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Selections from the dīwāns of 12 Persian poets, including the poetess Nihānī.

MS. Elliott 167

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For the main catalogue entry, see: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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Title

Selections from the dīwāns of 12 Persian poets, including the poetess Nihānī.

Shelfmark

MS. Elliott 167

Language

Persian

Contents

Fols. 1-25. Author: Saʻdī سعدي الشيرازي، عبد الله بن مشرف، ت. 690 هـ Title: Dīvān-i Saʻdī [selections only] Title: ديوان سعدى Title: Dīwān-i Saʻdī
Fols. 25b-34b. Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, approximately 1253-1325 امير خسرو دهلوى Title: [Ghazalīyāt] Title: [غزليات]
Fols. 35-44. Author: Jāmī, 1414-1492 جامى Title: [Ghazalīyāt] Title: [غزليات]
Fols. 44a-53b Author: Ḥayratī Tūnī, Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad, -1553 or 1554 محمد تقى الدين حيرتى تونى Title: Intikhāb-i ashʻār-i Ḥayratī Title: انتخاب اشعار حيرتى
Fols. 53b-60a Author: Amīr Maqbūl امير مقبول Title: Selections from the Dīwān of Amīr Maqbūl
Fols. 60b-75a Author: Hilālī, Badr al-Dīn, -1528 or 1529 بدر الدين هلالى استرآبادى Title: [Selected Ghazals] Title: [غزليات]
Fols. 75a-81b Author: Riyāz̤ī Samarqandī, Muḥammad, -1479 or 1480 رياضى سمرقندى Title: [Selected Ghazals] Title: [غزليات]
Fols. 82-91 Author: Amīr Humāyūn Asfarāʼīnī امير همايون اسفرآئينى Title: Intikhāb-i ashʻār-i Humāyūn Title: انتخاب اشعار همايون
Fols. 91a-101a Author: Bābā Fighānī [Faghānī] Shīrāzī, -1519 بابا فغانى شيرازى Title: Intikhāb-i ashʻār-i Fighānī Title: انتخاب اشعار فغانى
Fols. 101b-108b Author: Fidāʼī, d. 1521 فدائى Author: Kamāl al-Dīn Bannāʼī, d. 1512-1513 Ḥālī كمال الدين بنّائى حالى Title: Intikhāb-i ashʻār-i Fidāʼī va Bannāʼī Title: انتخاب اشعار فدائى و بنّائى
Fols. 109a-121b Author: Nihānī نهانى Title: Selections from Nihānī's Ghazals
Fols. 122a-151b Author: Ahlī Khurāsānī, -1527 or 1528 Ahlī Turshīzī اهلى خراسانى اهلى ترشيزى Title: Selections from the Dīwān of Ahlī Khurāsānī

Form

codex

Physical extent

151 ff.

Hands

Nastaʻlīq

Acquisition

Presented to the Bodleian Library by J.B. Elliott, in 1859.

Provenance

The collections of Sir Gore Ouseley .

The collections of John Bardoe Elliott .

Subject

Persian poetry--747-1500

Persian poetry--1500-1796

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Connections

People associated with this object

  • Amīr Humāyūn

  • Nihānī

  • Mawlānā Kamāl al-Dīn Ahlī Turshīzī

  • Binai, Kamal-ad-Din Sir Ali, 1453-1512

  • Jāmī, 1414-1492

  • Elliott, John Bardoe, 1785-1863

  • Bābā Faghānī Shīrāzī, d. 1519

  • Fidāʼī, d. 1521

  • Amīr Maqbūl

  • Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325

  • Riyāz̤ī Samarqandī, Muḥammad, d. 1479 or 80

  • Ḥayratī Tūnī, Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad, d. 1553 or 4

  • Shaikh Saʻdī

  • Hilālī, Badr al-Dīn, d. 1528 or 9

  • Ouseley, Gore, Sir, 1770-1844

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