610). ;sn, l: v Chub^.j I. Poll. 26-866. JU,1 J\ The Divan of Afir Aumani. Beg. L 1 II Foil. 87a-103a. A Divan, imperfect at the beginning, which is found to be by Ad,b Sabir, who died A.H. 540. See the 1 ersian Catalogue, p. 552,/, and Majma' ul- rusaha, vol i nn 91 J. OS „i . , vui. i. j pp. di4 — j &) wnere copious extracts are given. The contents of this fragment are mostly found m the complete copy, Or. 327. It begins with the latter part of an alpha betical series of Kasidahs. The first com- plete poem, which begins ? u*_5 -yj is found in Or. 327, fol. 27. At the end, fol. 996, are Mukatta'at and bhazals beginning as follows: J Asir ud-Din 'Abdullah, called Aumani, from Auman, a village of the district of Hamadun is said to have been a disciple of Kasir ud- JJ.n iusi. He was a contemporary of Kamal Islaham and a panegyrist of Sulaiman Shah pnnce of Kurdistan. He died, according to' Tab Kadu, Oude Catalogue, p. 17, no fil HI. Foil. 1046-156A. ^ ^ fc . The Divan of Sharaf ud-Din i Shufurvah, o called from Shufurvah, a village near Is- fahan. See Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p 30" His proper name was 'Abd ul-Mu'min He' was a panegyrist of Sultan Toghrnl Saljuki and (Led about A.H. 600. See Taki Kashi Oude Catalogue, p. 17, no . 35; Pertsch Berlin Catalogue, no. 681, art. 2 and Mhc, Bodleian Catalogue, col. 201,' no. 47; art. 2. POETRY. 162 Daulatshab, in., 6 ; Biya? ush-Shu'ara, fol. 227 ; Maikkanah, fol. 190a ; and Tazkirah i Nava, fol. 1946. Beg. j uXfij J>^~ ^ J The Kasidahs, which are in alphabetical order, are followed, fol. 1446, by a Tarklb- band in praise of Sultan Toghrul, beginning : and by some Mukatta'at without alphabetical arrangement. IV. Toll. 157a— 1916. V>> The Divan of Rafi 1 ud-Din Mas'ud Lun- bani, who was a native of Lunban, near Isfahan, and a contemporary of the preceding. According to Taki Kfishi, he died young, A.H. 603. See the Oude Catalogue, p. 17, no. 38 ; Daulatshab, in., 7 ; Riya? ush-Shu- 'ara, fol. 180a; Haft Ikllm, fol. 361a; Mai- khanah, fol. 148a; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. 234. The Divan wants the first page. It con- sists of Kasidahs and Mukatta'at mixed to- gether and without any apparent order. The first complete piece is one of five Baits beginning : r i ski .UiS This series includes a few short poems in Arabic. At the end are some Ghazals, the first of which, fol. 1866, begins : J\±* j^a Jj^ jl J*> c-J o>j^.=- and Ruba'is, fol. 189a, beginning : Copyists: (fol. 156) ^1*^, ^jj and ( fo1 - 191) JVaJUs 240. Or. 3253.— Foil. 375 ; 6} in. by 5; 21 lines, 2J in. long, with about 35 oblique lines round the margin ; written in minute but distinct Nestalik, apparently A.H. 811 (A.D. 1409). [Sidney Churchill. J The Masnavi of Maulana Jalal ud-Din Riimi, who died A.H. 672. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 5846; Pertsch, Berlin Cata- logue, no. 763 ; and Etke, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 646. All six volumes (Mujallad) have the usual prefaces, except the first. They begin re- spectively as follows: I., fol. la; If., fol. 596; III., fol. 1146; IV., fol. 1836 ; V., fol. 2396 ; VI., fol. 3016. The date at the end, fol. 371a, reads: jo.W~> } <°"> i.e. A.H. 721 ; but it has evidently been tampered with. The original writing ap- pears to have been } jis. A.H. 811. The following references may be added to those given in the Persian Catalogue. The contents of the Masnavi have been fully de- scribed by Hammer in the Sitzungsberichte der K. K. Akademie, Phil. Hist. Classe, vol. vii., pp. 626, 693, 728, 762, 785, 818. The first book was translated by J. W. Redhouse, London, 1881, and an abridged translation o£ the poem was published by E. H. Whin- field, London, 1887. Copyist : ljr $» w^ 1 u"*^ Five pages at the end, foil. 3716 — 3736, contain Ruba'is ascribed to Jalal ud-Din and to Shaikh Auhad ud-Din Kirmani. POETRY. A.H. 600 — 700. 241. 163 Or. 2816,-Foll. 157; 8 in. b 7 6 ; 19 lines, 41 in. long; written in fair Shikastah-amiz ; dated end of Shavval, A.H. 1200 (A.D. 1786). [Sidney Chuechill.] A selection from the preceding poem by Husain B. 'Ali al-Baihaki, called al-Kashifi, who died A.H. 910. Beg. CL>j^ ^ j ^Uij j\ ^ In the preface the author describes the work as abridged from a larger selection previously made by himself and entitled u?yil! U&\ J ^y^i ^u. It is one of the earliest works of Husain Kashifi. The date of composition, A.H. 875, appears in the epilogue, fol. 1526: r U ^ t,b y ^\ iZsJiS 243. 'J For other copies, see Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 491; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 777 ; Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 661. Foil. 1526— 156a contain extracts from the Divan of Shams i Tabriz. Or. 2866.-Foll. 330; 9 in. by 6 ; 21 lines, 31 m. long ; written in neat archaic Neskhi' with 'Unvan and gold-ruled columns; dated 1 Jumada II., A.H. 774 (A.D. 1372). [Sidney Chubchiil.] The Divan of Jalal ud-Din RQmi. Beg. U^aS J(S tsA^\ ^y ^ jj ^ A copy described in the Vienna Catalogue, no. 527, has the same beginning. Contents : Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 26. Tarjl'at, fol. 2946, beginning : Ruba'is, fol. 3146, beginning : tAft»" J^jJ t^jV ' An edition lithographed at Lucknow, 1878, with the titles ~ ^y., is not Copyist : jx< 242. Or. 3514— Foil. 300; 9$ in. by 6 ; 15 lines, 3} in. long ; written in large Nestalik with ruled margins, probably in the 18th century. [Presented by B. B. Postal.] Another copy of the preceding work. so full as the present MS. It begins with this line : ^ tl)j j ^ c (j ^ . ^ ^ which is found at fol. 21a of our copy For other MSS. see the Persian Catalogue, p. 593 ; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no 778 ■ and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 673' Majma* ul-Fusaha, vol. i., pp . 286—302, contains copious extracts. 244. Or. 4689._Foll.36; 13iin.by7f; 17 lines, 4 r m. long; written in fine Nestalik on brown-tinted paper, with a rich 'Unvan and illuminated borders throughout, apparently in the 17th century. y 2 164 POETRY. A shorter Divan of the same poet, endorsed Beg. Jj* C-o [w] *i \JIi ^ ^ ^ [sic] JJifl a*?- <*y& tS^ After three pieces in praise of God, the alphabetical series of Ghazals begins, fol. 36, as follows : The Ghazals rhyming in 1 extend to fol. 34a, They are followed by five Ghazals in i_-> and one in O. The MS. once belonged to the library of Muhammad Shah, of Delhi. On the fly-leaf are some 'Arz-dldahs dated in his reign, and a seal of A.H. 1132. 245. Or. 2347.— Foil. 130 ; 8 in. by 5$ ; 12 lines, 34 in. long ; written in Shikastah-ami/. ; dated Teheran, Saturday, 26 Rajab, A.H. 1279 (A.D. 1863). [Sidney Churchill.] I. Foil. 2—93. 0 «U The Divan of Imami Haravi. See above, no. 213, n. Beg. £>f« ^ u)V J* Contents : Kasidahs in alphabetical order, fol. 26. Mukatta'at, fol. 636, beginning : ^fg, Jte Ui»J ^> LfVj? (jfij Ghazals, fol. 80a, beginning : Ruba'is, fol. 88a, beginning : EL Foil. 94—130. A short Divan, with- out author's name. Beg. Ui! UmjI Oj* B*. (^ It is a selection from the Divan of Kataran (see no. 207), and consists of Kasidahs in alphabetical order, with three Kit'ahs and two Ruba'is at the end. Copyist : &j ^yijU Jt* i> 246. Or. 2948.— Foil. 289 ; 61 in. by 4J; 12 lines, 2 in. long in the centre, and 25 oblique lines round the margins ; written in neat Nestalik, with 'Unvan and illuminated headings ; dated (fol. 2876) Wednesday, 10 RaW I., A.H. 844 (A.D. 1440). [Sidney Churchill.] our The complete works of Sa'di. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 595. Contents : Preface of Bisutiin, wanting a few lines at the beginning, fol. 2a. Sa'di's preface, fol. 6a, The five Majlis, fol. 136. Risalah i Sahib Divan, fol. 47a. Reason and Love, fol. 50a. Advice to kings, fol. 534. Risalah i Sultan Abaka, fol. 666. Risalah i Ankiyanu, fol. 68a, Risalah i Malik Shams ud-Din, fol. 696. Arabic Kasidahs, fol. 716. Persian Kasidahs, fol. 85a. Maragi, fol. 114a. Ghazals in one alphabetical series, including the Tayyibat and the Bada'i', fol. 1376. Khawatlm, foil. 2716—2886, breaking off in the course of letter r (Harington's edition, fol. 425a). The margins form a continuous text, con- sisting of the following works : Gulistan, fol. 16, breaking off before the end (Haring- ton, fol. 916) : Bustan, fol. 97a, slightly imperfect at the beginning. Ghazaliyyat i Jadlm, fol. 227b. Sahibiyyah (wrongly headed ^ ^ foL ^ MukaU ^ f ' S?" J^*'^' fol - 2075. Mufradat, * ' o*« Hazall yySt (Harington, fol. 475a), 5° i o5 hab!f5t ( Harin gtoi>, fol. 479a), toll. 2835— 2875. For other MSS. see the Persian Catalogue, p. 895; Rosen, Institut, pp. 175— 199; Ethe' Bodleian Catalogue, no. 681 ; and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 781. POETRY. A.H. 600-700. 247. ft, With 12 oblique lines in the margin; written nj neat Jfostalik, with gold-ruled margins and illuminated borders, a rich double-page 'Unvan at the beginning, and twelve single-page ones m the body of the volume, apparently in the loth century. Another copy of the KulKyyat i Sa'di contaimng : Preface of B.sutun, fol. 35. The five Majlis fol. 7a. Eisalah i Sahib Divan, lot. 2oa. BisSlah dar 15 Ghazahyyat i Kadlm, fol. 2615. Arabic Kasidahs, fol. 2685. Persian Kasidahs, fol 2 65. Ma r ^ f0] _ 3Q2L HuIamma 306 . lariat, fob 311a. Sahibiyyah, fol. lilt' ^^01.3306. Mutayib5t,fol. There are two whole-page miniatures at the beginning, two at the end, and ten rather 1% 'I' 95 ' 134, 157 > 189 > 201 '216, and 343. They are m fair Persian style. On the first page is the seal of Muhammad Kuli Kutubshah, and a note stating that the 165 MS. had been presented by Khwajah Muzaffar 'Ah Dablr, A.H. 1016. On the same page is the name of a subsequent owner, J. H Harington, editor of the Kulliyyat. 248. Or.4779.-Foll.522;10-lin.by6i;181ines, ' iln - l0D S' bitten in fair Nestalik, with three 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns, pro- bably m the 17th century. Another copy of the Kulliyat. Contents: Preface of Bisutun, fol 15 The first Risalah, fol. 5a, imperfect at the end The second Risalah, fol. 8a, imperfect at the beginning and wanting the fifth Majlis Guhstan, fol. 18a. Bustan, fol. 855. Arabic Kasidahs, fol. 201a. Persian Kasidahs, fol 2174. Marasi, fol. 2525. Mulamma'at, fol 2o6a Tarji', fol. 2625. Tayyibat, fol. 2665. Badai', fol. 3825. Khavatim, fol. 4355 Ghazaliyyat i Kadlm, fol. 4545. Kitfahs and Masnavis (Sahibiyyah), fol. 464a. Mata'ibat fol. 485*. Mukatta'at, fol. 4945. Muta'ibat in prose, fol. 5005. Ruba'is and Fardiyyat 249. Or. 4120—Foll. 118; 9 in. by 5f; 14 lines, 2f- in. long ; written in elegant Nestalik, with two richly illuminated pages at the beginning a tasteful and highly finished 'Unvan, gold- ruled margins, and illuminated heading • dated A.H. 886 (A.D. 1481). Bound in fins' stamped leather covers. [Teio. Eiott Hughes.] The Gulistan of Sa'di. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 597a. This fine copy was written at Shamakhi by Sharaf ud-Din Husain for Sultan Nasir usb-Shari'ah wa'd-Din Shirvanshah 166 POETRY. 250. Or. 4387.— Foil. 105 ; 6| in. by 4* ; 14 lines, 1\ in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with 'TJnvan and gold-ruled margins ; dated Con- stantinople, Muharram, A.H. 933 (A.D. 1526). [Wallis Budge.] Another copy of the Gulistan. 251. Or. 4121.— Foil. 147 ; 9£ in. by 5 J ; 15 lines, 2f in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with a highly finished double-page 'Unvan and gold- ruled columns, apparently early in the 16th century. Bound in stamped and gilt leather covers. [Tho. Fiott Hughes.] The Bustan of Sa'di. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 5976. Copyist : »Vi>i)U» ^ ^*sf To the translations mentioned in the Persian Catalogue may be added those of M. Barbier de Meynard, Paris, 1880, and of G. S. Davie, London, 1883. 252. There are two whole-page miniatures in fair Indian style at the beginning and two at the end, besides four smaller ones at foil. 3, 9, 13, and 22. For other copies, see the Persian Catalogue, p. 865fc, in. ; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 781, art. 24 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 688, art. 12. Copyist : csj^ ^ 253. Or. 3262.— Foil. 11 ; 9f in. by 5| ; 11 lines, Bi in. long ; written in Nestalik, with gold- ruled margins and three miniatures of very second-rate Indian style, apparently in the 19th century. Another copy of the same poem. 254. Or. 3647.— Foil. 211 ; &J in. by 5^ ; 13 lines, 3J in. long; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 17th century ; containing twenty-four miniatures in a rather grotesque and inferior Persian style, much defaced. [Sidney Churchill.] Or. 3261.— Foil. 35; 20 in. by Hi ; 7 lines, 6 in. long ; written in very large and elegant Nestalik in gold on illuminated ground, with a rich 'Unvan, ornamental heading,and minia- tures, apparently in tho 18th century. Bound in stamped and gilt covers. The Pand-Namah, called from its initial word Karlma, and ascribed to Sa'di. Beg. The Divan of Harun. Beg. \j ii* J J Harun was a son of the great Sahib Divan Shams ud-Din Muhammad, and a friend of Sa'di. See Biyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 5006; Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. 656 ; and MM, Bodleian Catalogue, col. 394, no. 3048. The Divan consists for the most part of Gliazals in alphabetical order. At the end are two Tarji's, fol. 205b, beginning : ltf LrtSjJjS; Seven Baits have been pre- fixed by a later hand. The other three poems begin respectively as follows: Shlrin u Khusrau, fol. 736- Majniin u Laili, fol. 133S ; and Haft Bihisht' fol. 250J. ' 256. Stowe, Or. 14.— Boll. 174; 7J in. by 4; 12 lines, 2 in. long ; written in small and elegant Nestalik, with a rich 'Unvan, gold- ruled columns, blue and gold headings, and miniatures, apparently early in the 16th century. Bound in neatly stamped and gilt covers. Kiran us-Sa'dain, a Masnavi poem by Aran- Khusrau Dihlavi. See the Bersian Catalogue, p. 6115, xn. ; the Berlin Cata- logue, no. 833 ; and the Bodleian Catalogue no. 773. ° ' There are two whole- page miniatures at the beginning, and four at foil. 33, 78 95 and 159. They are in highly finished Bersian style, and remarkable for the diminutive size of the figures introduced. On the fly-leaf : " Presented by Sir Richd Worsley, Bart., who procur'd it at Aleppo from a Bersian who bro't it from Ispahan." The following Buba'i in praise of the binding is stamped in relief on both sides of the cover : Copyist (fol. 249) : ^~ 257. Or. 3322.-Foll.123; 8f in. by 6; from 9 0 to 2o lines, 4} in. long; written in bold archaic Neskhi, apparently in the 14th Centur ^ [Sidney Chubchul.] Collected works in prose and verse of Sharaf ud-Dln Pazl-ullah al-Kazvini. The author is chiefly known by his history 168 POETRY. of the ancient kings of Persia, ^s?-^ L-Atf", which is not included in the present volume. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 8116 ; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 428 ; and Bthe, no. 285. Hi3 name appears in the following heading, fol. 82a : ^ sV^ t~ ] j+> wj-'jil t±x*>B\ sj* sjIc dill ^ijjal^ M The MS. is imperfect at beginning and end. It has also some internal lacunae, so that the following three works which it contains are more or less defective. I. Foil. In — 216. A work, the main subject of which is a contest between the candle and the lamp, JjjiS j iyo^s which the author professes to have overheard in a mosque. It begins abruptly with the fol- lowing lines : & J} The work is written in very ornate prose, freely interspersed with Arabic sentences written in large character, and with Arabic and Persian verses. In the introduction the author complains of the infirmities of age. He was then over seventy, or, as he poetically puts it, " the eagle of old age had made its nest on the summit of seventy and odd years, C*»U. He then describes the hesitations he went through before starting on a journey, which brought him, A.H. 732, to the royal camp of Abu Sa'id Bahadur at Ujan, ujU-Jj and tl10 gracious reception he met with at the hands of that sovereign's Vazir, Ghiyas ud-Din Muhammad B. Bashid, whom he followed to Tabriz, and for whom he wrote this work. This copy is imperfect ; it breaks off at this line, fol. 216 : s j&, and probably so called from its being dedicated to the author's royal patron, Atabek Nusrat ud- Din, who reigned A.H. 695 — 733. It begins in the course of a section relating to the formulas of prayer or blessings which are to follow the names of kings and men of rank in letters addressed to them. The next-following chapter has this heading : The remaining contents may be briefly described as follows : Dates of month and year, fol. 24a. Titles and hono- rific epithets used in addressing the following persons : the Padishah, the Amir ul-Umara, 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, fol. 25a. Models of letters suitable for various occasions, including appointments to the offices of Kazi, Mudarris, Shihnah, and Mustaufi, fol. 32a (two of the letters are dated, A.H. 727 and 730). Arabic and Persian verses suitable for quotation in cor- respondence, fol. 51a — 57. III. Foil. 576—836. The Divan, beginning with a Kasidah in praise of the Atabek Nusrat ud-Din, the heading of which is: jil Jirtii lillV [for Beg. ji.^ sj—" 1_>"J^ s ^ POETRY. A.H. 700-800. The contents are not systematically ar- ranged, partly owing, perhaps, to lacunae and transpositions in the MS. They are largely made up of short pieces (Kit'ahs) of two lines or more, expressing religious thoughts or moral sentiments, with such headings as ^ jSj *&\ 3 J$ j>, Sec. Besides the initial Kasidah, the Divan includes the following longer poems • 1. A Kasidah entitled Mir'at un-Najat, being a religious poem on the resurrection and the duty of preparing for death, fol. 82a, begin- ning : 2. A Tarji 1 , fol. 1076, with the following burden : 3. A Kasidah in praise of the Vazir Ghiyas ud-Dm Muh., illustrating various poetical figures, with explanatory glosses, fol. 1126 • ^\ ^UJI ^ 169 of which are in praise of the Imams, fol. 1/,. The Tarji' beginning W T Jji. J } ^ ^ \j* noticed in the Persian Catalogue, is found on fol. 4a. Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. Hi, beginning : A Marsiyah, fol. 27a. Another alpha- betical series of Ghazals, fol. 276, beginning: ^ c*»c Ruba'is, fol. 158a, beginning: II. Foil. 1666— 239a Be There is also a Kit'ah addressed to the Vazir 'Ata Malik, fol. 120. 258. Or. 4482.-M. 342 ; 74 in. by 3J ; 19 lines, 15 m. long, with 26 diagonal lines in the margin ; written in fair Nestalik with gold- ruled columns ; dated (fol. 166a) 12 Rabi' I A.H. 1010 (A.D. 1601). I. Foil. 1—166. The Divan of Auhadi, who died A.H. 73 See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6186. Beg. jLj ^Ijj L. Contents : Kasidahs and Tarji'-bands, some - fVj Jam i Jam. a Masnavi by the same poet. The date of composition in the epilogue is A.H. 733, as in the copy described in the Persian Cata- logue, p. 6196. For other MSS. see Pertsch Berlin Catalogue, no. 834; the Strassburg Catalogue, no. 3 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Cata- logue, no. 785. III. Fol. 2396-2486. «U , s , Dah Namah, another Masnavi by the same poet. Beg. r O IjL. L, r K c~Ui JlS J, This Masnavi contains ten letters addressed by an imaginary lover to his mistress. It was composed, as stated in the prologue at the request of the Vazir Vajih ud-Din Shah Yusuf, a grandson of JSTasIr ud-Din Tusi who was tired of the old Dah Namahs,"and wanted one which had the charm of novelty Compare Haj. KhaL, vol. in., p. 239. A copy is mentioned in Molla Firuz Library, p. 128. The poem was written A.H. 706, as stated in this line at the end ; 170 POETRY. IV. Foil. 2496—3426. Jy. 5 The Divan of Fighfmi, who died A.H. 925. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 651a. Beg. w lj-jj <— ->T ui-.'^. »^ Contents: Kasidahs, fol. 2496. Ghazals, fol. 268a, beginning : u a y j£* J> P f& Kit'ahs, fol. 3396, beginning : lift*, jjlc j5 JSil J JUs Ruba'is and Fardiyyat, fol. 340a, begin- ning : JjiLi jfi** i^^j \* * ^ For other copies see Bthe, no. 992, and Pertsoh, Berlin Catalogue, no. 900. 259. Or. 4932.— Foil. 142 ; 7\ in. by 4 ; 15 lines, 2^ in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- talik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins ; dated Herat, 1 Jumada II., A.H. 1036 (A.D. 1627). Bound in stamped and gilt leather. [Tho. Fioit Hoghes.] r r w " Jam i Jam ; " a poem by Auhadi. See the preceding MS., art. n. The date of composition, A.H. 733, is given in the following line, fol. 1406 : Copyist: i_-5Wl }~>jj$i\\ ±+=*\ j£ 260. Or. 3387.— Foil. 325 ; 10 in. by 5 ; about 19 lines, 3 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated 22 Muharram, A.H. 841 (A.D. 1437). [Sidney Chukchill.] The Divan of Jalal ud-Din 'Atiki, of Tabriz, who died A.H. 744. See Taki Kashi, Oude Catalogue, p. 18, no. 72. Beg. iJj^ J t?' 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 of Tabriz and a poet. Jamal ud-Din was a favourite with the Vazir Khwajah Rashid ud-Din. The father, Kutb ud-DIn, and the son, Jalal ud-Din, are noticed together in Majma' ul-Fusalia, vol. i., p. 338. This very extensive Divan consists ex- clusively of Ghazals and of Ruba'is, both arranged in alphabetical order. The latter begin, fol. 310a, as follows : ^^•J j ^ 261. Or. 4910.— Foil. 140; 8 in. by 4f ; 12 lines, 2£ in. long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated Jumada I., A.H. 1237 (A.D. 1822). I. Foil. 1—95. Laili Majniin, a Turkish poem by Fuzuli. See the Turkish Catalogue, p. 2066. Beg. L^jjj»^j a J*-** This copy wants the prologue and the epilogue. Its contents correspond with foil. 16a— 926 of Or. 405. POETRY. A.H. 700—800. II. Foil. 96—140. A selection from the Divan of Ibn Yamln, designated in the colo- phon as jj.tf Mj ± ^ ^ ^ ^ The author, whose proper name was Fakhr ud-Dm Mahmud Faryumadi, died A.H. 745. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 8254, m., and the Oude Catalogue, p. 433. The first piece is a short Kasidah addressed to a king not named, and beginning: The second is a short moral poem in the shape of a Ghazal, beginning : Most of the contents consist of Kit/ahs without any systematic arrangement, Por MSS. of the Divan see the Petersburg Cata- logue, no. 403, and the Bodleian Catalogue, no. 790. Two copies of the Mukatta'at are noticed m the Vienna Catalogue, nos. 563-4 A German translation by Schlechta-Vssehrd was published in Vienna, 1852. Copyist: JL, ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 171 personages in whose praise they were com- posed, with headings giving their names inf ull. This section begins with a Kasidah rhyming in J, the first sixteen Baits of which, have been supplied by a later hand. It be-ins with this line : j y 3 • 511 262. Or. 3375.-M. 234; 9in.by5f; 19 lines, 4 in. long; written in fair Nestalik, ap- parently in the 15th century. [Sidney CnuiiCHUL.] The Divan of Khajui Kirinani, who died about A.H. 750. See the Persian Catalogue p. 620. ° ' Contents : 1. Kasidahs and Tarji's, being mostly laudatory poems arranged under the This Kasidah is 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 sovereign, Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, to his Vazir, Ghiyas ud-Din Muhammad, to Amir Mubariz ud-Din Muhammad, founder of the Muzaffari dynasty, to Kazi Shams ud- Din Mahmud B. Sa'in (v. Persian Catalogue, p. 621a), and to other princes, officials, and saints of the period. 2. A second series, consisting mostly of Mukatta'at, fol. 576, beginning: tttfT ^ j ^ jjjg, ^j, tiJi, 3. Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 80i beginning : jl*3! j J*pi i* r > ^ The same beginning is noticed by Ethe Bodleian Catalogue, no. 794, art. 8 The sixth piece, which is really the first of the alphabetical series, begins : V 4. Another and larger series of Ghazals not alphabetically arranged, foil. 129a— 234a imperfect at the beginning. The first complete Ghazal begins : Jj ] <^i^ ujJ^. liy. z 2 172 POETRY. The Divan of Khwaju is included in his Kulliyat, described by Ethe, Bodleian Cata- logue, no. 794. 263. Or. 2833.— Foil. 779 ; 13 in. by 9|; 27 lines, 6^ in. long, with about 58 oblique lines round the margins ; written in neat Persian Neskhi in four gold-ruled columns, with a rich and highly finished double-page 'Unvan, gold headings, and illuminated marginal orna- ments ; dated Shiraz, last decade of Rama- zan, A.H. 807 (A.D. 1405). [Sidney Churchill.] The Zafar Namah, a Muslim chronicle in verse by Hamd-ullah Mustaufi, with the Shahnamah of Firdausi in the margins. Beg. aSo. j s> ,_/li5*- In the preface of his Ta'rikh i Guzidah, written A.H. 730, the author states that he was then engaged on an extensive versified chronicle, which he intended to complete in 75,000 Baits. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 81a. That plan was carried out, and the result was the present work, which is stated in the prologue, fol. 5a, to comprise exactly the above number of Baits, or about 10,000 Baits for each century : \J\ j>*7 3 ^'i^> 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 condition of the copies of the poem current in his day. Although he knew on good authority that it originally consisted of 60,000 lines, he hardly ever found in any copy more than about 50,000. He therefore brought together the best MSS. he could find, and spent six years in compiling from them a standard text brought up to the legitimate number of 60,000 lines. This is the text found in the present copy. It oc- cupies the margins from the beginning to fol. 736a, where the Zafar Namah ends, and from that point to the end of the volume it fills the centre of the page as well as the margins. The author relates further how he had 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 some pleas of inability, he had yielded to their instances and had set to work, but not before invoking Firdausi's blessing on his book, in the hope that a single verse in it might win for him God's mercy, as had been the case with his predecessor. On that occa- sion he tells the well-known anecdote of the holy Shaikh, Abu '1-Kasim Gurgani, who had at first refused to perform the prayer over the corpse of Firdausi. At the suggestion of the author's friends, the chronicle was called Zafar Namah : \j a. J3 yjl ^ a*U ji&> \j jw'i^ tr ).jj 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=- £ji p£ p\u fh\y> \J\ Jjj jC j ^ t}j~o 5^*1 ^A-j POETRY. A.H. 700—800. 173 From the epilogue, fol. 736a, we learn that the author, who was forty years when he began the work, spent fifteen years upon its composition ; and that out of the 75,000 lines of which it consists, 25,000 are devoted to the Arabs, 20,000 to the Persians, and 30,000 to the Moghols : About his sources the author is reticent. He says vaguely that he drew his informa- tion from Arabs and from Moghol chiefs : He concludes with the date of completion, which he gives according to three eras, namely, A.H. 735, the year 1644 of Alex- ander, and the year 702 of Yezdegird : ^ r 1 " U B*' gfj j' 'J ^-Oi— j jU- j Jo *J.U-L*j j^, «"»< In spite of the poetical form which he adopted, the author is very precise as to facts and dates, and his third book will be found valuable for the history of the Moghol period. He gives, for instance, fol. 512a, a very vivid description of the wholesale slaughter wrought by the Moghols in his native place, Kazvin. His information was partly derived from his great-grandsire, Amin Nasr Mustaufi, who was ninety-three years old at the time. The contents of the Zafar Namah are the following : Book I., with the heading ^ KjwiU^ 5 *«Uyili Life of Muhammad, fol. 56. Khilafat of Abu Bakr, fol. 90S. 'Umar, fol. 1136. 'Osman, fol. 134a. & *#%»$\ r _S. Saffaris, fol. 255a. Samiinis, fol. 2616. Ghaznavis, fol. 276a. Ghuris, fol. 2976. Dailaman, fol. 3046. Saljuks, fol. 320a. Saljuks 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' Book III. Moghols, M^tr* *i>Uak_J! f _i J Jib. Origin of the Turks and Moghols, fol. 4476. Oghuz Khan, first ruler of the Turks, fol. 448a. His son Gurkhan, fol. 4506. History of the Moghols after Oghuz Khan, fol. 451a. Alankuwa, ances- tress of Chingiz Khan, fol. 452a. Budunjar, nmth forefather of Chingiz Khan and his descendants down to Basugai, fol. 454a. Chingiz Khan, fol. 4596. Okotai Ka'an, fol. 5296. Tushi Khan and his descendants in Dasht Krpchak, fol. 551a, Jaghatai Khan 174 POETRY. and his successors in Turan, fol. 552a. Tuli Khan, fol. 553a. Barkatai Khatun, fol. 5536. Kuyuk Khan, fol. 5546. Mangu Ka'an, fol. 5576. Timur Ka'an and his successors, fol. 580a. Hulagu Khan, fol. 5816. Abaka Khan, fol. 6326. Ahmad Khan, fol. 645a. Arghun Khan, fol. 655a. Kaikhatu Khan, fol. 662a. Ba'idu Khan, fol. 666«, Ghazan Khan, fol. 6746. Ufjaitu Sultan Muhammad, fol. 708a. Abu Sa'Id Bahadur Khan, foil. 722a— 7356. The last events recorded in the reign of Abu Sa'id are the deposition and banishment of Amir Shaikh Hasan, A.H. 732, and the arrest of some rebellious Amirs who had besieged the Sultan in his palace, A.H. 734. In the section relating to Hulagu, a full list of his descendants, tabulated in Siyak form, occupies foil. 627—31. Further on, foil. 684 — 92, the author gives a poetical version of the Pand Namah of his master Rashld ud- 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 ^ ^ 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. This MS. was noticed in the Athenaaum for 1885, p. 314. 264. Or. 2947.— Foil. 146 ; 7^ in. by 41; 16 lines, 2i iii. long ; written in Neskhi, apparently early in the 19th century. [Sidney Chuechill.] The collected works of 'TJbaid Zakani, who died A.H. 772. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 8096, and the Oude Catalogue, p. 527. This copy is imperfect at beginning and end. The contents are as follows : 1. Foil, la — 476. The Divan, comprising : 1. Kasidahs and occasional pieces, many of which are in praise of the reigning sovereign of Fars, Jamal ud-Din Shaikh Abu Ishak (A.H. 742 — 754 ; see the Persian Catalogue, p. 4356). The first complete Kasidah begins : 2. Fol. 256. Ghazals, in which the poet calls himself jjj.s-, and sometimes jKlj ^>.xs- ; beginning : V J^j Lr**J J~ a J " lS^ 3. Fol. 32a. Ruba'is, beginning : y j\ ^ j*> j^jb tj\ \j aijlk j* y i\ 4. Fol. 356. Tarji'-bands, beginning : 5. Fol. 396. Masnavis, beginning : 6. Fol. 42a. Kit'ahs and short pieces of two Baits, of a licentious nature, designated at the end as Oli^-wiiM. Imperfect at the beginning. II. Fol. 48a. A Masnavi, the poet's own love-story, beginning : uV- 1 fyj* ^ The prologue contains a dedication to Shaikh Abu Ishak, and in the epilogue is found the date of composition, A.H. 751 : POBTEY. A.H. 700—800. 175 J J ) ("5,jT ^ku The poem is mentioned as wti jlls- by Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 527, and by Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, no. 567, art. 2. III. Fol. 696. Jli^l jjly, rare proverbs, or maxims of prophets and sages, in prose and verse ; Arabic. Beg. JUWtj ^ ^ jJJ See the Vienna Catalogue, no. 567, art. 4. IV. Fol. 856. J-ai so, humouristio defini- tions of current words, in ten chapters, also called olijxi. Beg. t/i J* 1, c^is. U3 j jSi, See Fleischer, Leipzig Catalogue, no. 306, fol. 67 ; the Vienna Catalogue, no. 567, art. 7 ; and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 9, art. 9. V. Fol. 894. j^l, a satire on contemporary manners. Beg. ci^U- Oj^- U ^jj,^ li p, See Fleischer, £&., fol. 59; Vienna Cata- logue, ib., art. 3 ; and Pertsch, Berlin Cata- logue, no. 14, art. 69. VI. Fol. 1066. dU,, a collection of witty sayings and comic anecdotes in Arabic and Persian. Beg. id*, Jly j j^j Jc ajj jji See Fleischer, i'6., fol. 72, and the Vienna Catalogue, no. 567, art. 5. VII. Foil. 1406—1466. ^ JU,, a humour- istio treatise on beard. Beg. c~-jo e/l, j»U.ob (jjU-j^ C >j±3 It ends abruptly with this first line of a Ruba'i : See the Vienna Catalogue, ib., art. 6. Some of the above writings have been edited in a volume printed at Constantinople, A.H. 1303, under the title -Uii ^ijUJ i^,*- Wj* u>.^- That edition contains a notice of the poet and the following trea- tises : Akhlak ul-Ashraf (above, art. v.), Rish Namah (art. vn.), Ta'rifat (art. it.), Masnavi i Jalk (fol. 376 of this MS.), Taz- minat u Kita'at (art. i., 6), and Risalak i Dilgusha (art. VI.). 265. Or. 2815.— Foil. 317 ; 8 in. by 4J; 17 lines, 2| in. long; written in elegant Nestalik, with three 'Unvans, gold-ruled columns, and gilt headings ; dated A.H. 883 (A.D. 1478). [Sidney Chukohill.] Collected poems of Salman Savaji, who died A.H. 779 (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 6246), as follows : I. Fol. 2a. Kasidahs and Tarji'-bands, wanting the first page, beginning with the 14th Bait of the opening Kasidah in praise of God, the first line of which is, ^ ^ Jo j, £j\>. JUjf ^y,. See the Oude Cata- logue, p. 555; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 837; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 807. The contents, which are not alphabetically arranged, consist mostly of Kasidahs in praise of Amir Shaikh Hasan, of his wife Dilshad Khatiin, and of his son Sultan Uvais. The section breaks off with the tenth Bait of a 176 POETRY. Kasidah in praise of the latter prince, which begins : c!oi,y» !ji (jT a/ <3~»U 4)1 II. Foil. 1065. jjp-jJ <_:U^ Book of the Tarji's. Of this section the first page is alone extant. It contains the beginning of a Tarjl' which is found entire in Add. 27,314, foil. 3266— 328. It begins: III. Fol. 117a. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, slightly imperfect at the beginning. The first extant Ghazal begins : sU> oa* JU; IV. Fol. 2196. Euba'is, beginning : V. Fol. 2236. j ^j>", Khwurshid u Jamshid, a Masnavi. See Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 837, art. 2, and the Persian Catalogue, p. 625a, 1. VI. Fol. 2846. tJi the book of ab- sence, a Masnavi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6256, 11. Copyist : i J^>- ^UjA^ i_>U^ jj.s- 266. Or. 4909.— Foil. 376 ; 6| in. by 5 ; 15 lines, 2-J in. long, with ten additional lines in the margin ; written in small and neat Nestalik, with gold-ruled columns and with illuminated titles and gold headings ; apparently in the 15th century. The Divan of the same poet, with the usual beginning : Oib JU-* C-JlU- ^ty; ef Jj j> Contents: Kasidahs and Tarkibs, fol. 16. Marasi, fol. 138a, beginning : Mukatta'at, fol. 146a, beginning : ^] 1 "'"ft.' o>i^o j&>0 Tarji'at, fol. 1716, beginning : Ghazals, in alphabetical order, fol. 176a, beginning : Ruba'is, fol. 269a, beginning : Khurshid u Jamshid, fol. 2756. Firak Namak, fol. 349a. 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 uncertain. 267. Or. 2710.— Foil. 207 ; 4£ in. by 2| ; 12 lines, 1} in. long; written in small and neat Nes- talik, with two double-page 'Unvans, gold- ruled columns, and miniatures ; dated Wed- nesday, 14 Jumada I., A.H. 1025 (A.D. 1616). Bound in painted and glazed covers. The Divan of Hafiz, who died A.H. 791. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6276. Contents : Preface of Gulandam, fol. 36 (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 6286). It may be added that Kivam ud-Din 'Abdullah, whose lecture-room, according to Gulandam, Hafiz used to attend, was the greatest doctor POETRY. A.H. 700-S00. of Shlr&Z m his day. He died, as stated in the Shadd ul-Izar, Or. 3395, fol. 456, A.H. 572). Kasidahs, fol. 9b, beginning: This section ends with a Tarji' in praise of the Imam Shah i Khurasan, and wtth a Masnavi beginning : 177 268. ob Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 25?/, with the usual beginning : a_J! l^j b ill Masnavis, fol. 19SA, beginning : (This section includes the Saki Namao, fol. 200a, and the Mughanni Namah, fol. 201a, both abridged.) Kit'aks, fol. 202i, beginning as in the Calcutta edition of 1791, fol. 134fi : la*" jxt, jb^ ^ Ruba'is, fol. 204i, beginning, as in the Calcutta edition of 1791, fol. 150 : Or. 3247.— Foil. 75; 13 in. by 8f ; 12 lines, 4J in. long ; written in large and elegant Nestalik, with a whole-page and a single- page 'Unvan, gold headings, and gold-ruled margins, and with two whole-page miniatures in good Persian style, about A.H. 907 (A.D. 1501-2). The wide margins are covered with coloured designs. [Sidney Chuechjll.] The Divan of Hafiz, with a preface by Bayani. Beg. of preface : -1 51 lixzfj The writer's name appears in the following line, fol. 6a : Copyist : ^ JUj ^JJi The MS. contains five miniatures, nearly whole-page, in modern Persian style, at foil 57, 73, 106, 129, and 1G0. To the editions of the Divan mentioned in the Perstan Catalogue may be added that of Major H. S. Jarrett, founded upon Brock- haus's text, and printed in Calcutta, 1881 A literal English 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' Berlin Catalogue, nos. 840-53; and Ethe' Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 815—53. This recension of the Divan was compiled as stated in the preface, from 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 Shir, Khwajah 'Abdullah Marvarld, poetically surnamed Bayani, who died A.H. 922. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 1094a. The Divan contains only Ghazals in alpha- betical order, with the usual beginning, and three Ruba'is at the end. The first page is covered with 'Arzdidnhs and seals of the reign of Shahjahfm. The earhest of the latter is dated A.H. 1042 269. Or. 4773.-Foll.203; 7* in. by 44 ; 12 lines, 2^ in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with A A 178 POETRY. two 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns, ap- parently in the sixteenth century. The Divan of Hafiz, with the preface of Gulandam, foil. 1 — 7a. Contents: Ghazals, alphabetically arranged, with the usual beginning, fol. lb. A Masnavi, fol. 1866, beginning : /* J J b f" jV. [•-•?■ J~" } u? A Saki Namah, fol. 189a, beginning : Kit'ahs, fol. 1916, beginning : Mukhammas, fol. 1966, beginning : Tarkib, fol. 1986, beginning : Ruba'is, fol. 2006, beginning : The original text breaks off at fol. 2016. A last folio has been supplied by a modern hand. 270. Or. 4388.— Foil. 150 ; 5 in. by 3 ; 15 lines, 1-J in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- talik, with a double-page 'Unvan, gold-ruled columns, and gilt borders, apparently in the 17th century. [Wallis Bodge.] The Divan of Hafiz, consisting chiefly of G-hazals in alphabetical order, with the usual beginning. They are followed, fol. 139a, by a Tarji'-band (Calcutta edition of 1791, fol. 1396) beginning : After this come a few Kit'ahs, Masnavis, and Ruba'is ; but the latter part of the MS., foil. 143—150, as well as foil. 3—7 at the beginning, is disfigured by holes, and more or less of the writing is lost. 271. Or. 3588.— Foil. 182 ; 8J in. by ; written in fair Nestalik in three gold-ruled columns, with about 18 oblique lines in each column ; dated (foil. 115 and 160) Zulhijjah, A.H. 1086 and A.H. 1088 (A.D. 1676—78). [Sidney Churchill.] I. Foil. 1—115. The Divan of Hafiz. Contents : Preface of Gulandam, wanting the first leaf, fol. la. Kasidahs, fol. 3a, be- ginning : The same beginning is noticed by Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 849. The third Kasidah, beginning U»j* *j.Z*jxi- .jS yy*t* is\> is found in the Calcutta edition of 1791, fol. 6. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, slightly im- perfect at the beginning, fol. 8a. The first lines belong to the Ghazal beginning tjji ^ »U (Brockhaus's edition, no. 2). Tarji'-bands, fol. 98a, beginning as in Or. 4388 : Masnavis, fol. 996, beginning : POETRY. A.H. 700—800. 179 Mukatta'at, fol. 106a, beginning: Jf jl;? lyAjjJ 3 « See Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 849. Ruba'is, in alphabetical order, fol. 111(7, beginning- : jAj y^ij j,J y jjijijy- See Pertsch, ?6., and supra, no. 267. II. Foil. 1156— 160(7. 0 */ l,U > ^ J yJ The Divan of Shaikh 'Ali Baba Kuhi. Beg. Ub jJU. ^.jrf C^-a* ^Ua 'Ali Baba, poetically surnamed Kuhi, was a disciple of Shaikh Abu Abdallah Muh. Khafif Shlrazi, surnamed Shaikh Kablr, who died in Shiraz on the 23rd of Ramazan, A.H. 371 (Shiraz Namah, Add. 18,185, fol. 1096; Shadd ul-Izar, Or. 3395, fol. 26 ; and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 605). Kuhi lived to a great age, and died, according to the Shadd ul-Izar, fol. 155/>, A.H. 442, in great renown of sanctity, at Shiraz, where his tomb was an object of pilgrimage. The Divan consists of religious poems in Ghazal form, arranged in alphabetical order. At the end there are some Ruba'is beginning fol. 1 586, as follows : III. Foil. 1606 — 160rt. An anonymoup commentary expounding the mystic sense of the Ghazal of Hafiz (Brockhaus, no. 525), beginning: . J1al1> c ments on this line of Hafiz (Brockhaus, no 237): IV. Foil. 1696— 182,7. An alphabetical series of Ghazals by a poet who designates himself by the takhallus Paris. Beg. \^{> ■ My J y 0 i j ^ ^ ^ This is the poet mentioned as Faris by Sarkhush, Or. 470, fol. 1026. The line quoted there, is found in our MS., fol. 1756. The poet is probably the same as Mirza Muhammad Faris mentioned in several Tazkirahs without any further notice. See Suhuf Ibrahim, Berlin Catalogue, no. 063, 8; Makhzan ul- Ghara'ib, Bodleian Catalogue, col. 361, no. 1947 ; and Ruz i Rushan, p. 499. He must have lived before A.H. 1087, the date of the present copy. Prefixed to the above, as a separate section, foil. 1676—169(t, are a few Kasidahs probably due to the same poet. Beg. U^jjt U Jj (jib^ yjl ^| Beg. jo y- Aj\ tjj>j U "J Oyi' It is followed, fol. 1646, by similar com- 272. Or. 4745.— Foil. 120; 8§ in. by 6 ; 16 lines, 5] in. long ; written in the Hebrew character ; dated the 8th day of Aihil, A.M. 5499 (A.d! 17a9 )- [Sidney Churchill.] The Divan of Hafiz, with the headino- ■ U»T» DENn TOXQ [cfjji- kiU- «»-\y. ylyj] 180 POETRY. followed by the usual beginning : nh^inji pas Tm 'p»D ^rra Hrfattnn -trtsw Sin 1133 indn p»y na Ljbb j Utf JL.il b ill] [l^Ki. jUil J_, Jjl u)L»T jic »s At the end of the alphabetical series of Ghazals are found the following sections : JWBNpa to* '3 [0\Ja*y J], fob 1116; into fttoniUi [Ol^jC fob 113a; the Saki Namah (nOK'J »p»D), fob 1136; a Masnavi (UDB), fob 1166 ; and the Ruba'is fob 115i. 273. Or. 3206.— Foil. 240 ; 9 in. by 6 ; 21 lines, 3| in. long; written in Neskhi, A.H. 966 (A.D. 1559). [Keemer, no. 184.] The latter half of Sururi's commentary upon the Divan of Hafiz. See the Turkish Catalogue, p. 1576, and Ethe, Bodleian Cata- logue, no. 853. 274. Or. 3205.— Foil. 518 ; 8 in. by 5± ; 23 lines, 3J in. long ; written in Neskhi; 17th century. [Kremer, no. 183.] Sudi's commentary upon the Divan of Hafiz. See the Turkish Catalogue, p. 1586. 275. Or. 2950.— Foil. 217 ; 7-]- in. by 4 ; 14 lines, 2] in. long, with about 27 slanting lines in the margin ; written in small and neat Nes- talik, with gold-ruled columns and some illuminated headings ; dated Tuesday, 4 Sha'- ban, A.H. 888 (A.D. 1483). [Sidney Churchill.] The Divan of Kamal Khujandi, who died A.H. 803. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6326. It begins with a Kasidah in praise of God, the first line of which is : JU/ J*l ^ *.{ si. J ^ r ^ JUjU ij\±J>- iiU4\ tdlljo i^Uij This is immediately followed by Ghazals in alphabetical order, beginning : Mukatta'at, fob 203&, beginning : Fardiyyat, fob 213a; Ruba'is, fob 2136, beginning : ^atf" .ibJJ jb^jj ^ b ^ Jbl l_^> u * jl obi Foil. 216-17 should be taken after fob 0. For other MSS. see the Strassburg Cata- logue, no. 1 3 ; the Berlin Catalogue, no. 854 ; and the Bodleian Catalogue, no. 857. Copyist: ^^.jLoI si-!) itaUi- ^ J} srXL The margins form a continuous text. It consists of extracts, mostly Ghazals in alpha- betical order, from the Divans of the follow- ing ten poets : Khusrau (Dihlavi), foil. 2—6, 216-7, 7—38. Beg. \j sj^jfA \J*ly>j& ^ Jo jb Hafiz Shirazi, fob 386. Beg. \ j-VjV" 1 J Kasim (ul-Anvar), who died A.H. 837 (Persian Catalogue, p. 635), fob 636. Beg. \ j <»j j> J- 51 lt 5 I O^^-J POETRY. A.H. 700-800. 181 Jami, fol. 836. Beg. ObK £AJ> jS ty ! J j >jl5 ^ Suhaili (died A.H. 907 ; see the Persian Catalogue, p. 756a, and Ethe, no. 981) fol. 1156. Beg. U W U juj oJ Jly Saifi (Yadgar Beg, d. 870; see Ethe, no. 888), fol. 1436. Beg. \j (jtjji. j^, ^ ^ g Piiyazi (d. 884; Persian Catalogue, p. 1074a, and Ethe, no. S90), fol. 1606. Beg. CJ&I ^ J ^ J j , ^ Muhyi (probably Muhyi Lari, who died, however, about 45 years after the date of the MS. ; v. Persian Catalogue, p. 655) fol. 1846. Beg. y Jajg o^ ^ d.1 W.j* ^^J*" eginning : •jj jjjU ,bi* Mukatta'at, fol. 183a, beginning : Iluba'is, fol. 187a, beginning : In the Ghazals the author uses three forms of takhallus, namely, (_•?/£•», Ji;~ * yJ*, and (j»-vS>. In the colophon he is designated as follows : yiijJtj Sil' (_r~— b5)j« jlkiJb ji^iM usji/H^ JLr^ H e ^ s n °t *° be confounded with Mirza Malik Mashriki, of Mashhad, who lived in the time of Shah 'Abbas I. See Maikhanah, fol. GO J, and Khair ul-Bayiin, fol. 3116. 278. Or. 2997.— Foil. 46 ; 9 in. by 5£ ; 13 lines, 2J in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, mounted on tinted paper ; dated A.H. 992 (A.D. 1584). [Sidney Chdeohill.] A poem of the class known as Dah jNTamah. It is a collection of letters in verse addressed by an imaginary lover to his mistress, with a prose preface ; by 'Aziz-ullah, called Zahidi, who uses 'Aziz as his poetical surname. Beg. of the Preface : \j { ^\>o o^Usa.' o-^*" lsr *»\ ji Ji^i j i'^> J* » The poem begins, fol. 4a, as follows : jUT j\y Jo V jj, Oib Jyo- i_jbj 0 i^i ii'y- We learn from the preface that the author had repaired to Herat, A.H. 810, and had spent there about ten years, engaged in 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 other rhetorical figures, enumerated in the preface, are illustrated by examples. The epilogue contains the above date of composition and a panegyric on Sultan Baisunghar. POETRY. A.H. 800—900. 279. 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- parently in the 15th century. [Sidney Churchill.] The Divan of M'mat-ullah Vali, who died A.H. 834. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6346. After a short doxology in prose, beginning U-sWI i-^W jyUrtll t/JJl dJJ ±Ji, comes a short Masuavi, with this initial line : The first section consists of a mixture of pieces of various forms, Masnavis, Ghazals, Dubaitis, and Puba'is. The alphabetical series of Ghazals which form the main bulk of the volume begins, fol. 326, with this verse : The remainder of the Divan comprises— Pious precepts in Masnavi verse, fol. 3424, 1S3 Fardiyyat, also in alphabetical order, fol 3946, beginning : W-l *Ls- JU» dj^j Very similar 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. 856—58. Copious extracts, with a bio- graphical notice, are to be found in Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 42. with other Masnavis, beginning : Dubaitis in alphabetical order, fol. 349a, beginning : ,J ^- V* <-r>s+*? Ruba'is, alphabetically arranged, fol. 3766, beginning : b J j\ Ay ^ iji j* 280. Or. 3304—FolL 261 ; 8* in. by 5f ; 15 lines, 3 m. long; written in elegant Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled columns ; dated Ju- mada II, A.H. 857 (A.D. 1453). [Sidney Churchill.] I. Foil. 1-221. r \S a y The Divan of Kasim ul-Anvar, who died A.H. 837. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6356. Beg. r _ilj r S> bj-. tj^ ^ Contents: Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 2a, beginning : Tarji'-band, fol. 1996, beginning ; (See Aumer, no. 85.) Mukatta'at, fol. 204a, beginning: y J J/ (y* W U ijjj This section includes several pieces written entirely or partly in Turki. 184 POETRY. Ruba'is, fol. 211a, beginning: A Masnavi relating to Tlmur's death, be- ginning : (see Add. 18,874, fol. 219, and Ethi, no. 862, fol. 231), and other Masnavis. II. Foil. 2216—243. A Sufi tract in Mas- navi verse, known as Anis ul-'Arifin, UjjjW, by the same author, with a prose pre- face beginning : C-As, &jjac il»ls- l^jji- j^-j^j^il «>wjt£j 4^ See the Persian Cata- logue, p. 6366, ii. ; Aumer, no. 85, fol. 185 ; and Ethe, no. 862, fol. 233. III. Poll. 244—261. Another Sufi tract in prose, diversely called siUill s)'^ or ( _ r .j6\ mjHiU!\, by the same author. (See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6366, m. ; Ethe, no. 862, fol. 257 ; and Aumer, no. 85, fol. 205.) It concludes with a separate chapter designated as ^ISoj.j c^*" 3J , "Advice to Dervishes," fol. 2556, beginning : , Copyist : ^ ij^^ For other copies of the Divan, see Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, nos. 859 — 63 ; the Leyden Catalogue, vol. v., no. 2587 ; Ethe, Bod- leian Catalogue, nos. 862 — 66 ; and, for the author's life and poetical extracts, Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 27. 281. Or. 2951.— Foil. 235 ; 9£ in. by 6^; 17 lines, 4| in. long ; written in fair large Nestalik, 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- Anvar, with the same beginning and nearly the same contents as the preceding, namely : G-bazals (wanting a leaf at the beginning), fol. 21. Tarjl 1 , fol. 176a. Mukatta'at, fol. 1806. Ruba'is, fol. 1866. Masnavis, fol. 1914. Aids ul-'Arifin, fol. 1956. Anis ul- 'Ashikin, with the heading *->W- fol. 2156. The Masnavi relating to Timur's death, with a preface beginning: ]i j?.} 9 - Oh asL-x, ^a>\ ojU, fol. 2326. (The Mas- navi is also included in the Divan, fol. 1916.) Copyist : ,su=- ^> oki- ytaj ^\ At the end, fol. 80a, are a few Mukatta'at, beginning : JAW Jfli IHBSi 186 POETRY. An edition lithographed in Constantinople, A.H. 1288, has nearly the same contents, but differently arranged. It begins with this line: which is found at fol. 104 of the present copy. For other MSS., see Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 866; Ethe, nos. 875 — 81; and Rosen, Institut, nos. 65, 2, 77-8. Copyist : o^/ ^ ^ ^ jU^ yl 285. Or. 3334— Foil. 79; 6 in. by 3£; 12 lines, 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.] I. Foil. 1—42. jbU The Divan of Shahi (see the preceding MS.), consisting of Ghazals in alphabetical order, with some Ruba'is at the end. Begf. .0 Kit'ahs and Ruba'is, fol. 38S, beginning : J** <^*» i_s^ V H. Foil. 44-71. yljia The Divan of Riyazi Samarkand!, who died A.H. 884. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 1074a, and Bthe, no. 890. Beg. C-wO ^jj^^jiiii «i'j„*jT jl The Divan consists of Ghazals in alpha- betical order, with three Ruba'is at the end. The Ghazal the first line of which is given in the Persian Catalogue and by Bthe is the second in the present MS. III. Foil. 714— 79. JV The Divan of Muvali, beginning: SI y lSjjjJ b jW» ls/^ This is the seventh Ghazal in Tusi's Divan, Add. 16,561, fol. 814. There are six Kit'ahs of two Baits each at the end. 2. Jami, fol. 284, beginning : J ZiJj 1 ^i-* '■''J* ** tf^ 3. Ashraf, who died A.H. 854 (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 735a, and Ethe, no. 874), fol. 434. Beg. \j aiVEilc ^t- ^) ^\ Oj.Ks: ^ \\ ^ UJ y Ja u^T I I POETRY. A.H. 800—900. 187 4. Amir Hasan, who died A.H. 727 (Persian Catalogue, p. 618a, and Ethe, no. 780), fol. 566. Beg. \j Jij ^ jJLj J\ This is the twelfth Ghazal in the poet's Divan, Add. 24,952, fol. 386. 5. Kamal Khujandi, who died A.H. 803 (see above, no. 275), fol. 626. Beg. \j>\£j y y jliSo )j>Sj } j~> j Jii> SJJ.J G There are fifteen Kit'ahs at the end. 6. Tali'i, who died A.H. 858 (Persian Catalogue, p. 7356), fol. 89. Beg. U There are three Kit'ahs at the end. 7. 'Arifi, who died A.H. 853 (see above, no. 283), foil. 1086—1136. Beg. Uijb ci^L. jj ^\ On every page of this last section there are two Grhazals, the first of which is by 'Arifi and the second, composed in the same metre and with the same rhyme, by Shauki. The first Grhazal of the latter poet begins : Judging from the apparent date of the MS., this last poet cannot be much later than the ninth century of the Hijrah. He cannot be identified with the later Shaukis mentioned in the Tazkirahs. 287. Or. 4123—Foll. 284; 94 in. by 5+ ; 15 lines, 2f in. long ; written in choice Nestalik, with four highly-finished 'Unvans, the first of which consists of a rich border enclosing two pages, with gold-ruled columns and gilt headings ; dated Monday, 7 Rabi' II., A.H. S94 (A.D. 1489). Bound in fine stamped and gilt leather covers. [Tho. Fiott Hughes.] The Divan of Jami, with a prose preface beginning : ^\ Jj* J ^ yj> J U" This is the earliest collection of Jami's poems, dedicated to Sultan Abu Sa'id, about A.H. 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 Petersburg Catalogue, no. 439 ; and the Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 947 — 954. It is also found in the edition lithographed in Lucknow, 1876, under the title c^bK, the contents of which are nearly the same as those of the present MS., but somewhat differently arranged. Compare Rosen, Institut, p. 257. Contents : Preface, fol. 26. Kasidahs, with the heading j, mostly of a religious character, fol. 56, beginning : Ghazals, alphabetically arranged, fol. 106, beginning : A Masnavi in praise of 'Ali, Cyis. ^'li. j ^ ir/J 6 j>i>\ fol. 249a, beginning: ^ ^ (the same as with Eosen, Institut, p. 238). Ruba'is, fol. 270a, beginning : d^—jjo^-*.* j*> \j y i cSj b Mn'ammayat, fol. 279a, beginning : ui^?.^ j ^ ^ It will be seen that most of the contents of this early Divan have found their way into the first of the three later Divans of Jami, as described by Baron Eosen, Institut, pp. 234—39. This precious copy was written in the life- time of the poet. 288. Or. 4681.— Foil. 168 ; 7£ in. by 4; 17 lines, 2f in. long ; written in small and neat Nestalik, with gold-ruled columns ; dated Rata' I., A.H. 868 (A.D. 1463). [Sidney Churchill.] This precious MS., written thirty years before Jami's death, contains another early collection of his poems, without preface. Beg. +f~-J\ u+=-J\ ^ f~> 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 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 Muhammad, with the heading iJJ^yN j (in- cluding the Tarji' in praise of the latter, which begins with Am, and has been noticed in the preceding MS., fol. 251), fol. la. Alphabetical series of Ghazals, fol. 8a, beginning as in the preceding MS. Three Tarji'at, fol. 151a, beginning : W^JJ J^rT }} Two Tarkib-bands, fol. 1586, the first of which occurs in the preceding MS. under the heading of Marsiyahs, and begins thus : S>\ Hyt j\ J>Ji*&l y^liS i_>=-b3 Mukatta'at, fol. 162a, beginning : Ruba'is, fol. 1646, beginning : !JJO J£ CJ^Xo b Mu'ammayat, fol. 1656, the first of which is headed <_ajiilM j,-s- w lkl-, and begins : The following colophon is found at the end of this last section, fol. 1666 : uy^j C ,U3 *;.Jb Jj^Jl ggj j ^"-i 1 ^ji) iob,iU'ij 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 poet's epilogue, namely, the end of a Masnavi in praise of the reigning Sultan (Abu Sa'id) and a few lines of prose, with two Ruba'is, partly obliterated, at the end, in the first of which Jami alludes to his age as being fifty: sitfil yjiS' ^ t^jj 289. 0r - 4513.— Foil. 275 ; 9J in. by 6 ; 23 lines, 4| in. long ; written in Neskhi in four ruled columns, with seven rude 'Unvans; dated from Rabi' I., A.H. 907, to Jumada I., A.H. 908 (A.D. 1501-2). [Sidney Ohueohill.] The Haft Aurang, or seven Masnavi poems, of Jami. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6445. The MS. wants the first leaf, and begins with the second page of Jami's preface. The seven poems are placed in the order in which they are enumerated in that preface, viz., 1. Silsilat uz-Zahab, fol. 16 (the second Daftar begins at fol. 456, the third at fol. 646). 2. Salaman u Absal, fol. 786. 3. Tuhfat ul- Ahrar, with preface, fol. 926. 4. Subhat ul-Abrar, fol. 1136. 5. Yusuf u Zulaikha, fol. 1486. 6. Laili u Majnun, fol. 2046. 7. Khirad Namah i Iskandari, fol. 2496. Copyist: ^ jzjjC, I5j)y. ^ Two of the above poems, Yusuf u Zulaikha and Laili u Majnun, are in a later and more cursive hand. The Haft Aurang forms the first part of the Kulliyat i Jami, an early MS. of which, supposed to be the poet's autograph, has been minutely described by Baron Rosen, Institut, pp. 215—259. Por other copies see Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 876, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 897 — 902. 290. Or. 2935.— Foil. 284; in. by 6 ; 21 lines, 4 in. long; written in small and fair JSTes- talik in four gold-ruled columns, with nine 'Unvans; dated Herat, A.H. 934 (A.D. 1528). [Naih. Bland.] Another copy of the Haft Aurang, con- taining the seven poems in the same order, viz., 1. Silsilat uz-Zahab, with Jami's pre- face, fol. 26 (Daftar II., fol. 526, Daftar III., fol. 736). 2. Salaman u Absal, fol. 876. 3. Tuhfat ul-Ahrar, fol. 1035. 4. Subhat ul- Abrar, fol. 1266. 5. Yusuf u Zulaikha, fol. 1645. 6. Laili u Majnun, fol. 2155. 7. Khi- rad Namah i Iskandari, fol. 2556. Copyist : J^sf The first part of the MS., foil. 2—102, is by a later hand, that of i- See the Oude Catalogue, p. 422 ; the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i., p. 581 ; Pertsch, Berlin, nos. 906-7 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 1013—15. III. Fol. 50a. w yV Laili Majnun, the first poem of the Khamsah. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6526 ; Pertsch, Berlin Cata- logue, nos. 903 — 5 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 996 — 1005. POETRY. A.H. 800-900. 191 This copy wants the first page. It begins with this verse : 298. IV. Fol. 74b. Tiraur Namah, a poetical history of Tlmiir, the fourth poem of the Khamsah. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6536; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, nos. 908-9 ; Bthe, Bodleian, nos. 1006—12 ; and Rehatsek, Mulla Piruz Library, p. 69. This fine MS. was written by Sultan Mu- hammad Nur, a pupil of Sultan 'Ali, and one of the penmen employed by Mir 'Alishir. 296. Or. 3316.-Foll. 97; 7 in. by 4|; 11 lines, 2J m. long^ 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, by Hatifi. See the preceding MS., art, in. Copyist : jj Je 297. Or. 2838.-Foll. 140 ; 9 in. by 51; 15 lines, 2£ m. long; written in elegant Nestalik, with a neat 'Unvan, gold-ruled columns, gold headings, and three whole-page miniatures in good Persian style (foil. 20, 76, and 121) • dated A.H. 945 (A.D. 1538). [Zuhce ud-Dist Ahmad Khan.] Tinmr Namah, by Hatifi. See no. 295, 17. Copyist: csj^UD JU^ Or. 3280.-Foll.109; 5fin. by 3J ; 10 lines, If in. long; written in Neskhi ; dated 27 Shavval, A.H. 1240 (A.D. 1825). Laili u Majnun, a Masnavi by Maktabi. Beg. jlsTj CL,h^\ j> ^\ fit ^1 j Jjl jli. Maktabi took his takhallus from his pro- fession, that of a schoolmaster. He lived in Shiraz at the same time as Ahli Shirazi (d. A.H. 942), and composed the present poem A.H. 895. That date, conveyed by the chronogram LS ^C utf, anc i the number of distichs, amounting to 2100, are given in the following lines of the epilogue (fol. 109a) : The correct reading of the last line is, according to the next and other copies, j^So. instead of For notices of Maktabi see Taki, Oude Catalogue, p. 38, no. 56; Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 414a ; Atashkadah, p. 309 ; and Majma 1 ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 40. For other MSS. see the Ley den Catalogue, vol. ii., p. 121; Oude Catalogue, no. 344 ; Aumer, no. 101 ;' and Bthe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 892. Copyist : U, j^s? 299. Or. 2985—Foll. 90; 5f in. by 3f ; 12 lines, 2 m. long; written in Nestalik; dated 24 Shavval, A.H. 1261 (A.D. 1845). [Henry A. Stern.] 192 POETRY. Another copy of the Laili u Majnun, of Maktabi. 300. Or. 3379.— Foil. 75 ; llf in. by 8 ; 15 lines, 4f in. long ; written in fine Nestalik in the 18th century. [Sidney Chueohill.] The Turki Divan of Sultan-Husain Baikara, with a Persian paraphrase by Muhammad Rafi'. See the Turkish Catalogue, p. 299. 301. Or. 3633.— Poll. 50 ; 8$ in. by 5} ; 15 lines, 2f in. long ; written in Neskhi, with two 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns ; dated Mecca, Sunday, 14 Ramazan, A.H. 951 (A.D. 1541). ' [J. Lee.] A poetical description of the rites of the pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, by Muhyi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 655. Beg. y ^5)1 ^ JlS ^\ The text agrees closely with the edition lithographed in Lucknow, 1875. The above beginning, which is also that of the Berlin MS. described by Pertsch, no. 214, is the twenty-second Bait of the MS. noticed in the Persian Catalogue, while the latter has the beginning given by Haj. Khal,, vol. iv., p. 385. The first line of the Vienna copy, no. 893, 2, is the fifteenth Bait of the present MS. The second part of the poem, treating of Medina, has a distinct frontispiece, and begins : There are numerous coloured drawings representing the Haram and the various places visited by pilgrims at Mecca and Medina. They correspond closely with the drawings of the Lucknow edition. At the end, and by another hand, is a certificate of pilgrimage delivered to Haji Haidar Mahmud Shah Zamaki, A.H. 951. This MS. is noticed in the catalogue of Dr. John Lee, no. 176. 302. Or. 4124.— Foil. 114 ; 7f in. by 4| ; 12 lines, 2J in. long ; written in small and elegant Nestalik, with a rich and highly-finished double-page 'Unvan at the beginning, and a single-page one further on, gold designs in the margins, and gold-ruled columns ; dated A.H. 957 (A.D. 1550). Bound in tastefully painted covers. [Tho. Fiott Hughes.] Two Masnavis by Hilali, who died A.H. 935 or 936. He was put to death, as stated in Ahsan ut-Tavarikh, fol. 86ft, on account of some obnoxious verses, by 'Ubaid Khan 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 Hilali's death. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 656. I. Foil. 1—59. (jji^Wl Olw, Sifat ul- 'Ashikin, or " Qualities of Lovers," a mystic poem. Beg. ij^^i v>i^jl <_fjJ Ijjjlji- For other MSS., see the Oude Catalogue, no. 203 ; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 913 ; and Ethe, no. 1026. II. Foil. 60—1 14. utjjjj j »U., King and 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 verse by Ethe, Morgenlandische Studien, 1870, p. 197. This copy is due to the well-known calli- grapher, Sultan Muhammad Nur. 303. Or. 2848.— Foil. 275 ; lOJin. by 7-1; 19 lines, •5 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik in four gold-ruled columns ; dated Zulka'dah, A.H. 965 (A.D. 1558). [Sidney Churchill.] A Masnavi poem treating of the lives and miracles of Muhammad, of 'AH and of the Imams, by Hairati, who died A.H. 901. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 8745. The MS. is somewhat imperfect at the beginning. The first extant chapter has the heading ^ Jy.jj } ^J3.< f ^ |JU sli l_)Iju^, and begins as follows : iy. tyjs-U JUi- jijt After speaking boastfully of the fame he had achieved in various kinds of poetry, such as Ghazals and Kasidahs, the author says that he had not yet tried his hand at Masnavi. On one occasion, when he was present at Court, a book entitled Bahjat, and treating of Muhammad, 'Ali, and the holy family, having been brought from Shiraz to the Shah, he obtained his Majesty's leave to turn it into Masnavi verse. Hence the present work, which was completed, as stated at the end, A.H. 953. The date is expressed by the title, slightly altered by ' Imalah,' as stated in the following lines, fol. 275a ; .LSI 3? J" The prologue concludes with a panegyric on Shah Tahmasp. The work, it is hardly necessary to say, displays the most extrava- gant 'Ali-worship and the usual Shi'ah per- version of history. The names of the three predecessors of 'Ali in the Khilafat are duly accompanied by the customary imprecation jcjuJJI The work is divided into forty-four sec- tions, J^, the first of which, fol. 2ft, has this heading : j\ ^ jd j^j, jJ-JIj ijLaN Ue | _ r u. The contents may be briefly described as follows : Fasl 1 16. Life and miracles of Muhammad. Fasl 17. (.iL.il *jJs. urjisjil jxj o^s-^jj, Prodigies of 'Ali, thirty-nine of which are enumerated, fol. 87ft. Fasl 18. Incidents of his life, 0 ^ JlS MskjVj—) ls^US, forty in number, fol. 106a. Fasl 19. His merits and eminent parts, fol. 123a. Fasl 20. Election of Abu Bakr, fol. 127ft. Fasl 21. Opposition to Abu Bakr, fol. 130a. Fasl 22. History of Fadak, fol. 134a. Fasl 23. Election of 'Umar, fol. 136a. Fasl 24. Proclamation of 'Osman, fol. 139a. Fasl 25. Succession of 'Ali, fol. 143a. Fasl 26. Battle of the Camel, fol. 145a. Fasls 27—29. Battle of Siffin, fol. 1524. Fasis 30—3]. War with the Khawarij, fol. 182ft. Fasl 32. Hasan and Husain, fol. 188a. Fasl 33. Zain ul-'Abidin, fol. 195a. Fasl 34. Mu- hammad Bakir, fol. 202J. Fasl 35. Ja'far Sadik, fol. 211a. Fasl 36. Musa Kazim, fol. 226a. Fasl 37. 'Ali Biza, fol. 233a. Fasl 38. Muh. Javad, fol. 246a. Fasl 39. 'Ali Naki, fol. 251ft. Fasl 40. Hasan 'Askari, fol. 260a. Fasls 41—44. Hujjat-ullah Ka'im bikustas (the Mahdi) and his future advent, foil. 266a— 274. c c 194 POETRY. 304. Or. 2870.— Foil. 36 ; 61 in. by 4| ; 11 lines, 2f in. long ; written in Shikastah, with gold- ruled margins; dated A.H. 1140 (A.D. 1727-8). [Sidney Churchill.] " The Rake and the Asoete," in prose and verse, by Fuzuli, who died A.H. 963. See the Turkish Catalogue, p. 396. Beg. jUi yWjj yj J\ The text agrees with the edition litho- graphed in Teheran, A.H. 1275. The MS. 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. It was written for Muhammad Mu'min Khan Shirazi by his father. A copy is noticed by Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 683, art. 4. 305. Or. 4911.—. Foil. 244; 7fin.by4f; 14 lines, 2f in. long ; written in plain Nestalik ; dated Constantinople, 2 Zulka'dah, A.H. 1036 (A.D. 1627). I. Foil. 2—167. jyii a \yj> The Divan of Fuzuli, with a preface by the poet, beginning : C*-i\ *>■ di\ A part of the preface is lost. From the remaining portion it appears that the poet collected these erotic poems, written in an easy Persian style, to comply with the desire of a fair youth who had no taste for his Turkish and Arabic compositions. The col- lection is far richer than the Divan noticed in the Persian Catalogue, p. 6596. It has no fewer than fifty Ghazals rhyming in Alif against twelve in the latter. Contents : Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 46, beginning : Tarkib, fol. 1036, beginning : Mukatta'at, fol. 1075, beginning : Saki Namah, a Masnavi, fol. 1186, begin- ning : Ruba'is, fol. 130J, beginning : Rind u Zahid, a Masnavi (see the preced- ing MS.), foil. 1416— 1676. Imperfect at the end. The lost portion corresponds with the last fifteen pages of the Teheran edition. II. Foil. 168—238. CJto Haft Manzar, a Masnavi by Hatifi. See no. 295, i. This copy wants the prologue and the introductory part of the story. It begins with this line : which is found at fol. 126 of the complete copy, Add. 26,166. POETRY. A.H. 900—1000. 195 306. Or. 4616.— Foil. 283 ; 8J in. by 5 ; 15 lines, 3 in. long; written in small Nestalik, ap- parently in India in the 18th century. The Divan of Ashki, imperfect at the beginning. Mir Ashki, a native of Kum, went to India and died at Agra, or Delhi, A.H. 972. See the Oude Catalogue, p. 30, no. 349, pp. 56 and 118. The Divan consists almost ex- clusively of Ghazals in alphabetical order. The first extant begins as follows : The Ghazals rhyming in i_> begin, fol. 266, with this line : i_A*S1 Jj\JU J j ^jjj jUjo ^jo. At the end are a few Ruba'is, fol. 2816, beginning : C*->t iC^K C^-j fjZ> j\ a* eioT l$\ and, fol. 283«, some Kit'ahs, the first line of which is : The MS. is dated in the twenty-fifth regnal year, probably of Muhammad Shah (A.H. 1155) : ro ii» ^ sU ^ ^'o j^i, ^ ^ 307. Or. 3504.— Poll. 164 ; 81 in. by 6J ; 21 lines, 4£ in. long; written in small and rather cursive Nestalik in four columns; dated Wednesday, 13 Rabi' II., A.H. 973 (A.D. 1565). [Sidney Chuechill.] 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. Beg. W L 4 ^ ^jj li^/T y^a- jjtiU j JJ^ jj" After the usual sections in praise of God and the Prophet, and a description of the Mi'raj, the prologue contains a eulogy on the reigning 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 : jUl t-U-U^Ss In a subsequent chapter, fol. 10a, ^ 'Abdi gives some account of his life and works. P'inding that poetry enjoyed but scant favour in his day, he turned to an official career, and obtained a high post in the royal Divan. But, remaining 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, Abdi, and wrote a Masnavi entitled &j Jtjs., in imitation of the Kiran i Sa'dain of Khusrau, and another Masnavi in imitation of Khizr Khan u Duval Rani, by the same poet. These formed the first two poems of a contemplated Khamsah, the present poem being the third. It is divided like its proto- type, the Bustan, into ten Babs, enumerated at the end of the prologue, fol. 11a. The oc 2 196 POETRY. author says that his anecdotes are drawn from genuine records, and especially from the recent work of an eminent historian, whose name was Ahmad (meaning, no doubt, Kazi Ahmad Ghaffari, author of the Nigar- istan ; see the Persian Catalogue, p. 106). The headings of the ten Babs are as follows : (jjUUmjIa JU ^jZ>jd JU rJ i Jl3 I. Pol. 12a. II. Pol. 20a. III. Fol. 246. JJ^c JU j^jj IV. Fol. 286. JU ^J*^ V. Pol. 32a. j fX=-J J}>, uAij^ ■j-j" ijil jit OUjJJ This section concludes with a poem, in the style of Pirdausi, on the story of Bizhan, foil. 35—42. VI. Pol. 43a. VII. Pol. 496. VIII. Pol. 53a. IX. Fol. 566. X. Fol. 61a. \Jj JU ZJ z> Jl3 The work was completed on the second day of Bab? I., A.H. 961, as stated in the following lines, fol. 646 : c *~* f ©?j J 1 ^ jlj (a* (j^sCi.* ii\j._*b J5U- ^ ,,_=. JiUs. ^ gjG i^iU cili We learn from Taki Kashi, Oude Cata- logue, p. 37, no. 499, that the poet, whose real name was Khwajah Zain ul-'Abidln 'Ali, of Shiraz, filled for many years the office of Mustaufi, that he wrote two Khamsahs in imitation of Nizami, a poem entitled sxtsr ^U, and three Divans, and that he died in Ardabil, A.H. 988. II. Foil. 65—164. Cjjii,\ Jty- Khaza'in ul-Malakut, a religious poem by the same 'Abdi. Beg. M r „> yjSA Jj\ J\ The poem deals chiefly in praises of Mu- hammad, of the Imams, of the Shah, and in anecdotes of saints and Sufis. In a short prose-preamble the author enumerates the seven sections, termed Khizanah, into which it is divided. They have the following headings : I. Pol. 656. L-O, •<) IhxS!*'. tyvy, Jj\ JjjjJ. II. Fol. 776. * ^.^b 0^«m .jj &>\j~ Uii^Jl JU tluOj^J III. Fol. 936. jjf* jtf } y$S* pi*, Z>\j~ IV. Pol. 1146. u-jjj*, ^14* V. Fol. 1296. VI. Fol. 1466. VII. Fol. 1586. jl^l l 53 «i— ^.-^ For other MSS. see the Persian Catalogue, p. 6636, nr. ; the Berlin Catalogue, no. 918 ; Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 1039 — 42 ; and Rosen, Institut, p. 262. The continuation by Visal begins, fol. 43a, as follows : C*~ai» ^yU j sty ^j, Vahshi's original poem with the continua- tion of Visal has been lithographed in Teheran, A.H. 1263. Both are "included in the Divan of Visal, lithographed in Teheran A.H. 1275. 309. Or. 4913.— Foil. 175 ; 8 in. by 4J; 14 lines, 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 jjj* The poet, whose proper name was Mir Husain B. Grhiyas ud-Din, lived in Khorasan in the reign of Shah Tahmasp, and visited India under Akbar. There he associated with Faizi and 'Urn. He died A.H. 996. See the Oude Catalogue, pp. 43, 120; Sham' i Anjuman, p. 102; and Khair ul-Bayan fol. 2446. Contents : Kasidahs in alphabetical order, fol. 16. Mukatta'at, fol. 65a, beginning: A Masnavi, fol. 686, beginning : jjj, J-»! sil^ Jo Uj Ghazals alphabetically arranged, fol. 74a, beginning : Ruba'is, fol. 85a, beginning : ]f° *r UJ* JL;^ 5 >V. 5 nS" J^ji For other copies see the Oude Catalogue, p. 578; Bthe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1045; and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 919. II. Foil. 93—175. Kasidahs of 'Urn with- out alphabetical arrangement. They begin, 198 POETRY. as in the Divan noticed b" Sprenger, p. 528, with this line : The MS. breaks off in the middle of Kasidah beginning : 'J ^ 310. Or. 2979.— Foil. 217; 9 in. by 5 ; 17 lines, in. long; written in cursive Nestalik; dated Tuesday (A.D. 1624). 22 Rabi' II., A.H. 1033 [H. A. Steen.] The Divan of Urfi Shlriizi. Beg. \j &ig> h.Jl>s>\ Jj j\ lj &wA^> (Jl*—* tijjj ^jilc- Contents: 1. An alphabetical series of Ghazals, the first of which, beginning as above, is found in the Cawnpore edition of the Kulliyyat, A.H. 1297, p. 5, margin. The series ends with the first Ghazal in s (ib. p. 108, margin), beginning : 2. Another alphabetical series of Ghazals, extending from 1 to beginning, fol. 196 : The last Ghazal (Cawnpore edition, p. 77, margin), begins : 3. Kasidahs, without alphabetical arrange- ment, fol. 576, with the usual beginning: 4. The latter part of an alphabetical series of Ghazals from ^ to instead of \y, is found in the Cawnpore edition of the Kulliyat, A.H. 1297, p. 134. The last Ruba'i contains in its last hemistich, a chronogram for A.H. 996, the year in which the Divan of 'Urfi was completed. II. Foil. 175—28a. Some Masnavis, also by 'Urfi. Beg. jy ~ s^i- yjs. The first and longest relates to a meeting of Shirra and Farhad. Some of the next- following pieces also relate to Farhad. The name of 'Urfi appears in the following line, fol. 255 : These are evidently detached fragments of the Masnavi Farhad u Shirin, mentioned in the Persian Catalogue, p. 6676, iv. The opening line quoted thereby ^ ^ IjJjUi- C^-5oj, is found among the present frag- ments, fol. 246. The same beginning is noticed in the Oude Catalogue, p. 527; in the Berlin Catalogue, no. 920, art. 3 ; and by Eosen, Institut, p. 262. 312. Or. 2872.— Foil. 245 ; 9J in. by 5 J ; 15 lines, about 3 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik in two gold-ruled columns, with an 'Unvan, apparently in the 17th century. [Sidney Chuechul.] The Turkish and Persian Divans of Amani, an Amir of Turkish race, who lived under Shah Tahmasp and Shah 'Abbas I., and died probably shortly after A.H. 1016. See the Turkish Catalogue, p. 301. The Persian Divan occupies foil. 90 — 245. It begins with an alphabetical series of Ghazals, wanting the first page or two. The first complete Ghazal begins as follows : Jyl,s? |.U) ^ JUs, &«3 b dji The last Ghazal, which breaks off before the end, fol. 1756, begins : The remainder of the Divan is not in its original order. Some folios are lost and others are transposed. It contains : 1. Mas- navis, the first of which, fol. 176, is imper- fect at the beginning. The second, fol. 177a, begins as follows : 2. Euba'is, in alphabetical order, fol. 1906, with the exception of the first, which begins : s>djjl sib O^Sjjo sSoliT ^JjjT sib' ^> jut Ls sL.ioL> 200 POETEY. 5. Kasidahs, fol. 2256, beginning : \ jui> i jy jjl (*,:°"> b 313. Or. 2839.— Foil. 23 ; 8J in. by 4f ; 15 lines, 2{ in. long ; written in fair Nestalik on gold-sprinkled paper, with 'Unvan, gold- ruled margins, and three whole-page minia- tures, in highly finished Indian style, 17th century. [Haji Zuhur ud-Din.] " Siiz u Gudaz," a poem by Nau'I. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 674a ; the Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1064; and the Berlin Cata- logue, no. 928. At the beginning are two seals, one with the name SulaimSn and the date A.H. 1146, the other bearing the name of Archibald Swinton Eustam Jang Bahadur, in the Persian character, and the date 1174 (A.H.). 314. Or. 3274.— Foil. 102; 7J in. by 3-1; 15 lines, 2\ in. long ; written in fair Nestalik in two gold-ruled columns, on gold-sprinkled paper, apparently in the 17th century. [S. DE SACT.] I. Foil. 1—79. yijji j sr ± " Khusrau u Shlrin," a Masnavi by Ja'far. Beg. ^sUj ^J. jl j,j lajjU*. The author is Ja'far Beg KazvTni, after- wards Asaf Khan, who died under Jahangir, A.H. 1021. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 118a, It is stated in Ma'afir ul-Umara, fol. 266, that, in the opinion of many judges, no one after Nizami had told the story of Khusrau and Shirin better than Ja'far Beg. In the prologue the poet says that he had been from an early age addicted to poetry, and that, having been compelled by adverse fortune to seek employment by the pen and the sword, he had repaired from Iran to Hindustan, and had found a generous patron in the person of the sovereign Jahangir, to whom a long panegyric is devoted. The narrative begins on fol. 116, and the last section, fol. 786, has the heading yoK i^.j^- The last line is : The poem has apparently been left un- finished. For another copy see Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1069. II. Foil. 80—101. Kasidahs, Kit'ahs, Ghazals, &c, by the same Ja'far, without any systematic arrangement. Beg- U V ytj cJ&j jtj [***?" J 8 '2xj*' Some of the Kasidahs are addressed to Akbar, others to Jahangir. Among the Kit'ahs are chronograms for the death of the former and the accession of the latter. Towards the end, fol. 985, is a Tarji' of some length, beginning : The MS. is described in S. de Sacy's Cata- logue, Paris, 1842, " Manuscrits," p. 45, no. 262. 315. Or. 3275.— Foil. 62 ; 7 in. by 8* ; 15 lines, 2 in. long; written in neat Nestalik with gold-ruled columns, apparently in the 17th century. POETRY. A.H. 1000—1100. 201 An earlier recension of the poem noticed under the preceding no., art. I., endorsed Beg. Jjiwl j\ ili i Wi\ Ruba'is, fol. 1506, beginning : Kasidahs, fol. 1595, beginning: For other copies see the Oude Catalogue, p. 515 ; Ethe, no. 1074; and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 929. 317. Or. 2952.— Foil. 145 ; 8J in. by 5 ; 12 lines, 2 in. long ; written in fair Nestalik with a rich double-page 'TJnvan, gold-ruled columns and gilt headings; dated Monday, 14Rabi'IL, A.H. 1058 (A.D. 1618). Bound in painted and glazed covers. [Sidney Churchill.] " Mahmiid u Ayaz," a Masnavi by Zulali, who died about A.H. 1025. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 677a. Copyist : ^s? There are two whole-page miniatures in Persian style, foil. 65 and 71. For other copies see Pertsch, Berlin Cata- logue, no. 933, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1081, art. 7. 318. Or. 3667.— Foil. 96; 71 in. by 4£ ; 12 lines, 2} in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- talik, with four 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns, A.H. 1049 (A.D. 1639). [Sidney Churchill.] D D 202 POETRY. I. Foil. 1—49. tiUj U\J j}\ ^jys The Divan of Abu Turab Beg. Beg. J^i 1/ sj^j y aJ-J j 'ilJjl £*~lyi\» j» The author was a native of Jushkan, who lived in Kashan in the reign of Shah 'Abbas I. He asked Sadiki Beg, a poet of Isfahan, to 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, p. 10). Taki Kaski, Oude Catalogue, p. 24, no. 258, speaks of hiru as 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. 1019). Contents : Kasidahs, &c., fol. IS. A Saki Namak in Tarji' form, fol. 56, beginning : *— j 1 - '—j Job W T A Narrative in Masnavi verse, fol. 166, beginning : Chronograms relating to contemporary events in Kashan, with dates ranging from A.H. 1005 to 1012, fol. 226. Ghazals alphabetically arranged, fol. 23a, beginning : ]} i^" w bj j> wj y j J Euba'is, fol. 48a, beginning : II. Foil. 50—73. ^ ^ The Divan of Nasir i Hamadani, with a short preface by the author, beginning; Khwajah Nasir ud-Din B. Khwajah Mah- mud, also called Nasira, of an ancient and noble family of Hamadan, went to India to the court of Akbar, and thence to that of Kutubshah (Eiyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 456a). He died A.H. 1030 (Nigaristan i Sukhan, p. 122). Contents: Kasidahs, fol. 526, beginning • Saki Namah in Tarji' form, fol. 656, be- ginning : Mukatta'at, fol. 69a, beginning : At the end is a chronogram for the taking of Ganjah, by Shah 'Abbas, A.H. 1015. Ghazals beginning, fol. 736, with a sepa- rate 'Unviin : Ruba'is, fol. 886, beginning : 319. Or. 2998.— loll. 120; 7 in. by 4 ; 10 lines, 2 m. long ; written in elegant Nestalik, with three double-page 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns, apparently early in the 17th century. [Sidney Chdechill.] The Divan of Nizam Dast i Ghaib. 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 Sayyids of Shiraz, called Sadat i Dast i G-haib. The author of Khair ul-Bayan speaks of him, fol. 347, as a highly talented young man, whom he met on his way to Mecca (A.H. 1017), and gives copious specimens of his poetry. In a preface occupying the first eighteen pages of the MS., Abu Hayyan Mali, an intimate friend of the poet, dwells on his remarkable genius and poetical taste, and deplores his premature death, which took place on Sunday the 25th of Zulhijjah, A.H. 1029, adding that he was buried opposite the tomb of Hafiz. The above date was embodied by the poet's uncle in the following chronogram : The Divan, which spread rapidly in the author's lifetime, is described as consisting of about 2500 Baits and being chiefly devoted to praises of the Prophet and the Imams. The preface was written in the last decade of Ramazan, A.H. 1030. Tahir Nasrabadi gives also A.H. 1029 as the date of Nizam's death, adding that he was then only thirty years of age (Add. 7087, fol. 204). Contents of the Divan : Kasidahs, fol. 106, beginning : Ghazals, fol. 306, beginning is- \pU.T jcL Jij>j Ruba'is, fol. 836, beginning: 3 ^ cJij Masnavis, fol. 966, beginning : TarjI'at and Tarkibs, the first of which is a Saki Narnah, fol. 105a, beginning : J \3 320. Or. 3505.— Foil. 211 ; 10 in. by 6J; 11 lines, 4J in. long; written in large Nestalik, ap- parently in the 17th century. [Sidney Chuechill.] 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. 2975, v. Mir Husain mentions him in Khair ul-Bayan, fol. 310, as still alive. To the Divan is prefixed a prose preface by the author, containing a dedication to Imam Kuli Khan (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 681a), whom he begs to excuse him for not attending his court. It begins as follows, fol. 16 : jjU, \j Jt/ Contents of the Divan : Kasidahs in praise of Shah 'Abbas, Hiitim Beg, Murshid Kuli Khan, Imam Kuli Khan and others, beginning : Chronograms, fol. 66a, beginning : ^6 tiijo JW d\^is\ This section contains two chronograms for 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, beginning : Ruba'is, fol. 2006, beginning : 321. Or. 3324.— Foil. 160; 9 in. by 6; 5 lines, 2f in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns, in the 17th century. Bound in stamped leather covers. [Sidney Ohuechill.] jy> The Divan of Skapiir, of Teheran, who died about A.H. 1030. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6745, and Bthe, Bodleian Cata- logue, no. 1072. Contents : Kasidahs, mostly in praise of 'Ali and the Imams, beginning : jhi f*-* t)^ ^ *? Two Tarji's, fol. 215, beginning : Masnavis, fol. 295, beginning : Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 38, be- ginning with the same line as the Divan described in the Persian Catalogue. Ruba'is, fol. 1525, beginning : This last section appears to be imperfect at the end. Shapur went twice to India, A.H. 996, 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. 314), i.e. A.H. 1019—1035. 322. Or. 4912.— Poll. 191 ; 11 in. by 7 ; 12 lines, 4 in. long ; written in fair large Nestalik, with 'Unvans, illuminated headings, and ornamental borders throughout, dated A.H. 1054 (A.D. 1644). The Divan of Mlrak, composed in close imitation of the Divan of Hafiz, with a prose preface by the author, beginning: jjuf* 1 ' Mirak Nakkash, or Mlrak the painter, says in the preface that he was at heart a Dervish and a worshipper of the great mystic Hafiz. His Divan includes, fol. 1826, a Masnavi in praise of Shah 'Abbas II., and a chronogram 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 by this chronogram : Contents : A long Tarjl'-band, fol. 4a, beginning : A Saki Namah, fol. 13a, with this burden : pjjU^ JlijJ e£ iSj'j (jT SJJ ^Uu POETRY. A. Gkazals in alphabetical order, fol. 146, beginning : l^Jo j\ ^ jj.^ t> \LX>J& ^ Jib* sjj Masnavis with the heading Li>U-U«, fol. 1776. Chronogram on the accession of 'Abbas, and Ruba'is alphabetically arranged, fol. 1835. A Masnavi entitled Lis oj.K=- jji'j, fol. 1876. Copyist : 0 i\£ (jiliii w l> j_*s.* ^jj y>\l> 323. Or. 3319.— Poll. 315 ; llJm.by6J; 15 lines, 3 in. long; written in fair Nestalik, with two 'Unvansand gold-ruled columns; dated Zul- hijjah, A.H. 1071 (A.D. 1661). [Sidney Churchill.] The Divan of Kudsi, who died in India A.H. 1056. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6846. Contents : Preface by Mulla Tughra, fol. 16. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 685, v., and Bthe, no. 1102, art. 1. Kasidahs in alphabetical order, fol. 86, beginning : ^ ^ ^ ^ The same beginning in the Oude Catalogue, p. 536 ; Berlin, no. 941 ; and Bodleian, no. 1102, art. 6. Tarkibs, fol. 93a, beginning as in the Persian Catalogue, p. 685, 11. : Ghazals alphabetically arranged, fol. 119a, beginning : See the Oude Catalogue, I.e., and Berlin, no. 940, art. 3. H. 1000—1100. 205 Ruba'is in alphabetical order, fol. 190a, beginning : A long Masnavi called J&>, on the victories of Shahjahan, fol. 1994, beginning : yl^ijl lib si ^(js- and other Masnavis. See the Persian Cata- logue, p. 685, viii.; Bthe, no. 1106; and Berlin Catalogue, no. 940, art. 1. Copyist : ^jj jxji j»U» ^s? ^ ^ r ^ 324. Or. 3234.— Foil. 257 ; 9 in. by 5 ; 21 lines, 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 covers. [Sidney Churchill.] The Divan of Fayyaz Lahiji. Beg. eiUs- ji\ j\ ^J-o lIaJj Jtj j>- i^UnT &J15 jjj jjL^j Fayyaz is the takhallus of the celebrated philosopher, Mulla 'Abd ur-Razzak B. Ali Lahiji, who died under Shah 'Abbas II., about A.H. 1060. See above, no. 9, and Kisas ul-Khakani, fol. 157. His Divan con- tains poems in praise of his master Mulla Sadra, of Mir Bakir Damad, and of Shah Safi. Contents : Kasidahs, fol. lb. Mukatta'at, fol. 79«, beginning : Tarkibs, fol. 856, beginning : 206 POETRY. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, fol. 1056, beginning : ylj J.iiUe.' 0 fo. JUiV Ruba'is, fol. 2356, beginning : j' ^ A Saki Namah and other Masnavis, fol. 244a, beginning : J jb W ^bo j. j« 325. Or. 4391.— Foil. 347 ; 10 in. by 5f ; 12 lines, 4£ in. long; written in large and cursive Nestalik, apparently in the 17th century. [Wallis Budge.] The Divan of Hazik, beginning : ooo From several passages of the Divan (foil. 336, 316, 356) it appears that the author lived in India under Shahjahan, and was over seventy years of age at the time of writing. This is sufficient to establish his identity with Hakim Hazik B. Humam B. Maulana 'Abd ur-Razzak Gilani, who was born at Fathpur Sikri, near Agra, in the reign of Akbar, was sent by Shahjahan on a mission to the Uzbek prince Imam Kuli Khan, and was afterwards appointed, in the fourth year of the reign, to the confidential post of jjC ^jijs-. In his old age he retired to Agra, where he died A.H. 1068. See Ma'agir ul-TJmara, Add. 6565, fol. 154 ; Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 122 ; Makhzan ul-Ghara'ib, fol. 1166 ; and Sham' i Anjuman, p. 127. Verses quoted in the Makhzan are found in the present MS. The Divan has a marked religious and Shi'ah character. It is divided into two sections, the first of which, foil. 1—39, con- tains Ruba'is, and the second, foil. 40—347, Ghazals in alphabetical order. The latter is imperfect at the beginning. The first com- plete Ghazal begins : \) "Us> Z&L! J^y ^ \j djy~> Jjb 8, y L?/ jJ i£oT There is a lacuna extending from the be- ginning of letter (jS to that of letter „ and in the latter part the original order has been disturbed in the binding. The original colophon has been erased, and a spurious one, with the date u,U i/ ir> SSjJ Lfl 327. Stowe, Or. 15.— Foil. 196 ; 9 in. by 5| ; 12 lines, 2| in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, probably about the close of the 17th century. The Divan of Faraj-ullah Shusktari, who uses Faraj as his poetical name. Beg. l^jli I4J2 Mj^M j^jli til Faraj-ullah, a native of Shushtar, went over to India, and was seen by Taki Auhadi in Kambayat (Riyaz usk-Shu'ara, fol. 3336). He settled in Haiderabad, and was raised to rank and wealth by the Kutubshah, namely 'Abdullah Kutubshah, who reigned A.H. 1035 — 83, and is mentioned in the following line of the Divan, fol. 586 : C * ■■' o J^*»* Ut jt> See Sham'i Anjuman, p. 37-1. His Arabic verses are praised by Sayyid 'Ali Ma'sum (Arabic Supplement, p. 625), who saw him in his father's house in Haiderabad, and says that the poet was then (about A.H. 1080) seventy years old. See Sulafat al-'Asr, Or. 120, fol. 4406. Faraj-ullah is also mentioned by Tahir ISiasrabadi among contemporary poets. See the Oude Catalogue, p. 98. The Divan consists mainly of Ghazals in alphabetical order. These are followed, fol. 1836, by a few Kit'ahs, and, foil. 1846— 194a, by Ruba'is beginning : On the first page is a note of a former owner, Ahmad B. Musa Ruhavi, dated A.H. 1122. 328. Or. 3282.— Foil. 512 ; lOf in. by 5| ; 17 lines, 3 J in. long ; written in Nestalik, with four 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns ; dated A.H. 1104 (A.D. 1692-3). [S. db Sacy.] The Divan of Sa'ib, of Tabriz, who died A.H. 1088. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 693a. Contents : Kasidahs, fol. 16, beginning : Ghazals, in alphabetical order, fol. 186, beginning, as in the Lucknow edition of A.H. 1292, and several MSS. : Fardiyyat, also alphabetically arranged, fol. 4216, beginning : Short pieces of two or three Baits, in alpha- betical order, foil. 4306 — 5126, beginning : Copyist : ^>]f- JjJ.» sli jJj JJ.U jlac- The MS. is mentioned in the Catalogue of S. de Sacy's Library, Manuscrits, p. 49, no. 288. For other copies see Rosen, Institut, p. 264 ; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 956 ; and Bthe, no. 1131. 20S POETRY. 329. Or. 2694— Foil. 779; 10Ain.by5f; 16 lines, 3J in. 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). [E. B. Eastwick.] The second volume of a most extensive collection of Sa'ib's poems. It contains the latter half of the Ghazals m their alphabetical arrangement from letter i to letter The first Ghazal, which is found at p. 484 of the Lucknow edition of A.H. 1292, begins : The latter part of the volume contains the following sections : 1. Initial verses of the Ghazals in s, fol 709a. 2. Fardiyyat, fol. 7385, beginning : cjjj^ u y j u^r <^-& oVSjl 3. Pieces of two or three Baits, in alpha- betical order, fol. 7466, beginning : \)U siUL* %yO ^\ jJJ .i ijU jjj tir ~^j\ ^y 4. Turkish Ghazals, foil. 7736 — 7776, be- ginning : The MS. was written for Eustam 'Ali Khan by Hidayat-ullah, dwelling in Kashan. 330. Or. 3541.— Foil. 263; 10£in. by 4f ; 17 lines, 2| in. long ; written in neat Shikastah-amiz, | with 'Unvan and ruled columns, apparently about the close of the 17th century. [Sidney Chuechill.] The Divan of Arshad. Be g- !5 / i^HrJ- J!ir y» j> *f , 5 Ruba'is, fol. 2516, beginning : POETRY. A.H. 1000—1100. 209 Prose preface to a Masnavi entitled j\> j>\ which the poet completed by desire of his patron in Herat, fol. 261&. Beg. Js (j^? j\ U I ^_i3 j\# y ^-i (/ ill 331. Or. 3634.— Foil. 126 ; 8 J in. 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 Monday, 21 Zulhijjah, in the 42nd year of the reign (of Aurangzib), i.e. A.H. 1109 (A.D. 1698). [Sie Gobe Ouseley.] The Divan of Majziib, whose proper name was Mir Muhammad, of Tabriz, and who died A.H. 1093. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 696&, and the Oude Catalogue, p. 479. Contents : Kasidahs, fol. 46, beginning as in the previously described MS., Or. 309. Ghazals, alphabetically arranged, fol. 14a, beginning : Mukhammas, Tarji', Masnavis, and chrono- grams, fol. 1106, beginning: 5 JJ j> aiiT \j \^ Ruba'is, foil. 120a— 1256. The MS. is noticed in Dr. John Lee's Catalogue, no. 182. 332. Or. 3487.— Foil. 206 ; 8} in. by4J; 14 lines, 2| in. long ; written in fair JSTestalik, with two 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns, ap- parently in the 17th century. [Sidney Churchill.] The Divan of Rakim, with a preface in prose. Beg. of the preface : oijS- (jl-r^j L ^-/ ^ ^VjjS' jbjj ^3 Beg. of the Divan, fol. 86 : l^so O— jiili- »iUjj y Rakim is the takhallus of Mirza Sa'd ud- Din Muhammad, son of Kkwajah 'Inayat, a merchant of Mashhad. He went with his father to India in the time of Shahjahan. After his return to Persia he was appointed by Shah Sulaiman (A.H. 1078—1105) Vazir of Herat, and, afterwards, of the province of 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, Oude Catalogue, p. 540, contains a chrono- gram for A.H. 1084. In the preface Muh. Sadik Mashhadi, who appears to have been a dependant of the poet, enlarges on the praises of his patron, and states that, although he had received from the Shah the office of Dastur, with the title of Asafi, and was fully engrossed by the affairs of state, he yielded at times to poetical inspiration. The Divan consists exclusively of short pieces in the form of Ghazals arranged in alphabetical order. 210 POETRY. 333. Or. 3644.— Poll. 173 ; 8* in. by 5£; 11 lines, about 3 in. long; written in neat Nestalik, with two 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns, about the close of the 17th century. [Sidney Chukchill.] The Divan of Nauras. 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 poet Sa'ib to Muhammad Zaman Khan. Tahir Nasrabadi mentions him among his living contemporaries, and Hazin says that he died in Isfahan. See Add. 7087, fol. 3006 ; the Oude Catalogue, pp. 103, 139 ; and Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 472a. The Divan contains several Kasidahs in praise of the reigning sovereign, Shah Sulaiman, an occasional poem on a Hammam built in the town of Dumavand, and chronograms for dates ranging from A.H. 1084 to 1105 (the last is an addition to the original text, fol. 170a). The contents are : 1. Kasidahs in praise 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 : The first Kasidah is again in praise of the same Imam, but the others are addressed to Shah Sulaiman, to Zaman Khan, Safi Kuli Khan, and Shaikh 'Ali Khan I'timad ud- Daulah. 3. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, fol. 355, beginning : !P!>-^ jjj r o ^ a) ^ j 4. Opening verses and various pieces, jSlk. Ol^iloj, fol. 124a, including chronograms. 5. Masnavis, fol. 1386, two of which are of some extent, and are respectively entitled , UJ and a^U. 6. Mu'ammas, or riddles, fol. 153a. 7. Prose pieces, foil. 1606 — 169«, the first of which is a letter relating to the' Mir'at ul-Jamal of Sa'ib. 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. 334. Or. 4774-Foll. 212 ; 10 in. by 6 ; 15 lines, 3J- m. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with gold-ruled columns, apparently early in the 18th century. The Divan of Eafi' ud-Dm Va'iz Kazvlni who died about A.H. 1105. See above, no. 152, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1144. This copy wants the first page, and begins with the second Ghazal of the complete MS., Add. 7812, the first line of which is : Contents : Ghazals, in alphabetical order fol. la. Kit'ahs, fol. 1175. Pardiyyat, foL 1216. Kasidahs, fol. 1306, beginning- • j£>fi jy fc ]J\ JJti ijm (See Add. 7812, fol. 1816.) A Tarkib, fol. 1606. Kuba'is, fol. 1626, beginning : POETRY. A.H. 1100—1200. 211 Chronograms, fol. 172a. Masnavis, fol. 1846. The longest of these, foil. 1916— 204a, relates to the famous battle of Shah Isma'U and Shaibak Khan. It begins as follows : 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. uAjp The Divan of Sururi, with a preface in prose, beginning : J* "jjLoJlj »)\y ^ A ^ &Uj J The Divan consists chiefly of Ghazals of a religious or mystic character, in alpha- betical order. One of these, fol. 2026, is in praise of 'Alamgir. The Ruba'is which fol- low, fol. 208a, contain many eulogies on Muhyi ud-Dln Jilani, to whose order, the Kadiri, the author evidently belonged. The Mukatta'at, fol. 2336, begin with this verse : 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 jlr"^ si-JjJ£ u^4^ At the end is a Kasidah entitled w Uc tsx.eS JUV, foil. 237—242, beginning : 336. Or. 2936.— Foil. 357 ; 12 in. by 7i; 25 lines, 41 in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, in four columns divided by illuminated borders, orna- mented with three rich 'Unvans and seventy- nine miniatures of Indian style, and gilt between the lines throughout, apparently about the beginning of the 19th century. [Nath. Bland.] Hamlah i Haidari, a poetical account of 'Ali's life, by Bazil, who died A.H. 1124 (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 704), with the con- tinuation of Mir Ghuliim 'Ali AzSd, which is noticed in the Persian Catalogue, p. 705, Add. 25,806. The poem of Bazil is divided into two parts, the second of which is marked by an 'Unvan, fol. 2276, and begins with the Khut- bah of Muhammad, corresponding with p. 175 212 POETRY. of the Lucknow edition. The continuation of Azad begins, also with an 'Unvan, fol. 3106. For other MSS., see Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 518-19. 337. Or._3668.-FoH. 16; 7| in. by 5 ; 9 lines, 2j in. long ; written in neat Nesfcalik, with gold-ruled margins, in the 19th century. [SlDNET ChDECHILL.] J** J* Gul i Kushti, a Masnavi, by Mir Najat, who died about A.H. 1126. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 8216, v. The date of composition, as given in the following line of the epilogue, is somewhat ambiguous : jgjS J J j* j>. 4jJ ^ J> This means, according to the Indian com- mentators, that the numerical value of JS tjP, namely 1108, is to be added to that of J*' viz. 34. Accordingly, the date would be A.H. 1142. This, however, is inadmissible; for Najat died before that date, and there exists a copy of the poem dated A.H. 1128 (see Eosen, Institut, p. 269). The true in- terpretation of Jj j is that only the head, 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 commentary by Ratan Singh, in Lucknow, 1881, and with another by Gobind Ram in Muradabad, 1884. For MSS., included in the Divan of Najat or separate, see Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 674, 10, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, nos. 1162, 1164-5. 338. Or. 3542.— Foil. 135; 10| in. by b\; 20 lines, 2| in. long, with oblique lines round the margins; written in a cursive Indian cha- racter; dated 9 Rabi' I., A.H. 1133 (A.D. 1'20). [Sidney Chueohill.] The Ruba'is of Bidil (Persian Catalogue, p. 70C6), in alphabetical order. Beg. LJij l_>T j\ iiyj ^ ^ Lr J57 At the end of the alphabetical series, fol. 126, is a colophon, in which the copyist states that, while he was engaged in tran- scribing these verses, the poet, Mirza 'Abd ul-Kadir Bidil, died on Thursday the fourth of Safar, A.H. 1133. The latter part of the MS., foil. 1266—135, is occupied by a section of mixed contents, consisting of satires in Kasidah form, Mu- khammasat, and Ruba'is, by the same poet, and imperfect at the end. Beg. Ojb (jjX* C^jii-jjijjja A similar collection of Ruba'is is noticed in the Berlin Catalogue, no. 969. The first piece there mentioned is the seventh of the present MS. See also the Oude Catalogue no. 175. 339. Or. 3286.— Foil. 87 ; 6^ in. by 4; 14 lines, 2|in. long; written in neat Nestalik, with two 'TJnvans and gold-ruled margins ; dated 21 Shavval, A.H. ir. (for 1205, A.D. 1791). The Divan of Tabib, with a prose preface by the author. Beg. of the preface : s-i>jC jji^^i j, POETRY. A.H. 1100—1200. 213 Beg. of the Divan, fol. 106 ■> r The author, Mirza 'Abd ul-Bakl, of the Musavi Sayyids, was the son of Mirza Muh. Rahim, who had been Hakim Bashi, or head physician, to Shah Sultan Husain Safavi. He served in the same capacity under Nadir Shah. After that sovereign's death, he became Kalantar of Isfahan, but resigned that charge in favour of his younger brother Mirza 'Abd ul-Vahhab, and died A.H. 1168. See Atashkadah, p. 412, and Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 340, where it is said that Tabib's Divan amounted to two or three thousand Baits. The verses quoted there are found in the present MS. In the preface the author refers, in ex- tremely prolix and involved style, to his retirement from worldly pursuits after the death of Nadir Shah, and to his pilgrimage to the holy places. The Divan consists of Ghazals in alpha- betical order. At the end, fol. 79J, are some Ruba'is, beginning : and a Masnavi on Mahmud and Ayiiz, sJai jW j ij*s?, fol. 836, beginning ; Copyist: JIa^JI ji^o\ ,Jc 340. Or. 3236.— Foil. 349 ; 9| in. by 5| ; 17 lines, 3| in. long ; written in neat Nestalik Shi- kastah-amiz, with two 'TJnvans and gold- ruled columns; dated A.H. 1200 (A.D. 1786). [Sidnez Chuechill.] The Divan of 'Ashik. ■ HA)* J3i* 3 i -J h (_r^ ^ Aka Muhammad 'Ashik, of Isfahan, was a poor man, earning his livelihood as a tailor; but he had poetical genius, and excelled espe- cially in amatory poems. Azur, who mentions him among his contemporaries (Atashkadah, p. 414), says that he died A.H. 1181. See also Makhzan ul-Ghara'ib, fol. 304 ; Bodleian Catalogue, col. 356, no. 1755 ; Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 346; and Sham' i Anjuman, p. 293. This poet must not be confounded with an earlier 'Ashik, who wrote a Masnavi entitled <^>}* } J~s-, A.H. 1079 (Oude Cata- logue, p. 339). Contents : Kasidahs, fol. lb. Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 42b, beginning : aJUj j^-lai ai—ii tlJUr ■J L jJ~> iy^ks iJjjJ j^ii (The same beginning is found in a Berlin MS., Pertsch, no. 948, which contains only the Ghazals.) A Mukhammas, fol. 3026. Ruba'is, fol. 303a, beginning : ei &>j> jj\p A.H. Chronograms, with dates ranging from A.H. 1154 to 1181, fol. 3265. The first relates to the accession of Shah Sulaiman II., 1163, and begins : ^ IS}?** **J> ^ 341. Or. 2869.— Foil. 130 ; 8 in. by 5f ; 16 lines, 3J in. long; written in cursive Nestalik, 214 POETRY. apparently about the close of the 18th century. [Sidney Chukchill.] Another copy of the Divan of 'Ashik, containing only Ghazals in alphabetical order, beginning as the corresponding sec- tion of the preceding MS. The colophon states that this Divan of Aka Muhammad Isfahani, poetically called 'Ashik, was completed on Thursday in Taf- rish, no more precise date being added. 342. Or. 2850.— Foil. 152 ; 6-J in. by 3f ; 14 lines, 21 in. long; written in small and neat Shi- kastah; dated Safar, A.H. 1195 (A.D. 1781). [Sidney Chuechill.] The Divan of Tufan. Beg. j\> j c J} \ J^,j sjcj abj j-cU J&u\ j j# Jj* ^ Mirza Tayyib, of Hazar Jarib, Mazandaran, poetically styled Tufan, lived in Isfahan, and was dreaded for the pungency of his satires. At last he repented of his wicked ways, and retired to Najaf, where he died A.H. 1190. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 808a, nr. ; Atashkadah, p. 413; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 341. Contents : Kasidahs, fol. 21. Masnavis, fol. 616, beginning : ft) J J ^jljT jj Ghazals, in alphabetical order, fol. 1046, beginning : \j fj^j^i-j 8,U pijS jy~> (Jl^lj Ruba'is, fol. 1505, beginning : At the end are written verses composed by Azur on the poet's death, the last hemi- stich of which is a chronogram for A.H 1190 : 343. Or. 2868.— Poll. 137 ; lOf in. by 6J ; 12 lines, 2J in. long ; written in elegant Nestalik on gold-sprinkled paper, with an 'Unvan, gold- ruled columns, and gilt headings ; dated in the thirty-first year of Muhammad Shah, A.H. 1161 (A.D. 1748). [Sidney Churchill.] "Valih u Sultan," a romantic poem in Masnavi rhyme, by Fakir. Beg. W U CAiSCto tf l Mir Shams ud-Din Fakir 'Abbasi, an emi- nent poet and scholar, was born at Delhi, A.H. 1115, of an ancient and noble family. He wrote two able treatises on prosody and on poetical figures, a Divan, and several Masnavis. He composed the present one at the request of its hero, 'Ali Kuli Khan Valih (Persian Catalogue, p. 372a), with whom he was intimate. It treats of the love-story of Valih and his affianced bride Khadijah Bigam, poetically surnamed Sultan, who had been seized by force and married to one of the Afghan officers of Ashraf. The 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 in a shipwreck near Basrah on his return from a pilgrimage to Najaf. For other notices, see Sham' i Anjuman, p. 378, and Makhzan ul-Ghara'ib, Or. 4G10, fol. 344, Bodleian Catalogue, col. 362, no. 1993. In the section entitled i >Ki^ ^Jai 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 present poem : Sitij ^j* alaL- ^j! The date of composition, A.H. 1160, is fixed by two chronograms in the following lines of the epilogue, fol. 1326 : JU» Jjj j». jfjo JL> ^« plaj J,^, Further on, fol. 1336, the poet says that he had embodied in his poem the contents of letters written by Khadijah Sultan to her lover, as well as the passionate outpourings of the latter. This fiue copy has been revised by the author, who writes at the end : Jh±> j.*T jd sic j$\ J.Z uf^lfcj jxii y>^\ Lr J^ 1 Copyist : jaSj 344. Or. 3239.— Foil. 167; 7 in. by 4; 11 lines, 2| in. long; written in fair Nestalik, with three 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns ; dated (fol. 1316) A.H. 1174 (A.D. 1760). [Sidney Churchill.] The Divan of Vafa. Beg. yUj U U jl (j-ZUi^ & J^" ^V* Mirza Sharaf ud-Din Ali Husaini Kummi, 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 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 quotes a Kasidah which the young poet had composed in his (Valih's) praise, and which is found in the present MS., fol. 216. It is stated in Sham' i Anjuman, p. 520, that Vafa stayed thirty years in India and died 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 Imams, of Vazir Asafjah, of Vazir Safdar Jang, and of 'Ali Kuli Khan Zafar Jang. At the end are two chronograms, Turkish and Persian, for the accession of 'Alamgir II., A.H. 1167, and additional Kasidahs in a smaller and closer character. 2. Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 316. The first, which has been completely ob- literated, was apparently the same as in the Oude Catalogue. The end of the first hemistich, \ r ;bj, is still visible. The second Ghazal begins : 216 POETRY. 3. Ruba'is, fol. 132 J[jii 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. 347. Or. 3321.— Foil. 182; 0 in. by 3| ; 12 lines, 2J in. long ; 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. [Sidney Chueohill.] Another copy of the preceding poem. It wants the last section, ^ s\^jj oU'i., which occupies foil. 159—61 in the preced- ing MS. At the beginning is a note showing that the MS. was given, A.H. 1260, by Nasir ud- Dln Shah to his servant Husain 'Ali. 348. Or. 4515—Foll. 82 ; 8J in. by 51; 12 lines, 2f in. long, with oblique lines round the margins; written in Shikastah-amiz ; dated Friday, 22 Jumada II., A.H. 1240 (AD 1825). I. Foil. 3—57. J^p } Vamik: u (j*^ ij\ The narrative begins, fol. 7a, with these verses : J** U-A ^ II. Foil. 576 — 725. «IS 5l i Dah Namah, or ten love-letters, by Ibn 'Imad. Beg. UkJI ^Jj&l), j^ii Ibn 'Imad is placed by Daulatshah, who quotes the above beginning of his Dah Namah, among the contemporaries of Hafiz, v., 15. He was a native of Khorasan, but lived in Shiraz, where he died, according to Riiz i Rushan, p. 17, A.H. 800. A copy is mentioned by Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 687, s. III. Foil. 726— 74a. A Masnavi by Mulla Hasan. Beg. IjUi. ^ ^ J\£3- It is a love-letter written by a prisoner to his beloved. IV. Foil. 756— 82. An alphabetical glossary to the poems of Ka'ani, sH^c oU! J® It does not proceed beyond letter <_£. 349. Or. 2953.— Foil. 58; 7 in. by 4 ; 20 lines, 2 in. long ; written in small and neat Shi- 218 POETRY. kastah-amiz ; dated Saturday, 28 Sha'ban, A.H. 1262 (A.D. 1848). [Sidney Chukchill.] Another copy of the Vamik u 'Azra of Nami, wanting the prologue. Beg. [sic]jb» a >\ s^i' Copyist : ^fjjiS A\ J^ii ^ Jj^ j^s? 350. Or. 3488.— Poll. 162; 8-*- in. by 51; 17 lines, 3-j in. long ; written in Shikastah-amiz, with two 'TJnvans, silver-ruled columns, and gold headings, about the beginning of the 19th century. [Sidney Chubchill.] The Divan of Rafik, or, as he is called in the colophon, Maulana Husain Isfakani, Mulla Husain was the son of a greengrocer in Isfahan, and he carried on his father's trade ; but he cultivated the society of the men of letters, who appreciated his poetical talent. He reached an old age, and died A.H. 1212. See Safinat ul-Mahmud, fol. 184a; Anjuman i Khakan, fol. 1326 ; Atash- kadah, p. 390 ; and Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 142. Contents : Kasidahs, fol. 16. Chrono- grams, with dates ranging from A.H. 1187 to 1202, fol. 19a. Grhazals, alphabetically arranged, fol. 436, beginning : U t/jKsU/ jl ±>jk( t£ d } > Masnavis, fol. 1316, beginning: Mukatta'at, fol. 1396, beginning : l£>*J 1) j3 ^U- itijS \, Aiijjp- y jy jjb ^ } Ruba'is, in alphabetical order, fol. 1526, beginning : \j a_^> piijt ,3 j Uy On the first page are some notes of former owners, the earliest of which is dated A.H. 1239. 351. Or. 4238.— Poll. 105 ; 13^ in. by 8 ; 17 lines 6 in. long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Bom- 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 Rampuri, with the following heading : U«a3 !Jw»jli OilUi- ^bjj Cj*+>y> Beg. ^3 j Cys ^J* The sending of Glrulam Muhammad to Benares is recorded on fol. 53a. The rest of the volume is taken up by a narrative of his wanderings to Mecca and Medina and his journeys to Rampur, fol. 596, to Kabul, fol. 72a, and to Kashmir, fol. 78a, on all of which the author appears to have accom- panied him ; and by an account of his deal- ings with the Vazirs of Oude and the English authorities. 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- mad, fol. 96. In the next chapter, fol. 100, he relates, with great exultation, the murder of Mr. Cherry by Vazir 'Ali at Benares (in the same year). In the last, fol. 101, the death of his hero is rather hinted at under cover of mystic phrases than explicitely told. In the epilogue, fol. 1045, the date of composition is indicated by the following chronogram : But the text is evidently corrupt and the date uncertain. H. 1200—1300. 219 The title of the poem and the author's name are found in the following colophon transcribed from the original MS. : ill .v,U i—ily w * i_A,ai ^jaji i_>lj^' s£ iiilj jly-ji <^Xx$ uJjy.Uyl^ U U» j^sf s& uu& J-fy j^j Jj.l^i £,3? Copyist : jxZ>dJi jW^- jjyo On the fly-leaf is a note by Prof. James Darmesteter ascribing the poem to " the well- known Derwish Monshee Jumal eddeen." Lower down : " J'ai fait copier ce manuscrit a, Bombay sur un MS. prete' par G aI Azim- eddin Khan, general en chef du Nabab de Rampor et son Vakil. II m'a dit qu'il n'y avait que deux copies de ce MS. dans le Rohilkand, l'original (dans la Bibl. du Na- bab ?) et sa copie." 352. Or. 2817.— Foil. 59; 13! in- by 9 ; 17 lines, 4} in. long ; written in elegant Nestalik in four gold-ruled columns, with two highly finished 'Unvans and illuminated headings ; dated Muharram, A.H. 1194 (A.D. 1780). [SlDN-EY ChDECHIIL.] I. Foil. 1—52. " Khusrau and Shirin," a Masnavi imitated from the poem of Mzami, by Shihab. Beg. (jrli-i- |.Vi a._,\j ^ADt i,<> The poet designates himself only by his fi 2 220 POETRY. takhallus, which occurs twice in the pro- logue, foil. 2a, 106 : yij' i_r# tjt" L_->1^«* (j£U* (J>^ (J^^^J u->b. (jliC _jb ey J J His proper name, as found in the follow- ing MS., was Mirza 'Abdullah B. Habib-ullah Turshlzi. He was successively the pane- gyrist of Sbahzadah Mahmud, the Afghan, in Herat, and of Agha Muhammad Kajar, in Persia, and died A.H. 1215. See Safinat ul- 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 reigning sovereign, fol. 46 : j-ij" 'Ali Murad Khan, son of Allah Murad Khan, and step-son of Ja'far Khan Zand, is stated in the Ta'rikh i Gltl-Gusha'i, Add. 23,524, fol. 91a, to have assumed sovereignty in Isfahan shortly after the death of Karim Khan, A.H. 1193. He made himself after- wards master of Shiraz, and remained the virtual head- of the Zand empire until his death, which took place A.H. 1198. As to his own life, the author only says (fol. 56), that he had been for five years wandering through every land in great dis- 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 scale. The poem was completed on the 15th of Rabi' I., A.H. 1194, as stated in the follow- ing lines of the epilogue, fol. 516 : ^ * £fc>j ji )}j MpL} d\y> ^1 sZi j> yj>. The date of transcription, " Muharram, 1194," is apparently a mistake for " Mu- harram, 1195." In a Persian note written on the first page, ijd, the first words of the poem, are given as its title : c^lyl ^J3^ II. Foil. 53 — 59. An unfinished poem bv the same Shihab on the career of 'Ali Murad Khan, to whom it is dedicated. Beg. ^J'] y^o. ».U jM The poet's name is found in this line, fol. 546 : t—J^Y* Juj tab y i_iLji yly.,3 The Divan of Shihab (see the preceding MS.), with a preface by the author, which begins as follows : { js^ w y.j Beg. of the Divan, fol. 45 : ij\> uZiij jfZj: ii"....' J In the preface the author gives his proper name in full : Ibn Habib-ullah Turshizi 'Abd- ullah, with the takhallus Shihab, and states that he compiled this Divan by desire of his patron, Shahzadah Mahmud, A.H. 1206, and divided it into four parts (Kism), viz., 1. Kasidahs in praise of the Imams and of royal persons. 2. Kasidahs in praise of Amirs and Vazirs. 3. Mukatta'at. 4. Hazliyyat u Ahaji, i.e., humoristic pieces and satires. The Ruba'is are included partly in the third, and partly in the fourth part. The preface concludes with an enumeration of the other works of the author, namely Khusrau Shlrin, YCisuf Zulaikha, Bahrain Namah, Tazkirat ush-Shu'ara, 'Ikd i Guhar on astrology, Murad Namah, a history of 'Ali Mardan Khan Zand, all of which are in verse. The Tazkirat ush-Shu'ara and the Murad Namah were not yet completed. Two prose works, Tazkirat ul-Vuzara and Ta'rikh i Mujadval, were also still unfinished. The contents of the Divan are as follows : 1. Kasidahs in praise of the Prophet, the Imams, and of royal personages. The latter are Timur Shah, Shahzadah Mahmud, to whom most pieces are addressed, Shahzadah Kainran and Abu '1-Fath Khan. 2. Kasidahs in praise of Amirs and Vazirs, fol. 35a. 3. Ghazals, fol. 605, beginning: 4. Mukatta'at, fol. 63a. 5. Hazliyyat, fol. 104a, beginning : 6. A supplement to the Divan, consisting of pieces composed subsequently to the date of its compilation, foil. 142a — 241. It con- tains Kasidahs in praise of Shahzadah Mah- mud, a Marsiyah on the death of Timur Shah (A.H. 1207), Mukatta'at, including chrono- grams for A.H. 1207-1208, a long Masnavi, foil. 172 — 193, being a satirical biography of Mustafa Kuli Khan, governor of Turshiz and the sworn enemy of the poet, and numerous satirical pieces. II. Foil. 2225—289. ^ ^ The Divan of Miram, with a preface in prose and verse by the author, beginning with a Tarji', the first line of which is : and the burden : j* 5)1 oUjKH j The prose part of the preface begins, fol. 224a, as follows : Cjjyo t£ \j ^Ub j^sJ The author says that, having composed a few jocular Ghazals, he had collected them at the request of some friends. He had fol- lowed, he says, the example of Shaikh Sa'di, and had, like him, conveyed spiritual thoughts under the veil of sensual images. The poet, who calls himself, fol. 283a, Miram Siyah, was a native of Kazvin, but 222 POETRY. lived chiefly in Herat from the time of Sultan Husain Baikara to that of Humayun. Sam Mirza, who mentions him in Tuhfah i Sami (written about A.H. 957), fol. 1185, as still 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 an imitator of 'Ubaid Zakani. It is stated in Subh i Oulshan that he composed two Divans, the second of which was of a jocular character and had been written by desire of Khwajah 'Abd ul-Hayy. A D ivan of his composition, but with a different beginning, is mentioned by Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1029. Contents : Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 2256, beginning : jl, Ja ei\ y Jj Mukatta'at, fol. 2765, beginning: Ruba'is, fol. 2795, beginning : Ola-o y Oli aljoT ^ylj Another collection of Ruba'is of an ex- tremely coarse and licentious nature, with a short preface, beginning : jjy'' (jruwa- jjo U ^ sLuj ^jM, i\j^> (j-jalj \i u-jJj1 \J^.j^> i_i-k! yU; u^jiS, from which it appears that it was compiled at the instance of Khwajah 'Abd ul-Hayy, fol. 283a. Beg. \J\^wZ» j£ j_<*> &xxZ>jd 354. Or. 3543.— Foil. 137 ; 9£in.by5f; 17 lines, 3| in. long ; written in fair Shikastah-amlz, with three 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns, in the 19th century. Bound in handsome painted and glazed covers. [Sidney Churchill.] The collected works of Mijmar. Mijmar was the poetical surname of Aka Sayyid Husain, of the family of Tabatabai Sayyids in Ardistan. He lived at first in Isfahan under Fath 'Ali Shah. Having re- paired to Teheran, he received through the protection of Mirza 'Abd ul-Vahhah, Munshi ul-Mamalik,the title of Mujtahid ush-Shu'ara. He died still young, A.H. 1225. See Safinat ul-Mahmud, fol. 1076 ; Anjuman i Khakan, fol. 856 ; Zinat ul-Mada'ih, fol. 1646 ; Nigar- istan i Dara, fol. 120a ; and Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 465. Contents : Some anecdotes in prose and verse, in the style of the Gulistan, ]\ Beg. |.y. oUi=> ^\ ±>\*y Oljjtf £=-ty- A Masnavi, fol. 96, commenting on Hadiths relating to Creation, and beginning : Kasidahs and Tarkibs, fol. 205, beginning : Most Kasidahs are in praise of Fath 'Ali Shah and relate to events of his reign and occurrences at Court. They have headings indicating their subjects. Some are addressed to the Vazir i A'zam Mirza Muhammad Shafi' and other officials. Another series of short Kasidahs, fol. 746. POETRY. A.H. 1200—1300. 223 Ghazals, alphabetically arranged, fol. 905, beginning : Mukatta'at in three distinct series, be- ginning respectively foil. 1076, 112a, and 120S. Ruba'is, fol. 1346, beginning : Fardiyyat, fol. 1366. 355. Or. 3544.— Foil. 81 ; 8f in. by b\ ; 16 lines, 3| in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, about A.H. 1232 (A.D. 1817). [Sidney Chueohill.] The Divan of Farrukh. Beg. & jKi ^ji-j ti/jd J\ 15 J° J 1 |*^. Muhammad Hasan Khan, commonly called Khanlar Khan, and poetically styled Farrukh, was the son of 'Ali Mardan Khan Zand, and, 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 he was a great favourite. He died, accord- ing to Riza Kuli Khan, in Kirman, A.H. 1237. See Majma' ul-Fusaba, vol. ii., p. 383, and, for other notices, Safinat ul-Mah- mQd, fol. 476; Zinat ul-Mada'ih, fol. 195a ; Anjuman i Khakan, fol. 83a ; and Nigaristan i Dara, fol. 1116. Contents ; Kasidahs, fol. 26. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, fol. 40a, beginning : ^ Lfjj U T ij) L_^j b Mukhammas, &c, fol. 73a. Ruba'is, fol. 766, beginning : The Ruba'is are followed, fol. 79a, by a few Kit'ahs and Kasidahs. From notes written on the first page and 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 substituted his name for that of the first owner. 356. Or. 2984.— Foil. 277 ; 81 in. by 6 ; 11 lines, 3| in. long ; written in Nestalik Shikastah- amiz, about A.H. 1237 (A.D. 1822). [H. A. Stern.] A miscellaneous volume in prose and verse, designated in the following heading as the fourth volume of Khamsah i Da'iid-shahi by Hasan Chelebi, poetically surnamed Shaida, JU1! s)ua j»U,^1j L>jl jyj. Jr' Z$»3 \fj ,131 sjj The author was evidently a dependant of Da'iid Pasha, governor of Baghdad ; and the main part of the volume, foil. 56 — 212, is occupied by a rhymed chronicle, in which the movements of the Pasha and the daily oc- currences at the residence, from Rajah A.H. 1236 to Ramazan A.H. 1237, are minutely recorded. It begins as follows : It is divided into short sections, the sub- jects of which are indicated by rubrics. 224 POETRY. The first part of the volume, foil. 5 — 55, contains the author's prose compositions, namely, 1. Panegyrics upon Da'ud Pasha and upon his son Yiisuf Beg, 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. 4. Story of the Vazir and the thought -reader, j yjj c»oK=-, and other moral anecdotes, fol. 28a. 5. On the faculties of man, fol. 45a. 6. Sayings of great Sufis, gli* jliai', fol. 516. The latter part of the volume contains the Divan of the author, namely, 1. Kasidahs, mostly in praise of Da'ud Pasha and of Yusuf Beg, beginning, fol. 2136 : 2. An astrological treatise in Masnavi, aj^ki* jJLmj, fol. 2416, beginning: 3. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, fol. 2616, beginning : jUS- i_fl)j i,s. beginning : Mukatta'at, including many chronograms, with dates ranging from A.H. 1216 to 1237, fol. 1776. Ruba'is, fol. 2016, beginning: J The date A.H. 1237 written at the end of the Kasidahs appears to relate to the com- pilation of the Divan. 359. Or. 3484.— Foil. 121 ; Hi in. by 7 ; 17 lines, 3 J in. long; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, in the first half of the 19th century. Bound in painted covers - [Sidney Churchill.] The Divan of Khavar, with a prose preface beginning ; ^ -\ ^ ^ j, -0' 15b Beg. of the Divan, fol. 46 : Haidar Kuli Mirza, poetically surnamed Khavar, was the fourteenth son of Fath 'Ali Shiih, who appointed him governor of Gul- paigan. After his father's death, he took up his abode in Teheran, where he died in the reign of Muhammad Shah. See Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. 25 ; Safinat ul-Mahmud, fol. 186; Anjuman i Khakan, fol. 356; Nigar- istan i Dara, fol. 8a ; and Gulshan i Mahmud fol. 325. The preface, written in florid style, evi- 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 contents of the latter are Kasidahs, a Tarkib on the death of Husain (fol. 6a), Ghazals in alpha- betical order (fol. 95) beginning : !r* j s *r 5r*" j s *r J 5 j ftjf Ly Masnavis beginning with a Saki Namah, and a few Kit'ahs, fol. 93a ; Ruba'is in alpha- betical order, fol. 1146, beginning: LsJ j«\ !ib j»U- 5 * u j 5 |»'*°^' The last Ruba'i is Turkish. G G 226 POETRY. 360. Or. 3245.— Poll. 55; 8J- in. by 5J; 6 lines, 2§ in. long ; written in large and elegant Nes- talik, with marginal additions in a smaller character in red ink, about A.H. 1240 (A.D. 1824). [Sidney Churchill.] Moral precepts in Masnavi verse, by Abu'l-Hasan B. Muhammad Kazim Jajarmi, with a prose preface, beginning : <_j, W U u U,i> y ^ ji fol. 2196. Mukham- masat, fol. 2216. Tarji'iyyat, fol. 223a. A Masnavi, fol. 228a, beginning : Ruba'is, in alphabetical order, fol. 2306, beginning : ^° tij^i— 6 J (_^-»* C^is? 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. 366. Or. 3237.— Poll. 141; 7f in. by 51; 12 lines, 3 in. long ; written in Neskhi in the latter half of the 19th century. [Sidney Churchill.] The Divan of Ghamami, beginning : b j> s j\ d»— s> jb »sCiT The poet, of whom no record has been found, appears to have lived in Yazd about the middle of the nineteenth century. His Divan contains numerous references to that city, one among others to Mirza Muttalib its governor, and a number of chronograms with dates ranging from A.H. 1252 to 1268. Among these there is a curious one, fol. 1256, fixing by anticipation the poet's own death at A.H. 1295, with the remark that it was composed twenty-six years before the event, that is to say A.H. 1269. Contents : Kasidahs, mostly in praise of 'Ali, fol. 16. Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 366, beginning : Tarji', Tarkib-band and Mukhammas, fol. 1046. Mukatta'at, including chronograms, fol. 117a, beginning : Ruba'is, fol. 1316. Masnavis, fol. 1396, beginning : 367. Or. 3240.— Poll. 124 ; 8£ in. by 5 ; 23 lines, 2\ in. long ; written in small and close Nes- talik ; dated Ispahan, A.H. 1261 (A.D. 1845). [Sidney Chuechill.] The Divan of Ka'ani, beginning : bjjj i_>s? ^Ji jif J Ka'ani is by common consent the greatest of the modern poets of Persia. His proper name was Mirza Habib-ullah, and he was born in Shiraz. At the age of seven years he left his father, Mirza Abu '1-Hasan, poetically surnamed Gulshan, and repaired to Mashhad to apply himself to study. In a short time his precocious poetical genius drew public attention to him, and he became a favourite of the governor, Hasan 'Ali POETRY. A. H. 1200—1300. 229 Mirza Shuja' us-Saltanah. The latter recom- mended the youthful poet to his father, lath 'Ali Shah, who conferred upon him the title of Mujtahid ush-Shu'ara. Ka'ani remained at the capita] during the reigns of Muham- mad Shah and of the present Shah, who both treated him with great regard and liberality. 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- pher, " but for his dress, it might have been doubted whether he was a native of Pars or of Paris." Ka'ani died at Teheran, A.H. 1270, leaving a Divan of considerable extent, which was lithographed at Teheran, A.H. 1277, and. a collection of anecdotes in prose and verse, called lithographed in the same place, A.H. 1302. See a full notice of his life in Ganj i Shaigan, pp. 362 to 410 (prefixed in an abridged form to the Teheran edition of the Divan) ; Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 402; Mada'ih ul-Mu'tama- diyyah, fol. 2266 ; and B. G. Browne, " A Year amongst the Persians," p. 118. The present copy of the Divan consists exclusively of Kasidahs arranged in alpha- betical order. As it was written nine years 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. 368. Or. 3000.— Foil. 56; 9 in. by 5£; 11 lines, 3J in. long ; written in elegant Nestalik, with two 'Unvans and gold-ruled columns ; dated A.H. 1263 (A.D. 1847). Bound in painted and glazed covers. [Sidney Churchill.] A poem on mystic love, written in the style and metre of the Masnavi, and illus- trated by anecdotes and sayings of Sufis; by lbn 'Ali Akbar 'Ali Asghar, poetically styled Nayyir, with a prose preface by the author, beginning : J} jj U JjS ^jJl & j^U ti/*jA^J <&\*=r Beg. of the poem, fol. 3b ; In the preface, after a panegyric on the Vazir, Haji Mirza Akasi, the author describes the present work as abridged from a longer poem composed in his youth. According to a note written by Mr. Churchill on the first page, the original Masnavi was lithographed on the margin of Nur al-Anvar, Teheran, A.H. 1301, and the date of its composition is given in the following chrono- gram : i 'I—a- jii aijff- j\ aj This gives A.H. 1285-9=1276, a date posterior to that of the present copy. The poem which bears that date must therefore be a later work of 'Ali Asghar. Copyist : y^l-M^ii o.«s? 369. Or. 2954.— Foil. 63 ; 8^ in. by 5£ ; 12 lines, 3 in. long ; a highly columns, century. written in elegant Nestalik, with finished 'Unvan and gold-ruled in the latter half of the 19th [Sidney Churchill.] Bahram u Bihruz, a tale in Masnavi ver by Vakar. Beg. \j yW- ota |jl5\i> s£->\ Jjj se, 230 POETRY. Mirza Ahmad Shlrazi, poetically styled Yakar, was the son of the poet Yisal, who died in Shiraz, A.H. 1263 (see no. 308). Four years after his father's death he went to India with his brother, Mirza Mahmud 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 Shah. He was then forty-two years of age. See Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 548. He wrote, A.H. 1281, a collection of anecdotes in the style of the Gulistan, entitled Anjuman i Danish, and lithographed in Teheran, A.H. 1289. The heroes of the tale, Bahram and Bih- ruz, are two brothers, natives of Grilan, the first addicted to pleasure, the other living for wisdom and virtue. The heroine is Gauhar, their uncle's daughter. In the prologue, after a panegyric on Nasir ud-Dln Shah, the author describes the work as a 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 highest praise upon Sayyid 'Ata, a Persian exile, who had been his benefactor in India, and for whom he claims the Shah's clemency. On the first page is a Persian note declar- 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 the period, Mirza Zain ul-'Abidin Shlrazi, Mirza Shaikh- 'ali, and Mirza Muhammad Husain. 370. Or. 8256.-Foll. 12 ; 8J in. by 5|; 10 lines, 3 m. long ; written in elegant Nestalik with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, about the middle of the 19th century. [Sidney Chuechill.J Six Kasidahs in praise of Nasir ud-Din Shah, by the six sons of the poet Visal Shlrazi, namely : 1. Ahmad Vakar (see the preceding MS.), whose poem begins as follows : 2. Mahmud Hakim, who died A.H. 1268, at the age of thirty-nine. See Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 102. 3. Muhammad Davari. See ib., p. 130. 4. Abu '1-Kasim Farhang, who died a few years ago. See E. G. Browne, "A Year amongst the Persians," p. 119. 5. Muhammad Isma'il Tauhul, see Majma' ul-Fusaha, p. 84. 6. 'Abd ul-Vakhab. The writing is very similar to that of the preceding MS., and is said to be that of Vakilr. 371. Or. 3251.— Foil. 152; 7f in. by 4* ; 7 lines, 1| m. long; written in Neskhi, about AH. 1277 (A.D. 1860-61). [Sidney Chueohill.] " Farhang i Khuda-parasti," a poem on the martyrs of Karbala, by Mahram. Beg. • CJjJ ^->jJ \jj£>\» fyOji Mirza 'Abdullah B. Mirza Muhammad e Ali, surnamed Lisan ul-Hakk, was born in Yazd! and adopted the poetical surname of his father, Mahram. He spent his youth in Kirmanshahan, and afterwards settled in Teheran in the time of Muhammad Shah, 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 applied himself to the composition of poems in praise of the Imams. See Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 457, and Ganj i Shaigan, p. 412. The present poem is of the kind called Musammat. It was composed, as stated at the beginning, on the occasion of a Ta'ziyah performed by order of Nasir ud-Dm Shah, and contains a detailed description of the martyrdom of one hundred and seventy-two men, who fell by the side of Husain on the field of Karbala, beginning with Hurr B. Zaid Riyahi, and ending with 'Ali al-Asghar. The last two words of the above title form a chronogram for A.H. 1277, the year in which the poem was composed. This is stated in the epilogue, fol. 149a, as follows : At the beginning and at the end are found eulogies, in prose and verse, upon the author and his work, by the following writers : Mirza Muhammad Savaji, fol. lb. Mirza Muhammad Hasan Tasllm, fol. 46. Mirza Humil (Shirazi), fol. 1495. Mirza Bidil, fol. 1506. Mirza Safa'i Katib, fol. 151a, and the daughter of Hakim Zauki, fol. 1526. The MS. bears at the beginning the seal of the author, Lisan ul-Hakk. The poem was lithographed in Teheran, A.H. 1281, with a portrait of the author. 372. Or. 3243.— Foil. 126; 7fin.by5f; 11 lines, 4 m. long; written in a straggling Indian Nestalik, about A.D. 1880. [Sidney Chukchill.] "Kaisari Namah," a poetical account of recent events in India, under the Viceroys Lord Lytton and Lord Ripon, by Munshi Bishan La'l, poetically styled Nazir. •Beg. dyoj j Ui- Oxi j j_»=. jl ^} J_,*s\ ajb s ;_j ^i' \j In the prologue the author dedicates the poem to Her Majesty (from whose Indian title its name is derived) through the medium of his patron, Sayyid Ahmad Khan, of Delhi. The work is divided into three parts called Daftar. The first, fol. 10a, is a succinct history of the growth of the British Empire in India from the first settlement in Calcutta to the assumption by the Queen of the title Kaisar i Hind. The second and third Daftars, beginning 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 work was finished, as stated in the epilogue, on the tenth of Zulhijjah, A.H. 1297 (Novem- ber, 1880). At the beginning, fol. 2, is a short state- ment of the contents, and, fol. 3, an enco- mium on the work and its author by Maulavi Muhammad Ishak, professor of Madrasat ul- 'Ulum, Delhi, who describes the author as a Muslim convert. 373. Or. 3254— Foil. 121 ; 8J in. by 6 ; 13 lines, 'i\ in. long ; written in fair large Nestalik ; dated 20 RabI' L, A.H. 1298 (A.D. 1881). [Sidney Chueohill.] I. Foil. 1—56. (yi^Jl J*\c jo.UJ Kasidahs of 'Amil ud-Din, with a prose 232 POETRY. preface by the author, beginning : The author's full name is 'Amil ud-DIn Muhammad Tahir B. Mulla Abu Talib, and he uses 'Amil as his takhallus. In the preface, which is dated the 16th of Safar, A. H. 1298, he says that in the springtide of youth he had composed two volumes of poetry, one containing Ghazals and Ruba'is, the other, the present one, consisting of Kasidahs in praise of 'Ali and Husain. The Kasidahs, including also some Mu- khamraasat, form an alphabetical series, and begin as follows, fol. 3b : M - K f U J J ft^" II. Foil. 566—118. A Masnavi by the same poet on the fate of 'Ali Akbar, Kasim B. Hasan, and other martyrs of Karbala. Beg. \j ti3b jjb ^ (jkte«> A long prologue contains the author's view on a fifth soul, described as a privilege of the Imams ; further, a number of anecdotes with spiritual or mystic import, and a Saki Namah. The narrative begins, fol. 78a, with the heading yb->b jl&Tj &*l> JiL^^U^ The poem is slightly imperfect at the end. It breaks off, fol. 1186. The next three folios contain additional Kasidahs. The MS. is, according to the following colophon, the author's own draft : i_>U£Jt ci*^> Jiy> tf \ jS&> J.„s? sjiljj Anthologies. 374. Or. 4110.— Foil. 445 ; 9iin.by6i; 25 linos, 4 in. long ; written in a rather uncouth Indian Neskhi, with rudely illuminated head- ings, apparently in the 15th century. [Sidney Chubchill.] A copious Persian anthology, without title or author's name. The author lived in India, and wrote this work during the short reign of Sultan ush- Shark Mubarak Shah, who succeeded to the throne of Jaunpiir A.H. 803, and died in the subsequent year (see Elliot, History of India, vol. iv., p. 38 ; Firishtah, vol. i., p. 289; and Brigg's translation, vol. i., p. 498). This appears from the heading of a long poem (Muwashshah) addressed to that Sultan by Malik 'Aziz-ullah, and dated A.H. 803 (foil. 2226—227). In that heading the author speaks of the Sultan as the reigning sovereign, adding to his name »£L Ss±~. The work is divided into sections termed Kism, in which the poems are arranged according to their subjects, to the various kinds of poetical composition, or to the poetical figures which they illustrate, the authors of most pieces being named in the heading. The poets quoted range from the time of Firdausi to that of Hafiz, and in- clude a number of Indian poets unknown to Persia. The sections must have originally amounted at least to one hundred and one; but the MS. is defective at the beginning and at the end, and has besides some in- ternal lacunas, so that many of the Kisms are 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 Haft Ikilm, fol. 147a, without any date), Khwaju Kirmani, and Sa'di, fol. 5a. II. Poems in praise of the Prophet, fol. 156. III. and IV. eli a versified treatise on law, composed A.H. 693, fol. 28a. V. Laudatory poems by Anvari, Khakani, Kamal Isma'il, Minuchihri, Mu'izzi, Katariin, Nizami, Mughis Hansavi, &c, fol. 33a (break- 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 Muvashshal.i). VII. Tarji'at, by Zahir Fari- yabi, Khwaju, Kamal Isfahani, Falaki, Sa'di, Hamld Kalandar, Fakhr ud-Din 'Iraki, and Salman, fol. 115a. VIII. — XI. Mudavvarat, and other pieces written in fanciful shapes, fol. 152a. XIV. — XVI. Mukhammasat, Musallas and Murassa', fol. 159a. XXIII. (misplaced). Proverbs JIVilt fol. 164a. XVII.— XXIX. Verses illustrating various kinds of poetical figures, fol. 1656. LXXIII. tti'j 5 " pieces which may be read in several metres, fol. 2186. LXXIV. Ghazals, chiefly by Khakani, Sa'di, Hafiz, 'Ubaid Zakani, and Kamal, fol. 2285. LXXV. The Masuavi entitled Duzd u Kazi, followed by a vast number of Ghazals of a religious cha- racter, chiefly by Sa'di and Humam, fol. 282a. LXXVI. Mukhammasat, fol. 3796. LXXIX., and three other Kisms with uncertain head- ings, containing artificial verses, fol. 3846. XCIII. Prosody, fol. 3996. XCIV. Music, fol. 402a. XCV. Masnavis, viz., extracts from the Shah Namah, Gul u Bulbul, &c, fol. 4036. XCVI. Mukatta'at and Marasi^ fol. 414a. XCVII. Ruba'is, without poet's names, fol. 427a. XCVIII. Mufradat, fol. 4436 (imperfect at the end). Foil. 1—4, misplaced at the beginning of the volume, contain Kism CI., treating of riddles, also a Tarkib-band and MarsiyaS by Salman. In a passage occurring fol. 2225 the author calls his book Dastur ush-Shu'ara, ^,>\ (O— (j*. This may be either a mere description of its scope or its specific title. An addition by a later hand on the margin of fol. 186 is dated Delhi, 15 Zulka'dah, A.H. 935 (A.D. 1529). 375. Or. 3244.— Foil. 184; 94 in. by 6} ; 15 lines, 3^ in. long ; written in elegant Nestalik, with gold-ruled columns, apparently early in the 16th contury. [Sidney Churchill.'] An extensive anthology of select Ghazals by various poets, from the time of Sa'di to the first half of the tenth century of the Hijrah, by Fakhri B. Muhammad Amiri. The MS. begins abruptly with the latter part of the preface, from which it appears that the work was compiled for the Vazir Habib-ullah. It is evidently the anthology entitled mentioned in the Oude Catalogue, p. 12, and in the Persian Cata- logue, p. 3666. The Ghazals are arranged in alphabetical order, and have rubrics indicating their authors. The MS. breaks off towards the end of the Ghazals in s. The latest poets included are Bina'i, Asafi, Ahi, Hilali, Ahli, and the compiler himself, Fakhri (fol. 184a). The first Ghazal is by Sa'di, and begins : \j.< jju; cj:^s >_«i& } >y The second is by Humam, and begins : 111* Lr*J=" ' — =5j ti>3? j-- 5 ^ J V ^SJ^ ^Ujj JuSAo c__>^l H H 234 PO] The last is by Nava'i (Mir 'Ali Shir), and begins : s^iU ^sj^ Jjjj i^-y* An anthology of princely poets, Rauzat us-Salatin, by the same Fakhri, is described by Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 644. 376. Or. 4772.— Foil. 337 ; 9£ in. by 6; 21 lines, 4f in. long ; written in small and close Nestalik in four red-ruled columns ; dated (fol. 324), Thursday, 23 Rabi' L, A.H. 1170 (A.D. 1756). A collection of Masnavis by ancient and modern poets, more especially by those who lived in India during the tenth and eleventh centuries of the Hijrah. Omitting some of the lesser pieces, the main contents are as follows : Fol. 16. Ui JU, by Zuhuri (d. 1024). See Ethe, no. 1076, fol. 31. Fol. 55a. jW j U», by Salim (d. 1057). Persian Catalogue, p. 7966, vni. ; Berlin Catalogue, no. 674, art. 12 ; and Ethe, nos. 1113-14. Fol. 58a. j jy, by Nau'i (d. 1019). Persian Catalogue, p. 674a. Fol. 62a. jjj j by Talib Amuli, beginning : Fol. 64a. jSi j Uii', by Hakim Rukna (v. Berlin Catalogue, no. 12, art. 10), be- ginning : Fol. 65a. jsi j LiS, by Salim 'Attar Yazdi, takh. Salim, beginning : l^.K*- J$ Fol. 675. j tiljW tlo i^l Fol. 2506. JbAl by Mulla 'Ali Riza Tajalli (Persian Catalogue, p. 738a, and Berlin Catalogue, no. 674, art. 5), beginning : jk jp* uU» v» Fol. 2536. yjaiUN j^j, by Mirza Da'ud Mutavalli, beginning : Foil. 2556. uUil fcj*, by Zablhi Yazdi, beginning- : Fol. 257a. c^Jjiji, by Mirza Hasan Yazdi, takh. Vahib, beginning : Fol. 260a. ush by Mirza 'Abdullah Kummi, takh. Sha'af, beginning : j» lis- i^joj jl^jj Fol. 2606. J, by Mir Najat. See Persian Catalogue, p. 8216, v. Fol. 265a. Two Masnavis, by Amina Mu- dakkik Yazdi, beginning : Jjk- u \jS- *V£j\> CjyjiS* Fol. 2696. A Masnavi in praise of Kash- mir, by Sallm, beginning : W- J* ...a*" Fol. 274a. Other Masnavis by Sallm, Ka- Hm, and Vahshi. Fol. 2856. j^'i^La ±~>, a satire by Natik (see Oude Catalogue, p. 108), beginning : Fol. 287a. Other satires by Sallm, Sha- fl'S i Agar (d. A.H. 1124; see Oude Cata- logue, p. 149), Ziyii Isfahan!, Firdausi, and and Najat. Fol. 295a. J>j)~> } £>\»j, by Fauki, begin- ning : fi-j Fol. 3036. Kasidahs, Saki Namah, and a musical treatise in prose by the same Fauki. The last is dated A.H. 1122. Fol. 3106. Some pieces of ornate prose, 236 POETRY. viz., JUi- ^ZX, by Tahir Jfasrabadi, JjjJ» y4,by Shahid Tihrani and Mihri, two pieces entitled i-r'lr' by Aka Husain Khwansari and by Sa'ib, and other pieces by Nasira i Hania- dani and Tughra i Hindi. The transcribe]-, BadI' Muh. B. Muhsin Yazdi, who may also be the compiler, gives in the following colophon, fol. 324a, his name and his genealogy carried up to Shaikh 'Abd ul-'Ali al-'Amili : f J IJy. Lfl sj 4 !\ . . . jU^l Jsl m : Jo ... >__>USCli\ ^ Ju,S? £l±~> jC^il . . . l^s? ^l^A^iJ! cf^ft^ J...S- . - V US*. The remaining folios, 324a — 3376, contain miscellaneous poetical pieces, chiefly Ghazals by Maghribi, Sa'di, &c, and fragments of the Masnavi entitled J:>U jsf, by Ahli Shirazi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6575. This last portion of the MS. is dated A.H. 1206. 377. Or. 3552.— Foil. 191 ; 11 J in. by 8 ; 12 lines, 4 in. long ; written in fair large Nestalik about the middle of the 19th century. [Sidney Churchill.] A copious collection of the initial lines of Ghazals by contemporary poets, compiled by Mahmud Mirza (see no. 70). Beg. ai\#."* .*« jjjUi. (jSjli^jj o^s? a Uj The author refers in the preface to his previous Tazkirah, Safinat ul-Mahmud (no. 122), and says that he had compiled the present work immediately after completing the latter. The date of composition, A.H. 1 240, is fixed by the following line of a Kit'ah composed in praise of the work by Aka Muhammad Taki, poetically surnamed Sipihr (Majma' ul-Fusaha, ii., p. 156), and appended at the end : WO J" '} The preface concludes with three pieces of the author's composition, a Kasidah in praise of the work and of Path 'Ali Shah, a Kit'ah and a Ruba'i. After the preface, foil. 7ft — 24a, comes a list of all poets included in the work, ar- ranged in alphabetical order under their poetical surnames, with brief notices giving little more than the proper name and birth- place of each. The remainder of the MS. contains the opening Baits of Ghazals. They are arranged in alphabetical order according to the rhyme-letters, and, under each of these, according to the initial letters of the Baits. The name of the poet is written by the side of each verse in the margin. 378. Or. 3604.— Foil. 178 ; 12^ in. by 7f ; 21 lines, 6 in. long; written in four columns in cur- sive Nestalik on bluish paper, in the 19th century. [Sidney Chubchill.] A Persian anthology with biographical notices, by Sayyid 'Abd ur-Rahim al-Musavi B. Mir Muhammad Bakir 'Aiiyabadi, poeti- cally surnamed Munsif. Beg. #6 ANTHOLOGIES. 237 The author was born, as stated at the end, in Sari, A.H. 1197. It appears from the preface that he wrote the present work for Muh. Kazim Mirza, eldest son of Muh. Kuli Mirza, son of Fath 'Ali Shah, at the young prince's request, in order to save him the trouble of carrying about many volumes of poetry. It was commenced in Sari, A.H. 1237, when the prince's father assumed the government of Tabaristan, and was finished on the 3rd of Jumada II., A.H. 1239. The author made use of several Divans and of the following Tazkirahs : Haft Ikllm, Dau- latshah, Tuhfah i Sami, Baharistan, Atash- kadah, and Zlnat ul-Mada'ih by Humii (no. 118). The work is divided into six Kisms, con- taining respectively poems belonging to six kinds of poetical compositions, namely Kasi- dalis, Ghazals, Masnavis, Mukatta'at, Kuba'is and Tarji'-bands. In each Kism the pieces are alphabetically arranged according to the takhallus of the authors, with the exception of those of royal princes, which take pre- cedence. The contents are as follows : Kism I., fol. 5a. Kasidahs, beginning with one by Fath 'Ali Shah, and several by the royal prince Muh. Kuli Mirza (Khusravi, who died A.H. 1260; Majma' ul-Fusaha, vol. i., p. 25). The alphabetical series begins with Anvari and ends with Yusuf Amiri. Kism II., fol. 896. Grhazals, beginning with some by Khusravi and other princes. The alphabetical series begins with Ahli Turshizi and ends with Yusuf Beg Istajlu. Kism III., fol. 117a. Masnavis of Ahli Shirazi and others, ending with Hijri Abu '1- Kasim. Kism IV., fol. 140a. Mukatta'at, from Anvari to Humayiin of Isfahan. Kism V., fol. 152i. Ruba'is, from Ustad Abu '1-Faraj to Yarain ud-Din Tughra'i. Kism VI., fol. 163(7,. Tarji'-bands, begin- ning with Jami and ending with Hatif. Life and poems of the author, foil. 174\jj \j ^jj^ ^jt*'* L?*'^ -1 } u*^.^"* 1 After a glowing eulogy on the reigning sovereign, Fath 'Ali Shah, and on the in- comparable poets of his time, the writer says that Haidar Kuli Mirza in compiling this work had been content to group together poems composed by various poets with the same metre and rhyme, and had refrained from entering upon biographical details or literary criticism. He states in conclusion that the work was completed A.H. 1242. The anthology comprises Kasidahs, Gha- zals, and Ruba'is, by ancient and modern poets, in three separate sections, in each of which the alphabetical order of the rhymes is followed, and the names of the poets form the headings. The Kasidahs begin, fol. 46, as follows : The following are the poets included under the rhyme-letter \ : Anvari, Sahab, Mijmar 238 TALES AND FABLES. (Sayyid Husain Isfahani), Khakani, Salman, Mu'izzi, Madhush (Muh. Sadik Gulpaigani), Rashid Vatvat, Khusravi, Khavari (Fazl- ullah Shirazi), Hatif, Sabahi (Haji Sulaiman), Zahlr Fariyabi, and Saba (Fath 'Ali Khan). The Ghazals begin, fol. 1085, with one by Khakan (Fath 'Ali Shah), the first line of which is : The Ruba'is occupy foil. 3306— 343a. TALES AND FABLES. 380. Or. 3529.— Foil. 33 ; 11+, in. by 7\ ; 23 lines, 5| in. long; written in fair Nestalik, ap- parently in the 18th century. [Sidney Churchill.] The story of Bilauhar and Yuzasaf, by Ibn Babavaih. Beg. Jl/u^U^a ^.yV ^ *4j0 ^ jl ajS- ^ r Uj y>i!l This is the work, of Buddhistic origin, which has become known in Europe, through the medium of a Christian version in Greek, as the " Book of Barlaam and Joasaph," and which was translated into Arabic verse in the eighth century by Aban Labiki. See Zotenberg, Notice stir le Livre de Barlaam et Joasaph, Notices et Extraits, torn, xxviii ; and Fihrist, pp. 119, 163, 305. The present text is taken, as stated at the beginning, from Ibn Babavaih's work en- titled r U5j ulift Jl/. This is one of the numerous Arabic writings of the cele- brated ShI'ah theologian, who died in Eai, A.H. 381 (see the Arabic Supplement, no. 330). A copy is described by Ahlwardt in the Berlin Catalogue, no. 2721, and to Dr. 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. 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- cian and philosopher Eazi, who was a contemporary of Ibu Babavaih, and like him lived at Bai. Full accounts of the present MS. have been published, with extensive extracts, by Baron Rosen and Dr. von Oldenburg in the 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- lished by Dr. Hommel from a Halle MS. in the Verkandlungen des VII. Orientalisten- Congresses, Semitische Section, pp. 138— 162. Another and fuller Arabic text was lithographed in Bombay, A.H. 1306. Another copy of the same Persian version is included in the Zubdat ut-Tavarlkk, no. 36, foil. 226—249. In the heading it is de- scribed as extracted from the 'Am ul-Hayat of Aka Muh. Bakir [Majlisi], who gives it on the authority of Ibn Babavaih, \s\ ^ fc>?' j' J?** SjjAl (j^ff- j J J\j J^sJI According to this, it was probably Muh. Bakir, who translated into Persian the Arabic text of Ibn Babavaih. TALES AND FABLES. 239 381. Or. 2799.— Foil. 280 ; 9 in. by 5f ; 23 lines, 3f in. long; written in neat Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins ; dated A.H. 908 (A.D. 1502). [SroNEY Churchill.] The well-known version of Kalilah and Dimnah, by Husain KasHfi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 756a, and, for other MSS., Pertsoh, Berlin Catalogue, no. 1000; Rosen, Institut, no. 104 ; and Etbe, Bodleian Cata- logue, no. 431. 382. Or. 2956.— Foil. 196; 7f in. by 5 ; 15 lines, of in. long; written in fair Nestalik, with ruled margins, apparently in the 15th century. [Sidney Ohoeohill.J A book of apologues, written in imitation of Kalilah and Dimnah. B J' 6 ^i_i>,*'.> ,a Fol. 256. ^ i^bUj uiil. , J I. If. Fol. 396. s tiiU f& _jj III. Fol. 58a. ji* Aib 3 j>_* ji IV. Fol. 745. ^-^i Mdb/i .d V. Fol. 95a. (jjrjj j eJ^j fhji VI. Fol. 1256. jii, j Ja/t jJ VII. Fol. 152a, Uj^jjAjjSij^jd vrn. Fol. 176a. } \j>) j Ais- £d j j IX. In an appendix entitled L_>t.£j\ Jjj, fol. 1946, the author, after dilating on the merits of his book, describes a library founded by his patron in Isfahan and the rich store of works on every science which it contained. The appendix wants about two pages at the end. For other MSS., see Dorn, Petersburg Catalogue, p. 406 ; the Leyden Catalogue, 240 TALES AND FABLES. vol. i., p. 353 ; the Paris Catalogue, p. 304, no. 384 ; Molla Firuz Library, p. 231, no. 49 ; and Schefer, Chrestomathie, vol. ii., p. 209. The Marzaban Namah has been translated into Arabic and lithographed in Cairo, A.H. 1278. See also Sprenger's Library, no. 1248, and Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, vol. iv., p. 427. 383. Or. 2973.— Foil. 187 ; 8J in. by 5} ; 15 lines, 3 in. long ; written in elegant Shikastah, A.H. 1277 (A.D. 1860—61). [Sidney Churchill.] Another copy of the Marzaban Namah. The nine sections, termed in this copy Fa si, begin as follows: I. fol. 8a; II. fob 24a ; III. fol. 47a ; IV. fol. 55a ; V. fol. 716 ; VI. fol. 91a ; VII. fol. 1206 ; VIII. fol. 1465; IX. fol. 166a; and the Khatimah, fol. 183a. 384. Or. 2781.— Foil. 363 ; 9J in. by 6 ; 25 lines, 3j in. long ; written in small and neat Nes- talik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 16th century. [COMTE DB GOBINEAU.] The Darab Namah, by Abu Tahir Tarasusi. The first folio is mutilated, so that about half of the first seven lines is lost, but the missing words are supplied by the next copy. The beginning is as follows : ujU>Jl jli j^l f"^J i_s^- "!W J~"Z **" \> jj JJi J* ^ The author, who is called here Abu Tahir B. Hasan B. 'Ali B. Musa at-Tarasusi," has been mentioned in the Turkish Catalogue, p. 220, as the author of Kiran i Habashi and other romances. The present work, although dealing largely with the life and adventures of Iskandar, is generally called Darab Namah (a title not found in this copy), from Darab, the hero of its first portion. Although its framework and leading names are borrowed from the Shahnamah, it is a pure romance, in which the original legend is all but lost under a luxuriant growth of the most fanciful fiction. The contents have been briefly, but very aptly, described by J. Mohl in his preface to the Shahnamah, p. 74, and by B. Dorn, Melanges Asiatiques, torn, vii., p. 174-5, and p. 406-7. The short account of the work in Charles Stewart's Catalogue, p. 7, no. xiv., is misleading. The work is divided into sections of un- equal length, the beginning of which is marked by this invariable rubric : U The narrative begins witli a mention of the three sons of Zal i Zar, and of the artifice by which Shaghad compassed the death of his brother Bustam. After a brief account of Bahman and Ardashir, we are told, fol. 26, how Humai secretly gave birth to the latter's posthumous child, afterwards called Darab, and entrusted him, like Moses, enclosed in a coffer, to the stream of Euphrates. The life and adventures of Darab occupy the first part of the volume down to fol. 1286, 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 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 his journey, under the guidance of Khizr, to the land of darkness and to the spring of the water of life, and with his miraculous con- veyance from thence to Mount Kaf. The last words are : Jli* j, ^\ o.iu' 6lZ>y 385. Or. 4615.— Foil. 129; 14 in. by 9}; 25 lines, 5f in. long; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan, gold-ruled margins, and numerous miniatures, probably about the close of the 16th century. Another copy of the Darab Niimak, con- taining only the first part of the work, namely, the story of Darab, and closely agreeing, as far as it goes, with the preceding MS. It ends abruptly at the point where Nfikid, the newly-wedded bride of Darab, sent back by him to her father Fllkus, bewails her hard fate. The last words are : Jii-s } This passage occurs on fol. 1266 of the preceding MS., line 13. This MS. is profusely adorned on almost every folio with miniatures in the best style of Indian art. It is probably one of those which were illuminated for the emperor Akbar. The miniatures are generally signed by the artists, mostly Hindus, and among these are found the following six, mentioned in the A'in i Akbari, Blochmann's transla- tion, p. 108, as painters employed by Akbar : Kesu, Farrukh, Madhu, Jagan, Mains, and Sanwlah. Other artists whose names fre- quently recur in the MS. are Nanha, Bhag- wan, Dhauu, Chaturbhuj, Mitkra, Tiriyya, and Bhiirah, also two bearing Muslim names, viz. Ibrahim Kahhar and Mukhlis. Several of the above names have been already men- tioned as attached to miniatures in the Vaki'at i Babari, no. 75. 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. by 2 ft. 2 in. ; 19 lines, 21 in. long; written in fine large Nestalik, apparently in the 17th century. [Presented by Rev. Straton Campbell.] Two detached leaves of a huge MS. of the romance of Amir Hamzah Sahibkiran. Each of them has a portion of the text on one side and a large picture in Indian style on the other. Fol. 1 begins as follows : \jj y*! ijjj It is related in the first lines how Prince Nur ud-dahr, having been thrown into the sea by a Div, is rescued by the prophet Elias. This is the subject represented in the picture. The text of the second folio deals with the adventures of Zummurrud Shah, the giant king of the sun-worshippers. The picture represents him falling head fore- most from his castle and being seized by Malik Ira j. For MSS. of that voluminous tale, see the Persian Catalogue, pp. 760 — 62, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 473. An Arabic version is noticed by Pertsch, Gotha Cata- logue, no. 2420. 387. Or. 3501.— Foil. 253; lOJin.bySi; 18 lines, 3| in. long; written in small and elegant 242 TALES AND FABLES. JSTestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, in the latter half of the 19th century. Bound in painted and glazed covers. [Sidney Churchill.] «-&L2> (Jjjlfti! iUAAa. A work in proof of the superiority of man to all other beings, by Muhammad 'Ali B. Iskandar ash-Shirvani. Beg. JUlj ifjA J ^ j^wj ^ 6^ Id b til! J,; Ij^Sij w - itSs. J l>»^51 Ja^^i. (j»Us-l . . . This is a much expanded version and Sufi adaptation of the famous " Contest between man and animals," which forms part of the twenty-first treatise of the Ikhwan us-Safa (see the Arabic Supplement, p. 4815). ft is written in florid prose, freely interspersed with verses, with Arabic texts from Coran and Hadis, and with passages of Sufi writers. It was composed, as stated in the introduc- tion, fol. 246, in Ardabil in the month of Jumada II., A.H. 1250, and is dedicated to Muhammad Shah B. 'Abbas Shah B. Fath 'Ali Shah Kajar. The date of completion, A.H. 1252, is given in a versified chrono- gram at the end : The scope of the work is set forth in the following line, fol. 296: lii^jJ Its full title, as given in the same passage is : til)L4t g?.J J\ j The author was an extensive traveller, who had wandered over most parts of the Muslim world in search of religious teachers and of great mystics. From a full account of those travels, foil. 21 — 24, the following particulars may be briefly stated. Having left as a boy his native country for the holy shrines of Irak, he spent there close upon twenty years, studying under his father and other holy men. He lost his father and many of his friends, who died as martyrs during the incursion of the Vahhabis. He then repaired to Baghdad and to Irak 'Ajam, where he met his brother al-Haj Zain ul-'Abidin (author of Kiyaz us-Siyaliat, 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, Shikarpur, Surat, Bombay, Puna, Tiling, Aurangabad, Haidarabad of Deccan, Machli- Bandar, Sikakul, Pegu, Calcutta, Murshid- abad, Benares, Lucknow, Agra, Delhi, La- hore, Kashmir, Peshawar, Kabul, and the Kuhistan of the Ilazarah, where he fell captive into the hands of the cruel Uzbeks, and was taken to Kunduz, seat of Kilich Kuli Khan. After his release he reached Kandahar, Herat, and Mashhad, and, finally, Hamadan. There he met again his old master, Majzub 'Ali Shah, who sent him on a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. From the latter place he went through Syria and 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 way of Mecca and by sea to Shiraz, and thence to Teheran, Tabaristan and Grilan. Contents : Introduction treating chiefly of mystic lore. Life of the author, fol. 216. Eulogy on the Shah, fol. 25a. Preface proper, i_suffi fol. 29a. The narrative begins at fol. 296, and deals at first with the legend of Kayumars, the murder of Siyamuk, and the hostility of COLLECTIONS OF ANECDOTES. 243 Jinns and animals towards men, down to the time of Sulaiman. Complaints of the hawk, fish, snake, bee, and other animals against 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 the sage of Sham, fol. 106a. Debate of the fox with the sage of Khita, fol. 119a. Debate of the spider with the sage of Rum, fol. 127a. Debate of the tortoise with the sage of Irak, fol. 1356. Debate of the sage of Hindustan 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 to the region of the soul, ^aj ^Js\, foil. 2426— 253a. 388. Or. 3223.— Foil. 232 ; 12 in. by 8J ; 15 lines, 6 in. long; written in large Nestalik, ap- parently in India about the close of the 18th century. The tale of Muhammad Mas'tid Shah, son of 'Aziz Shah, king of Isfahan, and of his loves with Nik-Ikbal, daughter of the Vazir Farrukhfal, and with Giti-ara. This is an enlarged version of the tale mentioned in the Persian Catalogue, p. 773a. The above title is found in a versified pro- logue beginning : J.»K As- ji> (ji— * s£ in which the writer puts the tale into the mouth of a young man called Sultan 'Ali, whom he had met on the road and invited to his house. The prose narrative begins, fol. 3a, as follows : . . . yjlUM i& sji v}? 1 ? ■ ■ • j^Jjj islilP 2 ' J •■■ There are miniatures in Indian style on foil. 4, 5, 12, 14 and 33, and, further on, a few unfinished sketches in outline. Spaces reserved for pictures in the remainder of the volume have not been filled in. In the colophon the work is called Collections of Anecdotes. 389. Or. 3590.— Foil. 120; 10] in. by 5f; 20 lines, 4 in. long ; written in neat Nestalik, pro- bably in the 17th century. The Persian translation of " al-Faraj ba'd ash-Shiddah," or tales of deliverance from distress or danger. See the Persian Cata- logue, p. 7516. Beg. Ujjjfl ^.i* i—jbjl j\ This is not the real beginning of the work, but the first line of the second chapter of the preface, ^,>\ <^six;^i Jb. See the complete copy, Add. 7673, fol. 36. At the end there are some lacuna?, and the MS. breaks off with the verse beginning J} i~ &=- y iujIs- l j\ > which is found in the last-named MS. at fol. 3416. There are about seven or eight folios wanting at the end. i i 2 244 TALES AND FABLES. The Persian translation was lithographed at Bombay, 1859. For other MSS. see KrafTt, p. 54 ; Asiatisches Museum, pp. 291, 351 ; Mulla Piruz, p. 228 ; and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 1021. 390. Or. 3507.— Foil. 37 ; 9£ in. by BJ; 21 lines, 3f in. long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated Rabi' II., A.H. 1017 (A.D. 1608). [Sidney Churchill.] Chahar Makalah, or the Four Discourses, by Ahmad B. 'Umar B. 'Ali an-Nizami al- 'Aruzi as-Samarkandi. j^ 1 (J^*\JJ J {J^Jj' Ja-jyj j JljC J\s j L-jlj3 jlcl .... d jl Jjo-j 0'•<'J , J* !, J° j«C The author, who was apparently a native of Samarkand, must have been well advanced in years when he wrote the present work ; for he says at the outset that he had then spent forty-five years of his life in the service of the Ghiiri dynasty. From various pas- sages of the Chahar Makalah the following particulars of his life may be gathered. While he was still in Samarkand, A.H. 504, he received some information about the poet Rudagi from the Dihkan Abu Raja Ahmad B. 'Abd us-Samad al-'Abidi (fol. 15a). Two years later, A.H. 506, he was at Balkh conversing with 'Umar Khayyam, whom he revered as his master, and whose tomb he afterwards visited in Nishapur, A.H. 530 (fol. 27a). In A.H. 510 we find him at Nishapur (fol. 5a), and, in the course of the same year, at Herat, from whence he repaired to the court of Sultan Sinjar, near Tus. There he received advice and encouragement from the Malik ush-Shu'ara, Amir Mu'izzi, and paid a visit to the tomb of Firdausi (foil. 18a, 226). In A.H. 914 he was again in Nishapur in the company of Mu'izzi (fol. 22a). Nizarai 'Aruzi is chiefly known by his prose works, viz., the present one and a col- lection of anecdotes entitled ^s?, both of which are mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. ii., p. 656, and vol. v., p. 405. But 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. See also Daulatshah, i. 13 ; Haft Iklim, Add. 16,734, fol. 5626; and Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. i., p. 635. He calls himself in the present work, fol. 13a, one of the four poets who immortalised the name of the kings of Grhur. Chahar Makalah was written for a prince 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 preface by the most pompous regal titles, he does not appear to have ever attained sovereign rank. He is mentioned in Tabakat i Nasiri, Raverty's translation, p. 425, as one of the sons of Malik Fakhr ud-Din Mas'ud, who was installed by his younger brother, the great Sultan of Ghaznin, 'Ala ud-Din Husain Jahan-suz, on the throne of Ghur and Tukharistan (see Tabakat i Nasiri, pp. 347—365). After bestowing due praise on the young prince, the author proceeds to eulogize his nearest relatives, namely, his father, Fakhr ud-Daulah wa'd-Din Mas'ud, the reigning king of Bamiyan, his brother Shams ud-Din Muhammad (who afterwards succeeded to the throne), and his mighty uncle, the above- mentioned Sultan, 'Ala ud-Din Husain, all 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 limits. The work must have been written between the death of Sultan Sinjar, who is spoken of as dead, and that of Sultan 'Ala ud-Dln Husain, who is described as the reigning sovereign, that is to say between A.H. 552 and 55G. For the death of the latter see Kamil, vol. xi., p. 179, and Jahtin- ara, fol. 117. The work consists, as its name implies, of four Makalahs, treating respectively of four classes of men of whose services kings stand in need, namely, Vazirs, poets, astrologers, and physicians, and of the sciences and qualifications requisite for each, the whole being illustrated by historical anecdotes. Some preliminary chapters, foil. 26 — 6a, treat of cosmology and of the various faculties of minerals, plants, animals and, lastly, man. They include a curious observation on the voluntary motions of some plants, which are thereby raised to the confines of the animal kingdom. The four Makalahs begin as follows : Fol. 6a. jisi> t^ji^ j I. Fol. 12a. jS\£> Oj*^ j II. Fol. 236. Ojl^ j „»2 r ls III. (f Fol. 29a. Oj.U* j J» > lLu*U jd IV. The second Makalah is of especial value as containing notices and anecdotes relating to early Persian poets, such as Eudagi, 'Unsuri, Farrukhi, Mu'izzi, Badihi, Firdausi, &c. It is frequently quoted in later Tazkirahs. The Chahar Makalah was lithographed in Teheran, A.H. 1305. For another copy see further on, no. 418. 391. Or. 2676.— Foil. 290; 13L in. by 9; from 29 to 33 lines, about 6J in. long ; written in fine old Neskhi, with a gilt frontispiece and ruled margins ; dated Wednesday, 24 Ramazan, A.H. 732 (A.D. 1332). [H. G. Keen*:.] Jami' ul-Hikayat, the celebrated collection of historical anecdotes by Muhammad 'Aufi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 7496, and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 324. This fine volume has unfortunately been damaged by damp, and some leaves, foil. 48 — 52, are slightly mutilated. It contains the last three of the four books (Kism) into which that extensive work is divided. The fourth Kism, which derives a special interest from its chapters on geography and natural history, is placed first, and has the following inscription written in the Sulsi character on two gilt borders at the top and bottom of its first page: L-jli^jt ^14=- -„s The first of the twenty-five Babs which it contains has no special heading, and begins as follows: Ob&* ^\ [read j*U] j*lj»- Ji*j <6 L_jl4- j- 3 ii/ ^ jyt c >J - In the complete copy, Add. 16,682, this anecdote is the third of the first Bab, fol. 326a ; but there are great differences between the two texts. The headings of the remain- ing Babs, which also partly differ from those given by Fliigel in the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i., pp. 411 — 12, are in the MS. as follows : 24G TALES AND FABLES. Pol. 7a. yjtjL.j.ulJjUii-.ji.Ji^jj II. Pol. 96. III. Pol. 126. J ju/ j^j j Im jjJB ^ IV. Fol. 156. iyi ti/ 'a\> jyU ojjM .a V. Fol. 186. ^hoj^L-jy-^SU^o.lsPji VI. Fol. 216. Lias? j'jL/w&.jj VII. Fol. 256. c«*>j1 Jj*\*J*j> VIII. Fol. 286. eU tilip- jl tfjete /ijC IX. Fol. 34a. j£p o.is^ j/^yeljr j& J X. XI. Fol. 545. Ll»aiy j jcjS j US .j XIII. Fol. 59a. w b j XIV. Fol. 616. JjJa yj _j OliU=- XV. Fol. 645. ijj-o liJJUi j 1^)51*. w Uj jj XVI. Fol. 376. jis- j.isjj ,jieUr ^ Fol. 496. uiJjb. J^y /ijH XII. Fol. 68a. jjs j j ^^^0 XVII. Fol. 71a. UUj j^jj XVIII. Fol. 745. oU-AL i^^/iji XIX. Fol. 776. j W>1 XX. Fol. 806. j j g_U» yolji. jSijj XXI. Fol. 855. (j&j>.j j £ U~, _/j XXII. Fol. 906. oWjje* u.-A&yijJ XXIII. Fol. 93a. ^jjjs j^iji XXIV. Fol. 96a. Jja j i. XXV. This last chapter breaks off at the second page. Kism II., which follows next, has lost the first Bab. The following are the headings of the extant chapters : £*jy' j . . . . J^\i~> II. QiJjStz oL-iij3 III. ( r U Jjjyjs) IV. tl*^» jl* ^> j LLAi-iijJ VII. Ju«5 j J!y cJa-Aiji VIII. cJu^i ,i IX. X. ■j" } lUJUs L^Ai-aiji XI. jjjjs XII. t)^ _/* J '^i'^'j 3 XIII. Fol. 145a. a \J>jj& vj, jj.ly j5 XIV. Fol. 1476. y\ J& j j ^js-jS XV. Fol. 1525. ^ cAi-li j jij ji XVI. Fol. 157a. 3 &~ cJjuaJjS XVII. Fol. 161a, OjLj jki oU^iji XVIII. Fol. 1646. lij Cl^i jj XIX. Fol. 1686. r » J cJ-Oj(j5-iio\5 c ^U>l J s XX. Fol. 171a. yU^^jyjS XXI. Fol. 97a. Fol. 996. Fol. 105a. Fol. 116a. Fol. 119a, Fol. 124a, Fol. 1266. Fol. 1285. Fol. 1306. Fol. 134a. Fol. 139a. Fol. 142a. COLLECTIONS OP ANECDOTES. 247 Fol. 1746. u l jj.ly , Jj-ijjS XXII. Fol. 179a- yUjjS XXIII. Fol. 1856. cJ j XXIV. Fol. 1884. jj\y> ji XXV. This last Bab concludes with some verses in praise of the Vazir Nizam ul-Mulk Kivam ud-Din, to whom the work was dedicated. Kism III. is complete, and has the follow- ing headings to its twenty-five Babs : Fol. 1936. ^l-il £,Wh l.siUj.I Jjjji I. Fol. 1966. s~.=~ . j.H=- ,J II. Fol. 1996. Jy^^bjj uti" j J III. Fol. 2026. Fol. 2056. Fol. 2096. jUU/ cubK=- L-iiUa! VI. Fol. 2136. joy' j^s C«A. ^ VII. Fol. 2186. ^sj-v^loW ^jsUfji'ij.s VIII. Fol. 224a. w 5Ut j Jit LL-j-y IX. Fol. 2286. i_miu j isj.s-j i_a)i- O^j^^j X. Fol. 2326. ^lai-l io.K»j J$=- c*. i. j XL Fol. 286(i. u \»U>ib _/i } c**i»jO XII. Fol. 240a. Fol. 2436. Fol. 2476. Fol. 2506. j OJiUij Cxi* jii XIII. Mil ,U»U wJ^jj XVII. i. XVIII. Fol. 2566. j C Fol. 261a. 0;V j j iO«i»jO XIX. Fol. 264a. ^13 j Jj^' <-*«.i. ji XX. Fol. 2686. jUu&l j, kU»b' Js\ir & XXI. Jo\ ,3 Fol. 273a. j j*,^. tf bj /iji XXII. Fol. 2766. C^-yjjUjb yUjjSjjj XXIII. Fol. 2806. feUs- 15 Ujb U w bj /iy XXIV. Fol. 2856. coK* j ^bj [n,J^ ^ XXV. A table of chapters of the three Kisms, by a later hand, has been prefixed to the volume. Notes written on the title-page show that the MS. was bought A.H. 1119 by Burhan ud-Din Parsa, and that it subsequently passed into the possession of a Mr. Gordon Sahib. 392. Of. 4392.— Foil. 222 ; 11 in. by 8 ; 25 lines, 6-J in. long ; written in fair large Neskhi, with a gilt heading; dated 2 Jumada II., A.H. 741 (A.D. 1340). [Wallis Bodge.] 248 A portion of the first book of the Jami' ul-Hikiiyat. It contains the preface and the first ten Babs of Kism I., with some lacuna; and transpositions, as follows : Preface, fol. 16. Bab I., J6*>j>\ c> J<3 JUS, fol. 5a. A fragment of Bab IX., fol. 11a. The latter part of Bab III., fol. 15a. Bab IV., oJjA gjly 3 ^ 3 irifi tJljU /o y B l4i\, fol. 216. Bab V., w Uj g^y /iy yU^yU, fol. 67a. Bib VI., Jj* ^Ja^i ^, fol. 1286. Bab VII., yltiljSU j Mj^ ->4> j cf,b udiU jj, fol. 1426. Bab VIII., } cjL«K iJjUJ j(S) fol. 1576. Bab IX., ^IcUol. en~Awy, fol. 164 (breaks off fol. 165). The latter part of Bab I., fol. 166a, Bab II., ^XJ>\ Uwl w l J|y! jyi yls j, fol. 1716. Bab III., Un*1 OUU j Ujl xzAjf /i Jt>> fol. 1975. The latter part of Bab IX., fol. 204a, Bab X., yUUob oUiy jj, fol. 2106 (breaking off fol. 212). Disjointed fragments, belonging for the most part to Bab IV, fol. 213—222. On the first page is an illuminated circular ornament with an inscription showing that the MS. was written for the library of some great Vazir called Husam ud-Din Siraf : TALES AND FABLES. Beg. US . . . (jjHjJ} JjSUMj tjjlWl L-.-J ^ jji ' ■ r Copyist : 393. Or. 3207.— Foil. 153 ; 7 in. by 4f ; 17 lines, 2f in. long ; written in fair archaic Neskhi, probably in the 13th century. [Kl'e.mer, no. 210.] A collection of anecdotes relating to saints and Sufis, without author's name. -1 ^VyU The author was a Sunni, living apparently in the fifth century of the Hijrah. He re- flects in the preface on the depravity of the time. " Holy Pirs and pious men," he says, "are dead, and have carried away piety with them. Whoever wishes to keep his faith and be saved must not look to the men of his time or follow their example, but he must meditate on the lives of past worthies, and walk in their path, so that he may reach the degree of holiness at which they arrived." The work is divided into twenty Babs, enumerated in the preface, and each Bab contains ten narratives beaded Oj.K=- . The headings of the Babs are as follows : 3 ^jf- I. Ji' \ j i^-oVj II. j>. u~J ■Hft 3 v>J £ j^l HI. Fol. 4. _y&b Fol. 10. Fol. 15. Fol. 19. Fol. 28. Fol. 34. Fol. 54. Fol. 61. ,)U J 1 " IV. V. VI. ,)U3 (_«U> U!jl CjU/jjol VII. Jj ^ j joiji" bles __jj.il VIII. Fol. 66. j ^b jji- j Uljl jj-a Jt >)1 ix. Fol. 69. ji JUS ^Ui. y w i/ Jy ^\ X. Fol. 75. XI. COLLECTIONS OF ANECDOTES. 249 Eol. 83. y tJJJ > XII. Eol. 89. i»j / XIII. Fol. 97. OU/jS XIV. Fol. 112. jj^i ou/js xv. Fol. 121. \Ju CjUJjS XVI. Fol. 133. Jjej)^" jJ J 1 ^ l?U»- aiWy XVII. Fol. 141. ouy Wji J( yi xviii. Fol. 146. j\ Jj Jijj jil sjjj ^ ^ly- XIX. Fol. 150. gjj »jJi^ ObJ£». XX. The anecdotes relate to holy personages and Sufis of the first three centuries of the Hijrah, such as the early Khalifs, Amir ul- Mu'minln 'Umar, 'Usnifm, 'Ali, Malik B. Dinar, Ibrahim Adham, Bayazid Bastami, Zu'l-Nun Misri, Sahl Tustari, Ibrahim B. Shaiban (d. A.H. 307), &c. The latest authority quoted is Abu Sa'id Khargfishi (fol. 48), who died A.H. 407 (see the Arabic 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 the second anecdote of Bab XX. A colo- phon by a later hand has been added. It is dated RabI' I., A.H. 786 (A.D. 1384). 394. Or. 2974.— Foil. 261 ; 10| in. by 7 ; 15 lines, 5J in. long ; written in large and distinct Neskhi, with ruled margins ; dated Monday, the last day of Safar, A.H. 910 (A.D. 1504). [Sidney Churchill.] The Nigaristan of Mu'ini Juvaini. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 7546, and Daulat- shah, vi. 2. The seven Babs begin respec- tively as follows : I. fol. 156 ; II. fol. 47a ; III. fol. 756 ; IV. fol. 104a ; V. fol. 161a; VI. fol. 1926 ; and VII. fol. 226a. Copyist : ^ sU. ^ (jjUJI tfa-J\ jj.5- 395. Or. 4907.— Foil. 254 ; 12 in. by 8 ; 22 lines, 4f in. long ; written in cursive Nestalik, probably about the close of the 18th century. [Sir Henry Rawlinson.] A collection of anecdotes and miscellaneous notices, by Majd ud-Din Muhammad al-Hu- saini, surnamed Majdi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 758, and Pertsch, Berlin Cata- logue, no. 1017. This copy presents lacunse and transposi- tions which are not indicated by any break in the text. It begins with the heading : which belongs to the fifth Easl of Juz I. The same heading is found at fol. 496 of the complete copy, Or. 239, the con- tents of which are described in the Persian Catalogue. The contents of the present MS. are as follows : Juz I. : Latter part of Easl 5, fol. 16. Fasl 6, fol. 316. Fasl 7, fol. 52a. Fasl 8, fol. 586. Fasl 9, fol. 64a. Fasl 10, fol. 666. 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 (breaking off at a passage corresponding with Or. 239, fol. 163a, line 16). K K 250 TALES AND FABLES. Juz V. : Fasl 6, fol. 1146. Juz IV. : Fasl 8, fol. 117a. Fasl 9, fol. 1176. Fasl 10, fol. 120a. Juz V. : Fasl 1, fol. 1236. Fasl 2, fol. 1256. Fasl 3, fol. 1276. Fasl 4, fol. 130a. Fasl 5, fol. 1316. Fasl 7, fol. 137a. Fasl 8, fol. 141a. Fasl 9, fol. 1426. Fasl 10, fol. 1446. Juz VI., fol. 14G6. Juz VII., fol. 1656. Juz VIII., fol. 1896. Juz IX. : Fasl 1, fol. 221a. Fasl 2, Geo- graphy of Iran and other countries, fol. 224a, breaking off in the course of the account of Egypt. Fasl 9, imperfect at the beginning, fol. 244a— 2546. The extant portion of this last, or his- torical, section contains accounts of the Ak Kuyunlus, of the Uzbeks, fol. 246a, and of Shah Isma'il Safavi, fol. 247a. The last is brought down to A.H. 928. On the fly-leaf : " Bought at Teheran. 4 Tomans. Jan. 12, 1838. H. Rawlinson." 396. Or. 2957.— Foil. 119; 8£ in. by 6+ ; 15 lines, 3f in. long ; written in Nestalik ; dated 1 Jumada II., A.H. 1291 (A.D. 1874). [Sidney Churchill.] A collection of moral tales and anecdotes in ornate prose and verse, by Muhammad Sharif B. Shams ud-Din Muhammad, poeti- cally styled Kaskif. Be g- j l # 3 j* ^>^> '} jrf (jrV,T u& The author gives an account of his life and writings in a Khatimah, fol. 1166, written, like the whole work, in a florid style over- loaded with metaphors. From it the follow- j ing data may be gathered. His father (commonly called Shamsa i Shirazi) was a native of Shiraz settled at Kerbela. Driven from thence by Sunni persecution, A.H. 1006, he repaired to Isfahan, the author being then three years old, and proceeded, two years later, to Mashhad. After seven months spent in the holy city, he returned to Isfa- han, where the author stayed twenty-three years, engaged in study and literary pursuits. They subsequently proceeded to Rai (Tehe- ran), where the author lost his father, A.H. 1035, and discharged during fifteen years the office of Kazi. He wrote the present work at the request of his younger brother, Muh. Isma'il Munsif (m the MS., ^_a;^i* ; see the Oude Catalogue, p. 91, and Atashkadah, p. 312), who had written to him from India to that effect. It was completed, as stated at the end, A.H. 1060; but the following chronogram, occurring in the last line, gives a later date, A.H. 1063 : In the same Khatimah the author enume- rates his previous works as follows : In verse, Laili Majnun, Haft Paikar, 'Abbas Narnah, Ghazals, Kasidahs, Ruba'is, &c. ; in prose, Siraj ul-Munlr (Persian Catalogue, p. 8616), Durr i Maknun, Hawass i Batin, and mis- cellaneous compositions. Most of these works are also mentioned in the Tazkirah of Tahir, Oude Catalogue, p. 91, and in Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 3946. The tales are mostly taken, as stated in the preface, from " Faraj ba'd az Shiddat " (Persian Catalogue, p. 7516), the style of which the author considered too plain and bare of rhetorical ornaments ; but some of them relate to later periods down to the author's time. The Khazan u Bahar is divided into a Mukaddimah, fourteen chapters termed Asas, COLLECTIONS OF ANECDOTES. 251 and the above-mentioned Khatimah. The Mukaddimah, fol. 5a, is in glorification of 'Ali, whose fourteen virtues are illustrated by incidents of his life. The same virtues form the headings of the chapters called Asas, which are as follows : I. j^o, fol. 10a. H. fol. 156. III. ejjl, fol. 27a. IV. o/ftl>, fol. 34a. V. OaUp, fol. 42a. VI. JJ, fol. 496. VII. (jA, fol. 57a. VIII. r U, fol. 646. IX. ^lii, fol. 73a. X. Cjytb, fol. 80a. XI. Cj,j., fol. 86a. XII. OjVii", fol. 91a. XIII. C^\/, fol. 996. XIV. 0?.1jj», fol. 106a. The work was lithographed at Tabriz, A.H. 1294. A MS. has been fully described by Baron v. Rosen, Institut, no. 107. 397. Or. 3499.— Foil. 236 ; 14 in. by 8^ ; 21 lines, 5J in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, with ruled margins, apparently in the first half of the 19th century. [Sidney Churchill.] " Mufarrih ul-Kulub," a work treating of moral virtues, illustrated by the precepts of Muhammad and the Imams, and by tales and anecdotes, with an historical appendix, by Muhammad Nadim B. Muhammad Kazim. Beg. j y^ljj/ ^.ILo jZ's t£ ^Ju The author, who is known by his poetical surname Nadim, was a native of Barfurush in Mazandaran. His father had been Khwan- salar, or steward, to Agha Muhammad, and he became himself a great favourite with Fath 'Ali Shah, who employed him as reader and librarian. He died A.H. 1241. See Nigaristan i Dara, fol. 129a, and, for other notices, Anjuman i Khakan, fol. 101a ; Safi- nat ul-Mahmud, fol. 249 ; and Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 514. The author says in the preface that he had been brought up at Court, and had had his mind improved by the conversation of the learned men who gathered there. He was encouraged to undertake the present work by the Shah, who gave to it the above title. The work is divided into five Babs, each subdivided into two Fasls, and a Khatimah. The Fasls treat of various religious and moral qualities specified in the headings, which are as follows : Bab I. : Fasl 1, fol. 46. cJixi*- } di\ oi^-ojJ jjc-y. Fasl. 2, fol. 86. Jiif ^ L_>bT jJ Bab II. : Fasl 1, fol. 12 1. J=- ciA^i y L»- j. Fasl 2, fol. 156. JSy s^ijJ Bab III. : Fasl 1, fol. 166. Cs*^ Jt > Jy#, j OySj5~\ } J^\ij> s . Fasl 2, fol. 496. Bab IV. : Fasl 1, fol. 51a. jily i_»WT ; o tjjjjji j ^aijl-ijljJ cJubaS _j jj> j. Fasl 2, fol. 536. CJjj* <&>.jo } j Cj } \H? Bab V.: Fasl 1, fol. 90a. /Z. } tZ*X>S /s jb tjj\i£ ■ Fasl 2, fol. 93a. ^JU^Zt j j**> oluii jis Some of the tales included are of consider- able extent, and deserve a special notice. They are as follows : Shahzadah Abu '1- Mansur and Humai Farrukh-rukh, foil. 27a — 496. Abu 'l-'Alai Mausili, the merchant's 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. The Khatimah, which occupies more than half the volume, is of some historical im- portance, as containing a very full account of the reign of Agha Muhammad and of the first years of Fath 'AH Shah. It is divided into the following five sections termed Ma- kalah : I. Lineage of Path 'Ali Shah and history of his forefathers, fol. 1136. II. His birth and subsequent events, fol. 1206. This sec- tion is chiefly taken up by a detailed account of Agha Muhammad's career, with separate headings for the following years : A.H. 1205, fol. 134a; A.H. 1206, fol. 138a; A.H. 1207, fol. 1416; A.H. 1208, fol. 147a; A.H. 1209, fol. 154a; A.H. 1210, fol. 158a. III. Ac- cession of Fath Ali Shah and subsequent events, fol. 166a, with a special heading for A.H. 1212, fol. 1796. IV. Provincial govern- ments committed to the Shah's sons, fol. 189a. V. Description of the Shah's person and qualities, of his family, his army, his esta- blishment, palaces, and other buildings, fol. 208a. The date of composition is not given. It can hardly be much later than A.H. 1220, which is the last date mentioned in Makalah IV., fol. 1986. LETTERS, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. 398. Or. 3482.— Foil. 295; 12 in. by 7; about 30 lines, 4^ in. long; written in neat Nes- talik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 17th century. [Sidney Chuechill.] A collection of royal letters and state papers of the Persian Court, from the time of the Saljuks to the reign of Shah 'Abbas II., by Abu '1-Kasim Beg Aivaghli Haidar. Beg. s^- J-Ui j=- i_>Uii- (_>\I5^J1 s.£\S &=- il This is a somewhat imperfect copy of the collection described in the Persian Cata- logue, pp. 389 — 91, under the title LsH Jj\ 05)w>y. The above title, j^f l£i5)\, is found in the preamble of Juz II., fol. 666. The contents of the present copy have been described in the Turkish Cata- logue, p. 86. Its concluding portion, foil. 2786i — 295, contains letters and firmans of the emperor Akbar, several of which are addressed to 'Abdullah Khan Uzbek. The last piece is the investiture of Shahbaz Khan as Subadar of Malwa. From a Persian note on the first page it appears that Muhsin B. 'Abdullah Mir- Akhur-Bashi received this volume as a present from Sayyid Mir Muhammad Taki Mustaufi, near Teheran, A.H. 1278. 399. Or. 3402.— Foil. 88 ; 7J in. by 5f ; 15 lines, 3+/ in. long; written in Nestalik ; dated 1 Sha'ban, A.H. 1115 (A.D. 1703). [Sidney Chuechill.] A collection of prose compositions, chiefly letters, by Ibn 'Abd ul-Fattah Muhammad Amin al-Vakari at-Tabasi al-Yazdi, with a preface by the author. Beg. ^Ujii w'j- ji * LETTERS, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. 253 .... iV.Ui jlcT j\j K j^j>. (i^" ^.llaJt ^1 ^Sjl—^li- sfK u^ij a-i^ The author appears to have lived in the latter half of the eleventh century of the Hijrah. Two of his compositions are re- spectively dated A.H. 1078 and 1081, and among his letters is one addressed to Malik ush-Shu'ara Sa'ib, who died A.H. 1088. The collection is divided into twelve sections called Barg. The first contains prefaces, including one to the author's Divan. The others consist of official documents and letters. In quoting his own verses the author always designates himself by the Takhallus Vakiiri. The last eight leaves, foil. 81 — 88, contain the latter part of a similar collection by Muhammad Mu'min, poetically styled Ghairi, Firuzfibadi : U^y> ^>s- . . ■ Cjj*n=- L=jLii* sJ& i&\ s^o-j ^li'osjj^-i (_wAi2 ijjif- J-*s^° 400. Or. 4937.— Foil. 290; 8 in. by 4f; about 20 lines, 3 in. long ; written by several hands and in various characters, for the most part, about the close of the 17th century. [Sidney Chukchill.] O JyS- CX^>- A Jung, or album of autographs and miscellaneous extracts, compiled by Haji Mirza 'Abd ul-Karlm B. Yahya Khan al- Kazvini. Mirza 'Abd ul-Karim, who lived in Kazvin, and occasionally in Isfahan, towards the close of the eleventh century of the Hijrah, appears to have been on intimate terms with the great scholars of the period, who obliged him by entering in his album with their own hands original compositions, or extracts from their own or other men's 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 tradition and theology, also to philosophy, medicine and mathematics. The most note- worthy writers included, with the dates of their entries, are as follows : Mulla Khalil B. Ghazi Kazvini, who died in Kazvin, A.H. 1089, pp. 26-27. RafT ud-Dln Muh. B. Fath-ullah K azvml > takh. Va'iz, A.H. 1083, pp. 38—48. Muhammad Bakir, brother and disciple of ' Mulla Khalil, A.H. 1080, p. 51. Muh. Salih B. Muh. Bakir Kazvini, called Raughani (v. Amal ul-Amil, p. 64), pp. 56 — 68. Aka Razi ud-DIn Muh. B. al-Hasan (d. A.H. 1096), A.H. 1080, p. 72. Mir Muh. Ma'siim Kazvini (d. A.H. 1091), A.H. 1080, pp. 73—75. Mir Sadr ud-Din Muh. B. Muh. Sadik Kazvini, A.H. 1080, pp. 78—80. Muh. Muhsin B. Shah Murtaza, called Faiz ' (d. 1091), pp. 81—84. 'Ali B. Muh. al-'Amili, great-grandson of Shahld as-sani (d. A.H. 1103), p. 87. Murtaza B. Muh. Mu'min, great-nephew of Muhsin Kashi, pp. 93-4. Muh. B. Murtaza Hadi, nephew of Muhsin ' Kashi, A.H. 1096, pp. 95-6. Muh. B. Murtaza, Niir ud-Din, brother of Muhsin, A.H. 1095, p. 97. Muh. Bakir B. Muh. Taki Majlisi, A.H. 1088, pp. 105—7. Muh. B. Abd ul-Fattah Tanakabuni (d. ' A.H. 1124), pp. 112—133. Muh. HadiB. Mulla Salih Mazandarani (Kisas ' ul-'Ulama, p. 171), A.H. 1088, pp. 142— 148. 254 LBTTEES, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. Muh. Muhsin B. Nizam ud-DIn Muh. Savi, A.H. 1080, pp. 197—204. 'Ali B. Muh. at-Tabataba'i, Abu'l-Ma'ali (Amal i Amil, p. 224), pp. 229—231. Aka Jamal ud-DIn Muh. B. Aka Husain Khwansari (d. A.H. 1125), pp. 278-9. Mull. Husain B. Mulla Salih Mazandarani, A.H. 1088, pp. 406—12. 'Ali Asghar B. YQsuf Kazvini, A.H. 1109, pp. 446-7. The latter part of the album was reserved for poetical autographs. It contains those of Sa'ib, pp. 472—5 ; Murtaza Kuli Khan B. Hasan Khan Sbamlu, takh. Baba, pp. 477-8; 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, A.H. 1090, pp. 537—43 ; and Ta'sir, Muh. Muhsin Isfahani, A.H. 1091, pp. 562—5. In addition to the above-mentioned auto- graphs, the volume comprises a vast number of miscellaneous treatises, extracts and notices, in Arabic and Persian. Some of the most extensive are a tract by Aka Jamal ud-Din Khwansari, entitled Uj^ll f?-j"> PP- 374 — 403, and treatises of Shi'ah law and controversy, by Baha ud-Din al-'Amili, pp. 280—324. From an entry on p. 9 we learn that the album was given by 'Abd ul-Karim to his son Taki ud-Din Muhammad. After passing through several hands it came into the pos- session of a grandson of Path 'Ali Shah, Shahzadah Mu'ayyid ud-Daulah Tahmasp B. Daulatshah, governor of Pars, who made use of some blank pages, pp. 53, 69, 152, 168, for entries in his own hand, and of some leaves at the end, pp. 571 — 579, for pieces in prose and verse written for him by others, A.H. 1277—79. He subsequently made the book over to his son, 'Abd ul- Husain Khan, for the sum of 100 Tumans, as stated by the latter, p. 558. There is also an autograph of another grandson of Path 'Ali Shah, Parhad Mirza, dated A.H. 1280, p. 52. Short biographical notices have been added to some of the entries by 'Abd ul-Hayy Munshi Tafrishi, takh. Sarkhwush, A.H. 1131. They contain frequent references to a work entitled oliil ^J^ }J , printed in Teheran, A.H. 1306. Subjoined to the volume is a quire of 23 pages, containing a detailed list, drawn up in Persian by a modern hand, of the contents of the album. 401. Or. 4934. — A box containing the following three paper rolls. [Sidney Churchill.] I. 9 ft. by 10 in. ; 45 lines, written in fine large Divani. Firman of Ya'kub Beg, confirming two descendants of Imam 'Ali B. Miisa Riza, namely, Sayyid Nizam ud-Din Sultan Ahmad and Sayyid Kamal ud-Din 'Ata-ullah, in the charges which from the time of Shahrukh had been hereditary in their family, viz., those of Nakib of the Sayyids, of adminis- trator of the endowments attached to the sacred tombs of Sitti Patimah and Imam Tahir 'Ali B. Muh. Bakir in Kum, and of Khatib and Imam in the Mosque of Imam Hasan 'Askari in the same city; dated Kum, 15 Ramazan, A.H. 884 (A.D. 1479). Ya'kub Beg, son of Hasan Beg, founder of the Ak-kuyunlu dynasty, reigned from A.H. 883 to his death, A.H. 896. At the top of the Firman the name of the sovereign appears as follows : ^ik^ y\ ji* jjy* '-r'j^i- His seal, which is im- LETTERS, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. 255 pressed at the end, reads : JjJL> ib\ J\ The text begins : jJJI J&<& u)^jj II. 7 ft. by 10 in. ; 36 lines, written in fair Divani. Firman of Alvand Beg, confirming the above-named Sayyids in their offices ; dated Kum, 14 Rajab, A.H. 904 (A.D. 1499). Alvand Beg, son of Yusuf Beg, was the last prince of the Ak-kuyunlu dynasty. He was defeated and expelled by Shah Ismii'il Safavi, A.H. 907. His name appears in the heading ^\ jjy* jiljy jjjJl jilall, and in the seal at the end : ^Uis ^ i> <^ ^ *_i->y_ ^ vj\ III. 2 ft. 4 in. by 11 in. ; 8 lines, written in smaller Divani and partly obliterated. Firman of Shah Isma'il, whose seal is impressed at the top, conferring upon Sayyid Rashid ul-Islam the custody of the above- named shrines in Kum ; dated 1st of Ju- mada II., A.H. 918 (A.D. 1512). 402. Or. 4935. — Thirty-five sheets or slips of various sizes, mounted in one volume, form- ing a further series of royal Firmans, in continuation of the preceding no., and ex- tending from the reign of Shah Tahmasp to that of Nasir ud-Din Shah, as follows : [Sidney Chubchill.] I. 18 in. by 7f ; 15 lines in Shikastah- amiz. Copy of a Firman of Shah Tahmasp, conferring the custody of the Kum shrines upon Sayyid Shuja' ud-Din Sultan Mahmud Rizavi, son of Sayyid Murshid ud-Din Rashid 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 Shaki upon Amir 'Abd ur-Razzak ; dated Ramazan, A.H. 961 (A.D. 1554). III. 8f in. by 6J; 5 lines. Firman of Shah Tahmasp appointing six Hafiz to reoite the Coran at the tomb of his sister in the Kum shrine; dated first decade of Jumada II., A.H. 972 (A.D. 1565). IV. 21 in. by 10 ; 11 lines. Firman of Sultan Muhammad Khudabandah, granting a yearly allowance to Muhammad Aka Mui darris Isfahani and his children ; dated Rabi' II., A.H. 986 (A.D. 1578). V. 18 in. by 9 ; 13 lines. Firman of Shah 'Abbas I., assigning to Amir Zahir ud-Din Ibrahim Rizavi the revenue of his late brother, Mir Shams ud-Din Yusuf, custodian of the Kum shrine ; dated Shavval, A.H. 1017 (A.D. 1609). VI. 14 in. by 8 ; 5 lines. An autograph of Shah Safi relating to a gift presented by 'Abd ur-Razzak of Chubarah ; dated Zu '1- hijjah, A.H. 1039 (AD. 1630). VII. 14 in. by 8f ; 9 lines. Firman of Shah 'Abbas II., referring to the ordinances of his father and grandfather in favour of Christian monks, and ensuring full freedom and protection to some bare-footed Carmelite monks who had come to Isfahan ; dated Rabi' II., A.H. 1052 (A.D. 1642). VIII. 10i in. by 7J ; 6 lines. Firman of Shah 'Abbas II., granting a yearly pension of fifty Tumans to Maulana Muh. Bakir 256 LETTERS, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. Khurasani; dated Sha'ban, A. H. 1068 (A.D. 1658). IX.a 15Jin. by 8J; 12 lines. Firman of Shah 'Abbas II., relating to a tax to be levied on waste land belonging to the shrine of Kum and recently reclaimed ; dated Zul- ka'dah, A.H. 1071 (A.D. 1661). IX. b 13 in. by 7% ; 3 lines. Eirman of Shah Safi (afterwards Shah Sulaiman), ap- pointing Kurban 'Ali Ayaghchi as one of the servants of the palace ; dated Rabi' I., A.H. 1078 (A.D. 1667). X. a 2 ft. 6 in. by lljin.; 20 lines. Firman of Shah Sulaiman, appointing Mir Hidayat, son of Mir Muh. Taki, to the post of Shaikh ul-Islam in Mashhad ; dated Zulka'dah, A.H. 1079 (A.D. 1669). X.B 12 in. by 9^ ; 8 lines. Firman of the same in confirmation of a pension granted to the children of Mirza Salih Tabrizi ; dated Shavval, A.H. 1084 (A.D. 1673). XL 14 in. by 8f ; 8 lines. Firman of Shah Sulaiman regarding the taxation of Armenian weavers of Isfahan ; dated Rama- zan, A.H. 1094 (A.D. 1083). XII. 16 in. by 10; 6 lines. Firman of Sultan Husain, appointing a European moulder in the royal arsenal ; dated Rama- zan, A.H. 1122 (AT). 1710). XIII. 2 ft. 10 in. by 10i in. ; 52 lines. Firman of Sultan Husain, relating to the administration of the revenue belonging to the shrine of Imam Zain ul-'Abidin ; dated Jumada I., A.H. 1125 (A.D. 1713). XIV. 18 in. by Hi; 7 lines. Firman of Sultan Husain, assigning a house in Isfahan to Captain Francis ; dated Rajab, A.H. 1130 (A.D. 1718). XV. 16 in. by Hi; 14 lines. Firman of Shah Tahmasp II., relating to the endow- ments of the shrine of Imam Zain ul-'Abidin ; dated Rabi' II., A.H. 1143 (A.D. 1730). XVI. 18 in. by 9 ; 11 lines. Petition of Muh. Yahya, of Isfahan, complaining of ex- tortions, and Firman of Nadir Shah in answer to the same; dated Rajab, A.H. 1153 (A.D. 1740). The legend of the seal is uJUj^li* C*~>\ yti with the date A.H. 1148. XVII. 19| in. by 9| ; 17 lines. Firman granted by Nadir Shah to Sultan Muhammad Beg, Kurchi Bashi, in reward for faithful service, exempting from taxes his estate near Isfahan; dated Rabi' II., A.H. 1156 (A.D. 1743). XVIII. 16 in. by 9 ; 7 lines. Firman of Ibrahim Shah (nephew of Nadir) to Muhibb 'Ali Khan, Ishik Akasi Bashi, regarding the locating of Afshar tribes in Lanjan and neighbouring places ; dated Rabi' II., A.H. 1162 (A.D. 1749). The legend of the seal is f>*\)>\ l^- with the date 1162. XIX. 191 i n . by 10 ; 9 lines. Firman of Shahrukh, confirming Mirza Abu '1-Hasan in his office of Taujihgari in Isfahan ; dated 16 Zulhijjah, A.H. 1169 (A.D. 1756). XX. 15 in. by 9 ; 10 lines. Firman of Karim Khan, appointing Mirza Khalil to the office of Mustaufi of Maraghah ; dated Mu- harram, A.H. 1177 (A.D. 1763). XXI. 17 in. by 8J; 7 lines. Firman of Karim Khan granting to the same Mirza Khalil an annual allowance of thirty Tumans; dated Rabi' II., A.H. 1186 (A.D. 1772). XXII. 10 in. by 9 ; 5 lines. Firman of Ja'far Khan, conferring upon a son of Mirza Ahmad the office of his late father; dated Zulka'dah, A.H. 1199 (A.D. 1785). Imper- fect at the beginning. XXIII. 17 in. by 9^; 5 lines. Firman of Ja'far Khan, enjoining obedience to a Na'ib Mutasaddi sent to Isfahan ; dated Jumada II., A.H. 1202 (A.D. 1788). XXIV. 16^ in. by 12f; 9 lines. Firman LETTERS, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. 257 addressed to Muhammad Husain Khan, go- vernor of (?), with instructions to send troops against a band of robbers who had plundered a caravan travelling from Dar ul-'Ibadat to Isfahan; dated Zulka'dah, irr, probably for A.H. 1230 (A.D. 1815). Some seals at the back are dated A.H. 1227. 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). XXVI. 17 in. by 12; 6 lines. Firman of Fath 'Ali Shah, sending a robe of honour to Muhammad Khan Kajar, Na'ib ; dated Sha'ban, A.H. 1238 (A.D. 1823). XXVII. A 14 in. by 9 ; 6 lines. Firman of Sultan Muhammad Shah to his brother Bahman Mirza, governor of Azarbaijan, re- garding the debts of the late Aka Jam Khan ; dated Jumada I., A.H. 1259 (A.D. 1843). XXVII.B 17 in. by 13] ; 11 lines. Firman of the same to Aka Muh. Salih, Mujtahid of Kirmanshahan, assigning to him a yearly allowance of 300 Tumans ; dated Jumada I., A.H. 1259 (A.D. 1843). XXVII. o 16| in. by 13; 7 lines. The same to the same, sending him a robe of honour ; same date. XXVIII. 18 in. by 14| ; 14 lines. Firman of Nasir ud-Din Shah to Hishmat ud-Daulah Hamzah Mirza, governor of Azarbaijan, an- nouncing the appointment of Sultan Mah- mud Mirza as Vali-'Ahd ; dated Zulka'dah, A.H. 1265 (A.D. 1849). XXIX. 17^ in. by 11; 6 lines. Firman of the same, deposing Mirza Aka Khan from the office of Sadr i A'zam in Tabriz, and confirming the appointment of Rukn ud- Daulah Ardashir Mirza as governor of Azar- baijan ; dated Muharram, A.H. 1275 (A.D. 1858). XXX. 17 in. by 13J ; 7 lines. Firman of | Nasir ud-Din Shah to his uncle Muh. Rahini Mirza, governor of Khui and Salmas ; dated Rabi' I., A.H. 1275 (A.D. 1858). XXXI. 14 in. by 84; 7 lines. Appoint- ment of Biiba Khan Munshi as secretary for the drawing up of military orders ; dated AH. 1283 (A.D. 1866). 403. Or. 4936. — A large collection of detached leaves and slips of various sizes, containing autographs of royal personages, statesmen, scholars, and poets of modern Persia, with other documents of historical interest. [Sidney Churchill.] A full and detailed description of the con- tents would require more space than we have at our disposal. We must confine ourselves to a brief enumeration of the most important articles, as follows : 1. Autograph of Sultan Husain Safavi on a deed of manumission relating to a Georgian slave, A.H. 1111; attested by the Mujtahid Jamil ud-DIn Khwansari. 2. Autograph letter of 'Abbas Mirza Na'ib us-Saltanah, written from Barman, A.H. 1246 ; attested by his son, Farhad Mirza. 3. Autograph of Muhammad Shah, dated A.H. 1261 ; attested by his brother Farhad Mirza. 4. Two more autographs of Muhammad Shah. 5. An autograph account of Mazendaran, by Nasir ud-Din Shah, written for the " Iran." 6. Three letters of Nasir ud-Din Shah to Husam us-Saltanah, governor of Khorasan, A.H. 1278, 1279, and 1288. The hand- writing is that of Dablr ul-Mnlk, whose seal is at the back. 258 LETTERS, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. 7. Autograph letter of Mahd Auliya, mother of Nasir ud-Din Shah, to her daughter 'Izzat ud-Daulah. 8. Autograph of the Vali 'Ahd, or heir- apparent, on a letter of Dabir us-Saltanah, A.H. 1310. 9. Autograph verses by Muhammad Khan Majd ul-Mulk. 10. Autograph letter of the Sadr i A'zam, 'Ali Asghar Amln us- Sultan. 11. Account of the siege of Mashhad by Ahmad Shah Durrani, written by Muh. Nasir Tabrlzi, A.H. 1168. 12. Undertaking of Sardar Sultan Ahmad, governor of Herat, regarding the admission of Russian traders, A.H. 1276. 13. Autograph letter of Baha-ullah, the Babi apostle, to Haji Zahir ud-Daulah, written in Arabic in a minute character, and begin- ning : cibAp Jp Uj cil-ij j b u \ tililjjj u°j^j- The seal bears the names ^f- } and the date A.H. 1279. At the top of the page there is a contemptuous reply of Zill us-Sultan to Zahir ud-Daulah, who had sent him the letter of Baha-ullah. 14. Autograph letter of the famous Abd- elcader to M. G-aulois (?), tj^^ ^-"rs re- commending the bearer, Haji Muhyi ud-Din, a merchant trading in Tangier and Fez ; A.H. 1296. Autographs of the following scholars and poets : 15. Baha ud-Din al-'Amili, A.H. 995. 16. Muh. Kazim Valih, A.H. 1215. 17. Zain ul-'Abidin Shirvani, Teheran, A.H. 1215. See no. 139. 18. Mirza Sadik Marvazi. See no. 118. 19. Yaghma Jandaki. See Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 580. 20. Visal Shlrazi, A.H. 1248. See no. 308. 21. Mulla Hadi Sabzavari, who died A.H. 1295. 22. Furughi, A.H. 1302. The collection includes also calligraphic specimens of celebrated penmen, such as Mir 'Imad, Maulana Shafi'a, Mirza Ahmad Nairizi, Khwajah Ikhtiyar, Mirza Grhulam Riza, and Mirza Kuchak, pupil of Darvish. 404. Or. 4679.— Poll. 61 ; 8J in. by 6£ ; from 15 to 21 lines, about 5 in. long ; written in small cursive Shikastah, in Shavval, A.H. 1272 (A.D. 1856). [Sidney Chuuohill.] Copies of treaties and conventions con- cluded by the Persian Court with Turkey, England, Russia, Spain and France, of in- structions given to Persian envoys, and of official accounts of their interviews in St. Petersburg and in Constantinople, with dates ranging from A.H. 1224 to A.H. 1272. According to a note written by Mr. Churchill at the beginning, this collection formed part of instructions issued by Mirza Aka Khan I'timad ud-Daulah, then Prime Minister of the present Shah, to the Persian Envoy at Constantinople. The first piece is a treaty between Fath 'Ali Shah and Sultan Mahmud, dated 19 Zulka'dah, A.H. 1238 : sjJixi* ^s- Cj jy o *3*^ u'JaL" sU> J.«sS* J _ ) fli« ^UVs- (j^U Beg. (_Ak:i;_« l-jU^^ jl u°f- The last is a letter containing the official LETTERS, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. 259 Persian account of the advance of Dost Muhammad into Khorasan in A.H. 1272. The English treaties included, foil. 6 — 13, bear the names of Sheil, Jones, Gore Ouseley and Ellis. A full table of contents occupies two pages at the beginning. 405. Add. 29,217. — A box containing 6 rolls, the description of which follows. [Warren Hastings.] A. — A paper roll 27 ft. long by 12-J in. The leading text in this extensive docu- ment is drawn up in Persian, and occupies twenty-six lines. It is a declaration by 'Ali Ibrahim Khan, respecting the manner in which he had acquitted himself as governor of Benares, his maintenance of public order, his suppression of various abuses, and his impartial administration of justice. He refers especially to the measures he had taken for the relief of a famine which raged there, A.D. 1783, and concludes with an appeal to the inhabitants of Benares for confirmation of his statements. Beg. Os-U— ? J-h- J* The Persian text is followed by a Hindi translation in the Devanagari character. Numerous testimonials in various Indian characters, with signatures and seals, fill the whole space above and below the above docu- ment. The latter is not dated. A.H. 1198 (A.D. 1784) is the latest date appearing in the seals affixed. 'Ali Ibrahim Khan, author of some his- torical works and several Tazkirahs, died A.H. 1208. See the Persian Catalogue, pp. 328, 375 ; the Oudo Catalogue, p. 180 ; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 663, &c. B. — A paper roll 2 ft. 6 in. by 9^ in. A congratulatory address of the inhabitants of Benares to Warren Hastings on the issue of his trial, dated Phalgun Suklasaptami, Samvat 1852 (February, A.D. 1796). The text is Sanskrit written in the Deva- nagari character. It is followed by a number of signatures in various Indian characters, and by a Persian translation occupying fifteen lines, and beginning as follows : j)^>=r £t-=? OjU> jO^j jJjjJl i>U» ^J** i—My y* ! J5 C. — A paper roll 7 ft. long by 9-J in. A similar address in Sanskrit, with a Persian translation, accompanied by nu- merous signatures, and testimonials ; dated Baisakh, Sudi-Sattami, Samvat 1853, and 5 Zulka'dak, A.H. 1210 (May 1796). D. — A paper roll 5 ft. long by 9-J in. A congratulatory address written by the inhabitants of Benares to Warren Hastings on the same occasion. It is written in Persian in sixteen lines, without date, and is followed by numerous seals and signatures. It begins as follows : &i£ } bis, j»W ^jof- E. — A paper roll 5 ft. long by 6J in. A congratulatory address written by the inhabitants of Calcutta to Warren Hastings on the same occasion. The text is Persian. It occupies 28 lines, and its wording agrees closely with that of the preceding document. It is also undated, and begins as follows : } jjft»r <^°f- jd\^> jl*Isl i_->\y u-o'j; LL 2 260 LETTERS, STATE PAPERS, AND AUTOGRAPHS. The Persian text is followed by a Bengali translation and numerous signatures, also in the Bengali character. F. — A paper roll 2 ft. 6 in. long by 8 in. Another copy of the preceding address, containing only the Persian text, also undated, with seals and signatures in the Persian character. 406. Or. 3260.— Foil. 171 ; 8 in. by C-i ; about 9 lines, 5 in. long ; written in large Nestalik; dated Monday, 15 RabI' II., A.H. 1206 (A.D. 1791). Military rules of Tipu Sultan, drawn up by Zain ul-'Abidin, A.H. 1197, endorsed This is the work described by Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1903, under its proper title, ^y^U-* 51 ^j, and with the full name of the author, Zain ul-'Abidin B. Sayyid Razl, of Shushtar. The Persian text is written on the left side, the opposite page being occupied, foil. 2—86 and 114—161, by a partial English translation. The first page of the text is wanting, but the translation shows that the beginning was that given by Ethe, viz. : Contents : Zain ul-'Abidin's preface in praise of Tipu Sultan, fol. 2. Introduction treating of the creed and religious duties of Muslims, especially of the obligation of Jihad, and of the treatment of unbelievers, fol. 16. On strategy, l_^=- jy>\Si, fol. 63. Commands and exercises of infantry, fol. 75. Duty of the Sipahdars, Bakhshis, &c, fol. 113. Rules relating to rounds, guards, sentries, salutes, &c, fol. 121. Rules relating to artillery practice, fol. 140. Urdu songs for soldiers, fol. 161. On the fly-leaf is a notice of the work by Major Gen. Geo. G. Pearse, who says that the MS. was procured by him in Madras, A.D. 1882. 407. Or. 4543. — A single sheet, 18 in. by 7J ; containing 22 lines, 4J in. long on the recto, and 25 on the verso, besides additional lines in the margins ; written in Shikastah with gilt 'Unvan, dated 7 Ramadan, A.H. 1210 (June 1787). Aletter addressed to "Marechal de Castries, Ministrc de la Marine," ^jljX ^ JUy, yijU i> applying for French, assistance in order to recover the writer's Jagir from the English, and for the settlement of claims upon the French Company. The writer, whose name does not appear, begins by recording the services rendered by his grand- father, Navviib Ghulam Imam Husain, to the French Company, and says that his own Jagir had been originally conferred on his uncle, Ghulam Husain Khan, called Husain 'Ali Khan, by the emperor Muhammad Shah. The letter contains frequent references to Tipu Sultan, who had married a sister of the writer. PAINTINGS. 408. Stowe, Or. 16.— Foil. 60 ; 17 in. by 10| ; bound in painted and glazed covers. An album of miniatures and calligraphic specimens, mounted on stout gold-sprinkled paper, with ornamental borders. On the second folio, in the centre of an PAINTINGS. 201 oval illuminated border, is the stamp of Aurangzib, which reads " Abu '1-Zafar Muhyi ud-Din Muhammad 'Alamglr Padishah Ghazi," 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 album, however, is of later date. Its first owner appears to have been the Navvab of Oude, Asaf ud-Daulah, whose seal is im- pressed at the top of most leaves. The seal contains the following titles : " Vazir ul- Mamalik Asaf ud-Daulah Asafjah Yahya Khan Bahadur Hizabr Jang," and is dated A.H. 1190. The miniatures consist of portraits of the Timuride emperors and their Amirs, of hunting scenes and other subjects of Indian life and fiction. The portraits are mostly without names, but those of Aurangzib, foil. 3a, 5 lilAil j.Uo3 sl=- i_Jls7 t_fjjj CJ.1V <±*m* In a versified chronogram at the end it is stated that the collection occupied no fewer than twenty-nine years, having been com- 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 rupees. The drawings arc partly portraits of Indian princes and Amirs, partly pictures of Hindu mythological subjects, and of scenes of Eastern fiction and Indian life. The 262 PAINTINGS. portraits bear the following names : Timur, fol. 56. Humayun, fol. 66. Akbar, fol. 76. Shahjahan, fol. 96. 'Alamgir, fol. 106. Muhammad Shah, fol. 116. Abu'l-Hasan Kutubshah, fol. 13a. Ahmad Shah, fol. 14a. 'Ali 'xidil Shah, fol. 146. Bahadur Shah, fol. 156. Baridi Padishah, fol. 166. 'Abd- ullah Khan Uzbek, fol. 18a. Darii Shikiih, fol. 20a. Shuja', fol. 21a. Bidar-bakht, fol. 22a. 'Ali Gauhar (Shah 'Alam), fol. 23a. Nisir Jang Shahid, fol. 24a. Asafjah, of Haidarabad, fol. 246. Hfunid Khan, fol. 25a. Himmat-yar Khan Shahid, fol. 26a. The owner of the album in his youth, fol. 27a. Mubariz Khan, fol. 28a. Yvisuf Khan, Nazim of Haidarabad under Bahadur Shah, fol. 29a. Mir Jumlah, fol. 30a. Asalat Khan, fol. 31a. 'Ali Mardan Khan, fol. 316. 'Umdat ul- Mulk Shahjahani, fol. 326. Jansipar Khan, fol. 336. Ruh-ullah Khan, fol. 35a. Path- ullah Khan, fol. 36a. Sa'iidat-ullah Khan, fol. 366. Najabat Khan, fol. 376. Sa'd-ullah Khan, fol. 39a. Mir Ahmad Khan, son-in- law of Kutubshah, fol. 40a. Rajah Bijai Singh, fol. 406. Ranvar Singh, fol. 42a. Rajah Jaisingh Savai, of Jaipur, fol. 43a. Chand Bibi, fol. 556. Nurjahan Bigam, foL 58a. Among the other pictures the following may be especially noticed : Sulaiman sitting on his throne and surrounded by a crowd of genii and wild animals, fol. 26. Mani, the painter, with two female figures designated as Firingis, or European ladies, fol. 476. A Chinese lady, drawn by a Chinese artist, fol. 57a. Matwali Bang-saz, a large picture representing a highly dressed Indian female selling Bang, and a crowd of customers in various stages of intoxication, fol. 586. The calligraphic specimens are in fine Nestalik and various kinds of Shikastah. They are signed by Mu'jiz Kalam, Rushan Kalam, Zarrin Kalam, Mushkin Kalam, 'Abd ur-Kashid, Mahmud Shihabi, Abu'l- baka Musavi, and other famous penmen. They bear dates ranging from A.H. 1119 to 1184. A companion volume of smaller size, Or. 2787b, contains a full, but rather inaccurate, description of the contents of the album, drawn up in very peculiar English, apparently by its late owner, Zuhur ud-Din Ahmad Khan. 412. Or. 4938. — A collection of drawings, con- sisting principally of portraits of royal persons and statesmen of the Persian Court. [Sidney Churchill.] The portraits are as follows : I. A contemporary portrait of Karim Khan Zand. II. Portrait of Muhammad Shah, by Mu- hammad Hasan Afshar, A.H. 1263. III. Portrait of Nasir ud-Din Shah, stand- ing with his left hand resting upon a gun, by Mirza Baba al-Husaini al-Imami. IV. Portrait of the same, sitting on a sofa, by Muhammad Isfahimi, A.H. 1272. V. Photograph of the same, carte de visite size. VI. Portrait of the Shahzadah, I'tizad us- Saltanah 'Ali Kuli Mirza, minister of sciences, commerce, and arts, A.H. 1280. VII. Portrait of 'Imad ud-Daulah, by Sani' ul-Mulk (Mirza Abu '1-Hasan Ghaffari Kashani). VIII. Photograph of a Persian prince, without name. IX. Portrait of Mirza Agasi, by Sani' ul- Mulk. X. Portrait of the Kisikchi Bashi, Mirza Muhammad Khan Kajar, by the same, A.H. 1267. INSCRIPTIONS. 263 XI. Portrait of Mirza Aka Khan, by the same. XII. Portrait of Khusrau Khan Kirmani, by the same. XIII. Portraits in black and white of Aka Rahim 'Ali Beg, Lalah-bashi of Amir Dust Muhammad Khan, and of Mirza Bidil Kir- manshahi, by Asad-ullah Khan Ghaffari Kashani, A.H. 1283. XIV. A photographic group of Riza Kuli Khan Lalah Bashi, the Vali'ahd Muzaffar ud-Din Mirza, as a boy, and two attendants. XV. Another photographic group, with Nasir ud-Din Shah as a boy. XVI. Portrait of a Persian lady, by Mirza Matlab, A.H. 1304. Among the other drawings the following may be mentioned : XVII. Sketches of illustrations for the Arabian Nights, by Sani' ul-Mulk. XVIII. Miniature in imitation of Renais- sance style, by Mirza Baha Imami. XIX. Views of the Kazimaim Mosque, by 'Ali Kuli Beg Musavi. XX. Pen and ink drawings of a gazelle and of a wild goat, by Nasir ud-Din Shah. XXI. Drawing of an old man in a sitting posture, warming his hands and feet over a fire, by Malik ush-Shu'ara Mirza Mahmud Khan, A.H. 1310. INSCRIPTIONS. 413. Stowe, Or. 17a. — Twenty-five large coloured plates, being plans and elevations of Taj Mahall, Moti Masjid, and other monuments at Agra, with facsimiles of the detail of their ornamentation and of their inscriptions, drawn by native artists about A.D. 1812, and bound up in a volume 3 ft. 5 in. long by 2 ft. 6 in. 414. Stowe, Or. 17b.— Foil. 40 ; 9J in. by 1\ in. ; described on the title-page as follows : " This contains a faithful Copy of the Inscriptions on the Outside of and within the Mausoleum, or Taaje, at Agra, in India, taken by a Moonshee who was employed by the Bengal Government to superintend and shew the Place to Visitors, and which were carefully translated under the Inspection of the Adju- tant-General of the Bengal Army in the Year 1812-13. G. Nugent." The text of the Arabic inscriptions is written in clear vocalized Neskhi, with an interlinear English version. It consists of the following extracts from the Coran: On the outside of the great gate of Mumtaz Mahall, Surat ul-Fajr, fol. lb. Inside, Surahs 93 — 95, fol. 36. Round the Rauzah, Surah 36, fol. 5a. Round the arch of the Rauzah, Surahs 81, 82, 84, 98, fol. 13a. Round the interior of the Rauzah, Surahs 67, 48 and 76, fol. 17a. On the top of the tomb of Mumtaz Mahall, Surah 41, v. 30, Surah 40, v. 7, and other verses, fol. 276. Obituary date of Mumtaz Mahall, A.H. 1040, fol. 29a. On the eastern and western sides of the same tomb, the ninety-nine holy names of God and some verses of the Coran, fol. 29b. Persian inscription on the tomb of Shah- jahan, with the date of his death, 26 Rajab, 1076, fol. 32a. Persian inscriptions of Moti Masjid and Divan i Khass, fol. 326. His- torical account of the death of Mumtaz Mahall, fol. 356. Inscriptions on great guns, fol. 39a. On three additional leaves at the end is found an " Extract from a Journal written by Lady Nugent, by whom these Drawings were given to the Marquess of Buckingham." It is followed by " Lines written on seeing the Taaje by Lady N[ugent]." 264- MSS. OF MIXED CONTENTS. 415. Or. 4595.— Foil. 119 ; 11 in. by 6f ; 9 lines, 4^ in. long; written in large Nestalik and Neskhi; dated 17 Zulka'dah, A.H. 1232, corresponding with 29 September, A.D. 1817. Inscriptions of the principal buildings of 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 author, and Asghar 'Ali Beg, commonly called Sangin Beg, as the transcriber. The latter wrote subsequently under the title JjUy a more detailed work on the same subject, for which see the Persian Catalogue, p. 431, and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 536. Contents : Masjid Jami', Masjid Akbar- iibadi, and other Masjids of Delhi, fol. 16. Buildings within the fortress, fol. 20a. Environs of Delhi, Dargah i Kadam Sharif, &c, fol. 216. Masjid Jami' in the old fort, fol. 326. Masjid of Nizam ud-Din Auliya and neighbouring tombs, fol. 426. Tomb of Humayun, fol. 636. Lat of Firuz Shah, fol. 656. Shrine of Shah Mardan, fol. 666. Masjid Muthah, fol. 686. Shrine of Nasir ud-Din Chiragh Dihlavi, fol. 726. Masjid Kuvvat i Islam, fol. 78a. Tomb of Sultan Shams ud-Din, fol. 93a. Shrine of Khwajah Kutb ud-Din, fol. 103a. Tughlukabad, fol. 1166. Shrine of Imam Nasir ud-Din in Sonipat, fol. 1186. 416. Or. 4768. — A sheet of thick paper, 16 in. by 10i. [Presented by H. E. M. James, Esq., Commissioner of Sind.] Paper-cast of a Persian inscription kept in a shrine dedicated to Khwajah Khizr on an island situated in the Indus, opposite Rohri, and known as Khwajah Khizr Island. The inscription consists of the following versified chronogram, giving A.H. 341 as the date of the erection of the shrine : The date is also written in Arabic figures under the last line. The style and character of the inscription point to a much later period, probably not earlier than the 17th century. A second sheet of the same size contains an ink impression of the inscription, a modern transcript of which on a smaller sheet is added. MSS. OF MIXED CONTENTS. 417. Or. 2852.— Foil. 103 ; in. by 5 ; 12 lines, 3J in. long ; written in small and close Shi- kastah-amiz ; dated Jumiida II., A.H. 1293 (A.D. 1876). [Sidney Churchill.] I. Foil. 1—49. ^ £ij,y A treatise on the mystical meaning to be attached to sensual images in the Divan of Hafiz, and in defence of the poet against the censures of ignorant detractors ; by Muham- mad B. Muhammad ad-Darabi. Beg. jUi ociX) t^ls.*" <& ^tyt ^J> The author left his native place, Darabjird, for Shiraz, where he spent most of his life. He also visited India, for he states incidentally MSS. OF MIXED CONTENTS. 265 in the present work, fol. 49a, that he was in Ahmadabad, A.H. 1062. The text of our MS. is much fuller than a lithographed edition printed at Teheran, A.H. 1304, under the title sjjjs- cJtxia) . The latter, however, contains, 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. ^jjUll, and a treatise on the lawfulness of singing, entitled ^JLiUl j,i 5 ^jjUM j^i. The present work, which is also called, fol. 8a, yLJ Ifry, is divided as follows : Mukaddimak, on the spiritual meaning of words according to Sufi usage, fol. 8a. Bab I. Sufi interpretation of some obscure lines of the Divan, fol. 96. Bab II. Spiritual mean- ing of other verses, fol. 276. Bab III. On the real meaning of passages which, taken literally, seem to conform with the Ash'ari doctrine, fol. 41a. Khatimah, on some in- stances of omens drawn from the Divan, fol. 47a. II. Foil. 50—103. A collection of royal and private letters, with a short preamble beginning : jj^> 3 ±j- jUj j jy* \j Jo sjjj J\ (_s>:>U\ eyU.^ oU£ j The letters, which are all undated, are as follows: Shah 'Abbas I. to Jehangir on the latter' s accession, fol. 51a. Akbar to Shah 'Abbas I., fol. 52ft, and the latter's answer, fol. 57a. Humayun to Tahmasp, fol. 64a. Akbar to 'Abdullah Khan Uzbek, fol. 65a. 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 ordinances addressed by Akbar to officials, fol. 77a. Sultan Husain Baikara to Shah Isma'il, fol. 816. Private letters by Naslra i Hamadani, Asaf Khan, Ibrahim Khan, Kasim Kahi, Abu Talib Kallm, Sadr ud-Din Shirazi, and Mirza Ibrahim Hamadani. The last piece is Muh. Zaman Khan's preface to a Baz Namah, foil. 83a— 103ft. 418. Or. 2955.— Foil. 190 ; 6| in. by 3f ; 15 lines, about 2^ in. long ; written in cursive Nes- talik or Shikastah-amiz ; dated from 8 Rabi' I., A.H. 1274, to 25 Rabi' I., A.H. 1275 (A.D. 1857-8). [Sidney Chueoiiill.] I. Foil. 1—60. Chahar Makalah, by Ni- zami 'Aruzi ; dated Karyat ul-'Arab, Kirman, 25 Rabi' I., A.H. 1275. See no. 390. II. Foil. 61ft— 131. Farhad u Shirin, by Vahshi, with the continuation of Visal ; see no. 308. This copy contains, in addition to the former, "Visal's prologue to his continuation, foil. 97ft — 99a, beginning : That continuation extends from fol. 99a to fol. 131ft. It is dated Kirman, last day of Rajab, A.H. 1275. At the end is a note stating that the writer, having found, A.H. 1293, in a printed copy, ^J-^* e-i^ , at Tafrish, some additional leaves, had tran- scribed them to complete the present MS. This addition occupies foil. 132a — 1446. It relates to the death of Farhad, and begins : It ends with a panegyric on Farhad Mirza (son of Na'ib us-Saltanah and governor of Fars) and upon Nasir ud-Din Shah. It is said at the end to have been composed twelve M M 266 MSS. OF MIXED CONTENTS. hundred seventy and odd years after the Hijrah : jol j j lias j \ja a date posterior to the death of Visa!. This last piece is dated end of Zuihijjah, A.H. 1293 (A.D. 1877). ELL Foil. 145—190. ^^ ]] c^y " Mirror of the Gnostics," a Sufi tract by Hamid ud-Dln. Beg. Cj\j*J\\ jJj fjii^ t^«^ ^ *«Ja»!\ The author's name occurs in the following passage, fol. 1525 : J-oyil yi^"** j*" 'Hj^'wi*? - The above title was suggested to the author in a vision by his spiritual guide, as stated further on, fol. 1546 : j ^ i-JuW «!L>j ^uAjiaJ Jj yjjSSrf*'', The same title is repeated at the end, 190a: \J,^> »W- ^j! The tract is written in prose interspersed with verses, without any division. It con- cludes with a Masnavi in glorification of the religious order of Kalandars. The present copy is written in very cursive Shikastah, and dated Wednesday, 8 Rabi' I., A.H. 1274. Another copy, dated A.H. 1248, is men- tioned, without author's name, by Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 8, art. 3. Copyist : ij^^y j^s? 419. Or. 2975.— Foil. 373 ; 9$ in. by 5 ; 15 lines, about 2f in. long ; written in more or less cursive Nestalik, partly in diagonal lines, with various dates ranging from Muharram, AH. 1077 (fol. 183), to Muharram, A.H. 1088 (fol. 187) (A.D. 1666—77). The first sixteen leaves are dated Kashan, 1 Muharram, A.H. 1115 (A.D. 1703). [Sidney Churchill.] I. Foil. 45— 16a. The Lava'ih of Jami, with the heading 5)1 {JtMt s)U,. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 44a; Rosen, In- stitut, no. 113 ; the Berlin Catalogue, no. 238, art. 3 ; and the Bodleian Catalogue, no. 894, art. 16. II. Foil. 176— 74a. 1^,. A collection of moral anecdotes, by Mu- hammad Sharif B. Shams ud-Din Muham- mad, poetically surnamed Kashif. Beg. LlA—^yj (jiili- w \j l _ s »> j> 8 J.J.JOJ The work was finished, as stated at the end, on Friday at the end of Rabi' I., A.H. 1030. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 8616, and no. 422, I. For the same author's Kha- zan u Bahar, see no. 396. in. Foil. 765— 114a. Farhad u Shirln, by Vahshi. See no. 308. IV. Foil. 836— 1055 (margin), yjjji j Farhad u Shirin, a Masnavi by Fauk ud- Din Ahmad Yazdi, poetically surnamed Fauki, with a prose preface by the author, beginning: jJ.«*j.> 0*i j w ^>- jjjlio. :\ A»o The preface is in Sufi style, and chiefly in praise of the Malamiyyah branch of the order, to which the author evidently belonged. The poem begins, fol. 866, as follows : It is extremely coarse and obscene. V. Foil. 1166 — 183a. MSS. OP MIXED CONTENTS J?> i> Jj>A 267 See The Divan of 'Ali Naki Kamra'i no. 320. Beg. V^ilyjS Jiis oijAt* A similar beginning is noticed in the Oucle Catalogue, no. 412. VI. Eoll. 188a— 2036. Kasidahs by Vahshi, written in oblique lines, beginning : VII. Foil. 2046—2216. JiU j£" Sihr i Halal, by Ahli Shirazi. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6576 ; Berlin Cata- logue, no. 16, art. 2; and the Bodleian Cata- logue, no. 1027. VIII. Foil. 222a — 2326. Kasidahs by the same poet, beginning as in the Persian Cata- logue, p. 658a, in., and in the Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1027, art. 3. IX. Foil. 233a— 236a. , ^ Shir u Shakar, a Masnavi by Shaikh Baha ud-DIn Muhammad. See the Persian Cata- logue, p. 831a, xxix., and the Berlin Cata- logue, no. 674, art. 21. Lithographed with Nan u Halva, Teheran, A.H. 1279. X. Foil. 2366— 262a. Select Ghazals, by Mir Abu'l-Hasan Farahani, Zafar Khan, Zuhuri, fol. 238S ; Talib Kalim, fol. 2446 ; and Sa ibai Tabrizi, fol. 2536. XI. Foil. 2636—2816. 3 jj- Suz u Gudaz, a Masnavi by Nau'i. See no. 313. XII. Foil. 2826— 300a, J^iJ\ l*J A Kasidah by 'Urfi entitled Tarjumat ush- Skauk, beginning : J*i> eta 1 * <6 JLISj (see no. 310, art. 5), with a Takhmis by Sa'ib, beginning : XIII. Foil. 302a— 305a. A Kasidah by Nizam (no. 319), beginning : XIV. Foil. 3056— 314a. Kasidahs of 'Urfi, beginning ; u Uo ^sf j>Jo jl d,Vs ^ XV. Foil. 314a— 317a, Kasidah of Nasir i Khusrau, beginning : XVI. Foil. 317a— 319a. A Masnavi without author's name, beginning : XVII. Foil. 320a— 3266. ^ } US A Masnavi by Muh. 'Ali Taslim, beginning : XVIII. Foil. 3276—3336. \jb Wy. w.j'ii^ A Masnavi on 'Ali's creed, by Maulaua Tughra (Persian Catalogue, p. 742a), be- ginning : XIX. Foil. 3346—3476. An anonymous commentary on 'Ali's speech known as ixmi. Beg. iiiai- ^J* (jVy XX. Foil. 348a— 3576. \jU 3 Nan u Halva, a Masnavi by Baha ud-Din 'Amili. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 679a. XXI. Foil. 358«— 3726. Kasidahs of An- vari, written in oblique lines, beginning : \j>y^ *?- ^3 268 MSS. OP MIXED CONTENTS. 420. Or. 3307.— Foil. 94; 1\ in. by 5; 15 lines, 3 in. long; written in fair Nestalik, with red-ruled margins; dated (fol. 48) Friday, 20 Ramazan, A.H. 877 (A.D. 1473). [Sidney Chubchill.] I. Foil. 2—48. j;u=- A treatise on poetical figures, by Rashld Vat-rat. See above, no. 188, i. 5)1 II. Foil. 486—60. UN J- J* i ^ »jU3 ^ ■H/ trtV ^ U • • ■ **J jM J&> J, {A c j) From the preface it appears that the author was engaged in trade, and was travelling in Rum with his father, when the latter died, A.H. 794. Passing through Ardabil, he met some scholars who had read a former work of his, yjjjUJI (j-JI. It was at the request of one of these that he wrote the present treatise, which he completed in Yazd. The author claims to be the first to write a treatise on riddles. He divides them into two species respectively called yi and U«, and gives as an example of the latter a Mu- 'amma composed on his own name, Minuchihr, by his revered master, Shaikh Kamal Khu- jandi. III. Foil. 63—94. jlsJl Lr £\ A treatise on the terms and metaphors used by poets in describing female beauty, by Sharaf Rami. See the Persian Catalogue' p. 814a ; Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1339 • and Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 35, art. 2. 421. Or. 3314.— Foil. 113 ; 7 in. by 4£; 16 lines, 2f in. long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Rajah A.H. 1233 (A.D. 1818). [Sidney Chuechill.] I. Foil. 16. A short treatise on mensura- tion, C*»-U* <-JtiS, without author's name. Beg-. Ll—l j J tUi lUj JJo- j> J^JU W T II. Fol. 56. A treatise on arithmetic, Ut. l_A_=- divided into three Makalahs, without author's name. Beg. LJti" *u U . . . J^i\ Vj d _y.il — 0 j Jjfc III. Fol. 326. jlUI ^ Anis ul-'Ushshak, by Sharaf Rami. See the preceding MS., art. nr. IV. Fol. 636. A treatise on rhyme, by 'Ata-ullah, jly J» JlS .jl^. g ee no _ 191> art. in. V. Fol. 82a. jJlHU A treatise on poetical figures, written for Shaikh Uvais by Sharaf Rami, and more properly entitled jjljil jjJlS*.. Beg. JS cw/ ^ SljLoj ^ ^ j| ^ For the division of the work and for other copies, see Rosen, Institut, p. 282, no. 101, art. 4 ; Krafft, no. 68 ; the Berlin Catalogue^ no. 35, art. 1 ; and the Bodleian Catalogue' no. 1340. MSS. AND MIXED CONTENTS. 209 422. Or. 3642.— Foil. 202; 94. in. by 5J ; 19 lines, 2-iy in. long ; written in Nestalik and in Skikastak-amiz, partly in diagonal lines, with gold-ruled margins ; dated from Muharram A.H. 1073 to 17 Zulhijjah, A.H. 1088 (A.D. 1662—78). [Sidney Churchill. J I. Foil. 166— 64a. ^ y> Siraj MunTr, a collection of moral tales by Muhammad Skarif B. Sharns ud-Din Muh. See no. 419, n. II. Foil. 646— 706. Ji* 3 y~=- A mystic allegory in prose, the kero of wkick is Ruh, tke kuman soul ; by Fuzuli. Beg. tyjj si tl*->^-> \j j-.=» III. Foil. 71a — 846. Tke tkree prose com- positions of Zuhuri, namely Gulzar i Ibrahim, Khwan i Kkalil and DIbajah i Nauras, im- perfect and witk some leaves transposed. See tke Persian Catalogue, p. 7416, and tke Berlin Catalogue, no. 1056. IV. Foil. 846—956. ^ 3 "Tke Rake and tke Ascete," by Fuzuli. See no. 304. V. Foil. 103a — 113a. A piece in ornate prose written, like art. III., for Sultan Ibrahim 'Adilshah, and designated at tke end as (sic) j>~£ mj-ijU ZK*)J\. Imperfect at tke beginning. VI. Foil. 1216—1436. Tke Divan of Nuri, who died A.H. 1000. See no. 224, v., and tke Petersburg Catalogue, p. 402. Beg. Jy^ »U i^f (jjUo. aU-> The Kasidahs are followed by an alphabeti- cal series of Ghazals, fol. 130a, beginning : UT ti!'ajp» vjjj fi> J\ d\» US I i^Jbjj OaSj SjoJ rtAjS" J>j There are a few Kit'ahs and Ruba'is at the end. VII. Foil. 1446—1786. The Divan of Saidi, who died A.H. 1069. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 6896, and Rosen, Institut, p. 264. Beg. l_>Urfrf ^ SJJi i__>Jya} yji/ Ghazals, fol. 150a, beginning : yiKj dijj jd U- :1 VIII. Foil. 1806— 197a. Tke Divan of Ummldi, who died A.H. 930. See the Persian Catalogue, p. 1091a ; Majma' ul- Fusaha, vol. ii., p. 7 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 1017. Beg. e-o^ j-3 LlJwUa ^tj The Divan consists only of Kasidahs. It is preceded by a preface, in which the editor, Mas'ud ul-Hasani, states that he had collected the scattered poems of Rukn ud-Din Mas'ud Ummldi by desire of Shah San. The preface begins *Jj»U> ^7 jl W L> tf bj ^ ^.U-. IX. Folk 1976—199. A Tarkib-band in praise of Husain, without author's name, beginning : It is followed by a Kasidah in praise of the twelve Imams by Birahman. Besides the above works, tke MS. contains 270 LATEST ACCESSIONS. at the beginning some pieces from the Divan of Shams i Tabrizi, and in other places mis- cellaneous notes and extracts in prose and verse. LATEST ACCESSIONS. 423. Or. 4898.— Foil. 302; 10£ in. by 6J; 19 lines, 3| in. long ; written in small Nestalik, with red-ruled margins, apparently in the 16th century. [Sir Henry Rawlinson.] A work on universal history, imperfect at beginning and end, without author's name. The extant portion of the preface begins in the middle of a passage relating to early chronology and to the uncertainty of Muham- mad's genealogy, as follows : Jj\j ^j.** ^.iS } sli ishs> 3 jjl jtai. Lower down the author states in the following verses that he entered upon the composition of the work in Rajab, A.H. 831 : Ijil He must, however, have spent many years over it, for his account of Shahrukh is brought down, fol. 2296, to that prince's death, A.H. 850. The preface contains, fol. 16, a tabulated list of forty-nine authori- ties. The last is the Majma' ut-tavarikh, which is ascribed to Maulana Shihab ud-Din 'Abdullah (sic), known as Hafiz i Abru, and is said to be a summary of all the earlier chronicles. The above title is found in the following passage, fol. 55 : <—>Vy>i- gjb> j uJ^l cDjU JUil .jl^ j After some preliminary chapters on the creation of Adam, on his expulsion from Paradise, and on the conflicting accounts of the time elapsed between Adam and Muham- mad, the author states that the work is divided into three Kisms and a Makhlas or conclusion. The Kisms are subdivided into a number of Tabakahs, the subjects of which are given, somewhat at variance, in respect of Kism III., with the actual contents of the MS., which are as follows : Kism I., treating very fully of the ancient dynasties of Persia in four Tabakahs, viz., 1. Pishdadis, fol. 8a. 2. Kayan, fol. 236. 3. Ashkanis, fol. 476. Sasanis, fol. 486. Ivism II., comprising the five following Tabakahs : 1. Ancestors of Muhammad, traced down from Seth, and life of the Prophet, fol. 71a. The Khulafa i Rashidln, or first three Khalifs, fol. 816. The twelve Imams, fol. 956. The Umayyade Khalifs, fol. 107a. The Abbasides, fol. 113a, Kism III., comprising, 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. 1516. 6. Saljukis of Iran, fol. 1016, of Kirman, fol. 1836, and of Rum, fol. 1846. 7. Atabeks of Shiraz, fol. 186a. 8. Ghuris, fol. 1936; Ghuris of Bamiyan, fol. 1936; Khiljis of India, fol. 2005. 9. Isma'ilis, fol. 2066, in two Makalahs, viz., Isma'ilis of Maghrib, fol. 207a, and Isma'ilis of Iran, LATEST ACCESSIONS. 271 fol. 225a, 10. Khwarazmstahis, fol. 242a. 11. Karakhita'is of Kirman, fol. 248a. 12. 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 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, from his boyhood to his death, A.H. 850. This is followed, fol. 2996, by a narrative of the embassy sent by Shahrukh to China, A.H. 822. This section, which occupies the last seven pages o£ the MS., is imperfect at the end. It is an extract from the diary of the mission drawn up by Kkwajah Ghiyag ud-Dln Nakkash, and quoted at greater length in the Matla' us-Sa'dain. See Or. 1291, foil. 134—145, and Quatremere, No- 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 Muhammad B. Amir Fazl-uilah al-Musavi and entitled pJ^W jo\. See Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 32. 424. Or. 4899.— Foil. 435 ; llf in. by 6f ; 35 lines, 3-f in. long; written in small and close Neskhi, probably in the 18th century ; slightly muti- lated at the beginning. [Sib Henbt Rawlinson.] J> & The second volume of the great chronicle compiled for Akbar and entitled Ta'rikh i Alfi (see the Persian Catalogue, p. 117), com- prising the Rihlat years 501 — 791 (A.H. 511—801). The volume begins with this heading : ^U- jti~ CJe-j )\ fSo , J-aib J\-» jl i£p (3^ The narrative begins as follows : Jj>j\ ^ The corresponding passage is found in Or. 142, fol. 3106. The MS. breaks off before the end of A.H. 801 in the course of an account of the clan- destine escape of Sultan Ahmad from Bagh- dad, and of his taking refuge with Kara Tusuf in Diyarbekr (see Or. 465, fol. 2966). For other copies of the Ta'rikh i Alfi, see Behatsek, Molla Firuz Library, pp. 94, 95 ; Pertsch, Berlin Catalogue, no. 417 ; and Ethe, Bodleian Catalogue, no. 99. 425. Or. 4948.— Foil. 248 ; 10$ in. by 7 ; 31 lines, 4| in. long ; written in small Neskhi ; dated Thursday, the 1st of Muharram, A.H. 893 (A.D. 1487). An Arabic dictionary explained in Persian, by Abu'1-Fazl Hubaish B. Ibrahim B. Mu- hammad at-Tiflisi. Beg. f>.±> C^-SUS" J » u-V" y\ i_-o.il g_> _)}*>■ • • ■ _} J W yj ji-jJ «s-U t_rO» Lfjut r J *j J rf 272 LATEST ACCESSIONS. ^JkS jb (_^*« cibU*- Jjj ^jj*** ^*?" The author says in the preface that, having found no book in which the vocables of Arabic were fully and lucidly explained in Persian, he proceeded to compile one from the following sources: ij-ai-U ^>.f- C W° yljiJ jLiU Duo^ l_>li^ y*s? IslflM L_(\*^ l_>2^ l_>U^, iuJJI £J»^° i-H^j CjUUI J£~-o t -r J ^_} *U5) i_->U^ i-t^y s^s- e>]^ <— < '^j pA-j i_AjSj Ji-\jJ\ i-J^iSj >-r>^j JUWIj U>5)1 itjjjl l_>U$j k-\j)l ^jU^ iujuS Jii* Mjimi3)1 4->^j Ji^S* i jVa^j ^j^HJI (yUo^j a£i ^ISS^ Cyij=- oUUu l—AiS'j j^-ii l -T J ^ ,_joU>}l\ j jiUI *-r>\2>j siLJ\ >-r>^j Uy*^ (_>=i)-=- l-r>^j ^.ji> <-r^&j S-^ki' i^Juit i_->US"j s—l,U j-j-t) v '^(j UJ^ £f»« He adds that he had collected and arranged in alphabetical order the select matter of the above works, and had called his book Kaniin ul-Adab, as being a classical norm and standard for Persian readers, especially for poets on account of the rhyme, and for men of letters with regard to difficult words : fif >—>^ (^ijS J— '■> <— >jj»- i JOjJJ cJ* ^Xi^ y£ if Y,}- ^s\q> LjjJill yyls ^jU^" ^jixlj j »«oli- 0«1 uUjJJ w yli' j J*,! Ij Jil t_JSl Many of the works included in the above 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). As far as they can be identified in the 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. This would make it probable that the author, whose precise date is not known, lived in the latter pai't of the sixth century of the Hijrah. The archaic character of his Persian style points to the same period. In his dictionary of simple medicaments, entitled Nazm us- Suluk (Haj. Khal., ii., p. 392, and Uri, p. 129, no. 535), a copy of which has recently been acquired by the Museum, Hubaish quotes no more recent authority than Ibn Jazlah, who died A.H. 493. It must be noted, however, that he is not noticed by Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah, who wrote his Lives of Physicians about A.H. 650. See Wiisten- feld, Arabische Aertzte, no. 73. The preface is followed by a preliminary chapter, in which the author shows by numerous examples the multiplicity of mean- ings of some Arabic words and the various forms they assume in prose and verse. He then proceeds, fol. 6S, to expound the plan of the dictionary, which is peculiar and rather complicated. The words are arranged under the final letters, each of these forming a Kitab. Each Kitab is divided into nine sections called LATEST ACCESSIONS. 273 gy, according as the vowel preceding the last letter is a, u, i, a, n, i, or a, u, i fol- lowed by a quiescent consonant. Each of these sections is again subdivided into sub- sections containing respectively words of two, three, four, five and six letters. At the end of the dictionary are found the following two chapters (instead of three announced in the preface) : Fasl I., exhibit- ing the various forms of broken plurals with the corresponding singulars, fol. 21 Ob. Fasl II., containing a full list of the forms of Masdar or infinitive, fol. 220a. An appendix occupying foil. 222 — 248, with the heading Jl«il c_b^l> i—jII^, is a full treatise on the conjugation of Arabic verbs, both regular and irregular, with paradigms. It is not due to Hubaish, but to one of his disciples, who says that his late master had not fully expounded that subject in his work entitled Tasrif i Kalam : ^ s& ^js- ^JOl^i (J--ai jt> ^Le U arsis' aj Copyist : ^ J-.*" 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 114. 101. 55. 374. 420 ii. 97. 81-2. 264 v. 360. 151. 150. 147-8. 197 i. 235 in., 236 v. 225—9, 232. 423. 56. 161. 235 i., 236 n. 120. cr^' 1 369. 381. 280 ii., 281, 420 n. 280 in., 281. 364 ii. 420 in., 421 in. 20. 13. 196 ix. 48. 90. 378. 195 ii., 196 Tin. " b Ay? 171. 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., 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. 295 iv. ; 297. 387. ajjtli SajiSs*. 157. 193. 258 ii., 259. 153. 187. 336. 307 i. 396. 25-6. 289-90. 391-2. 396. J 1 ^ J wis 4 * 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. J* 3 3T*~ 348 ii. ^J>\ iwli 419. six. 258 in. 105. 422 in. u^y 116. 261 ii. 34-5. ^ tie- 318 i. 376. Ol 1 T (ill I. * "It \ y> — OOD. 239 i. 255. i . ■ * i. 239 n. OOK Q <4<4D — y. ii.-, f ,l ,_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. »- — 374. O/I O /I W^' 224 iv. t3yi- - 102 iv. 358. 307 i. liil 220 iv. 264 iv. (jl^tj J-ai 5 J 262. j»y- — ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF TITLES. 279 332. 260. 212 it., 234 n. 309 n., 310. <& — 239 iv. 282. 350. jjiii — 320, 419 v. ijj J> t> — 285 it 204 ii., 205, 212 m. 335. 366. — 300. 327. ~~ 220 in., 265. 355. ts ~ 214, 215 m. 203-4. J-J — 345. 213 in. 220 n. — , _j 257 in. 321. J3$& — 258 iv. jUs — 361. c 324. (jily — ■ 284-5. ^u. — 367. JT« — 239 in. t ; JJU ^,6S\ ^JSjZ, — 323. 243-4. 238. 277 ii. 204 in., 207-8, 245 n. - 353 i. L_)\^i — 357. 326. \&x~> — 275-6. 356. i^r tr** 1 — 271 ii. 328-9. 212 ii. cf-» — 422 vn. — 331. 339. 354. _ 342. 211 vi., 215 vn., 216. 222—4. LiV 5 ^ — 277 i. tijw 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 •*/ --J 36. 211 ii., iv., vii. 395. 280 in., 281. 376. 159. 156. 167. 39, 71. 264 vi. 118-9. J Oil 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. '-y •■ 146. 88. r ■ 201 iv. x U , * 303. > • 85, 86. ,#3 Ip ^6 »^ 23. 9. ,\\ j> K \ UU! 422 in. r 241. 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. JJ ^J- —" - 382-3. D -JJ 264. 17. J 104. 89. 310 7. j^l j,** 235 iv., 236 iv. 398. 255. ■*' > — 33. _o ,1,21 74. w 1 — 423. . jl .3 ,1.21 r.-^* 190. ,3^ fOl*. J 125. 257. ^ ^ J r • ™ »» n 122. (~. . 376. 390. 419 xni. JUU _U* 255. 190. > -> ** sUy'i] i - >1 , JA 163. 1 oo izi, 8. 317 376. 221 n. 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, j zh, (_>o s, i^jo z, is t, ]i> z, e i gh, Jj k, j v, medial hamzah Ibn 'Abbad (385) 88. •Abbas I., 402, 417 n. 'Abbas II., 402. 'Abbas Mirza, Vali-'ahd, 121, 170, 403 2. 'Abdullah Ansari (481) 16 11., 108. 'Abdullah Khan Uzbek, 411, 417 11. 'Abdullah Mirza, 121. 'Abdullah B. Muh. Aka, t. Raunak. Hadikat Amdnulldhi (1265) 129. Abdullah B. Muh. Ali, Lisan ul-Hakk, t. Mahram. Farhang i Khuddparasti (1277). 'Abdullah B. Ni'mat-ullah Shushtari (1173). Taz- hirah i Shushtariyyah, 98. 'Abd ul-'Ali Birjindi. Shark Bist Bab, 155 v. 'Abd ul-Basit, Shaikh, 169. 'Abd ul-Hasib, v. Muh. B. Sayyid Ahmad al- 'Amili, 10. 'Abd ul-Hayy, Khwajah, 353 11. 'Abd ul-Hayy Tafrishi, t. Sarkhwush (1131) 400. 'Abd ul-Jalll B. 'Abd ur-Rahman Masihi (c. 1050) 162 11. 'Abd ul-Kadir (Muhyi ud-Din) 403 14. 'Abd ul-Kadir Khan. Hishmat i Kashmir (1245) 86. 'Abd ul-Karim Kazvlni. Jung (1126) 400. 'Abd ul-Latif Shushtari (1220). Tuhfat ul-'Alam, 84 11. 'Abd ur-Rahim Kashiini. Mir'dt ul-Kdsdn (1288) 99. 'Abd ur-Rahim Khan (1036) 75. 'Abd ur-RahTm al-Musavi, t. Munsif. Badi' ul- Afkdr (1239) 378. 'Abd ur-Rahman B. Muh. an-Naishabiiri, 87. 'Abd ur-Rashid, calligrapher, 408. 'Abd ur-Razziik Lahiji, t. Fayyaz (c. 1060). Gauhar i Murdd, 9. Divan, 324. 'Abd ur-Razzak B. Najaf Kuli (1243). Basirat Namah, 63. Ma'dmr i Sultdniyyah, 68-9. Nigdristdn i Bard, 123. Tajribat ul-Ahrdr, 132. 'Abd ul-Vahhab B. 'Ali Ashraf Shlrazi. Nukhbat ul-akhbdr (1257) 41. 'Abd ul-Vahhab Isfahaai, t. Nashat (1244) 188 n. Divan, 362-3.— 118, 119, 120, 122-4, 132. 'Abd ul-Vasi' Jabali (555). Divan, 217.— 105 l, 107, 115. 'Abdi, formerly Nuvidi (988). B&stdn i Khaydl, Khazd'in ul-Malahut, 307. 286 INDEX OP PERSONS' NAMES. Abshfir Marghazi, 107. Abu '1-Ala Ganjavi, 115. Abu 'AH Kalandar, 111. Abu '1 Baka MQsavi, 411. Abu Bakr B. Sa'd, 190. Abu Dulaf, 201 i. Abu '1-Faraj Runi (o. 500). Divan, 211 i. — 105, 107, 115, 190, 378. Abu '1-Faraj Sistani, 107, 108 i. Abu '1-Fath Busti, 100, 107. Abu '1-Fath B. Sultan Husain (907) 268. Abu '1-Fazl Allami, 169 n., iv. Abu '1-Fazl Gulpaigiini, 15. Abu Hanifah, 107. Abu '1-Hasan Balkhi, 106, 107. Abu '1-Hasan Farahaui, 219, 419 x. Abu '1-Hasan GhaffSri. Gidshan i Murdd, 66. Abu '1-Hasan Jafani, 107. Abu '1-Hasan B. Muh. Kazim Jajarmi. Akhldk ul-Auliyd (1239) 360. Abu '1-Kasim Beg Aivaghli. Majma' ul-Inshd, 398. Abu '1-Kasini Kazaruni, 108. Abu '1-Muayyad, 107, 200. Abu '1-Muhakkik, 107. Abu '1-Muza£far Tabir, 107. Abu Nasr Ahmad al-Kubavi. Ta'rilch i Bukhara, (522) 87. Abu Raja, 107. Abu Raja Ahmad B. 'Abd us-samad 'Abidi, 390. Abu Sa'id Abu '1-Khair, 108, 116. Abu Salik, 107. Abu Sarakah, 107. Abu Tahir Tarasusi. Ddrtib Ndmalt, 384-5. Abu Trdib al-Husaini. Tumk i Tvmiri (1047) 51. Abu Talib Khan I'timad ud-Daulah, 417 II. Abu Talib Tabiizi (1221). Khuldsat ul-Afkdr. Lubb us-Siyar, 116. Abu Turab Beg (1026). Divan, 318 i.— 108. Abu Yazld Bastami, 107, 108. Adab, 127. Adib, 127. Adib Sabir (540). Divan, 239 n. — 105, 107, 115. 'Adil, 123, 124. Aflatun, Mulla, 66. Afsar, 111, 120. Afshan, 127. Afzal ud-Din Kirmaui. 'Ikd ul-'Ula (584) 90, 91. Agasi (Mirza) 412. Ahli Shirazi, or Turshizi. Sihri Balal, 419 vn. — 108, 375, 378. Ahli Khurasani, 108. Ahmad or Ahmadi. Shdhanshdh Ndmah (738) 201 ii. Ahmad Ali Hashimi. Makhzan ul-Ghard'ib (1218) 117. Ahmad Ali Mirza, 121, 123. Ahmad Allamah, 85. Ahmad B. Muh. Bahbahani. Mir at ul-Ahvdl (1225) 131. Ahmad Rumi (c. 720). Dakd'ik ul-Hakd'ik, 18. Ahmad Shah, 411. Ahmadi, 111. Ahsan, 111. 'Ajiz, 124. Ajri, 111. Aka Khan (Mirza) 412, 404. Akbar Padishah, 408, 411, 417 n. Akbar, Mirza AH Akbar, 124. Akhgar, 127. Akhtar, 124. Ala ud-Daulah Simnani (736). Al-'Urvah, 19. 'Ala ud-Din Husain Jahiinsuz (556) 390. 'Alamgir, 403, 411. 'AH, 124, 127. 'Ali B. Abu Talib, 124, 419 xix. 'AH 'Adilshah, 411. 'AH B. Ahmad, 195. 'Ali Akbar Shirazi, t. Bismil (c. 1280). Bahr id- La' Hi, 48.— 120, 123, 127, 412. 'AH Asghar Amln us-Sultan, 403 10. 'Ali Asghar B. 'AH Akbar, t. Nayyir. Ziyd un- Nur (c. 1263) 368. 'Ali Asghar B. Yusuf Kazvini (1109) 400. 'Ali Hamadani, Sayyid (786). Aurdd, 20. 'AH B. Husain Kashia (939). Lata' if ut-tavd'if, 100 in. INDEX OP PERSONS' NAMES. 287 'Ali Ibrahim Khan (1208) 405. 'AH Kuli Beg Musavi, 412. 'Ali Kuli Khan t. Valih (1169). Riydz ush-shu'ard, 112.— 343-4. •AH Kuli Mirza, 74, 121, 123, 412. 'AH Kushji (879). Sharif Zij, 156. 'AH Khan, 121. 'Ali B. Mahmud Husaini. Bazm-arai (1000) 106. 'AH Mardan Khan, 411. 'AH (Mir), calligrapber, 408. 'AH B. Muh. 'Amili (1103) 400. 'Ali Murad Khan Zand (1198) 352. 'AHNakiKamara'i (1030). Divan, 320, 419 v.— 108. 'Ali Eashti, 127. 'Ali Biza Mirza, 121. 'AH Shah Mirza, 121. Alishir, Mir, t. Navii'i (906). Majdlis un-Nafais, 104. — 375. Allahkuli, 111. Allahvirdi Mirza, 121, 123. Allahyar Khan, 123. Alvand Beg Ak-kuyunlu (907) 401 II. A'ina, 127. •Am'ak, 105, 107, 115. Amani (c. 1016). Divan, 312. — 111. Aman-ullah Khan, 129. 'Amid Liinaki, 374. 'Amil ud-DIn Muh. Tahir. Divan (1298) 373. Amin Ahmad Razi. Haft Iklim (1002) 138. Amina Mudakkik Yazdi, 376. Amir Beg, v. Mirza Beg, 58. Amir Khan, 111. Andalib, 123, 124, 127. Anisi Shamlu. Mahmud u Aydz, 376. Anjum, 128. Anjuman, 127. •Anka, 127. Anvari (587). Divan, 211 v., 215 v., 218-20.— 105, 107, 115, 190, 374, 378-9, 419 XXI. 'Arifi (853). Hal Namah, 283.— 280 7. Arshad (c. 1084). Divan, 330. Arzu, Siraj ud-Din 'Ali Khan (1169) 232. Asad, 111. Asadi, 105, 106-8, 115, 124. Asadi. Garshdsp Namah (458) 195 i., 196 i., 201 1., 202. Asad-ullah Khan, 124, 412. Asaf, 111. Asaf Khan, 417 II, Asaf ud-Daulah (1212) 81-2, 408. Asan, 128, 375. Asafjah, 411. Asalat Khan, 411. Asar, Shafi'a, 376. 'Ashik (1181). Divan, 340-41.— 132. Ashki (972). Divan, 306. Ashna, 111. Ashraf, of Azarbaijan, 123-4. Ashraf Samarkandi (854) 286 3.— 107, 115. Ashraf Kashani, 107. Ashuftah, 128. Aslr, 111.— 123-4. Asir Akhslkati, 107, 115. A§ir Aumani (665). Divan, 239 i.— 107, 115. Asiri, 132. ABjadi, 106, 108, 115. Aslam, v. Bad!' uz-zaman Abu '1-Kasim, 85. Ata-ullah B. Mahmud (929) 191 m., 192, 421 iv. 'Atiki (744). Divan, 260. Attar, Parid ud-Din (627). Eulliytit, 235-7.— 107, 115, 376. Aufi, Muh. Jdnii' ul-Hikdyat (625) 391-2. Auhad ud-Din Grurganji, 107. Auhad ud-Din Kirmani, 240. Auhad ud-Din Mamarghi, 107. Auhadi (738). Divan, Jam i Jam, Dak Ndmah, 258-9.— Ill, 115. Aumani, Asir ud-Din (665). Divan, 239.— 107, 115. Aziid, 111.— 123-4. Azad, Mir Ghulam 'AH (or rather Muh. Mukim of Kashmir, who died A.H. 1150 j v. Subh i Gulshan, p. 6, and the Persian Catalogue, p. 1092a). Continuation of Hamlahi Haidari, 336. Azari (866) 201 m.— 107. Azhari, 106. 288 INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES. Azhari, 111. 'Aziz, 123. 'Aziz-ullah B. Asad-ullah. Burr i Maknun (1151) 21. 'Aziz-ullah Zahidi. Bauzat ul-'Ashikin (820) 278. Azraki (526,. Divan, 211 in., 213 I., 224 in., 234 in.— 105, 107, 108, 115, 190. 'Azud ud-Daulah Sultan Ahmad. Ta'rikh i 'Azudi (1304) 72. Azur, v. Lutf 'AH Beg. Bab, 'Ali Muh. Shirazi (1266). Baydn i Fdrsi, 12. Babar. Ydki'at i Bdbari, 75. Ibn Babavaih (321 ). Kissah i Bilauhar, 380, 36.— 23. Bad!' Tabrizi, v. Minuchihr. Bad!' ud-Din Abu 'l-Kasim Muh. Aslam. Gauhar i 'Alam (o. 1200), 85, 86. Bad!' Muh. Yazdi. A collection of Masnavis (1170) 376. Badi' uz-Zaman Rashld Khan (1107). Latd'if ul~ AHbdr, 78. Badihi, 107, 390. Baha Iuiaini, 412. Baha ud-Din al-'Amili (1030). Mifldk ul-Faldh, 8. Nan u Halvd, 376. Shir u Shakar, 419 ix. —400, 403 is. Baha ud-Din Marghmani, 107. Baha ud-Dm B. Sahibkii-an, 107. Baha ud-Din Zanjani, 107. Baha-ullah, Husain 'Ali (1309). Letters, 13-14, 403 is. Bahadur Shah, 411. Bahar, Muh. 'Ali, 127-8. Bahjat, 127. Bahman Mirza (c. 1300). Tazkirah i Muhammad- shdhi, 124.— 121, 171, 402 xxvu. Bahram Mirza, 121. Baihaki, Abu '1-Hasan 'Ali. Ta'rikh i Baikal: (563) 89. Baisunghar, Mirza (837) 1 96. Baiza, 123. Bakhtiyari, 200. Baki, 120, 124. Bandah, Muh. Razi (1223). Zmai ut-Tavdrlkh.— 120, 123-4. Barldi Padishah, 411. Barkyaruk, 197 tl. Basir, 127. Bayani, 'Abdullah Marvarid (922) 268. Bazil (1124). Hamlah i Haidari, 336. Bazmi, 118. Bidarbakht, 411. Bidil, 'Abd ul-Kadir (1133) 338. Bidil, Muh. Rahim, 120, 123-4, 127. Bijai Singh, Rajah, 411. Bina'i, 108, 115, 375. Binava, 120, 124. Bishan La'l, t. Nazir. Kaisari Ndmah (1297) 372. Bismil, 'Ali Akbar (c. 1280) 48.— 120, 123, 127, 412. Burhani, 107. Buzurg, Mirza, 120, 122-4. Castries (Marechal de) 407. Chakar, 123, 127. Chand Bibi, 411. Daklki, 190. Dara, 120, 123-4. Dara-shikuh, 411. Darvish, 132. Darvizah Ningarhari. Tazkirat ul-Abrdr (1021) 5. Darya, 127. Da'ud Mustaufi (1133) 400. Da'ud Mutavalli, 376. Da'ud Pasha, 356. Daulat, 119-20, 123-4. Dava'i, 106. Davari, 370. Dm Muhammad (1006) 104. Diyanat Khan, 162. Durri Shushtari (c. 1241) 111. Efendi, 124. Elchi i Nizamshah, v. Khwurshah B. Kubiid, 32. Faiz, v. Muh. Muhsin B. Murtaza. Faizi, 108, 127. Fakhr ud-Din B. Ahmad Riidbari. Kanz ul-Hidd- yah (1253) 161. Fakhr ud-Din Ibrahim (825) 88. INDEX OP PERSONS' NAMES. 289 Fakir nd-Din Mas'fid (Malik) 390. Fakhr ud-Din Razi (606). Jami' ul-'TJlum, 142. Hadd'ik ul-Anvtir, 143. FakhriB Muh. Amiri. Tuhfatul-Habib (c. 930) 375. Fakir 'Abbasi (1199). Vdlih u Saltan, 343. Falaki, 105, 115, 374. Fana, 127. Faraj-ullah Shushtari (c. 1080). Divan, 327. Fardi, 124. Farhad Mirza (1305). Nisdb Ingilisi, 187.— 418 n., 400. Farhang, Abu '1-Kasim, 370. Farid ud-Din Ahval (c. 680). Divan, 213 in.— 115. Faris. Divan (bef. 1087) 271 iv. Farrukh, Muh. Hasan Khan (1237). Divan, 355.— 119, 122-3. Farrukhi (429). Divan, 203-4.— 105 I., 106, 108 I., 115, 190, 390. Fasihi, 108. Fath 'Ali Khan, t. Saba, 66, 118-20, 122, 124, 127, 188 ii., 379. Fath 'Ali Shah, t. Khakan, 118-124, 188 a., 378, 402 xxv. Fath-ullah Khan, 411. Fath-ullah Mirza, 121. Fauki. Farhdd n SUrin, 376, 419 it. Fayyaz, v. 'Abd ur-Razzak Lahiji, 324. Fazl-ullah Kazvlni (c. 740). Works, 257. — 107. Fazl-ullah Shirazi, t. Khayari. Ta'nkh i Zulkar- nain (1251) 71. Divan, 358.— 120, 123, 124, 127, 379. Fazl-ullah B. Shaikh ul-Muluk. Ziya ul-'Arifln (1272) 102. Fida, 127. Fighani (925). Divan, 258 IV.— 108. Fikrat, 120, 123-4. Fili, 127. Firdausi. Shtihnamah, 195-9, 263. Yusufu Zulai- kha, 200.— 106-8, 115, 390. Firibi, 132. Firishtah (o. 1033). Dudiir ul-Atibba, 160. Furugh, 127. Furughi, 403 22. Fuzuli (963). Rind u Zdhid, Divan, 304-5, 422 iv. Laili Majnun, 261 1. Husn u 'Ishk, 422 n. Gha'ib, 127. Ghiilib, 132. Ghamami. Divan (1268) 366. Ghaugha, 127. Ghaza'iri, 108 1., 190. Ghazal, 127. Ghazali, 128. Ghiyas ud-Diu (c. 750) 162 v. Ghiyfid ud-Din Mansur (948). Akhldk i Mansiiri, 150. Ghulam Basit. Ta'rikh Mamdlik i Rind (1196) 83 n. Ghulam Jilaui Bampuri. Jangndmah (c. 1213) 351. Ghulam Muhammad Khan (c. 1213) 351. Gulandam (c. 791) 267, 271. Hadi Sabzavari, Mulla (1295) 403 zi. Hafiz (791). Divan, 267-75.— 115, 374, 417. Hafiz i Abru (834). Zubdat ut-Tavdrikh, 27 423. Hafiz Tanish. Sharafndmah i Shdhi (997) 73. Hafiz ud-Din Ahmad. Inscriptions of Delhi (1232) 415. Haidar Razi. Ta'rikh (1028) 33. Haidar Kuli Mirza, t. Khavar. Divan (1238) 359. Mizdn i Tabd'i' (1242) 379.— 120, 123. Haidar Tuniyani, 162 iv. Hairati (961). Kitdb i Mu'jizdt, 303. Hajat, 132. Hajib, 120, 123-4. Hakim, Muh. Yusuf, 127. Hakim, Mahmud (1268) 370. Hali, 108, 123. Hali, 'Abdullah Karbala'i (1090) 400. Halimi. Lughdt, 164-5. Hamd-ullah Mustaufi. Zafar Ndmah (735) 263. Nuzhut nl-Kulab (740) 136-7. Hamgar, v. Majd ud-Din Hamgar. Hamid Kalandar, 374. Hamid Khan, 411. Hamid ud-Din Balkhi, 107. Hamid ud-Din. Mir'at ul-Muhakkikin, 418 in. Harif, 119, 124. P P 290 INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES. Harun (o. 700). Divan, 254. Hasan Ali Mirza, 121. Hasan, Amir (727) 286 i, 107. Hasan Beg Rumlu. Ahsan ut-tavdrikh (985) 55. Hasan Chelebi, t. Shaida. Durrat ut-tdj (1237) 356. Hasan Ghaznavi (565). Divan, 215 vi.— 105, 107, 115, 190. Hasan B. Lutf-ullah Tihrani. Maikhdnah (1040) 107. Hasan, Mulla, 348 m., 123-4. Hasan Mutakallim, 107. Hasan Yazdi, t. Vahib, 376. Hasrat, 120, 123-4. Hastings (Warren), 405. Hstif, 132, 378-9. Hatifi (927). Ehamsah, 295, 305 n.— 108, 275. Hayat, 128. Hazik Gilani (1068). Divan, 325. Hidayat, v. Riza Kuli Khan. Hidayat-ullah B. Mirza Ahmad (1253) 161. Hijran, 128. Hijri, 132, 378. Hilal, 127. Hilali (935). Sifdt nl-'Ashikin. Shah u Danish, 302.— 108, 375. Himmatyar Khan (1204) 411. Ibn Hindushab, v. Muh. B. Hindushab, 189. Hishmat, 120, 123. Hubaish B. Ibrahim TiflTsi. Kdnun itl-Adab, 425. Huma, v. Muh. Sadik Marvazi, 118. Humam, 374-5. Humayun Isfahani, 378. Humayan Mirza, 121, 123. Humayun Padishah, 411, 417 II. Hurmuz Mirza, 121. Husaiu, 124. Husain, of Sari, 120. Husain 'Akili Rustamdari. Biydz ul-Ahrdr (979) 144. Husain 'Ali Mirza (1251) 45, 120, 121. Husain B. Ghiyas ud-Din. Iliyd ul-Muluk (1028) 97. Khair ul-Baydn (1035) 108-9. Husain Hamadani (1299). Ta'rikh i Jadid, 15. Husain Kashifi (910). Armor i Buhaili, 381. Mavdhib 'Aliyyah, I, Lubb i Lnhdb i Ma'navi, 241-2. Husain Khwiinsari, Aka, 376. Husain B. Muh., Mir. Bisdlah i Mu'amma, 192 v., 194. Husain Shirazi Karbalil'i. Ta'rikh i Ahmad Shah (1305) 74. Ilusaini Sadat, 115. Husam ud-Din Ali B. Mas'ud (Malik) 390. Husam ud-Din Bukhiiri, 107. Husam ud-Din Nakhshabi, 107. Ibrahim Hamadani, 417 II. Ibrahim Khan, 123. Ibrahim Shah Afshar, 402 XVIII. Ibrahim Sultan B. Sliahmalik, 149. Ibrahim Sultan B. Shahl-ukh, 193. Idraki, 108. Ima, Isma'il (1132) 400. 'Imad (Mir) 408. Ibn 'Imad (800). Dah Ntimah, 348 n. 'Imad ud-Daulah, 412. 'Imad ud-Din B. Kasir (774) 43. 'Imadi, 105 i., 115, 190. Imami (686). Divan, 213 n., iv., 245 i.— 107, 115. Imamvirdi Mirza, 120-1, 123-4. 'Inayat Khan Rasikh, 76. 'Iniiyat-ullah B. Muhibb 'Ali. Tatimmah i Ahbar- ndmah, 76. Ira] Mirza, 121. 'Iraki, Fakhr ud-Din, 374. Ibn Isfandiyar. Ta'rikh i Tabaristdn (613) 92. Ishrak, 123. 'Ishrat, 120, 123. Iskandar Munshi. 'Alam-drdi 'Abbdsi, 59. Isma'il Mirza, 121. Isma'il, Shah, 401 in. 'Ismat Bukhari (840). Divan, 282.— 108. Al-Isnawi, 89. Istighna, 111. I'timad us-Saltanah Mirza Muh. Hasan, 72. I'tizad us-Saltanah, v. 'Ali Kuli Mirza, 74. INDEX OF PI 'Izzat, 120, 123. 'Izzat-ullah. Travels (1228) 133. Ja'far Beg, Asaf Khan (1021). Divan, 314 n Klmsrau Shirin, 314 I., 315. Ja'far Ja'fari. Shark ul-Aurdd, 20. Ja'far Khan Zand, 402 xxn. Ja'fari, 107. Jahan, 123. Jahangir. Jahangir Ndmah, 77. — 408, 417 n. Jabanshak Mirza, 121, 123. Jaisingh Savai, 411. Jajarmi, Badr nd-Dm, 107. Ibn Jajarmi, 107. Jalal ud-Din Mirza, Ihtisham ul-Mulk, 99. Jalal nd-Dln Riinii (672). Masnavi, 240-1. Divan, 243-4.— 18, 115. Jalal Munajjim. Ta'rihh i Shah 'Abbas (1020) 57. Jamal ud-Din Ashhari, 107. Jamal ud-Din Husain Inju. Farhang i Jahangm, (1017) 168. Jamal ud-Din Isfahani (588). Divan, 224 it.— 115. Jamal ud-Dm Khwansari (1125). Miftdh ul-Faldh, 8.— 400. Jamal ud-Din Samarkandi, 107. Jamali Mihrijirdi. Bahman Namah (c. 502) 201 m. Jami (898). Divan, 287-8. Haft Aurang, 289-94. Treatise on rhyme, 192 it. Lavd'ih, 419 i. 107, 108, 275, 286. Jani, Haji Mirza (1268) 15. Jansipar Khan, 411. Jauhari Zargar, 107. Javad Karbala'i (o. ]301) 15. Javahir Eakam, 408. Ka'ani (1270). Divan, 367.— 127, 348 it. Kabil, 123-4. Kadiri, 107. Kahi, Kasim, 417 II. Kaika'us B. Iskandar. Kdlnis Namah (475) 145. Kaika'iis Mirza, 121. Kaikhusrau Mirza, 121. Kaikubad Mirza, 121. Kalim, 376, 417 H., 419 x. Kamal Isfahani (635) 107, 115, 374. iSONS' NAMES. 291 Kamiil Khujandi (803). Divan, 275-6.-286, 420 ii. Kamal ud-Din Husain Khwarazmi (833). Nasihat- ndmah i Shdhi, 149. Kamal ud-Din Husain Tablb (c. 990) 159. Kami, 10S, 128. Karim Khan Zand, 412, 402 xx., xxi. Kashif, v. Muh. Sharif, 396. Kasim 'Ali Khan, NaVTab, 409. Kasim ul-AnTar (837). Divan, 280-81. Anis ul- 'Arifin, 280 ii. Risdlat ul-Amdnah, 280 in. — 275. Kasim B. Dust 'AH Bukhari (c. 1000). Kashf ul- Autdr, 162 it. Kasim Junabadi, 106. Kasim 'Ali Khan, Stowe, Or. 18. Kataran (o. 450). Divan, 204 in., 207-8, 245 n.— 105, 107, 115, 374. Katibi (838) 275. Katrah, Mirza 'Abd nl-Vahhab. Divan (1235) 357.— 127. Kaukab, 120, 123-4, 127. Kausar, 123-4. Kayumai'g Mirza, 121. Kazvini (682). 'Ajd'ib ul-Makhliikdt, 135. Khadim, Baba Kasim, 376. Khadim, of Isfahan, 128. Khadim, Sayyid Isma'il of Kum, 127. Khfikan, t. Kath 'Ali Shah. Kbakani. Tuhfat ul-'Irdkain, 221. Divan, 221 n. — 105, 107, 115, 190, 374, 379. Khalid, Shams ud-Din, 107. Khalil KazTini (1089) 400. Khan Ahmad of Gllan, 106. Khandanran (1167) 51. Ibn Khatlb, 107. KhaTar, t. Haidar Kuli Mirza. KhaTar, Mahmud Khan, 120, 123, 127. KhaTari, v. Fazl-ullah ShirSzi, 71. Khavari, Ma'sum, 118, 119. KhaTari, Muh. Bakir, 127. Khurram, 124, 127. Khusrau DihlaTi, Amir (725). Divan, 220 it. 292 INDEX OP PERSONS' NAMES. Khamsah, 255. Kirdn us-Sa'dain, 256. — 107, 275, 376. Kkusrau Khau (1250) 129. Kliusrau Khan Kirrnani, 412. Kkusravi, Muh. Kuli Mirza, 120, 121, 123, 124, 879. Al-Khuwari, 'AH B. *Abi Salih, 89. Khwaju (c. 750). Divan, 262.— 196 II., 374. Khwaud-amlr (941). Ma'dsir ul-Mulik, 29. Khuld- sat nl-Akhbdr, 30. Habib us-Siyar, 31. Khwurshah B. Kubad, Elchi e Nizamshah (972). Ta'rikh, 32. Khwuslihalchand. Ta'rikh i Muhammadshdhi, 37. Kisa'i, 106, 108, 115. Ifivam ud-Dln Nizam ul-Mulk (892) 101. Krusinski. Afghan invasion, 63. Kuchak, Sayyid (o. 1200). Divan, 345. Kudrat, 128. Kudsi (1056). Divan, 323. Kuhi, 'Ali Baba (442). Divan, 271 B. Kummi, Hasan B. Muh. Eitdb Kumm (378) 88. Kunimi, Hasan B. al-Hasan (825) 88. Kuskairi, 'Abd ul-KarTui (465). Bisdlah, 16. Kutb ud-Din Bakhtiyar Kaki (633) 238. Kutubshah, Muh., 146, 237. Lfimi'i (c. 550). Divan, 212 n.— 105, 115. Lisan ul-Hakk, v. Abdullah B. Muh. 'AH, 371. Lisani, 108. Lutf 'Ali Beg, t. Azur (1195). Atashkadah, 114. Madkush, 379. Maftun, 'Abd ur-Razziik, 118, 120, 124. Maghribi (809). Divan, 277 I. Mahd Auliya, 403 7. Mahdi, Mirza. Ta'nkh i Nddiri, 65. Sangldhh, 176. Mahjub, 127. Makjur, 127. Mahmud Khan, Malik ush-Shu'ara, 412. Mahmud B. Khwandarmr, Hist, of Shall Isma'il and Tahmdsp (955-57) 53. Mahmud Mirza. Ta'nkh i Sdhibkirdni (1248) 70. Gulshan i Mahmud (1236) 121. Safinat ul- Mahmild (1240) 122. Bayan ul-Mahmud (1240) 377. Mahmid ul-Lughah, 174.— 120, 123-4. Mahmud B. Muh. al-lji, called Najib, Hist, of Muh. (o. 850) 43. Mahmud Shihabi, 411. Mahram, v. 'Abdullah B. Muh. 'Ali, 371. Mahram, Muh. 'Ali, 127. Mahram, Aka Husain 'Ali, 123. Mahram, 120. Ma'il, 118, 120, 123-4. Maimandi, 107. Majd ud-Dln Hamgar (686). Bubd'is, 211 n., iv., TO. — 115. Majd ud-DlnMuh. Majdi. Zinatul-Majdlis(lOQi)39o. Majnun, 127. Majzub (1093). Divan, 331. Majzub 'Ali Shah, 387. Maktabi (c. 900). Laili u Majnmi, 298-9.— 108. Maktum, 128. Malik Kasim Mirza, 121, 124. Malik Kummi, 108. Malik, Muh. Mahdi, 128. Malik Mansur, 121. Al-Malik al-Mujahid Ali (761) 161. Manakji Limji (c. 1308) 15, 42, 99. Mansur, 120, 123-4. Manzar, 127. Manzur, 120, 123. Marvarid, 'Abdullah, t. Bayani (922) 268. Marzabiln B. Rustam. Marzabdn Ndmah, 382-3. Mashrab, 127. Mashriki, 107-8. Mashriki, Shams. Divan, 277 II. Masih, Enkn ud-Dln Kashi (1066) 108, 376. Masih. uz-Zaman (1061) 162 n. Mas'ud i Sa'd, 105, 107, 108, 115, 190. Matlab, Mirza, 412. Mazhar, 128. Mazlam, 137. Mihri, 376. Mijmar, Sayyid Hasan, 107. Mijmar, Sayyid H usa i n (1225). Kulliydt, 354. — 118-19, 120, 123-4, 379. Mmuchikr, Badi' Tabrizi. Al-Ihyd jil-Mu'amma (c. 800) 420 ii. INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES. 293 105, Minuchihr Khan (1263) 127. Minuchihr Mirza, 121. Minuchihri (432). Divan, 206, 212 v., 2244 107-8, 115, 190, 374. Mir Ahmad Khan, 411. Mir 'Alam. Hadikat ul-'Alam, 84 i. Mir Jumlah, 411. Mirak Nakkask. Divan (1053) 322. Miram Siyah (c. 960). Divan, 353 n, Mirza Beg B. Hasan. Hauzat us-Safaviyyah (1038) 58. Miskin, 127. Mu'ayyad Nasafi, 107. Mubariz Khan, 411. MughTs. Hansavi, 374. Muh. B. 'Abd ul-Fattah Tanakabuni (1124) 400. Muh. 'Abd ur-Rahman B. Rushan Khan, 74. Muh. 'Ali, t. Bahar. Madd'ih Mu'tamadiyzjah (1059- 1063) 127-8. Muh. 'Ali B. Iskandar Shirvani. Hakikat ul- Hakd'ik (1252) 387. Muh. 'All Khan Shirazi (1210) 66. Muh. 'Ali Mirza, t. Daulat, 119-21, 123. Muh. Amin Mirza, 121. Muh. Amin Vakari. Guldastah i Andishah (a. 1090) 899. Muh. B. Amir Fazl-ullah, 423. Muh. A'zam Didahmari, 85. Muh. Bakir B. Ghazi Kazvini (1080) 400. Muh. Bakir Majlisi (1110). Zd'idah Zdd uUMa'dd, 11. Tazkirat ul-A'immah, 44. Hilt/at ul- Muttakm, 153.— 380, 400. Muh. B. Da'ud Shadiyabadi. Miftdh ul-Fuzald (873) 163. Muh. Fazil, t. Ravi (1252). Anjuman i Khdkdn, 120.— 123-4. Muh. Hadi B. Muh. Salih Mazandarani (1088) 400. Muh. Hashim. Zivar i Al iDd'ud (1226) 64. Muh. Hasan B. Ma'sum Kazvini (c. 1250). Mydz ush-Shahddah, 45. Muh. B. Hindushah. Dustur ul-Kdtib, 189. 167. Muh. Husain, Adib, 212 v. Muh. Husain Mirza, t. Hishmat, 123. nyaran Muh. Husain B. Salih Mazandarani (1088) 400. Muh. Husain Tafrishi, 107. Muh. Ibrahim Naslri. Dastur i Shahri (1110) 62. Muh. B. Jalal Rizavi (1028) 162 i. Muh. Juibari, Khwajah, 73. Muh. Karim B. Mahdi Kuli. Farhang i Muham- madshdhi (c. 1250) 171. Muh. Kasim Khan Kajar, 140. Muh. Kasim Khan, t. Shaukat, 120, 123, 127. Muh Kazim Valih, 403 is. Muh. Khan Kajar, 412, 403 ». Muh. Khan (Mirza), 127. Muh. Khan (Sharaf ud-Din Hghli) (955) 53. Muh. B. Kivam Balkhi, 233. Muh. Kuli Kajar. Lubb ul-Lubab (1097) 38. Muh. Kuli Mirza, v. Khusravi. Muh. Latif. Mir'dt ul-Bind, 83. Muh. Mahdi Ka'ini, t. Hayat, 128. Muh. Mahdi Mirza, 121. Muh. B. Mansiir. Javdhir Ndmah, 158. Muh. B. Mas'ud Mas'udi. Jahdn Danish (643) 154. Muh. Ma'sum Kazvini (1091) 400. Muh. B. Muh. Darabi. Latifdh i Ghaibi (1087) 417 i. Muh. Muhsin B. Murtaza, t. Paiz (1091) 400. Muh. Muhsin Mustaufi. Zubdat ut-Tavdrikh (1154) 36. Muh. Muhsin Savi (1080) 400. Muh. B. Murtaza Hadi (1096) 400. Muh. B. Mu'tamad Khan, 76. Muh. Nasir Tabrizi, 403 u. Muh. Razi Tabrizi, t. Bandah (1223). Zinat ut- tavdrikh, 39.— 120, 123-24. Muh. Riza Mirza, t. Afsar, 120-21, 139. Muh. Sa'd, fc. Ghalib. Shark i Shdfiyah, 175. Muh. Sadik Marvazi, t. Huma. Zinat ul-Madd'ih (1223) 118-19.— 71, 120, 214, 127, 403 is. Muh. Sadik Miisavi, t. Kami (1204). Khusrau Shlrln, 346-7. Vdmik u 'Azrd, 348-9. Muh. Salih Kazvini, t. Raughani, 400. Muh. B. Sayyid Ahmad 'Amili, 'Abd ul-Hasib. Takdis ul-Anbiyd, 10. 294 INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES. Muh. Shah of India, 411. Muh. Shah Kajar, 387, 402 xxvn., 403 3,4. Muh. Shah Saljuk, 201 in. Muh. Sharif, t. Kashif. Sirdj ul-Muvwr (1030) 419 n., 422 i. Ehazdn u Bahdr (1060) 396. Muh. Tahir Nasrabadi. Tazlcirah (1083) 110. Muh. Taki Majlisi (1070). Lavdmi', 23. Muh. Taki Mirza, t. Shaukat, 120, 121, 123. Muh. Vali Mirza, 121. Muh. Zaman Khan, 417 II. Muh. B. Zufar. Ta'rikh i Bukhara (574) 87. Muhlt, Ma'sum, 120. Muhyi. Futuh ul-Haramain, 301. — 275. Mu'in Yazdi. Mavdhib i Ildlii, 50. Mu'in Zamji Asfizari. Mauzdt ul-Janndt (897) 94. Mu'in ud-Dln Shahristani, 107. Mu'ini Juvaini. Nigdristdn, 394. Mu'izzi, 105, 107, 108, 115, 190, 374, 379, 390. Mujir Bailakani, 107, 115, 190. Mu'jiz-Kalam, 411. Mukktari (554). Divan, 211 VI., 215 Til., 216.— 105, 107, 115, 190. Mulhimi, 108. Mumtaz Mahall (1040) 413. Munis, 120, 123. Uunshi, 127. Munsif. Bail' ul-Afkdr (1239) 378. Munsif, Muh. Isma'il (1060) 396. Murtaza 'Alam ul-Huda (c. 658). Tabsirat ul- 'Avdm, 7. Murtaza Kuli Khan Shamlu, 400. Murtaza B. Muh. Mu'rnin, 400. Musa H. Ayyub Nasrapiiri. Shir'a.t ul-Isldm, 4. Mushfiki, 108. Mushlr, 120. Mushkin-Kalam, 411. Mushtak, 132. Mu'tamad Khan, 76 II. Muti', 127. Muvali. Divan (850) 285 iu. Muzaffar, t. Shifa'i (963). Ahldtik i Shifd'i, 151. Muzaffar ud-Dln Mirza, Vali-'ahd, 412. Muznib, 124. Nabil, Mirza Muh., 12. Nadim, 'Ali Akbar, 127. Nadim, Muh. of Barfurush (1241). Mufarrih ul- Kulub, 397.-120, 123. Nadir Shah, 402 xvi., xvn. Naghmah, 127. Nahhas Razi, 107. An-Naishaburi al-Hakim (405) 89. Najabat Khan, 411. Najat, Mir (o. 1126). Gul i Kushti, 337, 376. Najib, v. Makmud B. Muh. 43. Najlb Jurpadakani (625). Divan, 234 I. — 10S 1. Najru ud-Dln Dayah (654). Mirsdd ul-Ibdd, 17. Najm ud-Dln Kubra. Si/at ul-dddb, 154. — 108. Nami, v. Muh. Sadik Musavi, 346. Narshakhi (348). Ta'rikh i Bukhara, 87. Nashat, v. 'Abd ul-Vahbab Isfahani, 188 II, Kashati, 119, 120, 123, 127. Naslb, 124, 132. Nasibi, 108. IMasih B. Zafar, 215 iv. Nasir Adib, 107. Nasir 'Ali (1108) 169, 376. Nasir Hauiadani (1030). Divan, 318 II. — 376, 417 a. Nasir Jang, 411. Nasir i Khusrau (481). Divan, 209-10.— 105, 107, 115, 419 xv. Nasir ud-Dln Shah, 412, 402 xxviii.-xxxl, 403 a, o. Nasir ud-DinTiisi (672). Akhldk i Ndsiri, 147-8. BUt Bab, 155 n. Tansik Ndmah, 157.— 107. Nasiri, v. Muh. Ibrahim, 62. Nasr-ullah, 124. lbu Nasuh, 111. Natik, 119, 127. Nau'i. Sb u Guddz, 313, 376, 419 x.— 108, 376. Nauras, Muh. Husain (c. 1100). Divan, 333. Nava, Darvish Husain. Tazldrah (c. 1253) 115. — 124. Nava'i, v. 'Alishir. Nava'i, Muh. Taki, 123. Nayyir, v. 'Ali Asghar, 368. Nazr 'Ali Mirza, 123-4. INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES. 295 Nazir, v. Bishan La'l, 372. Nazlri (1022). Divan, 316.— 108. Ni'mat-ullah Vali (834). Divan, 279. Ni'mat-ullah Yazdi, 159. Niyazi, 132. Nizam Dast i Ghaib (1029). Divan, 319. Nizami 'Aruzi. Chahdr Makdlah (552-6) 390, 418. Nizami Ganjavi (c. 610). Khamsah, 225-9.— 107, 115, 374. Nujiimi Haravi, 56. Nur ud-Din Eazi, 107. Nur nd-Dln Vali, 85. NQri, Nur ud-Din Isfahani (1000) . Divan, 224 v., 422 vi. Nfirjahau Blgam, 411. Nusrat, Sultan Husain, 120, 123. Nusrat ud-Diu Atabak, 257. Nuvidi, v. 'Abdi. Partav, 'Ali Eiza, 127. Parranah, Muh. Sadik, 120, 127. Pindar Eazi, 108 I. Pur Baha, 107. Pur Hasan, 107. Babib ud-Dln Aba '1-Kasim Harun (c. 610) 382. Eafi' ud-Din Ibrahim Shirazi. Tazkirat ul-Muliik (c. 1020) 83 in. EafV ud-Din Lunbani (603). Divan, 239 iv. — 107. Rail' ud-Dln Va'iz (c. 1105). Abvdb ul-Jinan, 152. Divan, 334.— 400. Eafi' i Naishapuri, 107, 111. Eaflk(1212). Divan, 349.— 132. Ragkib Isfahani (c. 500). Zari'ah, 146. Eahlm, 'Ali Beg, 412. Rakim, Sa'd ud-Diu Muh. (o. 1090). Divan, 332. Eakbshan, 128. Ram Mohan Rai (1249). Tuhfat ul-MuvaWidin, 22. Ramzi Isfahani, 106. Rauvar Singh, 411. Rashid Vatvat (578). HacU'ik us-Sihr, 188, 420 i. Divan, 212 IV., 234 If, On metre, 191 II.— 105, 107, 115, 190, 379. Rashid ud-Dln Fazl-ullah (718). Jtimi' ut-tavdrikh, 25-6. Rashidi Samarkandi, 107. Eaunak, v. Abdullah B. Muh. Aka, 129. Raunak, Muh. Hashirn, 127. Ravi, v. Muh. Fazil, 120. RazI Artimani, 376. Razi B. Mirza Muh. Shaft', 118-19. Eazi ud-Dln Ivhashshab, 107. Razi ud-Din Muh. B. Hasan (1096) 400. Eazi ud-Din Naishapuri, 107, 115. Bedhouse. Thesaurus, 177-86. Revari (Rajah of), 134. Rif'at, Fath-ullah, 127. Riyazi Samarkandi (884). Divan, 285 II. — 275. Riza B. Razi Tabrizi, 124. Eiza Kuli of Hamadan, 127. Eiza Kuli Khan, t. Hidayat (1288) . Nizhad Kdmah, 42. Mtijma' ul-Fusahd, 125. Riydz ul-Ariftn, 126. Miftd/i ul-Kunuz, 221 n. Eidauat Ndmah, 364 I. Anis ul- Ashikin, 364 n. Divan, 365.-93, 212 v., 412. Biidagi, 106, 107, 108, 115, 204 m., 390. Eiih-ullah Khan, 411. Ruhi, 107. Eu'i, 106. Eukn ud-Dln Kashi, v. Masih. Eushan, 127. Eushan-kalam, 411. Sa'adat-ullah Khan, 411. Saba, v. Path 'Ali Khan. Sabahi, Sulaiman, 118, 132, 379. Sabur, Ahmad, 118-120, 123-4. Sa'd al-Varaviui. Marzahdn Kdmah (c. 610) 382-3. Sa'd ud-Din Sa'id, 107. Sa'd-ullah Khan, 111. Sa'd ud-Din Shushtari, 107. Sa'di (690). Kulliyydt, 246-8. Gulidin, 249-50. BUslun, 251. Pand Ndmah, 252-3.— 115, 374. Sadr ud-Dln Muh. Kazvlni (1080) 400. Sadr ud-Din Muh. Shirazi (1050) 417 n., 123. Sadr ud-Din Tabrizi. Farhang i 'Abbdsi (1225) 170. 296 INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES. Safa, 'Abd ul-"Vasi', 127- Safa'i, Ahmad Narfiki, 123. Safa'i, Mulla Muh., 127. Safi, Ahmad of Narak, 124, 132. Safi, Shah, 402 VI. Saghar, Muh. of Shiraz, 124. Siighar, Muh. Ibrahim of Isfahan, 127. Sahab, Sayyid Muh., 118-20, 123-1, 379. Sahba, Aka Muh. Taki, 132. Sahib, daughter of Skahbaz Khan, 119. Sahib, Muh. Taki, 120, 123, 127. Sahiri, 108 4. Sa'ib (1088). Divan, 328-9.-376, 419 x., xn. Sa'Id B. As'ad, 212 i. Sa'id B. Muh. al-Kattau. Sirdj ul-Kulub, 3. Saidi (1069). Divan, 422, m. Saif ud-Din Akhsikati, 107. Saif ud-Din Haji. A.sdr nl-Vuzard (883) 101. Saif ud-Dm Isfarangi (666). Divan, 220 II. — 115. Saif-ullah Mirza, 121. Sain (o. 910). 'Ariz, 191 i. Saifi, Yadgar Beg (870) 275 n. Sa'in ud-Din Sliirazi, 107. Saki, Musta'idd Khan (1136) 335. Sakib, 127. Salim, Salim 'Attar Yazdi, 376. Salim, Muh. Kuli, 376. Salman Savaji (779). Divan, 220 m., 265-6. KImurshtd n Jamsliid, 265 v., 266. Firdk Namah, 265 vi., 266.-374, 379. Sam Mirza. Tuhfah i Sttmi, 103. Sana'i, Hakim (c. 545). Divan, 214, 215 nr. HaiUkah, 215 i.— 105, 107, 115, 190. Sana'i Mashhadi (996). Dican, 309 I. Sangln Beg, 415. SanT ul-Mulk, 412, Sarshar Najaf Kuli Khan, 123-4. Sarv i Azad, 196 v. Sayyid Kuohak (c. 1200). Divan, 345. Sha'af, 'Abdullah Kummi, 376. Shiih (Mulla) (1072) 130. Shah 'Alam, 411. Shah 'AH B. 'Abd ul-'Ali. MajdUs un-Na/d'is, 104. Shah Malik, Amir (829) 149. Shah Shuja' Muzaffari, 146. Shah Shuja', of Afghanistan (1258). Dican, 361. Shahid Tihrani, 376. Shahldi, 108. Shahin, 127. Shahjahan, 411, 413. Shahkuli Mirza, 121. Shahpur Mirza, 121. Shahrazuri. Ta'rzkh ul-Hukamd (c. 600) 100 I. Shahrukh, 402 xix. Shaida (c. 1080). Divan, S26. Shaida, v. Hasan Chelebi, 356. Sha'ik, 124, 128. Shaikh 'AH Mirza, 121, 123-4. Shams i Fakhri, 167. Shams i Kais. Al-Ma'ajjam (a. 630) 190. Shams i Mashriki. Divan, 277 II. Shams i Tabriz. Dican, 243-4. Shams ud-Din Muh. Kashmiri, 167. Shapur (c. 1030). Divan, 321.— 108. Shapur, Shaikh 'AH Mirza, 120, 123-4. SharafRami (795). Aim uU'Ushshdk, 420 HI., 421 in. Hadlkat id-Hakd'ik, 421 v. Sharaf ud-Din Khan Bitliisi. Sharaf Ndmah (1005) 95-6. Sharaf ud-Din Fazl-ullah Kazvini (c. 740). Works, 257.— 107. Sharaf ud-Din Shufurvah (c. 600). Divan, 239 nr.— 107, 118, 190. Sharaf ud-Din Yazdi (858) . Ilulal i Mutarraz, 193. Sharaf Shah, 107. Sharar, Husaia 'AH Beg, 118. Sharif Tabrizi, 108. Sharif Isfahani, 108. Shaukat, Muh. Taki Mirza, 120, 123-4. Shaukat, Muh. Kasim, 120, 123, Shauki (o. 800) 286 7. Shifa, 123. Shifa'i, v. Muzaffar, 151. Shihab, 'Abdullah Turshizi (1215). Khusrau Siimn, 352 i. Hist, of 'Ali Murdd Khdn, 352 n. Divan, 353. INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES. 297 Shihab, Nasr-ullak, 127. Shihnah, 120, 123-4. Shuja', son of Skfihjahan, 411. Shuja', Shah (1258). Divan, 361. Shukr-ullah B. Shihab ud-Din. Bahjat ut-tavdrlkh (861) 28. Slma, 127. Sipihr, 123, 377. Siraf, Husam ud-Din, 392. Siraj ud-Din Sijistani, 107. Sudi. Shark Divan Hdfiz, 274. Sufi Mazandarani, 107. Suhaili (907) 275. Sulaiman Khan, 123. Sulaiman Mirza, 121. Sulaiman Safavi, Shah, 402 is. Sultan Ahmad Mirza, 121. Sultan Ahmad, Sardar, 403 12. Sultan Hamzah Mirza, 121. Sultan Husain Baikara. Divan, 300. — 417 11. Sultan Husain Safavi, 402 xn.-xiv., 403 1. Sultan Ibrahim Mirza, 121. Sultan Muhammad Mirza, 121. Sultan Mustafa Mirza, 121. Sultan Sallm Mirza, 121. Sultani, 120. Surur, 123. Suriiri. Shark i Hdfiz, 273. Suriiri, Sikandar. Divan (1114) 335. Suzani, 105 1., 108, 115. Tabib, 'Abd ul-Baki (1168). Divan, 339. Tabib, Muh. of Burujird, 124, 132. Tahir, Hasan Khan, 120. Tahir, of Hamadan, 127. Tahir Nasrabadi. Tazhirah (1083) 110.— 376. Tahir Vahid. Hist, of Abbas II., 60, 61.— 34. Tahmasp I., Shah, 402 I.-HL Tahmasp II., Shah, 402 xv. Tahmasp B. Daulatshah (1279) 400. Tahmasp Mirza, 123. Tahmuras Mirza, 121. Ta'ir, 123-4. Tajalli, 376. Taki, 124. Taki ud-Din Kashani. Khuldsat ul-Ash'dr (996) 105. Talib Amuli, 108, 376. Tali'i (858) 286 «. Tarab, 120, 123. Taraj, 127. Ta'sir, Muh. Muhsin (1091) 400. Taslim. Kazd n Kadar, 419 xvn. TauhTd, Muh. Isma'il, 370. Tavakkul Beg Kulali. Nushhah i Akvdl i Shahi (1077) 130. Tazarv, 128. Timur, Amir. Tuzuh i Himuri, 51. — 411. Tipu Sultan, 406. Tishnah, 127. Tuba, 128. Tufan (1190). Divan, 342.— 132. Tnghra, Mulla, 323, 376, 419 xvin. Tughrul, 120, 123-4. Tusi (869) 286 1. Tuti, 123-4. 'Ubaid Zakani (772). Eulliyydt, 264.-374. Ulfat, 111. Ulfati, 111. Ulugh Beg (853). Zlj, 156. Ibn Umailah al-Maraghi (778) 43. 'Umar Khayyam (517) 390. 'Umdat ul-Mulk, 411. Ummid, 123, 127. Ummidi (930). Divan, 422 vni. 'Unsuri (431). Divan, 204 p., 205, 212 111.— 105, 106, 108, 115, 190, 390. 'Urn (999). Divan, 310. Farhdd u Shirin, 310 8, 311 11.— 108, 309 11., 311, 419 xn., xit., 376. 'Uzri, 132. Vafa (1200). Divan, 344.— 123, 127. Vafa'i, 120, 123. Vafa'i, Husain. Itisdlah, 167. Vahib, Hasan Yazdi, 376. Vahid, v. Tahir Vahid. Vahshi (991). Farhdd u Shirin, 303, 376, 418 11., 419 in.— 376, 419 vi. E B 298 INDEX OF PERSONS' NAMES. Va'iss, v. Rafi' ud-DIn Va'iz, 152. Yakar, Ahmad. Bahrdm u Bihruz (c. 1274) 869. — 370. Vakari,v. Muh. Amln, 399. Vala, 123-4. Valih, 124. Valih, v. 'AH Kuli Khan, 112. Vassaf. Ta'rilch ul-Vassdf, 49. Visal Shirazi (1263). Farhdd u Shh-in., 308, 418 II— 107, 127, 403 20. Yaghma, 123, 403 io. Yahya Lahiji, 108. Yahya, Mir, 376. Yahya Mirza, 121. Ya'kub Beg Ak-kuyunlu (896) 401. Ibn Yamln (745) 261 n., 107. YamTn ud-Din Tughra'i, 378. Yamini, 124. Yusuf Amiri, 378. Yiisuf Beg Istajlu, 378. Yusnf Khan, 411. Zabihi, 127, 376. Zafar Khan, 419 x. Zafir, Shams ud-Din Hasan, 146. Zahir ud-Daulah Ibrahim Khan, 123-4. Zahir ud-Dm Mar'ashi. Ta'rihh i Tabaristdn (881) 93. Zahir Fariyabi (598). Divan, 222-24.— 107, 115, 190, 374, 379. Zain ul- ( Abidin B. Sayyid Razi. Fath ul-Mujdhi- din, 406. Zain ul-'Abidin Shirvani. Miydz ua-Siydhat (1242). Bustdnus-Siyahat (1248) 140-41.— 387, 403 W. Zain ud-Din Sijzi, 107. Zaini 'Alavi, 107. Zamiri, 108. Zakariyya Mirza, 121. Zargar, 127. Zari', 128. Zarif, 120. Zarrah, 124. Zarrin Rakam, Hidiiyat-ullah, 408, 411. Zauki, 127. Ziya, 123, 127, 376. Zuhuri (1025) 422 m., 419 x., 108, 376. Zulali (o. 1025). Mahmud u lyds, 317.— 376. Zulfakar Shirvani, 115. ( 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. Mavahib i 'Aliyyah (899) 1. Anonymous Tafsir (before 1085) 2. Siraj ul-Kuliib, 3. Shir'at ul-Islam (573) 4. Tazkirat ul-Abrar (1021) 5. Hidayat us-Su'ada, 6. Tuhfat ul-Muvahhidin by Ram Mohan Eai (1249) 22. Shi'ah Works. Tabsirat ul-'Avam (c. 653) 7. Miftah ul-Falah (1030) 8. Gauhar i Murad (c. 1060) 9. Takdis ul-Anbiya (before 1073) 10. Za'idah i Zad ul-Ma'ad (1110) 11. Babi Boohs. Bayan i Farsi (before 1266) 12. Ikan. Letters of Baha (c. 1280) 13, 403 is. Baha's letter to the Shah (1285) 14. Ta'rikh i Jadid (before 1298) 15. Sufism and Asceticism. Eisalat ul-Kushairi (465) 16. Anecdotes of saints (c. 500) 393. Mirsad ul-lbad (654) 17. Daka'ik ul-Haka'ik (720) 18. Al-'Urvah li-ahli '1-khalwah (736) 19. Sharh i Aurad i Sayyid *Ali Hamadani (786) 20. Khaza'in ul-Malakfit by 'Abdi (968) 307 n. Abvab ul-Jinan by EafI' Va'iz (1105) 152. Hilyat ul-Muttakin by Muh. Bakir (1110) 153. Durr i Maknuu (1151) 21. Mir'at ul-Muhakkikm by Hamld ud-Din, 418 III. Law. Lavami'i Sahibkirani (1065) 23. Hinduism. Asvamedka Parva of Mahabharata, 24. History. General History. J5mi' ut-Tavarikh by Rashid ud-Dla (704) 25-6. Zafar Namah by Hamdullah Mustaufi (735) 263. Zubdat ut-Tavarikh by Hafiz i Abru (830) 27. Ta'rikh i Khairat (850) 423. Bahjat ut-Tavarikh by Shukr-ullah (855) 28. Ma'asir ul-MulQk by Khwandamir (c. 900) 29. Khulasat ul-Akhbar by the same (905) 30. Habib us-Siyar by the same (930) 31. Ta'rikh i BIchi i Nizamshah (972) 32. Ta'rikh i Alfi (997) 424. 300 CLASSED INDEX OF WORKS. Majma' ut-Tavarikh by Haidar Razi (1028) 33. Klmld i Barin (1071) 34-5. Lubb ul-Lubab by Muh. Kuli Kajar (1097) 38. Zubdat ut-Tavarikh by Muh. Muhsin (1154) 36. Ta'rikh Muhamrnadshahi by Khuskhalchand (1154) 37. Zinat ut-Tavarikh by Muh. Razi (1220) 39. Khulasat i Ta'rikh, anonymous (1250) 40. Nukhbat ul-Akhbar by 'Abd ul-Vahhab (1257) 41. Nizhad Namah i Padishahau by Riza Kuli Khan (c. 1280) 42. Muhammad, Khalifa and Imams. Hist, of Muh. and the Khalifa by Najib (c. 850) 43. Kitab i Mu'jizat by Hairati (961) 303. Tazkirat ul-A'immah by Muh. Bakir Majlisi (d. 1110) 44. Hamlah i Haidariby Bazil (1124) 336. Riyaz ush-Shahadah by Muh. Hasan Kazvini (1227) 45-7. Bahr nl-La'ali by 'Ali Akbar Shirazi (1257) 48. Farhang i Khudaparasti (1277) 371. Special Dynasties. Moghols. Ta'rikh ul-Vassaf (712) 49. Shahanshah Namah (738) 201 n. Hist, of TJlja'itu and Abu Sa'id (c. 820) 26 n. Muzaffaris. Mavahib i Ilahi by Mu'in Yazdi (767) 50. Timur. Tuziik i Timuri (1047) 51. Safavis. Hist, of Shah Isma'il (c. 940) 52. Hist, of Isma'il and Tahmasp by-Amir Mahmud (957) 53-4. Ahsan ut-Tavarikh by Hasan Beg (985) 55. Afzal ut-Tavarikh (o. 1020) 56. Ta'rikh i Jalal Munajjim (1020) 57. Rauzat us-Safaviyyah (1028-35) 58. 'Alam-arai Abbasi (1038) 59. Khuld i Barin (1071) 34-5. Ta'rikh i Tahir Vahid (1074) 60-61. Dastur i Shahriyaran (1110) 62. Afghan invasion by Krusinski (o. 1140) 65. Zivar i Al i Da'ud (1226) 65. Nadir Shah. Ta'rikh i Jahangushai Nadiri (1161) 65. Zands. Gulshan i Murad (1198-1210) 66. Hist, of Ali Murad Khan (c. 1198) 352 n. Kajars. Ta'rikh i Muhammadi (1211) 67. Mufarrih ul-Kulub ; by Nadim (c. 1220) 397. Ma'asir i Sultaniyyah (1229) 68-9. Ta'rikh i Sahibkirani (1248) 70. Ta'rikh i Zulkarnain (1262) 71. Memoirs of Fath 'AH Shah's Court by Azud u Daulah (1304) 72. Uzbeks. Sharaf Kamah i Shahi (997) 73. Afghans. Ta'rikh i Ahmad Shah (1257) 74. India. Vaki'at i Babari (936) 75. Tatimmah i Akbar Namah, 76 I. Jabangir Namah (1033) 77. Early history of Shahjahan (1037) 76 II. Lata'if ul-Akhbar (1063) 78. Fragments relating to Jahandar Shah (1124) 79. Hist, of Muhammad Shah (1144) 80. Akhbar (1210) 81-2. Deccan. Tazkirat ul-Muluk (c. 1020) 83 mi Hadikat ul-Alam (o. 1218) 84. CLASSED INDEX OE WORKS. 301 Kaslimvr. Gauhar i 'Alam (c. 1200) 85. Hishmat i Kashmir (1245) 86. Local Histories. Ta'rikh i Bukhara (348) 87. Kitab i Kum (378) 88. Ta'rikh i Baihak (563) 89. Conquest of Kirman by Malik Dinar (584) 90-91. Ta'rikh i Tabaristan by Ibn Isfandiyar (750) 92. Ta'rikh i Tabaristan by Zahlr ud-Din (881) 93. Rauziit ul-Jannat, a hist, of Herat (897) 94. Sharaf Namab, a hist, of the Kurds (1005) 95-6. Ihya ul-Muluk, a hist, of Slstan (1028) 97. Tazkirah i Shushtariyyah (1169) 98. Tuhfat ul-'Alam, a hist, of Shushtar (1216) 84 n. Mir'at ul-Kasan (1288) 99. BlOGEAPHT. Ta'rikh i Hukama by Shahrazuri (c. 600) 100 I. Asar ul-Vuzara (883) 101. Haft Ikllm by Amln Rfizi (1002) 138. Ziya ul-'Arifin by Fazl-ullah (1272) 102. Tazkirahs. Majalis un-Nafa'is (896) 104. Tuhfak i Sami (987) 103. Khulasat ui-AsVar (996) 105. Bazm-arai by Sayyid 'Ali (1000) 106. Khair ul-Bayan by Mir Husain (1019-36) 108-9. Maikhanah by Hasan Tihrani (1040) 107. Tazkirah i Tahir Nasrabadi (1083) 110. Saflnah i Khushgu (1137-47) 111. Riyaz ush-Shu'ara by Valih (1161) 112-13. Atashkadah by Azur (1193) 114. Khulasat nl-Afkar by Abu Talib (1207) 116. Makhzan ul-Ghara'ib by Ahmad 'Ali (1218) 117. Zinat ul-Mada'ih by Huma (1218-23) 118-19. Anjuman i Khakan by Fazil (1234) 120. Gulshan i Mahmudby Mahmiid Mirza (1235) 121. Saflnat ul-Mahruud by the same (1240) 122. Nigaristan i Dara by 'Abd ur-Razzak (1241) 123. Tazkirah i Muhammadshalii by Bahman (1249) 124. Tazkirah i Darvish Nava (c. 1250) 115. Majma' ul-Fusaha by Riza Kuli Khan (c. 1250) 125. Riyaz ul-'Arifln by the same (1260) 126. Mada'ih ul-Mu'tamadiyyah by Bahar (1259-63) 127-8. Hadlkat Amanullahi by Raunak (1265) 129. Memoirs and Travels. Ahval i Shahi by Tavakkul Beg (1077) 130. Jangnamah i Navvab Ghulam Muhammad Khan (1213) 351. Mir'at ul-Ahval by Ahmad Bahbahani (1225) 131. Tajribat ul-Ahrar by 'Abd ur-Razzak (1228) 132. Travels of 'Izzat-nllah (1227-8) 133. Hist, of Dii'fid Pasha of Baghdad (1237) 356. Statement of the Raja of Revari (c. 1 270) 134. Cosmography and Geography. 'Aja'ib nl-Makhlukat by Kazvlni (682) 135. Nuzhat ul-Kulub by Hamd-ullah (740) 136-7. Haft Ikllm by Amln Razi (1002) 138. Riyaz us-SiyShat by Zain ul-'Abidln (1242) 139. Hada'ik us-Siyahat by the same (1242) 141. Bustan us-Siyiihat by the same (1247) 140. Sciences. Encyclopaedias. Jami' ul-'Ulum by Fakhr ud-Din Razi (574) 142-3. Riyaz ul-Abrar by Husain 'Aklli (979) 144. Ethics and Politics. Kibus Namah by Kaika'us (475) 145. Az-Zari'ah by Raghib Isfahani (c. 500) 146. Akhlak i Nasiri by Nasir ud-Din Tusi (672) 147-8. Naslhat Namah i Shahi by Husain Khwarazmi (829) 149. Akhlak i Mansuri by Ghiyas ud-Din (948) 150. Akhlak i Shifii'i by Muzaffar (963) 151. Abvab ul-Jinan by Rafi' Varta (1105) 152. Mufarrih ul-Kulub by Nadim (1241) 397. s s 302 CLASSED INDEX OF WORKS. Astronomy . Jahfin Danish by Sharaf ud-Din Mas'udi (643) 154. Bist Bab by Naslr ud-Din Tusi (672) with comm., 155. 'Ali Kushji's comm. on Zij i Ulugh Beg (c. 850) 156. Mineralogy. Tansfik Namah by Nasir ud-Din Tusi (672) 157. Javahir Namah by Muh. B. Mansur (c. 880) 158. Medicine. Risalah i Tiryak i Faruk by Kamal ud-Din (c. 950) 159. Dustur ul-Atibba by Firishtah (1033) 160. Farriery. Translation of al-Akwal al-Kafiyah (c. 750) 161. Music. Treatises on music (collected A.H. 1075) 162. On musical moods, 191 VII. Philology. Persian Lexicography . Miftah ul-Fuzala by Muh. Shadiyabadi (873) 163. Lughat i Halimi (c. 886) 164-5. Tuhfah i Skahidi (920) 166. Risalah i Husain Vafa'i (933) 167. Farhang i Jahangiri (1017) 168. Treatise of Abd ul-Basit (c. 1150) 169. Farhang i 'Abbasi (1225) 170. Farhang i Muhammadshahi (1249) 171. Arabic Lexicography and Grammar. Kanun ul-Adab by Hubaish Tiflisi (c. 600) 425. Dustur ul-Ikhwan (c. 822) 172. Kanz ul-Lughah (c. 880) 173. Mahmud ul-Lughah (bef. 1131) 174. Comm. on the Shafiyah, 175. Varia. Sanglakh, a Turki-Persian Dictionary (1173) 176. Redhouse's Thesaurus, 177-86. Nisab ilngilisi by Farhad Mirza (1269) 187. Rhetoric, Inshd and Poetical Figtires. Hada'ik us-Sihr by Eashid ¥atviit (c. 550) 188. Tarassul un-Nusriyyah by Fazl-ullah (c. 732) 257 II. Dustur ul-Katibby Ibn Hindushah (c. 770) 189. Anis ul-'Ushshak by Sharaf Rami (795) 420 Hi. Hadikat ul-Haka'ik by the same, 421 v. Prosody. Al-Mu'ajjam by Shams i Kais (c. 620) 190. 'Arflz i Saifi (896) 191 i. Treatise on rhyme by 'Ata'ullah (929) 191 m., 192. Fiddles. Al-Ihya fi'l Mu'amma by Miuuchihr (c. 800) 420 n. Hulal i Mutarraz by 'Ali Yazdi (858) 193. Treatise by Mir Husain (904) 191 v., 194. Poetry. Firdausi (411). Shahnamah, 195-8, 269. Yusuf u Zulaikha, 200. Barzu Namah, 195 II., 196 VIII. Faramurz Namah, 196 vi., 199 n. Azarbarzm Namah, 197 I. Farrukhi (429) 203-4. •Unsuri (431) 204 n., 205, 212 in. Minuchihri (432) 206, 212 v., 224 ir. Asadi. Garshasp Namah (458) 195 1., 196 1., 201 1., 202. Kataran (465) 204 in., 207-8, 245 II. Nasir i Khusrau (481) 209-10. Jamali. Bahman Namah, 197 II., 201 in. Rush Namah, 201 rv. Abu'l-Faraj Runi (c. 500) 210 i. Lami'i (c. 520) 212 i. Azraki (526) 211 in., 213 i., 224 in., 234 m. Adib Sabir (540) 239 II. Sana'i (c. 542) 214-15. Mukhtari (544) 211 vi., 215 vn., 216. •Abd ul-Vasi' Jabali (555) 217. Hasan Ghaznavi (565) 215 vi. CLASSED INDEX OF WORKS. 303 Raahld VatTat (578) 212 it., 234 II. Anvari (587) 211 v., 218-19. Jamal Isfah&ni (588) 224 it. Khakani (595) 221. Zahlr Fariyabi (598) 222-24. Sharaf ShufurTah (c. 600) 239 in. Raft' Lunbani (603) 239 it. Nizami GanjaTi (o. 607) 225-33. Najlb Jurpadakani (625) 234. Farid ud-Dm 'Attar (627) 235-7. Kutb ud-Din (633 ?) 238. Asir Aumani (665) 239 i. Saif Isfarangi (666) 220 II. Jalal ud-Din Rami (672) 240-44. Imami HaraTi (686) 213 II., 245 I. Majd ud-Din Hamgar (686) 211 n., it., tii. FarTd ud-Din Ahral (o. 686) 213 in. Sa'di (691) 246-53. Hariin (c. 700) 254. Khusrau. DihlaTi (725) 220 it., 255. Amir Hasan (727) 286 i. Fazl-ullah KazTini (c. 732) 257. Auhadi (738) 258-59. Ahmad Tabrizi. Shahanshah Namah (738) 201 n. Hamd-ullah Mustaufi (c. 740). Zafar Namah, 263. •Atlki (744) 260. Ibn Yamin (745) 261 u. Khwaju (o. 750) 262. Sam Namah, 196 n. 'Ubaid Zakani (772) 264. Salman S&Taji (779) 220 in., 265-66. Hafiz (791) 267-74. Ibn 'Imad (c. 800) 348 II. Kamal Khujandi (803) 275-76, 286 «• Maghribi (809) 277 I. Shams Mashriki (c. 800) 277 H. 'Aziz-ullah. Rauzat ul-'Ashikm (820) 278. Ni'mat-ullah Vali (834) 279. Mnrali (c. 834) 285 in. Kasim ul-AnTar (837) 280-81. Katibi (838) 275 n. 'Ismat (840) 282. 'Arifi (853) 283, 286 i. Ashraf (854) 286 3. Shahi (857) 284-85. Tali'i (858) 286 e. Tusi (869) 286 i. Sain (870) 275 n. Riyazi (884) 285 n., 275 n Jami (898) DiTan, 287-88 ; Haft Aurang, 289-93. Maktabi (c. 900) 298. Suhaili (907) 275 n. Hatifi (927) 295-97, 305 n., 275 n, TTmmidi (930) 422 vhi. Muhyi (933) 301, 275 n. Hilali (935) 302. Miram Siyah (o. 960) 353 n. Hairati (961) 303. Fuziili (963) 304-5, 422 n. Ashki (972) 306. 'Abdi (961-68) 307. Vahshi (991) 308. §ana'i (996) 309 I. TJrfi (999) 309 n., 310-11. Niiri Isfahani (1000) 224 t. 422 ti. Amani (c. 1016) 312. Nau'i (1019) 313. Ja'far (1021) 314-15. Nazh-i (1022) 316. Zulali (c. 1025) 317. Abu Turab Beg (1026) 318 i. Nizam Dast i Ghaib (1029) 319. Nasir Hamadani (1030) 318 II. Ali Naki Kamara'i (1030) 320. Shapur (c. 1030) 321. Mirak (c. 1053) 322, Kudsi (1056) 323. Fayyaz Lahiji (c. 1060) 324. Hazik (1068) 325. Saidi (1069) 422 tii. Shaida (c. 1080) 327. Rakim (c. 1084) 332. Sa'ib (1088) 32S-29. Arshad (o. 1089) 330. Majziib (1093) 331. Nanras (c. 1105) 333. Raft' Va'iz (c. 1105) 334. 304 CLASSED INDEX OP WORKS. Burfiri (c. 1114) 335. Bazil (1124) 336. Mn-Najat (c. 1126) 337. Bidil (1133) 338. Tabib (1168) 339. 'Ashik (1181) 340-41. Tiifan (1190) 342. Fakir Abbasi (o. 1199) 343. Vafa (1200) 344. Sayyid Kiiehak (c. 1200) 345. Nami (1204) 346-49. Raftk (1212) 350. Gkularn Jilfini. Jangnamah (1213) 351. Shihab (1215) 352-53. Mijmar (1225) 354. Katrah (1235) 357. Farrnkh (1237) 355. Shaida, Hasan Chelebi (c. 1237) 356. Khavari (1237) 358. Khavar (1238) 359. Abu '1-Hasan Jajarmi (1239) 360. Shall Shuja' (1240) 361. Nashat (1244) 362-3. Hidayat (1253-83) 364-5. Visal (1263) 308. Nayyir (1263) 368. Ghamami (1269) 366. Ka'ani (1270) 367. Vakar (1274) 369-70. Mahram (1277) 371. Nazir (1297) 372. 'Amil (1298) 373. Anthologies. Dustiir ush-Shu f ara, an anonymous anthology of Persian and Indian poets (803) 374. Tuhfat ul-Habib by Fakhri (e. 930) 375. Collection of Masnavis by Bad!' Muh. (1170) 376. Badi' ul-Afkar by Munsif (1239) 378. Maljmud ul-Bayan by Mahmud Mirza (1240) 377. Mizan i Taba'i', by Khavar (1242) 379. Tales and Fables. Kissah i Bilauhar by Ibn Babavaih (321) 380. Marzaban Namah (c. 610) 382-3. Anvar i Suhaili by Husain Kashifi (910) 381. Darab Namah by Abu Tahir Tarasusi, 384-5. Hakikatul-Haka'ik by Muh. 'Ali Shirvani (1252) 387. Kissah i Mas'ud Shah, 388. Collections of Anecdotes. Al-Faraj ba'd ash-Shiddah, 389. Anecdotes of Saints, anonymous (c. 500) 393. Chahar Makalah by Nizatni (c. 552) 390. Jami' ul-Hikayat by Aufi (625) 391-2. Nigaristan i Mu'ini (735) 394. Zlnat ul-Majalis by Majdi (1004) 395. Historical anecdotes, anonymous (c. 1000) 102. Siraj ul-Mumr by Kashif (1030) 419 n., 422. Khazan u Bahar by the same (1060) 396. Mufarrih ul-Kulub by JSTadim (1241) 397. Letters, State Papers, and Autographs. Majma' ul-Inshii by Abu '1-Kasim Beg (c. 1052) 398. Guldastah i Andishah by Vakari (c. 1081) 399. Anonymous collection of royal letters (c. 1100) 417 ii. Autographs compiled by 'Abd ul-Karim K a zvini (1080-1126) 400. Firmans of the Shahs (884-1283) 401-2. Collection of autographs, 403. Copies of treaties (1224-72) 404. Addresses to Warren Hastings, 405. Military rules of Tipu Sultan, 406. A Letter from Deccan to Marechal de Castries, 407. Paintings. Album of Asaf ud-Daulah, 408. Album of Himmat-yar Khan (1204) 411. Portraits of Persian princes and ministers, 412. Inscriptions. Inscriptions of Taj Mahall and Delhi, 413-15. Inscription of Khwajah Khizr, 416. ( 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. 2676 . . 391 2819 . 12 2876 . . . 70 2677 . . . 31 2833 . . . 263 2877 . . . 118 2692 . 84 2834 . . 225 2878 . . 202 2693 . . . 112 2837 . . . 41 2879 . . . 208 2694 . , . . 329 2838 . . 297 2880 . . 224 2699 .... i . . 86 2839 . . . 313 2881 . . . 45 2710 . . 267 2841 . . 156 2882 . 46 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 . . 87 2849 . . 326 2926 . . 196 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 3202 . oi) Q07/f oti i ■* 314 2945 203 3203 130 Q97S 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_■■•> OOO 3285 335 2956 3236 . 340 OiSOO . 339 2957 . . OoX> QQQ7 O£i0t ODD 3287 78 I 77 QR I I /-oO 3238 . . . 238 3288 37 2969 43 QAA 3299 loo 2970 49 3240 . 367 3300 170 2971 7 / 3241 194 3301 223 2972 142 3242 . 17 3302 91 A 2973 OoO OOA Q 372 3303 AiO 2974 OU3) 3244 . 375 3304 280 2975 419 3245 360 3305 ZOO 2976 1 Q7 1(7 < 3246 . 204 3306 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 4391 . . . . 325 4709 . . . 113 4936 . . 403 4392 . . . 392 4722 . 51 4937 . . . 400 4482 . . 258 4730 . . 230 4938 . . 412 4507 . . . 5 4733 . . 131 4948 . . . 425 4508 . 33 4738 . 22 4509 . . . 63 4745 . . 272 4510 . . 109 4768 . . 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