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PREFACE.
On the 6th December, 1847, I was honored with the orders of the Government of India appointing me an Extra Assistant to the Resident at Lucnow, as a temporary measure, for the purpose of cataloguing the extensive collection of works in Arabic and Persian literature in the king of Oudh’s libraries.
Among my instructions was the following, “ you need not con- fine yourself exclusively to the king’s libraries, but you can under- take, as opportunity offers, the examination of some of the best private collections in that city, which are supposed to contain many rare and valuable works.”
' T arrived at Lucnow on the 3rd of March, 1848, and I left it on the Ist January, 1850. One month I had other duties to perform and near three months I was sick. The time which I devoted to cataloguing was about eighteen months. During this time I examined about 10,000 volumes. .Very many of them were duplicates; but as no kind of arrangement exists, parti- cularly in the Tépkhénah library, and as it is impossible to recol- lect whether or not a note has been taken of a book, duplicates took just as much time as new works. There are also many defective volumes which after much search for a name, date, or title, I was obliged to throw away. Supposing then that I had ۰ worked every day ten hours (and to do this day after day in a tropical climate is a physical impossibility) I could have devoted only half an hour to the examination of each volume.
- I was assisted in my labour by ’alyy Akbar of Paénypat. He was a pupil of the Dilly College, and had not yet completed his course of study when I took him to Lucnow. I did not expect more of him than that he would copy for me such passages as I might mark ; but he soon entered into the spirit of the work and was of very great service. Some time after my return from
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Lucnow I recommended him to the late Lieut. Governor of the North Western Provinces and he appointed him first Professor of Arabic of the Agra College. He died in that post in 1852, about thirty years of age. I take this opportunity publicly to record my sense of gratitude and esteem to this talented imdus- trious and conscientious young man.
The Royal Library at Lucnow was originally kept in the old Palace (Purén4 Dawlat-khénah), which stands on an eminence between the Rümy Darwaézah and the iron bridge over the Gumpty and is now nearly in ruins. It contamed the whole of the literary treasures of Hafitz Rahmat Khan, and was . subsequently much enriched more particularly by Ghaziy aldyn Haydar.
At present it is divided into three collections. The valuable literary works upwards of three thousand volumes are preserved in a garden house of the Méty Mahall Palace, and elegant books are kept close to the Farah-bakhsh Palace in which the late king used to reside. ‘This collection contains about one thousand volumes or less, and formed the private library of His late Majesty. The Daréghah thereof superintends the other librarians. Books, in these two collections were kept im shelves, when I was at Lucnow, and were in tolerably good order, but lately, I hear, they have been given up to pillage.
The third collection is in the Tépkhénah or arsenal, which is close to the house of the British Resident. The arsenal is an extensive building including a large square which is filled with guns. ‘Three sides of the building are devoted to military stores, and in the northern wing up-stairsis the library. The books are kept in about forty dilapidated boxes—camel trunks—which are at the same time tenanted by prolific families of rats; and any admirer of oriental lore who may have an opportunity to visit this collection will do well to poke with a stick into the boxes, before he puts his hand into them, unless he be a zoologist as well as an orientalist. At the end of the hall there are bags full of books completely destroyed by white ants. Even new books have not been spared by these destructive insects, nearly the whole edition of the Taj alloghat has been destroyed, and most of the remaining copies of the Haft Qulzum have had the same fate. The number of volumes in this collection is very great, and among
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them are some Pashtü works written with great care for the brave and learned Rohilla chief.
It is unfortunately the habit of the king’s people merely to count the volumes, and to make the librarian responsible for the numbers not diminishing. The consequence is that many good books have been abstracted and bad ones put in their place. There are at least one hundred copies of the Gulistén and as many of Yusof ü Zalykha in the Tépkhanah, which apparently fill the places of more valuable works. I have heard that a late librarian sold in one week eleven hundred Rupees worth of books to provide funds for the marriage of his daughter.
In making this statement I beg to say that I have every reason to speak highly of the present Dardéghahs or librarians, and that . I consider them perfectly honest. They are very civil men, more particularly one of the two librarians in the Tépkhanah, and it is much to be regretted that men like him had not charge of the library from the commencement.
Though not strictly connected with the subject, the reader will perhaps be glad to obtain some information regarding the Lucnow printing offices.
Ghaziy aldyn Haydar founded a typography at great expense, and one of the works—the Haft Qulzum—which issued from it has attained a greater celebrity in Europe than it enjoys in India.
Besides this Dictionary, the following books have been printed in types at Lucnow:
The praise of Ghiziy aldyn Haydar, in Arabic, رالمناقب احیدریة small folio, 200 ۰ ,1235 مس ا by Ahmad
a similar work in Persian prose and verse, by ,*عامد حیدريی Akhtar (see page 599 infra), 1238, small folio, 288 pp.
An account in Persian prose and verse of the .گلأدسته عبت meeting of Lord Hastings and Ghaziy aldyn Haydar, by Akhtar, 8vo. 131 pp. ,1239
Panjstrah or the five Sürahs of the Qoran usually repeated in prayers, s. A. 4to. printed in the form of a Toghra.
Taj alloghat, an Arabic Dictionary explained in Persian, in seven volumes, large folio, only four volumes have been printed in types, s. A. the remaining three have been lithographed, Vol. I. 725 pp.; Vol. 11. 624 pp.; Vol. 111. 252 pp.; Vol. IV. 176 pp.; Vol. V. 594 pp.; Vol. VI. 408 pp.; Vol. VII. 138 pp.
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. About the year 1830, Mr. Archer who had established a lithographic printing office at Cawnpore came at the request of Nacyr aldyn Haydar to Lucnow with his press and entered his service. ۱
The first book lithographed at Lucnow is the ؛4جة مرضیه being a commentary on the Alfyyah, by Soytity, 1247, 8vo. 247 pp.
When I was at Lucnow there were twelve private lithographic presses in that city. Those of Hajy Mohammad Hosayn and Moctafa Khén were by far the best. Some editions of the former are particularly correct. In 1849, Kamal aldyn Haydar, Mun- shiy to the observatory, wishing to ingratiate himself at court, wrote a history of the Royal family of Oudh. Two passages hap- pened to displease His Majesty, and instantly the observatory was abolished and printing was forbidden at Lucnow, lest this objec- tionable production might be published. The proprietor of the Masyhay press went on the suggestion of the author of these pages to Cawnpore, and most other printers followed him. Some however, among them Moçtafa Khan, managed to keep at the same time an establishment at Lucnow. As they usually put, on the title page only, the name of the press and not of the place, it is not. always possible to determine whether a book was printed at Luc- now or Cawnpore if it has been published after the Exodus.
The number of works lithographed at Lucnow and Cawnpore’ may amount to about seven hundred. Some of them have gone through more than ten editions. The books most in request are of course school books and such other dialectical and reli- gious tracts as every Mawlawy reads or pretends to read. But we already observe symptoms that the press is enlarging the narrow cycle of learning, and, what is more important, that it ۰ education to all classes and even to ladies. ‘Twenty years ago verses of the Qoran were repeated as prayers and charms, and even the whole book was learned by heart, but without being understood, and the Sunnah was almost unknown; in our days people are gradually beginning to study the book, and I shall have to describe several commentaries on it in Arabic, Persian and Hindustany which have lately been published. The study of the traditions or Sunnah is making even more rapid progress than that of the Qoran. : Not only have the. principal collections been published in Arabic but we have Persian and Hindtistény trans-
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lations of the Mishkat and Mashariq alanwaér which have gone through more than one edition. After the Musalméns had, several centuries ago, entirely lost sight of the original idea of their religion, they are now beginning to make their sacred books intelligible to all. This must lead to results, analogous to those which the translation and study of the Bible produced in Europe.
One of the most remarkable results of the progress of printing is the rapid increase of periodical and light literature. India is the only country in the old continent in which the press is entirely free, and there is hardly a town in the upper provinces in which there are not several newspapers published. Of late, several tales and religious works written expressly for ladies have been printed, and seem to meet with a rapid sale. Though the new literature which is rising has not much intrinsic value, things are progressing as rapidly and as healthily as they did in Europe, when the art of printing came first into vogue. The tendency is oriental and Mofammadan, but already a spirit of liberality is manifesting itself, which is the natural result of progress from school-learn- ing and court refinement to a general civilization.
It was originally intended that this volume should comprise eight chapters, the fourth of which was to contain Persian gram- mars, dictionaries, letters and letter-forms and works in elegant prose, the fifth, the corresponding Hindustény books, and the last three, translations from the Sanskrit and Hindy into Persian or Hindustany, and Turky (Chaghatay) and Pushtü books. 1t was further intended to add an appendix containing omissions and a table of the contents of Walih, Khéshgu, the A’tishkadah, &c. and to conclude the volume with three indexes, one of proper names, one of book-titles, and one of initial lines. But before the third chapter had been put to press the compiler was obliged to apply for leave of absence on sick certificate for two years, and to content himself with publishing the book in its present form. Should it be continued, what is wanting in this volume will be added to the second ; which in addition will contain the biographies and writ- ings of Arabic lexicographers, grammarians, poets and elegant prose writers. The remaining volumes will be devoted to the sciences of the Musalmaéns: in the third, for instance, will be described the biographies and works of Qufies or mystical philo- sophers and theologists. .
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In transcribing oriental names and words into English, I have adopted the principle which is followed in transcribing from one European language into another. A Frenchman spells Brougham, Peel and Goethe, and not Broum, Pile and Gueuté and his readers, however erroneously they may pronounce these names, know what persons are meant. This is the object. Writing is a symbol for the eye, aud pronunciation must be acquired by the ear. I have substituted for every Arabic and Persian letter a Roman letter, in some instances however, as I did not choose to have new types cast, it was unfortunately necessary to employ two Roman representatives for one oriental symbol, as ch= g ; sh— زش zh=4; dh= حول ;& طا رض 3; ta .ظ The hamzah is rendered by a diaeresis, alif where it is of any use at all, and the quiescent w, if preceded by an u, are represented by an accent; cs is always expressed by y and if it isa long vowel, the i which precedes it is omitted as “fy.” For expressing the ’ayn an apostrophe (’) is used, and with a view to impress upon the reader that in words like ’amr or ’ysa, ayn is the first and the vowel the second letter, I do not use a capital a or y.
A. SPRENGER,
THE FIRST CHAPTER.
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BIOGRAPHIES OF PERSIAN AND URDU’ POETS.
(.) . لباب الاہاب تصنیف حمد عوفی رم
THE marrow of the productions of intellect by Mo- hammad ’awfy. He tells us in folio 155 that he was in 600 at Nasd and met Majd aldyn the author of a Shahanshah-namah, and we have from him besides this work, a collection of historical anecdotes جامع العکایات which, it is stated in the preface thereto, he compiled in 625. It is therefore clear that he flourished towards the end of the sixth and in the beginning of the seventh century of the Hijrah, and wrote this book after the year 600. It would appear that he was a native of Marw which under the Seljûq Princes was the capital of Persia. In the seventh chapter is an account of his grandfather and of one of his maternal uncles, both of whom were according to Mr. B. Elliott’s copy of Marw, but according to mine of Ma-wara-Inahr. The book is dedicated to the Wazyr ’ayn almulk Abt-l-Makaérim Hosayn b. Radhyy aldawlah Abû Bakr Ash’ary. Hajy Khalyfah No. 2821, calls the author erroneously Moam- mad ۰
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2 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS. [CHAP. I.
This is the most ancient Tadzkirah that I have seen, and, if we believe the author, the first that has been compiled. As the title indicates, it is rather an antho- logy than a biographical work. It is divided into 12 chapters. The first four chapters treat on the meaning and origin of poetry and fill only 8 pages. The fifth and sixth chapters contain notices of Kings, Princes and Wazyrs who have written poetry, the former fills 32 and the latter 60 pages.
7th Chapter: Imams and other eminent men who distinguished themselves by their poetical talents but were not poets by profession, 70 pages.
8th Chapter: (twelve) Poets of the courts of the Tahir, Layth and Saman families, 8 pages.
9th: Poets of the court of the Nacir family, (28 poets ; 28 pages.)
10th: Poets who were patronized by the Seljtiq princes to the end of the reign of Sulfadn Sa’yd, (39 poets; 92 pages.)
11th Chapter: Poets from the time of Sanjar (who died in A. H. 552) to the present reign.
12th Chapter: Poets at the court of the present sovereign.
A very full and learned notice of this work has been given by Mr. N. Bland, Journ. Royal As. Soc. London, Vol. IX. p. 112.
Beginning of the first chapter; shed کون و ple Mic بر
The only copy which I have seen of this book isina private collec- tion. Itisa 4to of 336 pp. 23 lines in a page. It is old, written in an elegant hand and tolerably correct ; but of the preface two or three and at the end many pages are wanting.” It ends with the first line of the biography of Nitzdmy and is probably the same copy
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which has been used by the author of the Khizdnah’dmirah. Besides this only one copy is known to exist, it belongs to Mr. B. Elliott and has been described by Mr. Bland, loco cit.
Contents of the 8th, 9th and 10th Chapters.
Highth Chapter.— Poets of the Tahir, Layth and Sdmén Dynasties. ۱, Hakym Hantzalah Badaghysy. 2. Hakym Fayréz Mostawfiy, flourished under ’amr b. Layth,
Poets of the Sémdn Dynasty.
3. Shaykh Abi-l-Hasan Shahyd Balkhy.
4. Abt Sho’ayb Cali b. Mohammad Herawy.
5. Ustad Abt ’abd Allah Mohammad Riidegy.
6. Shaykh Abié-l-’abbas al-Fadhl b. abbas الزاعدي
7. Shaykh Abû Zarré’at Mo’izzy Jorjany. 8. Abt-l-Motzaffar Nagr b. Mohammad الاسعدانی Nayshaptiry. 9, Abû ’abd Allah Modammad b. ’abd Allah Jonaydy.
10. Abû Mancir ’omarah b. Mohammad Marwazy.
11. Abi Mowayyad ۰
12. Abt Mowayyad Bokhary.
Ninth Chapter.— Poets of the Nacir Dynasty.
13. Abi-l- Qasim Hasan b. Akmad ’ongory.
14. Abd-l-Qasim Firdawsy T'isy.
15. Hakym Kasdyiy Marwazy.
16. Zynaty ’alawy Makmidy, a lady.
17. Kisby Radyny Adyby.
18. Abt Soréqah ’abd al-Rahman b. A#mad Balkhy Amyny Najjar.
19. Abt Sa’yd Ahmad b. Mohammad Manshiry Samargandy.
20. Abt-l-Motzaffar Makky b. Ibrahym ’alyy al-Najhyr.
21. Abû Mohammad ’abd Allah b. Mohammad called Ruzdih Balkhy.
22. Ustad Abi-l-Hasan ’alyy b. Jult’ جولوع Farrokhy Sanjary.
23. Abt Natzar ’abd al’azyz b. Mangiir ’asjady ۰
24. Abi-Inajm Ahmad b. قوي b. Ahmad Manichihry.
25, Ustad Abu-l-Hasan ’alyy Bihramy Sarakhsy.
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Imam ’abd al-Rahman b. Mohammad ’ufaridy.
Abi ’abd Allah Riziyah (Ruzbeh 1) b. ’abd Allah piu of Lahor.
Abii Zayd b. Mohammad ’alyy ’acayiry (Ghadhayiry).
Al-Héarith .ما جوب: نا Mahqid Haqury Herawy.
Abû Mancir ’abd al-Rashyd b. Ahmad b. Abii ۲:06 ۰
The daughter of Ka’b Fardary.
Mas’iid Razy.
Motzaffar Byhaddy.
Kawkaby Bartzy بروزي
Holaylah Faniy.
Nacir Laghwy.
Abi-l-Layth Tayry.
Mo/sin Qazwyny.
Ibn Ahmad Badry Ghaznawy.
Bihriz Tayry.
Tenth Chapter.— Poets of the Seljiqians. 1.— Poets of Khorasan.
Mo’izzy. Hakym Abit-l-Mahasin Azraqy Herawy. ‘abd al- Wasi’ Jabaly al-Adyb. Fakhr aldyn Khalid b. al-Raby’ Makky. Hakym Mahmid b. ’alyy Samany (or Samayiy) Marwazy. Fotahy Marwazy Athyr aldyn. Shihab aldyn Abi-l-Hasan Talhah. Taj aldyn Isma’yl of Bakharz. Hakym ’alyy b. Ahmad Sayfy Nayshapiry. Rafyqy Marwazy. Abû Hanyfah Iskaf of Marw.
11.— Poets of Ma-ward-lnahr.
Ustad Abû Mohammad Arshady Samargandy. Shihab aldyn ’am’aq عمعق ۰ Mohammad b. ’alyy Sûzany.
Dihgan ’alyy Shoraty.
Najm aldyn Nitzamy ’aridhy Samargandy. Hamyd aldyn Jawhary Mostawfiy.
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III.— Poets of the ۰
58. Tzafar Hamadany. 59. Qatarin ’adhodhy Tabryzy. 60. The Hassan of the Persians Khaqany ۰ 61. Athyr Akhsykaty. 62. Badr aldyn Qiwamy Razy. 63. Abi-l-Farah (Faraj ?) Ramy. 64. Sa’yd ۰ 65. Fakhr aldyn As’ad Jorjany. 66. Kwhbary ۰ IV.— Poets of Ghaznah.
67. Abd-l-Faraj b. Mas’id Riny الرونی was born and educated at Lahér. f
68. Sa’d aldawlah Mas’ûd (b.) Sa’d (b.) Solayman.
69. Majd aldyn Adam Nasdyiy Ghaznawy.
70. 08844 ’iméd aldyn Ghaznawy ’imady.
71. Sayyid Jamal aldyn Mohammad b. Nacir ’alawy.
72. Sayyid Ashraf aldyn Hasan b. Nacir ’alawy.
73. Shihab aldyn ’alyy Ghaznawy.
74. Abû Bakr b. Mohammad b. ’alyy Rihany.
75. Mohammad b. ’othmén البي الگاتب
76. Sa’d aldyn Mas’tid Nawky الذوكي
77. abd al-Majyd ’abhary.
78. Isma’yl b. Ibréhym Ghaznawy called زرریس سمعیل
79, Jamal aldyn Nacir Shamsah called Kafirake Ghaznyn.
Tenth Chapter.
1.— Poets of Khorasan. 80. Tzahyr aldyn Faryaby. 81. Shams aldyn Mohammad b. ’abd ۵1-1 21۳71۱ ۰ 82. Hakym Mohammad b. ’omar Fargady. 83. Majd aldyn Abi-l-Barakat. 84. Mo’yn aldyn Sirajy Balkhy. 85. Jamal aldyn Mohammad b. ’alyy Sirajy. 86. Dhiya aldyn ’abd al-Rafi’ b. al-Fath Herawy. 87. Majd aldyn Abu-l-Sanjary ابو ا حری (Sic) Candaly.
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88. Faryd aldyn ’attar Nayshapury.
89. Sayyid Bû ’alyy, i. e. Abû ’alyy b. Hosayn ۰ 90. Majd aldyn رلدادري النسري
91. Abd-l-Fadhl ’othman b. Ahmad Herawy.
92. Faryd aldyn Jasûs alaflak ’alyy Sanjary the Astrologer. 93. Shams aldyn Mobarak-shah b. al-A’azz Sanjary.
94. Bady’ aldyn Turki 95> Sanjary.
95. ’ajyby Juzjany.
96. Majd aldyn Ghayraty.
97. Shams Dihistany.
98. Hamyd aldyn Dihistany.
99. Hakym Abi Bakr b. Mohammad Balkhy ۰
11.—Poets of Ma-wara-lnahr. 100. Mowayyad aldyn Mowayyad. 101. Shihab aldyn Ahmad b. al-Mowayyad Samargandy. 102. Baha aldyn Karymy Samargandy. 103. Latyf aldyn Zakyy of Maraghah. 104. Sa’d aldyn Kany Bokhary. 105. Shams aldyn Mohammad b. Mowayyad Haddady called حالهگه هاله this is explained by خرصن ماه 106. Hakym Shams ala’raj Bokhary Hakym Shamsy. 107. Majd aldyn Fahymy Bokhary, though an illiterate man was a good poet. 108, ’ajyby Khojandy. 109. Sayyid Ashrafy Samarqandy. 110. Acyl aldyn Najyb. [1] Poets of the ۰
111. Hakym Nitzamy of Ganjah.
(2) . بپارستان تصنیف جامی (P.) The spring garden of Jémy, who died in A. H. 898, (for a notice on his life see the next chapter).
It is divided into eight chapters 43,; each of which contains eight Ayyns or rules: 1. Anecdotes of Saints—
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2. Anecdotes and sayings of Sages—3. Advice to rulers and anecdotes of them—4. On liberality and generosity —5. On love—6. On kindness and amiability—7. Short biographies of twenty-eight poets—8. Fables. Beginning چومرغ | مرف ي بالی زاغار نهازنهروي حمدآید به بررار As. Soc. B. No. 500, 8۲0, 158 pp. of 17 lines, an old copy. Ex- tracts from the last two chapters are contained in the Anthologia
Persica, Vienna, 1778. The whole of the text with a German transla- tion has been published by Baron Schlechta Wssebrd, Vienna, 1846.
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(3) نکر شعرا تصنیف دولتشاه (P) Tadzkirah, i. e. Memoranda of poets by Dawlat-shéh b. alû aldawlah Bakhty-shéh. He completed this book in A. H. 892, and dedicated it to the poet and wazyr Myr alyy Shyr. It appears from the preface that Dawlat-shah was fifty years of age when he commenced this labour. The book is divided into a preface مقدمه which con- tains notices of nine Arabic poets and seven chapters, طبقات answering to the spheres of the seven planets, and a conclusion. Each chapter contains about twenty poets and the conclusion contains the lives of six contemporaries, among them are Jamy, ’alyy Shyr, A’cafy and Sohayly. This is one of the best known and most useful Tadzkirahs. It contains valuable historical details besides the biography of poets. Ilahy p. 121, says on this book and its author “ Dawlat-shah: his tadz- kirah contains 180 biographies and is very celebrated. Though he does not quote many good verses, the histori- cal and biographical portion of his work is done in a masterly manner and shows much research, ’alyy Shyr informs us in his Tadzkirah that he is the cousin of
8 PERSIAN ۰ [CHAP. I.
Amyr Fayrûz Isfarayiny, who was a distinguished man. The Takhalluc of Dawlat-shah is ’alayiy.” Initial line حمیدی که شاهبار بلند-پرواز اندیشه بساحت
Copies are not frequent, yet there are five in the Moty Madall. The best is written in Naskhy, and has 626 pages of 17 lines. A beautifully written but incorrect copy is inscribed طبقات هفنگانه در شعء عجم 3,53 The preface differs from that of other copies and the book is defective, but in other respects it is a copy of Dawlat- shah under a different title. There is also a copy in the As. Soe. B. No. 537. Hammer’s Geschichte der schinen Redekiinste Per- siens may be considered a free translation of Dawlat-shah. De Sacy has given a notice of this Tadzkirah in the Notices et Extraits. IV. pp. 220—272. Vullers has published the life of Hafitz from it, Giessen 1839, and J. H. Harington the Life of Sa’dy in his edition of the works of that poet, Calcutta, 1791.
)4( يذبيم الارواح تصنیف حسین Jets” (P.)
The mirror of souls or spirits, probably by Hosayn Mo’yn aldyn Maybodzy who flourished in the tenth cen- tury of the Hijrah. His name does not occur in the preface but it is found towards the end of the book.
These are selections from Persian and Turky poets without biographical notices except in a very few in- stances. The Persian poets are Firdawsy with a short vocabulary, ’accar, Nitzamy, Kamal Khojandy, Sa’dy, Salman Sawajy, Hasan Dihlawy, Amyr Khosraw, Anwary, Shaykh-zadah Lahijy (Commentator of the Gulshane Raz), Faryd aldyn ’attar, Khaqany, Tzahyr aldyn Faryaby, Isma’y] Ispahany, Jalal aldyn Ramy, Mahmud Shabishte- ry, Jamy, ۰
No. 5.] LADIES’ BIOGRAPHY. 9
The Turky Poets are; Myr ‘alyy Shyr Nawayiy, Yusof Bég, Wacily, Fodhtily Baghdady, Nasymy, &e.
اين نسخه که J ز آراسنگي چون چس است Beginning
As. Soc. Beng. No. 577, 8vo., 824 pp. 17 lines, An old correct copy.
(۶) جواهر ils”) تصنیف ey? ہب اميري (5)
Gems of curiosities being a Tadzkirah of poetesses by Fakhry b. Amyry of Herat. The author informs us that with the intention to perform the pilgrimage to Makkah, he came during the reign of Shah Jahmasb Hosayny (reigned from 930 to 984) to Sind, the ruler of that coun- try was then Mokammad ’ysa Tarkhan (died in 974,) and it would appear that he wrote this book at his Court. Ilahy who frequently quotes this book under the title of الذساء $543 or “ Biography of Ladies” gives the follow- ing notice of Fakhry : “ Fakhry Herawy was a friend of Myr ’alyy Shyr. Some say this is the same Fakhry who has been mentioned in the preceding article.” In the preceding article he says, “Sulfan Mohammad Amyry, whose takhalluc is Fakhry, was a distinguished man and lived to the time of Shah Tahmésb. He praised this sovereign in his poems and he is the Translator of Amyr ’alyy Shyr’s Tadzkirah called Mapdlis alnafayis* from Turky into Persian. He added notices of some
* Myr ’alyy Shyr the author of the Majdlis completed it in 903 ac- cording to Hammer, and in 896 according to Hajy Khalyfah, and died in 906. The Chagatay text is divided into eight parts Majdlis and contains 441 biographies. Baron von Hammer-Purgstall, who possesses a copy of it, has given a notice of the work and a list of the biographies in the cata- logue of his library. . W. Jahrb. Vol. 74, Anzbl. 0, 11, 1836.
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10 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS. [CHAP. 1.
poets of the second period. He is also the author of the Bostan alkhayal الخيال yt which رت the matla’s of the ghazals of various poets of his age.”
It will be observed that Fakhry and Amyry are one and the same person according to this passage, whereas according to the Tadzkirah under notice, Fakhry was the son of Amyry. Ina note to p. 263 Ilahy says equally, that Fakhry Sultan Mokammad was a son of Amyry, that he translated the Majdlis alnafayis and that he gave to the translation the title Latdyif ndmah. The author ' of the Kholdcah says of this work, “ Among the works of Myr ’alyy Shyr is the Majdlis alnafdyis which he wrote in the Turky language. Mawland Sultan Mohammad Amyry has translated it into Persian and has added at the end one Majlis. This book contains an account of many poets and learned men who flourished from the reign of Sa’yd Shahrokh to the time of Shah Ismda’yl.” It will be observed that according to this author the trans- lator of the Majdlis was Amyry. This is probably eorrect, Amyry is the translator of the Majalis, and a contemporary of Myr ’alyy Shyr, and his son Fakhry is the author of this Tadzkirah.
In the preface is the following chronogram خود را چو عم و مصانب ديدم Kad ز خود بھ رتو عاب دیدم تارب I suspect there is a mistake in it and would propose to read the second micra’ تاريز همه غم ز مصائب ديدم “As T saw my- self absent from myself on account of you, in like man- ner I saw the date of all sorrow without misfortunes.” This would make 1090—143=947.
تخس جانست و دیگ ر گفنگو جادان زس بشدو Beginning abs! pe جانی تاره +خواهي سخ بشذو
Tépkhanah, 8۲0. 143 pp. of 17 hel a neat but incorrect MSS.
No. 5.] | LADIES BIOGRAPHYê 11
It contains the names of the following ladies, most of whom are of Tatar origin, and some of them have written Turky poetry :
1. Byby Hayat ہی بی حیات the wife of Qiwém aldyn Hasan, she was witty and initiated in ma’rifat (theosophy).
2. Mihry مهري a favourite wife of Shahrokh Myrzd. See ۰
‘N. 634.
8, Moghil Khatym sil مغول wife of Mohammad Khan Shay- bany and mother of Mohammad Rahym Sultan. Only Turky verses , are quoted of her in the Tadzkirah.
4. Abdq Bygah Jalyr بیکه جأير Gb! daughter of the Amyr ’alyy Jalayr and sister of Hasan ’alyy Jalayr, was married to Darwysh ’alyy, a brother of ’alyy Shyr.
5. Nihany نهاني a sister of the poet Khwajah Afdhal, whose takhalluc is Dywan.
6. Byby Pycha (? in one instance the name is spelled 4F4 and in another “=,) was acquainted with Jamy and knew astrology.
7. ’içmaty عصمنی was of Khaf, of which place her brother, who was equally a poet and whose takhallug is Hakimy, was governor.
8. Bydily بيدلی the wife Shaykh ’abd Allah Dywanah of Herat.
9. The daughter of the Qadhiy دخٹر داضي of Samargand.
10. The daughter of the Amyr Yadgar, who resided at Daghabad .دوغاباه Her name was Fakhr alnis4 and her Takhallug Nisdy سای
11. Partawy gg of Tabryz.
12. Sayyid Bégam سید بیگم a daughter of Sayyid Hasan Karih کارہ of Astrabéd. She was married to Sh4h-Malik whose takhallug is Malik. 13. A daughter of Ghazzdly Yazdy (who was equally a poet).
14. ر زوي 07ھ of Samargand.
15. Dha’yfy ضعيفي a contemporary of Byby ۰
16. Atûn آتون wife of the poet ۰
17. ۲ it. a daughter of Badr aldyn ۰
18. iffaty عفتي of Isfardyin a slave woman of Adzory.
19. Fétimah Khatin, a daughter of Darwysh-zidah, who was a brother of Qiy4m aldyn ۴۲ and whose takhallug was Disty.
20. Nizdy yji a relation of Mawlana Ahy (or Ahly ?) wrote in Turky.
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12 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS. ] 011۸۳. I.
(6) العبیب تصنیف حري بن اميري died (P.)
A present for Habyb (friend) being a collection of ghazals from the best authors by Fakhry b. Amyry who has been mentioned in the preceding notice dedicated to the Wazyr Habyb Allah who had the title of Acaf.
The poems are chosen with great taste and alphabeti- cally arranged.
ای نام تو دیباچه ”>جموعۂ را ز نازنه بنام تر همه اهل نيار Beginning
Moty Mahall a splendid copy 8vo. 640 pp. 14 lines; Tépkhénah about 700 pp. 17 lines.
س ل
(7) سامی ais? -.۶ (P.)
The present of Sam being a biography of the contem- poraneous poets of Persia, compiled by the Prince Sam Myrza b. Shah Isma’yl in 957—Shah Isma’y] the father of the author was the founder of the Cafawy Dynasty. This book has been described by de Sacy, in the Notices et Extraits des MSS. Vol. IV. pp. 273—308.
It is divided into seven chapters .حدم The first four contain notices of Princes, Nobles, Wazyrs and learned men who have occasionally written poetry, begin- ning with Shah Isma’yl, 184 pages.
5th Chapter, On professional poets and men distin- guished by eloquence. It begins with Jamy, 162 pages.
6th. Tatars who have written Persian poetry.
7th. Appendix. This and the preceding chapters together have only 34 ۰
The book is valuable for containing contemporaneous accounts, and may be considered as a continuation of Dawlat-shah’s Tadzkirah ; it contains in all 664 poets. 7
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Beginning قبل کل کلام بصفات الجلال و الاکرام as) al
` In the Farah-bakhsh library is an elegant copy small 8vo. 350 pages of 15 lines. Another good copy is in the Moty Mahall.
ہہ ص
(8) Pub oll الافکار تصنیف دة ی don jy خلاصة الاشعار (P.)
The butter of poems and the cream of conceits being a Tadzkirah of Persian poets by Taqyy aldyn Moham- mad b. Sharaf aldyn ’alyy Hosayny Dsxikry. He was born at Kashan about A. H. 946. He is very particular in giving us the dates on which he completed various portions of his work. In 985 be completed in four volumes notices of the poets who had lived before his time and in 993 he added a volume containing biogra- phies of contemporaneous poets after he had spent four- teen years on the completion of his work. A friend of his embodied this date in the following chronogram : جلد جا گرفت چو گنس w= ر ۳ en -¥ Si یاب شین ey چون بر پد کناب تةي افزود م بذج eu تا هر یکرا درست باشف
<“ When the five books of the Biographer Taqyy were deposited in volumes like a treasury I added to fix the date five to the five books of Taqyy.” The letters of the Persian words for five books of Taqyy have the numerical value 988 and if you add five, you have the above date. After the completion of the work he made many additions and in 1016, he informs us, he found it recessary to publish a new edition in six volumes and the words ست #جلدات لازم 1. e. sia volumes are required give precisely the date of this new edition.
The book is divided into an introduction four chapters رگن and a conclusion dts,
14 PERSIAN ۰ ] 0013۸۳. I.
The introduction treats on the utility of the work and on mystical love. The author enters on the latter sub- ject at great length.
Ist Chapter. Fifty-four ancient poets beginning from the time of Sabaktegyn. They composed chiefly qaçydahs. The latest of them flourished in the eighth century.
2nd. Poets who excelled in the ghazal (Lyric poetry) and some of the later of that class of poets who com- posed chiefly qacydahs. Forty-two poets, most of whom flourished in the eighth century but some at the begin- ning of the ninth.
3rd. Forty-nine modern poets most of whom wrote ghazals and were of the ninth century; some few of them are of the tenth century of the Hijrah.
4th. One hundred and one poets who flourished from the time of Sultan Hosayn Mirza to the time of the author.
The appendix 4 \S contains notices of contemporane- ous poets, many of whom the author knew personally. They are divided into twelve chapters, according to the towns or provinces in which they were born. In the Second Edition an alphabetical list of poets is added, who sent to him specimens of their compositions after the book had been completed.
This work contains the fullest biographical details, the most copious and best chosen extracts, (seldom less than a thousand verses and in all 350,000 couplets,) the sound- est critical and most exact and complete bibliographical remarks on the Persian poets; the author seems, in all instances, to have consulted their Dywans, and to have collected all the information respecting them he could, the only fault is that he dwells at too great a length on
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the love adventures of the subjects of his biography which are generally most disgusting. A very full account of this work has been given by Mr. Bland, Journ. As. Soc. London, Vol. IX. p. 126.
جواهر حمد و ثنای که مفرح قلوب Beginning
In the Moty Ma/all library, two volumes, (the third and the last,) of the first edition are preserved. They were executed in A. H. 1004, and therefore before the second edition was made. They are in 4to., have 25 lines in a page, the writing is small but very correct, and there are two distiches in a line. The third volume, which contains the second chapter, has 860 pages, and the last, which contains the whole of the conclusion, has 750 pages. Mr. Hall of Benares possesses a copy of the first edition of the appendix, which
was copied A. H. 993. It is a splendid MS. folio 622 pp. of 24 lines, two bayts in a line.
(9) (P.)
An abridgment of the second edition of the preceding work apparently made by the author himself. This abridgment differs only so far from the original work that the specimens of poetry are omitted. ‘The biogra- phical details, introduction, &c. are literally the same.
جواهرحمد و ثنای که مفرح Beginning of the first volume قلوب w=?) دبس میور و معنا ابواب صدور
حمد و سپاس بیعدی افريدکاري را Beginning of Appendix سر te فا زا فان پھر ار 12
Moty رالعمعلا small folio, 868 pages, 25 lines in a page, good hand and correct, copied in 1040.
Table of contents. First Rokn. 1. Abt-l-Qésim Hosayn Hakym ’ongory died in 441. 2. Hakym Abi-lnajm Manichihry died in 483. 3. Abi-l-Hasan ’alyy b. Quali’ قولوع Furrokhy Sanjary Systany died in 470.
16 PERSIAN ۰ ] 174۳. ۰
4. Hakym Asady ۰ 5. Abi-l-Mo’yn 2۷۵۶ 0. Khosraw b. Harith b. ’alyy (in the Atishk. p. 265 is ’ysa instead of ’alyy, see also Bland, Journ. As. Soc. L. VII. p. 360) b. Hasan b. Mohammad b. ’alyy b. Musa Ridhã, (according to Khishgt his takhallug was Hojjat). 6. Abd-l-Faraj Riny. 7. Abd-l-Fadhl Mas’id b. Sa’d Salman d. 525. 8. Abi-l-Hasan Lom’y Jorjany. 9. Hakym Zayn aldyn Azragy d. 527. 10. Abû Mancir Qataran Ajaly Amtry (Ormawy ۶( d. 485. 11. Shihab aldyn Adyb Cabir d. 540. 12. Amyr Mo’izzy Samarqandy, his name was Abii Bakr Mo- hammad b. ’abd Malik Mo’izzy d. 542. 13. Badzil aldyn ’am’aq عمعق Bokhary d. 543. 14. Shaykh Abi Majd Majdid Mohammad Sandyiy. 15. Siraj aldyn ’othmin Mokhtdéry Ghaznawy d. 554 (his takhallug was first ’othman and subsequently Mokhtary). 16. Shams aldyn Mohammad Stizany Samarqandy d. 569. 17. ’abd al Wasi’ .ا ’abd al-Hamiy b. ’omar b. al-Raby’ Jabaly Sultany 5۰ 18. Sayyid Ashraf aldyn Hasan Ghaznawy d. 565. 19. Amyr ’imddy Ghaznawy Shahriyéry d. 573. 20. Rashyd aldyn ’abd al-Jalyl Watwat ’omary d. 578. 21. Abi-l-nitzém ملد aldyn Falaky Sharwany d. 577. 22. Awhad aldyn ’alyy Anwary d. 587. 23. Afdhal aldyn ۰ 24. Qiwdm aldyn Ahmad Qiwdmy of Ganjah.
Second Volume... (Containing chiefly Qacydah writers.)
25. Abi-l-Fadhl Téhir b. Mohammad Tzahyr aldyn Faryaby d. 598.
26. Radhyy aldyn Mohammad Nayshapiry d. 598.
27. Athyr aldyn Mohammad Akhsykaty d. 608.
28. Abi-l-Makérim Mojyr aldyn Baylagany d. 594.
29. Jamdl aldyn Mohammad b. ’abd al-Razz4q Ispahany d. 588.
30. Sharaf aldyn Ashrafy Samargqandy d. 595.
31. Dhiyé aldyn Khojandy d. 622.
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32. Çafyy aldyn Zakyy Mardghy his name was ‘omar b. Abi Bakr b. Abii-l-Wafi but he was simply called Zakyy. He died 607.
33. Nitzdmy of Ganjah usually called Mitedmy Motarrizy, his name is Abi Mohammad Nitzém aldyn Ahmad b. ۲۵۵۵۲ d. 606.
34. Kafiy aldawlat Haybat Allah Ibrahym و2 altzafar Hama- dany.
35. Sharaf aldyn ’abd al-Mémin Shufurdah (in the very correct copy of Maybodzy’s Tadzkirah and in the preface to the Kholagah this name is spelt .(شفروه
36. Abid-l-Makarim Shams aldyn Darkany d. 600.
37. Sayf aldyn A’raj Isfarangy born in 581 d. 666.
38. Rafy’ aldyn ’abd al-’azyz Labnany d. ۰
89. Faryd aldyn ’attdér of Nayshapur.
40. Siraj aldyn Qomry d. 625.
41. Kamil aldyn Isma’yl Ispahany.
42. Najyb aldyn Churbadqany d. 665.
43. Qéadhiy Shams aldyn Mahmid Tabsy d. 626.
44. Faryd aldyn Ahwal Isfarayiny.
45. Kamal aldyn Zanjany d. 687.
46. Abi Mohammad ’abd Allah b. Abi Bakr Imémy Herawy d.
47. Khwéjah Majd aldyn Hibat Allah 760+ Hamkar d. 686.
48. Badr aldyn Jajarmy d. 686.
49. Jamal aldyn Munshiy d. 702.
50. Qéadhiy Rokn aldyn Da’wy Dar-Qommy.
51. Athyr aldyn ’abd Allah Awmany d. 665.
52, Dzû-lfiqûr Sharwiny Qiwam aldyn Hosayn b. Cadr aldyn ۰ 53. Mawlané Jalal aldyn Rûmy d. 661.
54. Afdhal aldyn Kashany d. 707.
Second Rokn. Third Volume.
55. Sa’ dy of Shyraz d. 691. 56. Shaykh Rokn aldyn Awhady Maraghy d. 697 57. Fakhr aldyn Ibréhym ’iraqy d. 709. 58. Khwajah Homam aldyn Tabryzy d. 714. 59. Nagyr aldyn Bachayiy A= d. ۰ 60. 7٦ز aldyn b. Baha aldyn Jémy d. 732. 61. Radhyy aldyn Baba Qazwyny d. 909. D
18 PERSIAN ۰ ] 011۸۳. I.
62. Sayyid ۰
63. Hasan Kashy d. 710.
64. Na’ym aldyn b. Jamyl aldyn Nizdry Qohistany d. 720 -
65. Sayyid Jalal aldyn Ja’far Faréhany d. 736.
66. Amyr Khosraw of Dilly d. 725.
67. Sa’yd aldyn Herawy d. 741.
68. Sirdjy Sikzy سکزی d. 652.
69. Sayyid Shams aldyn ’adhod Yazdy d. 740.
70. Najm aldyn Hasan Sanjary of Dilly d. 745.
71. Jalal aldyn b. ’adhod aldyn Yazdy d. 793.
72. Jalal aldyn ’atygy d. ۰
73. Kamal aldyn Abi-al’at’ Mohammad b. ’alyy b. Mahmud Murshidy Khwaéjah Kirmany d. 745.
74. Nitzim aldyn b. Jalal aldyn b. ’ahhod aldyn Hosayny Shy- razy d. 763. ۱
75. Myr Mohammad ۰
76. Fakhr aldyn Mahmtd Ibn Yamyn aldyn Mohammad Faryi- mady d. 745.
77. Khwajah Nacir aldyn Bokhary.
78. Khwajah Jamal aldyn Mohammad Salmdn Sawajy d. 799 (?)
79. Khwéjah ’obayd Zakény d. 772.
80. ’izz aldyn Karjy (Karkhy ?) d. 788.
81. Amyn aldyn Hajy Dada Tabryzy d. 758.
82. Khwajah ’imad aldyn (Ibn ?) Faqyh Kirmany d. 793, (ac- cording to Ilahy he died in 773.)
83. Jalal aldyn Tabyb Shyrazy d. 795.
84, Ghiydth aldyn Mohammad called Shaykh Kajajy == d. 778.
85. Shams aldyn Mohammad ۵۵۵64 d. 784.
86. Khwajah Fadhl Allah Ibn مد Tabryzy d. 793.
87. Rokn aldyn Bekrany.
88. Najm aldyn b. Mahmid b. Zangy d. 806.
89. Motzaffar Herawy d. 728 (probably 782).
90. Ustad Hasan Motakallim d. 741.
91, Rokn aldyn Cdyin d. 785.
92. Shams aldyn Mohammad Kafiy d. 750.
93. Sharaf aldyn Fadhl Allah Shyrazy.
94, Rokn aldyn Herawy d. 764,
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95. Jamal aldyn Abû Ishaq Shyrazy d. 758. 96. Jalal aldyn Shah Shujé’ Kirmany d. 786,
Third Rokn. Fourth Volwne.
97. Khwajah Shams aldyn Mohammad Hifitz 791. 98. Shaykh Kamal aldyn Khojandy d. 792 or 803 or 808, 99. Mo’yn aldyn Jowyny جوپني
100. Shams aldyn Modammad Maghriby d. 809.
101. Sayyid ’iméd aldyn Wasymy d. 807.
102. Sayyid Nir aldyn Ni’mat Allah Walyy d. 827.
103. Shaykh Mohiy aldyn Hosayn Rafi’y d. 825 or 830.
104. Abû Ishaq Halla} Shyrazy.
105. Sayyid Qasim Anwar.
106. Khwajah Fakhr aldyn ’igmat Allah Bokhary d. 829.
107, Siraj aldyn Bisdty Samargandy flourished under Sul¢én
Khalyl.
108. Hafitz Sa’d called Sa’de Gul d. 868.
109. Burhan aldyn Adzory d. 866.
110. Kamiale Giyath Shyrazy d. 848.
111, Khaydly Bokhary.
112. Shams aldyn Mohammad ۷ eter? d. 838.
113. Fattahy Nayshapiry d. 852.
114. Badr aldyn Shdshy Sharwany d. 754 (854 2)
115. Sharaf aldyn ’alyy Makhdiim d. 858.
116. Luéf Allah Nayshdptry d. 816.
117. Khwajah Nitzim aldyn Rostam Bostamy d. 834.
118. Taj aldyn Hasan Salymy Sabawary.
119. Shams aldyn Mohammad called Ldn Hosdm d. 875.
120. Baha aldyn ۰
121. Çafyy aldyn (b.) Masyd aldyn Qishanjy d. 853.
122. Nitzim aldyn Ahmad Shyrynkar.
123. Aqû Malik Amyr-shdhy Sabzwary.
124. Tali’y Samarqandy d. 858.
125. Cahib Balkhy Sharyfy d. 860.
126. Shihab aldyn Hakymy d. 881.
127. ’abd Allah Tisy d. 869.
128. Shaykh-zadah Tahir Bokharayiy d. 869.
129. Fakhr aldyn Awhad Mostawfiy Sabzwary d. 868.
D 2
۳1۳1۲۸ ۲ ۰ [CHAP. ۰
Amyr Yad-Bég Sayfy d. 870. Khwajah Mamûd Borsah d. 878. Shiyûny Qalandar.
Rihy Nadiry (or Yadory.) Khosrawy Herawy d. 879.
Zayny Sabzwary.
Kawthary Bokhary d. 880. Mahmid Mushky Tabryzy. Khwajah Rokn aldyn Mas’td Turk. Sayyid Ashraf d. 884 or 854. Riyddhy Samarqandy d. 884. Cafayiy Samarqandy d. 940 (?) Khaky.
Shams aldyn Mohammad Asyry. ala aldyn ’alyy ۰
Amyr Kamil aldyn Hosayn Fatayiy d. 893.
Fourth Rokn.
‘abd al-Rahman Jémy d. 898.
Amyr Nitz4m aldyn ’alyy Shyr 74 d. 906. Amyr Hosayn Shafy’y Mo’ammayiy d. 904. Nitzam aldyn Ahmad Sohayly d. 907.
Sayfy ’aridhy Bokhary.
Darwysh Deheky.
Masyh aldyn ’ysa Sawajy d. 896.
Amyr Humaytin Isfarayiny d. 902.
Hasan Shah Hazzdl d. 905.
Llahy Hosayn d. 933.
aldyn Cahib Dara d. 906. ۸ج
Shihab aldyn ’abd Allah Marwaryd Baydny d. 922, Shaykh Najm Ya’guby.
Gulkhany Qommy d. 913.
Amyr Nagyby Nir-bakhshy d. 914.
Baba Juzwy d. 915.
Dhiydyiy Urdi-baghy d. 927.
Partawy d. 928.
Shohidy a. 927.
Caddyiy.
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166. Dé wy d. 915.
167. Mithdly Kashany d. 924.
168. Abi-l-Barakat Firdgy d. 913.
169. Banndyiy.
170. Khwajah A¢afy d. 920.
171. Kédmy d. 921.
172. Darwysh Hosdmy Qara-Kily d. 922. 173. Bûbû Humdayiy d. ۰
174. Amyr Jah Unsy d. 923.
175. Nitzdm aldyn Mo’ammayiy Astrabady d. 925. 176. Baba Fighdny d. 925.
177. ’atdyiy d. 925.
178. Amény Shyrazy.
179. Shaykh-zadah Lahijy 71447 d. 927. 180. Widdéyiy Nayshapiry.
181. Ahy d. 927.
182. Myr Shams aldyn Mohammad Majlisy d. 927. 183. Ummydy Teherany.
184. Mahwy Herawy d. 928.
185. Tédyiry Astrabady d. 929.
186. Furtghy d. 949 or 959.
187. Arshad Kazariny d. 920.
188. Rashyd Kézariny d. 920.
189. Mohiy Lary d. 933.
190. Hayrény Hamadany d. 930.
191. Wafdyiy Shyrazy.
192. Zuldly Shyrazy d. 948.
193. Myr Magbil Qommy 1. 934.
194. Sayyid Mdyily d. 931.
195. Kishwary of Ridbar or of Qomm. 196. Ahly Khorasiny d. 984.
197. Mahdiy d. 931.
198. ۰
199. Fakhry Mashhady d. 932.
200. Shahydy Qommy d. 935.
201. Hildl Qazwyny d. 934.
202. Nddiry Marwy (or Herawy) d. 936. 203. Açly (or Acyly) Qommy.
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904. Nargisy d. 937. 205. Myr Hashimy Bokhûry d. 908 (?) 206. Dûst-Morammad Hdly d. 939. 207. Badr aldyn Hildly. 208. Némy d. 940. 209. Myr Mohammad Çalik d. 941. 210. Ahly Shyrazy d. 942. 211. ’abd Allah ۰ 212. Rézy. 213. Bûbû Naçyby Gylany d. 944. 214. Ilahy d. 945. ` 215. Dhiydyiy ۰ 216. Tedhiry (Tihiry ۶( d. 946. 217. Fadhly Herawy d. 947. 218. ’alyy Faydhy d. 947. 219. Qazwyny Torbaty d. 949. 220. Sdyil Hamadany d. 950. 221. Sayyid Hosayn Qodsy d. 951. 222. Mazéry. 223. Sultan Mohammad Cidgy d. 952. 224. Qéadhiy Yahya Gylany d. 953. 225. Shawgy was of Tabryz but is usually called Herawy d. 954. 226. Fagyhy Tabryzy d. 956. 227. Qdyily (or Qébily) of Sabzwar is the author of a Tadzkirah of Poets d. 955. 228. Shah Mo’izz aldyn Téhir d. 996. 229. Hosayn Kashy d. 951. 230. Haydar Kolûj (Kolih ۶( d. 959. 231. Sharyf Tabryzy d. 957. 232. ’ishqy Kashy d. 960. 233. Sayyid ’alyy Agghar Mashhady d. 960. 234. Hayraty. 235. Sayf aldyn Mahmid Rijdyiy d. 966. 236. Motzaffar Shifayiy Kashy d..963. 237. Mirza Sharaf Jehan d. 968. 238. Malik Qazwyny d. 968. 239. Fodhily Baghdady d. 970. 240. Nithéry Tiny d. 971.
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241. Yahya Jan Gylany d. 970.
242. Con’y Nayshapiry d. 972.
243. Dhamyry Hamadany d. 973. 244. Sharaf aldyn ’alyy Bafigy d. 974. 245. Sayyid ’azyz Qalandar d. 972. 246. Ghazzdly ۰
Appendix containing contemporary poets.
I.— Poets of 8۰
1. Living poets, that is to say, poets whose biography the author took down during their life time. Many of them were dead in 993 when he first published this book, and he consequently mentions the date of their death.
247. Mawlané Moftasham teacher of the author, wrote three dywans the first is called صبائية the second جلالية and the third ۔شبابیة Besides he wrote a dywan of Qacydahs, in praise of the Imams and princes of about 8000 bayts. and a Risalah of Mo’am- mas and chronograms. There is a qagydah quoted on the succession of Shah Isma’yl to the throne, it consists of 66 Micra’s, and every Micra’, contains a chronogram for 984.
248. Amyr Rafy’ aldyn Haydar Rafy’dyiy Mo’ammiyiy com- posed more than 12,000 bayts of chronograms, Mo’ammas, &c. but did not collect them.
249. Myr Mo’izz aldyn Mokammad was so exquisite a caligra- pher that a thousand verses written by him sold for 10,000 dynars.
250. Khwajah Amyr aldyn Mohammad writes occasionally Gha- zals.
251. Aqû Salman called Myrzé4 Hisdby is the author of a com- mentary on the Preface of the Gulistan of about 3000 lines. He devoted himself to Cufism and wrote a treatise thereon. He is also said to have compiled an Arabic commentary on Qishchy’s Persian treatise on astronomy ; another work of his is called s4J! .اوصاف Tt treats on geography, on the wonders of the creation, the lives of poets, learned men, ۰
252. Mawlana Dhiya aldyn Mohammad.
253, Myrza Jalal aldyn Mohammad Hakym died in 970.
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254. Mawlana Rokn aldyn Mas’iid Masyhy is the author of ضابطة العلاح which is an Arabic work on the practice of medicine. He seems also to have been a good poet.
255. Myrzé Abi Talib Masyhy died at the age of thirty.
256. Myr Rafy’ aldyn Hosayn a Sayyid of the Tabataba caste, used his name as takhallug. The author met him in 1010.
257. Myr Mohammad Hashim Szhr went to India and was very well received by Akbar.
258. Abi Torab Bég.
259. Myr Burhan aldyn Mohammad Bagir Qadhiy of Kashan wrote a dywan of near 5000 verses.
260. Myr Rokn aldyn Mas’tid Rokny went to India in 987.
261. Myr Ya’qtiby a native of Qomm, was settled at Kashan, d. in 988.
262. Mawlana Jamal aldyn Mohammad was a friend of Hayraty.
263. Myr Nitz4m aldyn Hdshimy went from Kashan to Ispahan.
264. Mawlana Mohammad Fahmy left a Mathnawy called صورت و معني and Qacydahs, Ghazals, Satyres, &e. ` 265. Amyr Akbar ’alyy Zashbyhy was the son of a washerman. He went to India, and turned a Faqyr, but as he is an infidel his ascetic exercises cannot be of much use to his soul. He lefta dywan of about 8000 verses and a Mathnawy called ذرڈ وخرشید
266. Mawlana Dhiya aldyn Ghadhanfar was born at Qomm but educated at Kashén. Besides many Qacydahs, Ghazals, &c. he left a Mathnawy called پھر وجواب of about 3000 verses in the measure of Yusof 6 ۰
267. Mawlana Kamil aldyn Hé¢im, his original name was Haybat Allah and his first takhallug Haybat. He had great poetical talents and a corresponding opinion of himself.
268. Mawlané Motzaffar aldyn Hasraty a pupil of Mo/tasham in whose praise he composed some Qacydahs.
269. Mawlana Ridhdyiy was in 990 in Kirman.
270. Mawlana Nadzry, his father was a Shamli Turk, and his mother of the Olds tribe. He was born in Ka4shan, but went to Khorasan, thence he came to Qazwyn and returned to Kashan.
271. Faryd aldyn Sho’ayb.
272. Mawlana Afdhal 04/47 was put to death for infidelity in 904.
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273. Mawlana Sharaf, a native of Ardestdn, which is near Ispahan, came to K4shén as a tailor, but became one of the most distin- guished poets of his age. He wrote chiefly Ghazals.
274. Haydar Dzihny wrote chiefly Ghazals and some humoristic , pieces of poetry in the dialect of Kashan.
275. Mageud went in 971 from Késhén to Shyraz, and subse- quently he performed the pilgrimage to Makkah. ۱
276. Haydty was originally a water-carrier, subsequently owing to some disgusting adventures he was obliged to take flight to Qazwyn, where he joined some devotees. They were apprehended on the charge of infidelity, their books were examined, and they were impri- soned. After two years’ confinement he returned in 986 to Kaéshan. He composed a dywan of about 2000 verses.
277. Mardumy, his original name was Hajy. His father being a tradesman, he was brought up for the profession of book-binding, nevertheless he received a good education and was for some time Qadhiy at Niy4sir, a place near K4shén, but subsequently he return- ed to his original profession.
278. ’abd al-Ghaffar a brother of ’abd al-Fatté2 and an accom- plished calligraph and musician.
279. Qadhiy Mohammad a descendant of ’abd al-Razziq the author of the Tawylat. According to the new edition he was called oçfûr.
280. Khwajah ‘inayat Saltaq Khwdjagy, his forefathers were Salta- qyyah Turks. He had landed property in Niydsir and spent most of his time there. He imitates the style of Agafy. He was alive in 975.
281. Fakhry wrote a dywan of 10,000 verses in which he imitates most of the ancient masters, but as he has not much education he is not acknowledged by other poets. He dug a grave for himself outside the Ispahén gate and made himself a tombstone. He visited his grave every Friday.
282. Samdyiy was a distinguished oculist and chess-player.
288. Hosayn Khigdly a pupil of Mohtasham had first the takhal- luc of Wicaly.
284. Sho’éry was one of the most talented poets of Kashan at that period.
285. Khwajah Jalal aldyn Mas’ûd a son of Sayyid Shams. aldyn Mohammad Baqir. His father was a merchant, and died in Turkey,
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leaving a considerable property. Jalal aldyn went to Constantinople with a view of recovering it, and died of the plague in 982 or 988.
286. Ghadhanfar a son of Fahm (Fahmy ?) a talented man who gave himself up to profligacy and died in ۰
287. Wahshy Khwajah Hosayn imitates ’orfy and Ghayraty.
288. Kisré كسري a grandson of Ahly (Khorésany). Went to Yazd in 999.
289. Sharyf was originally a tailor, he possessed considerable poetical talents. Went in 994 to India and was well received by the Khén-Khénan.
289. Mohammad Qasim Sarwary (or Sortiry) the son of a shoe: maker, had so excellent a memory, that he knew more than thirty thousand verses by heart. He composed a dictionary called ”جمع ~~»! and a book in which he explains the difficult words of Nitz4my and other poets.
2. Poets of Kashin who are dead but with some of whom the author was acquainted when young.
290. Shuja’, called Kur, was a great drunkard and was imprisoned for it. He died in consequence of his intemperance in 981 and left a dywan of about 5000 verses.
291. Hamdamy Myrza ’alyy Dabbagh (i. e. the tanner) was a dissolute character. He visited India and on his return to Persia collected his poems into a dywén. He died in 982.
292. Myr Mas’ida Tabataba Sayyid. He imitated Agafy and spoke depreciatingly of other poets; and this compliment was re- turned to him.
293. Mushfigy a brother of Jamaly Kirbas-ferûsh died in 972.
294. Gulshany imitated T'ûsy and Sayfy. He visited India when aged and was there imprisoned by the Portuguese ( oli! فرنگ 025 yo ) when he obtained his liberty he returned to Persia and died in 974.
295. Haydar called Tahmasy died 970, or in 971. His poetry was much esteemed.
296. Adham es! though a native of Kashan resided mostly at Baghdad and Tabryz. He was a bigotted Shy’ah and died in 969 (according to the other copy in 999.)
297. Ni’maty Maddah died 966.
298. Nigdhy of Aran near Kashan died 979, and left a Mathnawy
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ealled “غثار نامک of about 30,000 verses, in the metre of the Shahnamah and one called and مهرو مشفری in imitation of ’aççar’s Mathnawy.
299. Mohammad Romûzy of Naslaj near Kashan put books ou law and other sciences in Persian verses. A labour of this kind is his الشرایع Us, He was eminently skilled in the superstition called Ramal and invented some new methods. He was generally a very eccentric character and for some time perfectly mad. He died in 972.
300. Myr Hamyyat Allah Qdni’y was an accomplished archer and caligrapher but not much of a poet. He died in 958.
II.— Poets of ۰
301. Kamal aldyn Hosayn Dhamyry was alive, when ۳ KA4shdny wrote and had composed upwards of 70,000 bayts of Ghazals, and near 30,000 bayts of Mathnawies and Qacydahs. He left the following six Mathnawies. 1. 34) بہار وخزان .2 از و 3. الاخیار .4 وامق وعذرا ha 5. wis” سکندر نامه .6 لیلی و And one dywan of Qécydahs in praise of the Imdms, which has the title Jee; Vaile and another which is called اصداف لال
302. Zayn aldyn alyy Nyky was a very holy man and upwards of seventy years of age in 993. He is the author of a dywan of Ghazals of about 10,000 verses; of a Mathnawy called زبدة الافگار in the metre of the Makhzan alasrar; and of a dywan of Qacydahs con- taining about 4000 verses.
303. Hayraty was the greatest poet of his time. He had studied at Ispahdn and was alive when Taqyy Kashany wrote his Tadzkirah. Though he received a liberal allowance from the Persian Govern- ment, owing to his extravagance, it was quite insufficient for his support, and in 989 he went to India, being attracted by the prodi- gality of the Qofobshahians of Golconda.
304. Amyr Rizbahan Cabry had first the Takhallug of Faris. He was a descendant of the celebrated Qadhiy Rizbahan.
305. Qadhiy Nûr aldyn Mofammad was born in Ispahdn and brought up in Qazwyn.
306. Khwajah Afdhal aldyn Mohammad Turkah, the Qadhiy, a son of Habyb Allah Turkah, and a descendant of Khwajah Çûyin aldyn Turkah, who had been a great QGufy under Shahrokh and had written a commentary on the Foçüç and ona qacydah of Ibn ۰ Afdhal aldyn after having completed his studies at Ispahan repaired
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to the موف and Syria to perfect himself in the traditions and other sciences and then he made the pilgrimage to Makkah. In 967 he re- turned home from his travels and went to Qazwyn to Shah 7&hmasb and eventually the high office of Court Qadhiy was conferred upon him ; after some time however he was obliged to resign it. He was very learned, and pupils flocked to him from all parts of Persia.
307. Amyr Shuja’ aldyn Mohammad Khalyfah, a man of great learning, was alive in 1010 and had written a dywan of 3000 bayts.
308. Amyr Jalal aldyn Hasan (according to one copy Hosayn), a nephew of a Wazyr of Shih Zahmésb had first the takhallug of Hozny, and subsequently that of Caldyiy.
309. Myr Burhan aldyn Mohammad Bagqir Jshréq a son of Shams aldyn Moammad Astrabady who is called Damad. He is the author of glosses (A4shiyah) on various treatises on Philosophy and other school-books. He also wrote Mathnawies in the style and metre of Nitzémy and several Qacydah. He was alive in 993.
310. Myrzé Taj aldyn Hosayn Çéyidy a descendant of Khwajah Rokn aldyn Gayid was born at Ispahén, and brought up at Shyraz. He wrote-a Persian treatise to prove that Shah Zahmasb would reign until the time of Mahdiy. He died in 1000.
- 811. Myr Mortadha Rafygy of Kaz near Ispahan, died in 990 at an age of fifty years.
312. Aqé Shahaky Fandyiy Rénany, that is to say a native of Ranan which is near Ispahén. He was a rich man and well versed in music and left a dywan of about 5000 verses.
313. Aqû Malik, he held the office of Mo’arrif.
: 814. Khwajah Mohammad Ridha Fikry wrote about 1000 bayts of Qacydahs, Ghazals, &e.
315. Mawlana Kaldmy.
316. Mawléné Myrak Dd@iy a son of Dhamyry had first the takhaluç of Mahrimy. ۱ :-817: Darwysh Ghéziy was born at Ispahén and brought up at Samnén. He was a wandering cynic and spent rarely more than one month in the same town. He was alive in 993. ۱
: 818. Mawlané Béba-shéh ۲ was a distinguished calligraph, but not much of a poet.
319. Hakym Sharaf aldyn Hasan Shifayiy.
320. Mawlana Shikyby a relation of Myr Çabry Rûzbahén.
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III.— Poets of Ispahdn who are dead..
321. Hirfy though born at Ispahaén, he is usually called ۳ Mashhddy, because he resided mostly at 7۵8. He died in 971. He did not arrange his dywan, it consists of about 6000 verses.
322. Mawlénd Talib was of Ispahan. He went to India and died in Gujrat in 984.
323. Mawléna Addyiy of Ispahan d. 955.
_ 824. Bahdry a brother of the preceding. The date of his death is not known.
325. Khalyfah Shah Mahmud.
326. Myrza Ibrahym a son of Myrza Shah Hosayn Ispahany died in 989. He is the author of a Persian Dictionary.
327. Amyr Taqyy aldyn called Shah Myr Zagyy went to India and Qotobshéh conferred a high office upon him. He died in 991.
328. Mawlind Cédig d. 944.
329. Mawléna Mazdqy was in his younger years a humoristic poet. Died in 987.
330. ۰ ı 831. Khwéjah Fadhl Allah ۰
332. ۰
333. Shah Hosayn Sdgiy wrote good satyres.. Died in 941.
334. Shah Hosayn ۰
335. Pyry a friend of Dhamyry and author of a dywan which he called سفینه :
336. Khwajah Jalal aldyn Mohammad ¢@ dy died in 942.
337. Ayaty was alive in 993.
338. Wéhid died in 971.
339. Moqgymy died in 963 at the early age of forty. His dywén has about 3000 verses.
340. Mohammad Qasim ہ742 was murdered in 979.
341. Khwajah Ghiydth aldyn ’alyy Firdgy.
342. Khawfy. 343. Hilmy. 344. Wagly.
345. . Allah Quly Qasamy.
346. Lawhy died in 989 at an age of 80 years.
347. Myr Ramzy gave himself during his youth up to profligacy, but when older he led a pious life. He died in 978 and left a dywan.
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IV.— Poets of Qomm and its neighbourhood.
348. Myr ’azyz Allah Hodhiry resided at Mashhad. He was a man of great learning. He travelled much and made three times the pilgrimage to Makkah.
349. Myr Ashhky a brother of Hodhiry came to India and died at Dilly in 972. He left according to some more than 12,000 verses but Taqyy thinks only 2000.
350. Mawliné Hijry a sword manufacturer lived for some time at Kashan. He left more than 10,000 verses.
351. Hakym Roshdy a distinguished physician, was much patro- nized by ٩۳۵۲۱ ۰
352. Mawliné Malik was distinguished in the Ghazal. He visited Qazwyn, and in 985 he proceeded to India and resided at Ahmadnagar.
353. Myr Yusof Wélihy was alive in 1003.
354. Sultan Mohammad a son of Shihab aldyn Qommy.
355. 12۳146 ’dridhy was alive in 1000.
356. Myr ۰
357. Shikyby of Qomm has lately (1016) come to celebrity for the great facility with which he makes verses.
358. Khorramy.
359. Myr Hisdby.
360. Myr Jalal aldyn Mahmud Agly.
361. Ançdry travelled much, and made the acquaintance of most poets of his age.
362. Wahydy a contemporary of Angary, died in 938. He left treatises on Metre and Rhyme.
۷ Poets of ۰
363. Haryfy had first the takhallug of Micra’y. He was an ascetic and died in 971. His dywan contains chiefly mystical poems, and is very celebrated.
364. Maggady.
365. ’ahdy a brother of the preceding, left a mathnawy in the style of ۲۵۵۵۶ 6 Zalykhé called آدم و بري and many Ghazals.
366. Cobhy a travelling darwysh died at Qazwyn in 973.
367. Stzy a native of Sawah resided mostly at Ispahén. He had first the takhallug of Jifékash. He composed two dywans, one of
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Ghazals and one of Qacydahs in all about 20,000 verses. He wrote a beautiful hand and most of the copies of dywans of the ancient poets used by learned men at Ispahan are written by him.
368. Calah aldyn Çarfy came to K4shén in order to profit by the instruction of Mohtasham. Went twice to Golconda the second time in 988. —
369. Juddyiy a son of Hidéyat Allah who was called Arakh and held a very high post at the court of Persia, and was put to death in 936. Judayiy died at Qazwyn in 984.
370. Tzaryfy of Sawah a mystical poet was a pupil of Haryfy came with a nobleman of the name of Walyy Sultan Turkman to K4shan.
371. Payrawy a native of Sawah lived many years in India.
372. Myr Qodsy his name is ’abd al-Qoddis, he died in 992.
373. Bddzily known for his wit.
374. Kamély, bis name is Kamal aldyn Hosayn, he studied for some time in Kashan.
375. Myraky the father of Çarfy was a tailor by profession died at Sawah in 991.
376. Mangiry a merchant by profession, wrote a Dywan of about 5000 verses.
Vi— Poets of Qazwyn which was then the capital of Persia.
377. Sultan Ibrahym Myrzé a son of Tzahyr aldyn Bahram Myrza Cafawy died in 989.
378. Sultan Mogéafa Myrzi was put to death by Shéh Isma’yl ın 984.
379. Bady’ alzamén Myrzé a son of Bahram Myrzé was a long time governor of Systén. He was put to death by Shah Ismé’yl in 985.
380. Sultan Hasin Myrzé a son of the Padshéh Abi-l-Motzaffar Sultan Mohammad was put to death by Shah Ismé’yl in 985.
381. Myrzé Salman was of a noble family of Ispahén and rose to the dignity of Wazyr. He was put to death in 991.
382. Myrza Ja’far a son of Myrz4 Bady’ alzamén left Persia during the tyrannical reign of Shah Ismé’yl and came to India. Akbar conferred an important post upon him.
383. Qéadhiy Hasan ’abd al-Razzaq his takhullug is Qddhiy he is a learned man and a fertile poet.
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384. Hajy Ismé’yl Bahthy a man of wonderful memory. In 985 he left Qazwyn with the intention of going to India, but at Mashhad he saw Imam Ridhé in a dream, he was prevailed upon to stay in that holy place and died shortly after.
385. Furighy of Qazwyn kept an apothecary’s shop.
386. Qéadhiy Myrak Hamdy is alive.
387. Tabkhy a relation of Farighy and فغلفظ is alive.
388. Shaykh Mohammad Amyn is alive.
389. Padshéh Quly Jadzby a son of Quly Sultan Néaranjy.
390. Myr Furighy died in 969.
391. Mawlana Ahmad Sharafy resided in 1003 at Qazwyn.
392. Darwysh Kaka was of Shyraz, though an illiterate man he was a good poet. He died at Qazwyn in 980.
393. Mohammad Bég Kachér Badyhy.
394. Qadry was originally a tailor at Qazwyn. Set up as a poet and came to Kashaén and subsequently to Ispahén. He changed his takhallug into Ghadry.
395. Séhiry of Turky origin, spent his life in travelling.
396. Hajy Bég known by the name of Khwajagy a native of Qazwyn, spent the greater part of his life at Késhén.: He was a very good musician.
397. Myr Faydhy a Sayyid of Mar’ash صرعش died long ago.
398. Hayraty of Qazwyn was a saddler by profession, flourished some time ago, and is mentioned in the Tadzkirah of Samy. ۱
399. Haétify a contemporary of Hayraty, died in 921 and left a Dywan.
400. ۰ ’azyz Allah a contemporary of Hayraty.
VII.— Poets of Gylin.
401. Khan Ahmad Myrza, Ruler of Gylan resided in 992 at Lahijan his capital.
402. 5774ا( Qardry Nir aldyn Mohammad a son of ’abd al. Razziq Gylany was in 992 in India.
403. Amyr Hdly a Sayyid of Léhijan.
404. Qadhiy ’abd Allah Yagyny son-in-law of Shaykh-z4dah Lahijy Fidayry, left a Dywan, died previous to 992.
405. Mawlana ’arif of Lahijan resides at Shyraz.
406. “inayat Allah Fikry d. in 973.
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407. Majézy of Lahijan wrote more than 5000 verses.
408. 74077 of Gylén a pious man.
409. Thandyiy was a pious man, and inclined to mysticism.
410. Awjy a mystical poet.
411, 222 of Rusht.
412. Méyily of Rusht.
413. Haydty of Rusht was a merchant and visited India.
414. Masyhy Gylany a clever physician, after travelling over all Persia he settled at Rustamdar in Mazanderan.
415. Dawdyiy of Laéhijén came in 990 to Kashén with the inten- tion of going to India.
416. Nijdty of Rusht was a merchant who made many travels.
417. Qdyimy of Mazanderan visited India.
418. Mohammad (ify of Amol a mystical poet who enjoyed great celebrity during his life time, he travelled much in Persia and also visited India. He was accused of being a free-thinker by men learned in law. He was alive in 1010, and had written, besides many other poems, a Sdqiy-ndmah.
VIII.—Poets of Tabryz and Adzarbdyj dn.
419. Hagyry the most celebrated of the poets of Adzarbayjan in his days, died in 992. His Dywan contains about 6000 bayts.
420. Nithéry of Tabryz spent nearly twenty years at Qazwyn imitated the Dywdn of Myr Shahy. - .
421. Khwéry was of Herat and his father was of Marw, but he was settled at Tabryz and is usually called Tabryzy, his style resem- bles that of Lisény, he died in 974.
422. Shikyby is of Tabryz died in 971 and is buried at Surkhéb.
423. Khwadjah Mahmid Bég Sélim is of a noble family and distin- guished in the Mathnawy, he has written a Yisof 6 ۰
424. Tawfy (Taway ?) of Tabryz is the author of a Tadzkirah which contains a great number of poets.
425. Wiçdly of Tabryz died in India.
426. Haydary of Tabryz was originally a saddler and turned subsequently merchant, spent much of his time in India, completed seven years ago a Dywan of Ghazals containing 7000 verses.
427. Mohammad Hosayn Cabiry, it is said that he is of Tabryz.
428. Mohammad Sharyf ۰
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429. Hasan Bég ’ajzy of Tabryz a contemporary of the preceding.
430. Mahmiud Bég Fosiny of Tabryz was alive in 998.
431, Myr Ja’fary a Sayyid of Tabryz.
432. بر1 a poet of Adzarbayjén was in 1001 at K4shén.
433. Sultén Mohammad ’azmy of Tabryz died at Ispahan in 1010 at the age of forty.
434. Mawléna Télib (according to the new copy Hakym Abi Talib) of Tabryz was a good physician. He collected his poems (chiefly Ghazals) in 994. ۱
435. Qéadhiy Wifiy of a great family of Tabryz was killed in 992.
436. 7877 Bég of Tabryz studied at Shyr4z under Myrza Jan.
437. Myr Hosayn Sare-miy (Sarmady ?) of Tabryz, was in 990 at Kashan.
438. 711 of Tabryz had the same takhallug as Myr ’alyy Shyr and therefore most of the poems of the former are ascribed to the latter. He was a rich and very liberal man, he was dead in 993.
439. Mawlana Cayrafy of Adzarbayjin imitated ۰
440. Mawlina Ma’rif’ was given to the superstition called ۰
441. Jéniby Tabryzy.
442. Tofayly.
443. Qawsy an uneducated man.
444, Khwajah Amyr Bég Mihr obtained an important office from Shah Zahmasb, perished in prison in 983 into which he had been cast on the suspicion of his being versed in the occult sciences, of which the Shah was in very great dread.
445. Myrzi Kéfiy of Ardibad in Adzarbayjaén a —_— ا Insha writer.
446. Myrzé 0/0: of Ardibid went in 980 to India, in 988 he was in the Deccan.
447. Thabaty 0۶ 0
448. Baraky of Tabryz was dead in 993.
449. Fardy of Ardebyl was in 989 at Kashan on his way to Shyraz.
450. Bazmy of Ardebyl a merchant spent some time in India. He was much given to eating opium, and died in 987.
451. Wérithy of Ardeby] lived in 989 at Astrabad.
452. ’abdy of Sharwan a mystical poet, died in 985 at Tabryz
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IX.— Poets of Yaad and ۰
453. Mawléné Wahshy was born at Bafiq and is a pupil of Sharaf aldyn Béafiqy; he wrote, besides many other poems (particularly Qacydahs), a Mathnawy called فرهاد وشیرین in the metre of Nit- zamy’s Khosraw 6 Shyryn. He died in 992 or 991.
454. Qéasim Bég Qasmy a son of ’abbés Bég Afshar a pupil of Wahshy was killed in 989.
455. Tahmasb Quly Bég ’arshy of Turky origin, had first the takhallug of ۰ ' 456. Myr ’abd al-Wahhab Najdy a Sayyid of Yazd is a merchant by profession. He visited India.
457. . Mûmin Hosayn a pupil of Myrza Jaén was in his youth given to profligacy, when he became older he changed his course of life. He was alive in 1007.
458. Zamdny of Yazd went in 1001 to Qazwyn composed Qacy- dahs and a Mathnawy in the metre and style of the Makhzan alasrar.
459. ’abdy of Aberqih was uneducated but witty and strong in the satyre and humorous poetry.
460. Kdsib of Yazd flourished a long time ago.
461. Myr Shah Hosayn Sdqiy (according to the new copy Kdmy) of Yazd died in 954.
462. Myr Zubdny a Sayyid of ۰
463. Shéh ’izz aldyn Ghawwdey of Herat was settled at Yazd, he composed nearly 100,000 verses. About A. H. 950, this fertile poet wrote in a work, in which he says
زشعرم Ae حالا در حساہست . هزار و نهصه و پنچه کتابست
“The poetry which I have written amounts to 1950 books.” He made 500 verses a day, and it would appear that he put the Rawdhat alshohad4, the History of Zabary, the Legends of the Prophets, Kalylah wa Damnah, and the medical work called Dzakhyrah Khwé- rezmshahy and many other works into verse. He died in 960 at an age of more than one hundred years.
464. Mawlénd Shams aldyn of Yazd died in 988.
465. Fosiny of Yazd spent the greater part of his life in India, came in 981 to Kashan.
466. Qdsimy of Ardestén a place between Yazd and Ispahan and Kashan, he lived for some time at Ispahén, where he died in 976 or 986.
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467. Jalal Sipihry of Azwarah lived mostly at Ispahén. He is a mystical poet and imitates Mawlawy Jalal aldyn Rûmy.
468. Mohammad Murshidy a brother of Sipihry is equally a mystical poet.
469. Mawlana ’atdyiy of Ardestan.
470. Qufy of Ardestan.
471. Myr Shams aldyn Mohammad Cadr obtained in 986 the post of Cadérat. He had first the takhallug of Fahmy and subse- quently of ۰
472. Shah Abi-l-Qésim known by the name of Cafiy is of Bomm in Kirmén. He was alive in 1016.
473. Myr Fadhly (or Fagly) of Bomm was alive in 1016.
474. ’ayydry was alive in 999.
475. Shaykh ’abd al-Salam Paydmy b. Shams aldyn Mohammad Magtul (i. e. the man who has been executed) b. Shaykh Thahyr aldyn Ibrahym Najrany. Was alive in 998.
476. Fiddyiy of Kirmén was a good poet and Insha writer, died at Yazd.
477. ’alyy Nawydy a pupil of Shah Tahir Anjedény went to India, where he was patronized by Abi-l-Fath Nitzim Shah. For some time he was in disgrace with his patron and changed his takhallu¢ into Nawmmydy. He died in 975 at Ahmadnagar.
478. ’dshigy is originally of a village between Systan and Khoré- san, he left a Dywaén of Ghazals and was in his native town in 988. Another poet of this takhallug is of the town of Systan, and came under Shah Isma’yl IT. to Qazwyn.
479. Qéadhiy Ahmad Ldghiry of Zabulistan, a. under Shah ۰
480. Myr Joniny of Qandahar.
481. Sayyid Abi-l-Qésim called Gahy of Ispahan, though it is usually said that he was of Kabul, died at Agra in 988 at the age of one hundred and ten. Left a Mathnawy in which he imitates Sady’s Bostan.
482. Dakhly of Kabul.
483. Yadgar Bég Hdlaty of Kabul. About 970 he ی 6 some times at Lahor and some times at Agra.
484. Mohammad Hosayn Bagdyiy a son of the preceding, imitates Ghayraty.
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485. Faydhy of Agra, the poet of Akbar.
486. Amyr Mohammad Ma’gim Némy of Bakkar was one of the nobles of Akbar, and wrote five Mathnawies containing 10,000 verses, one is in the measure of the Haft Paykar, one in the measure of the Sekandar-ndmah, one is called پري صورت and is in the measure of Layla Majniin, one is called jli حسن و and is in the metre of Yusof 6 Zalykhé, and one is in the measure of the Makhzan alasrar. He also wrote two Dywans of Ghazal and two Saqiy-namahs. He paid a visit to Shéh ’abb4s, bringing no less than one thousand fol- lowers with him.
487. Bayram Khan (see Badawny N. 16).
488. Myr Miydzy is of Bokhéré, but he will not allow it, and alleges that he was born in the Hijéz. He is well versed in metric, poetic, music, &c. and compiled forty-two works.
489. Matzhary of Kashmyr, some say his name is Bute Khandan (i. e. the smiling idol) he visited Persia, and in 984 he went to India.
490. Mohammad Zaman Cédni’y of Badakhshan.
X.—Poets of ۸۰
491. Sharaf aldyn Ghayraty after visiting Qazwyn, he went to India and lived at Lahdr, but returned to Persia. His Dywan con- tains about 5000 verses.
492. Qaydy of Shyraz came under Shéh Isma’y! to Qazwyn, thence he went to Makkah and stayed there one or two years, subsequently he went to India where he died in 990 (see Badéawny. No. 112).
493. Qadry of Shyraz a contemporary of ۰
494. ’orfy went in 994 by water to India and settled first in Ahmadnagar. He died in 1002.
495. ’dlimy (dtiy ?) of Darabjard resided at Shyraz d. 975.
496. Lutfy of the province of Faris composed chiefly Ghazals, and was, it would appear alive in 1016. He seems not to be identic with Lutfy Monajjim.
497. Myr Mahmid Tarhy of Shyr4z a modern poet.
498. Nutqy resides at Shyraz and is a jolly companion.
499. Khwajah Zayn al’abidyn ’alyy ’abdy Bég Nawydy of Shyréz was for many years Mostawfiy. He was particularly distinguished in the Mathnawy, and composed two Khamsahs in imitation of Nit- zamy, he is also the author of other works, one is called چام چهشیه
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and he left three Dywans, the first is called غرا 8,5 in this he uses takhalluc of Nawydy in the second he uses the takhallug of ۰ He died at Ardebyl in 988.
500. Amyr Mo’yn aldyn Amad called Myrzé Makhdim Sharyfy a descendant of Sayyid Sharyf Jorjény resided in 990 in Qora Hamyd, and some times at Baghdad. He was distinguished by his learning.
501. Shaykh Abû-1-Qésim of Kazerin b. Abi Hamid came in 992 to Kashén. He was very learned more particularly in Tafsyr.
502. Hafitz ’imad aldyn Mahmud Némy Shyrdzy was alive in 1016.
503. Cahyfy of Turky origin, was born at Shyrdz, the author met him at Ispahén in 987.
504. ۰
505. Pandhy of Dérabjard died in 966.
506. Maktaby of Shyr4z a contemporary of Ahly, He left a لیلی و ”جنوں
507. Mawléné Ahmad of Shyraz, during a year of dearth he left his home and was devoured by cannibals in the neighbourhood of Ispahan.
508. Fordghy of Shyraz died in 963.
509. Hémdy of Faris was as distinguished for his liberality as for his poetical talents.
510. ’ayshy of Shyraz d. 967.
511. Ruswdyiy of Shyraz.
512. Cabiuhy a tradesman of Shyraz.
513. Cédfiy a celebrated poet of Shyrdz, some say he is of Tabryz.
514. Sayyid Haybat Allah Myr Gharyby of Kazertn.
515. Nawrtz-Shih Bahdry, was for some years governor of Hor- mûz. Died in 952.
516. Hdmidy of a village in the ulkah (province) of Garmsyr, Kth Kyl, was a well educated man and distinguished poet. He travelled in Khorasan, Qazwyn, &c.
517. Mdyily of Amol a contemporary of Shah Tahmasb.
518. Résty it is said he was of Shyraz, he composed Qacydahs in praise of the Iméms, flourished in 987.
519. By-Kasy of Shishtar resided at Shyraz, d. in 961.
520. 12 of Lar.
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521. Kamal aldyn Hosayn of Lara pupil of Jalal aldyn Daw- wany. 522. 74110 of Shyraz a pupil of the preceding.
X1I.— Poets of Hamadén and the adjacent countries.
523. Haléky of Hamadan a great poet, he went to Qandahar and was well received by the Sultan Hosayn ۰
524. Rashky of Hamadén lived for some time at Qazwyn, but in 988 he returned to his native town.
525. Ruhy of Hamadén is a very witty poet and not without learning, wrote Persian and Turky poems.
526. کول Molla Zakyy of Hamadan lives at the Court at Qazwyn visited Kashén in 1005.
527, Hajy Aqû Bûbû Midargar (Madadgar ?) was Wazyr of Ha- madan under Shah Tahmésb, d. in 1000.
528. Khwajah ’abd al-Baqiy son of the preceding.
529. abd al-Baqiy Shiguhy a son of Wahkyd aldyn Wahidy, the author saw him in 1001.
530. Miusawy Ridhé of Hamadan.
531. Asad Allah Hdly of Hamadan d. 1005.
532. Khwéjah Maliky Bég of Sarkaén which belongs to Hamadan, spent the evening of his life at Najaf and died in 1004.
533. Khwajah Aqû Myr of Hamadan obtained the post of Wazyr under Shah Tahmãsb. ۱
534. Sayyid Mortadha بر of Artiman which is not far from Tawy and Sarkdn, a mystical poet, was Shaykh Alislam of Dynawar under the late king.
535. Myr Moghyth aldyn Bazmy of Asadabad, some say he is of Nayshapur, but he is usually called Hamadany because he resided at Hamadién. He visited India. He was alive in 1005.
536. Monyry of Nohawand in the province of Hamadan.
537. Caygaly of Bartjard in the district of Hamadan came in 991 from Ispahén to Kashan.
Appendix: Poets of Baghddd. 538. Shamsy a contemporary of Fodhtly was originally a boot- maker, died 964. 539. ’ahdy wrote many Turkish and Persian verses.
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540. Wajhy is a licentious poet, and suspected of infidelity. He wrote a رسالک در مباشرث خران و حیوانات غیرها
541. ‘abbas Tarzy of Shushtar resides at Baghdad, is the best poet of that part of the world.
542. ’ayn alzaman of Hillah.
543. Sayyid Shams aldyn Mohammad went to India many years ago, lived first in the Dakhan and subsequently at Agra, where he was patronized by Akbar, but as he dared to contradict his majesty when speaking of the metre of verses, he was sent to prison at Gwalyaér where he was in 994. He uses sometimes Sy as his takhalluç and sometimes his own name.
544. Khwajah Siraj aldyn Ya’qûb Açaf of Najaf resides now in 998 at Qomm.
545. Tagyy of Shishtar.
Second Appendix: Poets of Churbddgén.
546. ’alyy Naqyy of Kamarah was brought up at Kashén, has written about 2000 verses.
547. Lutfy of Khwansér a brother of Wacly is distinguished for his facility of composing verses. Visited India and remained for some time at Agra.
548. Hidby of Churbédqén was killed in 988.
549. ’alyy Wagily a mystical poet of Churbadqan, is alive.
550. Fikry of the village of Mahallat was an infidel and belonged to the school of Mahmid Pasi Khwany. He stabbed a man of the name of Birky and was long imprisoned for it. When released he went to 4ا67 where he died.
551. Qadhiy Myrak Jan of Karahrid which is near Qomm, a very learned man particularly in metaphysics. Was in 982 at Bacrah.
552. Qéadhiy ’aldyiy a talented but profligate man died in 936.
553. “abd al-Ghanyy Da’y of Anjedén was educated at Qazwyn, he is a good Arabic scholar. He studied at Kashan in 978, and again visited that city in 995.
554. Malik Tayfûr elder brother of the preceding, had for some time the takhallu¢ of Kisra, (Kasry ۶( when he went to Qazwyn he used Malik as his takhalluc.
555. Wacly of Khwansér educated at Kashan was first a banker.
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Visited India and lived for some time at the court of Qofob-shah at Golconda, Qotob-shéh, being displeased with him, forced him to eat a very large’ quantity of Anjeers (Indian figs) and he died of them.
Third Appendia: Poets of ۰
556. Qédhiy Kamél aldyn Hosayn of Khwansér was distin- guished in the Mathnawy and Ruba’y.
557. Ta’ty of Khwansar is a fertile poet.
558. Tdbi’y of Khwansér resided for some time at Yazd and in 990 he went to Qazwyn.
559. Fardy of Khwansar a darwysh has collected his poems into a Dywan some years ago. Was dead in 992.
560. Shuikhy was in 993 more than eighty years of age. He was a farmer and a most ingenious mechanic, he made all kinds of curiosities as a pair of wooden scissars of the size of a Pistachio nut. He wrote mystical verses under the takhallug of Pyr ۰
561. airy of Khwansaér was a merchant, visited India where he now is, unable to return to his home.
562. Khidhry a son of the preceding.
563. Hashmaty of Khwénsér a contemporary of Tabi’y.
564. Hafitz Murad of Khwanséar, in the science of music he is. second only to the Khwajah Cabir Adwary, in 996 he came to Kashdén.
565. Sorudy was equally well versed i in musical composition. He had first the takhallug of Amyny.
566. Zuldly of Khwansar is one of the most distinguished poets alive and author of Maykhanah and other Mathnawies.
567. Ghiyéth aldyn Mangir Mungif the son of a Qadhiy of Hirand in the district of Zakurah, Ispahan. Was at K4shan in 1010 on his way from India to his home.
XI1.— Poets of Ray and Astrabéd and the neighbouring towns. 1.— Poets of Ray.
568. Kasim Bég Halaty was of Turkish origin and born at Teheran.
569. Shah Cafyy a Nur-bakhshy Sayyid was first a man in power. Subsequently his brother was put to death and he went to Makkah and led the life of an ascetic. He died i 968,
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570. Shah Ridhé a son of Baha aldawlah anda descendant of Qasim Nir-bakhsh. He was born at Ray where he died in 980 (acs cording to the old copy in 978).
571. Qéadhiy Mohammad of Derémyn he was a courtier and died in +
572. Qéadhiy ’ata Allah a brother of the preceding,
573. Khwaéjah Mohammad Sharyf Hijry was for some time Wazyr of Ispahan died in 984 and left a Dywan.
574. Qéadhiy ‘abd Allah a son of Qadhiy Mohammad is alive.
575. Amyr Qadhiy Asyry a son of Qadhiy Mas’iid of Teheran visited India when young and died soon after his return to Persia in 982.
576. Khwajah Sharaf aldyn Shéptir Qaryby a relation of Ummyd and of Hijry was in 996 engaged in imitating the Dywan of Fighdny. 577. Mohimmy of Durusht visited India as a merehant in 973.
578. Mosayyib Khan a son of Nawab Mohammad Khan.
579. Nafys aldyn Shany a Takli Turk born at Teheran, one of the best poets of the time. Was in 1002 going to Makkah.
580. Afdhal Mdmy of Teherén a pupil of Ummydy, flourished some time ago, left a Dywaén.
581. ’alyy Bég Dadah Zohdy, a Shamli Turk, lived for some time at the court. In 991 he was at ۰
582. Yamyny, he is called Samnany, but he said himself that he is of Shyréz. He composed nearly 10,000 verses and is strongest in the Ghazal. He died in 981.
2.—Poets of Astrabdd.
583. Myr Mohammad Mimin of Astraébéd is a good Arabic scholar, was at Kashén in 987, subsequently he went to India.
584, Myr Murddy of Astrabad resided chiefly at Yazd, died in 976 (or 979). ۱
585. Rawghany. was born at Damaghan but is considered as a poet of ۰
586. Firighy of Astrabad.
587. Sakdby of Astrabad is settled at Najaf, composed about 12,000 verses of Ruba’ys.
588. Natigy of Astraébéd went twice on commerce to India.
589. Dust Mohammad a tailor.
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590. Ghiydthy of ۸8٠۰41 visited Kashén in 991.
591. Niydzy of Astrabad went to India and was shot by the Franks.
592. Myr Mohammad Yiisof of Astrébéd went on pilgrimage to Makkah and thence by water to India and perished at sea in 967.
593. Baydny of Astrabad flourished long time ago and was well versed in the superstition called Ramal.
594. Fiddyiy of Astrabad.
595. Myr Walihy a Sayyid of Astrabad.
596. Myr Sayry called Myr Nagah on account of his tall figure and long neck, died 972.
597. Déayimy in the وف" he is called Dayimye-lang, he died before Hayraty.
598. Myr Hashimy of Astrabéd was well versed in history.
XIII.— Poets of ۰
599. Myrz4 Quly Mayly of Herat went in 983 to India but died on the road. He was one of the best poets of his age and left a 8۰
600. Walyy Dasht Bayddhy was a friend of Nithary ۰
601. Khwajah Hosayn Thandyiy of Mashhad. He and his father were protégés of Sultan Ibrihym Myrzé, left Qacydahs and a Mathnawy called سد اسکندر
602. Khwajah Mohammad Myrak Célihy of Mashhad is a de- scendant of Khwajah ’abd Allah Marwaryd (see No. 157). Khwajah "abd Allah was called Marwaryd, i. e. pearls, because a Tymirian prince sent his father Khwaéjah Mohammad Kirmény to Bohayrah and al-Qatyf to plunder the inhabitants and he brought back some very splendid pearls.
603. Khwajah Ahmad Myrak (ify a brother of the preceding.
604. Qéadhiy Ahmad Figdry of Jowayn visited in 984 Kaéshan and died at Mashhad in 994.
605. Myr Mokammad Hashim Mardumy of Mashhad was killed by an Uzbek in 995 or 996.
606. Nisbaty of Mashhad died at Ardebyl in 1005.
607. Cabiéhy of Herat, some say he is of Badakhshén, went to India where he died in 970.
608. ’abdy of the Janaébid of Tin had a predilection for Mathnawies
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and is the author of the گوهر شاهوار which isin thé style of Nitzémy’s Makhzan alasrér. He came to celebrity in Khorasan about 950.
609. Myrza Qasim a Sayyid of one of the Janabid 0۳ 8 is the author of a نامه lalê and of a Mathnawy in the measure of Makhzan alasrar and of one in the measure of Majmin 6 Layla.
610. Mohammad Amyn Dzawgy of Tun died in 969 (or 977) at Lahijan.
611. Sayyid Mohammad Jamah-baf Fikry of Mashhad, a cele- brated Cufy, is distinguished in the Rubé’y, visited India where he is at present in 985.
612. Shaykh Maqçûd Shawgy of Herat is usually called Mash+ hady because he resided at Mashhad a friend of the preceding and like him a Çûfy and distinguished in the Ruba’y he is therefore ge- nerally called Shaykh Ruba’y. He was an arrow maker by profession and died in 977 at an age of near 90 years.
618. Hafitz Hasan (or Hosayn) Himmaty of Mashhad.
614. Sharaf Rashky of Sabzwar a profligate man and a protégé of Shah Isma’yl. Died at Rusht and left a Dywan.
615. Hajy Hosayn Mokhligy of Sabzwar a son of Hajy Yahya Ta’al died at the early age of 25 in 996 and left about 1000 bayts.
616. Jamél aldyn Mohammad Wagi’y composed good Ghazals.
617. Myr Mohammad Téhir Hazyny is a Sayyid of Mashhad.
618. Kamdly is a native of Sabzwar wrote in 1005 the history of the victories تاریخ فنوحات of Shéh ’abbûs in verse.
619.—Nir maze Mohammad Tzohiry of Tarshyz went at an 2 age from Khorasan to Yazd and in 988 he proceeded to India and resided at Byjapur.
620. Natzyry of Jowayn was a merchant, he visited India and sent in 1018 his Dywan to the author containing about 4000 verses.
621. Ghobdéry of Jowayn visited Kashan in 984.
622. Agdasy of Mashhad came in the beginning of the reign of Shah ’abbas to Qazwyn and died in 1002.
923. Shohidy of Sabzwar a mystic poet is the author of a book on ethics. Visited Kashan in 1000
624. Mohammad ’alyy Çébir of Mashhad. There was an oilman
who was a contemporary of Çûbir and wrote poetry under the takhallug of ۰
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625. Myr Mohammad Akbar Badyhy a Sayyid of Mashhad was a learned man and a good Insha writer and calligraph.
. 626. Yul Quly Bég Anysy a Shamli Turk resided for some time at Herdt and went subsequently to India where he was in 1002.
627. Maldly resided at Mashhad.
628. Khwajah ’alyy Wéagify of Mashhad.
629. Haydary of Khorasan resided at Sabzwar and was called Haydar Byny on account of his large nose.
630. Mikiyiy of Herat left a Dywan of Ghazals of 3000 bayts.
631. Bykasy of Sabzwar.
632. Rawnaqgy, some say he is of Mashhad, others say of Naysha- pur, visited India and was received into the service of Qotob Shah, died 979. ` 633. Mawlané ’ysa of Herat.
634. Sho’ try of Nayshapûr.
635. Ablahy of Tarbyt d. 972.
636. Asyry of Tarbyt ; the author met him in 987.
637. Myr of Sabzwar.
638. Myr Mohammad Kaskany is of Sabzwar.
639. ’ahdy is of Nayistan.
640. Hamdamy is of Mashhad.
641. ۳۵4 was of Bostém.
642. Khwajah Mohammad Khawafy is of Khawaf.
643. Qdsimy Khawafy, a convert to the Islam, came during the end of the late reign to Qazwyn but returned to Khorasan.
644. Humdy of Nasé some say he was of Herat, lived mostly in
Ma4-ward-lnahr. 645. Shaykhy of Herat was given to pleasure and died in 968 at Yazd.
646. Mihry the daughter of a Qadhiy of Herat fell in love with Mohammad Mas’id Myrzé a son of Bady’ alzaman Myrzé who took her into his zanénah (see p. 11 supra.) —
647. Dhiydyiy of Bokharé an old poet and a contemporary of Hayraty and Lisény and Qébily. (or Qayily ?)
648. Ghazedly Junbak جنبلگ of Herat, a pupil of Haydar Kalih (Kaluj ر7 died in 967 at Mashhad.
649. Mowdliy Tany a man of good birth died in 949 or 959 and left a Dy wan.
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650. Wirdy of Samargand died at Herat.
651. Harymy of Nayshépur flourished a long time ago.
652. Myr Karym aldyn Hashimy a Sayyid of Nayshapir com- posed a Dywan of 3000 bayts. Died in 968.
653. Mohammad Ridha called Hakym Mashhady a clever physi- cian and fair poet was alive in 991.
654. Abt-lwajd Férighy visited India.
655. Ridhayiy of Mashhad.
656. Con’aty is of Mashhad.
657. Kamal aldyn Hosayn Zynaty of Mashhad resided for several years at Kaéshan.
It will be observed from the preceding list that many of the poets whom it contains were freethinkers. It would therefore appear, disregard for the doctrine of Mohammad was not the invention of the genius of Akbar but that it imigrated into India from Persia.
(10) نفایس الماثر تصني فکامی مسمی بتذكرة علائی (P.)
Gems of distinguished actions being a biographical Dictionary of Persian poets by Mirzé ’ala aldawlah Qazwyny whose Takhalluc is Kamy. Badawny men- tions him among the poets who flourished during Akbar’s reign but gives no details of his life. It would however appear that he was alive when Badawny wrote, in 1004. The title is a chronogram for the date when this compi- lation was begun, viz. 973; it was completed according to a Postscript in 979, but there occur much later dates in it.
It contains notices of about 350 poets in alphabetical order. Most of them flourished in India during the reign of Akbar, to whom the book is dedicated, or of his pre- decessors. The author used besides the tadzkirahs of Dawlat-shah, ’alyy Shyr, &c. several historical and geogra- phical works which enabled him in many instances to
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state the date, and he made it a point to give details on the geography of places which he mentions.
Beginning مطلع انوار کلام فدیم as الله الرحهن on
رینت دیباچه ام GUI زیمب.ده نامه فضل الخظاب
Moty Mahall 400, 232 pages of 27 lines Naskhy, the copy is ۰
but it bears no date, a former owner wrote his name in it in 1071. Correct though not without errors.
I allowed the opportunity to escape for making an abstract of the work; I can therefore insert here merely an index to it and the most important dates. It appears that the author of the Atishkadah has used it and I therefore some times refer to this work for farther details.
Ashiby Natanzy نطنزي (Khûshgû calls him Natzary and says that he was of the Wildyati Natzar.)
Açafy, Khwajah-z4dah (see Dawlat-shah), Abi-l-Barakah ۰
Abii-Hasan b. Ahmad. Abû ’alyy b. Hakym Khabbaz Ispahany.
Ajal, Myr Zayn al’dbidyn.
Ahmad, Qédhiy Ahmad Laghir Systény d. 958 (Atishk p. 114).
Ahmad, Qédhiy Ahmad ghafféry d.975. Ahmad, Ahmad-Khan.
Ahmad, Abywardy. Adéyiy ادائی Ispahany.
Adham Kashy (see Atishk, p. 321).
Adham, Adham Bég b, Khwajah 35-44 Bég (see Atishk. p. 299).
Arslan, Qasim Arslan Tisy (Atishk. p. 29).
Asad, Asad Allah (Atishk. p. 43). Myr Asyry.
Ashraf, Mohammad Açghar Ashraf Khan. Ashky Qommy.
Ashky. Afsary. Afdhal. Afdhaly, Khwajah Mohammad.
Ulfaty, Mohammad Qulyj Khan. Ulfaty Yazdy.
Ummydy (Atishk. p. 278.)
Amyr, Amyr Sultan Mohammad Rashy رشي (Rushty ?)
Améany, Amyr Sharyf. Myr Amany d. 981.
Amyr, Amyr Kalang کلنگ died in 953.
Amyry, Myrz4 Myrak ۰
Amyny, Hasan Sanjar died in 485. Unsy, Mohammad-Shah.
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Anys, Haydar Bég of Tabryz died 964.
Shaykh Awhady Kirmany d. 697. Bûqiy Kilby کولابی
Baqiy, Myr ’abd al-Baqiy (see Hamyshah Behar). 1
Béqiy Qazwyny. ,جنوفظ Myr ’abd al-Bagqiy of Ispahan,
Baqiy, Mohammad Baqir of ۰
Bakhty (or Bahthy بعنی ?), Moll 187 Qazwyny (see Kalimat).
Bady’y (see Atishkadah, p. 44).
Bady’y, Bady’ al-zaman Mirza governor of Systan (Atishk. p. 20.)
Partawy Shyrézy. Bazmy Qazwyny (see Hamyshah بط
Bazmy a friend of Humayun.
Bismilly Kallah-paz i. e. the man who cooks goats’ heads, of Sabzwar. ۱
Baçyr Qédhiy of Systén. Bannay (see Atishk. p. 200.)
Shaykh Bié-l’ajab of Kabul. = Bihriiz, Mohammad Khan.
Bayaény ۰
Bayany, Khwajah ’abd Allah Marwaéryd (Atishk. 164 and supra pp. 20 and 43.)
By-Khidy Balkhy (Atishk. 21.) By-Dily Qazwyny,
Bayram Khén. = Pyrah 8942, Molla Pyrah of Qomm.
By-qaydy died in 950. By-Kasy Ghaznawy.
Tarkhan, Nur aldyn Mohammad Khan d. 975.
Turdy Riidah. Tûryqy Torbaty ust? ڈور يقي ڌر
Turyqy Damaghany died 963. Thabit, Thabit Khan.
’alyy-Khan Kiulaby. جاکر له[
Jamy, ’abd al-Rahman (see Dawlatsh, &c.)
Another Jany. یقمیان Yatmyén :7ص1
Judayiy, Myr Sayyid ’alyy was alive in 956.
Jadzby, Badshéh Quly. Myr Ja’ far.
Ja’fary Ispahény (see Atishk. 44.) Shaykh Jalal.
Shaykh Jamély died in 976.
Jamyly, Jamyl aldyn b. Shaykh Jalal.
Shaykh Jonayd Khalkhély خلخالي
Jinny جني Qazwyny. Hajaty.
Hacily Tabryzy, is alive. Hafitz, Mohammad Hosayn d. 991.
Hafitzy, Weitz Kirmany d. 635. Halaty, Lahijy.
Halaty, Qasim Bég is alive (Atishk. p. 22.)
Halaty, Yadkér Mohammad js alive. Hirfy Ispahany.
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Haryfy, ’alyy Farrash Sawajy (Atishk. p. 292.)
Haryfy, Khwéjah Yadgér Mohammad is alive. Hozny Ispahény.
Hazyny, ’abd al- Hayy Katib. Hazyny Yazdy is alive.
771560 Natzary is alive. Khwajah Hasan Qandahary.
Molla Hosayn. Qadhiy Myr Hosayn d. 956.
Amyr Sayyid Hosayny (Dawlatsh.)
Hadhraty Kirmany. Hodhiry.
Hagqyry Tabryzy (Atishk. p. 45.) Hallawy Shyrazy.
Hamdy, Qadhiy Qotob aldyn Abii Sa’yd Khéalidy d. 969.
Hamdy Astrabady is alive.
Haydar Tinyény was a good musician. He was alive in 966. Tûnyan is a village near Herat. ۱
Haydary was alive in 962 (Atishk. 25).
Haydary Sabzwary (Atishk. p. 111.) Hayraty Qazwyny.
Haywiny ۰ Khane A’tzam Ghaznawy d. 975.
Khénamy is alive. Myr Khirad (Khord ?)
Myr Khosraw Dihlawy (Dawlatsh.)
Khiçély Kashmyry. Khidhry Astrabady.
Kholqy. Kholqy, Myr Mohammad Yisof (Atishk. p. 285).
Khanjar Bég. KhwAjah-zadah Kabuly is alive. Damy.
Danahy دانمی Dardy (Atishk. p. 24.) Du’ayiy Mashhady.
Dawayiy, Hakym Shams aldyn ’alyy Shyrazy is alive.
Dawry, Myr Sultan Bayazyd Herawy is alive. § Dywanah.
Dzawqy, Myr (Pyr?) Bidaq is alive.
Dzawqy, Mohammad Amyn Ispahany. 0107 Tiny is alive.
Rijéyiy, Sayf aldyn Mahmud d. 962 (according to the Kholagah, he died in 966.) ا
Rijayiy, Hasan ’alyy Kharras خراس was a good composer of music and left a didactic poem on music. He was alive in 960. (Atishk. 202.)
Rahymy. Ruswayiy Sirkany.
Ridhayiy Nur-bakhshy (Atishk. p. 286.)
Rafyqy, two poets of this takhallug are mentioned.
three poets of this name are mentioned in the Nafayis, one رما of them, Qadhiy Rukh Allah Qazwyny, died in 948.
Rawshany Mashhady. Rawnaqy Bokhary d. 964,
Rihayiy, Sa’d aldyn Khawafy d. 980.
Razy, Mohammad. Qasim is alive. ۰
Zûry, Mohammad Qésim is alive. Zulaly, Herawy d..931.
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Zayn, Aqé Zayn aldyn b. Aq& ۰
Zayny Mashhady a son of Darwysh. Rawghangar.
Saqiy b. Ibrahym Jazayiry.
Salim Mahmid Bég (see Atishk. p. 25.)
Samiy ’azyz aldyn Jabaly d. 956. — Sayil d. 940.
Sipihry, Myrz4 Bég d. 979.
Sahaby Astrabady (Atishk. p. 206.) Sa’ydy Badakhshy.
Sultan, ’alyy Quly Khan b. Haydar Sultan Uzbek Shaybany had the title of Khanzamaén d. 951. Saqqa Chaghatayiy.
Khwajah Salman Sdwajy d. 799. Sam’y Lary. Sangy.
Sohiyiy .سهائي Sahl, ’alyy Qazwyny.
Siydhy Khodé-dist b. Khwéjah Kalan Bég d. 978.
Sayyidy, Sayyid Jalal d. 597.
Sayry Zeherény (distinct from Siyary or Sayry Ghaznawy).
Myr Sayry Nagqah. Myr Shady ۷ ۰
Shéhy Bég Khan a son of Bidaq Sultén was born in 844.
Shuja’y, Sayf almulk of Domawand is alive.
Sharaf Yafiqy (sic, Bafiqy ۶ see Kholac. No. 244).
Sharaf, Myrzé Sharafe Jahan d. 971 (according to the Kholae. No. 237, he died 968).
Sharyf Mahdiy d. 951. Sharyf Bokhary d. 950.
SharyfTabryzy d. 950 (according to the Khola¢. No. 231, he d. بس
Sho’ûry, Abt-l-Qasim Torbaty is alive.
Shukry, Myr Shukr Allah is alive.
Shikyby Tabryzy. Shawqy Yazdy d. 963.
Shihaby, Molla ’abd Allah is alive.
Shahdy, Shah Abi-l-Ma’éliy. ۰
Shyry b. ’abd al-Hayy Hindûstény is alive. Mollé ۰
Cabry in all three poets of this takhallue are enumerated, one of; them is Gabry Mohammad Qasim Guh-paz یز 395
Cabihy. Cadiqy Qandahary. Caliky, Mohammad Myr Bég.
Cadre Jahan Qannawjy. Cidgy, Sultan Mohammad ۰
Carfy, Shaykh Ya’qtib Kashmyry. Cafyy, Shaykh Mohammad.
Myr Co’ny Nayshépiry. Cayrafy Tabryzy.
Cayfy b. Shah Qésim Niur-bakhsh. Dhamyry Ispahany.
Dhamyry Hamadiny. Dhiyaéyiy, Qasim d. 954.
Térimy, Myr Dist. Térimy, ’alyy d. 981.
Talib Gylany ۰ 4۰ا27 Qadhiy Tahir.
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Shéh Tahir. Tabkhy Qazwyny.
Tab’y, Darwysh Mohammad. Taryqy. Tofayly Ispahany.
Another Tofayly d. 952. Tawqy Tabryzy b. ۵۰
Shah Tahmésb d. 956. Shah Zayyib. Tzahyr Faryaby.
abid Ispahény ٢۷ ١1٤7 is alive.
adil, Ismé’yl Myrza b. Shah Zahmasb d. 943.
adil, Padshéhe Lar was alive in 952.
arif Shaykh Bayazyd b. Sultan Abû Sa’yd ۰
lim *arif ۰ *ashiqy Systany.
*ashiqy, Abi-l-Khayr d. 957. *akify Lahijy.
Dérabjardy ۰ ‘abd al-Ghaffar is alive. تاه
Khwajah ’abd Allah Farankhiidy فراخودي
"۵0۲ of Baki d. 965.
’obaydy, ’obayd Allah Khan b. Mahmud Sultan b. Shah Badagh Sultan b. Abi-l-Khéyr Khan d. 947. ’itaby, Habyb Allah.
itéby, Sayyid Mohammad Najafy is alive. ‘izzaty Hamadany.
"izzy Lahijy d. 962. ’azyz, Myrz4 ۰
’azyzy, ‘abd al’azyz Khan b. ’obayd Allah Khan d. 959.
’azyzy Ghaznawy.
’azyzy, Myr azyz Allah. In the Nafayis are two poets of this name and takhallug, one was alive when the book was compiled and is pro- bably identic with the one mentioned by Badawny, and the other died in 999. (979-?)
Mirza ’askary. ‘ishraty Yazdy._ ’ishqy Sawajy.
ishqy, Khwajah Ma’cum. "ishqy Khan. Sayyid ’ala aldyn.
"alayiy Qadhiy Kahridy کهرودي d. 936.
*ilmy (’alamy ?), Myr Mortadha.
*ilmy (’alamy ?), Mohammad b. Hasan Lary.
’alyy Bég. Myr ’alyy Acghar Mashhady. ‘ahdy Nayistany.
' ’ahdy, Khwajah Mohammad Rahym is alive.
Qadhiy Çafyy aldyn ’ysa d. 980. Qadhiy ’ysa Tabryzy d. 981.
Ghayiby. . Ghazzaly Junbak. Ghazzaly Mashhady d. 981.
Ghaznawy, Myr Mohammad Kalan is alive. Ghanayiy Lary.
Ghayraty. -Farighy Shyrazy. Farighy Qazwyny Sayfy b. Myr Sa’d almulk ۰ Farighy, Shaykh Abu-l-Wajd b. Shaykh Wajyh aldyn d. 940. Fadhil Andejany اندجاني ۱ Fayidhy Mohammad Mimin b. Myr Dist Tarimy is alive.
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Fathy Qaré a contemporary of Humayûn.
Fatyayiy فنيائي Myrzé Açghar of Mashhad.
Fakhry called Molla-zédah, his name is Fakhr aldyn b. Hosayn Witz Kashify, sometimes he used the takhallug of Cafyy.
Fidéy Shaykh-zaédah a son of Shaykh Mohammad Lahijy.
Fortighy Samargandy. Forighy Qazwyny.
Firyby Bokhary d. 944. Fostny Yazdy.
Faryd Katib Shyr4zy is alive.
Facyhy Tabryzy a pupil of Listny. Fadhly Sabzwary.
Fodhtly Baghdady. Fadhyl Khalkhély. Figary is alive:
Faqyry Bokhary. Fikry, Myr ’alyy ’arab d. 964.
Fikry, Nur-bakhshy.
Fikry, Sayyid Mohammad Jamah-baf called Myr Ruba’y came in 969 to India. ۱
Fikry Doméwandy is now ın India.
Fanayiy, Ahmad Khalkhaly is alive. Fanayiy Chaghatayiy.
Fahmy Herawy d. 963.
Fahmy Astrabady a brother of Myr Hamdy.
Fahmy Kashy the carbasus seller, is alive.
Fahmy, Shams aldyn Khabyçy is alive.
Fahmy b. Myr Nadiry is in India.
Fahmy Qazwyny was called Amyr Mohammad Wazyr-zadah.
Fahmy, Shah Qasim Qazwyny. Fahmy Teherany.
Faydhy, Myr Mo’izz aldyn Mohammad d. 942.
Faydhy Qazwyny Mar’ashy. § Faydhy Fayyddhy is alive.
Qabily Sabzwary d. 4 Mirz4 Qasim Myraky d. 932.
Qasimy, Mirz4 Qésim Junébidy. Qéni’y Qazwyny.
Qodsy of Farghanah. Qodsy M4-war4-lnahry.
Qadymy Mazanderany lives in the Deccan.
Qarary, Nur aldyn Mohammad b. ’abd al-Razzaq Gylany is alive.
Qoradhah is alive. Myr Qorby Gylany.
Myr Kafiy Ardibany d. 969. Kaka Urdi-bazary.
Kahy (Gahy ?), Qasim. Gadayiy Kabuly.
Kasby Qazwyny. Kashyry (?) Bokhéary.
Kalamy, Çadr aldyn Mohammad, had the title of Afdhal Khan d. 977.
Kalan, Khwajah Kalan Bég Andejany. Gul-baba Balkby.
Gul-Baqiy Baniy Samargandy.
Kamal, Khwajah Kamal aldyn Hosayn Shyrazy d. 975.
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Kamteryn ۰ Kawkaby of Méa-wara-Inahr.
Kihkan, Abû-Fath Sultan b. Abû Sa’yd Suléan b. Kunjy-Khan ۰ Abi-l-Khayr Khan d. 937.
Lisany Shyrazy. 110671۳ ۰
Lawwûmy, Pyr-zédah Qiyém Sabzwary d. 975.
Many Shyrazy. Motayyamy.
Mayily Ibn Khwajah Mohammad Zaryn-kamar Teherany.
Majaézy Majnin Léhijy. Mojriy (Mojrayiy ?) Systany.
Majnin, ’alyy Dist Zarimy. § Mohtasham Kashy.
Mohsiby Ardebyly.
Mohammad Yisof b. Myr Mohammad Bagiy d. 970.
Myr Mohammad Yusof b. Qadhiy Astrabady d. 977.
Myr Mohammad Kaskany. Mohammad Zahid Jamy d. 979.
Qadhiy Mohammad Razy b. Qadhiy Shukr Allah Hosayny.
Mihnaty ۰ Mihnaty Systany.
Mahwy, Myr Makmid Munshiy d. 980.
Mohyiy, Solayman I. Turkish Emperor called Khwandaké خوندکا born in 900 d. 974.
Modamy Badakhshy is alive. | Madzdqy Ispahény.
Madzaqy Nayshapiry, Nitzime Badr. Murad Qazwyny d. 943.
Murady Astrabady died in India in 972. | Mortadha is alive.
Mardumy, Mohammad Hashim.
Marwy Khwajah Hosayn was alive in 978.
Myrza Mas’td .ما Myr Shams aldyn ’alyy Sabzwary.
Masyty Tabryzy. Masyhy a Christian merchant of Tabryz.
Moshfiqy. | Ma’cimy Kashy is alive.
Khwajah Mo’atztzam d. 971. Mo’yn Astrabady.
Molla Mofliz Ispahany. Mogbily Qazwyny Çabüny.
Maqçüûd the arrow-maker. (۸1۱١ Qazwyny b. Fadhl Allah.
1۱] 20000 ۰ Molla Maqçud died 977.
. Moqymy, Mohammad Moqym.
Makarim, Qadhiy Abû-l1-Makérim Ispahany.
Malik, Mahmud Khan Daylamy Qazwyny.
Malaky Serkany. Mantzary Samarqandy. Munshiy, Adham.
Munyry Hamadany is alive.
Mawiliy Lary called Khorasan-Khan. Mawaliy Tiny.
Myrak Daylamy, Myr ’abd Allah d. 962, his Dywan has 6000 verses.
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Mawjy, Mohammad Qésim-Khan Badakhshany, author of a Yusof 6 Zalykhé in 6000 verses; died at Agra in 979.
Mawztn, Molla Bihkary.
Mahjiry b. Hasan d. 967. Mayly Qazwyny.
Mayly, Myrzé Quly Herawy came in 979 to India.
Nadiry Samarqandy. Naciry. Natiqy.
Nithéry Bokhéry, Baha aldyn Hasan. Nithary Astrabady.
Nithary Qazwyny. Nithary Tabryzy.
Nithary Tiny d. 962 (according the Kholéç N. 240 he died 971).
Najaty. § Nasym. Nishaény Hindistany, ’alyy Ahmad.
Khwajah Nacyr b. Khwaéjah Mahmiid Hamadany.
Nutqy, Mohammad Çalik b. Khwajah Ghaziy.
Natzmy Tabryzy, Nitzam aldyn ’alyy is alive. 7۰
Nafys Ibn Qésim ۰ Naqqaby ۰ Nur aldyn.
Nûry Dandany Herawy. Niiry, Myr Mokammad Sharyf.
Niry. | Naw’y, Mohammad Sa’yd Herawy. Nawydy.
Nawydy Razy. | Nihany Samarqandy. Niyazy Tabryzy.
’alyy Niyaézy. Niyêzy, ’abd al-Haqq Farishyny فار*«عینی
Niyaézy Bokhary Ibn Qadhiy Sayyid ’alyy (see Badawny.)
Nyky, Zaynaldyn. . Wahid, Shah Mirzé Taqyy. ۲۷۸۸۰
Wada’y Herawy came to India. Wacify Kamal aldyn.
Wiacily of Marw. d. 968.
Wafiy a son of Qadhiy Shukr Allah Tabryzy.
Wicgdly Mohammad Amyn d. 967.
Wacly, different from the one mentioned in ۰
Molla Wacly d. 977.
Wafayiy, Shaykh Nur aldyn the Wazyr of Humayun.
Wafayiy Astrébady. Wafayiy, Mirzé Ibrahym born in 941.
Wogqt’y Tabryzy. Wogqt’y, Myr ۰
Wogqi’y, Mohammad Sharyf d.977. = Walyy Dasht Bayadhy.
Hatify Qazwyny. § Hadiy, Abi-l-Hadiy d. 996.
Hadiy, Shaykh Hadiy Astrabady is alive.
Hashim, Shah Hashim b. ’azyz aldyn Jabaly Qazwyny.
Hashim, Amyr Khwajagy Qazwyny d. 947.
Hashim, Myr ’alyy Kamal Herawy.
Mohammad Hashim was at Lahér in 969.
Hashimy a son of Khwajah ’igmat Shaykh alislam d. 945.
Hashimy, Myrak Hashimy b. Khwajah Hashimy.
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Hashimy Kirmany called Shah Jahangyr d. 948.
Khwajah Hijry. Hijry Samshyr-gar Qommy.
Hijry Andejany. Hijry Razy, Khwaéjah Mohammad Sharyf.
Molla Hidéyat Qazwyny, a physician d. 960.
Khwajah Hidéyat. Haléky Hamadény. Molla Hilal.
Hilaly. Myr Humayûn Isfarayiny. Humayûn Samarqandy.
Hamdam ۰ Hamdamy.
Hindaél Mirza Mohammad b. Bar Padshéh.
سوله Qazwyny a physician. ٣4× Mohammad Sowalah جا
Yary Tabryzy. Yahya Qédhiy Nir-bakhshy, a brother of ’abd Allah ۰
Myr Yahya Hosayny Sayfy a son of the author of the Nafayis.
Yagqyny, Qadhiy ’abd Allah.
Yaqyny, Qadhiy ’abd Allah Hasany Radhiy b. Qadhiy Mohammad.
Yamyny Samnany Shamshyr-gar.
Yusof Bég Chawishlu. Yusofy Narsabady.
In order to complete the list of poets who flourished under Akbar I add here an abstract from the appendix to Badawny’s History which was compiled in 1004 (see Sir H. Elliot’s Indian Hist.) Badawny says that he has greatly used the Nafayis in drawing up that Appendix, and that he knew most of the poets personally whom he mentions.
Atishy of Qandahér came to India with Babor and became his historiographer. He died in 973 at Lahér.
Ashraf-Khin, Myr Munshiy Hosayny of Mashhad was a great calligraph but a bad poet.
Amyr Qadhiy Asyry of Ray. As the climate of India did not agree with him he returned to his native town where he died.
Myr Amédny, called Mykhchah (?) was a Sayyid of Kabul, died in 981 and left a Dywan.
Amény, Myrz4 Sharyf Ispahany lived twenty years in India.
Qadhiy Ahmad Ghaffary Qazwyny was a descendant of Najm aldyn abd al-Ghaffar the author of the Hawy on Shafi’ law. Ahmad came to India and died in 975. He is the author of the Nigaristan نگارسفان and of the سخ جہان۔ارا a general history which is usually
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called Jehan ara, but as the title is a chronogram (for 971) the word نس ought not to be omitted.
Myr Ashky Qommy died at Agra.
Anysy Lawlaqy was a Shamli Turkman left a Mathnawy.
Amyny was a young man when Badawny wrote. He had first the takhallug of Khawfy but his patron Nitz4m aldyn Ahmad with whom he lived at Gujrat changed it into Amyny (Amny ?) When ۴ wrote he was attached to the service of a royal prince.
Abtary Badakhshy is also called Wakyle Fir’awn. ۰
Ulfaty, Qalyj Khan a noble resided at Qabul when Badawny wrote.
Ulfaty Yazdy was dead when Badaéwny wrote.
Ulfaty ’iraqy has several times been at Kashmyr with Mirza ۲ 80۶ Khan.
Bayram- Khdn, the Khan-Khanan was originally in the service of . Babor. He was a great patron of learning and left a Persian and a Turky Dywéûn. He died in 968 in Gujrat whence his body was agreeably to his will carried to Mashhad for interment.
By-kasy Ghaznawy went to Makkah and studied there several books on tradition. In his old age he returned from India to Afghanistan and died there in 973.
Bégiy Kulaby was killed during the rebellion of Ma’g¢im ۰
Bayidhy g* resided at Agra.
Payrawy Siwy was a painter as well as a poet, he died in India and left a Dywan. He imitates Acafy.
Bagqdyiy came from Qomm to Gujrat where he was attached to the service of Nitzim aldyn Ahmdd. Thence he went to Agra and when Badawny wrote he had the intention to go to Lahér. His takhallug was first ۰
Tarkhén, his name is Mollé Nûr aldyn Sufaydany and his takhallug Nury. Sufaydan is the name of a place in Sirhind which was his Jagyr. He was a good Mathematician and stood high in favour with the emperor Huméytin who conferred upon him the title of a Tarkhan, but towards the end of his life he fell into great poverty. He was alive in 979. He is the author of a Dywan.
Turdy a native of Mé-waré-Inahr.
Tawsany his name is Manéhar and though he was a Hindû he is also called Mokammad Manéhar and Mirz4‘Manéhar. The name of his father is Lén-karn (salt manufacturer), he was Rajah of Sambhar
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Tadzrawy ڌر وي Abhary a nephew of Nargisy came from Rûm to India. He is the author of a memoir رسالة (or Mathnawy ?) called خان des? حسن ویوسف the first verse of which is ہنام آنکه روی ۔دشمن و دوست He died in 975 and is buried at Agra.
Tashbyhy Kashy came twice or three times to India and returned again to Persia, when Badawny wrote he was in India. He was of doubtful orthodoxy, has written a Risdélah which he dedicated to Abi-l-Fadhl and which contains irreligious theories; he also left a Dywan.
Tagyy aldyn Shishtary was skilled in almost all sciences and had just come to the court when Badéwny wrote, he put the Shahnamah into prose.
Thaniy Khin Herawy his name was ’alyy Akbar, he put the Kafi- yah into Persian verse and left a treatise in verse on Arabic grammar صرف and a prose treatise on pantheism. He was alive in 990.
Thandyiy Mashhady, Khwajah Hosayn. His poetry was much esteemed in India before he came to this country and it was thought nothing of after he had come to India, he left a Dywan and a very good Mathnawy.
Jiddly, Myr Sayyid ’alyy was a most distinguished painter. He painted the history of Hamzah. It is in sixteen volumes. Every volume is in a box and every leaf is a cubit long. He was alive in A. H. 956 and had written a Dywan.
Jadzby his name is Pédshéh Quly son of Shah Quly-Khén Taérykhy.
Jamyly Kalpy-wal, i. e. of Calpee, a son of Jal4l Wacil. He and his brother Fadhyl were both poets of some repute. The latter also wrote Arabic poetry and left a commentary on Faydhy’s sentences without diacritical points. They were both alive when Badéwny wrote.
Chishty, Shaykh Hosayn Qufy Dihlawy was in mysticism a dis- ciple of Shaykh Islém اساجم Chishty. He was in the Khangéh of Fathpir Sykry. He left a Dywan and several other works among them one in verse called Heart and Soul و جان Jo which is an imitation of the J3 حسن و of Tofaky the teacher of Myr ’alyy Shyr.
Ja fur a Sayyid of Herat.
Ja'far-Bég was called Açaf Khan Qazwyny he was a nephew of the late Paymaster of the forces, says Badawny, who speaks in high praises of him.
58 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS. [Cuap. I.
Haydary Tabryzy was a Hajy and came twice to India but left it again, His ص074 in which there are but few good poems has about 14,000 verses. He was a pupil of Lisany.
Hozny of the iraq intended to come from Hérat to India but died before he could carry out his plan.
Haydty Gylany a friend of Dardmand wrote a Dywan.
Hdly was at Gujrat with Mirza Nitzim aldyn Ahmad.
Hdlaty Yadgar is according to his own opinion a descendant of Sultén Sanjar, but according to the Tarykh Nitzamy he was a Cha- ghatayan. He left a Dywan.
Khéne A’tzam flourished under Humayûn and Akbar.
Khanjar Bég a relation of Turdy Bég Khan is a Chaghatéian by birth and wrote a Mathnawy of 300 verses in which he gives an account of his own life and eelebrates the praises of the emperor.
Khosrawy came from the Makkian pilgrimage to India were he was patronized by one of the Royal princes.
Myr Dawry his name is Sultan Bayazyd Herawy and his title Katib almulk. He was the best calligraph in Akbar’s time and a fair poet.
Dakhly came from the "1۳60 to India.
Dénahy, Dénah is a village near Nayshapir of which this poet was a peasant. He came to India and made poetry, but as his language was rustic and uncultivated his verses were not much admired.
Dawwény, Hakym ’ayn almulk. His mother is descended from the celebrated Philosopher Jalal aldyn Dawwany.
Rafy’y, Myr Haydar Mo’ammayiy of Kashaén was distinguished by his skill in making chronograms. He was drowned when return- ing by sea to Persia, He was in charge of copies of Faydhy’s works for distribution in Persia and they were also lost.
Rihdyiy is a descendant of Shaykh Zayn Khafy and wrote a cele- brated Dywan. Sa’d aldyn Rihdyiy Khawaéfy is mentioned in the Nafayis, he died in 980.
Rawghany was a Jester in the service of the emperor and left a Dywan of about 3000 verses, he died in 981. The following chro- nogram on his death expresses the estimation in which he was held by his contemporaries چو سگی بگافرسنانجان sole
Zayn Khén Kékah was the best musician of the time of Akbar but a bad poet. He played chiefly Hindu tunes.
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Sultdn Mohammad Saplaky رسپلکی Saplak is a place in Qandahar. The common people of India pronounce the word with an i after the p; if thus pronounced it means was this is the name of an animal which lives on carrion.
Sultdén, his title was Khin-zamén. There was another poet, Mo- hammad, who had the takhallug of Sultan; the Khén-zaman offered him one thousand Rupees if he would change it and when he refused to do so he threatened to put him to death ; but promises and threats were unavailing with the poor poet, he kept his takhallug.
Sayry Ghaznawy was versed in law, metric and other sciences.
Sipihry, (357+25 Bég died in India in 979.
Sibdégy was in the service of Bayram-khan who sent through him seven thousand Rupees to the shrine of Imém Ridhé. The poet spent the money and was punished for it by Shah Zahmasb of Persia with imprisonment, but in 974 he again obtained his liberty.
Sahmy Bokhary. His father was an arrow manufacturer, hence his takhallug. He grew up in the service of 7۳74ا( ’azyz Kékah.
Sagqdé Bahram belongs to the school of Darwysh Faniy and to the Silsilah of ز76 Mokammad Janishény .جنو شاني He lived at Agra and having given every thing he possessed to a son of his Pyr, he travelled to Ceylon and died on the road. He left a large Dywan.
Siydhy Khodé-dist a grandson of Khwajah Kalan Bég died in 978. (According to another Tadzkirah his takhallug is Sipdhy.)
Sarmady Ispahény had first the takhallug of Faydhy, he resides in Bengal.
Sdgiy Jazayiry a native of Mashhad. His father who was of Arabic extraction was considered as a doctor (mojtahid) of the Shy’ah church. Saqiy held in 1004 an office in Bengal. In the Nafayis it is stated that his father’s name was Ibrahym Jazayiry.
Sayyidy a Çûfy was a disciple of Shaykh Islém اسلیم) apparently a corruption of Islam) Chishty. Was first settled at Kalpy, now he is at Kabul.
Shahdy (or Shohdy), Shah Abû-1-Ma’ aly.
Shyry of the village of Kékwal in the Panjab. His father was of Machyn. He was a very celebrated poet and was ordered to trans- late the Mahabharata into Persian, but it is not clear whether he did execute the task. He died in the Yusofjay country in 994 and left a celebrated Dywan.
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Shikyby Ispahany came to India and is patronized by the Khén Khanén the son of Bayram ۰
Shuj@’y, Hakym Sayf almolik Domawandy was a clever physician.
Sharbaty is alive.
Molla Çédig Halwdyiy Samargandy was in 988 in Ma-waré-lnahr, he is the author of a Dywan.
Cabuihy was of Chaghatyyah origin lived at Agra and died in 972.
Célihy Herawy was in India but returned to his home.
Cédig (according to the Nafayis Cddiqgy) Qandahdéry Herawy was for some time in India, he is dead.
Carfy, Shaykh Ya’qib Kashmyry a learned man who left several works on Giifism. He commenced the compilation of a large com- mentary on the Koran like the Tafsyr Kabyr (of Raézy) but died before he could complete it.
Sawajy was for some time at Gujrat with Khwajah Nitzém رم aldyn Ahmad, subsequently he went to Lahdr, he wrote a Dywan.
Cabiry Hamadany was cast in prison when the Khan-zamén was put to death. Was dead when Badawny wrote.
Calih Dywanah obtained the title of ’ãqily from the emperor.
Térimy, Molla ’alyy was very strong in the traditions having studied this science in Arabia. Died in 981.
Taryqy Sawajy died on a pilgrimage to Makkah.
Talib Ispahény resided the last twenty years in Kashmyr, first he was a Qalandar, subsequently he entered the service of the emperor and was sent on an embassy to Ladak.
Tdh’y Yazdy an elegant calligraph resided at Agra.
Tifly a son of Molla Darwysh Fathpiry was so precocious that he read the Shamsyyah on Logic when only ten years of age. Was in the service of one of the princes.
Tzohwry resided in the Deccan and left a Dywan.
Myr اہ“ al-Hayy Mashhady a brother of Myr ’abd Allah Qéntiny who was a courtier of Humayûn.
Sayyid Mohammad Najafy wrote good Persian and Arabic poetry, and his poetical talents were fully acknowledged in the Deccan. He came to Ilahabad and it was reported that he had written a satyre on Fath Allah. As he denied the charge, his papers were searched, and as satyres were found among them he was ten years imprisoned at Gwaliar. He wrote a ۰
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‘obaydy was a young but promising poet when Badawny wrote.
'ishqy ف7۸ a Turky Pyr-zédah. His father was Rahman Quly Sultan. He was well versed in accounts and filled for some time the place of Myr-Bakhshy. He left a Dywan of a thousand Qagydahs and many Ghazals and a very large Mathnawy.
ilmy (or ’alamy) Myr Mortadha a Sayyid of Dighab was for some time lord of Badawn. ۰
‘azyzy Myr ’azyz Allah was for some time Dywan (Minister of Finance) of Akbar but finally his property was confiscated and he was imprisoned because he could not account for five crores of Rupees. He left a Dywén of Ghazals and some Mathnawies like و مل US and
,شپر اشوب
Mirzé ’azyz 74004۸ A’tzam Khan attempts now and then to write poetry.
*ahdy Shyrazy was for some time in Gujrat with Nitz4m aldyn Ahmad. Subsequently he came to Dilly and entered the service of the Hakym ’ayn almulk.
"indyat Katib Shyrézy was librarian of Akbar when Badawny wrote.
’orfy Shyrdzy. His Dyw4n was even during his life time very popular and sold in every street.
Ghaznawy Myr Mohammad Khiane Kalan held a very high appoint- ment. He left a large Dywan.
Ghazzdly Mashhady fled from the “iraq where he had been in danger of being put to death into the Deccan. The Khan-zaman sent him one thousand Rupees for the journey and prevailed upon him to proceed from the Deccan to Agra. After he had been some years with the Khan-zaman, the emperor took him into his service and conferred the title of king of poets الشعراء Ale upon him. He died at Ahmadabad on Thursday evening 27th of Rajeb 980, according to the Nafayis in 981. He was deeply versed in mystic philosophy. He left a Dywan and a Mathnawy, in all from 40,000 to 50,000 verses.
Ghobdry Qasim ’alyy b. Haydar Baqqél rose from a humble station (his father was a green-grocer at Agra) to the dignity of a Khan. He died in 1000 or 1001. Bedawny who writes a very spiteful article on him says that 44! wld قاسم علي is in the former and Jala قاسم علی خان is in the latter case, the chronogram of his death.
Ghorbaty Hicary travelled in M4-wara-Inahr and died at Agra in 966. He left a Dywan.
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Ghayraty Shyrazy came to India but returned to Shyraz.
Shaykh Faydhy died in 1004. Sir Henry Elliot has given a very spirited translation of this article in his Ind. Hist. I. 255.
Firighy Shyrézy a cousin of Fath Allah. He came twice to India, and died.
Fahmy Tabarény (Teherany ?) was a great traveller and visited also India.
Fahmy b. Nadiry Samarqandy came to India, but left it again.
Fahmy Astrabady died at Dilly.
Fikry, Sayyid Mohammad Jamah-baf nicknamed Myr Rubé’yiy is the Khayyam of his age.
Faniyiy Chaghatayiy had the title of Khan. He was some time imprisoned, which affected his mind so much that he turned mad. He left a Dywan.
Fostiny Yazdy a story teller by profession. Came from Tatah, and was received into the service of the emperor.
Fyrizah Kabuly a slave of Myrzi Mohammad Hakym was a clever musician, and a fair poet. He was admitted into the society of the emperor.
Farisy, Sharyf a son of the painter Khwajah ’abd al-Camad was a great calligraph and a good painter, he left a Dywan.
Qarary Gylany, Nir aldyn son of Mollé’abd al-Razzdq and bro- ther of the Hakym Abi-l-Fath, died in Bengal during the days of Motzaffar Khan and left a Dywan.
Qawsy was in the service of the Khane Kalan, and it is said that he was without equal in the art of—making tooth-picks.
Qaydy Shyrézy came to India on his return from the Makkian pilgrimage, and entered the service of the emperor, but fell into disgrace for having said that his subjects were greatly suffering. He died at Fathpar.
Qandy came at the time of Bayram Khan from Maé-waré-lnahr to India.
Qdsim Géhy (Kahy from Kah grass?) Kabuly was a Çûfy and skilled in the explanation of the Qoran, polemics, music, &c. but he was an atheist and a disgusting cynic.
Qasim Arslin was originally of Tis, but was brought up in Mé- waré-Inahr. He was a very good poet and left a Dywan. He died in 995.
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Kémy, Myr ’ala aldawlah, author of a Tadzkirah.
Kalémy, Afdhal-khén came from the Deccan to Hinditstan, he was learned in most sciences, more particularly in law. Died in the Deccan.
Kémy Qommy, a young man who had shortly previous to 1004 come to India.
Ligdyiy Astrabady a most distinguished man died at Lahér in 979 or 975.
La’ ly Myrza La’! Bég son of Quly Badakhshy a most gentle young man, who was admitted into the society of the emperor. He is very well versed in history and writes occasionally poetry.
LIntfy Monajjim was for some time with Mirz4 Nitzam aldyn Ahmad in Gujrét. Was well acquainted with ancient poetry and repeated one night, one thousand verses from memory.
Myr Mortadha Sharyfy Shyrézy grandson of Myr Sayyid Sharyf Jorjany, surpassed all his contemporaries in the mathematical and philosophical sciences. He went to Makkah, studied there the tra- ditions under Ibn Hajr, and obtained a licence اجازت from him. From Makkah he went into the Deccan and thence to Agra. He died in 974, and was conveyed to Mashhad for interment.
Khwdjah Hosayn Marwy a descendant of Rokn aldyn فلع" aldaw- lah Samnény was in Philosophy a pupil of ’icém aldyn and Molla Hanafy and in law of Ibn Hajr Il. In 979 he left India and returned to his home and died there. He put the Singhésan Batysy into Persian verses, but did not complete it. He left a Dywan.
Mahwy, Myr Mohammad Munshiy was twenty-five years Head Munshiy of India.
Myr Mohsin Radhawy Mashhady.
Mawjy, Qasim Khan Badakhshy was a high officer in the army of the emperor, and left a poem of 6000 verses in the style of Yusof 6 Zalykha. He died at Agra in 979.
Myr-zidah ’alyy Khan a son of Mohtaram Bég was killed in Kashmyr in 996.
Mathnawy Herawy was of the 22۳04/206 family, lived nearly fifty years in India. Died in 982.
Murédy Astrébady was a Sayyid of that place. He came to India and died in 979.
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Mushfiqy Bokhary, his family is of Marw, he came twice to India but returned again to Persia.
Mayly Herawy his name was Myrzé Quly. He was a very distin- guished poet in the service of Nawrang Khan. He died at Malwa.
Malik Qommy called Malik alkalam or the king of poetry. He lived in the Deccan in a humble manner. It is to be observed that Faghfér adopted some times the takhallug of Malik. His poems must therefore not be confounded with those of Malik Qommy.
Molla Modémy of Badakhshén was for some time in the service of Myrza ’azyz ۰
Mollé Magguid Qazwyny was a good poet and left a Dywan.
Mihnaty Hicary a man of considerable learning was first in the Dilly Madrasah and subsequently Qadhiy of Sirhind where he died. The emperor gave him the takhallug of ’ayshy.
Misawy ۰
Khwdjah Mo’ atztzam, he murdered his wife and was executed for it in 971.
Mawzin the son of a celebrated calligraph was also well versed in this art.
Mohammad Yusof was born at Kabul and brought up in India. Was killed in the siege of Strat in 980. (970 ?)
Mantzary Samarqandy was at Agra in the service of Bayram Khan. He wrote a poem called شاهنامه" خیال which contains an amount of the war of Iskander Sar, &c.
Modémy Hamadany was known in India by the name of Haydary.
Moqymy Sabzwary was for some time in the service of Khane A’tzam. He returned after the fall of Gujrat to his native country.
Ma’ çûm a son of the Qadhiy Abi Ma’dliy died at Lahor.
Mahwy came to India shortly before 1004, was for some time in the service of the Khankhénén, then he went on a pilgrimage to Makkah.
Matzhary Kashmyry wrote a Dywén. Was in Kashmyr in 1004.
Shaykh Mohammad Bokhary Dihlawy was a man of very good family, but seems not to have been much of a poet.
Nawydy Torbaty left a Dywan which contains a very biting satyre ' against Kychak-Bég the Bakhshy of Bayram Khan.
Nishany, Mawlana ’alyy Ahmad son of Hosayn Naqshy Dihlawy, a seal engraver by profession.
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Niçihy Jamél Khan son of Miyén Mangan of Badawn is dead.
2۷۰۸4۵ a lady of Agra, a relation of Mihry Herawy.
Nijdty Gylany came to India and died.
Nawydy a young man in the service of the Khan Khénén.
Naw’y was in the service of one of the princes.
Niydzy of Bokharaé, was a most insolent and shameless fellow. He died at Tata.
Némy is the takhallug of Myr Mohammad Ma’¢im Cafawy of Bakar.
Natzyry Nayshépiry was in 1004 in the service of the Khan Khanan.
Nawydy Nayshapiry died 973 at Ojayn on his way to Makkah.
Natzmy Tabryzy. His Dywan is celebrated. —
Woqi’y Naysh4pury a relation of Shihab Ahmad Khan, his name was Mokammad Sharyf.
Wadéy Herawy came to India and died.
Wéagify Herawy Ibn ’alyy was in the service of the emperor.
Wacfy Myr ’abd Allah a very good calligraph. He was the pupil of Shah ’abbés and Mawlana Raqimy in this art. He wrote sometimes poetry.
Wagly went from the ’iréq to Makkah and thence by water to India. The ship was wrecked and most of the passengers were drowned, but he was saved and went to the Deccan. He was favour- ably received by the king, this excited the envy of the courtiers and they poisoned him in 977.
Woqify Herawy is called Myr Wéitz. He resides in Badakhshan.
Woaféyiy Ispahany lived for a long time in Kashmyr thence he came to Lahor.
Hamadény called Khane ’élam is a son of Hamdam Bég.
Hijry a descendant of the Shaykh Jém was a very sanctified man and left a Dywan of 5000 verses.
Hashimy (or Héshim ?), Mohammad Hashim a cousin of Mawlané Mohammad Shéh Unsy. He sometimes used the takhallug of Sollamy سلمي and sometimes of Wafiy. He was at Lahér in 972.
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(11) ۱ uy! AS خزینه (P.)
[lahy’s treasury, containing the biography of about four hundred Persian poets alphabetically arranged by *imad aldyn Mahmud Ilahy Hosayny. The title of the book and name of the author occur in the life of Adzory. 11۸۲ is mentioned by Tahir Nacrabady and in the A'tishkadah p. 341 and it is stated there that he was a native of Asadabad in Hamadan and that he spent a great part of his life in India and died there. Sarkhtish says that he came to India under Jahangyr, but neither of these authors mention his name. According to the Ha- myshah Bahar his name was Myr Cadr aldyn Moham- mad ’alyy, he was the son of the physician Mokam- mad Shyrazy and was a native of Hamadan, he came to India in A. H. 1010, and found great favor at the Court of the emperor and on account of his medical skill he received the title of the Messiah of the age. Either this statement refers to a different individual or it is full of errors. Jlahy himself informs us in p. 112 that he went in 1010 to Ispahan for the sake of prosecut- ing his studies and stayed there three and a half years; and in page 365 he says that in 1015 he went to Shyraz for the same purpose, and in one passage he mentions that he was at Thanéser which is one hundred miles N. W. from Dilly. Siraj mentions Myr Ilahy Hamadany and places his death in 1064. . His poems are much ad- mired and he left a considerable Dywan.
The author mentions in this Tadzkirah chiefly poets of the 9th and 10th centuries of the Hijrah whom he calls ,شعرای متوسطتین He also mentions some of the eighth
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century on the authority of Dawlat-shah. The authori- ties which he uses are principally the Samy (see p. 12 supra), Myr ’alyy Shyr (see p. 9), and Taqyy ۵۲ (see below), and Fakhry (p. 9). He also quotes the T'adz- kirah of Khwajah Amyn aldyn Hasan Nithary نڈاري (in one passage he writes (نزاري but gives us no information respecting him, except that he wrote his work in Ma- wara-lInahr. In Tadzkirahs five poets of this takhalluc are mentioned, 1. Nithary Tiny who died in 971 or 968 and is the author of a Dywan of Ghazals and Qacydah and of a Mathnawy in the same measure as the King and the Beggar; 2. Nithary Tabryzy; 3. Nithary Qazwyny ; 4. Nithary Bokhary, his name is Baha aldyn Hasan and he is most likely the author of the Tadzkirah. 5. Nitha- ry Astrabady. He also quotes the مقالة (لابرار whichis a biography of Ciifies and the Majalis of ’abd al-Qadir Maraghahi. The book has no preface and has never been completed and it is therefore perfectly unknown.
ماحب مقطعات موعظت۔ائیں امیر معمود مشپور Beginning ۱ بابی امین
The rough copy of the author i§ in a private collection, large ۰ 368 pp. of 19 lines. There are many blanks in it. Sometimes only the name of a poet is written, a space is left for the biography and then follow extracts from the Dywan. Sometimes the biography is given and a space is left for extracts ; in many instances additions are
made in the margin, these additions are sometimes by another author and in a different hand. .
Table of the contents :—
Amyr Mahmud Ibn Yamyn d. 749. Ibn Taj Kyl Gity. Ibn Sayf. Ibn Faraj: _ Ibn Hildl, ’alyy b. Hosayn .حا ’alyy called ’alayiy is the author of the منهاجلطالبین which is also called تاریخ علائی and is dedicated to Shah Shuja’ Kirmany. K 2
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Ma/mûd Ibn Zangy a brother of Motzaffar aldyn Abû Shuja’ Ataébuk Sa’d b. Zangy. ۱
Ibn ’igdm, some say he was a son of ’icgdamy Samarqandy.
Khwajah Kamal aldyn Zin Naguh dedicated a Dah-némah to the Wazyr-zadah Khwajah Ghiyath aldyn Mohammad b. Khwajah Rashyd Hamadany, he resided mostly at Baghdad.
Jamal aldyn Ibn Hosdm d. in 730 at Herat.
Mohammad Ibn Hosdm author of the 4%) l& 3. 875.
Qadhiy Ibn Jaldl probably of Nayshapir.
Abi-l-Fadhl Mahnah, a descendant of Abû Sa’yd.
Abi Sa yd Mahnah, a son of Mowayyad Dywanah was equally a descendant of Abû Sa’yd (b.) Abi-l-Khayr.
Khwajah Abi-l-Nagr Mahnah a son of Mowayyad Dywanah.
Ibn Badr aldyn Jarjarmy a contemporary of Sulé4n Abii Sa’yd 271774 Gurgan, resided mostly at Ispahan.
Lbn Qotob a friend of Afdhal Na’ymy.
Ibn Jalél died probably in 750. He was a darwysh and probably an associate of Athyr Umany and of Kamal Isma’yl.
Ibn Ahmad.
Abi-l-Ma dly of Khawaf was a neighbour of ’abd Allah Angéry.
Khwajah Abi-l-Qdsim a son of Shihdb aldyn ۵۰
Abt Ishdg called ومع at’imah یسحق اطعمک Shyrazy, contem- porary of a grandson of Tymir, is the author of a Mathnawy called .چنگال نامة
Najm aldyn Abt Çélih. Abi Tahir Sharwany.
Myrzé Abt Bakr Ibn Hiky-Shah حوکی شاه was killed in 852.
Sultan Abt Sa’yd Khan b: Sultan Mohammad Khoday-bandah died in 736.
Myrz& Abi Bakr b. Sultan Abi Sa’yd was put to death in 885.
Myrzé Ibréhym b. Solayman Padshéh born in 941 d. 967 (?)
Ibn La’l son of La’ly-shéh Badakhshany.
Abi: ’alyy used to behave like a mad man.
Khwajah Ibn ’imdd left a Dah-namah or Decalogue.
Sayyid Ibn ۰
Lbn Mo’yn a poet of the middle period.
Ibn Khatyb Hushang panegyrist of the Kart family more parti- cularly of Fakhr aldyn Kart.
Héafitz Ibrahym of the country of Karmiyah 4,5
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Sayyid Ibréhym a descendant of Khwa4jah Baha aldyn, had the appointment of Cadarat at Kabul.
Amyr Nitzém aldyn Abi-l-Baqa Bagdyiy was a contemporary of the Sultan Hosayn Myrz4, he came to India under Humayun, and was killed in 947.
Khwajah Abi-l-Wafé a Çûfy of Khwarizm d. 835.
- Ibréhym Kandah of Khoraésén was a teacher in the Madrasah of Farjak.
Abdél Ispahény was in the service of Sam 25-4
Qadhiy Abu-l-Barakat Samarqandy mentioned by ’alyy ۰
Abi-l-Khayr Samargandy a good Mathematician came to Herat under Myrza Abi-l-Baqayiy b. Sultan Hosayn Myrz4, Mohammad Khan Shaybany took him to Balkh.
Khwajah 10+ Ishdg is mentioned by Myr ’alyy Shyr.
Khwajah Abt Tahir a son of Khwajah ’abd Allah.
Amyr TIbrdéhym Qéniiny a son of Khwajah Mûsa:
Mawlana ۰
Mawlana Sharaf aldyn Lbrdhym of Bokhara.
Shaykh Abd-l-Wasi’ a ۰
Amyr Abi-l-Fath Jundbady جنابدی some say that he is identic with Amyr Abi-l-Fath whose takhallug was ۰
Abu-l-Mojahid Iskayiy اسكويي the younger brother of Amyr Çadr aldyn Iskiyiy and a contemporary of Shah Ismé’yl.
Myr Ibraéhym Teherany b. Nur Allah.
Mawlana Lbrdhym Astrabady.
Hajy Abi-l-Hasan a Turky poet.
Aby (from db water) of Khorasan a contemporary of Sultan Hosayn Myrza.
Abi-l-Mohsin Myrza .ا (167+24 Abi-l-Baqiéyiy b. Sultan Hosayn Myrzé Bayqara.
Byby 8.
Atishy flourished at the close of Sultan Hosayn 8 reign and in the beginning of that of Shah Isma’yl.
Sultan Ahmad Jalayir d. 895. Myrza Ahmad Daylamy.
Prince Sayyid Ahmad Myrz4. Sultan Ahmad king of Kalbarga.
Khwajah Ahmad Mojallid of Khorasan.
Hafitz Ahmad Hinna-tardésh of Herat. Mawlana Ahmady.
Hafitz Ahmad Khatyb.
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Ahmad a descendant of Shaykh ’alê aldawlah Samhnény. ها
Shaykh Ahmad Hasan Balkhy ۰
Mawlana Ahsan a poet of the middle period, is called ہس Nadym.
Shaykh Ahmad ۰
Qadhiy Ahmad Ghaffary Qazwyny d. 975.
Amyr Ahmad Hajy was for some time Ruler of Herat, and subse- quently of Samarqand.
Ahmad At’imah a mystic. Ahmad Tabsy d. 932.
Khwajah Ikhtiyér Zawahi زاوڈ left a Mathnawy, or perhaps two, called افقباسیات و*ختار الأخجار he flourished under Shah [sm yl.
Qédhiy Ikhtiyér Torbaty lived to the time of Shah Zahmasb.
Sayyid Akhfash Shyrazy.
Ahmad Tabsy called Mawlané Atiin was the teacher of Shéh Ismé’yl, went later to Turkey.
Myr Ikhtiyûr we have a chronogram, کوثر csi, by him for 7۰,
Mawléna Akhy Zihgyr-tarash رهگیر تراش
Akhtamy came to India under Humayin.
Adéyiy Ispahaény flourished from Shah Ismé’yl to Shah Tahmésb_
Adéyiy Bokharayiy, a contemporary of Sultan Hosayn Myrza.
Myrzi Adham Baghdady, a contemporary of Sultan Solayman of Turkey ; wrote in Arabic, Persian and Turkish.
Ibrahym Shah Adhamy. Adham Kashy.
Adham Qazwyny.
Adam, left a Qaçydah on the Elixir.
Shaykh Jalal aldyn Adzory d. 866 at an age of eighty-two years.
Byby ۰
Ardebyly, flourished ahr Sultan Haydar Cafawy. Azy. 1
Shaykh Mohammad Léhyjy لاڈنجیٰ) sic) Asyry, author of a com- mentary on the Gulshane Réûz and father of Fidayiy.
Shah Ismd’yl b. Sultan Haydar Çafawy was born in 892, and was acknowledged as sovereign at Tabryz in 906, in the same year died Myr ’alyy Shyr and in 911 died Sultan Hosayn Myrzé Bayqara, Shah Isméa’yl died at Baylaq on Monday, 19 Rajab, 930, and left a Turgy Dywan in which he uses the takhullug گ۶ه ۰
Myr Islam a descendant of Mohammad Ghazzély and a panegyrist of Myrza ’ala aldawlah died under Sultan Abû Sa’yd.
Khalyfah Asad Allah b. Khalyfah Hiddyat Allah Ispahany.
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Sayyid Asad Allah. Mawlana ۰
Mawlana Jsmy Herawy. Khwajah Ashraf of the ’iraq.
Sayyid Jalal aldyn Ashraf Kashy flourished under Buqé-Khan a son of ۰
Darwysh Ashraf flourished under Sulé4n Mohammad b. Baysankar.
Khwajah Açafy d. 928. Mawland Agly of Mashhad:
Agyl aldyn Mohammad b. Tahir b. Abi-l-Ma’ély Nahjbary (or Hanjbary ?) of Shyraz, contemporary of Sultan Abi Ishaq, Moham- mad Motzaffar and Shah Shuja’.
Amyr Agly Qommy.
Myr Siraj aldyn Agyly of Herat, contemporary of Sultan Hosayn Myra.
Khwajah Afdhal aldyn Mohammad Kimndety a son of Dhiya aldyn and a Wazyr of Sultan Hosayn Myrza, to be distinguished from the elder Afdhal aldyn Kirmany.
Afdhal Sérany, Séran is the name of a quarter of the town of Teheran.
Afdhal Bég of the Qipchaq came to India under Humayiin.
Khwajah Zftikhdr, some identify him with Hakym Iftikhar, who is an ancient poet. ` Afsary Bokhary. Afdhal Allah Shyrazy.
Amyr Afdhal son of Sultan alyy Khwab-byn.
Afsary a contemporary of Sultan Babor. Afaty Samarqandy.
Afig Jalayir a sister of Mohammad ’alyy Jalayir Nithary.
Afchangy Mery A gahy Herawy is older than Agahy Yazdy.
Mawlana Xgahy Qayiny a grandson of Jalél aldyn Qéyiny.
Myrza Ulugh Bég the astronomer.
Myr Hosayn Ulfaty of Torbat was under Humayûn in India.
Ildhy a contemporary of Sultan Hosayn Myrza.
Alf (©) Abddl Ispahény had first the takhallug of Moty’y was a
contemporary of Sultan Ya’qub.
Amény a panegyrist of Humayûn. Molla Amyry Astrabady.
Mawlana Amyry Khorésény, a contemporary of Shah Ismé’yl is the father of Fakhry the author of the نےفة | اعبیب
Amyr aldyn Mohammad Amyny of Khorasan.
Nitz4m aldyn ’alyy Shyr d. 906, the chronogram is .انوار رحمت
Mawlana Dhiyé aldyn Yusof Amyry, was at the court of Shah-
‘rokh. Mawlana Amyry.
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Khwajah Amyr Bég Natzary lived to the time of Shéh Z'ahmasb.
Khwajah Amyr Beg. Khwajah Amyr Bég Mohr.
Amédn Allah Qohistény mentioned by ’alyy Shyr.
Amdn Allah Qazwyny, a nephew of Adham Munshiy, was ten years in the service of Sam Myrza, and wrote a treatise on the pre- servation of health = ردرحفظ one on the crisis in fevers w! y=? ودر and one containing Mo’ammas.
Amyny Samnany Sa’d-gul. Amyr Sultan Ibrahym Amyny d. 941.
Ummydy Razy a native of Teheran d. 925.
Amyr Mahmûd Gylany is of the family of the Rulers of Léhijen,
Amyr Amyr-khwand a son of Khwand-Shéh Balkhy the historian.
Mohammad Amyr Balkhy died at Astrabad.
Sayyid Qotb aldyn Amyre Hajj Unsy a Sayyid of Herat, left a set of 445401)! i. e. forty Ghazals.
Any Herawy lived long in Kashmyr and died there.
Anysy Khérizmy خارزهي was in the service of Sultan Ya’qib.
Anwary Balkhy made a chronogram on ۰
Anwary Mashhady.
Anwary Samarqandy a friend of Amyr Ahmad Hajy the Ruler of Samargand.
Anwary Bokhary a calligraph in the service of Myr ’alyy Shyr
Shaykh Anwér ۰ Shaykh Angdry Herawy.
Molla Mohammad-shéh Unsy Qandahéry came to India under Humiayin.
Mawlana Ingéfy a contemporary of Sultan Ya’qûb.
Khwajah Awhad Mostawfiy Sabzwéry a physician, and generally a learned man d. 868.
Sultan Oways b. Shaykh Hasan Niydn wy) succeeded to the throne of Adzarbayjin and the Arabian وف" after the death of his father. He died in 765.
Ahly Khorésiny. Ahly Shyrézy. Ahly Chaghatayiy. Ahy.
Mohammad Bayrém Khdén who had the title Khan Khanan d. 968,
Baydny Tabryzy. Baydny Astrébady. ı Baydûn Bahrabady.
Myrz4 Pyr Buddg (he spells this word ٭اق and بوداق ( son of Jahanshéh d. 822.
Amyr By-Khidy Isfarayiny. By-Khidy Balkhy.
Bayddhy Astrabady mentioned by Samy.
Paydmy Herawy lived in Ma-waré-lnahr until Babor Myrza raised him to the post of Cadarat.
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By-Kasy Shishtary spent thirty years at Herat.
Myr 7۷7 Gylany.
Mawlana Zadzrawy Abhary a nephew of Nargisy came to India and dedicated a Dah-namah, or Decalogue to the Khéne A’tzam.
Tébi’y Herawy, and Tarkhén Khorasény and Tawhydy are men- tioned by Taqyy Awhady.
Tarzyqy (see Tadzkirah Samy).
Mawlana ’alyy Kalawy کلوي Thawry Bokhary mentioned by ’alyy Shyr. Myrza Jan Mohammad Théniy.
‘abd al-Rahman Jamy (he gives a list of his works which will be inserted in the next chapter).
Mohammad Jény a brother of Jémy died before him.
ı Sayyid Ja’far brother of Mohammad Nir-bakhsh went to Herat under Myrza Sultan Hosayn.
Sayyid Jaldle ’adhod of Yazd a son of ’adhod the Wazyr of Mo- hammad Motzaffar.
Mawlana Jalal aldyn Tabyb, his takhallug was Shah Shujd’ he flou- rished in Faris under the Motzaffar family, another physician of the: name of Jalal aldyn is mentioned by Sam.
Jalal b. Jafar Farahany left a Dyw4n of 3000 verses and a Math- nawy in the measure of the Makhzan.
Khwajah Jaldl aldyn Mohammad Tabryzy mentioned by Sam.
- Mawlana Jalal aldyn Mohammad Dawwiny the philosopher, a son of Sad aldyn As’ad Dawwany. ITlahy says that Dawwany died under Shah Zahmasb, at the end of the notice is a chronostichon for 903 viz. فادر عصر و اعلم علما it is however not said that it is intended to fix the year of the death of Dawwany, on the contrary it would appear that it has been made by Dawwany on the death of Sultan Abû Sa’yd, yet there isa note to it inthe margin in a different hand to the effect that as Shah 7ahmasb came to the throne in 930, this chronostichon contradicts the above statement. Hajy Khalyfah N. 11210 places the death of Dawwany in 908. He has written three glosses, the Old ae, New جدیه and Newest >>! to Qishchy’s commentary on 8 Tajryd, and in like manner he has written glosses to the من on the Matéali’ ماعط also the author of the جلالي Gia, ,شرح هیاکل اثبات وجب (on the existence of God), رسالة زورا on Cafyism, حاشیه شمسیه (i. e. glosses to Qotby’s commentary on the Shamsyyah on Logic); and ءانوار شافية
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Jaldly a contemporary of Sultan Hosayn ۱۷۲۲۵۵ lived to the reign of Shah ۰ Shaykh Jaldl Herawy ۰ 70167 Hindy left a Dywan of upwards of 2000 verses. ۰ Hafitz Jalal aldyn Mahmûd.
Pyr Jamdly Ardestény brought the autograph of Sanayiy’s Hady-’ gah from Ghaznyn to Ardestan.
Shaykh Jamdly Dihlawy contemporary of Jamy.
Shaykh Jamdl aldyn Bartjardy Nur-bakhshy.
Jamdly Kashy a son of Hajy Shah Jallah ( Halléj ?).
Jamshyd Monajjim Herawy. Jontmy Hamadany.
Joniny Andakhidy. ۱
Amyr Jahdn-shdh b. Qara Yisof a Qaré Qynlû Turkman, his takhallug was Hagygy (see ’alyy Shyr). .
Héfitz Khémish a mystic. Hajy Fatah فوطه ۰
Hafitz Hakkék a native of Kirman resided at Herat.
Qadhiy Myr Hosayn Maybodzy, the Philosopher, left a commentary on the Dywan ascribed to ’alyy; a commentary on the و هداية ااحکمة commentaries on the Kéfiyah and on the طرالع and on the سس yah, and glosses on the Daqyqah .حواشي دفیفة
Mawléné Kamal aldyn Hosayn Wéa’itz Késhify of Bayhaq in: Sabzwér resided twenty years at Herét. He was a contemporary of Myr ’alyy Shyr and died in 910. He is the author of the جواهوالنفسور in one volume being a commentary on the second Strah of the Qoran,, ور ا رون Hosayny, of the الانشا w=”, of the ate 401545 of the
; راخلاق of the سبعه کاشفیه (the seven Revealers are the seven: planets, the work treats in seven books, which it seems are also called Kashifyyah Revealers, on astrology, and is dedicated to Myr ’alyy Shyr),of the الشہد! &9) andof the اسر رفاسمي ,andof a book on alchemy.
Hakymy Khorasany is mentioned by Taqyy Awhady and probably. identic with
Sayyid Hakymy Tabyb a contemporary of Sultan Hosayn Myrzé:
Darwysh Haydar Tinyény was in India in the: beginning of Akbar’s reign.
Haydar Kolij Herawy flourished in the commencement of Shah: Tahmasb, visited India and left a Dywén of about 10,000 verses.
Habyb Allah Qapzy فيزي a son of Myr Sar-barahnah who 37 rished under Sultan Hosayn ۰ |
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Sayyid Hazyny, Amyr Hasan of Astrabid was Qadhiy of Herat.
Hijdby the daughter of Badr aldyn.
Myrzé Abû-1-Baqé Suléin Hosayn b. Mançûr b. Myrz4 Bayqara b. Myrz& ’omar Shaykh b. Tymir came to the throne in 861 and died in 911, and left Persian and Turky poetry.
Mawléné Myr Hosayn Mo’ammayiy d. 904.
Sayyid Hasan Motakkallim Nayshépiry a pupil of Motzaffar Herawy and a panegyrist of Malik Ghiyéth aldyn Kart.
Khwajah Hasan Qandahéry. Sayyid Hasan Shihab.
Hosémy Qalandar of Khwarizm resided at Qara Kûl near Bokhara.
Mawlana Hasan-shadh Herawy a contemporary of Jamy.
Mawland Hayrény Hamadany left several Mathnawies as Bahram and Néhyd, Dispute between heaven and earth, Dispute between the candle and the moth, Dispute between the roasting spit and the fowl (see Sam).
Hayraty Qazwyny.
Hayraty Marwy, i. e. of Marw, he is known by this patronymic though he was of ۵۰
Khilidy Higary. | Khorramy Herawy.
Khizry was originally a slave. © Mohammad Khilwaty.
Sultén Khalyl b. Myran-shah .حا Tymir d. 814.
Khalyl Allah Monajjim.
‘Amyr Kamal aldyn Hosayn Kholgy a son of ۰
Kholqy Bokhary. Kholqy Tabryzy.
Sayyid Khanjar studied at Herat. Khwénd Amyr the historian.
Khwéji Kirmany d. 742 and left about 20,000 verses.
Khiydly Bokhéary is said to have been a pupil of Khwajah aint Bokhary.
Khiydly Herawy. ۔ Khiyédly ۳2 6ا
Shéh Dd’iy Allah Shyrazy a pupil of Ni’mat Allah Walyy is a mystical poet. He is a great saint, and his tomb which is at Shyraz is a place of pilgrimage.
Dédghy Sarakhsy lived to the time of Shah ۰
Déghy Herawy. ` Dighy Astrabady. Dénishy Bokhary.
_ The daughter of the Qadhiy of Samarqand, her name was oscil 21-۲14 Khatin, and it is said that she lived in ۰
The daughter of the Amyr Yadgar resided in ۰
Darwysh Maqgid Tyrgar a Cufy and a pupil of Hajy Mohammad.
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Darwysh Dihaky Qazwyny, Dihak is a quarter of the town of Qazwyn, He was originally a weaver, flourished under Sultan Ya’qub.
Darwysh Sarakhsy, a felt-maker.
Khwéjah Darwysh a brother of Khw4jah Motzaffar and a son of ` Khwéjah Fakr aldyn Tabkehy =
Darwysh Torbaty, Torbat (Tarbit ?) is the name of a place.
Dw dyiy of Mashhad,
Amyr Qésim Dildéry was an Amyr of Suléén Mawdid Myrza. He fled from Ma-wara-lnahr to Sultan Hosayn ۰
Myr Khanzadah called Myr Bulbul-baz Dilyry was falconer to Humayin.
Myr Dawry, the calligraph, was during Humayun, and during the beginning of Akbar’s reign in India,
Dist Mohammad Jény of Sabzwér in Khorasan.
Dust Mohammad Isfarary probably identic with the preceding,
Amyr Dist Hasan son of Hasan Kingirah,
Disty Naqgésh of Yazd.
Myr Dist Térimy of Chaghatay was in the service of ۲ Myraé.
Sultan ’alyy Dawayiy a brother of Halaky Herawy,
Darwysh Rawghangar wrote a satyre against Jamy,
Dist Mohammad Sultan b. Nawriz Ahmad Khan b, Sywanj ee Khwajah Khan b. Abi-l-Khayr Khan was a great patron of learning,
Mawlana Sultan ’alyy Dawdyiy.
Dawlatshth. Dihqdny of Ray kept a school.
Dywénah Nayshapiry. Dywénahé ’ishq.
70:417 mentioned by ’alyy Shyr.
Dzdty Lary carried on the profession of a book-binder at Tabryz.
Dzihny Tabryzy. 0:47 Kaéghadz-farish.
Dzihny Artikhény, Mawléné اھ ١ Amyr 70427 ۰
Mawlana Rdzy Shyrazy.
Baghdady mentioned by ’alyy Shyr. بت74
Sharaf aldyn Rémiy (Rémihy?) d. 795 and left 3B! حداثق which treats on metric and poetic, and has been written in imitation of, or competition with, Rashyd ۵۵ لسجر | Blom,
Rijiyiy Herawy wrote a Mathnawy, containing the rules of musi- cal composition.
Sayf aldyn Mahmud Rijdyiy of Ispahén (see Sam),
Rahmdny Khorésiny. Ruswdyiy Hamadany,
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Rashyd aldyn Ahmad Kazeriny a contemporary of Jûmy and author of a Persian commentary on the ۰
Rashydy. Ridhdyiy Sabzwary d. 856.
Ridhdyiy Hazar-jaryby. Amyr Ridhdyiy. Jalél Rafyqy.
Khwajah Rokn Cayim Samnény panegyrist of Mohammad Mo- tzaffar Shah-Shuja’, his brother Shih-Mahmid and Toghé Tymûr Khan.
Rawnaqgy was in the service of Myrz4 Kamran the brother of the emperor Humayin.
Riyidhy Mohawwilaty of Zawah died in 921 and left a Mathnawy of 8000 verses containing an account of the reign of Sultan Hosayn, he also began a poem on the exploits of Shah Ismé’yl, but did not finish it.
Zulély Tabryzy mentioned by Sam Myrza.
Khorasiny mentioned by ’alyy Shyr. § Zayny Siyah. رھ
Zayny Mashhady a son of Darwysh Rawghangar.
Zayn aldyn Abi Bakr Taybady a saint who flourished during the Kart dynasty.
Shaykh Zayn aldyn Khawafy a Cufy d. 833.
Zyraky mentioned by ’alyy Shyr.
Sam Myrzé son of Shah Isma’yl.
Shah Hosayn Sdgiy Ispahany died at Damaghan in 941.
Sdyily Qushchy (i. e. the faleoner).
Sayil Hamadany of Ah in Domawand d. 940.
Sdghiry a friend of Jamy.
Sdmy of Damaghaén a contemporary of Sultan Hosayn Myrza.
Sakiny Samargandy. . Myrz4 Shah Hosayn Arghin Sipdhy a son of Shah Bég b. Amyr 1076-0.
Hafitz Sarwy a son of Hafitz ’alamy Birjindy.
Saridy a son of Hafitz Myrathy was for some time historiographer of ’obayd Allah Khan.
Sarwary (Sorûry ?).
Serdj aldyn Qumry, some say he is of Shyraz, others say he is of Qazwyn, he was a contemporary of Salman Sawajy. He must be distinguished from two more ancient poets one of whom is Nitzam — aldyn Mahmid Qumry Ispahany and the other Qamary.
Surkh Waddy. Hafitz Sa’d a disciple of Qasim Anwar.
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Khwajah Sa’d-gui Shyrazy.
Sa’ydy Gholémy mentioned by ’alyy Shyr.
Abi-l-Fath Sultén Sa’yd Khan.
Darwysh Saggdyiy Chaghatayiy of Bokhara travelled much in India during the beginning of Humayiin’s reign ; Taqyy Awhady saw a Dywan of his containing about 4000 bayts.
Sultan ’alyy Mashhady ; this man was not so much distinguished as a poet as he was as a calligraph. The author gives here a list of celebrated calligraphs which is of interest :—“’alyy Mashhady was in calligraphy, a pupil of Mawlané Atzhar, and Atzhar was a pupil of Ja’far and Ja’far was a pupil of Mawléné Myr ’alyy the inventor of the Naskh-ta’lyq. The pupils of Mawlana Sultén ’alyy, are Maw- léna’ala aldyn Mokammad and Sultén Mohammad Khandén, and Sultan Mohammad Nur, and Suléén Mohammad Abryshumy, Qalan- dar Katib, and Mawlén& Shams aldyn Mohammad, who was the teacher of Myr ’alyy the second. Mawlané Sultan ’alyy lived at the court of Myrz4 Bayqaré and found a patron in Myr ’alyy Shyr.” Sul¢én ’alyy was upwards of sixty-three years of age in 957.
Suléin Mamûd Myrzé son of Sultan Abt Sa’yd Myrza sovereign of the greater part of M4-wara-lnahr and Badakhshén. His takhallug was Tzilly .ظلي He was called Mahmûd Ghéziy in Mé-waré-lnahr.
Sultan 484 Myrz4, a son of the preceding, and a brother of Baysanqar, succeeded his father to the throne, and when dethroned, he took refuge to Sultan Hosayn Myrzé. His takhallug is Ghaziy and he left a Turky and a Persian Dywan.
Khwéjah Suléén Mohammad a son of Shams aldyn Tabkchy تبکچي
Khwajah Salmén Sawajy Jamél aldyn Mohammad.
Hasan ’alyy Salymy of Tin resided at Sabzwar where he died in 854.
Salymy Shishtary of the time of Shah-Zahmasb.
Salaémy, Shéh-Mohammad son of Hasan-shéh of Herat is men- tioned by ’alyy Shyr.
Baba Sawddyiy of Abyward had first the takhallug of Khdwary d. 853. Myr ۰
Amyr Nitz4m aldyn Shaykham Sohayly left a Turky and a Persian Dywan, the Anware Sohayly is dedicated to him. There was also a Sohayly under ۸۰ ۰
Symy besides being a good poet was a distinguished cag (see Dawlatsh).
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Amyr Yadgiér Bég Sayfy, his grandfather Amyr Habban Malik was a high officer of Tymir.
Sayfy Bokhéry author of a compendium on prosody and rhyme, was a contemporary of Jamy.
Amyr Shdhy Sabzwary Aq& Malik b. Jamél aldyn Malik Firiz-
Kihy died in 857.
Myrza Shah Hosayn Ispahany d. 929, founded the Qimaryyah
Madrasah at Ispahan.
Sayf almolik Domawandy Shwd’y was a distinguished physician, and a contemporary of Myr Sayyid Mohammad Jémah-béf. Sharaf Khayabany a darwysh imitated the Khamsah.
+ Sharaf aldyn ’alyy Yazdy author of the Tzafar-némah left a Dywdén of 4000 verses.
Sharaf aldyn ’alyy Bafiqy a panegyrist of Shah Tahméasb, left a
Dywan of 5000 verses. Wahshy Bafiqy is his pupil.
Myrzé Sharaf a son of Qadhiy-Jahén Qazwyny who flourished under Shah Zahmasb.
Cahib al-Balkhy familiarly called Sharyfy, panegyrist of the kings of Badakhshén who were destroyed by Sultan Abû Sa’yd.
: Çadiq: Halwayiy Samargqandy descended (or a son?) of Shams alayimmah Halwayiy flourished under Humayûn at Léhér and Kabul and died under Akbar in Mé-waré-lnahr, he left several works, one is called وساله آداب بعث
` Sayyid Ja’far Gddigy a brother of Shah Qésim b. Sayyid Mofham- mad Nir-bakhsh.
Myr Mohammad Çélih Herawy one of the Amyrs of Sultan Hosayn Myrza, his Dywan is celebrated.
Caliz Badakhsy. Baba Cdlihy.
Khwajah Kamal aldyn Hosayn Gabwry was at the court of Akbar.
Myr Çadr aldyn Mohammad a son of Myr Çafyy aldyn Abi- lçafa the following chronogram of his, fixes the time when he flou-
i. ۵. 971—40=931 or 970. از خوش-اوزان يكي رفت rished
Myr Cadr alislam. Çidqy Herawy. Molla Mohammad Hosayn Cidgy of Astrabéd a. courtier of Shah
Tahmasb.
. Sultan Mohammad Cidgy Astrabady resided long at Kashan d. 952.
Qadhiy Cafyy aldyn ’ysa flourished under Shah Isma’yl. : Shah Catyy aldyn Mohammad Niur-bakhshy a son of Shams aldyn
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b. Shah Qasim Nir-bakhshy. Cafdayiy Ispahany.
Cafiyiy Khorasany, became towards the end of his life acquainted with Jamy. Baba Cafiyiy Qommy.
Baba Cafdyiy Qalandar of Astraébéd mentioned by Sam.
Kirmény. اواب
Cafyy aldyn Mohammad son of Hosayn W4’itz is the author of a book called رشعات which is a chronogram for 909, it seems that it contains the sayings of his Pyr Khwajah ’obayd Allah Ahrér who. resided at Samargand (see p. 83).
Cufy Ardestény. § Mawlina Dha’yfy. Byby Dha’yfy.
Dhiydyiy Ardibady flourished under Sultan Hosayn Myrza.
Dhiya aldyn Nakhshaby author of the 7'i¢y-némah and a treatise entitled لذة رلنسا ۱
Qasim Dhiydyiy of Ma-wara-lnahr.
Talib Jéjarmy d. 854 is the author of گوی وچوگان {ble which he dedicated to: Sultan ’abd Allah b. Ibréhym b. Shahrokh.
Taqyy Bokhéry. Téyiry of the time of Sultan Hosayn ا ۱
1/۵ Maddéh (i. e. the panegyrist) of ’alyy.
Ustad Tahir ۰ ۱
Shah Zhhir Dakany was born in Ankwéûny near Qomm, and was the Wakyl of Nitzim Shéh of the Deccan. He died in 952.
Téhiry Razy a son of Ummydy.
Tahir Bokhary flourished at Herat under Sultan Babor.
Tahir Herawy was first a shoemaker and subsequently he gained his livelihood by copying books.
Hakym Toghrayiy left a Qaçydah on the elixir and on alchemy.
Tıity Tarshyzy was in the service of Babor Myrza and died in 866.
Tarygy of Tabryz.
Tusy composed a Qacydah in praise of Sultan Bébor rhyming in Sarw, after the fall of this prince he was patronized by Amyr Ja- han-shah and Pyr Badégh. He died at a very advanced age (alyy Shyr says that he was upwards of one hundred years old) during the reign of Sult4n Hosayn Myrz4 Bayqara.
"Grif ۰
Mahmid ’érify composed chiefly panegyrics on great personages, and put the Hanafy law into verse. He dedicated a Dah-namah, De- calogue, to Pyr Ahmad b. Ishdq and is: probably identical with ’érify Herawy who is mentioned in the Persian translation of ’alyy Shyr’s
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Tadzkirah, and who is the author of a poem called گوی و چوگان it has 510 verses and he composed it within a fortnight.
*dbidy it is said he is of Khorasan, he was one of the poets who survived Sultan Hosayn ۰
*dlim ۰ Shéh ۰402 Lary flourished about 1011.
Myr Nitzém aldyn ’abd al-Malik.
Baba ’abd Allah Chashmah-mélén a darwysh.
Khwajah ’obayd Zakany.
abd al’alyy Najdty Mashhady left a Mathnawy in the metre of the Makhzan alasrar.
’abd al-Qadir Maraghy, born in 754, was exceedingly precocious and particularly distinguished in music.
*obayd Khan b. Mahmid Sultûn b. Shah Badagh Sultan b. Abu-l- Khayr Khén, the chronogram of his concealment خافي) death ?) is .خان جہانگیر
‘abd al-Jalyl a descendant of Jalal aldyn ۳۰
’abdy Nayshéptry uncle of Shah Mamûd Zarryn-qalam.
’azyzy contemporary of Myrzé Shahrokh.
Mawlané ’izz aldyn Jabaly a learned man of Qazwyn.
Abi-l-Ghaziy ’abd al’azyz Khan ۰
(57۳74 Mohammad ’askary a son of the emperor Tzahyr aldyn . Mohammad Babor.
Khwãjah ’abd Malik ۰
Khwajah ’igmat Allah Bokhéry a descendant of Khwajah Hafitzy Kalan was a Sayyid. "rematy a lady.
Amyr Burhan aldyn ’atê Allah a Sayyid of Naysh4pir d. 919, and left a treatise on poetic and the figures of speech رساله ور شعر و صنائع
"af uty Isfarayiny a lady. .
Amyr Taj aldyn ’agyly Shyrazy a Sayyid of the Daste-ghayb family, died under Shah Tahmasb.
Shaykh Rokn aldyn ’alê aldawlah Samndny, his name was Ahmad b. Mohammad Biyébanky, a contemporary of ’abd al-Razzaq Kashy. In 687 he became a pupil of the Shaykh ’abd al-Rahmaan Isfarayiny, and died on Friday the 20 Rajab, 736.
Shaykh Zayn aldyn ’alyy Kuldh Shyrazy a saint, disciple of Shams Aldyn ’abd Allah Shyrazy who died in 872.
‘alyy Dardzad Astrabady d. in 854.
Myr ’alyy whose takhallug was Katib, a contemporary of Sultan
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Hosayn Myrzé, was a very distinguished calligraph, and in this art a pupil of Sultan ’alyy Mashhady (see p. 78).
Baba ’alyy-Shah Abdal Herawy called Akhtah was a saint, and a contemporary of Jamy.
Ustad ’alyy Karmal a composer of music.
Khwéajah ’alyy Shihab Tarshyzy a friend of Shaykh Adzory.
‘alyy Shaghal was skilled in making mo’ammas.
Myr ’alyy Acghar of Samarqand mentioned by ’alyy Shyr.
Myr ’alyy Akbar a son of Amyr Hadiy MoAtasib is mentioned by Sam.
Sayyid ala aldyn Awadhy a mystical poet is of Khorésén but is called اودڈٴ (sic) because he lived in Oudh.
Khwéjah ’iméd aldyn Faqyh Kirmény a great Quify d. 773. 16۳ has seen about 12,000 verses of his, and he mentions a نامه is”. and عبت نامه and عبت نامة of his, adding that he wrote in all a
that is to say, five Mathnawies. پ
Herawy was strong in musical composition. He 18 و ان mentioned by ’alyy ۰
Ghorbaty of Mé-wara-lnahr, Taqyy Awhady saw a Dywan of 2,000 bayts of his at Ajmyr.
Gharyb Sabzwary of the time of Sultan Hosayn Myrza.
Shih Gharyb Myrza a son or descendant of Sultan Hosayn Myrzé, his takhallug was Gharyby.
Ghawwdgy Yazdy wrote odes in praise of the Iméms, lived to the time of Shah Tahmasb.
Ghayiry Kébuly was first in the service of Myrz4 Mohammad Hakym, and subsequently of Akbar.
Khwajah Ghiyéth aldyn Mohammad Cadr (Some say Mohr) Tab- 7
Ghiyath Balkhy Ne ymy mentioned by ’alyy Shyr.
Ghiydth aldyn Mohammad Rangryz of Mashhad a brother of Agyly. Ghiyath aldyn Mohammad Gon’y.
Faniy, this is the takhallug of Myr ’alyy Shyr in his Persian poems.
Mawléna Féniy Herawy. . Padshéh Tabryzy Furighy.
Féniy a son of Darwysh Ahmad Parwanachy mentioned by ’alyy Shyr.
Fattdéhy Nayshapiry had also the takhallug of Asrary and Kho- mary d. 852.
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Sultan Mohammad b. Amyry Fukhry. Fakhry Herawy.
Fakhr aldyn ’alyy Çafyy a son of Hosayn K4shify author of the رشان and of a Mathnawy called کعمود و یاز in the metre of Laylé Majnin (see p. 80). - Myr Fiddyiy mentioned by Alyy Shyr.
Fiddyiy of Mé-waré-lnahr was in the service of Shaybak Khan.
Shaykh-Zadah Léhijy Fiddyiy a son of Mohammad Asyry. He is the author of a commentary on the Gulshane Raz and of a Dywan of more than 2000 bayts. His Khénqéh is in ۰
Farydin Hosayn Myrzaé a son of Suléin Hosayn ۰
Khwajah Abi-l-Barakat Ferahy Firdgy came to India and enter- ed the service of Humayûn.
Khwajah Abi-l-Wafay Firishtah was a man of ais a at the time of Humayin.
Fadhly Zabaty (Zubany or Zayyaty ?) Baba ۰
Siraj aldyn Myrzé Qasim Junéabédy a brother of the governor of 00440 imitated the Khamsah, and is the author of a Shahan-shaéh- némah which is in the metre of the Shaéh-némah and divided into three parts کتاب containing the exploits of Shahrokh and Shah 184:71 and Shah Zahmésb. He also wrote a Layla Majnin and dedicated it to Shah Ismé’yl and a Kaér-némah.
Sayyid Qasim Anwar born in 757 and died in 887. He belonged to the school of Awhad aldyn Kirmany.
Darwysh Qdsimy Ispahany. Qani’y Kamar-diz.
Qasim Khan Mawjy Badakhshany was at the court of Humayûn.
Mawlané Qdliby Qélib-tarash.
Mawléné بترم Herawy, there were two poets of the takhallug of Qobily at the time of ’alyy Shyr.
Qadymy Naqqash Gylany.
Shéh Qodsy, Taqyy Awhady saw a Dywan of 2000 verses of his.
Qodsy of Herat. Qassdmy.
Qotb aldyn Khosraw Shah of Yazd is of the Motzaffar family.
Qunbury Nayshapiry.
Qiwam aldyn Abi Ishaq b. Abt-Téhir b. Abti-l-Ma’éliy ys a cousin of Shams aldyn ’abd Allah who has been mentioned, and the teacher of Khwajah Hafitz Shyrazy.
Shah Qiwém aldyn Mohammad a son of Shams aldyn Mohammad- shéh and a grandson of Shah Qasim Razy who killed Ummydy.
Katiby Nayshéptry a contemporary of Badr Jajarmy.
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Kakuly. Lélah Khatin Kirmany a lady.
Qadhiy Laghir Systany. 901۷ ۰
Lutf Allah ۰ Khwajah Lohrasb.
Miény Shyrazy a courtier of Shah Isma’yl. <
Mény ۰ Majazy.
Majlisy had first the takhallug of Gharyby but altered it by the command of Sultan Hosayn Myrza.
Shaykh Mamûd b. Shaykh ’alyy b. ’iméd aldyn جدواني a disciple of Shaykh Hosayn Khwérizmy a Çûfy, author of the ,مصباح الطالجین
Khwéjah Mahmud Bursah, and Khwajah Makmid Torbaty Haz- z4l, and Mahmud Langriidy were poets of the middling period.
Khwéjah Mohammad Kakhgy Qohistény was a contemporary of Myran ۰
Sultan Mohammad b. Baysangar d. 855.
Khwajah Mohammad Parsû grandson of Mahmûd Hafitz Bokhary went to Makkah in 822.
Mohammad Tebabkény تبا بکانيی a successor of Shaykh Zayn aldyn a Cufy has rendered the Qagydah Bordah in Mokhammas’s and has written a commentary on the exile! منازل of Khwajah ۰
Mohammad Ktihmarahé ,کوهمرق
Mohammad Hosayn Myrzé a son of Sultan Hosayn ۰
Mohammad Miuimin Myrza a contemporary of the preceding.
Mohammad Mo’ammiayiy a contemporary of Babor Myrza built a dome over the grave of Hafitz.
Mahwy Herawy a contemporary of Myrza (Sultan Hosayn ?)
Khwaéjah Mas’iid Bak, it is said he was for some time a king in Ma-waré-lnahr, but he was a Darwysh at heart and is author of several works on Ciifism as ام النصائے &e. and of a Dywén which he called تور العبون and which contains more than 3000 verses. Bak is the name of a place near Bokhara.
Mas’iid Turkman an amyr of Sultan Yaq’ib, some identify him with Mas’id-Qommy. He is the author of a Mathnawy called مناظره تیغ وقلم
Mas’ûd Sharwany d. 905 and left glosses on the Gas! حکمة
Makhdtim Shaykh Sayyid Mohammad b. Sayyid Shah . . . a most learned man went from Rim to Khorasan and proceeded thence to Multan. He was a contemporary of Jamy.
Mushtary Astraébady mentioned by ’alyy Shyr.
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Moshriqgy Mashhady was originally a potter.
Mashraby ۰
Motzaffar Herawy is of a village of Khaf called Faqrdab, some- times he is called Khidrdéby .خضر دابي He was a panegyrist of the Sultans of Kart more particularly of Mo’izz aldyn Mohammad.
Mo’yn aldyn Jowayny a native of Awah near Jowayn author of the ,نگارسدان He was a disciple of the Shaykh Sa’d aldyn ۲ in Çûfism and in the sciences of Fakhr aldyn Khalidy Isfarayiny who was called Bihishty, and who wrote a commentary on the Farayidh.
Mo’yny Jamy, that is to say, a native of Jém.
Mo’yny Caffar.
Ma’rif of Khiljan near Tabryz was versed in Ramal.
Shéh Mo’izz aldyn Mohammad had the takhallug of ۰
Moghul مغول ’abd al-Wahhab was attached to Shaybak Khan.
Moghol di Khanam the wife of Shaybak Khan wrote Turky poetry.
Myram Siyah Qazwyny a disciple of Baba ’alyy-shéh ۸021 a Cufy left a Dywan of about 2000 verses consisting chiefly of humorous poems.
Khwéajah Dhiyé aldyn Myram Badr b. ’alé aldyn b. Afdhal aldyn Kirmany.
Khwajah Qédhiy Myrak Kazwyny flourished under Shah Isma’yl.
Darwysh Nacir Bokhary a darwysh and a contemporary of Mo- hammad Parsa.
(٦ب٣ Bachchah Shyraézy knew Sa’dy, Bachchah is a place near Shyraz.
Mohammad Ndgir Myrzé a son of Sultan Hosayn Myrzé.
Yadgar ۷۶۶۴ Myrza.
Shaykh Najm aldyn Hayawy غبري i. e. the astronomer, was a contemporary of Myrz4 Sultan Hosayn and a good mathematician.
Najmy, there were two poets of this takhallug one of Mashhad and the other of Sharwaén. Najm aldyn Najmy is the author of a Mathnawy called .جنک نامه
Niddyiy Gylany left among other poetry a long Séqiy-namah dedi- cated to Myr Hashimy, who is usually called Shah Jahangyr.
Nargisy Herawy a contemporary of Hilély.
Hakym Nizéry نزاري Qohistany.
Sayyid Jalal aldyn Masymy of Shyraz is a disciple of Sh&h Fadhl
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Na’ymy, when at Aleppo he imitated Mançûr, and claimed to be God and was sentenced to death.
Nasymy Herawy is one of the poets of the time of ۵۰
Baba Nagyby ۰
Shaykh Wagyby Nir-bakhsh a mystical poet.
Natzmy Khorasiny of the time of Sultén Hosayn ۰
Nitzam aldyn Astrabady.
Shaykh Mitzdm Qariy Shyrazy was usually called Nitz4m Albisah his name is Makmiid b. Ahmad. He had the name of Albisah, gar- ments, because he wrote a poem in imitation of that of Abû Ishaq At’imah, in which he takes his similes, &c. from garments.
Sayyid Fadhl Na’ymy a Çûfy a contemporary of Tymtr and Shéh- rokh was well versed in Ramal or Cabala and other occult sciences, and wrote several treatises on them. He is also the author of the جاودان کبیر and a Saqiy-némah, and a Qacydah of predictions most of which were borne out. He had many disciples, among them were Nasymy who has just been mentioned and Mahmid Pasykhany. The latter was expelled by Na’ymy and founded a sect of impostors of his own, and he (Pasykhany) wrote no less than seventeen volumes ols and one thousand and one Risélahs on Ramél or Cabala.
Sayyid Nur aldyn Ni’mat Allah Walyy a disciple of Yafi’y 7 at an age of 79 years..
Nur Allah Tûnaqtar تونشفار a witty poet of Herat.
Nir Mohammad of India.
Amyr Nawydy Nayshaptry one of the poets of Suléan Hosayn Myrza, came subsequently to India and was well received by Huméaytin d. in 948 and left a Dywén of upwards of 4000 verses. He is the panegyrist of Huméytn, of Bahadur Sultan and of Khoday- Burdy Sultan Ruler of Nasaf.
Nawydy Torbaty. Nawydy Razy.
Nawydy Shyrizy left a Mathnawy in the metre of Khosraw Shyryn.
Niry Dandény Herawy a son of Mawléné Hasan-shéh and a contemporary of Ghazzély Mashhady.
Mohammad Yusof Miydzy of Herat was called Mah Bég. He is mentioned by ’alyy Shyr.
Wiçify of Tashkand brought up at Herat was a friend of Agafy, Ahly Khorasany and Bannayiy.
Walahy والهي) from والة “by God’’) Herawy a poet of Myrza.
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Walahy Bokhary called Khwajah ۰
Wilihy sells Samargqandy the panegyrist of a Myrza Babor.
Khwajah Ibn ’alyy Wagify of Mashhad studied at Herat and went subsequently to the Deccan. Wagqify ۶
Wahyd (or Wahydé?) of Khorasén was well versed in history.
Wacly a brother of Anwary Samargqandy mentioned by ’alyy Shyr.
Amyr Hajy Ahmad Waféyiy a son of Sultan Malik Kashghary was ten years Ruler of. Herat.
Waftyiy a friend of Shaykh-zadah Lahijy.
Molla Hosayn Wafdyiy author of a celebrated Persian dictionary, some say he is identical with Wafayiy Shyrazy.
Walyy Bég Qalandar mentioned by Dawlat-shah.
Myr Waysy one of the amyrs of Humayûn.
Waysy Herawy a poet of the time of Myrza, he and Séghiry intended to perform the pilgrimage to Makkah with Jamy, but did not carry out their intention.
Myr Hashimy usually called Shah Jahaén-gyr a contemporary of Myrz4 Shih Hosayn Arghiin and Jamy and Moclih aldyn Kalamy Lary lived for some time in Sind and Mekran.
Khwajah Hashimy Bokhary is mentioned in the Persian translation of ’alyy Shyr. Khwijah Hashimy Kiuft-gar.
’abd Allah Hatify d. 929, Habyb Allah made the following chro- nogram on his death: از عقل گفت از شاعر شاهان وشة شاعران طلب تار بخ فوث او طلدیدم
Hatify Qazwyny. Sayyid Hadiy Naqshbandy.
Myr Hadiy Astrabady a Cufy.
Khwajah Hyry Jémy a grandson of the Shaykh alislim Zandah Pyl of Jam.
Khwajah Mohammad Sharyf Hijry of Teheran a nephew of Um- mydy, was for some time Wazyr of Ispahén under Shah Z'ahmasb.
Halaky Herawy a pupil of Jamy and a panegyrist of Sultan Hosayn ۰
Molla 11141 Qazwyny. Mawlana Hamdamy Hamadany.
Himmaty Khorasany.
Amyr Humdyin is of the ’iraq and not of Samargqand as Taqyy Awhady asserts. Humayûn Padshah.
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(12) تذکرڈ نصرآبادی (P.) Nacrabady’s biographies of poets. The full name of the author was Mokammad Tahir, he was born at سول crabad which is in the district of Ispahén in 1025 or 1027. He lost his father before he was twenty years of age and gave himself for some time up to pleasure, but poverty, which was the more painful because some of his ancestors had been so wealthy as to be able to build schools and colleges, brought him to his senses, and henceforth he led a pious life. He wrote this book about 1083, but added eight or nine biographies in 1092. His grandfather had been settled in India and his uncle Myrza Cadiq had been in the Indian army and died in this country in 1061.
The author tells us in the preface that the lives of former poets were recorded in the Tadzkirahs of Mokam- mad ’awfy, of Myr ’alyy Shyr, of Sam (see page 12), of Dawlat-shah and in that of Molla Cafy which was called و بلخاده alee (*) and in the Tadzkirah of Myr ۴ Kashy, and as there was no merit in copying the labours of others,he resolved upon writing the biographies of con- temporaneous poets and giving way to the wishes of his friends, he added at the end, a chapter خانمه containing chronograms, logogriphs, &c. of modern and ancient poets. The book is divided into five chapters .صف The intro- duction and the first three chapters contain the lives of princes, Sayyids, learned men and calligraphs who were
* Mawlana Mohammad Çüûfy the author of the May-khanah û But- khanah or the Wine shop and Idol-house, was a native of Mazanderan and in A. H. 1038 he resided at AAmadabad in Gujrat, and afterwards for some
time at Kashmyr. He was a distinguished follower of Cafism.— Bland, Journ. Roy. As. Soc. Lond. IX. p. 165.
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not poets by profession, the fourth contains poets by profession, and the fifth a short autobiography and an account of the poets of his own family. Beginning
One copy is in the Tép Khanah and another in the ۳ ۰
The former is a quarto of 100 pages; one copy does not contain the eight biographies which the author added in 1092.
Table of contents of the second and third parts of the third chapter, and of the whole of the fourth chapter.
Second part of the third chapter: Calligraphs.
Molla ’abd al-Bagiy Bdgiy of Tabryz was settled at Baghdad, he was a learned man and designed the inscriptions round the large dome of Ispahén. He died one year after Shah ’abbis, Téhir was a pupil of his, but made not much progress in calligraphy.
’alyy Ridhé of Tabryz was not equal to the preceding, he designed the inscriptions on the masjid’ of Shaykh Lutf Allah and on the abbasian Jémi’ masjid.
_ Myr ’imad of Qazwyn a most exquisite calligraph particularly in Naskh-ta’lyq, some prefer him even to Molla Myr ’alyy. He resided at Ispahén and was murdered during the reign of Shah ’abbas.
Myr Mo’izz of Kashan distinguished in the Naskh-ta’lyq went to India during the reign of the late Shah ’abbas and died there.
Tordbé of Ispahén, a pupil of Molla Fayiqy, to whom کی یں he is far superior, he was an acquaintance of Tahir.
Myr Sayyid ’alyy a son of Myrz4 Moqym Tabryzy who was equally a calligraph, and a grandson of Myr Shah Myr who resided in ’abbasébéd in Ispahén. Sayyid ’alyy went with his father to India, and is now in the service of the emperor, his father died in India.
Third part: Darwyshes, devotees.
Qadhiy Asad was born in Dayr Qahpayah, but as he resided mostly at Kashan, he is called Kashy, he was a disciple of Shaykh Mimin Mashhady and had many followers.
Darwysh Mohammad (aliz had first his Takiyah in the Labnan ۔ masjid, and subsequently on the banks of the river, where he is buried,
Myr Mo’izz of Ispahan, his Takiyah is at the shrine of Baba Rokn aldyn.
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¬ Myr Mohammad a son of Shaykh Mofammad ’alyy Mashhady who had been a Cufy, and resided for some time at Ispahén. Myr Mohammad succeeded his father, but is now probably dead.
Aqû Mûmin Ispahany is the father of Hajy Cadiq Çémit who was a friend of Tahir. He resided for some time at Shyraz. His biography has been written by Myrza Gali Daste Ghayb.
Darwysh Cadiq has his Takiyah at Ispahén at the shrine of Baba Rokn aldyn.
Baba Agly of Domawand resides at Shyraz.
Shaykh Çamadé a descendant of Sa’dy Shyrazy died at Shei of a surgical operation which he performed on himself.
Fourth chapter: Professional poets. First part—Poets of the ۳94, Khordsdn, ۰
Sharaf aldyn Hasan (or Hosayn) Shiféyiy of Ispahén died in 1038 or 1027, left a Mathnawy called نمکدان حقیقت and one called مھ رو حبت and one called slow ۵۵۰
Hakym Rokniyiy Kashy Masyhy, a physician, died in 1066, left near one hundred thousand verses.
(574 Mohammad ’alyy Cdyibd, his father was a merchant of Ispahin. He went to India when young, and was well received by Tzafar Khan. He now resides at Ispahin. His complete works contain about one hundred and twenty thousand verses.
Myrza Abû Talib Kalym is of Hamadan, but as he resided much at Kashén he is called Kashény. He went to India and was a court poet of Shahjahaén, whose history he relates in an epic poem. He died at Kashmyr and left about 24,000 verses.
Tdlib Amoly of Mazanderén went to India and entered the service of Salym-shah and subsequently of Shahjahan, who conferred the title of king of poets upon him. He died young, Tahir has seen a Dywan of his of about 14,000 bayts.
Hajy Mohammad Khén Mashhady Qodsy died in India, but is buried at Mashhad. He left a Mathnawy in which he describes Kashmyr and the wars of his patron, and a Dywan.
, Mohammad Quly Salym of Teheran wrote a Mathnawy in which he describes Lahijan when he came to India he altered the heading and called it a description of Kashmyr. He died in 1052 or 1057.
Hakym Zuldly of Khwansar is distinguished in the Mathnawy he
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spent nineteen years in composing his 34! و 99¢=* having begun it in 1001 and completed in 1020, but died before he could arrange it. This was done with much trouble in India and Molla Zoghrayiy Mashhady wrote a preface to it. The author saw a Dywan of his which had about 10,000 verses and some Mathnawies which will be enumerated in the next chapter.
Shaykh ’alyy Naqyy Kamarahi died in 1080.
Molla Zakyy Hamadany died in 1030.
Shdpir of Teheran visited India as a merchant. Tahir saw a 5و۸ Dywan of his of about 4000 bayts.
Ghiyathayiy Halwaéyiy of Shyraz died under Shah Cafyy. Tahir has seen a Dywan of his of about 3000 verses.
Molla Shikihy of Hamadan a friend of Déhy.
Molla Nadim of Lahijan visited India, Tahir only saw about 1000 verses of his.
Myr ’ata Montahiy is a poet of Teheran.
Qadhiy Yahya was of Lahijan, but having lived much at Kaéshan he is called Kashy. Visited India and held an appointment under Shahjahén. The author saw him when he was an old man.
. Myr Yahya of Qomm.
Myr Faghfir of Lahijan, as ig as he was in Persia he had the takhalluç of Rasmy, in India he changed it into Faghfur. He died in 1030. The author saw a Dywan of about 4000 verses of his. ` Molla Zamény Yazdy imitated Hafitz. Moll Sakhyy Kirmany.
Myrzé Malik Mashrigy ا gD left a Dywan of about 10,000 verses.
Myrza Fagyhy of Herat left a Dywan of about 6000 verses.
Myr Ma’cim Kashy a son of Myr Haydar Mo’ammiayiy died in India. Mollé Awjy left a Dywan of about 10,000 ۰
Ismé’yl Mungif a son of Shams of Shyraz lived much at Teheran and is therefore called Teherany. He visited tt but returned to Persia and lives by commerce.
Sharyfa Kashif a brother of the preceding is the author of four Mathnawies ۱. و هار 28 2. w=” ليلي 3. Seb هفت پیکر ,4 عباس and two prose works سراج ال خجر (perhaps Siraj alhibr) and درمکذون
Moqymé a brother of the preceding died at Teheran.
Myrza Radhyy Ddnish a Sayyid of Mashhad. His father Abi Torab died in India, Dara Shikéh gave him for a poem one thousand
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Tomans, subsequently he entered the service of the Qotobshéhians at Golconda, and at present he lives at Mashhad.
Murshid (or Murshida) of Bardjard died in India.
Myr ’ayn ’alyy. Myr ۲/۵ (see p. 66 supra).
Myrzé Jany ’izeaty Shyrazy died at Mashhad.
Mollé Rawnagy of Hamadan died in India.
Molla Wagif of Khalkhal imitated Nitzémy and Mawlawy J ali aldyn Rimy. He died in Turkey.
Ibréhym Zuasalliy of Shyraz visited India and in 1034 or 1026 he made the pilgrimage to Makkah and died soon after.
Myr Moghy¢ Mahwy died in India. Téyib Kirmany.
Fakhr Thabit Tafryshy died in India.
Ummaty of Khorasan wrote Qacydahs in praise of Shah ۰,
Molla Sharafy Qazwyny was originally a tailor, subsequently he obtained a pension from Shah ’abbas.
Molla Qaydy Shyrazy a pupil of Ghayraty.
Qaydy Kirméiny. Myr Fosimy a Sayyid of Samnan.
Fadhly Churbidqany a pupil of Hakym Shifayiy.
Myr ’abd al-Ghanyy Ghanyy Tafryshy a pupil of Abi-l-Qésim Kézertiny and a friend of Molla Çûfy. He cursed Shéh ’ abbas and the Shah died soon after. ۱
Yahya Sabzwary a distinguished Munshiy d. 1028.
Molla Molhimy Tabryzy died at Shyraz.
Tahmasb Quly Bég ’arshy Yazdy of Turky origin left a Dywan of about 12,000 verses.
Molla Darky Qommy died many years ago and left about 20,000 verses. ۱
Hasan Bég Rafy’ is of Qazwyn but is called Mashhady from his place of residence, he is a distinguished Inshé writer and was therefore invited by Shah-jahén to come to India. He conferred the appoint- ment of Munshiy upon him but subsequently discarded him, and now he lives in great poverty in India.
Mohammad Ridhé Fikry of Ispahén a contemporary of Hakym Shifayiy. Molla Sayry Churbadqany died on his way to Makkah.
Myr Rafy’ Dastér went with Shaykh Mohammad Khéatin to India, subsequently he returned to Persia and died at Ispahan.
Myrza Nitzim a Daste-Ghayb Sayyid of Shyraz died in 1039 or 1029 at an age of thirty years and left about 3000 verses.
No. 12. TA HIR NACRA’BA DY. 93 4
(15774 Çûdiq Daste-Ghayb. Daste Ghayb it appears was the name of a family of Sayyids at Shyréz. They were called so because on one occasion one of their enemies questioned their descent from ’alyy and they miraculously (literally, from a mysterious hand, (دست عیب obtained a copy of their pedigree. Myrzd Çadiq died at Lûr... Myr Radhyy Artymény. Yusofy Churfadgany.
Molla Dzawgy of Ardestan left few, but good verses.
Dzawqy Kashy a Turkman. resided at Kashan.
Molla Fathy of Ardestan.
Myr Abi-l-Hasan a Hosayny Sayyid of Faréhûn wrote a com- mentary on Anwary, was put to death at Shyraz.
Shaykh Shah Natzar of Ispahan visited India.
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Myr لوہ“ (or ’aqyl) Kawthary of Hamadan is alive, and has written a ۔فرفاد وشیریں Moll4 Makhfiy Rushty. ۱
Mollé Hashry was of Tabryz where he died.
Molla Qawsy Shûüstary wrote an introduction دیباچة to the Dywan of Khaqiny. Molla Qawsy Tabryzy studied at Ispahan.
Myr Afsar, a son of Myr Sanjar Kashy, visited India.
Kdmy Sabzwary visited India and died at Mashhad.
Madzaqy Ispahany (according to one copy his meen is (دايبي a distinguished composer of Music.
Sdyir Ardûbédy or Mashhady died in India.
Qasimy Cayrafy (according to the other copy Qadhiy Cayrafy) son of abanker. Khidhry Lary. Khidhry Qazwyny is a good poet.
Khidhry Khwansary a friend of ۰
Sa’yddyiy Ardestény (in one copy Nohawandy) resided long in the Deccan and died after his return to Persia.
Baba Sultan Qommy Nawayiy (Liwdyiy?) an ascetic died some years ago. § Akhtary Yazdy lived long in India and died there.
Myr ’ysa Yazdy resided for some time in India, died in Persia.
Molla ’dmiy Nohawandy went to India and probably died there.
Molla Wawydy an old poet lives at Shyréz. | Nawydy Teherany.
Natzmy Yahyaûny (?) resided first at Ispahén subsequently at Shyraz.
Hajy abd al-Wasi’ Agdas is now in India and fills the office of Dardghah of the goldsmith’s shop of Awrangzéb.
Mohammad Hosayn Bég Ma’ lim Tabryzy a merchant.
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2416 Walih of Shyrûz died in India.
(57+74 Khagmy visited India and died at Ispahén.
Mohammad Hosayn a son of Hakym Roknay Kashy.
Kaldmy Ispahany a brother of Salémy. Hasan Bég Girdmy.
Molla Ghoriry probably of Shyraz died towards the end of Shah Cafyy’s reign and left a Mathnawy in the metre of the .Tohfat al’iraqayn. Myr Ghoriry Kashy died in India.
Mohammad Qéisim Sorwry (Sarwary ر7 is the author of a Persian Dictionary. The copy which he wrote in Persia is small, but when he went to India he used the Dictionary فرهنگ of Myr Jamil mde Anji ا چو and enlarged the work greatly.
Myr Mohammad Miimin Adéyiy Yazdy about thirty years ago being suspected of infidelity he went to India, and died at Stirat.
"4016 Mohammad Taqyy of Téliqan died under Shéh abbas IT.
Myr Ajry of Yazd. Firighy Astrabady.
Mashhiry of Ispahén was strong in Ramal, the author saw ia when he was more than seventy years of age.
Myr Haydary Dzihny Kaéshy went to Byjûpûr, he was clever in painting.
Hosayn Carréf of Ispahan a Banker, was still full of energy سی eighty years of age. Na’ymé of Shyraz a tailor by profession.
Hasan Bég a son of Molla Shany Takli died young. His father was so distinguished a man that Shah ’abbas weighed him up in gold.
Moll Girémy (Karamy?) a Turk, is called Kaéshy because he resided chiefly at Kashan. Wrote. about 50,000 verses and five Mathnawies in imitation of Nitzamy. Sho’try Mashhady.
Sho’tiry Kashy left about 6000 verses of Qaçydahs and Ghazals.
Zaméniyiy Naqqésh of Ispahan.
Dhiydiy Teherény a friend of the late ۰
Myr Ja’far Mo’allim Kashy a school master.
Aqû Khafyy Khwansary d. 1028.
Myr Burhan a Sayyid of Abrquh a mystic and a pupil of Qadhiy Asad Allah Kashy.
Myrza Hadiy a brother of the preceding resided mostly at Shyréz. He is dead.
Myr Ghiyath aldyn a son of the preceding died young at Abrqth.
Qaycar is of the ۲۱ Shaémli resided mostly at Herat, and is therefore called Herawy.
No. 12. TAHIR ۰ 95 ۹
Hasan Bég Unsy a friend of Hakym Shiféyiy, he wrote a Tadz- kirah of Persian poets, but has not completed it.
Molla Moqyméyiy Hilmy (ilmy?) Kashy was in the service of prince Dara-Shikéh. He died at Makkah.
Taqyy Awhady was born at Ispahén he was descended from Sayyid Awhad aldyn ’abd Allah Bulyény. A friend of the author saw him at Ahmadabad in Gujrat. He is the author of a Tadzkirah.*
Tajalliy Léhijy was brought up in India he had first the takhallug of Khawary. Ta’by of Qazwyn a friend of Hakym Shifayiy. ` Çahyfy Shyrazy—his son was Asyry.
Cafyya Ispahany, a friend of Hakym Shifayiy.
Tahir ’attér Mashhady a pupil of Ummaty Torbaty, died young.
Amyné a son of Mollé Mahmud who had the keys of the tomb of Najab. | Moll ’agry Tabryzy brought up at Yazd settled at Ispahén.
Baqiyayiy Zéyiby a distinguished composer in music visited India but died in Persia. Najdty Bafiqy.
1۷۲0116 Bykhidy Sunébady a contemporary of the late Shah ’abbas
* The Genealogy of Awhad aldyn ’abd Allah Bulyany or Balyany is : ‘abd Allah b. Mas’tid b. Mohammad b. ’alyy b. Ahmad b. ’omar b. Isma’yl b. Aby ’alyy al-Daqq4q and he died in 686. His life is in Jamy’s Nafahat No. 322. Taqyy derives his patronymic Awhady from him. Taqyy was born in 973. He compiled an anthology of Persian poetry which he called فردوسخیال (this is a chronogram for 991) and which contains the verses collected by him in six years from Shyraz to Gujrat. Afterwards when staying at Agra one of the nobles of Jahangyr’s court induced him to remodel his work and to accompany the extracts with memoirs of the several authors quoted. He undertook the task and named his Tadzkirah عرفات و غرفات عاشقین وعرضات و غرضات عارفین The Biography is divided into twenty-eight ’arcahs, each containing one letter of the alpha- bet, and the general division is into three ’urfahs, viz. the ancient poets ; those of the middle age and the modern poets. He composed also ano- her Tadzkirah abridged from the larger one and called it عرفان dss, He also composed a Persian Dictionary called سلیمان Kc yas and found- ed on the Burhane qûti’ and he wrote about 30,000 verses ; among other poems are his Mathnawies بعقوب ویوسف and و خمار bi, A copy of his Tadzkirah is in the East India House. It is a thick folio and goes only to the letter (5, (Bland, Journ. Royal As. Soc. IX. p. 134).
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was a Shéh-némah reciter, and wrote a poem in the metre of that epos. § Molla Afdhal Bafigy a son of the calligraph ۱۲011۸ ۰
1۷0114 Qadhiy Rashydy a brother of the preceding. ۱
Molla inayat Nojtmy Kashy a good astronomer,
Qadhiy Déwary ۰
Mohammad Calih Sattér went to India and died there,
Darwysh 7441 of Tabryz.
Mollé Mohammad Hosayn Ashib of Mazandarén went to India and died there.
Molla ’abd Allah Amdny of Kirmén went to India but died at Ispahin. His Dywan has about 10,000 verses.
Kamiléyiy Kashy a nephew of Myr Taqyy the author of the Tadzkirah. Myr Asad Allah of Ispahén died in India.
Myr Mashrab a son of Myr Hosayn who is called Shishah-gar of Qomm, he is usually called Kashy having mostly resided at Kashén, he died at Tabryz. ı
Sa’yda Sarmad probably of Késhan went to India under Shahjahén and behaved like a mad man. Mwmindyiy Kûnéûbûdy went to India.
Taby’y Systany a friend of Molla Zamany Yazdy.
Rashyd Nawras of Qazwyn died at Byjapur, <
Çify Shyrazy is of Kirmén where he died.
Çify Hamadany lived chiefly at Ispahén where he died.
Qobad Bég Kawkaby a Turk, lived at ۰
Haydty Gylany has been brought up in India.
Mohammad Qésim Qismat Mashhady died some time ago.
Myr Zayn aldyn Shaykh Jannaty (7) of Ispahén. It is only lately that he calls himself a Sayyid. His Dywan contains about 20,000 verses but is not arranged. One of his Mathnawies is called .شاپور وشہباز Molla Afldky Tabryzy.
Molla Lutfy Nayshépûry the son-in-law of Molla Qaydy.
Molla Wathiqg Nayshépury visited India and died at Ispahan.
’atzyma is a grandson of Mollé Qaydy and a nephew of Molla Natzyry.
Moqymé Fawjy a son of Mollé Qaydy visited India, and died at Nayshaptir.
Karyma, the younger son of Molla Ours lives now at Ispahan.
Tolu’y of Khwansér is dead.
Ahsany Khwansary was strong in the Mathnawy,
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Qotba Sihry is a son of Qadhiy Amyn ۰
Shah Muréd Khwénséry was distinguished in musical composition, and therefore in favour with the late Shah ’abbas.
Molla Mahshary Khwansary is about ninety years of age.
Mashraby of Khwansér was a talented man.
Kawthary Khwansiry.
Myr Jadzby Khwansary the son of a rich man.
Molla ’alyy Bég Hishmaty Khwansary died at the age of ninety, he was a most distinguished calligraph. He left about 15,000 verses.
Yusofay Khwansary was very poor but a fertile poet.
Myrza Nira Lami’ is now alive.
Molla ’ibrat (Ghayrat ?) Hamadany imitates the ancients.
Mollé Mofrad of Hamadan is dead.
Myram Beg Gubhy is alive. Bayram Bég 6۰
Huméytin Modammad a son of Molla Shikth died young.
Hajy Ummyd Zéyir Hamadany visited India, but lives now in Persia. Fiyidh Nohawandy Qadhiy of Kuh Kylû.
Hatim (Khatim ?) Bég is a son of Ahmad Bég.
Myr ۸470 Hamadany.
Molla Mahdhary Hamadény was called Mollé-darwazah and wrote chiefly Qacydahs, he is dead.
Saliha (Calih ?) Mashhady died of intemperance.
Mohammad Quly 4'¢afé is called Qommy, because he resided much in that place ; he is now in India.
Mohammad Baqir, the author met him at Ispahén, subsequently he went to India.
Ulfaty a son of Hosayn Sawajy was for some time in the service of Qotobshah, and wrote a treatise on prosody and rhyme. He died in Persia.
Mahshary of Nayshaptr a contemporary of Natzyry.
Mohammad Katzim Tahir died in 1085 (or 1025) at Ispahan.
Najybé Astrabady is since some years at Ispahan.
Sayyid Hosayn Zahyy (Zayny ?) receives a pension from the Court.
Myr Sanad of Kashan is a fertile poet.
Molla Modammad Ibrahym Salik of Qazwyn visited India but died some time ago at Qazwyn.
Molla 4417ھ Yazdy went to the Deccan and then to Dilly where he died.
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Molla Ndtzim of Herat is in the service of ’abbés Quly Khan and the best poet of Khorasén, he wrote a Yusof 6 Zalykha.
Myr Mohammad Hosayn Shawgy a son of Myr azyz Allah of Sawah an old poet visited India. He is dead.
Baqira Khalyl Kashy died two years ago, his Dywaén has about 14,000 verses.
Aqû Zaman Zarkash Ispahany had first the takhalluç of ۰
Mawlané Mokammad Qésim Qasim of Mashhad is known by the name of Dywanah, died at Dilly.
Sa’dayiy Yazdy resided at Ispahén.
Mawlana Farah Allah Shishtary lived at the court of ۰ The author had seen from three to four thousand verses of his.
Molla Warashtah his name is Imam Quly Bég he travelled much and spent a long time in India. He used to keep a journal of his travels. He died in 1075.
[2141 Kashy Yagyn lives since many years at Ispahan.
Molla Mohammad Ibréhym Shawkaty of Ispahén was killed in India. Molla Wacib Qandahary died at Ispahan.
Molla Wafé of Herat lived for some time in India and died at ۰
Molla ’ishraty a son of Hajy ’ayn ’alyy Fartishdyiy was long in India, died at Mashhad.
Mohammad Ibrahym Férighé a brother of ’ishraty, died at Lahér.
Molla Toghré of Tabryz some say he is of Mashhad, he resides in India and is very strong both in writing prose and verse. The author had seen some of his prose writings. :
Myr ’abd 11 ٥1 Wajdt a son of Myr Mohammad Mimin Hosayny, a friend of the author.
Myrzé Sharyf I7hdém was for some time in India. He returned in 1076 and resides now mostly at Ispahan.
Myr Jamal aldyn Mohammad Wahshat a son of Myr Dhiyé aldyn a Tabétabé Sayyid of Ardestén. Resided for some time in India then he returned to Persia, but last year (1082) he again went to India.
’abd Allah ر54 a son of Sayyid Yahya who was attached to the tomb of Karbela. -Haly resides at Ispahan.
Aqû Zaman Wadhih is a son of the Pahlwén Qésim Haddad.
Sayiré Mashhady resides at Ispahan.
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Hajy Firydûn Sébig is a Turk, he has gone to Makkah.
Mollé Hajy Mohammad 74 studied at Ispahan, is alive.
Hajy ٥٥نو Çémit a son of عم Mimin Ispahény has been long in India but resides now in Persia.
Amyna Fiyig a son of Aqé-shéh Walyy of Ispahdn is a fur-maker by profession.
Fayidha studied at Ispahén lives now in his estate.
Myr Mohammad Hashim Shahydé is according to his own assertion a Sayyid of Lahijan, spent much time in travelling, is alive.
Nadiré Shyrazy wrote a very complete treatise رساله چامعک on arithmetic. He is Wazyr of the Darédgha of Qazwyn.
Mohammad ’alyy Téyif of Churfadqén resides now at Ispahdén.
Mohammad Amyr Bég Wagil lives now at Ispahan.
' Bady’a of Lahijan resides now at Ispahén.
Hajy Mohammad Taqyy Bismil of Shyraz is alive.
Mohammad Miumin, a brother of the preceding, is gone to Déma- ghûn. Moqyma Maqçıid a son of Maqçûd ’alyy is alive.
Mogqyma Zhsdn of Mashhad lives at Ispahan.
Mohammad Cali Shishtary Misbaty is studying at Ispahdn.
Molla Mohammad Zaman Athar of Mazanderan, is alive.
Hosayna Cabihy of Khwansar died 1078 and left seven Mathnawies.
Myr Çaydy (Cady ?) of Teheran died in India.
Myrza Ibrahym Adham a son of Myr Radhyy Artymdény was skilled in making verses ex tempore. Died in India where he had been in high esteem among the great.
Aq Ismé’yl Késhif was strong in the satyre and left a Mathnawy in the metre of the Tohfat al’iraqayn.
Myr ’ala aldyn Mohammad Çiüûfy is a son of Qotob alawliya.
Molla Fakhir Bihbany (?) died lately.
Hafitz Mohammad Mohsin Tajalliy was blind from birth.
Najaf Quly Bég Waly a friend of the author died some time ago.
Nijiy Tabryzy lives in great poverty.
Mohammad Kaétzim is of Qomm.
Hakym ’abd Allah Rdghib is of Gylan but he is called Qommy, he changed his takhalluç into Wahdat.
Myr ’abd al-Rakman of Qomm where he now resides.
Shams Gafyr of Qomm. 4۸و۸
Nafi? Qommy was originally a cook.
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Molla Mohammad ’alyy Wahid Qommy سس at Ispahan, left a Mathnawy. : Mohammad Ridhé Moshfiqy kept originally a shop at Qomm. Mollé ’alyy is of Shahryar but resides at Qomm. Shahyd4 Qommy died not long ago in India. Mofrad Qommy was a tailor by profession. Molla alyy Naqyy Qismat of Qomm where he now resides. Myr ’abd al-Hosayn (’abd al-Hasan ?) ’drif of Kashan where now he resides. Aqû Mohammad Tahir Naggdsh is at Kûshén. : Aqû Mosayyab Qdni’ b. Hajy Mohibb of Kashan came in 1083 to Ispahan. Thabit (7) Késhy died some years ago.
Katzima of Tabryz was brought up at Kashan where he is keeping
a school.
Nûré Najyb .حا Khwaéjah Mohammad Hosayn Kashy came two years ago to Ispahan.
Shéh Rashyd Kashy is a very old man.
Shaykh Mohammad Hadiy Ramzy is an extremely clever poet.
Myr Mohammad Tahir ’alawy or ’olwy is of Kashan.
Molla Fadhil Kashy has written more than 100,000 verses.
Mollé ’alyy called Jaysh(?) Jawyd had first the takhallug of Dénish was born in Mézander4n and died at Ispahan.
Shahyda (Shajdar ?) Gylany is now at Ardebyl he is a pious man.
Mohammad Hosayn Mantzir of Amol in Mézanderdn, a great
opium-eater is now at ۰
Shafy’y died at an advanced age in Gylan.
Hakym Abi-l-Fath Dawdyiy Lahijy is a good 00 and poet, has written two Mathnawies, viz. مظہر الاسرار and ws aw! ضيا
Mohammad Qasim Cdbir of Lahijan where he now lives in poor circumstances, Molla Ligdyiy Lahijény an agriculturist died young. . Sa’d4ason of Hajy Khwajah ’alyy Léhijy is alive.
Tzahyra Lahijy was originally a baker, he is alive.
Mohammad Calih Rd’ Lahijy visited India is now in Persia; had first the takhallug of Çalik.
Molla Roshdy Rostamdary an eccentric man died at Mashhad.
Najiy Lahijy a poor but disinterested poet.
Amynayiy of the dependencies of Lahijén.
Amynayiy Rushty an uneducated man.
Mohammad Yusof called Dhiyayiy Lahijy was very poor.
No. 12. ] TAHIR NACRA’BA DY. 101
Sémi’4yiy Mazanderany lived long in India, died at Ispahan.
Darwysh Ahmad Khwanséry a religious man.
Molla Qésim (Hashim ?) ونم of Khwansar where he now resides.
Ustad Mohammad Ridhé of Khwinsar is nearly eighty years of age. ` Mollé Afsary Wanshany (?) of the district of Churbadqan.
Mollé Mohammad Zamén Bandaginy of the district of Churbad- qin wrote a Mathnawy called الاحپاب &iy00, He is alive.
Rabit Ardebyly called Shah Katzim went to India, it is not known whether he has died or is alive.
Isma’yl “4۳۶ Kirmaény a book-binder, is a mystic.
Amynféyiy Kirmény is a man of considerable talents.
Hajy Zaman Shyrazy is a shoe-maker.
Mohammad Baqir a son of Amynéyiy Ridah-sery is a good Inshé writer, and is therefore in the service of the Wazyrs of Lahijan.
Shaykh Abii Habban (Hayyén ?) Mély Shyrazy, is dead.
Myr Abi-l-Karam (’abd al-Karym?) a brother of Myr Abi-l- Hasan Farahany resided at Shyraz.
Mohsinayiy Shyrazy was a friend 0۶ ۰
Nitzima ۷/4110 Shyrazy had for some time the takhallug of Salim, he is dead. Moqyméû Abddahi of Faris is alive.
Myr ’abd al-Wahhab called Myr Majnin a Sayyid of Shyr4z is alive. Hajy Baqir a son of Shukr Allah Shyrazy died at Najaf.
Masyh ’ysa a pedler.
Molla ’alyy Agghar resided chiefly at Shyraz, is dead.
Mimina Wisbat of Tabryz (according to another copy of Faris) died in India. ’drif Shyrazy the author knew him.
Mohammad Tahir Taslym Shyrazy was a book-binder.
Caniy (or Çiyany ? or Cafiy ?) Kézertiny is usually called Shyrazy went to India.
Molla Ibrahym Wagyr a son of Kamal Qariy is alive.
Nakhat نکھت Shyrazy went to India. : Rashyd& Zargar a Tabryzian of ’abbdsébad in Ispahan, he was a goldsmith, and visited India, but died in Persia. _ Hafitz Mohammad Hosayn (Hasan?) of Tabryz resided at Ispa- han, was a good Insha writer.
Molla Mohammad ’alyy Mofrad a son of Mikasa Quly Bég Tabryzy resides at Ispahan.
Bahram Bég (Bohzad Bég?) Baydny, a son of Naqyy Bég Ta-
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bryzy resided at ’abbasébéd in Ispahan, and gained his livelihood in summer by copying books, and in winter by making furs. . Mohammad Zaman Bég Himmat a Turk of Ardebyl is dead.
Nawritz ’alyy Bég a clever goldsmith.
Moty’a a Tabryzy of ’abbasabad in Ispahan visited India and died at Ispahan.
21077 Tabryzy resided long at Ispahén, he was a goldsmith and wire-drawer, went some years ago to India.
Mohammad Quly Bég Shdkir one of the Tabryzians 8} who were settled in ’abbadsébéd in Ispahén, he was a goldsmith and engraver.
equally a Tabryzian of ’abbasébad where he now resides. زو
Kalb ’alyy Bég Nadir is, like the preceding poets, a goldsmith of 0 ۰
Mohammad Ridhé Rddhiy a Tabryzian goldsmith in ’abbasabad, visited twice India.
Myr Bagdyiy Badakhshy resides at Tabryz and is called Tabryzy, he wrote a Mathnawy on earthquakes.
. Molla Ganjy Churbadqany is dead.
Siraja Maggdsh was originally an engraver.
Zamna Lahijy was for some time a private teacher at Yard.
Mahmiuda Yazdajardy Yatym visited India.
Latyfé died at Herat.
Myr Ismé’yl Churbédqény a Bi-toraéby Sayyid and an ascetic.
` Cheleby ’inwin a son of Hajy تلم Tabryzy who was a rich man and resided at Mashhad. inwan was a friend of the author, he is dead. ۰ Taqyyd Mithdl died in 1076.
Myrz4 ’abd Allah Ulfat of Khorésén went early in life to India and entered the service of Ja’far Khan who gave him a salary of 150 Rupees. He is dead.
Mohammad Sharyf Tajryd is alive. ` Myr Sayyid ’alyy is a poor but well educated young سی his takhalluç is Sayyid and Mihry.
: Molla Ibréhym Wiçif of Mashhad died at Bander ’abbésy on his way to India.
Molla Ibréhym Rif’ aty of Tabryz visited India and died at ابکووندة
Myr ’abd Allah a son of Molla ’arshy (izzaty ۶( Yazdy is in India. `. Molla Katzim of Sûwah a.merchant visited India and died at Sawah.
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Khwajah Kalan Kirmény died some years ago.
Zamana went from the وه" to India, but owing to his bad manners he found no patron. He died at Herat. | Khalyl Bég is now in India.
‘alyy Ridhayiy Shiüstény (?) is now in India in the service of Ibréahym Khéin. ہہ is now in India.
Shéh Ridhaé Taslym a Çûfy of Khordsén is now in Kashmyr.
Myrzé Mohammad Féris died in India, and left a Dywadn of about 4000 bayts.
Moqym a son of Molla Paband a Tabryzy residing at 774ا( ’abbasabad is dead. Hakym Katzimaé Tuba went to India.
Myr Ma’cim Tasalliy a son of Myrjy who had long been in India. Tasalliy also went to India, and it is said that he died there. He wrote a very complete treatise on Ramal.
Molla Zaman Niatiq resided at Ispahén and died under Shéh ’abbas. He imitated Khaqany.
Shaykh ’iméd Arfa’ (Wdqi’ ۶( a cousin of Molla Giramy.
Natzim Yazdy has long been in India, he is a clever chess-player.
Myr Sayyid ’alyy Kashy Qdni’y died in 1076.
Mahmûd Bég Fidayiy of the Y1, or Turkomén tribe, of Takli id at Teheran and died at Ispahéan. Nacyré Furdy resides at Ispahén.
Shafyqa (Shafy’4?) of Békherz in Khorasan died in 1071 (1081 ?)
Barkhurdar Bég Mangiir is alive.
Isma’yl Zéyir Damaghany is alive.
Hafitz Mohammad Taqyy called ’indalybe Kashy.
Mohammad Hosayn Nawras Doméwandy resides now at Ispahdn.
1۷۲0116 Mûmin of Qiéimshah.
Myrza I’jdz his name was Molla هه" died at Ispahdn. —
Hajy Mahmud Hiftzy of Ispahén visited India, but is now in his home.
(۷۲۵116 Tarzy of Tarasht طرشت of the province of Ray, is dead.
Myr ’irfin Teherany was a book-seller at Ispahén.
Molla Sthry Teherany.
Myr Rawnaq Samandar had also the takhallug of Rawnagq, died at Teheran. "amila of Balkh visited India and died at ۰
Myr Mohammad Hosayn Sor’at a Sayyid of Amol in Mazanderén is alive.
Mohammad Cadiq Ndtzim Tabryzy resides at ’abbasabéd in Ispa- han and is a brother of Modammad Ridha Marwaryd-fartsh (i. e.
104 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS. [CHAP. I.
the pearl-seller) who is equally a well educated young man. Nétzim resided for some time at Makkah for the sake of devotion. He died some years ago and left a short Tadzkirah.
Yazdy a friend of Amyr Adayiy. پرسرعہ'
Atzhary of Qahpayah قمپایة became mad. He is dead.
Zakyy4 a cousin (a son of the uncle) of Khwajah Sayf aldyn Mahmid died in Ispahén. Molla Dawid 0/۵۸ Shistary is dead.
Myr Matzhar is according to his own assertion a Sammaky Sayyid of Astrabad, he used to tell stories in poppy houses, i. e. in houses in which they take intoxicating and stupifying drugs.
Mocawwir (Macin ?) of Kaéshén an engraver, is dead.
7710 of Ranén in the province of Ispahén went to India.
Hajy Sharyf Manshir of Ispahan is dead.
Molla Mohammad Sharyf of a village in the neighbourhood of Ispahén, a friend of the author, has written a Mathnawy in the metre of the Makhzan alasrar.
Mawléné Mohammad Baqir was of the same village as the preced _ ing and died two years ago. Mohammad Bagqir Yazdy a goldsmith.
Mohammad Ja’ far Modzahhib a son of Myrz4 Mahmud of Qahpayah.
Kofry of Yazdkhwast خواست 952 in Faris.
Mohammad تن Shyrézy was a Zarkash (manufacturer of gold thread) died at Ispahaén. Zayn al’abidyn Khizamy ۰
Mast ’alyy Ispahany Kuichak visited India.
Myr Bég Qaççéb Ispahény, a butcher by profession, died under Shéh ’abbds II., upwards of seventy years of age.
Taqyy Halwdéyiy Dhamyr visited India, is dead.
Myr Cubhy was وود to his own statement a Sayyid of 018+
Myr ’abd Allah ’abdy a son of Mohammad ’alyy Tab’y of Ispahan, died seven years ago.
Yaghma a son of Darwysh Bihishty Qalandar of Qomm is dead.
Molla Qudraty of Ispahan, visited India and died in Persia.
Molla Hayrdn of Ispahan.
Hakym Baqir Shifiyiy called Halléj was still alive in the begin- ning of the reign of Shah ’abbas II.
Mohammad Cali Ispahainy was originally a dyer.
Malik Mohammad Rdbit (Rabt 7) a son of Nurd Cakhaf is a book- binder by profession, he imitates Nitzamy.
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Mohammad Shafy’ Sdélimdé has written about 100,000 verses, he is alive.
Masûd a son of Aqû Zamén Zarkash went with his father to India, and after his father’s death he returned to Ispahdn, he drew for some time a pension, but now he is in great distress.
Molla Taby’y (Tab’y 7) of Tabs.
- Mohammad Baqir of Ispahén, a blanket-maker, went some years ago to India where he died.
Najyba a son of Héjy Amyn of Gulshanabdd in Ispahan is alive.
' Baba Mohammad ’alyy Ispahdny died two years ago, he was strong in the Mathnawy. امه Shyrazy Çébir called Dynah visited India where he died. Qadyra 2 Ispahany, a quiver-maker, has died this year. ' Molla ’alyy Ridhé of the province of Ispahén is now seventy years of age. ۱ 776۲ Mohammad Yaky Ispahény visited India and lives now at Ispahén. He imitates Mawlawy ۰ ‘ Nuzhat is of Démaghén. : Myr Momtédz is of Khorasan.
’drif, one *arif is of Gylan, another of Mashhad.
Hajy Mohammad Molld Nishdty had also the takhallug of Harzy of Damaghan, died at Ispahan.
Hajy Motzaffar a son of ’alyy Ridh& Bég Tabryzy resided at ’abbdsdbéd in Ispahén, and his profession was to string jewellery علاقة بندي He visited the Deccan and lives now at Ispahén.
۷۵114 Zawhy composed many poems in praise of the Imdéms.
Taqyya called Dangy (Danky ?) Ispahany.
Sage-Lawand, a Turk, was in favour with the late Shah ’abbas on account of his wit and impudence.
’alyy فا was a mason and preferred to gain his bread. by his’ humble profession to entering the service of the great.
Myrza Ibrahym ’drif of ’abbasabad went to India and died recently.
Darwysh Haydar of Yazd. Majyda the son of a baker, is dead.
` Momtaz of the province of Faris. 2.—Poets of Md-ward-lnahr more particularly Bokhérd, Balkh, &c.
Qadhiy Nacir Bokhary is Qadhiy at the court of ’abd al’azyz Khan.
Molla Shh Mohammad ’éliy resides at Bokhéré.
‘Molla Raf’ dyiy (Rif’aty ?) Bokhary went to India and was a friend of Abi-l-Fadhl. P
106 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS. [Cuap. I.
(۸7۳74 Mogym Bokhary came with the ambassador to Ispahan.
Molla Athdr had first an employment in Persia but having lost it and his property on account of a crime he went to India.
Minisy Bokhary is in the service of the Padshéh.
Molla Hamiy (Jamy ?) Bahram Bokhary, the Pddshéh has given him the title of king of poets.
Mollé Nakhly was for some time in the service of Imam Quly- Khan Paédshéh of Bokharé, after his death he went to Balkh where: he died.
Molla Miskyn Bokhary was equally in the service of the Padshah (according to one copy he is in the service).
Mollé Shafy’ Bokhary was (according to one copy, és) equally in the service of the Padshéh.
Sayyid Na-Kam Latyf Bokhary was equally in the service of Imém Quly-Khan and died after him.
Myrzi Afdhal or Fadhyl Bokhéry ۲۷۵۲۵۷ was the Munshiy of Imam Quly-Khan and died some years ago.
Myrza *dlim Bokhéry was equally a Munshiy of the Khén, he is dead. ۵11 Mohammad ’ddid is a calligraph.
Mohammad Amyn Sarfardz of Samarqandy.
Mohammad نله Lata (?) of Samarqand.
Molla Mawlayiy Bokhary is in the service of the Khan.
۷۵116 Sharyf Bokhary is equally in the service of the Khan.
Myrza ’abd al-Latyf Girdm is in the service of the Khan.
Mollé Wahib Bokhary is in the service of the Khan.
Molla Mayiis Bokhary is a Munshiy of the Padshah.
Molla Asad Qdgid Bokhary, a Sayyid, is in the service of the Khén.
Molla Mantzir Bokhary is in the service of the Khan.
Molla Thaqib is in the service of the Khan.
Molla Tayib (in one copy is Thaéqib) Bokhary is originally of Herat, but he was brought at Bokhéré and is in the service of the Khan.
Khwajah ۰۸۵10 Bokhary Rdgim came to Ispahén whence he pe ceeded to India.
Molla Qatly of Bokhara is a great favourite of the Khan,
Myrza ’abd al-Razzaq a son of Qadhiy Bagayiy Bokhary.
Molla Mostafyd of the neighbourhood of Balkh is in the service of Subhan Quly-Khén Sultan. ۱
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Molla (one name not legible) Mostaqym Balkhy is in the service of Subhan Quly-Khan. Molla Natzmy Balkhy of Falûr died at Balkh. اه Ldyiq Balkhy died at Balkh. Molla Yagdnah Balkhy is in the service of Subkén Quly-Khan. Molla Yaktéyiy Balkhy is in the service of Subhan Quly-Khan. Molla Mofyd Balkhy is in the service of Subdan Quly-Khan. Molla Samy’ Balkhy resides at Balkh. Mollé ’iméd (’ammér?) Samarqandy is in the service of ’abd al’azyz. Khan. Molla Afgar Samarqandy resides at Samargand. Molla Raf’ resides at Bokhara. Molla Nadzra 44 resides at Bokhara Molla Sayyid Nasafy is at Bokhara in the service of the Padshah. Molla Bady’ Samarqandy i is dead, he was in the service of Subsaén Quly-Khén. Molla Ni’mat Allah Na’ ymé of Samargqand has studied at Bokhara. ` Shawkat Bokhary.
3.—Poets of India.
Shaydé a native of India composed about 50,000 verses.
Ghanyy Kashmyry, the emperor wrote to the governor of Kashmyr to send him to India, he refused to go and died six days after.
Nadym Kashmyry is alive.
Nacir ’alyy Sirhindy (according to one copy Kashmyry) is in the service of the Emperor. Nisbaty of Thanéser is dead.
Mahiré Kashmyry was in the service of Daénishmand Khan and composed a Mathnawy in praise of the Emperor.
Fandyiy Kashmyry the teacher of Ghanyy is now in سس
Mohammad arif.
Myrza Qotob Méyil of Dilly author of a Saqiy-némah.
Mohammad Afdhal Sar-khish resides at Lahér.
Myr Mohammad Zaman Rédsikh of Lahér.
‘abd al-Qadir Bydil of Lahor is a very fertile poet.
Myr Siyddat is of Lahér.
Hajy Haydar ولد" Moghniy (Moghanny ?) is of Kashmyr. This and the following three names are only in one copy.
Another Haydar ’alyy of Kashmyr.
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Myr Lutf Allah Sdlim a son of Myr ’alyy of Kashmyr travelled over the whole of Persia and was in 1092 in Ispahén.
Mawlana Natig of Kashmyr had two brothers who were equally poets but had an impediment in their speech, and therefore one chose the takhallug of Loknaty and the other of Abkam.
ee سس بر
(13) کلمات الشعرا تسنیف سر خوش (P.) The words of the poets, by Mirzé Mokammad Afdhal whose takhalluc is Sar-khish and who was generally called Chéla. The title of the book is a chronogram for 1093, the date when he commenced to compile it. The author informs us that he and his father had been in the service of “alamgyr, and that during his youth he was anxious to acquire rank and wealth, but at the time when he wrote this book he lived in retirement at Dilly. He was a good poet and had the good fortune to become acquainted with almost all men of talent of his age. He died in A. H. 1125 or 1126, or 1127 at the advanced age of seventy-six years and left four Mathnawies, Hosn 6 ishq, Nure ’alyy, Saqiy-namah and Shah-namahé Mo- hammad ’atzam-shah.
He says in the preface that almost all Tadzkirahs were universal, containing the notices of the poets of all ages, and that most of them end with the reign of Akbar. He had therefore undertaken to compile an account in alphabetical order of the poets (of India) of the reigns of Jahangyr and ’alamgyr most of whom he knew personally. 16 contains near two hundred very short biographies interspersed with verses of the compiler. The book is esteemed in India on account of the elegant extracts it contains. At the end he has added five or six pages of
No. 13.] SAR-KHU'SH. 109
chronograms, a description of poetry in which he seems to have excelled.
The authorities which he used are Gulshane Fitrat by Myr Mo’izz aldyn Mohammad Misawy Khan Fitrat, the Albûm بیاض of Mirzé Mokammad ’alyy Mahir and that of Myr Mokammad Zaman Rédsikh. These three poets were contemporaries and friends of Sar-khtish. ۴ had at first the takhalluc Fitrat فطرت and then he chose that of Miisawy, he was born in Persia in 1050, and came to India where he was much esteemed for his talents as a poet and as a critic, and died in A. H. 1101. Mahir was a friend of Qodsy and Kalym and the teacher of Sar-khiish, he died in A. H. 1089. Rasikh died in 1107.
Beginning چان است و دیگر گفت و گو جانا زس بشنو r
Copies are frequent, there are several in the M. 2۲: 8۲0, 143 pp. 17 lines, One copy is in the possession of Mr. Hall of Benares, two are in my possession, and one in that of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
Table of contents: (this list may be considered as a continuation of the lists, pp. 47 and 55, with some repe- titions).
Myr 7۲/۵۷ see p. 66.
Myrza Jalal Asyr a poet of Persia of great merit, who has not come to India.
Mirzé Ibrahym Adham was a Sayyid of the Cafawy family. He came to India under Shahjahén and behaved like a mad Darwysh.
Amény Khén-zamén a son of Mohabat Khan Khankhanan Sipah- salar (commander-in-chief) left a very elegant Dywan.
Tzafar Khan Ahsan a son of Khwajah Abi-l-Hasan resided mostly at Kabul and Kashmyr, and was a great patron of poets, left a Dywan and some Mathnawies.
"inayat Khan Ashnd son of Tzafar Khan an elegant prose writer, he wrote the history of thirty years of Shahjahan’s reign, much more elegantly than Moll Hamyd and others.
A çaf Qommy came to India under Shahjahan left a short Dywan.
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ıı Mawlawy Sa’yd رم a learned and industrious man, is alive.
Molla Mohammad Sa’yd Ashraf came to India under ‘élamgyr and found a patron in Zyb alnisa the eldest daughter of the Emperor. He has great facility in writing verses, and is alive, and is the author of the Mathnawy و قدر 443 which has about 700 verses, and which he composed ex tempore.
- Mohammad Ibrahym 71104۴۰ student who showed some poetical talent and presented some poems to Myr Mo’izz Misawy Khan. He died young.
Mohammad Çédiq 724 is clever in making chronograms.
Molla A’la Tirény. § Myrza ’abd al-Rastl Istighnd.
Myr Mohammad Ahsan 174. ۰ 9671۳4 ۰
Abi-l-Hasan By-gdnah has never visited India, but his ۱۳۳۵۵ had reached this country. Bynish Kashmyry left a Dywan.
Rafy’ Khan 741011 cousin of Mohammad Tahir Wazyr — Khan put the Ma’érij alnobtiwat into 40,000 Persian verses and called it حيدري Alea,
Molla Jamy Lahéry Namdar Khiny By-khid was very well skilled in making chronograms, and left a thick Dywan of Ghazal, Qacydahs and Qat’ahs. The chronogram on his death is جامي از جام حمد «خود شد i, e. 1086. He left a ودل wes. ۱
Mirza ’abd al-Qadir By-dil is alive.
Chandar Bhan Brahman flourished under Shéhjahén, wrote ele- gant prose and left a Dywan. By-ghamm Payragy, alive.
Molla ’alyy Ridh& Tajalliy came from Shyréz to India under Shahjahan. Héfitz, Mohammad Jamal ۰
Mohammad Taqyy alive. 2
‘abd al-Latyf Khéin Tanhé a nephew of Mirza Jalél Asyr was Dywan (collector) of the Panjab. Myr ۰
Myr Tafékhor (Mofékhis ?) Hosayn Thdqib an uncle of Résikh died in Sirhind.
Agaf Khén Ja’far, an Amyr of the emperor Jahangyr, author of a Mathnawy called Khosraw û Shyryn. Aqû Najaf Quly Jordt.
Myr ’abd al-Rahym Tayshy a friend of Mohammad ’alyy Mahir.
Myrz& Mohammad Ayytib Jawdat. is strong in the Ghazal and Rubé’y. Hakym Hadzig left a thick Dywan.
Mohammad Hosayn (in Hall’s copy is Lbrahym) Mashhady.
Myr Hashmaty, the author met him once at Agra. —
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Mohammad Bég Hagyqy lived in Guzrat.
Shaykh Mahmid Hayrdn imitated Nagir ’alyy but without success.
Mohammad Ibréhym Açélat Khan son of Sayyid Motzaffar Wazyr of Haydarabad.. Khalyl. :للا Kholqy.
Khélig came during the time of ’Alamgyr from Persia to India and went to the Deccan. Wrote a short Dywan and a Mathnawy.
Nawab ’abd al-Rahym Khdnkhéndn a son of Bayram Khan, accord~ ing to one copy his takhallug was Rahym, he flourished under Akbar and Jahangyr.
Qésim Khdzin, the Author met him and found him very conceited.
Mirzé Radhyy Dédnish came to India under Shahjahan.
Mirzé Rafy’ Dastér a contemporary of Jahangyr.
Mollé Dénd. | Mohammad Amyn ۰
_aqil Khan Rizy is the author of a mystical 8٭د called مرقع it is in the manner of that Jalal aldyn Rûmy, and may be con- sidered as a poetical version of the .مواچ خوبي
Mirzé Hasan (Ahsan?) Bég Raf was first Munshiy of Moham- mad Khan, the Ruler of Turan, came to India under Shahjahan and obtained the rank of five hundred. یت sent him to Kashmyr. He died at Dilly.
Myr Mohammad ’alyy Rayih (Rayij 7) a Sayyid of کٹ
Myr Mohammad Zaman. Rdsikh 1. 1107,the chronogram is راسج بمرد
Mohammad Ridhé Kashmyry. Myr Rihy. Myr (Aqû?) Radhyy.
Mollé Ridhwdn came from Persia and settled at Lahér. |
Zakyy Hamadany. Zamini.
Mohammad Quly Salym came under Shahjahén from Persia to India and entered the service of the Wazyr Islam Khan.
Sdlik Yazdy and 414۸ھ Qazwyny were صلی دا and flou- rished in India under Shéhjahén
Sayiré Mashhady has never visited India.
Qafilan (Qaqilan ?) Bég Sipdhy accompanied the Indian ambassy to Persia. Hajy Mohammad Aslam Sédlim, a Kashmyry.
' Mohammad تلع Sattdr lives in Bengal. ' Hakym Sa’ydé is a good poet.
Mirza Sanjar, a contemporary of Shahjahén. ۔مف را
Myr Sayyid ’alyy Sayyid.
Sayyid ’alyy Khén a calligraph had no takhallue.
Myr (Myrza?) Jalal aldyn Siyddat resided at Léhér-
i aa et te
112 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS. [CHAP: ۰
Molla Sardby (in one copy Sardpay) came to India under ۰ _ Hakym Sarmad a لپ and a friend of Dara Shikéh. ۱
۱ Afdhal Sar-khish the author of this Tadzkirah.
Shdany Taklû, panegyrist of Shah ’abbas, wrote a Mathnawy in his praise.
Molla Shaydé flourished towards the end of Jahangyr and the beginning of Shahjahén’s reign.
Shddmén the son of one of the chiefs of Kakhar. Myr ۰
Myr Mohammad Hadiy Sharar lived in Persia in 1093.
Myr Sharaf aldyn Hosayn. Sho’ayb. Shawkat Bokhary.
Myr Sharyf.
Mirza Mohammad ’alyy Géyib Tabryzy came to India under Shah- jahdn. Died in 1081... The chronogram is ,صایب وفاث یافت
Myr Gaydy came under Shaéhjahén to India.
Hakym Mohammad K4tzim who assumed the title Masyh albayén and the takhallug Gahib imitated Jalal aldyn Riimy and left a thick. Dywan and several Mathnawies as : اثینه-خانه م و بوبخا نة ر وسلاحت احمدي مدي (SS?) پوسفی | و کمال wales and gave to the collection of all his poems the title of ==" Bl, ۸¢ sig is the author of a Saqiy-ndmah. Cabuihy.
Cdmit (in one copy Gdyib) was a merchant who came under ’élam- gyr to India and wrote a short Dywan.
Myr Dhiyd aldyn Dihlawy the author saw him at the beginning of "Alamgyr’s reign. Télib ۰
Tabyby (Tabsy ?) a Cify. . زد
_ Myr Mohammad Téhir Hosayny came اما the end of J اه gyr’s reign to India. He was a wealthy merchant.
Mollé Toghrdé. His prose is much admired. He wrote an clogant essay on Kashmyr.
Myrza Nitzim aldyn Tél a friend of the author.
Tzohiry Tarshyzy resided at Byjépir, it is said that he copied and
sold the Rawdhat aleafé one hundred times, he is the author لہ
these three prose treatises are 138 ر ابراهیم and خوان خلیل of نورس to سافي نامة dedicated to Ibréhym ’ãdil-shéh and he dedicated a Burhén Nitzûm almulk. Himmat Khén collected one hundred and twenty Saqiy-némahs and that of Tzohtry was the best among them.
orfy Shyrazy died at Lahér in 999 at an age of thirty-six years. The chronogram for this date is البشر هادي کلام مرفي شهرازي ٠ .اسقاد
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More than thirty years after his death Myr Çébir Ispahany dis- interred his body and buried it at Mashhad.
Myén Nacir ’alyy died at Dilly in 1108. The chronogram is علي بعالم معني رفت sf. ’atzyma Nayshépûry has never visited India.
Shaykh ’abd al’azyz 0
Molla ’alyy Qommy has never visited India.
"dmil a pupil of ۰
Khwajah ’abd Allah ’ir-fan a mystic. ’drif Lahory left a Dywan.
Mohammad Tahir Ghanyy of Kashmyr. His takhallug is a chro- nogram (1060) for the beginning of his poetical career, his Dywan was arranged by Myrz4 Mohammad ’alyy ۰
Myr Burhan Ghortry.
Hajy Mohammad Ismé’yl @héfl was a most distinguished calli- graph and came from Mézanderan to India.
Ghanymat a native of India wrote a short Dywén and a Mathnawy.
Shaykh Mokammad Modsin Finiy of Kashmyr was a Çûfy and a friend of Dara Shikéh left a Dywan and a Mathnawy.
Mirza ۰
Aqû Mohammad Ibréhym Fayadhdén a son of Xqû Mohammad Hosayn Néjiy was alive in 1093. He was an excellent calligraph and an elegant writer both in prose and poetry.
Mirza (Myr?) Ghiyéth aldyn Mangir Fikrat came to India under *Alamgyr and obtained the rank of five hundred.
’abd al-Razzdq Fuyyddh. Farqgy (Fawqy 1). Furis.
Fawjy a poet of Bengal, yet not without talent.
Prince Dara Shikéh Qddiry left besides many writings on Cifism a short Dywan.
Hajy Mohammad-Jaén Qodsy the king of poets during the reign of Shahjahan. He described the exploits of this emperor in a beautiful epic poem called نامگ شاخچاني 2b,
Qésim Dywaénah Mashhady a pupil of Myrza Gayib has not visited India. Nawab Qdsim ۰ Qdnr’.
Mohammad Yisof Qadym died very young.
Abû Talib Kalym 4, 1061. ' Khwajah (Myr?) ۰
Shaykh Sa’d Allah Gulshan was in Gujrat in 1093.
‘abd al-Rahym Kukam (in one copy Kamgi) Kashmyry died in the Deccan. Lim’. Myr Mo’izz aldyn Mésawy d. 1101.
Myr Mohammad ’alyy 2/6 d. 1089.
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114 PERSIAN ۰ [Cuap. I.
Hakym Rokné Masyh a contemporary of Jahangyr. Shaykh Sa’d Allah Masyhy Panypaty. Ma’y (Moghy ? or Moghniy ?) .#” Kashmyry.
Çalih Bég Molham, the author made his acquaintance at Agra.
Mayiy می“ was a Kalél that is to say of a low caste which was employed as Porter and Chéb-dars, he flourished under Jahangyr.
Molla Mofyd Balkhy came to India at the beginning of ’4lamgyr’s reign and died at Multan in 1090. The chronogram of his death is مفید بلخي مرد de,
Mon’im Hakkék Shyrazy composed a poem containing a descrip- tion of Agra, died during the commencement of ’élamgyr’s reign.
Mashhir. Myrzéa Ma’ çum Kashy. Myrzé ۰
(1774 Qotb aldyn 2/4۶7 d. in 1108 eight days after Myan Nacir ’alyy. Majday Munçif.
Akhind Mohammad Baqir had first the takhalluç of Mondsib subsequently that of Moshtdg died in the beginning of ’4lamgyr’s reign. Molla Malik Qommy resided at Byjapir. . ۱۲۵۱۱۵ ۰
Molla Natzyry of Nayshapir a panegyrist of ’abd al-Rahym Khan- khénén. There was another poet who had the same takhallug, he gave him ten thousand Rupees that he might change it.
Nidim Gylany.
Molla Naw’y wrote a Saqiy-némah in praise of the Khénkhénén. He is also the author of a Mathnawy called .وزو گداز
Nitzim Herawy the author of a یوسف وز+خا has never visited India. Myr Wajét has been in Persia and is a good poet.
Aqû Mohammad Hosayn Néjiy a brother of Mokammad Isma’yl Ghéfil was an admirable calligraph, and in his old age he was admitted to the society ۶ ۰ Niézuky. Talib ۰
Myr Najdbat a brother of Myr Siyddat. 7۷۸۰+".
Molla Nisbaty of Thanéser was a good poet, in Rékhtah he used the takhallug of Wis-batty i. e. the moon.
Qadhiy Miry a contemporary of Jahaéngyr.
Myrzé Tahir Wahyd was a friend of Cayib and one of the e poets of the age.
Mohammad Rafy’ ۶7۷۸11۸۰ Qazwyny resides at Ispahéin. He de- scribed in a Mathnawy the war of Shah ’abbas with Tilam Khan, and compiled the sayings of the Iméms in a most elegant work to which he gave the title of ابوابالچنان he is also the author of a Dywan.
No. 14.[ SHYR KHAN ۰ 115
Myrzéa Hasan ج26 Wathig returned to Persia at the beginning of *Alamgyr’s reign. Darwysh Wédlih went to Bengal.
Myén Mohammad Ikhlég Wémig a converted Hindi embraced the Islam in 22 of the reign of *Alamgyr. Molla Walyy.
"۵0 al- Wahid Wahshat of Thanéser was in 1093 a young man.
Mohammad ’ashiq Himmat was in 1093 a young man.
Mohammad Hdshim was a calligraph and the father-in-law of Sarkhush. ۱
Myr Yahyé Kashy was a poet of Shahjahén who gave him orders to compose a ,یادشاه-نامه He died in 1074. The chronogram of his
death is ole جان a= چو کرد w=” ءاحیای
)14( esp) مرات اشبال تسنیف شیر خان (P.)
Mirror of imagination by Shyr Khan Lédy son of ’alyy Amjad Khan (the name of the author is in page 26.) He informs us in the postscript that he lost his father in A. H. 1084, and three years after, he lost his brother who died in the mountains of Kabul, he also gives us the date when he composed this book in saying that the title is a chronogram, if you remove the pardah or veil (i. e. 1313—211—1102). It is dedicated to Shah- jahan and contains an account of the most celebrated Persian poets; and besides it treats on almost every science cultivated by the Musalmans: Music, Medicine, cosmography, oneirocritic, talismans, &c. at the end is a chapter containing notices of poetesses.
ای ak بند بر زبای نطق ٣خ سرای را Beginning
Printed at Caleutta in 1831, 8vo. 543 pp. Lithographed at Bareilly in 1848. MSS. copies are frequent, some of them are abridgments.
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116 ۳171151۸ ۱۲ ۰ [Cuap. I.
(15) we” آسمان (P.)
The heaven of composition being a rhymed abridg- ment of Dawlat-shah by Lutf Allah Mohammad Mohan- dis b. Akmad. We are informed in the preface (which has twelve distiches) that Fayidhy فایضی Kirmany ren- dered the Tadzkirah of Dawlat-shah in Persian verses at the time of Akbar and altered the division of the ori- ginal, making ten periods طبقات instead of seven; Lutf Allah Mohammad who was a contemporary of Awrangzéb remodelled this version and added two periods ڊرو to make the number correspond with the signs of the zodiac and in allusion to it, he gave it the above title.
About 250 verses; every verse contains the name of a poet. First verse نه آسمان کہں bys? ay sly | نخست شکر خدای که آسمان "خن
A copy bound with other books is in the Tépkhanah.
I give here the 12th chap. as a specimen.
وحبد دهر اماني بن who دگر یگانه ظفرخان تلص احسن دگر وحید زمن UST عنایت خان دگر وحید زمن شادمان غم پرور دگر خذورکشمی ر ”سن فاني است
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No. 16.] HAMYSHAH BAHAR. ہ 117
C16) همیشه ببارتصنیف کش چنه اخلاس خلس )۲.( Eternal Spring by a Khatry of the name of Kishen
Chand whose takhalluc is Ikhlac. The title multiplied by two gives the date of the compilation, viz. 1136. The author was a son of Achal-Das of Dilly whose house was the resort of the learned. During his father’s life-time he learned Karad-bazy (a kind of fencing called Bakayty بکیتی in Urdti) after his death he applied himself to poetry. He died under Ahmad Shh, reigned 1160 to 1167. It contains, in alphabetical order, an account of about
200 poets who flourished (in India) from the time of Jahangyr to the accession of Mokammad Shah, A. ۰
1131. : Two copies are in the Tépkhénah, 12mo. 300 pages, 10 lines. A. very good copy is in possession of Mr, Hall. First line
ای ذکر تو گلفررش بازار “خی ١ رنگیں زتوبگ برک گلزار سخ
Table of contents (this list may be considered as a con- tinuation of the one, p. 109 with several repetitions.)
Amyn Khan سره a son of the Nawab Amyr Khan. ı Amyr Iléhy.
Myrzé Jalal Asyr d. 1040, used to compose his verses in a state of intoxication. (5724 Isma’yl Yind of Ispahan.
Molla Aly الي of Persia, has not come to India. : Myrz& Arjumand A’zdd a son of ’abd al-Ghanyy Bég, has also the takhallug of 8+
Awjy of Persia, a contemporary of Shahjahan.
Myr Bagqir Ishrdg seems to have been alive in 0۰
Moll Sayyid Ahsan 7747 wrote the history of the reign of Far- rokhsiyar in very elegant prose. Died in 1181 or soon after.
Myr Iman aldyn Zksyr is a clever physician.
Shafy’ayiy Athar was blind, and has never visited India.
(5774 Ibrahym Adham a son of Myrzé Radhyy Artymany a Sayyid came to India under Shahjahan, was very insolent and was therefore put to death.
118 ۳171131۸ 3۲ ۰ [CHAP. I.
Mo’azzaz Khan Afsar Mohammad ’alyy Bég came from Ispahan to India and died in Bengal. Intikhdby Wirdy Bég died young.
Yul Quly Bég Anysy was first librarian of ’alyy Quly Khan at Herat, then he came to India, and was patronized by the Khankhénan ’abd al-Rahym. He died at Burhanpir and left a Dywaén and a Mathnawy. Siraj aldyn 4224 composed a large Dywén.
Khaénzamén Amdny son of Mohabat Khan a pupil of Murshid, who flourished under Shahjahan. Arshada was a native of India.
Ismé’yl Bég Unsy resided at Herat. Was, as a prisoner of war, carried to Tûran by ’abd Allah Khan, came to India and was patro- nized by the Khankhanén ’abd al-Rahym.
Mohammad Sa’yd ۲۰2۵2۰ 7۳۶4ا( Mohammad Ahsan is alive.
Myr Ashky Qommy a Tabatabé Sayyid d. at Agra in 972, left Qacydahs, two Dywans of Ghazal and one Dywan of humoristic poetry.
Shah دعب کر Lahéry was alive in 1136.
Tzafar Khan Ahsan was governor of Kashmyr left a Dywan.
Asyry Tazy his name was Amyr Qadhiy. He died in 982. .
Mohammad Cadiq 74 used to instruct Hindi boys, is alive.
Iw fyat Khan Ashnd a son of Tzafar Khan Ahsan. Wrote a Dywan and a history of thirty years of Shahjahan’s reign.
Myr Ahsany b. Myr Abi-l-Fath Musawy was born at Tabélah near Léhér and died in 1011 left مثنوي شاه ومان و دلدر و شیدا
Gholam Moçtafa 701+4 of the Kanboh tribe of ۰
Mollé Atzhary. He and his father had come to India. Was a contemporary ۶ ٭ریصقط1
Mohammad Ibréhym Jngéf was a pupil of Myrz4 Mo’izz ۲ Khan.
’abd al’azyz 7747 a pupil of Bydil. Was probably alive in 1186.
Asad Bég Asad flourished under Jahangyr.
’abd al-Rastil 0۰
’iwadh Bég Iksyr came under Jahangyr to India. Wrote elegant prose and was a good calligraph. He was Munshiy of Shahjahan.
Mawlind Anwar Nir Mohammad was a native of India.
A’lé ۰
Molla Mohammad Sa’yd Ashraf came under ’élamgyr to India and was patronized by Zyb alnisa Bégam. سرا Mokammad Raby’ Anjab Ispahény a pupil of Mortadha Quly Bég.
No. 16.] HAMYSHAH BAHAR. 119
Achal Das a Khatry the father of the author resided at Dilly.
Ikhldg a pupil of ’abd al-Ghanyy Bég 0200 and the author of the Tadzkirah under notice.
Shih Walyy Allah Ishtiyég is a grandson of Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindy who was called Hadhrat and a pupil of Qabûl.
’abd al-Qadir By-dil, his Dywén of Ghazal has more than 100,000 verses, and besides he has written a Dyw4n of Qagydahs and a Dywan of Rubd’ys and several Mathnawies, he is also the author of a prose
work called چپار عنصر
Shaykh ’abd al-Sal4m Paydmy flourished under J وت and went towards the end of his career to the Deccan.
Sharaf aldyn Payém. Shah Bahjata was a Darwysh.
’abd al-Baqiy ۰
Rafy’ Khan Bddzil author of the Hamlahé Haydary.
Payrawy Siwajy Amyr Bég flourished under Shahjahan.
Hajy Byné is a merchant of Gujrat.
Bynish lived at Kashmyr. Mawléna Bagdyiy d. 1009.
Sawamy Bhébat Ray By-ghamm a Khatry resided at Pathan near Jammu in the Panjab, he translated from the Hindee (Sanscrit) the Prabodha Chand (Chandrodaya) Natak, a very curious work on Theo- sophy into Persian, and dedicated it as well as several other treatises on Cifism to Narayan Chand.
Udé Bhén Bahdr a pupil of the author of this Tadzkirah.
Molla Jamy By-Khid a contemporary of Shahjahan.
Bayina Myrzi Mahdiy visited India and returned to Persia.
Ray Chand Bhan Brahman was the most distinguished Hindi since the time of Tymûr.
Bazmy a contemporary of Jahéngyr.
Myrza Abû Torab Baydhé a companion of the Amyr alomard Dzi-l-Figér Khan, became blind towards the end of his life.
Myrzé Mohsin Tithyr (Tishyr 7) Wazyr of the Padshah of Yazd, sent his Dywan to Shohrat in India. Tajalliy ’alyy Ridha.
Myr Zashbyhy ’alyy Akbar son of Shah Moammad Kashy flou- rished under Jahéngyr at Lahdér. He was an eccentric and un- accessible man, and wrote few of his verses down. He died at the age of seventy. Tanhé abd al-Latyf Khan.
Myrza ’ajam Quly Zurkmdn was of Persian (Shyraz) origin, but was born in India.
120 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS. [CHAP. I.
Mohammad Hosayn Tajalliy Kashany died at Ahmadabad. in Gujrat in 1090, aged twenty-seven years.
Molla Ramat Allah Tamkyn was in 1136 residing at Kashmyr.
71774 Mohammad ’alyy Zamannd flourished under Farrokhsiyar.
Hafitz Jamal Zaldsh.
Agha ’abd al’alyy Zahsyn is a grandson of Jiyé.
Myrzé Fath ’alyy Taskyn, he was probably alive in 1136.
Hakym Mohammad Sa’yd Qommy 7۷۸۸4 physician of Shah ’abbas, left a Dywan.
Ray Manéher Tawsany, Akbar gave him the title of Myrza.
Myr Mofakhir (Sar-khish writes Tafakhor) Hosayn 77741۸ resided in Sirhind.
Myr Sayyid Mohammad Thaqib a pupil of Myr Tahir ۰
Mohammad Hosayn TLhandyiy Mashhady came to India under Akbar and died in 996, the chronogram is yi y=”, He commenced an epic poem called سد سکنهر but did not complete it. He left a thick Dywén. Myr Mohammad Afdhal 7774۸14 was alive in 1136.
Nir aldyn Jahangyr Padshah born in 977, succeeded to the throne on Thursday the 11th Jumada II. 1014, died 28th of ) ح۸۸ 1037. ۰
Myr Mohammad Ja’far Jordat.
Mohammad ’alyy Bég Jism left a Dywan.
Myrzé Ja’far Bég Ja’far had the title of Açaf Khén. He died in 1212, the chronogram is حیف از اصف خان ow. He left a Khosraw Shyryn. (17774 Darab رل resided in Kashmyr.
Sayyid ’alyy Juddyiy Tabryzy visited India under Akbar, and was employed in the Imperial library in painting illustrations to books.
Padshah Quly Jadzby a contemporary of Jahangyr was killed.
Myrz4 Mohammad Ayyib Jawdat.
Jashany Lahéry Gholam ’alyy flourished under Jahangyr.
Khwajah Mohammad Maqçûd Jémi’ a pupil of ’abd al-Ghanyy Bég Qabiul resided in Kashmyr.
Jafar had the title of Allah Wirdy Khan, left a short Dywan.
Hakym Hddzig was born at Fathptr and rose under Shahjahan to the rank of three thousand with a salary of 20,000 Rupees a year.
Yadgér Bég Hdlaty of Tûran.
Myrza Isma’yl Hijdb came to India under ’dlamgyr.
Mohammad Hayat Hadhrat was alive in 1136, had first the takhal- lug of ۰ ۱
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Myrz& Mahdiy Hojjat a cousin of Myrz4 Dûréb Juyé, died at Dilly.
Mohammad ’alyy resided at Kashmyr and was in 1136 past thirty years of age, had first the takhallug of Zuklyf, then of Masyhé and then of Hashmat; he is a pupil of ’abd al-Ghanyy Bég Qabil.
Mohammad Bég Hagygqy resided at Gujrat.
Haydty Gylany was much given to pleasure, completed by order of Shahjahén the Toghluq-némah of Amyr Khosraw which was defective. He did it so well that Shahjahén had him weighed up in gold for it.
Shéd-Ram Hayyé a pupil of By-dil has written a Dywan.
Hashmaty a friend of Mollé Shayda left a Dywan.
Mohammad Taqyy aldyn Ispahény Hozny d. in 989 on the banks of the Jenab.
Myr Hamzah Tashkandy was the son of the king of merchants of Tashkand. He came to India and became, when he got old, com- pletely deaf, he was skilled in making chronograms. One of his chronograms is ,نک را برقم سة بار بنویس The numerical value of the letters of this sentence as well as the meaning “write nine three times’ give 999. ] Nacir ’alyy.
Shaykh Makmid Hayrdn resided at Sirhind and was a pupil of
Hamdy Kashmyry was a learned man. He died in 1018, the chronogram is شد به بشت
Sayf Allah ’alawy Hazyny a یه of Jahéngyr studied diligently the ancient poets.
Shaykh Hasan Qorayshy Kûlpy d. in 989, the chronogram is تضائل.پذاهي
Sayyid oat Khilig came to India during the reign of ’ãlamgyr and obtained the title of Imtiyéz Khan.
Sipah Salar Khénkhénén ’abd al-Rahym a son of Bayram Khan was born on the 14th Cafar 964, and died at Dilly in 1082.
Khalyl was in the service of Zyb alnisé Bégam and arranged her compositions, he wrote elegant prose and poetry.
Myr Khosrawy Qayiny a contemporary of Jahdngyr.
Myrza Fadhl Allah Khishtar a son of Sar-khish was alive in 1136.
Shukr Allah Khan AKhdksdr son-in-law of ’aqil Khén Razy wrote a commentary on Jalal aldyn Rimy’s Mathnawy.
Mohammad Haydar Herawy Khigdly, a contemporary of Jahingyr.
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122 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS. [CHAP. ۰
Jamal aldyn Khawary a native of Gylan came to India in 1011.
Molla Ddndé was engaged in Farrokhsiyar’s reign with Natzim Khan, who is usually called ’abd al-Rahym Firigh, in copying the Shéh-namah. Dakhly Ispahany.
Myrzé Dawid of Mashhad a contemporary of Tahir Wahya.
Shah و فصو Dzabyh was born in Persia, travelled much, and
resided for some time in India. . Mawlana Imam aldyn Riyddhy is a very learned man and usually called Imdm al-Radhyy he is a native of Lahor and resided.at Dilly. His father Lutf Allah Mohandis was a great Mathematician and made occasionally verses ; in the capacity of a poet he used the takhallug Mohandis. The father flourished under Akbar. ۳ was also a good Mathematician and his books on this science were much in vogue in schools. It seems that he was alive in 1186. One of his pupils wrote a commentary on the Almegest.
Mohammad Myr Zaman Rédsikh. Sayyid 2161 Ridhdyiy d. 1057. . Myr Mohammad ’alyy Rdyth is a Qalandar of Sialkot.
Myr Radhyy Danish a کر of Mashhad came to India under Shahjahén.
Arshad ’alyy Rasdyiy was tis versed in Persian literature 3 seems to have been alive in 1136. He was a pupil of Myéûn Shah Bhyk.
Hasan Bég Rafy’ resided first at Mashhad, and thence he came in 1064 to India, and entered the service of Shéhjahén.
. Molla ’abd al-Rashyd the author of the Farhange Rashydy which ‘ dedicated to Shahjahan, he wrote a chronogram on the accession of Shdhjahén. The author takes occasion to quote from the history of Shéhjahén a passage containing a statement of the expenses of the palace of Dilly, it cost sixty lakhs of Rupees, viz.: Shah Mahall with the golden roof fourteen lakhs; Imtiyéz Mahall, which contains the king’s sleeping apartment, kitchen and out-offices, five and a half lakhs; The Dawlat-khanah Khag (I suppose what is now called the Dywén) and the Dawlat-khanah ’4m two and a half lakhs; The bath and Haydt-bakhsh six lakhs; the palace of the women seven lakhs; the Bazar of the palace four lakhs; the wall and ditch round the palace which has 100,000 cubits in circumference, and is double as large as that of Agra, twenty-one lakhs of Rupees. The Jami’ masjid of Dilly cost ten lakhs of Rupees. These builds: ings would cost at least five times as much in our days, 1852 A. D.
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Myr Haydar Kaéshy Rafy’y a contemporary of Faydhy, went from India on a genie: to Makkah thence to Persia and returned to India.
. Myrza Radhyy Artymany the father of Myrz4 Ibrahym Adham. . Shaykh Sa’d aldyn Khiafiy Rihdyiy a mystic, left a Dywan and imitated the Khamsah of Nitzimy. Myrzé Rostam Qandahary.
Myr ’abd al-Razziq Yazdy Rasmy flourished under Jahéngyr and spent twenty years in India in the garb of a Darwysh.
.` Myrz4 Yzad-bakhsh Rasd d. in 1119, the chronogram of his death is رفنک از جہان ؛چذان bey, Mawlind Wahyd Rawdny resided at Agra. ٠ Mohammad Ridhé Kashmyry.
Myr ’askary Rizy ’aqil Khan wrote besides the Moraqqa’ also. نغمات العشق and ٹمرا ت الحيوة and وپروانة a which contains the loves of Ratan and Padmawat. The Sym), تمرات is properly speaking the work of Shaykh Burhan aldyn the spiritual guide of Razy, but Razy arranged it. Rézy was for many years یامه of Dilly and died in 1108.
Zamin Bég b. Ghayûr Bég Kébuly his title was Mohébat Khan and his takhallug Susany, he was an Amyr of Jahangyr. ` Mawléné Zulily, Zakyy Hamadény. Zamdnd.
(15724 Zahid ’alyy Shahe Bander Sakhé a poet of Persia. —
. Myr Jamyl Sézy flourished under ’4lamgyr and held a Mangab.
Shaykh Mozammad Sa’yd Qorayshy was when young a companion of Sultan Murad-bakhsh.
. Myr ’abd al-Camad Sokhon was alive in 1136.
Sayyid Çalébat. Khan Mojahid-jang Sayyid was commissary of ordinance under Farrokhsiyar.
- Mohammad Hashim Sanjar was for some time imprisoned by Akbar and went subsequently to the Deccan, where he was well received by Tbrahym Khan adil Shah.
Aqû Farydin Hosayn Sdbig came under ’élamgyr to India.
- Mohammad ’élam Sorry a (Sarwary ?) of the time of Jahangyr.
Mohammad Quly Salym came to India under Shahjahin. Died in Kashmyr in 1057 the chronogram is رضوان Sémiry Tabryzy contem- porary of Jahéngyr. Moll ۵4۸۶ Kashmyry was aliye in 1136.
Myrz4 Mohammad Afdhal Sar-khish.
Mohammad Ghadhanfar Syry (Sayry. 2: was born ناه Khaf and brought up at Herat.
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124 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS. [Cuap. I.
Sdlik Yazdy spent part of his life at Golcondah. In 1066 he entered the service of Shahjahan. ۱
Mohammad Ahsan Sémi’ of India had first the takhalluç of 8 was alive in 1136. ’abd al-Khéliq Samandar d. at Lahér in 1016.
Myr Sayyid ’alyy Sayyid has never visited India. Was a comtem- porary of Myrza Mo’izz.
Sayyid Sa’d aldyn a soldier, has not yet chosen a takhallue.
Sa’ yd Khén Multany was in the service of Shahjahén.
‘abd Allah Sthry was born and educated at Agra, was a good calli- graph, is dead. | Séyird Mashhady has not visited India.
Abû Mohammad Sardby born and educated at Sidlkét. He was a contemporary of Jahangyr. Arslan Bég Sipdhy.
Sa’yday Gyldny was a very good calligraph and enjoyed, during the reign of Jahéngyr and Shéhjahdn, the title of By-Badal Khan and the office of superintendent over the emperor’s goldsmiths.
Khwajah ’abd Allah Sémiy came from Lahér to Dilly was a con- temporary of the author, he is the author of a thick Dywan.
Myr Jalal aldyn Siyddat resided ناه ۰
Sdlik Qazwyny flourished under Shahjahén.
Nawab Hakym almulk Farrokhshahy this is the title of Shaykh Hosayn ’arab whose takhallug is Shohrat he was alive in 1136.
Molla Shaydé born at Fathpir Sykry, he flourished under Jahdéngyr and Shéhjahén and died in Kashmyr, left a Mathnawy of about 12,000 verses in the style of the Makhzan alasraér of Nitzamy. It begins ,بسم الا الزحمن الرحیم || آمده سرچشمة فيض عمیم
Shawkat Bokhérayiy was probably alive in 1136.
Shipir Raézy a contemporary of Jahangyr.
Gul Mohammad Shd’ir a pupil of By-dil was probably alive in 1136. Yusof Bég Shdyig. | Shddaman an Afghan flourished under Shahjahén and *Alamgyr. Shikyb has never visited India.
Shikyby a contemporary of Jahangyr.
Sharyf Késhy was first a Qalandar and turned afterwards a merchant left a Dywan. ۵۸۸۸ Shahyda.
Myr Shawgy was a mystical poet.
Mohammad Hasan Jawnptry ۵۰
Shababy a brother of Sardby.
Qamar aldyn who had the title of Nitzém almulk and the takhallug of Shékir, was alive in 1186, has written a Dywan.
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Mawléné ۰
Shaykh Nur aldyn Shayig was calligraph. He was in this art a pupil of Abi al-Ma’aliy. He was alive in 1136.
Myr Yahya Shindsé. Myrzé Mohammad ’alyy Tabryzy 0 came under Shahjahén to India and obtained a Mançab and the title of Mosta’idd Khan, he left more than 300,000 verses.
Shaykh Gadr aldyn Nayshaptry is a man of some learning.
Cahbéyzy flourished under Shahjahén.
Cabihy Chaghatay a mystic, and suspected of infidelity, d. 978.
Hajy Mohammad Cadiq Gémit a merchant, came to India under ’dlamgyr and wrote a Dywan.
Mawlana Çalé/ aldyn Sawajy Cayrafy came from the موف" to India by the way of the Deccan during Akbar’s reign. He is the author of a Dywan.
Hakym Katzim had the title Masyh albayaén and the takhallug of Cahib. Mohammad Myrak Çélihy flourished under Jahangyr.
Cafayiy was educated at Kalpy d. 1016.
Myr CGaydy came in 1064 from Ispahaén to India.
Cafyy aldyn Ispahény Cafyy flourished under Jahangyr.
Mohammad ’ysa Cafyry Jawnpury committed suicide in 1018.
Dhamyr.
Molla Toghréd was originally of Mashhad but resided in Kashmyr.
Myr ’abd al’alyy Sabzwary Tél a nephew and pupil of Sayyid Mohammad Thiagqib.
Mohammad Ibrahym Kashmyry Tolé’y flourished under Jahéngyr.
Shéh Téhir of the Deccan.
Myrza Hasan Tirmidzy Télb an Amyr of Akbar d. 1018 the chronogram is رحشرش بعلي ابن ابي طالب باد left a Dywén and two Mathnawies ۔خورشید وفیروز | وطالب و مطلوب
Nawazish Khan Rimy Tél’ wrote occasionally poetry.
Talib Amoly the king of poets under Jahéngyr d. 1035.
Molla Tzohiry Tarshyzy Nûr aldyn Mokammad came in 988 from Khorasan to the Deccan, he settled in Ahmadnagar and married the daughter of Mawlana Malik Qommy ; king ’alyy "4 Shah conferred high favours upon him; when he sent his Saqiynimah to Burhan Nitzém almulk in Haydarabad, he made him a present of several elephants laden with goods and money, the messenger in charge asked him for a receipt, and he wrote the laconical words نسلیم کردند
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“they have made it over to me, and I have thanked for it, تسلیم کردم or accepted it,” It is said he and his father-in-law were killed in an affray.
Mawlana ’orfy وو his name ۵ Khwéjah Caydy, he lived at Ahmadnagar with Tzohtry Qommy and subsequently at Fathpir Sykry. Died at an age of 35 (or 36) years in 999 at Lahdér, and left a Dywan and two Mathnawies, viz. خسرو شیرین and خزن اسرار but the latter remained incomplete, he also left a prose work called رسالة نفیسه in which he addresses his ownself.
(7574 Nacir ’alyy born at Lahor d. 1108 on the 6th Ramadhan.
Myrzé Abi-l-Ma’éliy ’dliy had under سم the title of Wizadrat Khan, is the author of a Dywan.
Myr Tahir ’alawy came under ’dlamgyr from Persia to: 7 and settled there.
Sayyid Mohammad Najafy ’itéby was for a long time impelled by Akbar in Gwilyar, when released he went to the Deccan. He left a Dywan.
Shaykh ’abd al’azyz ۱222۵۸ flourished under ’dlamgyr.
Shaykh ’ati Allah ’até a pupil of By-dil, resided at Amréhah, he died at Dilly in 1185 at the age of forty, the men is حیف ais ر LAT,
Hakym Mohammad Hasan س0 'drif was two years impri- soned by order of Jahangyr. *dmil a pupil of Çûyib. آ۱
Khwajah ’abd al-Rahym 7-7 was alive at Dilly in 1100.
. Mollé ’alyy Quly Ispahény never visited India.
ala aldyn a Çûfy was very fond of Indian music. ` alyy ’atzym ’atzym a son of Myén Nacir ’alyy wrote a small Dywin. Sayyid Lutf Allah *dgiy flourished مس ’dlamgyr.
"dlimy Shyrazy was blind. ۱
Myrzé ’alyy Quly Khan was alive in ۰
Mohammad Hashim ’4jiz is a well educated man.
’abd al’azyzy (sic) Jawnptry ’azyzy a learned man flourished مس Jahangyr.
Myrza Ja’far ’dshig wrote کے satyres, was alive in 1136.
’ordjy was of noble birth, and was one of the courtiers of ۰ Left a mathnawy called ) 2 اسرار ) sly! معدن in the measure of the Makhzane asrar and a Dy wûn.
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` Ni'mat Khan ’dily had under Bahédurshéh the title of Danish- mand Khan. Wrote much in prose and verse and in Persian and Arabic. He died in the third year of Bahidurshah’s reign—1120.
Khwajah Mo’yn aldyn Ghdziy held a high office.
Molla Tahir Ghanyy of Kashmyr died very young and left a Dywan.
‘alyy Ridhé Mashhady Ghazzdly, Akbar gave him the title of king of poets. He died at: Gujrat 980, and left a Dywan of near one hundred thousand verses, and the following prose works کثاب اسرار and اعیارہ ث wl, on Cufism ; الکائنات šÎye on ethics. _.
Shaykh Morammad Akram Ghanymat of Ganjéah in the Panjab. He was a Qadirian Gufy and a contemporary of Myr Mokammad Zaman Rasikh. Besides a short Dywan he left a Mathnawy contain- ing an account of the loves of ’azyz and Shahyd, and bearing the 22716 0 ,ذیرنگ عشق
Myrzé Abû. Torab Ghobér was alive in 1136.
Molla Mohsin Funiy of Kashmyr was a friend of Dûra Shikéh. He was a very learned man and left a Dywan.
Shaykh Abû-l-Faydh Faydhy born in 954, died on Sunday the 10th Cafar 1004. His father Shaykh Mobérik Nagawy who d. 1001, wrote a commentary on the Qoran entitled w نغائس الغنذوږ we, it is in four volumes, and is nearly as large as the Tafsyr Kabyr. Faydhy left besides other works the سواطع الهمام which is a commen- tary on the Qoran without diacritical points, he had a library of twelve thousand volumes most of which were autographs.
Fitimah Qawwalah a lady of Ispahan. Fagyhy. ۱
Myrza Abi-l-Fath Sabzwary Fûtih a nephew of Myrzé Hosayn, ûrif came from Ispahaén to India, and returned after some years to his home. ۱ 1 7
Myr Ahmad 74۰ a brother of Siyddat resided mostly ناه ۰ Was probably alive in 1136. ۱
Forhat Kashmyry was alive in 1136.
_ Forighy Kashmyry d. 1077.
Myrzé Nadir alzaman Facyh a nephew of Amyn Mokammad ۰
Shaykh Mohammad 2۳02 فایز a pupil of Mohammad Sa’yd ۰ Was probably alive in 1136 and had written a short Dywan.
. Myrz& Ghiyéth aldyn Mangir Fikrat of Ispahén came under *Alamgyr to India. : Mohammad Bég ۵ ۵ك never visited India: ۱
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Mohammad Ibrahym Fayadhdn a son of Xqé Mohammad Hosayn Nijiy. | Fayidh ’abhary was probably alive in 1136,
Mohammad Dara Shikéh Qddiry a son of Shéhjahén by Arjumand Banû Momtaz-Mahall was born on Monday the 30th (Salkh) of Cafar 1024 at Ajmyr, was put to death in the night of Thursday 22nd Dzii-lhajj 1069 at an age of 46 years. He was buried in Humé- وناز Mousoleum near Dilly. He left among other works a Dywan, 1 >چمع الجحرين | حسنات العارفین رسال حقنما , سفینة الاولیا .سکینة الاولیا
7747 Mohammad Khan Qodsy of Mashhad came in 1041 to India and was favourably received by the emperor, he is the author of ظفر slagl whe نامه شاه and other works.
Myrza ’abd al-Ghanyy Bég 000 a Cufy is a pupil of 4.
Qdsim Dywanah a pupil of Çéyib was probably alive in 1136.
Mohammad Panah )(۸۸11 was probably alive in ۰ Qadir.
Qasim Khan Qasim a courtier of Jahdngyr.
Myrz4 Talib Kalym was born in Hamadan and educated in India. The chronogram of his death is طور معني بود روشن از کلیم —=1061.
Shaykh Sa’d Allah Gulshan a mystical poet who resided for some time at Dilly and left nearly one hundred thousand verses of Ghazals, he was a disciple of Shah ’abd al-Ahdad Sirhindy and made with him the pilgrimage to Makkah. Myrz4 Kamran Giiyd, a brother of 4
Shaykh ’igmat Allah Kémil 0۴ ۰
Myrz4 Girdmy a son of ’abd al-Ghanyy Bég was a young man in 1136. Kamtar. Gustékh.
Karam ’alyy Bég Karam flourished under Bahadurshah.
Girdmy a son of Amanat Khan, who was in the service of ’4lam- gyr, left a Dywain. 1+۶ is a good poet.
Mollé Shéh a mystical poet of Badakhshén came to Léhér, and made the acquaintance of that great Cufy Sayyid Myaén Shéh Myr Qalandar, who was of Egypt, and a disciple of Ibrahym Baqayiy. Molla Shah was the spiritual guide of Dara Shikéh and spent the summer in Kashmyr, and the winter at Lahér. He died in 1072.
Myrz4 Mo’izz Fitrat a man of taste, a good poet and a great patron of poets, came to India under ’Alamgyr and obtained the title of Misawy Khén, the chronogram on his death is ,معز الدین موسوي ر قت
Mokhlig Kashy has never visited India, but his poetry was much esteemed here. ۱
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Myr Mohammad ’alyy Matla’ is a son of Shah Qafyy.
Abi-l-Barakét Minbar (Monyr ?) died at Agra, on Saturday the Tth Rajab 1054, left about thirty thousand verses, he was also a good prose writer.
Mohammad Nitzim Mu’jiz wrote a Dywan, was alive in 1136.
Myr Mohammad Samy’ Matzhar a Persian, was police-officer at Ajmyr whilst Mohammad Moqym Masyh was Dywén of that Pro- vince. Myr Ahmad Mohyy is a good poet.
Qasim Khén Mokkhliç, his ancestors came from Persia and settled in Kashmyr.
Mohammad Moqym Khan Masyh, a mystic poet, it seems that he was alive in 1136, and had written a Dywén. Molla Malik Qommy. ۰
Myr Madhish a brother of Siyédat and contemporary of ’4lamgyr.
Mahmid Bég Turany Mahmud came to India, but returned to his home. Myr Mohammad ’alyy Mihir. Munçif.
Hakym Rokna Masyh, an Amyr of Jahangyr. Myrza ۰
Maymanat Khén Kashmyry came as a merchant to India, and entered the service of the emperor. Was alive in 1136.
Anand Ram Mokhli¢ a pupil of By-dil, was probably alive in 1136.
Myr Abi-l-Faydh Mast was alive in 1136.
Taj ج86 ۰ Molla Mofyd Balkhy. - . [in 1136.
Cufy Moshtag, a pupil of Molla Afiryn Lahéry, was probably alive
Shaykh Sa’d Allah Masyhy, a friend of Molla Shayda, put the story of Ram and Syta in verse. Myrzé Shah Hosayn ۰
Mohammad Bagqir had first the takhallug of Mondsid and then of Moshtég. | Mon’im Shyrazy.
Nirjahdn Bégam a wife of Jahangyr. She died in 1055.
Molla Nisbaty Thanésery left a Mathnawy, in which he imitates the Makhzan alasrér. § Nagyrdyiy Hamadany.
Ndtzim Herawy author of a Yasof 6 Zalykhé and of a Dywan.
2۷4 Kashmyry was a good poet.
Myrzé Nur Allah Wozhat is a pupil of ’abd al-Ghanyy Bég Qabil.
Sayyid ’ata Allah ۸۷4۳۶ a pupil of Abi-l-Faydh Mast was alive in 1136.
Mohammad Ridha Miydz was a merchant residing in Gujrat.
Aqû Mohammad Hosayn Najiy a calligraph.
Ni’mat Allah Khan 2۶۸۵۸ is a son of the paymaster of the troops 0۳ Myr ajdt of Ispahén has never visited India,
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Myr Najdbat a brother of ۰ : Molla Naw’y flourished under Jahangyr. Nadim Gylany.
Mohammad Yiisof Wakhat +8. Farrokhsiyar gave him the title of Sokhonwar Khan.
Natzyry Nayshapiry died during the beginning of Shahjahdn’s reign. | Myrz4 Mohammad Tahir Wahyd flourished in Persia, at the beginning of the reign ۶ Molla Wahshy.
‘abd al-Ahad called Myén Gul and had the takhallug of Wahdat, a son of Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindy who was called Hadhrat. He was a Naqsh-bandy ان and left a short Dywan.
Iradat Khan Wadhth left a large Dywan and a Mathnawy in six daftars. ‘abd al- Wahid Wahshat. Witz Qazwyny.
Ray Ramjy Hatif a Khatry of Ambaélah, was deputy Dywén under Farrokhsiyar. Was alive in 1136.
Hadiy ’alyy Khan b. Amyr Khan Hédiy was alive in 1136.
Shah Yagyn was at Dilly in 1136.
Mohammad وه" Yakté was alive in ۰
Ahmad Yar Khén Yaktdé a contemporary of the preceeding Yakta whom he met at Lahdr.
(17) سفینه" خوشگوي Or سفینه" خوشگو (P.) The ark of Khûshgüû being a history of Persian poets.
The author informs us, that the title is a chronogram ex- pressing the date, when he began the compilation of this work, viz. 1137. He was ten years engaged in compil- ing it, and consequently the date when he completed it, is contained in رسفینه خوشگري 1147. But before he could take a fair copy and publish the work he was called away by the invasion of Nadir Shah to Kot Kangra with the army, and he remained seven or eight years in the Panjab. In 1155 he returned to Dilly, and gave his work to his master Arzt for correction, he made some glosses and added a preface which in this copy fills only two pages. Though the author gives us these par- ticulars of his life, he does not mention his own name.
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From Arzt’s preface it would appear that Khtishgi (eloquent) was his takhulluc. In the Tadzkirah of Hayrat it is stated that the name of Khtshgi was Bindraban, that he was a native of Benares and of the Bania caste, and that he was the author of. a Tadzkirah. In the postscript to the second volume of this work, which was executed at Dilly in 1191, it is said ذواریخ الشعراء در احوال
vals? ظهوري des” ,شاعران تصدیف مواانا دور الدبن 6 History of the poets, that is to say, notices of poets by Mawlana Nûr aldyn Mohammad whose takhalluç is Tzohtiry.” This is certainly wrong, for Nur aldyn Tzohitry lived a century before this book was written, and no biographer mentions a Tadzkirah of his. Sir G. Ouseley, Not. of Pers. Poets p. 172, mentions this Tadzkirah, and ascribes it to Bin- draban Khüshgü, but he makes him erroneously a con- temporary of Akbar.
The book is divided into three volumes. The first con- tains the ancient poets in chronological order, in all 362 notices. The second part begins with Jamy and ends with Mirza Ahmad Bég, whose date is not mentioned, but immediately before him is a more celebrated name that of Myrza Majdzib who composed the Mathnawy Shahrahé Najat in 1006. This part contains 545 bio- graphies. The third part is by far the most important, inasmuch as it contains contemporary poets, but unfor- tunately I have never seen a copy of it.
ھرچند که از میں و سوا میگوبم Beginning of the first vol.
Beginning of the second vol. که بئوفیقه Kis), a aos’) .ازتالیف دفدراول
The first two e are in my private colleétion, the first vol. has about 600 pp. the second 318, 17 lines in a page and three micra’s in a line, copied in A. H. 1191 at Dilly. The first volume
I picked up at Lucnow, and for the second I am indebted to the 8 2
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kindness of my friend Hall. ‘It is not unlikely that Sir G. Ouseley had the third volume of the same copy. I shall probably give an abstract of some of the contents of this book and of Wahih’s Tadz- kirah in the appendix. ۱
)18(. داغستانی aly Glee le الشعراء تصنیف shy (P.)
Gardens of poets by ’alyy Quly Khén Daghistany whose takhallue is Walih, and the book is therefore usually called the Tadzkirah of Walih. He was born at Ispahan in 1124. Whilst he was pursuing his studies he fell in love with his cousin Khadyjah Sulfin, but his union with her was prevented by “revolution of fortune and the breaking out of the Afghan invasion.” This romantic attachment has become the theme of a Math- nawy. In 1147, he came to India where he composed this work in 1161, and died in 1170. In the Atishkadah this book is called the Tadzkirah of ’alyy Quly Legzy.
This is an universal biographical dictionary of Per- sian poets, and contains about 2500 articles. The biogra- phical notices are short, but generally speaking correct, and he usually gives a sufficient number of specimens from their compositions. In India this Tadzkirah is more esteemed than any other.
تذکره محفل خاطر قدس ile صاحب دلان Beginning
M. M. folio, 960 pp. of 25 lines ; another copy 642 pp. of 27 lines. I have (besides a complete copy) an abstract which contains only the biographies and one verse from every poet omitting the extracts. I
have been assured by Hajy Mohammad Hosayn, that it is an auto- graphy of Walih.
(19) مجع النغائس تصنیف سراج الدیں على خان آرژو (P.) Collection of preciosities by Siraj aldyn ’alyy Khan A’rxt, who completed this work in 1164. He was born
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in 1101 either at Agra or Gwalyar, but brought up in the former city. According to some, his forefathers were descended from Chiragh Dilly a Saint, and according to others from Mokammad Gwalyary equally a Saint. Some authors unite these two statements by saying that his father Hosam aldyn Hosdm was descended from Kamal aldyn a nephew of the former Saint, and his mother from the latter. For some time he had an office of some im- portance at Gwalyar. In A. H. 1132 he came to Dilly and met in 1147 the poet Hazyn who had just come from Persia to this country. The jealousy between the two poets induced Arzû to write a treatise entitled الغافلیں 4.455 in which he points out the errors in Hazyn’s poems. After the fall of Dilly, Arz& went to Lucnow, where he died in A. H. 1169. He compiled this work in 1164.
Most of his writings will be described under their re- spective heads they are:
The great present being a treatise on rhetoric. موهبت عظمیل
The copious gift being a treatise on eloquence. عطية کبریل
( سراج اللغة ( اللغات A Persian Dictionary like the Burhani Qazi’.
A commentary on the Gulistan. خیابان
A dictionary of the poetical expressions used by the چراغ هدایت اصطلاحات الشعوا poets of his time. This is probably identical with the
A commentary on the Sikandar-némah. شرح سکندر نامه
A commentary on the Qacydahs of ’orfy. شرح قصایه عرخي
A vocabulary of Hindee words explained in Persian. غرائب اللغات
Answer to Monyr’s critic of Qodsy’s poetry. جواب اعذراضات مذیر
Glosses to Taftaziny’s shorter commentary on شرح دصر المعاني which treats on Rhetoric. سظ6 the third chapter of the
wile) شرح گلکشتي می ر A commentary on Myr Najat’s Gulgashty.
large collection of his own Persian poetry. ۸ کلیات
The author says in the preface that his original inten- tion was to collect an anthology 42", but subsequently
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it occurred to him that it would enhance the value of the collection if it contained also short biographical notices, and he therefore altered the original plan of his work, yet he paid much less attention to the biographies than to the extracts, and he therefore hopes that the readers will not be too severe on him if they discover faults. The book contains 1419 biographies, but they are very meagre. He used the Tadzkirahs of Awhady, Nacrabady, Sar-khtish and Samy. Beginning حمد صانعی که زبای قلم و قلم زدان را «لحربر و تقربر کلمات
Topkhanah folio, 1120 pp. of 21 lines, copied in 1177 from the autograph. Moty Mahall 1164 pp. 22 lines copied in 1180, In the Asiat. Soe. No. 129 is a bad copy of the first-fourth of this work.
Mr. Hall has a good copy of the second-half of it, and a well made abridgement of the whole, which is written in the shape of an album.
)20( تذکرہ حسینی تصنیف حسیں دوست سنبهلی (P.) The Tadzkirah of Hosayny. This is the takhulluç of Hosayn Dést b. Abû Talib of Sambhal. He states in the preface that he came to Dilly to prosecute his studies, and having obtained a very intimate acquaintance with Persian poetry, he was requested by his friends to compile a Tadzkirah. I have not succeeded in finding an account of the author, but it appears from his book that he wrote after the death of Mokammad Shah who died in 1161, but before the death of Arzû who died in A. H. 1169.
The book contains, in alphabetical order, a short account of saints beginning with ‘alyy, Abû Bakr and ’omar, and of ancient and modern poets, with short extracts from their works. It may contain about 200 biographies
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which are filled with anecdotes, some of which are not very edifying. Beginning ۶ی را Oe و دیایش بیعد ost? ,سکایش ۷], M. 8۲۵, 302 pp. 17 lines. There is also a copy in my possession.
(21) تذکرۃ المعامریں. تصفیف حزیں (P.) Tadzkirah of contemporary poets by Shaykh Mofam- mad ’alyy Jylany whose takhalluc was Hazyn. He died at Benares in 1180. It begins from 1103, the year of the birth of Hazyn, and contains the biographies of one hundred poets. ۱ Beginning ٭چونیگە اوراق پریشان #*جموعه" کون doo all] تعالیی Two copies are in the Topkhénah and two or three in the ۲ .Marall, small 8vo. 152 pp. 13 lines. . Another very spendid copy folio about 80 pp. 17 lines. Two copies are in the Asiatic. Soc. of
Bengal, Nos. 734 and 359, the latter is written with care, the former is full of errors.
Table of contents, this list may be considered as a con- tinuation of the list p. 89.
1.—Men of Learning.
Çadr aldyn Sayyid ’alyy Khan b. Sayyid Nitzim aldyn Ahmad Hosayny born in the Hijéz, was taken by his father to ۷ in the Deccan, and subsequently to Makkah, and after he had spent | there his savings, to Najaf and Ispahén where Hazyn made his ac- quaintance. He (the father) died at Shyréz. Sayyid ’alyy Khan is the best Arabic poet of our age, and he is the author of the follow- works کاملق kas? بدیعية ¡ وسلافه | و شرح GUS and of a Dywan.
Mohammad Masyh b. Isma’yl Fasayiy ’alldmy of Shyraz was Shaykh alislam and wrote Persian and Arabic verses, he was a pupil of Aqû Hosayn Khwinséry ; Hazyn was four years his pupil. He died at an advanced age and left glosses on several authors (of school books). ۱
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Shah Mohammad Shyrazy ’drif was a learned man and left several works, Hazyn was his pupil and was present at his death, which overtook him at a very advanced age.
Shaykh Ibréhym b. Shaykh ’abd Allah Zahidy Jylény of Léhijén an uncle of Hazyn is the author of رافع |اخلاف which contains glosses on various works, and of کاشف الغواشي being glosses on the Kashshéf as far as the 49th Strah and of a commentary on Euclid. Hazyn when ten years of age was at Lahijén and studied the Kholacah alkiséb under him. He died 1119 at Lahijén.
Shaykh Khalyl Allah Taliqény was an ascetic who wore for forty years the same rag, Hazyn was for some time his pupil.
Tzahyra a son of Molla Murad Tafrishy, a friend of Hazyn.
Qiwam aldyn Mohammad Sayfy.
Hosayny Qazwyny put the text called zeal! اللمعة which is the standard work on Shy’ah law in verse.
Mohammad Masyh. Çéhib of Kashén a pupil of Aqû Hosayn Khwansary imitated the Qagydah Lamyyah of Zoghray, wrote Arabic and Persian poetry.
Kamal aldyn 2080+ Faséyiy a pupil of ’allamy, died in 4 and left Illustrations شواهه on the Motawwal (on Rhetoric), glosses on the معالم الاول and .رسالة درحل شبهات كاتبي فزويني
Myrza ’alyy Khén of Kalpdygén a pupil of کے Hosayn Khwén- sary died in his native town.
Sayyid Mortadhé ماه (alam?) ’ãmily was a grandson (perhaps only a descendant) of Sayyid Mokammad who is the author of the مدارک شرح شرابع and by his mother he was a grandson of Shaykh Zayn aldyn ’alyy ’émily, who is known under the name of Shahyd théniy (the second Martyr, he is the author of the Shark allom’ah on Shy’ah which has lately been printed at Zeherdén and at Lucnow), Mortadha was born at Ispahan.
Mohammad ’alyy Sakkaky Shikyb Shyrazy a pupil of ’allamy, was professor at Shyréz, d. 1135 at an age of sixty years.
Myrz4 Hashim Hamadany resided long at Ispahén and was a dis- tinguished physician, was killed by the Turkish troops in 1136 at Hamadan.
Myrza Baqir a native of Ispahén died at the advanced age of seventy.
Habyb Allah of ’abbasébid in Ispahan was a friend of Hazyn.
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Mohammad Hadiy of Mashhad resided at Ispahan 0,
Sayyid of Bartjard near Nohawand died about ten or twelve years ago.
ı Majd aldyn Qadhiy of Dzirqily near Shishtar died a few years ago.
Nitzém aldyn Khwansary studied at Ispahén, and was subsequently appointed Qadhiy of Khorramabéd, Hazyn does not know whether he is still alive or not.
Cadr aldyn Jylany Byné of Rusht which was the capital of the princes of Gylan, he spent many years at Ispahan for the sake of study, Hazyn met him at Rusht in 1139: he held then the office of Shaykh alislam and was an old man.
2.— Poets.
(1774 Mohammad Tahir Wahyd was born at Qazwyn showed first a predilection for arithmetic and accounts and office-business, but sub- sequently he evinced a decided talent for Inshé writing, and became the most elegant prose-writer of his age, he is the author of a Dywan of upwards of 60,000 verses, and of a History of the Cafawies. He was historiographer of Shah ’abbas 11. and under Solaymaén Cafawy he rose to the dignity of Wazyr, but after a few years he resigned. this office and devoted himself to literature. Hazyn saw him in the house of his father where he used to visit. He died near one hundred years of age.
Myrzé Dawid a son of Myrzé ’abd Allah Mostawfiy d. 1133.
Myrzé Mahdiy a friend of Hazyn d. 1129 at Ispahan.
Myrzi Mohammad Amyn 67ھ a brother of Myrz4 Mahdiy d. 1135.
Myrz4 Ibréhym a brother of Myrz4 Najaf Khan Cadr.
Myrzaé Ashraf a son of Baqir Damad’s daughter d. 1133.
Myrzé Ghiyath aldyn Khiydl Mohammad was a nephew of Myrza Ashraf and died one year after him, he left a .هت بند
Myrzé Abt-l-Hasan Tamanna was of Shyraz.
Myrzé Mo’izz Fitrat Mashhady came under تیه( to India and received the title of Misawy Khan.
Molla Hajy Mohammad Gylany studied at Ispahaén, was a friend of Hazyn’s father and died at the age of seventy years.
Myr Najdt his name is Myr ’abd alal of Kuhkyli in Faris died upwards of eighty years of age, leaving more than 10,000 verses.
Shawkat Bokharayiy 2۷۵۸۸ d. 1107 or 1108 and left a Dywan which is celebrated.
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Molla Sa’yd Mohammad, a son of Mokammad Calik Mazanderany, visited India and died in 1116 in Bengal.
Myrzé Mohsin Téthyr of Ispahan, his ancestors were of Tabryz he was for some time Wazyr of Yazd, subsequently he retired from office and resided at Ispahan, he is a fertile poet.
Shafy’4 Shyrazy became blind when only nine years of age, he died at Lar and left some very good poetry.
Mokhlicé Kashy his name was Myrzé Mohammad, died at Ispahén at the age of sixty.
Nur aldyn Najyba Kashy resided at Ispahén and died at the age of about seventy. ۱ ۱
(1774 Bady’ Ispahany a son of Tahir Nacrabaédy (see p. 88), obtained the title of king of poets from Shah Sultén Hosayn Çafawy, he was a friend of Hazyn and died upwards of eighty years of age.
Myrza Hasan Ghayir was the Wazyr of Tiflys, he died several years ago and left a Mathnawy.
Lutf ’alyy Bég Shamy a son of Isma’yl Bég who was of Cherka- sian origin and a slave of the Qafawy family. Lutf ’alyy Bég was particularly skilled in making chronograms, he died at Ispahén in 1120 and left a Turkish Dywan of about 4000 verses.
Afrasyéb Khan a brother of the ambassador Rustam Khan who was governor of Jam, died some years ago at Ispahan.
*ywadh Khan was governor of Lûr.
Hakym Mohammad Taqyy Shyrazy a pupil of ’allimy, Hazyn met him at Shyraz where he died.
Hakym Mohammad Ridha ’ishrat Barijardy met Hazyn at Khor- ramabad when more than eighty years old, he was a good physician.
Hakym Shah Ma’gim Lary was a Sayyid and died in Lar, his son is Shah Bagir, who like his father is a good physician.
774۲ Mohammad Cadiq Çémit Ispahany died about fifty years ago and left about 6000 verses, Hazyn saw him in the house of his father.
Myr ’abd al-Ghanyy Tafrishy his grandfather had the same name and was a celebrated man.
Mahdiy ’dliy Mashhady was a fertile poet and died at 774ا( Mashhad, Hazyn had never seen him.
Myrzé Abi-l-Ma’éhiy Mashhady a son of the Sayyid Abi Mo- hammad is dead, Hazyn knew him.
Sayyid ’abd Allah Hdly a Hayiry Sayyid of ’abbasabéd in Ispahén,
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a friend of Hazyn who saw about 5,000 verses of his. He died at Ispahén at an advanced age.
Myr Ma’gim Agyl a son of Sayyid ’alyy Mohry Hayiry and a friend of Hazyn, died at the age of forty.
Myrza Sayyid Ridha Sayyid a son of Myrz& Shéh io of Ispa- hain was a friend of Hazyn and died 1135 at Ispahan.
Myrzé Abii Tûlib Jandb (in No. 734 of the Asiatic Society is Haydt) a son of (5777۸ Nagyr Ispahény died in 1135.
Myrza Zéhid ’alyy Sakhd a son of Sa’d aldyn Lary was a friend of Hazyn, died at Dilly.
Myrzé Nacyr Khorasiny Nugrat of Tarshyz met Hazyn at Ispa- han, he died at an advanced age in his native town.
Shakira Teherdény, he resided at Ispahén was a friend of Hazyn and died many years ago.
Mohammad Hosayn Nawras Domawandy resided and died at Ispahan, and devoted himself to calligraphy and poetry.
Zayira of Shishtar where he died, Hazyn met him at Ispahan.
21778 Mokammad Taqyy Qahrmdny (in one copy Mihrbany). Hamadany is the author of a book on various literary و در جمیع فواید علمیک and died about twenty years ago.
Myrzé Hashim Artymany Khwdstdr was killed in battle in 1134. ` Myrzé Isma’yl Ymé of Ispahan, a merchant and a friend of Hazyn, died in 1132.
Myrza Bagir Hodhir Qommy studied at Ispahén and died in his native town.
Myr ’askary an architect of Qomm را Hazyn met him.
Myr Nir Iksyr brother of the preceding was given to alchemy.
‘abd al-Mawla Ispahany, an old friend of Hazyn, died a few years ago at an advanced age.
Molla Mohammad ۲ Fiyidh Abahiry Ispahany, Adin (sic) is a place two farsangs from Ispahan. He was a friend of Hazyn and had some knowledge of astronomy and the use of the Astrolab, he died in 1134 at the age of ninety.
Molla Mohammad Baqir Fuyidh Mazanderany died in 1128.
Molla Mohammad Taqyy Za’tzym of Mazanderan studied at Ispa- han where he met Hazyn.
Molla Mohammad Amyn Wagil Gylany of Lahijan died about fifty years ago at Ispahan.
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140 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS. [CHAP. ۰
۸04 Ridha a son of the Mojtahid Mohammad Gylény who was called Sarab, Aqû Ridha died about thirty years ago.
Mohammad Mohsin Tal’ Gylany resided at Ispahén, died some years ago.
Mohammad Sa’yd Méhir Gylany met Hazyn at Rusht which was his native place, when more than eighty years of age, he was an uneducated man, yet a good poet.
Mawlana Shams aldyn Mohammad Gylany of Ispahan died young.
Myr Radhyy 745 Gylany resided first at Ispahan then he visited India, and was murdered by highway robbers in Gujrat.
Molla Mokhtar Nohawandy travelled with Hazyn to Khorasan.
Myrza Baqir Marja’y (or Marja’) Ispahany travelled with Hazyn to Khordsén and died some years ago.
Myrzi Gholém Ridhé 71024 came from Kûhkylû and resided at Ispahén where he died, he was an alchemist.
1728 Mahdiy Ilahy Tabryzy was born and brought up at Ispahén, a superficial and conceited man, died few years ago at an advanced age. Malik Mo’yn Khorramabady was a friend of Hazyn.
Molla ’alyy ’dliy Ispahény an exquisite calligraph and singer, was a friend of Hazyn d. in 1136.
Mohammad ’alyy Bég Dyhym a native of Ispahén d. in 1105. ۹
Mohammad ’alyy Beg Afsar was, like the preceding, descended from a slave of the Çafawians, he was born at Ispahén and Hazyn had heard that when young he intended to go to India.
Ibrahym Dhdbit Ispahany.
Myrzé Mohammad Ja’far Rahib a Tabétabé Sayyid of Ispahén, a friend of Hazyn, is probably alive at Ispahan.
Myrz4 Fath Allah Khurany (this is the reading in No. 359 of the Asiat. Soc., but in No. 734 is .(حور رای Khiirén is a place two farsangs from Ispahan.
Fath Allah visited India and returned a rich man to his home.
Amyné Za’fardny Ispahany.
Sa’ydé Qaccab, died at Mashhad and left a Dywan of 20,000 verses.
Mohammad Ridha 0204 (in one copy Dhiyd) resided at Ispahén where he died some years ago.
Mollé Ridhé Ispahény was the son of a weaver, and hence he was called 1۰
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Sharyf Shyrazy Ispahéûny was a blacksmith and possessed great poetical talents, he died about forty years ago.
‘abd Allah Shaghaf (?) سعف رشعف Qommy was a shoemaker, came early in life to Ispahén where he began to devote himself to science and made considerable progress, he died at Artyman.
Sayyid Molammad Hasrat was born in India but resided at Mashhad where he died.
Nûr aldyn Mohammad Monyr Kirmény met Hazyn at Ispahan, he died in his native town.
Hajy Miimin Ymdén Ispahany was a cloth-merchant, retired to Najaf and gave himself up to devotion.
Mohammad Miimin Hdjib Mashhady was old when he met Hazyn at Mashhad where died.
Siraj Mohammad Qésim Naqqûsh died many years ago at Ispahan.
Myrza ’abd al-Razziq Nashdé Tabryzy, a descendant of Jahan-shah Turkman, met Hazyn at Ispahén.
Myrzi Mohammad Ridha Barijardy rose to the dignity of Wazyr of Laristan, died at Khorramabad.
Myrza Sayyid Hosayn Khdlig, a younger brother of Myrzd Baqir Wazyr Qirchy who was a good poet, after his death he visited India and was killed in Sind on his way back to Persia.
Mahmud Sabzwary was a Bany-Mokhtar Sayyid resided at Ispahan but died about thirty years ago at Mashhad.
The Life of Shaikh Mokammad ’alyy Hazyn d. 1180, written by himself.
نحمدہ ونسأله التقی و نعذصم بعررة الونفی Beginning
In the Moty Mahall are several beautiful MSS. It has been
published in Persian by F. C. Balfour, Lon. 1831; English transla- tion by the same, Lon. 1830.
142 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS. [Cuap. I.
(23) یں بیضا تصنیف غلام علی آزاه (P.)
The miracle-working hand being a biography of Per- sian poets by Myr Gholam ‘alyy whose takhalluc was Azad (independent), he was born in A. H. 1116 at Bel- gram in Oudh, and hence he is called Belgramy, and he derived his origin from the Imam Zayn ’abidyn a descend- ant of Hosayn and his ancestors, had resided in Wasi¢ and hence he is also called Hosayny Wasity. In A. H. 1134 he went to Dilly to prosecute his studies and he returned after two years to his home. In 1142 he made his second journey and proceeded through Lahor and Multan to Sywistan. In A. H. 1147 he visited Agra and ۸۵ to meet his father. In 1150 he set out for the pilgrim- age to the Ka’bah and remained two years in Arabia to prosecute his studies. On his return to India he remained for some time at Awrangabad. He died about 1200. (See Bland, Journ. As. Soc. of London IX. p. 151.)
All his works which he mentions in the Khazanah ’Amirah, will be described under their respective heads.
He informs us that he originally compiled this book in Sywistan in Sind and that it received a great circula- tion. In 1148 after his return to his native country he made this new much-improved edition. It is an uni- versal Tadzkirah alphabetically arranged, and contains 532 biographies. An introduction of four pages con- tains some trite remarks on the origin of Persian مه
Beginning سی نظرالاشیا واعلم آ دم اسما dose!
Tépkhénah 4to. about 500 pp. 22 lines written in A. ۲۲, 1150, probably an autograph. This valuable copy is ina most lamentable condition. Another valuable and beautiful copy is in the M. M. folio 254 pp. of 21 lines bound with a collection of poems, it has
No. 25.] ۸ ۰ 143
marginal notes written by a former owner, who also owned the copy of Arzi’s Tadzkirah mentioned above, in that copy he also wrote some notes and the date when he purchased it, viz. 1193.
(24) سرو آزاد تصفیف غلام علی آزاد (P.)
The cypress of Azad or the independent cypress. Azad, independent, is the usual epithet of the cypress, because it disdains to bear fruit. This is another Tadz- kirah by the same author compiled in 1165 or 1166. He divides in it the poets into Persian and Indian.
سرمایة حمد نیار مبدعي Beginning
In my private collection, a thin 4to. I sent this book to England at a time when it was doubtful whether this catalogue would ever be
| printed, and I have therefore unfortunately neglected to take a more complete notice of it.
(25) تصنیف غلام علي آزاه syele خزانه" (P.)
The rich treasury being a biographical dictionary of Persian poets by the same author as the preceding two works, who compiled this in 1176.
It contains one hundred and six biographies in alpha- betical order, and presents such a mixture of names of celebrated poets of ancient and modern times and power- ful Nawabs who were alive when he wrote, that his chief object in compiling it, seems to have been to flatter the vanity of his patrons. He complains of the barrenness of other Tadzkirahs, and it must be allowed that he has
144 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS. ] 011۸۳. I:
collected more details regarding the life of the poets he mentions, than most other biographers, and he sometimes explains their verses, but the chief merit of the book consists in his giving us a very full list of the sources at his disposal. This list has been made good use of by Mr. Bland in his learned memoir on the earliest Persian biography of poets. All the works occurring in it have already been described, except the following :
1. Haft Iqlym compiled by Myrz4 Amyn in A. H. 1002 (see chap. on Geogr. and Hist. infra).
2. Badawny (see Sir H. Elliot’s Indian Hist. and p. 55 supra).
3. Majma’ al-fodhala or assemblage of distinguished men, a Tadz- kirah from the beginning of poetry to the reign of Akbar by Molla Baqayiy. He may be identical with Baqayiy of Qomm see p. 56 supra.
4. Hayat alsho’ard, life of poets, a special Tadzkirah of the poets who flourished from Bahadur Shah (succeeded to the throne in A. ۰ 1118) to Mohammad Shah (succeeded in 1131) by Mohammad ’alyy ۰ Khan Matyn of Kashmyr, see page 159 infra.
6. Safynahé By-khabar the Ark of By-khabar compiled in 1141. The author’s name is ’atzmat Allah b. Lutf Allah Hosayny Wasity Belgramy By-khabar. He was a mystical poet and died at Dilly in 1142.
7—8. Gol صبے the Dawn of morning and the Tadzkirah of Mollé Qéti’y. 1 can find no account of these two books and their authors. It is likely that there is a notice of them in the Sarwe Azad.
9. The Tadzkirah of Naétzim Tabryzy, see pp. 103 and 104 supra.
10, 8549 مردم by Shah ’abd al-Hakym of Léhér whose takhallug was Hakim see p. 155 infra, the Tadzkirah was compiled at Awranga- bad in 1175. It contains an account of those poets with whom the author was acquainted.
11. بی نظیر £555 the Tadzkirah without equal, (or perhaps the Tadzkirah of By-Natzyr) by Myr ’abd al-Wahhab Dawlatabady who compiled it according to the notes of the Khazénah which I have taken from the Lucnow copy in 1172, and according to Mr. Bland in 1178. Bland adds on the authority of Azid “and of which
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year the name forms the date” In the copy of the Asiatic Socie- ty the book is omitted but the words wt وهمین اسم تاریۓ ثالیف است occur in it. The words تذکرد بینظیر form no such date and there must therefore be some mistake in Azid. The only manner in which I can obtain the date of 1172, is by changing the title 1000 .تذکرت الشعرای بینظیر I dare say this is the correct reading.
In order to complete this list, I add the names of six Tadzkirahs from Mr. Bland’s Memoir above referred to.
1. تذکرات الشعرا Cle), Extracts from Tadzkirahs, compiled by an anonymous author in 1172. It contains one hundred and fifty short biographies of poets in alphabetical order with specimens of their verses. A copy of this book is in the India House, No. 47, 154 pp. of 15 lines.
2. خلاصة الکلام and “حف ابراهیم seo No. 45 infra.
3. شاف UU الشعرا $5535 The Tadzkirah of Baba Shah, mentioned by Hajy Khalyfah who wrote in 1062. Mr. Bland p. 168 supposes that Baba Shéh is identical with Shah Shubly, who was a contem- porary of Taqyy Awhady and skilled in versification, he wrote a Mathnawy in the measure of the Tohfat al’iraqayn and a Tadzkirah. But the author may be identical with the calligraph Baba Shah of Ispahén who flourished, it would appear from Khishgi, about the same time as Hakym ی who died in 1004, see also p. 28 supra No. 318.
4. لطائف الخيال by Mohammad Çali who completed the work in 1104. This is a mere anthology and contains no biographies, the extracts are alphabetically arranged according to the last letter of the rhymes like Dywans.
5. گل رعنا The Beautiful Rose by Lachmy Narayan, who we are informed by Mr. Erskine, flourished towards the end of the last or beginning of this century of our era. ,
6. بیاض باطني quoted in the i of ’alyy Ibrahym Khan Khalyl.
هر کلام را چیغه حمد صانعی است که انسان را Beginning
Moty Mahall 224 pp. 15 lines, written in a good hand but not very correct. As. Soc. Beng. No. 366, 844 pp. 14 lines, very incorrect.
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(26) جنگ رنگانگ تصنیف وارسته (P.)
The beautiful anthology by Warastah of Lahér who was still alive in 1180. In this collection, the extracts are arranged according to matters, and divided under about 720 heads, under each head are the verses of all the poets who have written on it; thus under Chiragh you find an infinite number of descriptions of and allu- sions to, a lamp. It contains no biographies.
بسمله رنگیں geld تعربف بسم الهي است Beginning
Moty Marall folio 306 pp. of 25 lines, a beautiful copy. The preface of the book if it had one, is wanting.
(27) الغراب تصنیف (or مچمع ) غزن احمن علی هاشمی (PB Collection of curiosities being a Biographical dictionary of Persian poets by Shaykh Ahmad ’alyy Hashimy of Sandhyla a son of Mokammad Hajy. This book was compiled in the same decennium as the preceding two, for the author dedicated it to Çafdar-jang who died in 1167, and he quotes both Arzû and Walih. It contains no less than 3061 articles. In the preface is a copious list of authorities: viz. جالس العشاق ۳ ESAS yaw عرني ۲ تدکرة دولت شان § S35 | امیر علي شیر 9 تد کن“ جاہيی ۷ تد کرت“ صایب ۷ تد کر ‘Sas i شد شیع عیق القای, ر بدارني ۹ طبقات اتدري یر eu A سام میرزا برني ۲ کی endl النمایس ۳ تاربخ فیروزش شاهي ضیاء wes” عرفان نقی اوحدي ۳ ميرعلاء الدوله ۱۴۶ تد کر ملا طا2 رنصوابادي ۱۸ شیرخان افغان ASST ۱۷ هفت اقلیم ۱۹ لذت النسا 9
No. 28.[ AHMAD ALYY OF ۵۰ 147
کلزار فطرت ۱٩ بیاض دارا شکوه re بیاض عم ot ps) عالمگھر ١ تدكرة المعاصربی شیخ #حمد علي حزیں ۲۲ 5535 علي قلیخاں ,13 و12 و10 ,8 و7 ,5 ,4 ,2 و1 Among these works Nos. have been mentioned. Of Nos. 9 and 11 22 ,18,21 ,17 ,14 an amount will be found in Sir H. Elliot’s Indian His- $,Sa3 see p. 9 supra, النسا torians ; No. 16 is a mistake for No. 3 will be described among the biographies of Cifies, and No. 15 among works on Geography,and for an account on Dara-Shikéh (No, 19) I refer to the chapter on Cufism, No. 6* and 20 I have not found mentioned any where else. ۱ گوهر bial) فصاحمت بنیاں ولالی معاني باغت توامان Beginning Farah-bakhsh folio 1057 pp. of 5 iia.
(28) انیس العشاق تصٹیف شيع احمد علي السندهيلوي (P.)
The lovers’ companion by the Shaykh Ahmad ’alyy of Sandhyla whose takhalluc is Khddim, and who flourished in India in 1165.
This is an anthology from Persian poets containing about 20,000 verses and divided into 16 chapters ,باب
1. Verses in praise of the divinity ترحید and the Imams 43] .نیت
2. On love, subdivided into 83 sections ۔فصل
* T have an anthology of Persian poetry containing extracts without biographical notices from Anwary, ’orfy, Khaqény, Faydhy, &c. which may possibly be the Album of Cayib with extracts from whose Dywan it begins and ends. It has no preface and begins.
اگر نه مد بسم AU بوەی تاج عنوانھا Small folio 282 pp. 21 lines, a good copy. U 2
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149 PERSIAN ۰ [Cuap. I.
3. Extracts from Hazyn’s Tadzkirah of contem- poraries.
4. Extracts from Sar-khtsh’s Tadzkirah.
5. Extracts from the 8th Chapter of the Beharistan ‘of ۰
6. Various Ghazals from Kashy, Natzyry, Mohta- sham, &e.
7. Poems of Shaykhs, learned men, princes, &c. sub- divided into 6 sections Jê, within which they are alpha- betically arranged.
8. Poems of the ancient masters, Ridaky, ۰
9. Compositions of modern poets as Ahly Shyrazy, Fighany, Acafy, &c.
10. Compositions of various poets alphabetically ar- ranged.
11. Ghazals of ancient and modern poets, also extracts from Mawlawy Rimy, &c. git’ahs of Molla Mokammad Sa’yd Ashraf, Rubay’s of Baba Tahir, and glosses on some verses of Khwajah Khosraw.
12. Masnawies. 13. Qacydahs.
14. Tarjy’bands.
15. The Saqiy-namah of Mokammad ۰
16. Ghazals of Hafitz, Shawkat Bokharay.
.در توحید باری تعالی از عطار Beginning
I saw a copy in 1849 at a Bookseller’s at Lucnow, about 800 pp. 25 lines in a page, it was elegant but incorrect.
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A Dywan ۶ selections by Siraj aldyn Hosayny of Awrangabad whose takhallu¢ is Siraj. The author in-
No. 29.[ SIRA’J. 149
forms us in the preface, that he had from the age of twelve a great prediliction for mysticism and poetry, and he therefore placed himself under the tuition of Burhan aldyn Gharyb, and subsequently in 1160 under that of ‘abd al-Rahman Chishty. During this period he used to give vent to his feelings in poetical effusions in Rékhtah, which were collected by ’abd al-Rastl Khan and formed a Dywan of 5000 verses. Subsequently he gave up com- posing poetry, and devoted his time to collecting and studying the works of ancient and modern masters. But finding that he had great difficulty in moving his library in travelling, he made selections from them, and arranged them alphabetically according to the names of the poets. In this manner this work grew up which he completed in 1169.
It contains extracts from no less than 680 poets. Wherever the author knows the date of the demise of a poet, he mentions it, but he gives no other biographical details. The arrangement is not very clear, he goes through the alphabet at least ten times.
Beginning شرے و بیان حمد “خی۔افرینں CUS falas
In the possession of Mr. Hall is a copy, about 600 pp. 13 lines, written in 1191.
I give here the names of those poets whose dates are mentioned: _
Shafy’4 Athar d. 1124. Ummyd Qazalbish Khan d. 1159.
Nitzém almulk ۸۶۵7 d. 1161. Myrza Jalal Asyr d. 1049.
Myr Mohammad Ahsan Yjad d. 1133.
Tzafar Khan Ahsan 1081 or 1083.
Myrza Ibrahym Adham d. 1060.
Myr Miimin Addyiy Yazdy d. 1050.
Mohammad Nacir Afdhaly 11240607 d. 1163.
Awjy Nathyry d. 1050. Ghiyath aldyn Ashna d. 1073.
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Ibn Hosdm Qohistany d. 875.
Siraj aldyn ’alyy Khan Azz then alive.
Myr Ildhy Hamadany 4 1064. Mohammad Shah Unsy d. 973, Shaykh Gholém Hosayn Imddd of Burhampdér is alive.
Awhady Ispahany d. 738 at Tabryz.
Myr Sayyid Lutf Allah Ahmady d. 1043.
Myr Gholém ’alyy 4247 then alive. Anwary d. 585, Abi-l-Fath Gylany d. 997. Faqyr Allah Afiryn Lahéry d. 1148. Myr ہا Kébuly d, 981. Mohammad Qasim Asyry d. 1010. Acafy a son Khwéjah Ni’mat Allah d. 943.
Myr ’atzmat Allah By-khabar d. 1142.
Bédzil Rafy’ Khan d. 1123. Takallé Shény d. 1028.
’alyy 1:06 Tajalliy d. 1088.
Myr Mohammad Aldhal Thdbit d. 1150 or 1152.
Miusawy Khan Jordt alive. Hazyn alive.
Imtiyaz Khén Sayyid Hosayn Khdlig d. 1122.
Amyr Khosraw d. 925, Shukr Allah Khan Khdksdr d. 1108. Myr Radhyy Danish d. 1076. ۱ Mohammad Faqyh Dardmand ۰
Dzawgy Ardestény d. 1045, Mohammad Zaman Résikh d, 1107. Myr Mohammad ’alyy Syélqéty 744 d. 1150,
Hasan ’alyy Rijdyiy Herawy d. 965.
Sayyid Ja’far Rihy 4: 1154. Aqû Radhyy Ispahany d. 1024. Jan Myrz4 Rasé alive. Rawnaqgy Hamadany d. ۰
Zaminy Yazdy d. 1021. Mohammad Fakhir Zayir d. 1164. Zakyy Hamadany 4. 1024 or 1021.
Mohammad Sélik Ibréhym (?) Qazwyny d. 1080.
Sdlik Yazdy d. 1081.
Myr ’abd al-Camad Sokhon of Agra d. 1140.
Myr Sanjar Kashy d. 1021.
Mohammad Afdhal Sarkhish d. 1125. Sarwary Qabuly d. 1050. Myrz4 Mohammad Quly Salym d. 1057.
Mohammad Sharyf Sarmady Ispahény 1. 1015. Shaydû d. 1062. Myr Mokammad Hosayn Shawgqy d. ۰
Shaykh Hosayn Shohrat Shyrazy d. 1149.
Mohammad Ridhé Shikyby d. ۰
Hakym Sharaf aldyn Shifdyiy d. 1037. Shp Teherany d. 1048 Myrza Mohammad Bûqir Shahyd alive.
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Shaykh Nitzém Dhamyry d. 1003.
Shaykh Ya’qub Carfy Kashmyry d< 1003.
Sayyid Dhiyé Allah d. 1103.
Myrzi Mohammad ’alyy ۶۵ d. 1080.
Shaykh Sayf aldyn Mohammad Taby’at d. 1155.
716720 Amoly d. 1036. Myr Gaydy Teherany d. 1083. 1166 Khan نقده Tahir d. ۰, Tzohury ا 1025.
Molla Mohammad Tahir Tzanny Kashmyry 1070.
Nagir ’alyy d. 1108. Ni’mat Khan ’dliy d. 1121.
Shaykh ’alyy Naqyy d. 1031. ûrif aldyn ’djiz alive. Qadhiy ysa Sawajy d. 896. "2100۷ d. 1023. "28/0۷ d. 1142. Shaykh Faryd aldyn ’attdr d. 927.
[۷0116 Mohammad Tahir Ghanyy Kashmyry d. 1079.
Ghéyib d. 1163. Abu Torab Fargaty d. 1026.
Mohammad Hosayn Faghfur d. 1028.
Myrza Fagyhy Herawy d. 1046. Fathy Ardestany d. 1045. Misawy Khan Mo’izz Fitrat d. 1106.
Myrzé ’abd al-Ghanyy Qabul Kashmyry d. 1139.
Hajy Mohammad Jan Qodsy Mashhady d. 1056.
Talib Kalym Hamadiny d. 1061.
Shayk Sa’d Allah Gulshan ۰
Myrzé Malik Moshrigy Mashhady 1050.
Abi-l-Barakét Monyr Lahéry d. 1054.
Molla Mofyd Balkhy d. 1091.
Hakym Rokné Kashy Masyh d. 1066.
Molla Malik Qommy d. 1024. Moty’ Tabryzy d. 1050. Myrzé Janjainin Matzhar alive. Myr 214 ۵۸۸م d. 1062. Nitzim Herawy d. 1081. Dilawar Khan Nugrat d. ۰ Nyky Nathary d. 1000. . . Natzyr Mashhady d. 1050. 2۷027 Lahijy d. 1050. Nir aldyn Mohammad Khan d. 1126. Nir Jahin Bégam d. 1055. Nitzém Astrabady d. 921. Nargisy Mohtasib of Herat d. 921.
’alyy Ahmad Dihlawy Nishdény d. 1025.
Witz (Qazwyny) d. 1082. Myrza Tihir Wahyd d. 1108. ۲۳4020 Khan Wédhih d. 1128. Myr Yahya Kashy d. 1064. Ahmad Yar Khan Yakté d. 1147.
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152 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS. [Cuap. I.
(30) باغ معانی (P.)
The Garden of Meaning being a biography of Persian poets, apparently consisting of three or four large folio Volumes of which I have seen only the second. The author’s name is not mentioned in it, it may be by ۴ Ibrahym Khan, see No. 45 infra.
This Volume contains the third, fourth and fifth parts wee The preceding two parts may treat on quite dif- ferent subjects. In the third part are short biographies of about 157 men, who distinguished themselves through their poetical talents in alphabetical order. The latest whom I found among them is Shah ’4lam, who it appears was on the throne of Dilly when the book was written (reign 1173—1201.) The title is probably a chronogram for 1174.
The fourth part comprises the lives of about 226 Wazyrs and Nobles, who have written poetry.
The fifth contains notices of about 322 professional poets who flourished from the time of Harûn al-Rashyd to A. H. 800 equally in alphabetical order.
حمد وسئاپش سرای عظمت جناب cops بادشاهی را رواست Bg.
Moty Mahall folio 738 pages, 20 lines, a good ۰
(.۶) مقالات الشعرا تصنیف قیام الدیں حيرت (31)
Sayings of the poets by Qiyam aldyn whose takhalluç was Hayrat. The title is a chronogram for 1174.
No: 31. ] ` HAYRAT. 153
This Tadzkirah* contains short notices of 150 poets who flourished from Awrangzéb to ’alamgyr 11 (died 1173). In the preface the Tadzkirahs of Walih, of ۸۲70 and of Shawq are mentioned. The last named is much praised, see for an account thereof p. 157 ۰ ~ Moty Mahall 8vo. 124 pp. of 22 lines written by a pupil of the
author.
Table of contents:
Arzi, Siraj aldyn ’alyy Khan born at Gwalyar, studied first at Agra, thence he proceeded to Dilly, and subsequently, with the sons of Nawab Ishaq Khan, to Lucnow.
Yind رایما Mirza Isma’yl born at Ispahén was a contemporary of Myr Najat and Shafy’ay who were his countrymen, and whose style he imitated.
Yman, Ahmad ’alyy Khan of Qomm came to the court of Awrang-
zéb and fell at Karnal in the battle against Nadir Shah.
Myr Ahsany, Myr Gholam ’alyy of ۰
Azal Jjl, Mirza Mohammad Amyn was in 1133 at Qandahér and died in 1141.
Mo’azzaz Khan Afsar Mohammad ’Alyy Bég of Persia was raised to the dignity of Gubahdar of Bengal under Farrokh-siyar.
Nitzim al-mulk A¢af-jéh, who assumed the poetical name of Shikir, was of a great family and a good poet.
Qizil-bash (in India they pronounce Qazal-bash) Khan Ummyd, Mohammad Ridhé of Hamaddn, came to India during the reign of Bahadur Sh4h. He was a good musician, and knew the Indian and Persian systems of musical composition, died 1159.
Nawab Amyr Khan Anjdm, was at the court of Mohammad Shah, and was killed in 1159.
* Mr. Bland, Journ. Roy. As. Soc. Lond. IX. p. 143 describes another Tadzkirah which has the title of مقالات شعرا Tt is by inayat Talab-Khan whose takhallue was Yawar son of Rahmat Yar-Kh4n. He commenced his work in 1139 and completed it in 1143 or 1145, (the title is apparently intended for a chronogram for the former date). It contains about 220 short biographies. A copy is in the East India House Library, No. 427, 8۳0, 65 pp. the margin frequently covered with text.
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154 PERSIAN ۰ [CHAP. I.
Asrydér Khén Jnsdn Asad al-dawlah, a protégé of نت
76۳4 Khan died in 1152.
Shéh Fdqr (Faqyr?) Allah Afiryn of Léhor a City متا under Farrokh-siyar.
Mohammad Calah ۰
Rajah Dayé Mal Imtiydz, his father was Dyw4n of Asad Khan the Wazyr of Awrangzéb, and he was Dywan of Ghaziy aldyn- Khan ۰ Ghaziy aldyn Khan.
Myrz4 Arjumand Azdd a son of Myrza ’abd al-Ghanyy ۰
Chunny 64 Zhsdn was at Agra in 1174,
Myrzé Mahdiy Baydn, a cousin of Kalym, ea came to Upper India under Awrangzéb, but as he could not make his fortune he went into the Deccan where he died.
(57+74 Mohammad Shafy’ Bismil of Nayshapiur, uncle of Nawab Cafdar-jang.
Shah Khalyl Allah Bé-nawd b. Ibrahym a Çûfy of Dilly.
Myrzé Bady’ of Nacrabad b. Myrz4 Tahir died previous to the fall of Sultan Hosayn.
Burhan of Mézanderén, died at Dilly shortly after Nadir مهب 5و۸ Shéh had pillaged that city.
Mohammad Bédgir Bég, a Persian of noble birth, RAE Nadir Shéh in his expedition to India.
Myr Sharaf aldyn Paydém of Agra died 1166.
Khwajah Ahsén aldyn Baydn of Agra was alive at Dilly in 1174,
Mollé Mohammad Taqyy Za’tzym of Mazanderan flourished at the time of Abdaly’s inroads into India.
Rahmat Allah Tamkyn of Kashmyr pupil of Myrza ’abd al-Ghanyy Bég Qabil.
Sayyid Ridhé Khan Zamkyn of the family of Ni’mat Allah Walyy born at Qomm, came under Moammad Shah to India.
Myr Mohammad Afdhal Thdbit, born at Dilly, left a Dywan of about 5000 bayts, died in 1151.
Mohammad ’atzym Thobdt, son of the preceding, born تاه 0 in 1122, wrote a Dywan of about 4000 bayts.
Ayat Allah Thand, pupil of Shaykh ’alyy Hazyn, flourished at Dilly in 1174.
Jugal Kishér Tharwat of Dilly was Wakyl of the Natzim of Bengal.
No. 31.] ھ7 ۰ : 155
. Mohammad Ja fur of Teheran was invited by Sultan Hosayn to come to Ispahan.
Myrzé Abû Télib Jandb b. Myrz4 Fatyr, a Persian, died in 1139 probably at Ispahan. . Molla Tzafar ’alyy Joradt studied at Ispahan.
Hajy Mohammad Hosayn Gylany flourished under Sultan Hosayn.
Myr Mohtasham ’alyy Khan Hashmat, of a Sayyid family of Ba- dakhshna was born in India and left a Dywan of about 7000 bayts. . Sayyid Mohammad Hasrat of Mashhad died under Mokammad Shah.
‘abd al-Hakym Bég Khan Hakim b. Shadman Khan, a pupil of Faqyr Allah Afiryn lived at Dilly and Lahér.
Shéé Ram Das Hayd brother of Rajah Dayé Mal Jntiydz and pupil of Myrza ’abd al-Qadir, By-dil left a Dywan of about 5000 bayts.
Myrz4 Imam Quly Hashmat a younger brother of Mokammad Jafar 77440 a contemporary of Mohammad Shah.
Nir-bakhsh (?) Hodhary of Dilly a contemporary of Arzu.
Shaykh ’alyy Hazyn.
Shaykh Mohammad Haydé, born near Qannawj, teacher of the author of this work.
Qiyém aldyn Hayrat, author of this Tadzkirah. . Bindraban Khushgu, a Banya of Benares, and a pupil of By-dil, wrote a Tadzkirah. :
Mohammad Mahdiy Khayyam of Ispahén died during the siege of that city. _ Nawab Khdne Dawrdn a noble of Mokammad Shéh’s court.
Natzyr Bég Khddim a pupil of Mohammad Afdhal Thabit, died shortly before 1174.
Khushtar son of Myrza Mohammad Afdhal Sar-khiish.
Myrzé Hashim Dil, of Artyman near Hamadan, fell in the strug- gles of Persia against the Afghans.
Mohammad Jan Dywdnah died in 1150.
Mohammad Faqyh Dardmand of Dilly, pupil of (3572۸ Jénjéndn. Matzhar. Khwajah Myr Dard.
Myr ’abd Allah Dzarrah, son of the celebrated Mohammad Baqir Maijlisy, fled from Ispahan at the time of the siege and died at Khorramabad.
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156 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS. [CHAP. 1.
Myrzé Mohammad 71174 of Shyraz was for some time governor of Lar, under Shah Zahmasb IT.
Yzad-bakhsh Ridhé flourished under ۰
Mohammad Ja’far Réhib born in 1118 at Ispahan.
Aqû 771174 Gylany died during the rule of the Afghans over Iran.
Facéhat Khan Radhyy of Kashmyr, a pupil of Myrza ’abd al- Ghanyy Bég Qabul, was alive in 21 Johis of Mohammad Shah.
Mohammad Rahym Khan Karayly was first at the court of Nadir Shah, turned subsequently a faqyr, came to Dilly and died تاه ۰
Molla Saty’ Kashmyry flourished under Bahadur Shah, he was a pupil of Myrz4 Darab Bég Jiiyd.
Myrzé Lutf Allah Sdlim of Kashmyr travelled in Persia and was alive in 1079. ۱
Myr ’abd al-Gamad Sokhon, spent part of his life at Agra and was a contemporary of 0,
‘abd al-Haqq Samandar of ۰
Sayyid Calabat Khan Sayyid flourished under Farrokh-siyar.
Khwajah ’abd Allah Sémiy was in the service of A’tzam Shah, died under Mohammad Shah at Lahor.
Myrzé Zahid ’alyy Sakhdé, son of Myrza Sa’d aldyn Lary, was poisoned in India in 1146.
Molla ’alyy Akbar Sawdd of Qomm, came to India during Mo- hammad Shah’s reign.
Mohammad Ahsan Sémt a converted Hindu, was a pupil of ۵ By-dil.
Khadyjah Sultdn Bégam, a niece of Khan Walih, with whom she was in love.
Kétzim Sharar of Qomm had an appointment in one of the Cafawy tombs.
Hakym Hosayn Shohrat came at the time of Awrangzéb from Shyraéz to India and died in 1149, he left a Dywa4n of about 5000 bayts. Akhünd Shdkiré of Teheran studied at Ispahan.
Myrza Çalir Shahddat of Balkh died 1155.
Aqû ’abd Allah Shaghaf شغف of Qomm was originally a shoe- (or stocking) maker but gave up his trade, and devoted himself to literature, died previous to the siege of Ispahan.
Myr Sayyid Mohammad Sho’lah شعله son of Myr Çafyy born at Ispahén. He was a physician by profession.
No: 31.] `: i HAYRAT: 157
Mohammad ’alyy Sakkaéky Shikyb of Shyréz son of a cutler, was killed during the Afghan invasion.
Ma’niy-yéb Khan ۵747 Gul-Mohammad, a pupil of Myrza By-dil, died towards the end of Mohammad Shah’s reign.
Ray Tansukh Réy Shawg son of Ray Majlis Ray who was Nayib of the Dywane Khiligah of Agra, author of a Tadzkirah of Persian poets called Safynat al-Shawq, was in 1170 at Agra. His Dywaén contains about 1000 distichs.
Myr ’abd al-Baqiy Gahbdy (wine-drinker) was in India at the beginning of Awrangzéb’s reign.
Mohammad Mah Çédig, cousin of Mohammad Akram Ghanymat, died during the reign of Modammad Shéh.
Shéh Allah Déstgyr Cafyy a faqyr was alive in 1174.
Myrzé Rawshan-dhamyr, Dhamyr a Munshiy at Surat. Wrote Kabits and ۰
Sayyid Hidayat ’alyy Khén Dhamyr was alive in 1174.
Myrz& ’abd al-Baqiy Tabyb a Sayyid of Ispahén was a physician in ~ the service of Nadir Shah.
Myr Sayyid Mohammad ’ilm or ’alam علم was descended from Sayyid Mohammad, the author of the Tafsyr Madarik.
Hakym ’ulwy-Khdn i. e. Myrz4 Mohammad Hashim born at Shyraz in 1080, came to India in 1111 was well received by Awrangzéb and raised to high dignities by his successors. Nadir Shah carried him away. He went to Makkah, and came again to India under Mo- hammad Shah.
Mohammad Yusof ’drif of Kazarin lived like a Darwysh, died after the Afghan invasion in Persia.
Myrzé Mahdiy ’dliy of Mashhad lived the life of a Darwysh.
Molla ’alyy ’dliy of Kuisar a village near Ispahén, son of a mason, was so distinguished a penman, that in copying the Koran he wrote first the vowels and then the words, He fell when the ’othmanlies plundered ۰
‘abbés Quly-Khan Daghistény came early to India.
Myrzi Mohammad Yisof ’azyz was Wazyr of Ispahan, Tabryz and Gylan, died after the conquest of Ispahén by the Afghans by a fall from his horse.
Myrzé Mohammad ’alyy کر born in India in 1123, travelled with his father in Persia, and returned to Dilly in 1158.
158 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS. [Cuap. I.
: Jay Kishen ’izzat, a Kashmyry Brahman, was the agent of Nawab Ishiq Khan.
Ahmad ’alyy Khan brat cousin of Nawab Sa’4dat Khan Dzi- lfiqdr-jang.
’atzym b. Nagir ’alyy resided at Agra. رنه
Khwajah Nacir ’andalyb a Darwysh of Agra.
Sangham Lal ’ézzat resided at Agra in 1174. He was a pupil of Myrzé Jûnjanûn Matzhar.
Myr ’abd al-Ghanyy a Sayyid of Tafrish تفرش a contemporary of Hazyn. Mohammad ’aqil Ghayrat of India.
Sayyid Mohammad Fiddyiy of Hamadén came to India, and was in the service of Nawab Sa’ãdat Khan.
Fath ’alyy Khén was Wazyr of Daghistén and an uncle of Quly- Khaén ۰
Shah 74415 a Cufy came to India after the Afghans had conquered Persia, and died soon after on the road to Makkah.
i: Myrzé Mohammad ’alyy ۰
Myrzi Fadhil called Padshéh Nawaz Khan a contemporary. of Quly-Khan.
Myrz4 Nadir alzaman Fagyh a pupil of Myrz4 By-dil.
Mortadha Quly ۰
Myrzé Sharaf ’alyy Highdn wrote Rékhtah and Persian poetry, was a protégé of Cafdar-jang.
Myr Shams aldyn Fagyr, born at Dilly in 1115, was a Darwysh, wrote a Dywan of 7000 bayts and two Mathnawies, and a treatise on versification and rhyme, was at Dilly 1174.
Mohammad Fiéyiz of Agra wrote a Dywan of about 1000 bayts.
Myrza ’abd al-Ghanyy Bég Qabiél of Kashmyr pupil of Darab Bég Juy4, died soon after the accession of Mohammad Shéh.
Mohammad Panéh 04027 a Darwysh, was a pupil of Myrza By-dil, died under Myrzi Ahmad. Moshtaq Ray Qudrat.
’igmat Allah Kémil pupil of Myrza By-dil.
Shaykh Sa’d Allah Gulshan a Darwysh of the Naqshbandy order, and a pupil of Myrza By-dil, died during the reign of Mokammad Shah. Myrzé Mahdiy Kawkab was in the service of Nadir Shah.
Myrza Girémy son of Myrza ’abd al-Ghanyy Bég Qabil.
Lutf ’alyy Khén an uncle of Quly Khén Walih. [Cafawy.
Mihr ’alyy Khan Matzhar a noble at the court of Sultan Hosayn
No. 31.] HAYRAT. | 159
Myrz& Majyd of Shishtar came to India and lived in the house of Cafdar-jang.
‘abd al-Razziq Matyn born at Ispahén came at the time of the accession of Mohammad Shah to Dilly, lived under the patronage of Qafdar-jang. He is in other Tadzkirahs, erroneously called ’abd al-Ridhé. Myr Sayyid ’alyy Moshtdg of Ispahén was alive in 1174.
Walyy Mofammad Khan Masriér was governor of Lar under Shéh Tahmésb IT.
Mohammad Nitzim Mo’jiz of Kabul came to Dilly and died in 1162. 4ھ Mohammad Kashy Mo’ df.
Maymanat Khan Maymanat of Kashmyr was Daréghah of build- ings of Naw4b Qamar aldyn Khan.
Aga ’abd al-Mawlé of Ispahén died after the Afghan invasion.
Myrz4 Hashim Mahzin was the grandson of Myrzé Tahir Wahyd, came to India with the ambassador of Nadir Shah in 1154.
(17+74 Mohtaram a son of Myrzé ’abd al-Ghanyy Qabiul.
Myrzi Mohammad Munshiy of Ispahan was put to death by Nadir
. Shah at Dilly for a slight fault.
Ray Anand Ram Mokhlig a Khatry, father-in-law of Tansukh Ry, and a pupil of Myrz4 By-dil, died in the fourth year of Ahmad Shah’s reign. His works contain 50,000 bayts.
Lutf Allah Maztin, brother of Mohammad Na’ym Wiydz, died at the early age of forty years.
Myrzé Janjanin Matzhar a Darwysh composed poetry in Persian and Rékhtah, was at Dilly in 1174. _
Myr Mohammad Taqyy Myr his poetry is mostly Rékhtah, he is also the author of a Tadzkirah. He was a nephew of Khan Arzi.
Ray Bajy Mall Ma’niy a brother of Imtiyéz, was alive in 1174 and did military service under Nawab Shujé’ al-dawlah.
Nimat Allah Khén b. Rik Allah Khan held the office of Qarawal Bég under Farrokh-siyér and Mohammad Shih.
Nir Allah Bég Nuzhat, pupil of Myrzé ’abd al-Ghanyy Bég 04 died about the middle of the reign of Mohammad Shah.
Ray Phukny Mal Wishdt was the Dywén or treasurer of Awrang- zéb’s Wazyr.
(157778 Lutf Allah Mithér called Nugrat Allah Khén, was in the service of Mohammad Shah.
Myr Zayn al-’bidyn Washd of Ispahan,
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160 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS. [Cuap. 1.
(57+74 Zakyy Nadym was of noble birth and thirteen years in the service of Nadir Shah.
Mohammad ’alyy Khan 2۷۶2۸۵ came to Dilly as Nadir ہ8 ambassador, and dietl at Tattah on his return to Persia.
Mohammad Bég Nakhat was put to death by Nadir Shah.
Mohammad Ridha ۰ Myrza Namjé son of Qabil.
Myr Zayn al-’abidyn Nayyir of Maézanderan, of noble birth, came to Dilly under Mokammad Shéh.
Myrzé Gholam ’alyy Wasym of Amrohah.
Myr Na’ym Niydz, a good physician, was alive in 1174.
(1774 Mobarak Allah Wddhih was a pupil of Mohammad Zaman Résikh راسۓ and died under Farrokh-siyar.
Mohammad Ma’cim Wijdén b. Mohammad Zaman Rdsikh fied under Mohammad ۰
Myrza Ibrihym Wafé a Zamyndér of Qandahér was Munshiy of the Afghan kings.
Myrza ’alyy Açghar Wadhih of Ispahén came to Dilly, and died at 7 ۰
Myrzé Sharaf aldyn ’alyy Wafé of Qomm was in the service of ‘Nadir Shah.
Nir al’ayn Wégif born in the Panjab, a contemporary of ’Arzû, who sent to him his poems for correction.
’alyy Quly Khan 7۷41177 of Daghistén the author of the great Tadzkirah called Riyéûdh al-sho’aré born at Ispahén in 1124. His Dywan contains 4000 ۰
Myrzé Abii ’alyy Hatif, grandson of Ym4, came to India and was patronized by Cafdar-jang.
Ahmad-yér Khan Yaktd, son of Tlah-yér Khan, died at A bad (Patna) during the invasion of Nadir Shah.
Yahya Khan, of the Moghol tribe called Afshar, born at Léhér 1079, visited Persia when twenty years of age but returned to India, died 1160.
Mohammad Hanyf Khin Tûr was the teacher of Mokhlie.
Mohammad Ashraf Yakté of Kashmyr died under Mohammad Shah.
No. 33.[ ATISHK ADAH. 161
(32) آذر 40857 (P.) The Fire temple of Adzor, being a Tadzkirah of Per- sian poets by Lutf ’alyy Bég whose takhalluc was Adzor. He was born at Ispahan in A. H. 1134 and was a mem- ber of the distinguished family of Békdaly. His father was soon after the birth of his son obliged to take flight to Qomm, and was subsequently appointed governor of Lar by Nadir Shah. Lutf ’alyy when a young man made the pilgrimage to Makkah and to the shrines of the principal saints and hence he assumed the title of Hajy. Subsequently he was attached to the service of ‘alyy Shah, Ibrahym Shah, Solayman Shah and Shah Isma’yl, and finally he assumed the garb of spiritual poverty. He was engaged in the compilation of this work in A. H. 1179, and was still alive in 1196. (Bland’s Account of the A'tesh-kadah in the Journ. As. Soc. Lond. VII. p. 345).
This book contains notices of 842 poets. They are arranged according to the town or province in which they lived, on the plan of the Haft Iqlym, and at the beginning of each chapter is a short description of the respective town or province.
فروغ آنشکده دل و BY; اخگر زبان Beginning
Lithographed at Calcutta in 1249, 460, 621 pp. of 21 lines, two bayts ina line. MS. copies are very rare in India.
تست ا
BS). goad ای قرو ل tah الاو ot GD - Companion of the Friends, being a Tadzkirah of con-
temporaneous poets by Mohan La’l Anys compiled in 1197. 7
162 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS, [CHAP. I.
The author was about sixty years of age when he wrote it. He informs us that when Acaf aldawlah of Oudh | saw the Tadzkirah of contemporary poets of Hazyn, he ordered him to compile a similar work on Indian poets. It is divided into two chapters, the first contains Musal- man and the second Hindû poets.
ستایش بی de و نیایش لانعد سخی-آفرینی را Beginning
Private collection 187 pp. 15 lines, copied in 1218.
Contents :
Myrza Atzyma’y Iksyr Ispahaény came to India under Mohammad Shah. He left Qacydahs, Ghazals and a Mathnawy called ,شاهد و مشهو
Mohammad Fakhir Makyn a native of Dilly came to Lucnow in 1173, he was alive in 1197, (he died in 1221).
Shéh *4lam ذؤ کر | Mohammad Ja’far Khan ۰
Mohammad Burhan ’alyy Khan Rahyn.
Myr Mohammady ’itrat ,عذرت Lutf ’alyy Khan Wétig.
Hasan ’alyy Khan Dzahyn. Wajyh aldyn ’alyy Khan Baryn. ~
Myrza ’inéyat Bég 4. Mahabbat Khan ۸۰
Shaykh Bagé Allah ۰ Nitzar ’alyy Qaryn.
Myrz4 ’abd Allah ۰ Myrza ’abd Allah Rafat.
Mohammad ’alyy Khan ۰ Karamat ’alyy Khan ۰
Myrza ’alyy Khan Ghamyn. Myr Ghalib ’alyy ۰
Mohammad Faydh ۰ Sharaf aldyn Shah ۰
Myr Haydar ’alyy ۰ Myrza Ja’far ’alyy Hasrat.
Myr Awlad ’alyy ۰ Katzim Bég Khan ۰
Myr Khorshyd ’alyy Belgramy ۰
Myr Mohammad ’alyy Wahm,. §Myrza Mahdiy Bég Jalys.
Aman Allah ۰ Gholam Haydar Khan 2.
Khwajah Yahya Khin Khirad. Mohammad Mokram ۰
Mohammad Naqyy ۰ Myr Matzhar ’alyy ۰
Myr Nûr ’alyy ۰ 7
Second . Chapter.
Ray Surup Singh Dywdnah. Panjab ج74 Wiliy. - Sytaldas Mokhtér. Ram-bakhsh Moty’. Bhagwan Das Bismil. Mohan Lal Anys (the author of the Tadzkirah). ۱
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Appendix, pupils of Makyn. Mohammad Hasan Hasan. Khayr al-zaman Dzarrah. Shaykh Gholém Imamy. Qalandar-bakhsh ۰ Ibrahym Bég Dést. Khiish-hal Chand Brahman. Shitab Ray ۰ Mitthû Lal Mayil. Médy Lal ۰ Data-Ram ۰ Déby Prashad Séyil.
(34) خلاصة الا فکار تصنیف ابو طالب (P.) Selection of Ideas by Abû Talib b. Mokammad Ta- bryzy Ispahany a native of Lucnow, who is known to the European public by his Travels in Europe. He com- piled this work in A. H. 1206 and died in 1221. Mr. Bland gives a very valuable notice of this work in which he translates nearly the whole preface. I insert here an abstract of the preface in the original. ۱ ازین حقی ردرخواست (WEES تذکرۂ مذکور ( علی SEH) مرجوم of روزی نمون آ'چه مناسب بود ساقط کرده دیباچه در ابندا وذکر چند نفر از معاصربن افزودم اگرچه نسبت سابق بسیار خلاصه شدو کتاے جدید OT Soild در کین در زمین JUS در نظرآمد اما چنانچه ول ٭٭خواست صورت نبست لهذا دل ج گرفته باعت بر تعریر این اوراق گشت بنابرینکة از مدت بست مہیا میگردید در مدت قلیل این مجموعه WT مواد Sos] Sout و بلج سال اجزا باشد باجام ۱ ese” که SA بر یکہقدمة و ۲۸ حدیقه و یکذیل و در“حنت ,بست ول"چساله از همه اقسام نظم GUS رسید و اکثر مواد این و نثر اللخاب نموده ام چناچه ور اقسام نثر سوای منشات رسایل عروض وفائیه وکن بدیع واخالق و صوسيتي و اریخ وطب و غیره که اکر ضرور . موجود است و از انواع نظم همه اقسام آن للخابی بقرتیب CUS میشود درین دریں *چموعه فراهم ورین کثاب بعد ذکر اسم شاعر القزام شده است اول ۱ قصائه بقرتیب حروف چي و بعد غزلیات و بعد of لقخاب کلام نثر و بعد ترجیع الغزل و ترکیب باه ومربع وخمس ومسدی وغیرو. OT قطعه و بعد مثنویات وبعد اشعارمصنوع wf بو بعد آن وباعیات بترق,ب حروف")چي وبءد ¥ 2
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و مراني و هزل واهاجي بقرتیب حروف جي ور هرکتاب که همه این اقسام gett مشہود xO بذرتیب مخکور الاب نموده و جائیکة عضو بيك یا دو نوع از ان الفخابی بوده بہمان ,کتفا رفته پس متتبع از اول کناب بیمین ترتیب مطلوب خود را ازپای نام شعرا هر جاه بیاید نقل بر دارد تا خر کناب dig رر ہے لی براقسام معاني وترئیب بدستش خواهد آمد وسرخي این کتاب هم تماما بقانون است وکاب را درتغیر و تبدیل آن سا یسک ا در هر قسم شعر که رعایت ردیف در انست ذا برویف دیگر نرسد ولة نوشفه شین و این ام ردرقصاید وفطعه و غزل ورباعي وغیرو همه جا مرعي شده و چون از آوعی بذوعی دیگ ررسود sled معذوي خواه صوري اشم آن نوع بسرخي ءرقوم گشنه دیگر آنکه درهمه جا رعایث الچاز و اختضار By بودع نة نقد aS رتب شاعر مقہوم نگردی بلکه رعایت اينيعني که از هرگونه کلام او داخل اقخاب شود مشدم داشٹه لہذا از دواوین اکابر شعرا که متضمن تنوع کلام و اشعار Oily در آنها eS است بقدر و۶۰۰ و ۵۰۰ بلکه تا ۷۰۰ بیت درین >جموعة اندراج یافته است ومصلحت درآن اینکه چبل SN, کقاپ نظم ونثر که اکثر در دست کسان می ODL این *چموعه poy? را از واشتن ان کب مستغني ممازی الي منئور سپاس و ستایش سلعقاق نثار Beginning The autograph of this valuable work is in the library: of the
Farah-bakhsh palace at; Lucnow, folio 618 pp. 29 lines. A very good copy has been lent to me by Mr. Hall, but it seems to be smaller,
(35) بیلوی “ate? (Ps) A Present to Baillie, being a selection of Persian poetry compiled previous to A. H. 1224, by order of John Baillie, Resident of Lucnow and author of the Tables of the Arabic conjugations. ۱ The extracts are arranged according to subjects into
ninety chapters نمی without dates or biographical notices. In the preface, a Tadzkirah of the title of الشعرا fax
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by the Suléan Mohammad Shah Çafawy is men- سلطانی tioned. 4a? حمد و سیاسی aS نکتھ۔سکچاں جان فصاحت Beginning As. Soe. of Beng. No. 1336 4to. 318 pp. of 13 lines, copied from the autograph in 12241810.
(36) ۰ رباش الوفاق تصنیف ذو الفقارعلیی مست. CP.) Gardens of Unanimity, being a Tadzkirah of poets of Calcutta and Benares who wrote Persian verses, by Dzû- lfiqar ’alyy. His takhalluc is Mast, and it appears that he compiled this book at Benares. The title is a chro- nogram for 1229, when it was compiled.
He is also the author of the following works وابستان حقوق on ethics; an abridgment of the Abwab aljinan called انخاب سخ طیبه ابو اب الچنان ; a collection of Ghazals called و بہار و بیاش ذو طرز eh; a ۳ on the art of letter- writing, poetic, &c. called تعفه المبئدي ; a collection of verses which may be employed as quotations in letter-writing, entitled نارستای نظاثر ; a treatise on the style of the ancient and modern poets with specimens; and some compo- sitions of his own, entitled pss بہارستان ; a treatise on the various descriptions of poetical composition called لطف w=” ; an account of the various castes of India which has the title .نیرنگ ظہور Most poets mentioned in this book, were contemporaries of the author and wrote also Rékh- tah poetry.
در شکرستان #کرشعني شعرر سپاس ناطق نطق Beginning il
Private collection 8vo. about 450 pp. 18 lines. |
Contents :
Mohammad Aslam Belgramy was dead in 1229. Ahmady, Mawlawy Najyb Allah was in the service of Nawab
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Qasim ’alyy and lived with him in Bengal, then he went to Dilly and then to Benares. He was rather a Mawlawy than a poet. : Alym, Mohammad ’alym: Allah ون at Lucnow and was alive in 1229.
Akhtar, Mohammad La’l a native of Hooghly was for a long time at Lucnow, he is now, 1853, Deputy Collector somewhere near Cawnpore.
Amyn, Mawlawy Amyn Allah has sometimes the takhallug of Bi-l-Madyn, i. e.. the father of Madyn. He was a native of Behar and Head Professor of the Calcutta Madressa. “He died about 1820.
Isma’yl, Aqû Isma’yl Qazwyny. ` Ah, Myr Motzaffar ’alyy was born at Phulwary near Dynapér, and was alive in 1229. Ahmad, Myr Ahmad ’alyy alive.
Ashuftah, was known by his takhallug. . ۱
Afsés, Myr Shyr ’alyy b. Myr Motzaffar ’alyy came from Lucnow to Calcutta, and was attached to the College of Fort William. ` Atish, Myrz4 Gholim Hosayn.
Bismil, Mawlawy Mohammad Mo’yn aldyn of Kakéry not far from, Lucnow, was in 1229 Munshiy of the Court of Appeal at Calcutta, . Barqy, Shaykh Aman ’alyy a native of Phulwary, was alive in 1229.
By-bak, Sayyid Najaf ’alyy Radhawy studied at Dilly, went thence to Benares into the service of the Shéhzddah ; alive.
Bandah, Khwajah Yasyn was in the service of Mr. James Steward and translated Layla Majntin into Hindustany verses. He died at Benares.
Barakat, Barakat Allah Belgramy was in 1229 at Calcutta in search of employment.
Rajah Pyary Lal was for some time Residency Munshiy at Dilly.
Bahar, Sayyid Aman Allah a brother of Myr ’azyz Allah Khan who was Residency Munshiy at Haydarébéd. A friend of the author. Was dead in 1229, but his brother ’azyz Allah was alive.
Tamanna, Khwajah ’abd 00 was in 1229 at. Benares in. Government employ.
Tamanna, 6 "alyy-bakhsh resided at Murshidabad and was a friend of the author.
Thaqib, Mawlawy Najm aldyn Mohammad Khan Qadhiy 0 of Calcutta was a native of Kakéry, died in 1229 at Benares, and left a treatise on Algebra in Persian, which is printed, and an Arabic Qacydah which is inserted in the Nafhat al-Yaman.
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- Thabit, Myrza Thabit’alyy Bég of Lucnow was alive in 1229. Jawhar, Jawhar ’alyy resided at Murshidébad and was alive in 1229. هو Simbhi Nath a Khatry was a young man in 1229. Josh, Mohammad Abi-l-Qésim, alive. Jowan, Myrz4 Na’ym Bég of Dilly was in 1229 at Benares in the ` service of Nawab Shams aldawlah. | . Jowan, Myrz4 Katzim ’alyy came from Hindustan to Calcutta and: was attached to the College of Fort William. ' Ja’far, Shah ’alyy Ja’far of Lahabad was probably alive in 1229. Hajat, Myrza Mohammad Jawad of ۰ Hamydy, Sayyid Hamyd aldyn Dihlawy was in 1229 in govern- ment employ at Byrbhuim.
' Hurmat, Hurmat ’alyy Khan was born in the neighbourhood of Dilly, he was a friend of the author.
Hosayn, Gholém Hosayn Khan resided for some time at Benares. Hosayny, Myr Imam ’alyy was a young man in 1229.
| Myr Mohammad Hosayn of Lucnow died in 1205 near Benares. Left a Saqiy-némah, and a Dywan of about 6000 verses. He had no takhallug. : Haqyr, Pandit Bény Ram Kashmyry was alive in 1229.
Haydary, Myr Haydar-baksh was for some time a Munshiy of the College of Fort William. Was in 1229 at Benares.
' Hosayny, Myr Gholam Hosayn a Sayyid of Bareilly; was alive in 1229.
Hikmat, Sayyid Bandah ’alyy Khan was in great favour with Eng- lish officers, and was alive in 1229.
' Khadim, Sayyid Khadim ’alyy was alive in 1229.
' Khamédsh, Ray Gahib Ram of Dilly was for some time Taheyldar under Mr. N. Duncan in the district of Benares. He died at the advanced age of more than seventy, and left a large Dywan.
" Khishgi, Munshiy Ammar Singh Banarsy held a government appointment in the Coel district. He compiled a short history of Akbar’s palace and of the Taj of Agra and put the Bahare Danish into verse and called it بہاردانش &eجyã. This book is to be distin- guished from the ,اظہار دانش an Urdu Translation of the Bahare Danish by Molla-zadah of Patna. —
: Khiradmand, Myr Misa Ridha Khan spent the greater part of his life in Nepal. § Khush-dil, ’abd al-Rasil.Kashmyry.
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Babi Déb Nar4yan Singh a brother of the Rajah of Benares, was a great patron of learned men.
Dil, Pandit Nardyan Das of Kashmyr left an elegant composition in Persian prose in praise of Sa’Adat ’alyy Khan of Oudh.
Dil, Mohammad Imém-bakhsh was dead in 1229.
Dil, Shaykh Dilawar ’alyy a descendant of the Saint Sharaf aldyn and a native of Behar. He came to Calcutta to find — DE and as he failed he returned to Patna.
Dzékir, Mohammad Dzakir Kashmyry put, at the request of the Rajah Udat Narayan, the story of Padmawat into verse, but died before he had completed his task. Dzt-lfiqar, Myr Dzii-lfiqar ’alyy of Patna.
Dzawqy, Myr Mohammad Amyn died ×۵ 1. `. Rif’at, Rajah Mitr Jyt Singh, Rajah of Tikûry which is between Gaya and Patna, was a friend of the author.
Rayhén, Rayhén aldyn, a native of Bengal, held an appointment in the Court of Appeal. Was alive in 1229.
Rif’at, Dai-lfiqar ’alyy Khan a son of Imdad ’alyy Khan, who was Qadhiy of Murshidébad, succeeded his father in his post of Qddhiy and died on the way to Lucnow.
Rangyn, Sa’fdat Yar Khan a son of Mokkim aldawlah Tahmas Bég Khén Riimy who had come to India with Nadir-shah. Rangyn commanded for some time a part of the Nitzim of 72۲ ۵ artillery, but subsequently he gave up this appointment and became a merchant. He was a friend of the author and was alive in 1229. He is the author of a treatise on horsemanship, called فرسنامة and of four Dywdns, one is called si), one called 4i3¥, one آگبخنه (this is humoristic) and one is called ,انگفخقه ‘The latter is in the language of the Ladies. It would appear that they are all four in the Hindistany language. ۱
Rasikh, Shaykh Gholém ’alyy of Patna was a very fertile Urdt poet.
Rajah Réj Kishen had in 1229 already adopted as his own four Urdû Dywans, which had been written by Tapish. ۱
Ramaq, Mohammad ’aqil a native of Bengal is the teacher of the author. He wrote a book called ریاض القلوب and other works in the Persian language.
Ram, Lala Jawdhir Singh by origin of Lahér, held for some time an appointment in the custom department at Ghaziypér, and in 1229 he was at Haydarabad.
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Rangyn, Déé Nath Pandit, by origin a Kashmyry, had an appoint- ment in Caleutta in 1229.
Mohammad Sa’yd aldyn was Qadhiy of Bareilly and alive in 1229.
Sabiq, Mokammad ’omar, his ancestors were of Benares. He was dead in 1229.
Safyr, Myrzé Khalyl Allah Khan came as Persian ambassador to Calcutta and made a great stir among the Musalman literati of In- dia by his poetical talents and love for poetry.
Sha’ir, Mohammad Rashid resided chiefly at Calcutta.
Shohrat, Shaykh Moammad-bakhsh of Kakéry. Died young.
Shawgq, Sayyid Qotb alhoda, of Bareilly, visited Calcutta and Dilly for the sake of prosecuting his studies, and died at Bareilly at an early period of his life. He was a school-fellow of the author.
Sharar, of Lucnow was generally known by the name of Shah Sharar.
Shohrat, Iftikhar aldyn ’alyy Khan, one of his ancestors had been governor of Hooghly.
Sharar, his name was Sharar Myrza and he was a son of Jin Tapish.
Cufy, Pandit Syta Ram.
Cadiq, Lala Jay Mohan Lal a K4yeth of Benares, author of a book on arithmetic called الخیال if 50,
Cadiq, Myrz4 Mohammad Cadiq ۰
Dhamyr, Lala Sukh Lal of Patna. .
Dhiyd, was a native of Persia who came to Benares.
Tapén, Shah Nir alhagg of Phulwary.
Tapydah, ’abd al-Ahad of Kakéry. >
Tapish, Mohammad Ismé’yl Myrzé Jan of Dilly, his father was a native of Bokharad. He is the author of the Dywans ascribed to Raj-Kishen. He died at Calcutta previous to 1229.
Tal’at, Shah Shams aldyn Abt-l-Faraj of Phulwary died at Calcutta.
Talib, Myrz4 Abii Talib Khan of Lucnow.
Tapan, Myrzé Ahmad Jén (probably Myrz4 Ahmad Bég Khan of Dilly) a pupil of Tapish.
Tzohir, Shah Tzohtr alhaqg a son of Nir al-haqq of (۰
’azyz, Wajid ’alyy Khan of Bareilly resided in 1229 at Calcutta.
*ishrat, Lala Hindi Pat, of Lucnow, a friend of the author.
*ashiq, Maharajah Kalyan Singh a son of Maharajah Shitéb Ray met the author at Calcutta.
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4shiq, Babi Sryjyt Singh, an uncle of the Rajah of Benares, was a wealthy Zamyndér and a friend of the author.
’abd al-Rahym of Shyraz resided at Calcutta.
abid, “Abid ’alyy, the author saw him at Calcutta.
*4shiq, Ray Sdhan Lél was in 1229 Treasurer of Agaf aldawlah and came to Benares when the author was Nayib of the Rajah of Benares. ’éçiy, Mawlawy Khoda-bakhsh of Ghaziypir.
’azyz, Ray Zorawar Singh. §Ghamyn, Nawab Hadiy’alyy Khan,
Ghamgyn, Mawlawy Ghol4m Qadir of Rampur, where he resided in 1229.
Gharyb, Ray Ratan Lal lived at Calcutta in the house of the Rajah Kalyan Singh. ۱
Ghanyy, Mawlawy ’abd al-Ghanyy of ۰
Gholam Hosayn Khan author of the المتاخرین yw, met the author at Patna.
Fadhl, Fadhl Moillé a native of Lucnow was at Benares in 1228.
Fard, Mokammad Abi-l-Hasan of Phulwary.
Fida, the author knew him, but could not recollect his name.
Firaqy Prém Kishwar a Brahman of Dilly.
Fayiq, Agha Myrz4, a son of the Hakym Qamar aldyn Khan, was a young man in 1229.
Fitrat, Pandit Bidyé Dhar was a Kashmyrian by origin, but received his education at Dilly; a friend of the author.
Qatyl, Myrz4 Mohammad Hasan Khéin was a converted Khatry of Dilly, he spent the greater part of his life at Lucnow, where he was Head Munshiy to the king.
` Qadyr, Tzafar ’ally resided at Lucnow, was for some time the king of Oudh’s News-writer at Benares.
Qamar, Hakym Qamar aldyn Mokammad Khan resided at Lucnow.
Qudrat, Shah Qudrat Allah died ناه
Qasim, Myrza Abi-l-Qasim Khan of Dilly.
Mohammad (adr aldyn. ۱ رهم
Qadhiy, Taqyy ’alyy Khan was Qadhiy 0۶ ۰
Lala Kanhjy a Kayeth, a native of Patna, is the author of the خرانة العلم on arithmetic. Was alive in 1229.
Lisan, Myrzé ’alyy Taqyy Khén of Lahér studied at Patna and Jawnpür. Uses sometimes the Takhalluç of Taqyy, was a friend of the author. Lutf, Myrza ’alyy Lutf went to Haydarabad. -
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. Mon’im, Sayyid Nûr al-Haqq author of a Mathnawy called لطف عشق and one called ۔سرابا لطف Myrz4, (35725 Bû ’alyy Khan.
Mijid, Siraj aldyn ’alyy Khan of Lucnow came to Calcutta where he was appointed Muftiy of the Supreme Court. He translated the رسال انا عشریه and other law-books into Persian.
Minnat, Myr Qamar aldyn a native of Dilly, Lord Hastings gave him the title of king of poets at the recommendation of the Natzim of Murshidabad. Was-dead in 1229.
Muhyt, Munshiy Ram Jus a Khatry, his father was Lila Ganga Bishen, and his takhallug was ’ajiz and he resided at Léhér, but Muhyé was born in Dilly, he obtained an appointment in the Cus- tom Department at Benares, which gave him 1200 Rupeesa year. He was a friend of the author. He is the author of several mathna- wies, as حسن عشق--حسن «خشي--#عیط عم عیط ورد-عیط عشق ۰ These five poems are called the Khamsahé *ishqyyah. He also trans- lated some books on mysticism from the Sanskrit (Hindy?) as الحقابق bay yan) اعظم حيط معرفت۔۔۔گلش معرفت--عیط bax”, He also put the Anware Sohayly into (Hindustény or Persian ?) verses and gave it the title of دانش baz”,
Mayil, Myr Imam-bakhsh studied at Lucnow, was alive in 1229.
Modhéarr, ’abd al-Hadiy a friend of the author, resided chiefly at Calcutta where he was Munshiy. Masrir, Ganga Bishen (?).
Murshid, Lala Mithû Lal of ۱۱۸۵۵08۵0 was alive in 1229.
Mo’atztzam, Mawlawy Mohammad Mo’atztzam of Agra.
Macrif, Baba Balhand (?) Singh of Benares.
Mahjir, Hafitz Sayf Allah a Kashmyry, a friend of the author, died at Benares.
Moctafa, Sayyid Ghelém Mogtafa was Law-officer at Byrbhim.
Mahdawy, Sayyid Mahdiy ’alyy Khan of Patna.
Majrih, Mawlawy ’igmat Allah Khan was a son of the celebrated Mawlawy ’abd al-Qadir Khan who resided at Benares.
Mahzin, Hakym Abi-l-Hasan.
Mahshir, ’alyy Wathiq was a young man in 1229.
Mokarram, Mokarram ’alyy Khan.
Moshtéq, Pandit Médhéraém, a Kashmyry Brahman, resided in 1229 at Benares.
Niyaz, Gholaém Yahya resided at Murshidabad.
- Nayrang, Mohammad Mahdiy ’alyy Khan of Dilly held in 1229 Z 2
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an office under the Government at Benares. Compiled a vocabulary of Arabic, Persian and Turky words.
Niyaz, Myr Amjad ’alyy of Phulwary.
Natzmy, Léla Milraj a Khatry of ۱۱۸۵۵040 a friend of the author, composed many Qacydahs.
Nétzim, Shaykh Farzand ’alyy was a Makhdim-zédah of Téliyé- nélé which is a quarter of the town of Benares, held in 1229 an ap- pointment in Benares.
Nacir, Sayyid Modammad Nacir Khén Bahadur, held in 1229 an appointment at Lucnow, composed a ليلي و چنون ;
Ni’mat, Myr Ni’mat ’alyy of Dilly a friend of the author.
Nahyf, does not recollect his name; resided close to the Bishésher mosque at Benares.
Niyaézmand, a friend of the author.
Niyazy, the author does not recollect his name.
7٦٦و4٥1, does not recollect his name.
Wahshat, Cadr aldyn Mohammad Khan of Dilly was physician to Udat Narayan Rajah of Benares, died in 1224.
Wilé, Mazhar ’alyy Khan a son of Solaymén Khan was attached to the College of Fort William, he was a friend of the author, left a Persian Dywan.
Hilal, Munshiy Dzi-lfiqér ’alyy Khan Bahadur.
Ya’qub, Khwajah Ya’qub ’alyy.
(37) غوث خان vox? وطن تصنیف سراج الدوله ۶ (P.)
A Tadzkirah of the poets of the Carnatic by the Na- wab Siraj aldawlah Modammad Ghawth Khan, whose takhalluc is A’tzam. He opens the book with a short autobiography, from which it appears that he was born in A, H. 1230, and compiled this book in 1258.
This is an abstract of the Tadzkirah of Rayiq which has the title ij .كلدستهٌ Rayiq is the takhalluç of Gholam ’alyy Masa whose title was Hakym Baqir Ho-
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sayn Khan. He died in 1248. The Cubhe Watn con- tains in alphabetical order, notices of ninety recent poets. Beginning ما نیست doo ۔خدا ور انتظار Lithographed at Madras 1258, small 40. 225 pp.
(۳) کلستان مسرت ملقب Sled! los? )38(
The Rose garden of delight, also called the Gardens of sense, by abd al-Rakman whose takhalluc is Shakir. He wrote this book at Lucnow during the reign of Amjad ’alyy Shah in 1261 (the title isa chronogram) and he was assisted by Nacir ’alyy Nacyr whom he calls his instructor. He says in the preface that he used chiefly the Tadzkirahs of Sar-khish, of WAlih, of Shyr Khan Lddy, the الافکار es of Qudrat Allah Qudrat (see Garcin de Tassy Hist. de la Litt. Hind. 1. pp. 144 see also below), the باسطی 4,543, the وحديقة الشعرا the خبر الواصليرى which is a collection of chronograms made in 1268 by Matzhar al-Haqd, the گلدسنه نشاط of Manna Lal, the عنایت نامه of Rasikh (see No. 13) and the Album of Khashi’ (flourished in 1092).
This is a selection of poems and single verses and bon-mots from poems arranged according to the subject and divided into five chapters .,حدیقه In the fourth there are chronograms on the death of celebrated men, but the dates are not always correct, thus the death of Zamakhshary is placed in 533, whereas he died 538, that of Ghazzaly in 504 whereas he died in 505, &c.
۔اخلي که پیوسته sly طرارت بار پیوسته Beginning
Lithographed at Cawnpore in the Moçtafa Press 1267, 8۲0۰ 562 pp.
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174 PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS: [Cuap. 1+
(39) بیت المعمور (P.)
The Celestial Place of worship; being an anthology of Persian poetry selected chiefly from the Dywans of Tahir Wahyd, Tzohary, Cayib, Nacir ’alyy, Myr Najat, &c. without biographical notices, In the beginning is a short account of Myr Acyly Qommy (see Atishkadah p. 307) who was a contemporary of Molla Wahshy, of Nary Lary and of Hatim Kashy and who may possibly be the compiler of this very rich but apparently planless collection.
,سپاس ناظمی که بیت المعمور دل سپکرو حان Beginning
Moty Mahall folio 804 pp. 31 lines, a very fine copy.
(40) مجموع نیاز تصنیف مير (P.)
The humble Collection of Myr. This Myr is appar- ently not identical with Myr Taqyy. It contains verses from celebrated poets on various subjects without biogra- phical notices. The subjects are alphabetically arranged.
Bg. بخد» میر نیازمند دیرینه خیال af ومعلجب نماند ust” Méty Mahall 268 pp. 15 lines copied in A. H. 1165,
(41) حدیقه" عشق-افروز تصنیف نظام الدیی خان )۳.( The Garden of poetry being an anthology of verses of the great masters by Nitzam aldyn Khan b. Mo»
hammad Naqyy of Bahadurganj. He quotes never more than one bayt from the same author in succession, and
No. 42.[ MYR ۰ 175
gives no biographical notices, he follows to some extent
the chronological order. He says he used the Tadz-
kirahs of Taqyy Awhady, of CAyib, of Myrza (he means
probably 7'dhir Nacrabady), of Siraj aldyn Arzû and of
Walih and the لطائف اخیال and the .گلزار لطافت: Beginning تعالیی ایی چند بیتہای اشعار اسانده ailet ,باسمه Tépkhanah 8vo. about 100 pp. of 9 lines.
(42) کات الشعرا تصنیف مير محمد 8 مير (BP. U.)
Pithy Sayings of the poets, being a Tadzkirah of Rékh- tah writers by Myr Mokammad Taqyy, whose takhalluc was Myr. Though usually the title Myr is put before his name, Shérish thinks that he was a Shaykh. The for- mer title indicates a descendant from ‘alyy, and the latter from Abû Bakr. He was a nephew of Arzû and a native of Agra, but after his father’s death he removed to Dilly in order to be near his illustrious uncle, Arzi, who cor- rected his verses. After the year 1196, he went to Lucnow where Acaf aldawlah allowed him a pension of two or three hundred Rupees a month, and he died in that city between 1215 and 1221, near one hundred years of age. Qasim blames him for his conceit and for making in his Tadzkirah ill-natured remarks on his contemporaries.
Myr wrote this book about one year after the death of Mokhlic which happened in 1164, see p. 159 supra. There occurs in it in the life of Dard the date 1196, but it was clearly inserted long after the book had been completed, this is proved by the following facts: it is put into the midst of the extracts, instead of forming part of the biography ; Myr’s Tadzkirah is mentioned by Hayrat;
176 RE 16 1171۸ 1۲ ۰ [CHAP. I.
see p. 159 supra, who wrote in 1174, and it has been used by Shérish who died in 1195; moreover Arzii, who died in 1169, was still alive when it was written.
It contains near one hundred very short biographies which, as well as the observations on their verses, are written in Persian. In the preface is the following defi- nition of Rékhtah poetry :— _
بوشیده نماند کہ در us رخ as شعر است بطور شعر فارسي uly آردوی معلای شاه-جهان-آباد وهلوي کتابی تا حال تصنیف نشده که احوال شاعران ایں فی بر صفحه روزکار بماند بناء علیه این تد کر؟ که مسمی به 1 الشعراست دکاشکه می شود اگرچه ix) از دک است چوں ازانجا یک شاعر مربوط بر تخاسته لهذا شروع بدام آنہا نکرد 8 و طبع ails مصررف es! نیس کہ از احوال اکڈو آنہا ملال-اندوز گردد gary he بعضی از انہا نوشذه خواهد شل ٭ “Be it known that up to this day, no book has been written containing a record of the Rékhtah poets. Rékh- tah means poetry, which is in the style and manner of Persian poetry, but in the language of the exalted court of Dilly. Consequently the compilation of this book which has the title of Pithy Sayings of the poets has been undertaken. Though Rékhtah had its origin in the Deccan, I do not begin with the poets of that country, because it has not produced one great master. I do there- fore not commence with them, but I have no intention entirely to omit them, but shall mention some of them.” In the conclusion of the book he gives some further details on Rékhtah style :—
وه
9d شنه as! ge اول asi] یلک مصرعش فارسی ویک هندي چنانچہ
ذطعہ حدضریی امیر خسرو bale الرحمه نوشنه دریم اینکه )22
No. 42.[ ‘MYR 1۸۵۵۲۲ MYR. 177 . چنانجه شعر میر معز که نوشته آمد us مصرعش هندي و نصف اسكت چہازم en unl سوم آدکۂة حرف وفعل پاری بکار برند و Ais? مناسب 3 بان ر as wei yl یی آرند us ترکییات ass] as آن جائز است و اس ر عیر شاعر نمیداذد و ترئکیٹی dG] مي آن معیوب است ودانستس این نیز atl نا مانوس ریخته مي است اگر ٹرکیمب نارسوں hod فقیرھم ist, سلیقه شاعري است ایہام است که pH موافق گفت وگوی ربخته بود مضایقہ ندارد ont در شاعران سلف اب فر رواج داشت اکنون طبعہا مصررف بسئه شود و معنی sh) صنعت کم است مگر بسیار بشگفنگي ر ایہام ایی است که لفظی که برو بنای بیت بود آن در معنی دارن میں منظور شاعر باشد وفریب مروف ae یکی قرب است Lieto همه bis وششم ندارا که ما اختیار کرده ایم وآن ٭ play تجنیس و “ Be it known that Rékhtah is of several kinds, which I will explain to the extent of my knowledge. ,.:1...One Micra’ is Persian, and one Hindee like the fragment of Amyr Khosraw. : 2. Secondly, half the Micra’ is ‘Persian and the other half Hindee, like the verses of Myr Mo’izz. 3. The verbs and prepositions are Persian but this. is objectionable. -4.. They use Persian construction, this is allowable to the extent it agrees with the construction of the Rékhtah idiom—this is known. only to poets—but if it is contrary to the Rékhtah grammar it is objection- able. It is to be observed that this is one of the methods followed by poets, and that I have equally adopted it. If the Persian construction is in the spirit of the Rékhtah language there is no harm in adopting it. 5. Yham was much in vogue with former poets but now it is no longer ‘in use, there is no harm in it, if it is witty. and natural. Yhém means that the word on which the meaning of 2A
178 RE KHTAH TADZKIRAHS. [Cuap. I.
the verse depends has two significations, one obvious and the other far-fetched, and it is the latter which is intended by the poet. The style which I have adopted com- prizes all the figures of speech as buns, resemblance of corresponding words in rhyme and measure, &c.” ۱
بعد حمد سخنں-آفریں که اوست سزاوار تسین Beginning
Mr. J. B. Elliott, 0. S. has obliged me with the loan of his-copy, which was written at Lucnow in 1212, and belonged once to Sir Gore Ouseley, 8vo. about 150 pp.
سس سس سس سا
2 تذکرہ* ملی حسيفي گرديژي )43(
The Tadzkirah of Rékhtah poets by Fath ۵1۳۲ who is usually called ’alyy Hosayny Gurdézy compiled at Dilly in 1165, or six years after the death of Anjam, which happened in 1159, and a few years after the death of Ishtiyéq, which took place in 1161. It appears from Dzoka voce Yisof, that he was a great Cafy Shaykh and still alive when Dzokaé wrote, even Qasim whv wrote in 1221, speaks of him as if he was alive. Gurdézy says in the preface, that he was induced to compile this book because the accounts of poets in other Tadzkirahs were very invidious. He alludes evidently to Myr’s Tadzkirah of which this appears to be a somewhat better arranged edition. It is written in Persian and contains about one hundred biographies in alphabetical order.
ابتداي سغں dost “خی آفریں سزاست Beginning
Mr. Hall has had the goodness to lend me two copies, one was written in 1180 and is very correct, and the other was copied 1216, and belonged once to Tippoo’s library, small 8vo. 156 pp. 13 lines,
There-is also\a copy in the As. Soc. Beng. No. 193, about 200 pp. 13 lines.
No. 44. | QA YIM. ۱ 179
کی معزنں wks تصنیفا قیام ol قائم )44(
The Depository of pithy Sayings by Qiyam aldyn Mohammad Qdyim of Chandpûr: He went early to Dilly, and obtained there an office under the emperor, but now, he says in his short autobiographical notice inserted in this book, owing to the decay of the empire, the string which has kept the servants of the emperor together is broken and they drop like pearls on the ground of humi- liation. Every one turns his face to another side, and is obliged against his will to prefer emigrating to another place to remaining. He died in 1210 or 1207. The title is a chronogram for 1168 when he compiled this book. He denies in the preface every acquaintance with the preced- ing two Tadzkirahs, saying that no biography of Rékhtah poets had ever been written, but he choses so frequently the same extracts as his predecessors, that I doubt the truth of his assertion, though his book undeniably contains much original matter. He divides it into three chapters or periods 4246 1. Ancient poets. 2. On the compositions of the poets of the middling period کلام سخنوزن مدوسطیی ye. 3. Modern poets.. This is the most valuable work for the early history of Hindtstany literature. Beginning
رنگيني تلمات و دانشینی فقرات ب؛حمد سکں۔پناھی است
In the Méty Mahall is the دنه 8۲0, about 150 pp. Some places are left blank particularly towards the end of the book, and it is to all appearance merely a rough copy, which as the author came into difficulties about the time he compiled it, has probably never been finished. I had it transcribed for my use, but had unfortunately not time to make an abstract of the work when I was at Lucnow, and had access to the original, and as the original is very illegibly written, the copy made from it is incorrect, I plead this as an apology for the mistakes which may have crept into the suljoined list of Rékhtah.
poets. 2A 2
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= ستست رو یروودر ور eo
RE/KHTAH TADZKIRAHS. |) ۰ ت180
(45) گلزار ابراهیم ٠ (P.)
The Garden of Ibrahym, being a biographical Diction- ary of about 300 Rékhtah poets, by the Nawab ’alyy Ibrahym: Khan, who ‘had the’ title of Amyn aldawlah N&cir-jang and the takhalluç of Khalyl and of Hal.
He was born at Patna, and his mother’s grandfather was’ the learned Molla Mokammad Nacyr who was a pupil of
Akhiind Molla Shah Mokammad Shyrazy and died dur- ing the middle of the reign of Mohammad Shah. ’Alyy Ibrahym was. honoured with the friendship of Warren
Hastings, and held under him the office of Chief Magis-
trate at Benares. He died in 1008. Jorat wrote the follow- ing chronogram on his death مطلع دیوان عدالت Ue sl ازلو Yucof ’alyy and Shorish mention him under Khalyl and
‘ishqy under Hal. He left besides this Tadzkirah a memoir
on the trial by ordeal, which is printed in the As. Res. Svo. I. p. 389, and two or three Tadzkirahs of Persian poets. He alludes to two of them in the preface without giving any details or even their titles. Mr. J. B. Elliott’ ina letter dated Patna, 19th July, 1852, informs me that one of the Persian Tadzkirahs is called Kholaçat ا alkalam and contains Mathnawies, and the other Cohofe Ibrahym, containing Qacydahs, Ghazals, &c. The former is ‘very rare and the latter probab}y not extant. “I have made, he continues, inquiries from relatives, &c. and all that I can make out is, that he collected materials (poetry) for the work, but did not live to complete it. I have two volumes of unarranged materials. But he did complete the Bayadh and critical notices of all the poets, this’ is what Mr. Bland ‘calls ` the 60/06. It is a very thick,
No. 45.[ ALYY IBRAHYM: © 181
closely written 8vo. and is I believe unique, I met with it by mere accident.” Ina letter to Mr. Bland which is printed in the Journ. Roy. As. Soc. IX. p. 159, Mr. Elliott gives the following further details. 6 Kholdcat alkalim is appropriated to selections from, and abstracts of the Mathnawies of seventy-eight poets, who have produced the most approved works in that style of poetry. It is contained in two large quarto volumes of 2005 pages, each page containing four lines in breadth and twenty-one in length. To give some idea of the extent of the work, I may mention that a large royal octavo volume of 694 closely written. pages is filled solely with the biographical notices of 3263 poets. The poetical extracts of this scarce work are not in. my possession.” , From Mr. Bland’s notice of the Bayadh it appears that the author completed it in 1205. Now as he had completed two Persian Tadzkirahs previous to 1195 and as the Cohof have never been completed, he must have written another Tadzkirah, with the name of which we are not acquainted. Ytsof ’alyy Khan informs that he was engaged in compiling a Tadzkirah of Persian poets on a very large plan in 1180.
This Tadzkirah was compiled during the years 1195 and 1196, and is distinguished by the copiousness of the extracts, and by the pains which the author has taken in fixing the dates. It appears that he entered into corre- spondence with most contemporary poets to obtain in- formation of themselves, and extracts from their Dywans for insertion. The biographies are in Persian.
رعذائی کلام بحمد متکلمی است که اعای Beginning wis”
As: Soc. Beng: No. 45, 4to. about. 800 pp. 19 lines, a fair hand, but unfortunately not very correct.
182 RE KHTAH ۸۰ [Cuap. I.
سر8 نکر شورش )46(
The Tadzkirah of Sayyid صفلمط6 Hosayn who is familiarly called Myr.Bhayna and whose takhalluç is Shérish. He was a native of Patna and a nephew of Molla Myr Wahyd. He was first a pupil of Myr Bagir who had the poetical names of Hazyn and of Tzohûr, and who died previous to 1193; and subsequently of Myrza Ghasyta *ishqy. He was a good improvisatore and had written, when he compiled this book, a Persian Dywan of about 4000 verses most of which dwell on mys- ticism. He died in 1195, and he probably compiled this book in 1193; for the latest date that occurs in it is 1192, and men who died in 1194 are mentioned as being alive. It has no preface or title page, nor does it appear from the autobiography that Shorish is the author of it, (though he speaks in the article on Shérish in the present tense,) the only authority which I have for ascribing it to him is the postscript which runs شورش حسیی ple میر 4 Sd ۔تمام شك It contains 314 short bio- graphies written in Persian with extracts.
آفنای سپھر تاجداري ماه برچ شهرياري Beginning
Mr. .ظ J. Elliott possesses the only copy of this book I have
heard of, and has kindly lent it to me; a small 4to. about 500 pp. 15 lines.
(47) ae هند ی صنیفا غلام همداني 5805 (P.) The Hindy Tadzkirah, by Gholam Hamdany Muchafy. He was of a good family of Amréhah in the Moradabad
district, and spent his early years in Dilly where he used to hold Mosha’arahs or poetical assemblies, and came to
No. 48.[ MUCHAFY. 183
celebrity as early as 1195. Subsequently he went to Lucnow, and it would appear from ’ishqy he supported himself by commerce. He died according to the Gul- shane Békhar about the year 1243. When he wrote this Tadzkirah, in 1209, he had composed two Persian Dywans, one in answer to Nacyry Nayshaptry and the other containing original poems and three 0۲۸۵ Dywans, a Persian Tadzkirah, a part of a Shahnamah which comes down to the geneology of Shah ’alam, an Urdi Dywan containing verses which he had made at Dilly and a rough copy of a Persian Dywan in the style of Jalal Asyr, and one in the style of Nacir ’alyy, but both these were stolen from him. It appears from the Gulshane Békhar that he continued his literary activity after he had written this book, and composed three more Rékhtah Dywans, and another Tadzkirah of Rékhtah poets.
He wrote this Tadzkirah at the request of his instruc- tor Myr Mostahsan Khalyg, and inserted in it very full biographies written in Persian of about 350 Rékhtah poets who flourished from Mokammad Shah to his own time, paying particular attention to the biographies of contemporaries, with most of whom he was personally acquainted.
Beginning دلہاي ارباب “خی را Fadl تذکره که of
As. Soc. N. 142 8۲0, about 400 pp. 14 lines copied in 1219, not very correct.
(48) عشقی 35d (P.) The Tadzkirah of *ishqy of Patna a son of the poet
Mojrim. He used to write Persian poetry, and his verses were corrected by his father, and by Shah Mohammad
= ربص جک ها ام ات ی گت ات اک یس سز مو ی سی را وس ۔ E کس ی AT E FO ی وی E ی وش ات >
و ی قم ee اسم سی سے سس ا ےی از
E هت جج ےسج می سو سے ہجو یں نے سس سس ee وب ا نی نات بت برس مت سی سس شر ساوت
184 RE 16 11 1۸ ۲۲ TADZKIRAHS. [CHaP. I.
Wafa Wafd. These are all the details which he gives us of his life under the letter ’ayn. The Jatest date which occurs in this book is 1215, this is probably the time at which he completed it. It contains in alphabetical order 439 short biographies of Rékhtah poets, written in Per- sian without a preface. ۱
,سراج بزم سخنوري سراج الدین علي خان آرزو Beginning
A carefully written copy is in possession of Mr. J. B. Blliott of
Patna, who has obliged me with the loan of it, 8۲۵, about 400 pp. 17 lines.
(49) گلشن دند تصنیف مرزا لطف (CH).
The Rose garden of India, by Myrza Lutf. His father Qasim Bég Hîijry, was a native of Astrabad and came in 1154, with Nadir-shah to Dilly. Lutf wrote this tadzkirah at the request of Mr. Gilchrist in 1215.
This is the fullest of the Rékhtah Tadzkirahs which I have seen, and includes only the names of those persons who have obtained some celebrity as poets. It contains about sixty articles in alphabetical order.
Beginning اور زبیاک دلبرانں ج گر اس زیت آفریں کي Cs icy سم حاصل هی dos,
Mr. Hall has a copy large 8۲۵, about 600 pp. 17 lines. A copy of nearly the same appearance is in my collection.
(50) KS Oe عيار الشعرا تصنیفا خوب (P.)
The Touchstone of poets being a Tadzkirah of Rékhtah poets by Khub Chand, a native of Dilly, whose takhullue is Dzoka. He gives under the letter dz an account of his
No. 51.] DZOKA’. 185
ancestors, but says very little of himself. His grandson informed me that he died in 1846, A. D. He left besides this book a Dywan, some Persian poetry, and some elegant compositions in prose. He undertook this com- pilation at the request of his teacher Myr Nacyr aldyn Nacyr usually called Myr Kalli in 1208 or 1213, but it appears that he continued making additions to it for more than thirty years, the last date we find in it being 1247.
It contains in alphabetical order an account of near 1500 poets who flourished from the commencement of Hindtistany poetry to the author’s time with specimens of their writings. It abounds in repetitions and inaccura- cies of every description, and contains many persons who have never dreamt of writing poetry. It is without exception the most uncritical labour of the kind. The biographies are in Persian.
Beginning jll بی حد داوری را سزد که بکلک ندرت da,
Mr. Hall’s collection, large 8vo. near 1000 pp. 15 lines.
(51) »y دصیف اعظم الدوله ana مهد (P.) Excellent Selections being a Tadzkirah of Hindfistany poets by the Nawab Myr Mokammad Khan whose takhul- Juc is Sarwar and whose title is A’tzam aldawlah. The title of the book does not occur in the preface, but in some verses of Sayyid Ghalib ’alyy Khan towards the end of the work which form achronogram for 1216, when the book was compiled. There are other chronograms in it for 1215, and in the postcript it is stated that the chrono- gram of the work is d=: رحمت خدا which gives ۰ This may be the date when the book was completed, or perhaps when it was copied. The latest date which I have observed in the text is 1219. 2 8
186 RE KHTAH TADZKIRAHS. [CHAP. I.
It contains in alphabetical order near 1200 biographies of 031 poets in Persian with short extracts from their works. This may be considered a somewhat improved edition of the preceding Tadzkirah.
.ای پایه انهام ز ادراک تو پست Beginning
Mr. Hall’s collection 8۳0, about 6700 pp. 15 lines.
ee
(52) مجموعه نغز (P.) Rare Collection being a Tadzkirah by Sayyid Abé-l- Qasim of Dilly who is usually called Qudrat Allah Qadiry and whose takhalluc is Qasim. Among his forefathers he counted Isma’yl Ghawrbandy and Sayyid Fadhil Gujraty, a Saint, whose tomb is at Gujrat and up to this day a place of pilgrimage. Qasim was in Arabia a pupil of Mawlawy Fakhr aldyn, in poetry, of Hidayat Allah Khan Hidayat, and in medicine, of Zakym Mohammad Sharyf Khan. In 1221 he had written a Dywan of 7000 distichs and a Mathnawy on the Mi'raj in the measure of the Mathnawy of Jalal aldyn Rûmy containing 30,500 (?) verses ; and a Mathnawy in the measure of the Bostan of 5200 verses on the miracles of ’abd al-Qadir. He died about 1246. The title is a chronogram for 1221 the date of the compilation.
The biographies are in Persian and alphabetically arranged. The specimens are well chosen. It contains about 800 biographies and seems to be chiefly founded upon the preceding Tadzkirah.
.بیان فصاحت نشان که نظام جواهر الفاظش Beginning
Mr. Hall’s collection large 8۳0, about 800 pp. 15 lines; a modern
copy, and one in my collection transcribed from the same original, from which Mr. Hall’s has been taken.
No. 53:] + ISHQ. ۱ 187
(53) طبقات سس تصنیف عشق “(P. HL) ` Periods of poetical composition by Shaykh Gholam Mohyy aldyn Qorashy of Myrath (Meerut). His father, Shaykh Ni'mat Allah N?amy, was a good Persian poet and wrote a thick Dywan, in the arranging of which he assisted him when only twelve years of age. This gave him a taste for poetry and he wrote himself a Dywan in which he used the takhalluc of Mobtala. Subsequently he devoted much of his time to archery, without neglect- ing however his studies. He learned Arabic grammar, but having a weak chest he was as it seems obliged to abandon it. When Shah ’alam came from Patna to Dilly he gained the friendship of one of his courtiers, whose title was Nawab Najaf Khan, and his name Ibrahym Bég, and his takhalluc, Alam, he was induced by him to write another Dywan in which he used the takhallu¢ of ۹ and a Persian Mathnawy containing the story of Shahrokh and Mahrokh in about 1700 verses, it is in the measure of the Mathnawy of Jalal aldyn Rumy and has the title عشق wees. He also wrote a Persian Tadzkirah which has the titles of مجموعهٌ عشق and of باع گلھای حس and fills about 1280 pages. The latter name is a chrono- gram for 1187. He also wrote an Insha of about 200 pages, it has the title of چہار , شوق which is a chrono- gram for 1199, and a treatise on chronograms called سراثر és, In 1220 he composed the :عار تشردم and العشق .اشعات (؟اشعة) The latter treats on Çûfism. He wrote this
Tadzkirah in 122%, this date is containéd in the title.
It is divided into two chapters رطبقه the first contains notices of upwards of a hundred Rékhtah poets, and the second notices of Persian poets of the same period. His biographies have the advantage of being original.
2B 2
188 RE/KHTAH TADZKIRAHS. [Cuap. I.
Beginning is wanting. Private collection 8vo. 484 pp. of 15 lines, the greater portion of the second part is wanting.
(54) دیواں جہان (H.)
The Tadzkirah of Bény Narayan Jahan of Lahér. It was compiled in 1812—A. H. 1227 and dedicated to Mr. Roebuck, at whose suggestion the work was under- taken.
The author gives in Hindtstany the takhalluc, name, place of residence and the name of the teacher of about 150 Rékhtah poets and specimens of their writings, but not one date. ‘The compilation is wanting in research.
:گر آغار ”خن حمد خدا سے Beginning
As. Soc. Beng. No. 89, 8۲0, of about 300 pp. 13 lines, beautifully written under the superintendance of the author in 1812. Mr.
Garcin de Tassy has made good use of this book in his Hist. de la Lit. Hind.
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(55) گلدستهء نشاط (H.)
The Nosegay of pleasure being selections of Persian and Rékhtah poetry by Manni Lal made in 1252, the compiler is still alive and resides in Calcutta, his native town.
The extracts are arranged according to matter and divided into seven chapters ‘is, which are sub-divided into numerous heads called US: The first eight chap- ters contain Persian poetry, and the seventh, which begins
No. 57. ] SHE FTAH. 189
in page 395, Rékhtah poetry, the names of the poets are printed in the margin, in red ink.
,ببسم الله بود بال هما برفرق عذواذہا Beginning
Beautifully printed in types, Calcutta 1252=1836 folio 463 pp. —
(56) گلشی مار (P.) The Rose garden without thorns by the Nawab Moc- tafa Khan Bahadur who has in Rékhtah the takhalluc of Shéftah and in Persian of Hfasratry, he resides at Dilly and began to compile this book in 1248 and com- pleted it in 1250, he was then twenty-six years of age. It contains about 600 very short biographies in Per- sian, he seems to have chiefly used the Tadzkirah of Qasim. It is more correct than most other Tadzkirahs. Beginning حمدچس طرازیست QS” اگل سرسبد Lithographed at Dilly, second edition, in 125-۸. D. 1837, 8vo. 383 pp.
(57) زان yalf (H.)
The Rose garden without autumn by Hakym Sayyid Gholam Qoob aldyn, whose takhalluç is Batin. His family was of ’arab-saray which is about five miles south of Dilly, but his grandfather settled at Agra where he practised as physician and died in 1259, the author was born at Agra.
This may be considered a translation of the preceding Tadzkirah into unintelligible Hindtstany, with some idiotical remarks.
,مطلع انوار انواع صنعت حسس Beginning
Mr. Hall has had the goodness to lend me a copy of this work, large 8۲0. about 300 pp. 21 lines.
سیق ee یس اا
190 RE KHTAH TADZKIRAHS. ] 011۸۳. I.
(11) التغاب دواویں شعرای مشرورزبان دوک (58)
Selections from the most celebrated Hindtstany poets, viz. Walyy, Dard, Sawda, Myr Taqyy Myr, Jorat, Myr Hasan, Nacyr, Mamnitin, Nasikh, Mulchand, Zawq, and Mimin Khan with a few popular songsandan introduction on the different kinds of Hindtstany verses by Mawlawy Imam-baksh Cahbayiy, Professor of Persian in the Dilly College. The author is near sixty years of age and ac- knowledged the best Persian scholar at Dilly. His other works will be described in their place. The extracts are preceded by short biographical notices written in Urdi.
۔مقدرر نہیں اسکی تجلی > بیان کا Beginning
Lithographed at Dilly 1844 A. D. 8۲0. 273 pp.
(59) ysl گلدسته" )11.(
An Anthology from Rékhtah poets without biogra- phical notices, by Mawlawy Karym aldyn of Dilly who is now teacher of the Hindtstany language in the Agra College, he may be thirty-five years of age. After the publication of this book, he edited a kind of periodical called e, رگن containing the poems made by the mem- bers of a Mosha’arah of Dilly, but it died soon for want of support. His other literary labours will be mentioned in their place.
.گوهر شهوار حمد و ثنا نثار اوس شہنشاہ حقیقی کا Beginning
Lithographed at Dilly 1201-21846 folio 830 pp. hardly legible.
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(60) تن کر شعرای هند تصنیف کریم الدیں (H.)
A History of Urdû poets chiefly translated from Garcin de Tassy’s Histoire de la lit. Hind. by F. Fallon, Esq. who is now a teacher in the Agra College and Karym aldyn with some additions, but also several omissions and hardly any improvement, the biographies are in Hindts- tany. For a notice of this book, I refer to Hall’s erudite remarks in the Benares Magazine.
,شکر هی اوس صانع ٭چوں ھگ کا Beginning
Lithographed at Dilly, 1848, 870. 504 pp.
(61) چمن بینظیر (P. H.)
Garden without equal, being Elegant Selections from Persian and Urdû poets by Mohammad Ibrahym. He informs us in the preface that Mokammad Hosayn had some time ago published elegant extracts from Persian poets, and that he requested him to make a new edition, and this led him to compile this book, which it would appear embodies the said extracts. The title is a chro- nogram for A. H. 1265.
The book is divided into two parts the first is called مر العاشتجی and contains extracts—chiefly Ghazals, from 50 or 52 ancient and modern Persian poets, 72 pp., and the second part contains extracts from 187 Urdt poets with- out notices of their lives, 249 pp.
192 RE KHTAH ۰ [CHap. I.
.پاس و شکر ایزد آفتاب مطلع اقبال دیوان هی Beginning
Lith. at Bombay 1265, 8۲۵, 19 lines in a page. Executed with great care, there is an edition of 1266 which has the title of Majma’ alash’ar.*
(62) تنکره" پوسث علي خان (P.)
Tadzkirah of Persian poets by Yusof ’alyy Khan who compiled this work at Murshidabad in 1180 and com- pleted it in 1184 and died previous to 1195.
It contains in alphabetical order about three hundred short biographies of Persian poets from the beginning of poetry to the author’s life-time. He informs us in the postscript that he intended to add two volumes contain- ing the history from *alamgyr to the year 1184, but it is very likely that he has not carried out his plans. The book has no preface. The appendix contains contem- porary poets who have not been noticed by Arai. Bg. باشراق Lala] .حرف الالف مپربافرولد شمس الدبی المدعو بدامان
Large 8vo. 642 pp. 11 lines, copied in 1213 from a MS. which had been executed in 1195, this volume came accidentally to hand, after
the preceding sheets had been printed, this is the cause why it has not been noticed in its place in page 161 before No. 33.
* Besides the Tadzkirahs described in this catalogue, Mr. Hall in an article in the Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Vol. XVII. p. 542 mentions the following ones: Majma’ alintikhab by Shah Mohammad Kamal (see Journ. Asiatique Série IV. Vol. 1. p. 1 and Vol. 11, p. 361); Tadzkirahé Sho’a- raé Jahangyr Shahy; Tadzkirah by Myr Mofammad ‘alyy Tirmidzy و Tadzkirah by Myr Fakhr aldyn; Tadzkirah by Abi-l-Hasan ; Tadzkirah by Myrza Jawan-bakht Jahandar Shah.
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Contents of the appendix:
Açaf, this is the takhallug of Acaf-j4h (see p. 153 supra). His forefathers were of Turan, his grandfather, ۸014 Khan held under “élamgyr the rank of four thousand, and his father Ghaziy aldyn Khan Fyriz-jang rose under the same sovereign to the rank of seven thousand, which is the highest rank that is bestowed in India. Acaf-jth was under Mohammad Shah Cubah-dar of the whole Deccan and died in 1160. He wrote good Persian poetry.
Mohabat-jang, his father was in the service of Mohammad A’tzam Shah a son of ’Alamgyr, and he was in the service of the same prince. Under Farrokh-siyar his fortunes changed frequently, but in the beginning of the reign of Mohammad Shah he was appointed وج dar of Patna. He died in 1170, ۶ ۰
A’lam aldawlah Hajy Mohammad Khan Bahadur was generally known by the name of Hajy ’ãlam : his father came as a merchant to Patna. A’lam aldawlah was governor of Tirhoot and a patron of the author of this Tadzkirah, it seems he was alive in 1180. ~ Kamal aldyn Khan Ahgar a Kashmyry, came after the death of his father from Dilly to Bengal where he resided in 1180.
Myr Mohammad ’alyy Zajryd, his father was of Yazd, and came under ’alamgyr I. to the Deccan, where he married the daughter of Myr Mohammad Shafy’ Yazdy. Tajryd was born at Awrangébéd in 1116, he studied at Ispahaén, and returned about the time of the inva- sion of Nadir Shah by sea to India. He remained for some time in the Deccan, and came in 1150 to Bengal. In 1165 he sailed from Hooghly to Arabia for the sake of making the pilgrimage, and came back to Bengal in 1169, and in 1180 he resided at Murshidabéd and had written — 36 رساله ملا حسن = ab ee شرح رساله *”جالية which treats on ascetics— رسالة در نوافل — رسالة در اتدات مذهب او شرج نخبه رساله تحقیق روح شرح کافیة
Myr Mortadha Haydar, in poetry a pupil of Myr Mohammad Afdhal Thébit, came to Bengal under Shujé’ aldawlah and resides now, 1180, in that province, he has written a Dywan of about 10,000 bayts.
Myr Bagir who has the title of Mokhlig ’alyy Khan and the takhallug of Khorram, is a relation of the late ’alyy Wirdy Khan and composes Rékhtah and Persian poetry.
Myr Mohammad Taqyy Khiydl a pupil of Thabit came to Bengal under the late ’alyy Wirdy Khan, and died in 1173, he is the
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194 RE KHTAH TADZKIRAHS. (Cap. I.
author of the Jl> بسقان which is a novel in Persian prose, in fourteen volumes.
Faqyh اضف Dardmand, a friend of the author, died in 1179 and left a Dywan.
Myrza Baqir a son of Aqû Myrz4 was a Persian by birth, who came to India during the administration of Mohabat-jang.
Myrzé Bagir was born in the Deccan, he was a good physician and alive in 1180.
’alyy Ibrahym Khan ۷۰
Myr Mortadha Hélat died two years ago.
Murshid Quly Khan Rostam-jang Makhmur of Sirat a relation of the Natzim of Bengal, who sent him as governor to Orissa, subse: quently he lived at the Court of Acaf-jéh, and died a few years after him, he left Rékhtah poetry.
Wajid has the title of Fakhr altojjér, the pride of merchants, his ancestors were of Kashmyr, but he was born at Patna, where he resided in 1180.
Mortadhé Quly Khan Firdg was under Mokammad Shah a Mun- shiy at Dilly, towards the end of the reign of Ahmad Shéh he came to Bengal where he now, 1180, resides.
Nawab Sayyid almulk Asad Allah Ghélib-jang @hélib resides now, in 1180, at Murshidabad.
Hakym Mohammad Shafy’ Khan Fortgh of Shyraz came to India, and was appointed a physician to the emperor, subsequently he was attached to the governors of Oudh, and about 1160 he came to Bengal, and now, 1180, he is attached to the Natzim’s court.
Hajy Ahmad ’alyy Qiydmat, an uncle of ’alyy Ibrahym Khan Khalyl, resides now at Patna.
Sultan Mokarram Sultan, a descendant of Abi-l-Hasan king of Haydarabad, has travelled much in Arabia and Persia.
Before concluding this chapter I insert an Index to the 0۲۸5 Tadzkirahs. The reader must remember that con- sistently with the plan of the work this is not intended to be an elaborate biography of Rékhtah poets, but merely a list of the materials available for such a biography, containing besides their names and the titles of their works, the
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principal dates. I am therefore not responsible for any mistakes or repetitions which may occur in the books indexed. For farther details and critical remarks, I refer to Garcin de Tassy’s Hist. de la Lit. Hind. For the sake of brevity, I make use of the following abbreviations in referring to the above Tadzkirahs: A — Qayim see No. 44; B —Gurdézy No. 43; 0 =’alyy Ibrahym No. 45; D—Dzoké No. 50; E=Muchafy No. 47; G= Gulshane Hind No. 49 : H — Sarwar No. 5] ; J=Shéorish No. 46; K= Qasim No. 52; M Myr No. 42; P —Gulshane Bé-khar No. 56; R=—Gulshane Bé-khi- zan No. 57 (I used this book only occasionally, whereas I made it a rule to abridge all the notices contained in the other Tadzkirahs) و T = Tabaqéte Sokhan No. 53; V=ishqy No 48. I use the tense which I found in each Tadzkirah, this being in many instances the only indi- cation of the time when a poet flourished, though not always a safe one. It is hardly necessary to say that many of the persons mentioned in this list have not left a Dywan nor any other works. I should have omitted them had I not been in danger to throw away the grain with the chaff. Such criticism is the duty of the historian.
’abd, ’abd al-Rahym of the Deccan, H. He may be identical with the ’abd al-Rahym mentioned by M.
’abd al-Barr, ۰
’abd Allah flourished previous to the time of Myra Myrza, H. Garcin de Tassy informs us that ’abd Allah of the Deccan is the author of a Mathnawy which has the title of در المچالس and of which a copy is in the India House in London. I give the verse which H quotes of him, as it may enable the reader to decide on the identity of the two poets.
کہوں میں کس سے یہ دکهة یار کي جدائیکا دوا۔پذیر نہیں درد آشنائی کا abid a contemporary of Walyy, his language and style are obso- 2 0 2
196 RE KHTAH TADZKIRAHS. [Cuar. ۰
lete, D. He is probably identical with ’abidy the author of a Math- nawy called. قلبی Las ( وحیه کلبي Dohya Kalby?) mentioned by Garcin de Tassy.
Abjady author of a Dywan, see 2nd ی
Abrû, Shaykh Najm aldyn ’alyy Khan, commonly called Shah Mobarak, was a descendant of Morammad Ghawth Gwalyaéry and & near relation of Arzû; who used to revise his verses. He was born at Gwalyér but came early to Dilly ; for some time he lived at Narnawl in the Society of Gurdézy’s father. He was blind of one eye, and died previous to 1161, about fifty years of age, M, A, B, G.
Abi-l-Hasan king of Golconda, see Tanashah.
Acaf, Acaf aldawlah governor of Oudh. I give here a list of the governors, (now kings) of Oudh, because most of them were
patrons of Rékhtah poetry. Cafdar-jang died on the 17th of Dzi-
1-hajj, 1167. . In the Lucnow Almanack for 1848.and in Prinsep’s Useful Tables, it is said that he died in 1170, but the chronogram above the eastern entrance to his beautiful Mausoleum five miles from Dilly, gives the above date, it runs. مقجم بہشت برین lyk چنین سال نارای او شى رقم که
He was succeeded by Shuja’ aldawlah who died in 1188, then followed. Agaf aldawlah who died in 1212. Sa’ddat ’alyy Khana brother of Acaf aldawlah died in 1229. . Ghaziy aldyn Haydar imad almulk obtained in 1235 the title of king and died in 1242. Nagyr aldyn Haydar d. 1252. Nagyr aldawlah d. 1258. Amjad ’alyy Shah 0. 1263. Wajid ’alyy is now, 1858-1909 A. H. on the throne.
Acghar, Myr Amjad ’alyy of Agra, a holy man who derived his spiritual genealogy from ’abd Allah Baghdady, H. He had also the takhallug of Amjad. R paid him two visits and says that he died and left Persian and Urdi poems. His Urdi ۳۳۵4۵ has been printed at Agra.
Acghar, Myr Agghar ’alyy of Mahrérah near Dilly, D. He has also written Persian poetry. His Dywan is celebrated, K. ۱
Nawab Çamçéam aldawlah Khan Mançûr-jang of Agra. رصنع
*acimy, Khwajah Burhan aldyn of Dilly composed many mar- thiyah and died in 1166, A, 13. He was descended from Khwajah ’abd Allah Afrar, H. Shorish calls him رهم" and says that he was skilled in chronograms.
*aciy, Nur Mohammad is a good poet of Burhénptr in the Decean, B. He is also mentioned by J and VY. Garcin de Tassy mentions
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two Mathnawies of ’ãçiy on the religious duties of the Musal- mans, of which a copy, written in 1146 and 1147 is in the Imperial library at Paris, one has the title of خلاصة المعاملات and the other of .ادواع العلوم
` *éciy, Karam ’alyy* of Dilly was a perfectly illiterate man, and kept a perfumer’s shop at Patna. He was a pupil of Myrz4 Bhuchcht Fidwy:
dciy is a poet of Rampur, D, P.
Adab, Gholaém Mohyy aldyn of Haydarabad a pupil of Faydh, R.
Adham رادهم ’abd al-’alyy author of a Mathnawy called kos” عاشقین of which a description is contained in Garcin de Taasy; & copy of it is in the British Museum.
' Aféq, Myr Faryd aldyn b. Bahd aldyn of Jalalabad (half way between Dilly and Saharanpir?) was a pupil of Firéq, P. He has lately left Dilly, D. He was a friend of K.
Afaryn, Shaykh Qalandar-bakhsh of Sahéranpir, lives in his native town, D. He has written a book on the figures of speech under the title of الصنائع das), H, P.
`‘ Afça/, Shah Facgyh, a pupil of Myrza By-dil, was a darwysh at Lucnow and died in 1192 at a very advanced age, C. He left a Persian Dywan.
` Afcah, Agha Haydar ’alyy a son of Myrz4 Hasan ’alyy Bég of Lucnow where he now resides, R.
Afdhal, Mohammad Afdhal of Jhanjénah not far from Meerut, a mystical poet, but without much education ; flourished, it would appear from Qayim, previous to ’abd Allah Qo¢ob-shah (came to the throne in 1020). He is the author of a poem called the Story of hardship gal بکنهة of which there is a copy in the India House in London.
Afgér, Myr Jywan went to Mashhad and remained there attached to the tomb of Imém Ridha, C.
Afghan, Imam ’alyy Khan of Lucnow, H, بط T. According to C his name was Alif Khan and he lived in great poverty.
Afsar, Gholém Ashraf a son of Gholém Rastl and a pupil of Muchafy composed chiefly Marthiyahs, E, H. He is now at Lucnow, D.
Afsar of Moradabad. D says “I have never met him.’
* According to the rules of Persian grammar we ought to spell Karame ‘alyy; but in proper names which are compounds like this the idhafat is invariably dropped in Urdu, I also write agreeably to the Urdû pronuncia- tion and prosody Nawab and not Nowwab.
رجح یہ
پیس سی تن و اص یم پس
= ۷۳
ean eg, 1
۸. ê mea
شی
ele AR BI OF روا ای ا TI ور
109۱001
Soe ui DEV DEK mne
و سا ۱۳
var al
MIE EAA ۱ ۸
ماه و مت با
TET, BF تا مو رر LA TTR UL AN Tre ی فا
bo ۵
میک ۴ رای
Qian
198 RE KHTAH TADZKIRABS. [CHAP. I.
Afsés, Myr Shyr ’alyy was first in the service of Nawab Ishéq Khan the uncle of Agaf aldawlah at Lucnow and subsequently of Myrza Jawén-bakht, and finally he was recommended to Lord Wellesley and appointed a Munshiy of the College of Fort William. He died at Calcutta in A. D. 1809. His writings will be mentioned in their respective places.
Afsés, Myrzi Ghafûr Bég of Dilly. His ancestors came from Turin. He died some years ago, H.
Afsurdah, Myrz4 Panéh ’alyy Bég of Lucnow composes chiefly Marthiyahs, T.
Aftab, this is the takhallug of the emperor Shéh alam IT. reigned 1173-1221.
Agah, Mohammad Çalak lived at Dilly under the emperor Moham- mad-shéh, رط D. He died a long time ago, H.
Agah, Nûr Khan a Patan is a clever story-teller, C. Is a pupil of Shih Waqif, went some time ago to Patna where he entered the service of Nawab Karym Quly Khan a son of Monyr aldawlah. It is not known where he now is, V. He may be identical with the following.
Agah, Myr Hasan ’alyy one of the story-tellers of the king of Dilly. H says that he was lately appointed to that post, and K who wrote in 1121, that he still held the office.
Agha, Myrzi Agha Khan of Lucnow is skilled in writing Marthi- yahs, D, H.
Aghéz, Munshiy Lachman Narayan was in the service of General Ochterlony who died about 1826 A. D. H.
Ah, Myr Mahdiy a son of Myr Mohammad, whose takhallug was Séz, is a promising young man, ۰
Ahmad of Guzrét was a contemporary of Walyy of the Deccan, he knew Sanskrit and Bhéké and wrote some times in Rékhtah, 6 According to M and D his takhallug is Admady, this however seems to be a mistake.
Ahmad, Sayyid Gholém Mohyy aldyn of Haydarabad a pupil of Faydh, R.
Ahmad, Sayyid Ahmad ’alyy of Sarawah was a well educated and clever man, he translated the Nal Daman and Zalykha into Rékhtah verses and left a Rékhtah Dywan, D. He is probably identical with the author of the Mathnawy called_y i و US and of the two Hin- distény prose works called مورپنكهي and رشك پری mentioned by Garcin de Tassy, the latter two were written in 1241 at Faydhabad.
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Ahmad, Myrz4 Ahmad Bég a Qazalbash is a good soldier, H, D. He has latterly given up writing poetry, K.
Ahmad, Hafitz Shaykh Gholém Ahmad Akhénd is a very learned man, his forefathers were of the Panjab, but he was born at Dilly, H. According to D his name is Shaykh Amad.
Ahmad, Cameim Allah a son of In’’m Allah Khén Yaqyn was a soldier by profession, and died in the Eastern provinces (Oudh ?), K.
Ahmad, Shaykh Ahmad Yar writes Persian and Rékhtah poetry, K.
Shaykh Ahmad ’alyy of Dilly a pupil of Myr Kalli Hagyr, ۰ He is probably identical with the preceding.
Ahmad, Myrz4 Ahmad ’alyy Khan a son of Fath ’alyy Khan is a promising young man, D.
Ahmad, Gholam Ahmad ’alyy resides at Burhanpuir, H, D.
Ahmad-shah familiarly called Baséwan, J.
Ahmad-shéh Bahadur emperor of Dilly J.
Ahmady, Shaykh Ahmad Warith of Zamanyah near Ghaziypir flourished in 1196, C, V.
Ahmady, Nitzdm aldyn, a distinguished calligraph, was born in 1200 went in 1229 to Malabar (Malywar). He is the author of a Persian and ofan Urdi Dywan. H says that there was an Ahmady of Gujrat, but that he did not know his name.
Ahgar, Myrz4 Jawad ’alyy a Qazalbash was born at Lucnow where he resided in 1209, he was then about 22 years of age, B, ۰
Ahsan, Ahsan Allah a contemporary of Ishtiyéq, Madhmin and of Abri whom he imitates. Was dead in 1165, A, B, V.
Ahsan, Myrzé Ahsan ’alyy (K writes Quly instead of ’alyy) was of Persian descent and a pupil of Myr Dhiy4 and subsequently of Sawd4, found patrons in Shujé’ aldawlah and Acaf aldawlah, H. At present 1215, he is in the service of Nawab Sarfaraz aldawlah at Lucnow, G. Besides this poet, Myrz4 Ahsan Allah with the takhal- lug Adsan and’alyy Ahsan Khan Ahsan who was the Khansémén of ’umdat almulk are mentioned in V.
Ahsan, Mohammad Mawlé is a poet of the Deccan چنوبی) elle), D.
Ahsan, Ahsan Allah Khan of Dilly a pupil of K and a friend of H. He is still, 1852, alive at Dilly.
’ajayib Ray Munshiy, J.
ûrif aldyn Khan visited twelve years ago Dilly, but some رما time ago he went to the Deccan, and it is said that he resides at Burhanpur, M, B. He used to write Kabits, J.
ہس کے پیر ye
1 ۶ 3 1 1 0 0 4
200 RE’ ب9 ۸ ۲۲ ۰ [CHAP. I.
’ajiz, from M who mentions him as well as *ajiz of Burhénpüûr, it appears that he lived at Dilly in 1164 and was given to unnatural vices. He is probably identical with که ’alyy Khan ’djiz of Agra mentioned by C. -
”ûjiz, Zérawar Singh a Khatry and a grandson of Réûy Anand Rain Mukhlig resides at Dilly and writes Persian and Rékhtah poetry. He is a pupil of Shaykh Nagyr aldyn Gharyb, D, H.
"ajiz, Myr Gholam Haydar Khan of Dilly a son of Mohammad ’atzym Allah Khan and a nephew of Mohammad Ja’far Raghib Panypaty a relation of H. He is a pupil of Qudrat, and resides at Patna, D. He died young, ۰
"ajiz, Ulfat Khan of Afghan origin was born at Khirjah which ig thirty koss east of Dilly, H.
Ajmal, Nacir aldyn Mohammad, familiarly called Ajmal MiR or Mohammad Ajmal, a son of Shah Morammad Nacir Afdhaly. of Ilahabad, a pupil of his late brother Gholaém Qofob aldyn Mogybat,. is a learned man and writes sometimes Rékhtah verses, J. He has written several works, V.
Akbar, Shah Bhuchcht or Myan Bhuchchi, a pupil of Hatim, ee to have Moshé@’arahs whilst he was at Dilly, H. As long as Mughafy was at Dilly he used to correct Akbar’s verses. He has written a Dywan, the style of it is far-fetched and disfigured by puns, E.
Akbar, Mokarram aldawlah Sayyid Akbar ’alyy Khan Mostaqym- Jang, brother of Jawan-bakht’s mother. He died a few years ago, K.
Akbar, Akbar Khan a younger brother of P and a pupil of Miimin Khan (who fell from the roof of his house and died in A. D. 1852). Akbar resides at Dilly.
, Akhgar, Lalah Ték Chand is treasurer of Myrz4 Khorram-bakht, D, H.
Akhtar, Myr Akbar ’alyy of Sirhind a pupil of Muchafy and Jorit, resided at Lucnow, and was in 1209 upwards of 30 years of age. He had first the takhalluç of Anjém, E.
’Akif was a friend of Sawda, ۰
Khwajah Akram of Dilly was a friend of Qéyim and embodied the title of his Tadzkirah into chronogrammatic verses, A, C, V, D.
Alam, Gahib Myr a son of Khwéjah Mohammad Myr, and conse- quently a nephew of Myr Dard, was in 1194 at Murshidabad and in 1215 at Dilly, G. He was still alive in 1221, K. According to لا and H he was a son of Myr Dard.
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Alam, Mohammad ’alyy is a pupil of Dzawgq, P. *Aliy-j4h is the takhalluç of a son of Nawab Nitz4m almulk
Natzar, P.
*4liy a prince of the imperial house of Dilly, and a pupil of Dzawgq, P.
’alym, a Dakhny poet with whose circumstances A was not acquainted.
’alyy, Shah Nagir ’alyy, a very pious man, was born and brought up at Sahrand near Dilly (H spells Sirhind), he left a Persian Dywaén and some Mathnawies, H. ره ’alyy Mohammad Khan an Afghan of Moradabad, ۰
*alyy, Myrza ’alyy of Lucnow was of Moghol origin and a pupil of Dywanah, D.
‘alyy Jan, familiarly called Bahman of Dilly, a son of Qéadhiy Budhdhan uses his name as his takhallug, D. He is a young man, H.
’alyy, Myrzé ‘alyy Quly of Dilly left a short but good Dywan, D.
Amanat, Amanat Ray resided in the Darybah at Dilly, H, P.
Amany, Myr Amany of Dilly son of Khwéjah Burhan aldyn Athimy. C says he died in 1187 and P says in 1177. He wrote chiefly Marthiyahs.
Amjad, Mawlawy Mohammad Amjad, a pupil of Nitzim Khan Mu’jiz, was near seventy years of age in 1209, and had written Per- sian and Rékhtah verses, E, D. According to P he was a son of Mawilawy Arshad, whose takhalluç was Arshad (he is the author of a commentary on the Myné Bazar) and the father of Mawlawy ’abd al-Rahman, a friend of P.
Amyn, Myr Mohammad Amyn of the Deccan. H was not able to obtain. any information respecting him.
Amyn, Myr Mohammad Amyn of Benares is a pupil of Myr Gholdm ’alyy Azéd,D. He went to the Deccan and settled there, K. I suppose he is identical with the preceding.
Amyn, Khwajah Amyn aldyn, a native of Patna, was of Kashmyry origin, in 1194 he had been some years in the service of Nawab Myr Mohammad Ridhé Khan Motzaffar-jang, C. His poems which are very highly spoken of, have been collected in a small Dywan of Ghazal D, G. He was a pupil of Holas Ray 7/2/۵2 and left a Per- sian Dywan, V.
‘Amyn, Myrzi Moammad Isméa’yl of Dilly had first the takhallug
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of Wahshat, he was first a soldier and then a teacher, D. He was a friend of D.
Amyn, Amyn aldyn Khan a son of Qadhiy Wahyd aldyn Khan is the grandfather of the present Amyn of the Calcutta Madrasah, he died at Benares in 1186.
Amyr, Nawab Mohammad Yar Khan a son of Nawab ’alyy Mo- hammad Khan of Afghan origin. He was a good musician and resided at Tandah. His attention having been directed to Rékhtah poetry, he invited ۱362 and Sawda to come to him, but they did not accept his offers, he then invited Mokammad Qéyim who resided then at Bisawly, and gave him a salary ofone hundred Rupees a month. Besides Q4yim he assembled other poets round himself, like Muchafy, Na’ym, Parwd4nah Moradabady, ’ishrat, and Hakym Kabyr Sambhaly. He was also an admirer of paintings and ordered لتوة' Khin to paint portraits of all celebrated poets and formed an album of them. The defeat of Dhabitah Khan by Shah ’délam and the Mahrattas put a stop to this happy state of things, and he died soon after 1188, E. According to K he was originally of the Jat caste and was adopted as son by Dawid Khan of Moradabad. ۱
Amyr, Amyn aldawlah Mo’yn almulk Nacir-jang, familiarly called Myrzé Médhii (pronounce Mézdht), a brother of Agaf aldawlah, held the office of Myr Atishy (i. e. he was in charge of gun-powder, fire-works, &c.) at the court of Shah ’dlam, he resides now at Lucnow, H. He seems to have been still alive in 1221.
Amyr, Amyr aldawlah Nawazish K®an of Dilly was called ۳ al-Ra/méûn Khan he was a pupil of Nitzém aldyn and used to hold Moshé’arahs in his house at which all poets of Dilly assembled, H.
Amyr, Shaykh Amyr aldyn of Narwar where it is said he was for some time Kotwal, H, D.
Amyr, Amyr ’alyy a Sayyid of Dilly went some time back to the Deccan, H, D.
Amyr, Sayyid Amyr Allah of Dilly is an amiable young man ج3 is well versed in astronomy, H. He was a friend of D who calls him ص2874 Amyr Allah.
Amyr, Shaykh Amyr Allah of Dilly a pupil of Naçyr is n: in Ramal, D, P. (It is not unlikely that he is identic with the prone ing and that D mentions him twice).
Amyr, Shaykh Amyr-bakhsh a son of Hosayn-bakhsh of Dilly, holds an appointment at Hatras, R.
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Andéh, Myrzé Ghafér Bég a Moghol (Persian or Tatar) by origin, was a soldier by profession, and resided at Dilly, D, H. : A’la, Myr ’alyy of Dilly a son of the late Myr Wiléyat Allah
: Khan, he was in the service of Shujé’ aldawlah of Oudh and C saw
him during the Naw4b’s wars with the English.
Anjém, Nawab ’umdat almulk Amyr Khan held a high office under Mohammad-shéh. Qéyim was much attached to him; he was mur- dered in 1159 and left Persian and Rékhtah poems, A, B, G, H. He was a descendant of Ni’mat Allah Walyy and composed chiefly logogriphs, T.
Anwar, Mohammad Mawla of the Deccan. H says that he has not been able to obtain any information regarding him, from D it would appear that he was his contemporary.
. Anwar, Gholam ’alyy was of Kalpy, C.
Anwar, Aftab Ray was a writer in a public office, D.
: Anwar, Walyy Mohammad Khan a Shaykh-zddah of Dilly, his ancestors were Dardéghahs of the imperial court of justice (of Dilly), he writes Persian and Rékhtah poems, more particularly Ghazals, H.
’Aqil, رفظ Sukh Ray of the Panjab served in the army, composed a few verses and assisted Qayim much in compiling his Tadzkirah.
"aqil, *Aqil-shéh led a roaming life, but was much at Dilly where he frequently visited E. According to H he was a soldier, but I
suppose that سپاهي is a mistake for .سجاحی
’aqydat of Burhénpir, a contemporary of Naw4b A’tzam Khan, ۰
Aram, Prém Nath a Khatry lived first at Dilly, but retired subse- quently during the war to Bindrabun. He was a clever archer and penman. Left a Rékhtah Dywan of about 2000 verses and some Persian poetry. H speaks of him as if he had been alive in 1215.
Aram, Makhan Lal of the Kayet caste was a pupil of Insha Allah Khan, H.
Aram, Khayr Allah of Sirdhénah an arrow-maker, was much in the Society of a son of Simroo who had the title of Tzafaryéb Khan and the takhallug of Çékib. Arm died of cholera at an early age and previous to 1215.
arif, Myr arif ’alyy of Amréhah lives since some time at Muré- dabad, he says that he is a pupil of Muchafy, ۰
"arif, Mohammad که a Kashmyry born at Dilly (C and V call him Akbaraébady, and say that he had a shop close to the Dilly-Dar-
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wézah at Dilly). He was a tailor by profession and in poetry a pupil of Madhmiün and Abri. He died a short. time ago, E. He was a contemporary of Myri Myrzé, E who knew him says, that his Dywan was arranged after his death by one of his pupils.
"arif, Shah Hosayn a Darwysh, who lived at the shrine called Qadam. Sharyf near Dilly, H.
Arman, Shah ’alyy a son of Ja’far ’alyy Hasrat of Lucnow, H. I have been told that he was Natzir at Alwar and died there.
Arman, Nawab Mojahid-jang of Haydarabad, a pupil of Myr Asad ’alyy Khan, ,اط D.
Arzu, Siraj aldyn ’alyy Khan, see p. 133.
Asad, Asad Allah Khan usually called Myrza Nawshé. His ancestors were of Samarqand, he was born at Dilly, H. This is the same poet who will be mentioned under the takhallug of ۰ He is now, 1852, near sixty years of age. His ۱۳۳۵۵ has been printed. At present he writes only Persian verses. He is also the author of a Persian Inshé and of a Mathnawy in praise of ’alyy.
Asad, Lila Kyrat Singh, a Khatry of Dilly, was a skilful Mota- gaddiy (writer), he is the author of a short Persian Dywan.
Asad, Myr Amany, a pupil of Sawda, resided first at Dilly, after the death of his patron Nawab Afdhal Khan he went to Lucnow, and was murdered on the road at an age of about fifty. He left a thick Dywan and several Mathnawies among them one on the Pack of cards بلط گن نوہ H.
Asad, Myr Asad ’alyy of Dilly a pupil of Sawdé lives now in Bengal, V.
As’ad Myrzé As’ad-bakht a son of Ahsan-bakht and a اکا ad Shah ’aélam. It seems that he was alive in 1121, K.
’asas, Shaykh Badr aldyn of Sikandrah (about forty miles east of Dilly) is the Kotwal of that village, D, H.
Ashfaq, Shaykh Sarferdz ’alyy of Bareilly is a pupil of Myrza Khany Nawazish Hosayn, D.
*ashiq, Mahdiy ’alyy Khan (P spells Mahd ’alyy Khan) was of a noble family of Dilly, having been the grandson of Nawab ’alyy Mardan Khan. He used to hold for about ten years every Friday poetical assemblies in his house, at which all poets of Dilly were present, and among them H and D. He died two years ago, H. He died four years ago, K. ’ashiq is a most fertile poet. having
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written three Urdi Dywans, two Persian Dywans, a ۲ ۵80۶ ۵ Zalykhé, a Haémlahé Haydary in Urdi, a Majnin 6 Laylé, and a Khosraw 6 Shyryn, and an Urdi Mathnawy in which he describes Lucnow, and other poems. He is also the author of a Tadzkirah of some poets who attended his Mosh4’arah, he left in all near 200,000 verses. He had begun to translate the Shéh-némah into 0۶۸۵ا verses, but died before he had completed it.
~ 4shiq, Myr Yahya familiarly called ’ãshiq ’alyy Khan is a poet of the Deccan B, C, V. In D a poet of. this takhallug is mentioned of whom it is said that he is of Haydarabad.
*dshiq, ’alyy A’tzam Khan, a brother of Khwajah Mohtaram Khan Mohtaram and a pupil of ’isq, V. He is alive, J. He was a friend of © and died shortly previous to 1195.
*4shiq, Myr Burhan aldyn, a pupil of Myr Hasan, is a good artist, ©, V, J.
. *éshiq, Mokammad Khan of the Guibah of Narwar, H, P.
*Ashiq, Shaykh Nabyy-bakhsh of Agra, a son of Mohammad Çalak and a pupil of Natzyr of Agra, P.
*4shiq, Mawlawy Jalal aldyn was a man of learning, who wrote sometimes poetry, D, H.
. *éshiq, Rajah Kalyén Sing Tahawwur-jang, Natzim of the Çûbak Behér, a son of Rajah Shitéb Ray, wrote Persian and Urdu poetry, H. He left a Persian Dywan, J.
*ashiq, Bhdla Nath of Dilly, a son of Lilah Gépy Nath Pundit, was Treasurer of Nawab A’tzam aldawlah Myr Mohammad Khan and a friend of D, he composed Persian and Urdu poetry.
*4shiq, Ram Singh, a Khatry of Dilly, was acquainted with D and left a Dywan. He died some time ago, H.
*4shiq, Munshiy ’ajayib Ray, C.
*4shiqy, Agha Hosayn Quly-Khan, a son of Agha ’alyy Khan, his ancestors came from Khorasan, he was born at Patna, it is said that he now, 1252, resides at Lucnow, he is the author of the نشنر عشق in Persian, but as he does not know Arabic he fell into many errors, P
Ashk, is a poet of Rampur of Afghan descent, H, D.
Ashky, Myr Warith ’alyy a son of Shah Kalb ’alyy of Patna a pupil of V.
Ashky, Myrza Gholém Mohyy aldyn, R.
Ashna, Myr Zayn al’abidyn is mentioned by B as a contemporary ;
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K adds that he was usually called Myr Nawab, and that he was a son of the Hakym Aclah aldyn Khan, who was equally a distin- guished man and knew ۰
Ashna, Myrz4 Juggan, a son of Rahmat Allah Khan, was a contem- porary of D.
i: Ashné, Mahé Sing a Khatry, writes Persian and Rékhtah وود 11, He resides at Dilly, ۰
Ashraf a contemporary of Walyy, D. A contemporary of Abri, C.
Ashraf, Mohammad Ashraf. D says that he is of the neighbour- hood of Lucnow and writes good poetry. V says that he formerly resided at Murshidébad, and was in the service of John Bristow, and that he did not know what had now become of him. C who quotes the same verse of him as D, and V says that a poem called سرنامة is ascribed to him.
Ashraf, Mohammad Ashraf, a son of Imam aldyn of Kéndhelah in the district of Sahéranpur, is a well educated young man of about thirty years of age, J.
Ashraf, Hafitz Gholim Ashraf of Dilly used sometimes the takhal- luc of Hafitz, he was a good musician and wrote Persian and Hindu- stdny verses. He was a friend of K and a young man in 1221, and is probably identical with Ashraf Khan son of Hakym Sharyf Khan ’4lamshéhy of Dilly mentioned by T.
Ashûb, Myr Imdad ’alyy Khan, a son of Myr Rawshan ’alyy Khan Forégh of Dilly, a pupil of Mamnin, P.
Ashuftah, ’atzym aldyn Khan, his sobriquet is Bahéry Khan, he is a soldier by profession, E. He was of Patan origin and a pupil of Mayil. He used to attend the Masha’arahs of Mahdiy ’alyy Khan, but subsequently he became a Chishty ascetic and gave up composing poetry. He gained his livelihood by commerce, H. It would appear from T that he was alive in 1221.
Ashuftah, Hakym Myrzé Ridhé Quly Khan was a physician and a son of the physician Mohammad Shafy’ Khan, some say he was of Agra and others say of Lucnow. He was in 1215, in Calcutta, G, H.
Ashuftah, Sayyid Monawwar ’alyy, a native of Dilly, a clever pe cian, P. I believe he is alive and resides at Meerut.
’askar ’alyy Khan was of Murshidabad, V. ’askary, Myrz4 Mohammad ’askary a Moghol (i. e. of تم or ‘Tatar origin) of Patna, D. A pupil of Qudrat Allah, H.
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Asyr, Balthasar, a half-caste, is a friend of Tzafar-yéb Khan (this was the title of Soomroo’s son). His poems are corrected by Mo- hammad Nacyr aldyn Naçyr, D, H.
Asyr, Myr Gulzar ’alyy is now abont forty-five years of age, R.
Asyr, R mentions, besides the aboye, two other Asyrs (No. 56 and 66) but says that he knows nothing respecting them.
’até, Khwajah ’até (Mohammad ’ata Allah, D.) flourished ا *élamgyr and was a man of bad character, A, J, K.
Atal Us! Myr ’abd al-Jalyl, a Sayyid of Belgrém, was a سس of Abd-l-faraj Wasity D, K. According to P and R he was of Dilly. Though a great scholar, his Rékhtah verses are humoristi¢ and in the style of Myrza Zetely. He was a contemporary of Mo- hammad ’até and is the author of Persian and Arabic Qacydahs; in Persian he has the takhallug of Wasity.
Athér, Hosayn ’alyy Khan is a pupil of Imém-baksh Nasikh, H, 1
Athar, Sayyid Mohammad Myr of Dilly a son of Naçr aldyn and a brother of Khwajah Myr Dard, he was a pious man and given to Çüfism. He left a small Dywan and a’ Mathnawy. K says he died many years ago, V.
Athym, Mohammad ’alyy of Gorakpur, .ظط
Athimy, Sayyid Burhan aldyn of Dilly composed chiefly Marthiy- ahs, V.
Atish, Myrz4 Gholam Hosayn .ما Myrzi Karym Allah Bég a pupil of Tapish is the author of a treatise on Prosody and of one on rhyme. He is now at Murshidabad, V.
Shéh Mozammad <A’tzam of Sandhélah was first a soldier, but lead subsequently a retired life at Muradabad. He composed Persian and Rékhtah poetry, but did not commit it to paper.
A’tzam, Mohammad A’tzam, son of a druggist of Lucnow, had an appointment at the court of Agaf aldawlah, C. He died young, ۰
A’tzam, A’tzam Khan of Afghan origin resides at Dilly and isa pupil of Shah Modammad Nagyr, H, D.
A’tzam, Myr A’tzam ’alyy is a young man and resides at NE. he is a pupil of Naçyr and has visited Dilly, D.
A’tzam, Myrza A’tzam ’alyy Bég held an appointment at 0 and is about sixty years of age. He is a pupil of Atish,R. He resides now, 1853, at Agra. ۱
A’tzam, Munshiy A’tzam ۳ teacher of Persian in the College
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of Agra, R. He is very old and resides now, 1853, at Agra, he has made a free translation of the Sikandern4amah into ۴ verses, and also a Mathnawy in the style of that of Jalal ا 17.
A’tzam, A’tzam ’alyy Khén a son of Sayyid Qalandar ’alyy is an old poet, H, D.
Atzfary, Mohammad Tzahyr aldyn Myrzé ’alyy-bakht familiarly called Myrza Kalan Gurgany, N.
Atzhar, Gholém Mohyy aldyn resided at Dilly and was a pupil of Hosayn Sarwary and Myr Farzand ’alyy, he supported himself by teaching, H. According to D and K he was a son of Sarwary.
Atzhar, Khwajah Atzhar resided in old Dilly and was in the service of the late Nawab ’iméd almulk, who was then Wazyr, D. He died many years ago, H.
Atzhar, Myr Gholém ’alyy of Dilly, a pupil of the late Shams aldyn Faqyr Maftin, resided some time at Murshiddbad, but as he was a conceited man and had a whimsical temper, he could not go on there, he went to Patna and died in 1192. He was a good Persian scholar, C, D, V.
’atzmat, Shaykh ’atzmat Allah was first a soldier and cubase a teacher, D. In K. the takhallug is spelled ’içmat.
’atzmat, Myr ’atzmat Allah Khan a son of Myr ’izzat Allah Khan Jadzb born at Bareilly travelled in Bokhéré, &c. and resides now at Dilly, P. Iam told he died about 1842. ۱
’atzym, Myrzé Zayn al-’abidyn of Patna is a good poet, ۰
’atzym was a young man in the army, M met him at Awnlah. V mentions Mohammad ’atzym and says that he was a pupil of Sawda, and that he lived formerly at Farrokhabad and now at Dilly. It ap- pears from C that he was at Dilly as early as 1195. He is evident- ly identical with Mohammad ’atzym ’atzym who is mentioned by D and K, and who was familiarly called Shah Jhilan and was a very pious man and wrote ليلي و *جنون and other Rékhtah Mathnawies.
‘atzym, Myrza ’atzym Bég (E spells A’tzam Beg) a native of Dilly, his ancestors were of Kabul. E who knew him says, that he ‘was a conceited young man. He was a pupil of Shah Hatim and ‘Sawda and was dead in 1221 and left a Dywan, K, D, H.
Awarah, Myr Mohammad Qasim a brother of Zayn al’ abidyn 4 shad rand a brother-in-law of ۰
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Awbash, Shaykh Amyr alzamdn Bijnawry a Shaykh-zédah of Luc- now and a pupil of Muchafy, BE, ۰ _ Awj, ’abd Allah of Sirdhanah near Myrath (Meerut), H
Awla, Myr Awlad ’alyy a Sayyid of Barh, C, V.
Awliyé, Myr (Myrza, J) Awliy4 of Mohan near Lucnow, it is said he lives now in Bengal, V. He resides at Murshidabad, J.
ayan, Sayyid Ghalib ’alyy Khan was one of the Sayyids of Gurdéz and a son of Sayyid ’ewadh Khan; he was for some time Nayib or vice-governor of Lahdér under Myr Manni and fought against Ahmad Khan Abdaly, D, K.
‘ayan is the takhallug of a young man in the army, D.
’ayn, Shaykh Mo’yn aldyn, J.
’aysh, Myrza Hosayn Ridhayiy (H spells Ridha), a pupil of Myr Séz, is a promising but conceited young man, J, E. Resided at Luecnow, D, H.
’aysh, Myrz4 Mohammad ’askary of Dilly, a son of Myrza ’alyy Nagqyy who was for some time Nawab Hosayn Quly Khan’s governor of Jahéngyr-nagar (Dacca), ’aysh was a friend of C and resided mostly at Murshidabad where he held an appointment, C,G. He died in Bengal, V.
’aysh, Amyr Khan of Dilly has lately taken to writing poetry, D.
’ayshy, Talib ’alyy b. ’alyy-bakhsh Khan resides at Lucnow and is a pupil of Mughafy and Myrzé Qatyl, he wrote 10,000 verses in ۴ and 16,000 in Persian, besides several Mathnawies, D, H. ’ayshy occurs also in V and it is said that he had written a Mathnawy, but his name is not mentioned. :
’ayyash, Khayaly Ram of Dilly a pupil of Nagyr aldyn Nagyr, D. Was alive in 1221, K.
‘ayyash, Gholam Jylany Khan (’abd al-Qédir is meant by Jylany) familiarly called Myr Bakhshi or Myén Bakhshi, son of Nawab Ghaziy aldyn Khan ’imad almulk, D and K who knew him.
’ayyash, Myrza ’abbas ’alyy Bég of Moghol (Persian or Tatar) origin is a poet of the Deccan, D. In H the takhallug is spelled ’abbas.
’ayyash, Myr Ya’qub of Lucnow writes chiefly Marthiyahs, P.
Azad, Mohammad Fadhil a poet of the Deccan, led the life of an ascetic, B. Garcin de Tassy says that he left a Mathnawy called Tzafar-ndmah on the victories of Mohammad Hanyf.
Azad, Myr Faqyr Allah (Faqr Allah, V) an ancient poet, his poems
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are in the mouth of the people, D, P. He was of Haydarabéd, and V had heard that he had visited Dilly with Firaqy Dakhany.
Azad, Khwajah Zayn al’abidyn flourished under Mohammad Shah, ۰
Azad, Myr Motzaffar ’alyy (Tzafar ’alyy, K) of Dilly. ’alyy Tbréhym came often in contact with him at Murshidébad. @arein de Tassy ascribes to him a work on amulets. If he has no other authority than © for doing so, he read راقم جفر instead of راقم حقیر مر مذکوررا »رین ] have frequently seen the said Myr.” He died in Bengal, ۰
Azéd, Shaykh Amyr aldyn of Bareilly a pupil of Gholam ۴ ishrat, D, ۰ Azad, Shaykh Asad Allah, R.
Azadah (Azéd, ,رط Ram Singh was blind. He used to visit ‘the Moshé’arahs of Mahdiy ’alyy Khan, and made Rékhtah and Persian verses, H. He died on his way to 166۲, D.
Azurdah, Mawlawy (adr aldyn Principal Cadr Amyn at Dilly, P. He is now, 1853, upwards of seventy years of age. In the biography of Sawdé P says that Cadr aldyn has written a short Tadzkirah of 10۳06 poets, though the author of this catalogue is intimately ac- quainted with him he has never seen it.
’azyz, Shah ’azyz Allah was a sublime poet, B.
’azyz, Mohammad ’alyy of Dilly a descendant of Shaykh Salym Chishty is a teacher, D.
’azyz, Bhikaéry 14 a Sry Basath Kaéyeth and a pupil of Myr Dard was born at Dilly, his family was of Jawnpir (Jédhpir, ,رط formerly he was in the service of the emperor. He writes very elegant prose, and it is said that he resides at 1140840640 بط H. In V his name is spelled Bhikéry Das.
’azyz, Mawlawy ’azyz Allah a son of Molla Mobarak and a descen- dant of Wahyd aldyn Chillah left a Persian و and composed occasionally Rékhtah verses, J.
’azyz, Shy Nath of Dilly, P.
’azyz, Simbhû Nath is a Mahajan or merchant of Dilly, D.
’azyz Allah of the Deccan, J. H.
Babar was a contemporary of Abri, D.
Babar ’alyy, Babar ’alyy Shah of Dilly a disciple of Myr Moham- mady is alive. On the 13th and 29th of every month a party of singers assemble, in his house, and many people are present, D, K.
Bahadur, Rajah Bény Bahadur a Rajah of Béhar, H. He is the father of Parwaénah, P.
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Bahédur, Rajah Ram Pandit is a brother of Rajah Daya Ram Pandit, D. He used also to write in the dialect of ladies, K.
Bahadur, Bahadur Singh a Kayeth of Dilly is a pupil of Hatim, some time ago he has gone to Bareilly, D.
Myr Bahadur ’alyy of Dilly a soldier by profession, I have heard, says J, that he has lately been killed. He was rather an admirer of poetry than a poet.
Bahar, Ték Chand of Dilly, a friend of B, is the author of several works, among which B mentions the Persian Dictionary called بهار چم in which he points out several errors of Arzû and other Lexicons, and the .ابطال ضر ورت 0 says that he travelled in Persia, it seems that he was dead when C wrote.
Bahjat, Mawlawy ’abd al-Majyd studied at Dilly and possessed considerable learning, D. He was a pupil of Mawlawy Mohammad Bismil, K. Bahr, I know nothing regarding him, says P.
Bakhshy, Hosayn-bakhsh of Agra is a merchant by profession, D.
Bala, Rahm Rasûl of Narérah, his ancestors were of Belgram and descended from Shéh Barakat, D.
Balygh, Mawlawy Hajy Qudrat Allah of O'ldhan اولدهی in the راک( a fertile Persian and Urdu poet, D.
Banjhya or Banjhy flourished under Mohammad Shah, he was a Mokhannas but a good poet, D. In C he is called Shah Banjhyah. It is not certain whether he was a Hindû or a Musalman, K.
Baga, Shaykh Mohammad Baga Allah Khan a son of the calli- graph Hafitz Luff Allah of Agra resides at Lucnow and is a pupil of Makyn, C. Had formerly the takhallug of Ghamyn and wrote also Persian poetry, E. was a friend of his, and according to his statement he was alive in 1209 and resided at Lucnow. V too says that he was alive when he wrote, but according to G he died in 1206.
Baqir, Myr Bagir ’alyy of Samanéh resides at Dilly and is a bro- ther of Myr Farzand ’alyy, he writes chiefly Marthiyahs, K.
Barakat, Barakét Allah Khan resides at Kotaénah and has a pension from Zéb alnisé Bégam, he writes chiefly Persian verses, ۰
Barakat, Sayyid Barakat ’alyy Khan of Khayrabéd is a most amiable and talented man, D. Was appointed by General Ochterlony as Mokhtar of the Rajah of Patydélah, P, K.
Barq, Qadhiy Mohammad Najm aldyn, R.
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' Barq, Myrza Khodé-bakhsh Bahadur is a prince of the house of Dilly, Naçyr corrects his verses, D.
Barq, Bhagwan Dat of Lucnow called himself a pupil of Naçyr, D.
Barq, ص54( Shah Jy جبر (Myan Shah Jy, K) a pupil of Gholam Hamdany ۷۰
Bashyr, Myr Basharat ’alyy went from Dilly to Lucnow and became the pupil of Mamnin, E. Died at Murshidabad, D. Others say he died on the road back to Dilly.
Bashyr, Sayyid Mohammad ’alyy was police Daréghah at Coel and died in 1263. His father Qadir-baksh was a great Cufy, he was of Dilly, but resided for some time at Salawn in Oudh, R.
Basyt, Laélah Anand Sartp is Tahcyldar at or near Benares, R.
Bayan, Khwéjah Ahsan Allah is a native of Agra and a pupil of Myrzé Matzhar, A, B, J. He resided at Dilly and left a Dywan, C. He went some time ago to the Deccan where he holds an appoint- ment, E, G. According to D, K, and T his name is Ahsan aldyn Khén, and he was originally a Kashmyrian but born at Dilly. He is now at Haydarabad, where he holds an appointment and is the author of a Mathnawy called ہجنگ نامه D. He was a pupil of K who calls his Mathnawy نامک She,
Bazzaz, Hosayn-bakhsh is a shop-keeper of Agra, P.
Bé-bak, Myr Najaf ’alyy a Masawy Sayyid of Arabia is originally a native of Coel, but resides since nine years at Dilly, E. He was a good physician, ۰
Bé-charah, M and J who mention him do not know his name, He was a poet of the Panjab, D, H.
Bé-dar, Munshiy Beséwan Lél a pupil of Matzhar died at an advanced age at Patna and left a Persian Dywan, V.
Bé-dar, Myan (Myr C, Shaykh K) Mohammady, A. He was a friend of Myr Dard and left a Dywaén, C. In V are two poets of this takhallug and nearly the same name, one is Myr Mokammady of Dilly a pupil of Dard, and the other Mokammady-shéh a dis- ciple #مریه of Fakhr aldyn, he resided at Agra and died in 1212 and left a Persian and Urdi Dywan. Besides these two, V has a third Bé-dér whose ‘name is Myr Mohammad ’alyy, it appears however from E who knew him, that he is identical with Myr Mohammady, and perhaps also with Myaén Mohkammady. He resid-
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ed before he went to Agra in the ’arab-saréy near Dilly. 0 gives the following account of him, Shah Mohkammady of Agra wrote Urdt and Persian poetry, in Persian he was a pupil of Mortadha Quly Khan Firégq who was a native of Persia, and in Urdû he was a pupil of Myr Dard and Hatim, for some time he lived in the ’arab- saray, but subsequently he returned to his native town and died there. In Ciifism he was a disciple of Fakhr aldyn. In B and T he has equally the name of Myr Mohammad ’alyy.
Bé-dar, Gholam Haydar born at Dilly brought up at Lucnow, ۰
Bé-dil (By-dil), Myrza ’abd al-Qadir has written a Persian Dywan of 50,000 and several Mathnawies. Was when young in the service of Prince Mohammad A’tzam Shah, subsequently he lived in retire- ment, he wrote only very few Rékhtah verses, M.
Bé-dil, Khwajah Gholaém Hosayn a pupil of Hafitz ’abd al-Rahman Khan Zhsdn, R.
Bé-hdésh, Shaykh Dydar-bakhsh of Agra is a schoolmaster, D.
Bé-hésh, Myr’abd al-Rashyd of Shikérpûr where he is a teacher, D.
Bé-jan, Shyû Singh a Khatry of Dilly is strong in the various kinds of divination, D. He died two years ago, K.
Bé-jan, Zoraéwar Khan of Kol (Coel), H.
Bé-jan, ’azyz Khan a Rohéla, E met him at Awnla. —
Bé-kal, Sayyid ’abd al-Wahhab is of Dawlatabad and a pupil of *uzlat, B. He was acquainted with C who met him at Murshidabad.
Bé-kas, Myrz4 Mohammad resides at Patna, his ancestors were of Persia, he has written a very good Persian Dywan, D.
Bé-kas, Myr Imam-bakhsh of Dilly a poor man, was attached to the Mosque, which is not far from the Ajmyry Darwazah, ۰
Bé-khabar, Mohammad Bég a Moghol of Khayrabad has lately taken to poetry, D.
Bé-khabar of Lucnow is a pupil of Nûr alislam Mantzar, D.
Be-khid, Nardyan Das a Mahajan (merchant) of Dilly, a pupil of Hidayat and Thané Allah Khan Firdg and a friend of D. According to H who has seen him, he was a pupil of Myr Dard, T informs us that he was Amyn in the Magistrate’s Court at Meerut.
Bé-Khwab, P and R do not know his name.
Be-nawa of Sunaém came to Dilly in the beginning of Mokammad Shah’s reign and described in a Mokhammas the riot of the shoe- makers of Dilly, which took place at the Juma’ masjid on account of the
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murder of one of their number, which was committed by a rich Jeweller of the name of Subkaran Das, A, M. He was a pupil of Hasrat, V.
Bé-naw4, Maqbul-shéh of Dilly, a disciple of Rafy’ aldyn (who is alive), leads the life of a Qalandar, he is a pupil of ’ishq, D. |
Bé-qarar, Khwajah Katzim a son of ’alyy A’tzam Khan is alive and Fidwy is his instructor, J. In D isa Myr Katzim Hosayn Bé-qarar of Dilly a pupil of Nagyr, and a cousin of Nawab Sayf aldawlah Radhyy Khan Çalébat-jang and a Myrza Kaétzim Hosayn Bé-qarar of Dilly equally a pupil of Nagyr, and like the preceding a contemporary of D. I suppose all these are one and the same man. As no order or arrangement is observed in D, it is not surprising that he should have entered the same name twice. H spells Myr Katzim Hasan and says he is a young man, and K calls him Myr Mamri.
Bé-qayd, Sayyid Fadhayil ’alyy Khan of Dilly a son of Myr Mo- hammad ’alyy Khan was Qubahdar of Thatah under Mohammad- shah and left an erotic Mathnawy of about 500 verses, C.
Bé-rang, Dilawar Khan, a soldier by profession, died some years ago, B. He was a pupil of Yak-rang and had first the takhallug of Ham- rang, V.
Bé-tab, Mohammad Isméa’yl a pupil of Yak-rang died young, pre- vious to 1168 by a fall from his horse, A, B, ۰
Bé-téb, Shah Mohammad ’alym of Ilahébad a brother of ۲ Mofakhkhar and a learned man flourished under Shah-’4lam, C. In V is Shah ’alym Allah Bé-tab, and it is said that he may possibly be identical with Myr Mohammad ’alym.
Bé-taéb, Myr Mohammad ’alyy, J who mentions him says that he knows nothing of his life. He is probably identical with the preceding.
Bé-téb Mohammad ’alym (’alym aldyn, D) of [lahabad has a very high opinion of his own poetical talents, and most young poets have their verses corrected by him, D, H. If he was alive when D and H wrote he cannot be identical with the Bé-tab of C.
Bé-tab, Myr Madan of Dilly was of a good family and held at Murshidébéd under Siraj aldawlah the appointment of Bakhshy (Pay-master of the forces). He was killed in battle, V, J.
Bé-tab, Shaykh Khayr aldyn of Agra a pupil of Mujrim, D.
Bé-tab, Sayyid Kalb ’alyy of Patna, a son of Faydh’alyy, a brother of Shah Kamal ’alyy Kamal, he wastes his time in 0 to find the elixir of life, V.
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Bé-téb, Khodé-wirdy Khan of Dilly a brother of Rangyn and a pupil of Mamniin is a soldier-like man, D. He was a friend of H.
Bé-tab, ‘abbas ’alyy Khan of Rémpûr, a son of Nawab ’abd al’alyy Khan lived long at Lucnow, but it is now some years that he resides at Dilly, D, P.
Bé-tab, Shaykh Walyy Allah is a teacher at Panypat, D.
Bé-tab, Myrza Kalla Bahadur is a prince of Dilly, D.
Bé-tab, Séwak Ram is a fair poet, D.
‘Bé-tab, Bahadur Singh of Bareilly writes sometimes poetry, D.
. Bé-tab, Santékh Ray was a contempory of Qéyim, A, O.
Bhéd, Myr Myran had the title of Sayyid Naw4zish Khan, he was a son of the Persian Ambassador Sayyid Mortadhé Khan, D.
Birishtah, Myan Mosharraf (My4én Sharaf aldyn, K) of Dilly is a young man and a pupil of ’atzym aldyn Ashuftah, D.
Bismil, Sayyid Jabbar ’alyy of Chunar resided long at Patna, C met him in 1196 at Bendéres. V spells the name of the birth-place of Bismil sje, it seems not to be identical with Chunar which is known for its fortress. H speaks of him as if he was still living.
Bismil, A, M, B and C are unacquainted with his name or cir- cumstances.
Bismil, Myrz4 Bhuchchii Bég of Dilly a pupil of Sawdé was of Moghol (Persian or Tatar) origin and a soldier by profession ; he left a good Dywan, D.. Perhaps he is identical with the Bismil of A, M, B, C.
Bismil, Gada ’alyy Bég resides at present at Faydhabad, and is the author of a Mathnawy called دینوک نامة (the white ant book) C.
Bismil, Sydy Hamyd b. Bilél Mohammad Khan of Patna is one of the Sydies (Negroes) of Monyr aldawlah, he probably resides now in Bengal, V.
Bismil, Hafitz Hafytz Allah a schoolmaster at Diliy is a pupil of Nagyr, D. ` Bismil, Mawlawy Mohammady, familiarly called Myan مب is a learned Mawlawy, that is to say he has read the usual Arabic school-books and has written a Persian and ۱۳۵6 Dywan, and two or three small Urdi Mathnawies chiefly on questions of law, D. He translated the مشارق الانوار and the حبل منین and compiled a book on grammar garf in tabular form and called it ج التصریف ke, Besides this he wrote several elementary treatises for a boy of the name of [lahy-bakhsh of whom he was very fond, K.
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Bunyad, it is said that he is of Lucnow and a pupil of Muçhafy, D.
Byméar ۶ہ Murédébûd is a young man who has not much practice in writing poetry, he is mentioned by T who was his friend, and puts him into the chapter on Persian poets.
Caba a pupil of Myr Dhiya aldyn Dhiyé of Patna, ۰
Caba, Myrza Rajah Shankar Nath a son of Myrz4 Rajah Ram Nath Dzarrah, D says that he is his friend. He was a pupil of Myr Taqyy Myr, K.
Caba, Lilah Kénjy Mal a Kaéyeth of Lucnow (of Fyrézabad P) his ancestors were of Fyrdéz4bad (not far from Agra), he died at the age of twenty-five years, and left a short Dywan, E.
Cabay of Ahmadabad, M, J.
Cabir, Myrza Cabir, R.
Cabir Shéh of Dilly was a contemporary of Mohammad Shéh and a pupil of Fidwy, D. But, according to R, Myrz4 Fiday Bég Fidwy was his pupil. ۱
Çabr, Myrz4 Gholam Hosayn Bég (Hosayn Khan, R) a Kashmyry of Dilly is a son of Hakym Bu ’alyy Khan and a pupil of Myr ’izzat Allah ’ishq, D.
Cabr, Myr Mohammad ’alyy of Faydhdbéd composes chiefly Marthiyahs, C.
Cadiq, Myr Cadigq ’alyy is a son of the Fawjdér Khan (i. e. the ele- phant leader) of Shah ’élam. (aAdiq fills the same office under Salay- man-shikéh, E. He is a pupil of Inshé Allah Khan, H..
Cadiq, Myr Ja’far Khan of Dilly, a grandson of Myr Sayyid Mohammad Qéadiry who was a Saint and is buried near Dilly, Qadiq died in the east (Oudh) and left a work called ولبارسفان جعفري ۰
Çadiq, Myr Çédiq ’alyy Khén a young man of Patna holds an office in the medicine-shop of the king of Dilly, K.
Çadiq, Gadiq ’alyy Shah familiarly called Haydary resides at Farrokhabad, K. ۱
Cadiq, Prince (57+24 Mohammad is a relation (i. e. son-in-law) of Shéh ’élam, K. ۱
Çafa, Manni Lal a Kaéyeth of Lucnow and a pupil گه ۰
. Gafa, name not known, D. R mentions Mirzé Naththan Café.
Çafdar, Myr Çafdar ’alyy of Jaypûr. (Sûnypat, P, R) where he holds an appointment, K.
_ Çafdary Haydarabédy is an ancient poet, C.
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Çafdary of Patna was a good Persian poet and a contemporary of Acaf-jah, he died at Dilly, J.
Cafdary, Myr Cadiq ’alyy, a son of Myr Qamar aldyn Minnat and a younger brother and pupil of Myr Nitz4m aldyn Mamnin, is a young man, K, D. He was killed when young, P.
Cafiy, Myr Matzhar ’alyy of Behar, a pupil of Myrz4 Mohammad Fakhir Makyn, writes chiefly Persian poetry, J.
Cafiy, Lalah Budh Sén used to earn his livelihood by instructing children and died shortly ago, R.
Cafyr, Jan Khan, R.
Cahib, a son of Somroo has the title of Motzaffar aldawlah Mom- مهب almulk Nawab Tzafar-yab Khan Bahadur Nucrat-jang, holds some- times assemblies of poets in his house, D. He was a pleasant man but a great scoundrel, K. He was a pupil of Khayraty Khan Dilsdz, P.
Cahib an ancient poet who left a Dywan, P.
Cahib, Amat al-Fétimah Bégam familiarly called Cahibjy, P.
Cahib Qiran is a comical poet of Lucnow, V. Is the author of a very obscene Dywan, K, D. His name was Imam ’alyy Ridhawy and he was of Belgram, T, P.
Camad, Myan ’abd al-Camad of Haydardbad a pupil of Faydh, R.
Camgim, Amyr alomaré Camgém aldawlah is dead, B. He was familiarly called Khw4jah Mokammad ’atzym and was an Amyr of Farrokhsiyar, C. Though he was apparently the Amyr alomara of Mokammad Shah he was in reality his Wazyr, he fell in the war against Nadir Shah, J.
Gani’, Nitzém aldyn Ahmad of Belgram resided chiefly at Murshidébad and Calcutta and died after 1195, he left a Persian Dywan, G, C.
Cawab, Shaykh Mohammad ‘obit of Ghaziypur a pupil of Magy of Ilahabad is a young man, J.
Cayyéd, Myrz4 Gholam Hasan is a pupil of Myr ’izzat Allah ,6و" D.
Champ4 was a servant woman of Nawab Hosdm aldawlah, K.
Chanda, Méh-laqd a dancing woman at Haydarabad is very hand- some and has written a Dywan which has been revised by Shér Mohammad Khan Ymdén, D. Garcin de Tassy informs us that there is a copy of her Dywan in the East India House Library which she herself presented to Capt. Malcom on the Ist of October, 1799.
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Chawgin, Bahar ’alyy Shah of Dilly, D
Chawgan of the south (Deccan) is a good poet, ۰
Çidq, Mohammad Çiddyq of Haydardbid, a pupil of Myén Faydh, R.
Con’at (in one copy of B is Gifat), Moghol Khan (Moghol Jan, V) is a relation of the Naw4b Nitzim almulk Acaf-jéh B, J.
Con’at, Karym aldyn (Myaén Karym Allah, R,) of ۱1404044 is a goldsmith, P.
Dagh of Haydarabad a pupil of Faydh, R.
Dagh, Myr Mahdiy (Myr Mohkammady, R) had first the takhalluç of Ah, he was a son of Myr 8602 and died young, E.
Dana, (Myr, D) Fadhl ’alyy of Dilly usually called Shah Dana is a pupil of Madhmin he is (or was) in the service of the emperor A, B. Subsequently he entered the service of Siraj aldawlah of Bengal, now, 1194, he has retired from employment, C. He left a Dywan but it seems to be lost, D.
Dara, Myrz4 Dard-bakht a Royal prince of Dilly has a great pre- dilection for poetry, D
Dard, Khwajah Mokammad Myr of Dilly, a son of Khwajah Nagir who is one of the greatest Shaykhs (Saints) of our age. Dard is the greatest poet of the age, he was formerly in the army, but he has given up that profession on the advice of his father and he now leads the life of a Devotee. Besides a Dywan he has written a treatise on Cuifism called ور سالک وارداث A, B. When during the fall of Dilly everybody fled from that city, Dard remained in poverty contented with his lot, he died in 1202, G. He died in 1196, M. He died last year, E. He died on Thursday, the 24th of Cafar, 1199, P. He also left a Persian Dywan, K. The takhallug of Dard’s father was ‘andalyb, P. Dard’s father was familiarly called Shah Gulshan and is the author of the عندلیب “Sb, Dard died in 1195, the following is a chronogram on his death خواجه میو مرگئی موجود another chronogram made by 1464705 Allah is خدا کاعبوب gy حیف دنیا سے سدهارا (this gives 1199), T. Other biographers say that he was a لا of Shéh Gulshan meaning Shaykh Sa’d Allah.
Dard, (Sayyid, K) Karam Allah Khan is a nephew of Nawab Amyr Khén Anjdém, A, B. Fell in battle against the Mahrattas under Ahmad Shah, C.
Dardmand, Karym Allah Khan a relation of ’umdat almulk dons
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rished under Shah ’élam, P. It appears to me that this poet is identical with the following.
Dardmand, (Myr, D) Mohammad Fakyh a pupil of Matzhar has some time ago removed to Bengal, he is the author of a Saqiy-némah, B. His ancestors were of the Deccan and he was born there but brought up at Dilly, he died at Murshidabad in 1176 and left a 0 Persian Dywan, G. In H is, besides this, a Dardmand of the Deccan who has lately visited Dilly, but both are pupils of Matzhar and probably identical.
Darwysh, Shah ’alyy of Dilly a pupil of Mamnin, his father was a Faqyr and he follows the same profession, K.
Dawid, a pupil of ’uzlat, B. Myrz4 Dawid Bég flourished under Mohammad Shah, C. J has two poets of this takhalluc, the name of the one who is the pupil of ’uzlat is Dawid Bég, he does not mention the name of the other, but he says of him that he ûs at Dilly.
Dayim, Dayim ’alyy was at Calcutta and is mentioned by Bény Narayan.
Dhabt, Myr Hasan Shah is a ۳۷ of Lucnow, K.
` Dhérik, Myr Gholam Hosayn, the father of Myr Hasan is a humoristic poet and resides now, 1196, at Faydhabad, C, J. It seems that he was dead when V wrote.
Dhamyr, Hidayat ’alyy Khan of Dilly, had the title of Naçyr aldawlah Bakhshy almulk Asad-jang Bahadur, he went to Patna and died at Hosaynabad, C, ۰
_. Dhamyr, Nadzyr aldyn was an_excessively avaricious man and given to opium eating, T.
Dhamyr, Shaykh Madary of Agra, a pupil of Mohammad Walyy Nacyr and of Bé-dar, K,
Dhamyr, Ganga Das, a Kayeth, resided at Dilly, he was in Rékhtah a pupil of Mokammad Nagyr, and in Persian of Myrz4 Mohammad. ’isq, K. He knows also Sanskrit, D. He died some time ago, H.
Dhamyr, Tikor Das, J.
Dhaygham, Mawlawy Ghadhanfar ’alyy a son of Mawlawy Haydar ’alyy of Lucnow, R.
Dhiya was an ancient poet of Ahmadabad, D.
Dhiya, Myrz4 Dhiyd-bakht Bahadur is a son of the late 6 Farkhundah-bakht, K, H.
Dhiydé, Myr (Myén, J) Dhiy4 aldyn of Dilly was a contemporary of
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Sawd4, when he went to Lucnow he had many pupils. In 1196 he came to Patna, 0٥, 8. He spent the evening of his life at Murshi- 04020 and left a Dywén, G. About forty years ago he settled at Patna and he died there, ۷۰ T mentions besides this another ۵ aldyn who was given to love and drinking.
Dhiya, a poetess, H.
Dhiy4, Shaykh Walyy Allah of Dilly, R.
Dil, Shaykh Mohammad ’abid of Patna is a brother of Jéshish, G. He was a friend of C and sent him extracts from his Dywén, which according to J had about 2000 verses. V says he died at Patna and left a treatise on Rékhtah Metric called عروض الهندي (the awkwardness of the use of the article with Hindy, leads me to suppose that the title is a chronogram for 1174.)
Dil, Shah Fath Mohammad, a physician, was a contemporary of Abrié, and a grandson of the Saint Mokammad of Gwélyér, C. He was a native of Agra, but resided at Faydhabad, ۰
Dil, Nawab ’im4éd almulk, a grandson of Nitzém almulk has every good quality which man can possess, J.
Dil, Gholam Moçtafa Khan of Dilly, a son of Gholam Mohyy aldyn Khén, D. He is dead, H.
Dil, Mawlawy Shams aldyn of Dilly is a pious man, D, K. From P it would appear that he was dead in 1250.
Dil, Bény Prashdd, a Kayeth is of Patna, K. In D his name is Déby Prashéd, and it is said that he isa young man. In H is a Déby Prashad Dil of Dilly, and one of Murshidébéd. P mentions only Déby Prashad Dil of Murshidabad.
Dil, Madhorém of Farrokhébéd is of the Banian caste called Aggarwalah, V.
Dil, Azad Khan has lately been converted to the Islam, H, D.
Dil, Zorawar Khan, a Kayeth of Dilly, it is said that he has lately embraced the Islam, D. He is of Coel, and is author of a large Dywan, and several Mathnawies, P who knows his son.
Dilér, Shah Dilér of Patna, was a studious and pious young man, K.
Dilér, Chhéty Bégam, R.
Dilgyr, Myr Himayat Allah Khan, a son of ’4lam Khan, is skilled in Ramal and astrology, P.
Dil-khésh, Kinwar Bahadur Singh, a Khatry of Dilly, is a grand- son of Khdésh-hél Ray who used to compose chiefly Hindee Rags,
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Déhréhs &c., and flourished under Mohammad Shah, Dil-khésh is far inferior to his grandfather, D, H.
. Dil-sdz, Khayraty Khan, an Afghan by origin, a pupil of 11۳49 was in the Society of Somroo’s son, it is not known where he now is, K.
. It is said that he died at Jayptr, P. He was of Tapal two stages
from ’alyy-garh, R. His father was in the society of Simroo’s son. Dil-sdz was OEY a great drunkard but of late he has reformed, ۰
Dirégh, Myr Zayn al’abidyn of Dilly, is a pupil of Nacyr, ۰
Dorakhshén, Mangi Bég (Myrz4 Mangt, V) flourished under Shéh-’dlam, it is said he died at Faydhabad, C.
Dést, Dést Mohammad of Sikandarébad was a Hafitz and lost his eye-sight in his youth. He left a Persian Dywan, H. He was a pupil of Mu’jiz, T.
Dést, Gholém Mofammad familiary called Khalyfah Ghol4m Ahmad of ‘the Behar, C saw him at Murshidébiad. He translated the Bahére Danish into Rékhtah verses and called it ,اظہار دادش V does not know what has become of him.
- Dulhan Bégam, Nawab Baht a wife of Acaf aldawlah was a lady of great energy P. See Jany.
Dydar ’alyy Shah, D. He may possibly be the author of the Dakhny Mathnawy, which has the title of ماه منور و شمشان بانو Kai, and of which Garcin de Tassy has a copy. It is a volume of 22 pages small folio.
Dywénah, Girt-bakhsh Ray, J says that he never met him or found him mentioned in any Tadzkirah, but that he had heard that he is of Dilly, and resides at Murshidabad.
' Dywanah, Ray Sarab Sukh a relation of Rajah Maha Narayan wrote two Persian Dywans of more than 10,000 verses, and most poets of Lucnow were his pupils, he died in 1206, P.
Dywanah, Myrza Mohammad ’alyy Khan of Benares held an appointment under the British Government, he met P.
Dzahyn, Myr Mohammad Mosta’idd was a friend of B and died young. According to J and C who quote B as their authority, his takhallu¢ was Dzihn.
‘Dzahyn, Jay Sukh Ray of Dilly had formerly the takhalluç of Kha- yal he writes elegant prose and poetry both in Persian and Urdû, ۰
Dzakir, Sayyid Hosayn-ddést of 1106040640, C.
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. Dzékir, Myrzd Fadhl ’alyy an accomplished man, his ancestors were of Afghénistén, he resides now at Patna, J.
Dzakir, Myrz4 Ahmad Bég of Dilly is a pupil of Rostam Bég, D, H.
Dzaqyy, Mohammad Dzaqyy a son of Mohammad Taqyy Zuqyy is a studious young man, Hafitz ’abd al-Rahman Ihsan corrects his verses, K.
Dzaqyy, Ja’far ’alyy Khan held formerly a high office under the erown and the rank of five thousand, but now he is in great distress, B. He is dead and left a Mathnawy, C. The Mathnawy which he composed by order of Mohammad Shah is very celebrated, J.
Dzaqyy, Shaykh Mahdiy ’alyy of Muradabad was for some time revenue collector of Sahéranpür, he is a well-informed man, and is author of a Dywan, P.
Dzarrah, Myrzé Rajah Ram Nath, was in the service of the emperor and conformed in making ta’ziyahs, &c. to the habits of the Musal- mans, he chose the takhallu¢ of Dzarrah, Atom or Dust, in reference to Aftab, the takhallug of his patron Shah *dlam II. K.
Dzarrah, Lala Jannaty Dds (Juthy Das, K) is of Jahénabad, he is a teacher and his poems have a mystical tendency, D, K.
Dzawgq, Shaykh Mohammad Ibrahym of Dilly a young poet is a pupil of Shawq, H. He is called the Khaqany of India, and is by far the best poet of Dilly, though he has now written poetry these thirty years he has not yet collected it into a Dywén, P. He is now, 1853, alive, and the author of the Dywan ascribed to the king of Dilly whose takhallug is Tzafar.
Dzawq, Munshiy Asé Ram of Patna a pupil of Myrza Fidwy, J.
0 84, Dzawqé Shih a Darwysh of Banéres, H. He went to Meerut, P. ۱
Dzawqy, Dzawqy Ram of Murddabad is a pupil of Dzaqyy, he composes chiefly poems on the occasion of the Holee, P.
Dzawqy Shah, a Darwysh resides at Lucnow, رل H. It would appear from K that he was dead in 1221.
Dzikr of Dilly is only fourteen years old, V.
Dzikr, Myr Hosayn of Muradabad, V.
Dzoké, Dzoké Allah Khan of Lucnow, a descendant (or son) of the Nawab Mahabbat Khan b. Hafitz Rahmat Khan, P.
Faccdd, a barber of Dilly and a pupil of Myan Nagyr, D.
Facyh, Myrzé Ja’far ’alyy a pupil of Nasikh, P. He composes chiefly Marthiyahs, T.
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Fadhil, Fadhil Shah of Dilly. Was a friend of R and died shortly before he wrote.
Fadhil, Mohammad Fadhil of Haydarabéd, a pupil of Faydh, R.
Fadhl, Myr Fadhl Mawl4 Khan of Lucnow came to Dilly and composed a Qacydah in praise of the emperor who conferred the title of Afdhal alsho’ara upon him, D. He went to Calcutta and thence to Murshidébad and entered the service of the Natzim; he died young, P.
Fadhl, Shah Fadhly (Shah Fadhl ’alyy, C) of the Deccan is a good poet, B.: He was a contemporary of Abri, C.
Fadhly, Fadhl aldyn Khén (Afdhal aldyn Khan, C) of the Deecan A; J. He wrote a Mathnawy in the Dakhny dialect which has about 500 verses and is a Sarapd or description of a Prince, C. He was either a contemporary of من74 or flourished before him.
Fakhr, Myr Fakhr aldyn a son of Ashraf ’alyy Khén who is the author of a Tadzkirah of Persian poets, and a pupil of Sawda, he resides now, 1196, at Lucnow, C. He was still alive when V wrote. See also Mahir which it seems is a second takhallug of this poet.
Myrza Fakhr aldyn Hosayn Khan a friend of ۰
Fakhry a pupil of Walyy and a very fertile poet, A.
Faqyr, Myr Shams aldyn wrote chiefly Persian verses, A. Travelled in the Deccan and made in 1170 the pilgrimage to Makkah, and was wrecked on his return to India; he left treatises on almost all sciences particularly on Prosody, Rhyme, Rhetoric, &c. his Persian poetry has been collected into a Dywan, C,G, K. According to Abu Talib’s Lobb alsiyar, his death took place in 1181.
Faqyr, Mawlawy Faqyr Allah of Gulawthy resided at Dilly, and supported himself by teaching, he was a pupil of Minnat; he is dead, K, D.
Faqyr, Mawlawy Faqyr Allah of Hapur resides in his native town, D.
Faqyr, Myr Faqyr Allah of Dilly is particularly strong in Bhakha poetry, but composes sometimes also Rékhtah poetry, K, D. ۱
Farûgh, Mawlawy Mohammad Farégh was a pupil of Bismil and died young, K, D. Farah, Myr Farah ’alyy resides at Dilly, H.
Farah, Farah-bakhsh is a public woman of Azkath, which is a place in the east (Oudh ۶( P.
Farhad, Myr Babar ’alyy (Shyr ’alyy, رط of Faydhabdd a جو of Myr Hasan, D, P.
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Farhat, Myr Amyr ’alyy is a pupil of Myr ’izzat Allah ’ishg and a soldier by profession, K. Went to Lucnow several years ago, P.
Farhat, Shaykh Farhat Allah, A. He was a son of Shaykh Asad Allah and was brought up at Dilly, went to Patna where he met C. He died in 1191 and left a Persian and a Rekhtah Dywan, ل) G, J. His ancestors were of Mé-warda-lnahr, H.
Farhat, Farhat Allah was a man of some learning and many poets had their verses corrected by him, H.
Farhat, Myr Farhat ’alyy a pupil of Myr ’izzat Allah ’ishq is a talented young man, H.
Farigh, Férigh Shah of Bareilly is a Qufy, D. He resides at Shikarpir, H, T.
Farigh, Myr Ahmad Khan is a son of Sarwar and a friend of ۰
Farigh, Lalah Mokand Singh, a Khatry who is a Musalman at heart, he held formerly an appointment at Dilly, but now he is at Bareilly, he is a pupil of Shaykh Tzohtr aldyn Hatim, K. He is a disciple of Fakhr aldyn and resides at Dilly, C, V. He has written a Dywan, D.
Farqy, an Imperial Prince is a pupil of Myrz4 Abi Tzafar Baha- dur, D.
Farrokh, Myr (Myrzé) Farrokh ’alyy of Etawah served in the army, and composed chiefly Persian poetry, A, C.. Resided at Luc- now, and was a friend of Myrza Fadhl ’alyy Bég, J.
Faryad, Lalah Gahib Ray of Lucnow where he resided in 1196, he isa son of Sendhy Mala Kayeth and a pupil of Myr Séz, he had for- merly the takhalluç of Qorban, C, ۰
Myrza Fath ’alyy Khan Bahadur a son of Nawab Faydh Allah Khan, D.
Faydh, Myr Faydh ’alyy of Dilly a son of Myr Mohammad Taqyy Myr resided at Lucnow in 1196, C.. Was alive when V wrote. He was in the service of Acaf aldawlah, H.
Faydh, Myr Faydh ’alyy is alive, P, R.
Faydh, Héfitz Shams aldyn of 72۲026040 writes Persian and- Rékhtah poetry, R,
Faydh, Pandit Kripa Kishen is a Kashmyry of Lucnow, P.
Faydh, Myrza ’alyy Ridhé Khan resides at Lucnow, D.
j, his name is not known, P. م1۲4۸
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Fayyadh, ’abd al-Razz4q resides at Haydarabad, K.
Fid4, Sayyid Imm aldyn of Dilly (Farydabad, T), a pupil of Mor- tadh4 Quly Khan Firdq, came under Nawéb Wirdy Khan to Murshi- dabad and settled there, he showed his verses in 1184 (1196 ۶( to C. He is a pupil of Hidayat and a talented young man, V. He is very aged, T. He resides at Lucnow, D.
Fidé, Myrzé Fidé ’alyy Bég, Myrzd Fidwy corrects his verses, J.
Fidé, Myrz4 1۱04 Hosayn Khén of Lucnow, familiarly called Aq Hosayn Khan, a son of Aqû Myrza is about twenty-two years of age, and a pupil of Minnat and of E. It is said he is a pupil of Mamnin, K. He was a friend of D and has written a Dywan. He was a Moghol by birth, and his ancestors were without equal in the art of divination, H.
Fidé, Mawlawy Mohammad Isma’yl who is called ’Aqibat Mahmud Khan (4fiyat Khan, رط is a Kashmyry of Dilly, he is alive, K. He fills the office of Cadr Qodtr, H.
Fida, Shaykh (Myr, D) ’abd al-Camad of Farydabad (Dilly, P) has written a Dywén of Persian and Urdt poems, he is alive and resides in his native town, K, D.
Fida, Pandit Dayé Dhan, a Kashmyry of Dilly, is mostly present at the Moshé’arahs of the Maharajah, R.
7504, Ghol4m ’alyy Khan, H is unacquainted with his circum- stances.
Fida, Sayyid 6س5ا ’alyy, familiarly called 1:0۸ Shah of Léhary in the district of Sahéranptr, was first a soldier, subsequently he lived in retirement, D. He left Dilly eleven years ago and has probably died, P.
Fidé, Lachmy Ram Pandit resided long at Dilly, but some years ago he went to Lucnow where he obtained an appointment and was sent to Bareilly, he is a pupil of Sawda, K, D.
Fidwy, Myr Fadhl ’alyy of Dilly resided for some time in the East (Lucnow ?) and died at Murshidabad, K.
Fidwy, Mohammad Mohsin (Shah Modsin, K) a son of Myr Gholaim. ’alyy Moçtafa Khan a Sayyid of Lahdér and a friend of Abri was rather a musician than a poet A, V. In the first year of Farroksiyar when sixteen years of age, he came to Dilly, E. He died about twenty years ago, K. He was a pupil of Najiy, H
Fidwy, Myrza Mohammad of Dilly was familiarly called Myrzé
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Bhuchchi, he was a good musician and resided for some years at Murshidabad. In 1194, he was at Patna and a disciple of Shah Ghasyté, J, C, G, D. He died at Patna, ۰
Fidwy of Lahor resides now at Dilly, J. He came to Farrokhé- bad to enter a poetical combat with Sawda, but was defeated and returned to his home, C. It is said that he was the son of a grain- merchant, and embraced the Mokammadan faith. He was a pupil of Cabir ’alyy Shah Çébir, and died at Murddabdd at an age of upwards of fifty years. For some time he was in the service of Dhabitah Khan, and wrote at his request a lew; پوسف و in Rékhtah, but did not complete it, E, H. His name was Myrz4 1047 Bég.. He was a Moghol and of the Shy’ah sect, but not the son of a baqqél as Muchafy states. When young, he travelled in Persia and stayed four years at Ispahén. After he had left the service of Dhabitah Khan he went to Lucnow, where he obtained a place at the Court. He was murdered at Bareilly, T.
Fidwy, Samman Lal a Kayeth of Dilly is a son of Mil Chand Munshiy, D.
Fidwy, 4ء17( ’atzym Bég was a merchant, E, K, D. In Hand PF: he has the takhallug of Fidayiy.
Figér, Myrz4 Qotob ’alyy Bég, a plagiarist, died some time ago, K.
Figér, Myr Hosayn of Dilly a grandson of Myr Faqyr Allah Faqyr is a pupil of Ghalib, P.
Fighan, Ashraf ’alyy (Hashmat ’alyy, E) Khan of Dilly a son of Myrza ’alyy Khan Zankanah was Tutor in the family of Ahmad Shah, and had therefore the title of Tzaryf almulk Kékah Khan, after his death he went to Patné, A, B. His verses were corrected by ’alyy Quly Khan Wadym, he died at Patna in 1186 and left a Dywén containing about 2000 verses, 0, G, J. He was a pupil of Umméd, D. He died in 1196, P. H says his title was Kékil- tash Khan.
Fighén, Myr Shams aldyn of Dilly is mentioned by Bény Narayan Sahin.
Fikr, Myr Ahmad ’alyy of Lucnow, H.
Firéq, Kaygobad-jang is a poet of the Deccan, K, D.
Firaq, Myan Thana Allah of Dilly a nephew of Hidayat is a pupil of Sawda and Khwajah Myr Dard, C, D. He now resides at Dilly and practises medicine, V, E. Most poets of Dilly are his pupils, he
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is alive, K. He died some years ago and left a Dywéan, P. Hidayat ‘the uncle of Firéq was a pupil of Myr Dard, T.
Firûq, Myr Mortadha Quly,an artillery officer, wrote chiefly Persian verses, he came to Murshidabad and settled there, he died in prison, into which he was cast by Rajah Shitaéb Ray because he could not
-account for some public money ; he was a friend of Sawda and of C. Left a Dywan, D.
Firaqy, Kunwar Prém Kishdr has visited repeatedly Lucnow, Benares and Calcutta, he writes Urdu and Persian poetry as well as Kabits and Déhras, he is a pupil of Arm, he is the author of -several Persian Dywans, K. D.
Firdqy, a poet of the Deccan a contemporary of Faqr Allah 0 and of ۰
Fitrat, Hakym Anys (in one place this name is spelled الیش and in another انيسي it may be an orthographical error of ’ysè) has the title of Khiradmand Khan and is of Jaypir, but resides now at
-Bhurtpur, R
Fitrat see Misawy Khan, p. 109.
Forégh, Myr ’alyy Akbar a pupil of Myr Shams addy Faqyr, writes also Persian verses and is skilled in medicine and obey, 6 ۷
Forégh, Myr Thana aldyn Hosayn Khan of Haydarabad, K.
Forégh, Myr Rawshan ’alyy Khan is a pupil of Mamnin, K.
Fotiwat, Myrz4 Gholéim Haydar of Dilly, D.
Frasi, Captain François Akden فرسو اکدین (?) a son of Gobinet کوسنین) کوست R) is a Frenchman and composes good verses, D. ‘He was in the service of Bégam Samroo, P.
Furçat, Myrza ۸۱2۶ Bég of [lahabad, his grandfather had emigrated from Persia to India, C. He was formerly a pupil of Myan Madzin and now he is a pupil of Jonin, J. He was still alive when ۷ wrote, but was dead when Bény Narayan wrote.
Furgat, شاه" Allah Khan, his father was in the service of the Emperor, and he himself made in the service of the princes various journeys, at present he resides at Kalpy, K.
Ganna (or Kanné) Bégam, some say her takhallug was Mantzar, she was a daughter of ’alyy Quly Khan Shash-angushty and a wife of imdd almulk Ghaziy aldyn Khan Bahadur, ۵2 and Sawda corrected her verses, she is dead, K. Minnat corrected her verses, P.
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Ganchin was a poetess, V.
Garm, Myrz4 Haydar ’alyy of Dilly a son of Niyaz ’alyy Bég is a pupil of E. Resided formerly at Lucnow, but lately he went to Haydarabad, D.
Gawhary Badawny, E, D.
Ghadhanfar, Ghadhanfar ’alyy Khan familiarly called Myén Kalli, (Bény Narayan spells (کمباو a great grandson of Gholém Hosayn Karérah is a young man, and a pupil of Jorat, E. Resides since some years at Lucnow, K.
Ghafil, Bakhtéawar Singh is a Kayeth of Muradabad, ۰ ۱
Ghafil, Myr Morammad (Amad D, H,) ’alyy is a native of Benares, but his family is of the Deccan, he resides at Murshidéûbéd and is a pupil of Shah Qudrat Allah Qudrat, K, D.
Ghéfil, Shaykh Mohammad Mas’ûd Khan of Mohamm not far from Panypat, it is said that he is a clever man, D. He died some time ago, H.
Ghafil, Monawwar Khan an Afghan of Lucnow a pupil of Mug- hafy, H.
Ghafil, Ray Singh was a good accountant and letter-writer, D, H.
Ghafil, Lala Sundar Lél a son of the Bakhshy Sultan Singh and a brother of Shé’ir, knows many verses by-heart, D.
Ghalib, Asad Allah Khan familiarly called Myrz4 Nawshé is of a noble family and resided formerly at Agra, now he resides at Dilly, he is an old poet and first imitated the style of Bédil, now he has a style of his own, P.
Ghalib, Nawab Asad Allah Khan of Dilly had the title of Sayyid almulk Qiyam-jang (Zalib-jang) resided for some time at Murshi- dabad and met 0. He wrote sometimes Persian verses, ۰
Ghalib, Ghalib Khan (Ghalib ’alyy Khan, R) a grandson of ۴ Khan who was an Afghan chief, D.
Ghalib, Lala Méhan Lal a Kayeth of Agra, writes Persian and Rékhtah poetry, D
Ghalib, Nawab و aldawlah Bahadur 6 Khén Ghalib- jang (Z4lib-jang, H, a son of Ghalib-jang, رط of Dilly a son of Niyaz Bég Khan Badakhshy is in the service of Shah ’4lam, V. His father accumulated great wealth, but Ghalib squandered it away, he was in Persian a pupil of Mawztin and in Rékhtah of Hidayat and Firdq, K. He used to have Moshé@’rahs in his house. He died in 1218, H.
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Ghamm, Myr Mohammad Aslam a brother of Myr Abba Cahib resides at present at Murshidabad, J.
Ghammgyn, Myr Sayyid ’alyy third son of the late Myr Sayyid Mohammad and a nephew of Acaf-jéh is a young man, and a pupil of Rangyn, he has written a Dywan, K, D.
Ghammgyn, Myr ’abd Allah a son of Myr Hosayn Taskyn, R.
Ghim-khwar, a Sayyid of Dilly is a soldier by profession and a pupil of Gholém Hosayn Shikyba, K. .
Ghanyy, Shaykh ’abd al-Ghanyy of Thanah near Sahéranpir is a talented man, D. In H and P is besides this, a Myr ’abd al-Ghanyy of Shikéhabad who died young of consumption.
Gharyb, Myr ’abd al-Walyy was an ancient poet, K, D.
Gharyb, Lala Kanjy Mala Kayeth of Bahadur-gadh a son of Khib Chind and a nephew of the Dywan of Nawab Dhabi¢ah Khan, resided first at Dilly subsequently at Ijrarah, he is a young man, D, H. -
Gharyb, Kalli was a contemporary of Abri, V.
Gharyb, Myr Mohammad Taqyy was in the service of the late Nawab Myr Mohammad Qasim Khan ’aliy-jah, O, K, D.
Gharyb, Mokammad Zaman, B. He is at Dilly, as he stammered he used sometimes the takhallug of Alkan, J. In D, H, and V his name is erroneously spelled Mohammad Aman.
Gharyb, Shaykh Nagyr aldyn Ahmad is a Kashmyry of Dilly, he composes chiefly Persian verses, and has written a thick Persian Dywan, K, D, H. ` Gharyq, his name is not known, R.
Myr Ghasy گهاسي a friend of Myr Mokammad Taqyy composed a few Rékhtah verses, A, B.
Ghawthy, Mohammad Ghawth a son of Qotob aldyn Qédhiy of 77270276040 died at Makkah, A.
Ghawwi¢ (Ghawwac¢y) an ancient poet of the Deccan, J, H.
Ghayrat of Lucnow a pupil of Jorat, E, D. In D is a Ghayrat of Lucnow besides this, and in H is an addition to these two, a Ghayrat of the Deccan.
Nawab Ghaziy aldyn Khan composed a few Rékhtah verses, A. He was of the Deccan, D.
Gholam, Kinwar 06041 Nath second son of Rajah Rûm Nath Dzarrah was a pupil of Firaq he was at the Court of Shah Alam and died some time ago, K.
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‘Myr Gholam Nabyy Belgrémy, his takhallug is not known, he is a nephew of ’abd al-Jalyl Belgramy (V spells Bélgrém, most people pronounce Bilgram) and a clever musician, it is said that he has composed 2400 Dohras which are as good as those of Bihary, ©.
Gholamy, Shah Gholaém Mohammad was one of the ancient poets and a friend of Hatim. He was a Darwysh and had his takiyah i in Shéh-Taslym at Dilly, E, H.
Ghorbat of Muradabad, ۰
Myrza Girûmy a son of ‘abd al-Ghanyy Bég Qabil, سیت chiefly Persian poetry and died towards the end of Mokammad Shéh’s reign, A, M.
Giriftér, Myrz4 Sangy Bég of Dilly a son of Rahym Yar Khan was of Moghol origin and a pupil of Hatim, K.
Giriyan, Myr ’alyy Amjad (Myr Amjad ’alyy of Laon. K, D, Myr Molammad ’alyy of Lucnow, P, Myr Mokammady, R) is a son of Myr ’alyy Akbar and a pupil of Qudrat and Dhiya, C.
Giriyén, Réjah Bhéwany Singh Bahadur familiarly called Rajah Kunwar, D. He is Dywén of the emperor and a son of Shitéb Ray Momtaz almulk, he resides at Dilly and is a pupil of Myaén Fidwy, J. He was a brother of ’4shiq and died at Calcutta, V.
Giriyan, Myr Hosém aldyn ’alyy familiarly called Myr Bhuchehi, composed chiefly Marthiyahs, he went from Dilly to Murshidabad and died there, D.
Giriyén, Gholam Mohyy aldyn Khan of مسج is a son of the late Mawlawy Sajid, K, D. ۱
Godaz is a soldier by profession and a pupil of Hasrat, ۰
Gostékh, Myrza ’alyy Bég is of Lucnow, D.
Gulshan, Amyr Singh is a Khatry of Dilly, D.
Guman, Natzar ’alyy Khan of Dilly resides at Faydhabad, C. It is not known where he now resides, V.
Guyé, Shaykh Hayat Allah (Hidéyat Allah, R) of Farrokhabad associates much with Europeans, H.
Hosim aldawlah Nawab Faqyr Mohammad Khan Bahédur ,54ہ of Lucnow is a great patron of ‘poets, he is a e Nasikh, ۰
: Habyb of Haydarabad a pupil of ‘nila; B. In one out of مرن copies of B, and in M who quotes one of the verses quoted by B, his takhallug is Hasyb. In C is a Habyb Allah but the verse quoted
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of him is not the same as in B and M, and in J is a Mohammad Habyb. ۱
Habyb of Muradabad, R.
- Habyb, Sayyid Habyb Hosayn of Dilly, his father was Residency Munshiy at Dilly, and Habyb is now Wakyl in the Munsiff’s court at I’tima4dptr. He has visited with his father Bareilly, Calcutta, &e. and his verses are corrected by Tzafar-yab Khan Rasikh of Bareilly, R..
_ Hadiy of Dilly, A has seen a Byrn of his, which had about 700 verses. Shaykh Farhat informed C that he had not been a man of any attainments.
Hadiy is also the takhallug of a poet of the South (Deccan), D
Hadiy, Myr Jawad ’alyy Khan of Dilly (familiarly called Myr Hadiy, D,) used to visit the Moshé’arahs of E. He was Kétwal or superintendent of the military Bazér under Ghaziy aldyn Haydar Khan, he is alive and the author of a Dywan and of treatises on Grammar, Law, &c. in Rékhtah verses, he has also written one small Dywaén in which no letter occurs with a diacritical point, and angther in which all have diacritical points, D, K. He died in 1215, H. InT his name is Myr Mokammad Jawad.
Hafitz, Hafitz Khayr Allah of Dilly, R.
Hafitz, Hafitz, Mohammad Ashraf of Dilly is a pious man, D. Hither he is identical with Hafitz Gholam Ashraf Ashraf, or P con-. founds the two poets.
Hafytz a poet of Haydarabad, ...تا
Hafytz, Hafitz Mohammad Hafytz, a Kashmyry of Dilly, is a: pupil of K, he composes chiefly Marthiyahs, D. He died last year, P.
Hajjim, ’inayat Allah of Sahdranpir was for a long time a barber at Dilly, he professed to be a pupil of Sawda, he was a friend of E and died six years ago at Dilly at an age of more than eighty-five years, E. He is familiarly called Kalli Hajjam, J. He has also: ` the takhallug of Parwarish, K.
Hakym, Mohammad-panah Khan had formerly the takhallu¢ of Nithar, but has lately changed it, he is a son of Mohammad Sharyf Khan Lakh-bakhsh (Zar-bakhsh, P,) he was a man of rank, and resided for some time at Dilly and visited Lucnow, he was skilled in music, medicine, and even in history, ۰
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Hakym, Mohammad Ashraf Khan of Dilly where he now resides, he is an eminent physician, D. Died a short time ago, P.
Hakym, Nihal aldyn, R.
Haly, Myr Mohibb ’alyy resides at Murshidébéd, D. [Khan, P
Hamdam, “7541 ’alyy of Rampir a son of Nawdb Fath ’alyy
Hamdam, Myr Mahfitz ’alyy of Patna is a son of Myr Mohammad Hayat Hasrat and a pupil of Qudrat and others, he resides at Mur- . shidabad, C. He is young, J. He is probably dead, ۰ ۱
Myr Hamid is a disciple of Myr Naçyr of Lucnow and has a great predilection for poetry, C, ۰
Hamrang, Dilawar ’alyy Khan was a brother of Moctafa Khan Yakrang, D. See Yakrang and Bé-rang.
Hamrang, Myr ’azyz aldyn of Awrangdbad is a Çûfy and a pupil of Gholam Kibriyé Khalyl of Murshidébéd, he has written a short Rékhtah Dywén with a Persian preface, D. He also writes Persian poetry, H.
Ham-zé رهمرا Shah Ham-zé a Darwysh of Dilly, who settled some time ago at Patna and has many followers, D, H. it
Hamzah, Shaykh Hamzah ’alyy is a schoolmaster of Etawah, D. K.
Haqyqat, Myr Shah Hosayn of Bareilly brought up at Lucnow, his ancestors were of Balkh, he is a pupil of Jorit, he was first in the cavalry, subsequently at the recommendation of Jorat, he was appointed tutor in the family of Imém-bakhsh Khan Kashmyry, whom he assisted in compiling a Tadzkirah of poets. The Kashmyry obtained the loan of the rough copy of Mughafy’s Tadzkirah, and appropriated the contents of nearly the whole without acknow- ledgment, E. In T he has the name of Hasan Shah.
Hagqyr, Myr Imam aldyn familiarly called Myr Kalli of Dilly wrote Persian and Urdû poetry more particularly Marthiyahs, Ru-
ba’ys, &c. he now earns his livelihood by instructing children, D, K.
Haqyr, Munshiy Nabyy-bakhsh a son of Shaykh Hosayn-bakhsh. Bakhshy of Dilly, where his ancestors who were of the Panjab, settled about one hundred years ago, is since many years Sirishtahdar of the
Magistrate’s court at Coel, R.
Hagyr, Shyû Sahay of Meerut was a Minstrel who lived on making verses on the occasion of marriages, &c. he wrote Persian and ۶ poetry and Rawshan Shah Rawshan used to correct his verses, he visited Dilly and made the acquaintance of ۰
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Har Chand, Har Chand Kishér of Dilly, V. He is a son of Kunwar Prém Kishér Firéqy, and attends most Moshé’arahs, D, K.
Hariy4, Har-sahéy a Bréhman of Sikandarébad, H. He is a good physician, T.
Haryf, Khwajah Mokarram Khan of Dilly a son of Khwajah Mohkammady Khan who held an appgintment in Bengal where he now is, his son Haryf lived with him but died young, J.
Hasan, Hafitz Abu-l-Hasan of Kaéndhelah is a son of Mawlawy Tlahy-bakhsh Wishat, D.
Hasan, Myr Gholém Hasan of Dilly a son of Myr Gholam Hosayn Dhihik. His ancestors were of Herat, Hasan went early in life to Oudh, where he was supported by Nawab Sirdar-jang and by his son (57+24 Nawézish ’alyy Khan, he is the author of a Dyw4n of about 8000 verses and of a Tadzkirah of Rékhtah poets, but the most celebrated work of his is the ربدر صخذیر he died in 1205, Myr Dhiya used to correct his verses, G. He died about four years ago, V.
Hasan, Gholém Hasan of Patna a pupil of Bhuchcht and of V, composed chiefly Marthiyahs, he died young, the chronogram of his death is س وای غلام حسن 1206, V.
Hasan, Khwajah Hasin (Khwajah Afsan, V) of Dilly, a son of Khwajah Ibrahym b. Ghiyath aldyn (whose beautiful little tomb is in Paharganj which is now an open plain outside the Ajmyry Darwazah at Dilly,) b. Mohammad Sharyf (a celebrated Cufy whose Khangah is still at Dilly near the Farrésh Khénah Kirky) b. Ibrahym (he was called Khwajah Kumhary and is buried in the same place as his grandson.) Hasén was skilled in music and astronomy and in mysticism, he was supported in 1215 by Nawab Sarfardz aldawlah, he was in love with a woman of the name of Bakhshy, and she is the Laura of his poems which he collected into a Dywa4n, G, E, V. He was in the service of Acaf aldawlah at Lucnow where he still resides, D. He is a very pious man and since some time resides at Rostam- nagar, he is a fertile writer, H.
Hasan, Myr Hasan a friend of V.
Hasan, Myr Hasan Shah of Dilly, a son of Myr Sayyid Mohammad of Bokhara, a friend of D.
Hasan, Myrz4 Mohammad Hasan (Myrza Ahsan R, Myrz4 Hasan, P) a son of Nawab Sayf aldawlah Sayyid Radbyy Khan is a fair poet, D, K.
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Hasan, Myr Mohammad Hasan of Dilly was a pupil of Sawda, C, V. B speaks of him in the present tense,
Hashim, Hashim ’alyy, his birth-place is not known, H,
Hashimy of Dilly has some years ago left his native town, K, D, H,
Hashimy, Myr Hashimy (Myr Mohammad Hashim, P, Myr Hashim ‘alyy, K, بط H,) a pupil of Sawdé is upwards of sixty years of age, E,
Hashmat, Myrza Fakhr aldyn, R.
Hashmat, Myr Mohammad ’alyy (Mohammad ’alyy Khan, K) of Dilly a soldier went in 1158 to Moradabad and was killed in battle, A, B. He was a Kashmyry and a pupil of Mohammad Ghanyy Bég Qabil and the instructor of Tabaén and of Mohtasham ’alyy Khan, V, E. His Dywan is not much read, ۰
Hashmat, Sayyid Mohtasham ’alyy Khan of Dilly, a son of Myr Baqiy, a soldier by profession died in 1161 and left a Persian Dywan, A, B. His ancestors were of Badakhshan and he died in 1163,
Hashrat, ص3574 Rasil-bakhsh of Badéwn came in 1240 from Cal- eutta to Dilly, D.
Hasrat, Dzawqy Rim of Dilly was a good Persian poet and left a
Dywin, D, K. Resided at Farrokhabad, P. Hasrat, Myrzi (Myr J, Myén, H) Ja’far ’alyy a son of Abi-l-
Khayr who kept an apothecary’s shop in the Nakhkhas bazar or cattle-market at Lucnow, Hasrat continued for some time the business:
of his father, subsequently he retired from active life and died in 1210, and left some Qacydahs and a Dywan of Rékhtah Ghazals, G, V. He was for some time in the service of the late ۵ Jahandar-shah and was a pupil of Dywanah, H.
Hasrat, Myr Mohammad Hayat of Patna had the title of Haybat
Quly Khan and was a pupil of Matzhar (of Mohammad Baqir Hazyn, V), he was for some time attached to the service of Nawab Shawkat- jangat Purnyyah and for some time to that of Siraj aldawlah of Mur-
shidabad, and in 1195 he was with the Qubahdar of Bengal, he died
in 1215 and left a Dyw4n of abont 2000 bayts, G, ۰ ` Hasyb see 00+
Hatif, Myrz4 Mohammad Hatif, it is said that he resides at Dilly.
and lives the life of a Darwysh (poor man), C. He used to attend the poetical meetings, in the house of Thané Allah Firdq, it is said he is dead, E, First he was attached to the tomb of the ناب Myr
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Jahan at Dilly but he left his native town, it is not known where he now is, D. He went to the East, K.
Hatify was an ancient poet and a contemporary of Walyy, D, H.
Hatim, Mohammad Hatim of Dilly a friend of Abré and Madh- min, he was during the reign of Mohammad Shéh a companion and the butler of Nawab ’umdat almulk, he wrote a Dywan of about four thousand verses, subsequently he made selections from it and called them .دیوان زاده This is the account of A. He is also called Mokammad in B. But E, who knew him personally calls him Tzohtr aldyn alias Shah Hatim, and says that he was born at Dilly in 1111 and was a soldier by profession. E farther informs us that there was another Hatim at that time, and that the two were fre- quently confounded. Though a man who has the name of Tzohir aldyn may also have the name of Mohammad, it is not unlikely that A and others confounded the two, and that Mohammad Hatim is dis- tinct from Tzohüûr aldyn Hatim, the latter being the more celebrated and the author of the Dywan-zadah. Mr. Hall however, whose opi- nion is very valuable, identifies the two. It would appear that Hatim gave the first impulse to Urdu poetry in Dilly. In 1132 the Dywan of Walyy was brought to Dilly and verses from it were on every body’s lips, this induced him and three friends of his, Najiy, Madh- mtin and Abri to apply themselves to Rékhtah poetry. The taste for it spread rapidly and Hatim, according to his own statement, had no less than forty-five pupils. Up to the time of Hatim it would appear that Indian poets wrote in Persian, and made only occasionally, Rékhtah verses, there seem also to have existed many popular songs, which however, were almost purely Hindee. The first productions of Hatim (and probably also of his early contemporaries) were far-fetched and obscure, but when Rékhtah poetry had attained greater perfection he made a selection from his former Dywén and improved the style and called it دیوان زاده as has already been stated on the authority of A. It has about 5000 verses and the metre of every poem is noted on the margin. It is stated by E that his object in making these selections was, that his poems might not be confounded with those of the other Hatim. He died two or three years ago, E. H and K inform us further that, he turned a Faqyr, that he had his takiyah near the Dilly gate of the palace and that many persons used to come to him for spiritual advice. For extracts from the preface to the Dywan-zadah see chapter on Rékhtah Dywans.
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Hatim, Sayyid Hatim ’alyy Khan of Jawnpir was a pupil of Myén Madhmin, V.
Hawas, Myrz4 Mohammad Taqyy of Lucnow a relation of Nawab Acaf aldawlah Salar-jang is a talented young man and a pupil of Muchafy, V. He isa son of Myrza ’alyy Khan of Lucnow and the author of a Majnin 6 Layla, T.
Hawayda, Myr Mokammad A’tzam of Dilly a brother of Myr Mohammad Ma’gim composes chiefly Marthiyahs, C was his friend.
Haya, Hafitz Mohammad Hayat, his father was a Moghol, i.e. Tatar or Persian, he died at Makkah or Madynah, D. He flourished under Mohammad Shah, H.
Haya, Myrza Rahym aldyn visited Dilly in 22605 R.
Haydar, Gholam Haydar, C.
Haydar, Myr Haydar ’alyy of Dilly is a soldier at Farrokhébéd, D, K.
Haydar, Myr Haydar ’alyy Khan of Léhér a descendant of ’abd al-Qadir Gylany resides now at Pashaéwar, D.
Haydar, Haydar-bakhsh of Jawnpur a son of Nir al-Haqq, is a learned man, wrote a Sagiy-ndmah in praise of ’alyy, J.
Haydar, Myrzé Haydar Bég resides at 1124040, D.
Hay dar, Myr Haydar Shah of the Deccan, a gallant soldier, was in Bengal in the service of Nawab Sarfaréz Khan, he put the Dywan of Walyy of the Deccan into Mokhammas and interspersed that of Hafitz with verses of his own, he died in Bengal (at Hooghly) near one hundred years of age under Amad Shah, C. Garcin de Tassy thinks that he is the author of a Mathnawy entitled wos قصه چددر و ماھیار Haydar, Hosdm aldyn, R.
Haydary, Shaykh Gholém ’alyy is familiarly called Shaykh Jum’ah of Dilly went to Patna and has lately taken to poetry, C. He is a good physician and resides now at Hosaynabad, ۰
Haydary, Myr Haydar-bakhsh of Dilly resides now at Calcutta says Bény Narayan. Mawlawy Gholaém Haydar informs me that he was a man of great talents but little education, that he was attached to the College of Fort William, and died upwards of thirty years ago, that is to say about 1823. His works will be mentioned in their places.
Hayf, Myr Chiragh ’alyy of Jawnpitr, a pupil of Afsds, lives now at Benares, V. Resides at Luenow, BE, D.
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Hayf, Méty Lal a Kéyeth and a pupil of Myr 802 lives now, 1196, at Lucnow, C, ۰ ۱
Hayran, Héfitz Baqi Allah Khén, a son of the calligraph Hafitz Ibrahym Khan, resides at Dilly, رط
Hayran, Myr Haydar ’alyy of Dilly, a pupil of Sarab Sukh Dy- wûnah, commands now, 1215, a troop of cavalry at Lucnow,G. Was killed in the Behar, D.
Hayrén, Myr Mamnin of Patna died at the age of thirty. In the Marthiyah he used the takhallug of Matzlim, he left but six hundred verses, J. He died young, ۰
Hayrat, Ajadhy4 Prashid a Kashmyry of Lucnow a pupil of Jorãt, was a good musician and died in 1284 at the age of twenty- five years and left a short Dywan and some Mathnawies, P.
Hayrat, Gholam Fakhr aldyn (Mohyy aldyn D) Khan, a grandson of Naw4b Mo’yn almulk Myr Mannt resides at Kalpy and writes Persian and Rékhtah verses, D.
Hayrat, Khwajah Kallan of Dilly resides now at Patna, J.
Hayrat, Murad ’alyy (Myr Murad, D) of Muradabad, A. It is stated by E that he knew him, but that when he wrote he was dead. According to T and Garcin de Tassy I. p. 220, he had the takhalluc of Hasrat, this however may be merely a wrong reading.
Hayrat, Shaykh Rahm ’alyy of Patna a son of Shaykh Gholém Mohammad an uneducated man and a drunkard, is dead, V.
_ Hayrat, Myr Saydan (?), a nephew of the late ’alyy Quly Khan, was for some time Nayib of Behar and a friend of J.
Hazyn, 35725 Khojastah-bakhsh Bahadur is a prince of the house of Dilly, D, مک There was also a poet of the takhallug of Hazyn at the time of Mokammad-shah, but nothing is known regarding him. Hazyn, Myr Mohammad Baqir of Agra (Dilly, G) a pupil of Myrzé Matzhar, held for some time an appointment at Dilly, now he ` is in Bengal, that is to say, at Patna, A, B. He left a Rékhtah Dywin, G. He left two Dywans, J. In some Ghazals he has the takhallug of Tzohir, he died at Patna, V. In D Shaykh Mohammad ’alyy Hazyn is mentioned, and it is stated that he was a friend of Myrzé Matzhar and left a short Dywan, D also mentions Myr Baqir Hazyn, and says that he resides at Lucnow.
Hidayat, Myr Hidayat Allah a son of Myr ’alym Allah had the
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title of Nawab Hidayat ’alyy Khan and was the deputy governor of Haybat-japg of the Behar, he was a great patron of poets and learned men, he is buried at Hosaynabad, J.
Hidayat, (Shaykh, G) Hidéyat Allah Khan (Hid4éyat Khén, B) of Dilly, of Afghén origin, a pupil of Myr Dard, A, B, J. He has written a Dywén and a Mathnawy in which he describes Benares, C. He is upwards of one hundred years of age, E. Was still alive when V wrote. He was the uncle of Thana Allah Firdg and died in 1219, D, H. He died in 1215, P. Most of the poets of Dilly were his pupils, he left a Dywan of about 9000 verses and several Math- nawies and also a Risdlah which has the title of وچراغ هدایت K.
Hazyn, Myr Bahédur ’alyy a pupil of Nawab Zayn al’abidyn Khén (who is now, 1853, alive at Dilly and about sixty years of age), R.
Hiddyat, Hidayat ’alyy was a contemporary of Shaykh Farhat Allah, C, V.
Hidayat, Hidéyat ’alyy of Agra a pupil of Walyy Mokammad Natzyr. sent some of his verses to D for the purpose of their being inserted in his Tadzkirah.
727105478 a poet of Haydaraéb d, writes chiefly Qacydahs, D.
Himmat is familiarly called Akhénd Himmat, he lives at Rampir, and supports himself by teaching, D, K. Besides him there is another poet of this takhallug in H.
Hindi, Kokal Chand of Lahdr, a brother of Mihr Chand Mihr, he resides now at Farrokhabad, and writes both Persian and Rékhtah poetry, V.
Hobb ==, Myr Ahmad ’alyy of Farydabad is the son ofa Qadhiy, and a promising young man, he studies Arabic and Persian, D, K. -
Hodhir, Lélah Baélmakand of Dilly a pupil of Myr Dard, E. Is a good Arabic and Persian scholar, and resides now at Lucnow, D. He was a Musalmén at heart says K, and is dead.
Hodhir, Shaykh Gholam Yahya of a good family of Patna, gained his livelihood by commerce and was a friend of C. Is the author of a Dywin, J. He was a man of learning and died at Patna, V.
Myr Hosayn ’alyy of Rampur resides now at Muradabad, H.
Hosayn ’alyy Khan resides at Mirzapir, D, H.
Hosayn, Sayyid Gholém Hosayn of Dilly a son of Sayyid ’abd Allah had first the takhallug of ’azyz, was Munshiy of an officer at Meerut, whom he accompanied to Calcutta, P.
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Hosayn, Nawab Gholim Hosayn Khan, of Afghan origin, resides at Shahjahanpur, D.
Hosayny, Hakym Myr Hosayny (Hosayn K) of Dilly a disciple of Mohammad Fakhr aldyn is a good calligraph and musician, and writes chiefly Persian poetry, D. He is dead, K.
Hésh, Gholaém Mortadhé of Dilly, a pupil of Nagyr, is a new poet, D. In H his takhaliug is spelled Hawas.
H6sh, Myr Shams aldyn of Lucnow is a young man and a pupil of 562, E, K, D.
Hunar, Mohammad Dawud of Haydardbad, K, D, H. Besides him is another poet of this name, who seems to have flourished long ago, H,
Myr Hynga of Dilly, he has been killed C, V.
*ibrat is a poet of Rampir, D, H. He is probably identical with Myr Dhiyé aldyn ’ibrat, a pupil of Nawab Makabbat Khan mentioned by P
Théan, Myr Gholam ’alyy of Haydaraébaéd has وم acquired celebrity, D, H.
Thsin, Hafitz’abd al-Rahman a court poet of Shah *4lam, corrected the compositions of the princes, and wrote Urdû and Persian poetry, (D, K.) He had first the takhallug of Rahman, K. He died at Dilly in 1851 at an advanced age.
Ihsan of Lucnow is particularly distinguished in the Marthiyah, D, H, جا
Ihsan, Myr Shams aldyn a son of Myr Qamar aldyn Minnat, C.
Ilhém, Shaykh Sharaf aldyn familiarly called Shéh Malûl, is a Darwysh and resides at Lucnow, and corrects the verses of most poets of that city, C, H. He is upwards of sixty years of age, ظ He had formerly the takhallug of Malil, G. He wrote two Persian Dywains, ۰
Ilham, Fadhdyil Bég a pupil of Sayyid ’abd al-Walyy *uzlat, B, J.
*imad, Ghaziy aldyn ’alyy Khén Bahadur has the title of ’umdat almulk and is a well-informed man, V.
Iméimy, Khwajah Imém-bakhsh of Dilly was formerly in the service of Haybat-jang and in very good circumstances, but since thirty years he lives in poverty at Patna, V, whose friend he was. In C his takhallug is spelled Amany.
inayat, inayat ’alyy Khan, a son of Nawab ’abd ’alyy Khan, is in
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Persian a pupil of Imaém-bakhsh, who is now Professor of the Dilly College, P.
inayat, Shaykh Nitzim aldyn son of a Qadhiy of Ratdél رول came to Dilly for the sake of prosecuting his studies, and some time ago he went to Calpee, he is a disciple of Mawlawy Mohammad Fakhr aldyn. He has in his Persian poems the takhallug of Masrir and Hiddyat, D. He died at Calpee, where he was tutor in a private family, K.
’abd al-Rakmén Khan resides at Dilly, and attends most لوصا Mashé’rahs, R. ۱
Insén, Asad Yar Khan had the title of Asad aldawlah Bahadur, but was familiarly called Jogniz fire-fly, he was an Amyr of 7000, and rather a man of business than a poet, A. He died a few years ago says B.
Inshé, Myr Inshé Allah Khan the son of Méa-shé-Allah Khan, whose takhalluc was Macdar was a native of Murshidabad, but his ancestors were of Najaf, and he like his father was a clever physician, and one of the most skilful poets of India. He was, in 1215, in the service of Solayman-shikéh at Lucnow. He knew, several languages and left, besides his 8۴ Kullyyat, a Persian Dywan. Among his Mathnawies is one called شیر و برنے in which he imitates the نان و حلوا of Baha aldyn ’ãmily. He also wrote Turky verses and he wrote some poems, no letter of which has a dot, and others every letter of which has diacritical points, C, E. He died about twenty years ago, P.
Intitzar, ’alyy Naqyy Khan a son of the late ’alyy Akbar Khan Manykbashy (?) resided during the time of ’alyy Wirdy Khan Mo- habat-jang at Murshidabad. He was a friend of C. He died at Murshidabad, V.
Irshad, Anwar ’alyy, R.
Isfin اسفان (Stephen ?) is the name and takhalluc of a Christian, born at Dilly, his father was a European. He was an acquaintance of D. Was alive in 1215, H.
’ishq, Hafitz Myr izzat Allah a son of Hakym Qudrat Allah Khan Qasim (who is the author of the Tadzkirah No. 52) is the author of a Dywin, D. He is a good physician and alive, P.
"ishq, Myr Mohémmad ’alyy of Haydarabad, D; (perhaps identical with Myr Yahya ’ishg.) K speaks of him as if he had been alive in 1221.
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’ishq, Shah Rokn aldyn, familiarly called Shéh Ghasyta lyme, of Dilly, was a grandson of Shéh Fakhél a great saint of Dilly. When a young man, ’ishq went to Murshidébad, and though he had no office he was much respected and led the life of a gentleman; subsequently he followed the example of his family and became a Darwysh choosing Patna as his place of residence. Owing to the independence of his character, he was held in great veneration. He died in 1203. Be- sides a Dywan of about 1500 verses he left a mystical Mathnawy, B, J, ۰
*ishq, Myr Yahya of the Deccan had the title of *ashiq, J.
*ishq, Myr Zayn of Dilly, want of means compelled him to leave his home, he went to Patna and stays with Myrza Ghasyté, he writes Persian and Urdi poetry, and is author of a Dywan, J.
*ishqy was a poet of the Deccan, regarding whom D was not able to obtain any information.
’ishqy of Morédabad, J saw him at Awala آثولة which is, in the district of Faydhabad.
’ishqy, Myan Rahmat, different from ’ishqy of Muradabad, D.
’ishrat, ’abd al- Wasi’, H. See ’izzat. ۱
’ishrat, Bhola Nath a Pandit, ۰
*ishrat, Shaykh Gholam Bangaly of Patna, a son of the late Shaykh Lutf Allah, turned a soldier after the death of his father, subse- quently he ran mad, and J does not know what has become of him, he described in a Mathnawy called جنگ نامک the wars of the Nawab Haybat-jang.
ishrat, Myr Gholam ’alyy ۳۷ at Bareilly and is the author. of a good Dywéan, D. He is a pupil of Myrzé ’alyy Lutf, H, T.
Ishtiyaq, Shah Walyy Allah of Sirhind. Gurdézy and some other authors say that his grandfather was Shaykh Ahmad who is called the Renewer of the second Millennium الف اني oF” because he started the theory that every thousand years a man was born, who has a thorough knowledge of the Islam, and whose vocation it is to revive and strengthen it, and that he was the man for the second Mil- lenium. Others say, that he was the grandson of Mohammad Gul. It is likely that, as Lutf says, he is connected by spiritual genealogy only with the Shaykh Amad. Shah Walyy Allah resided in the Két- lah close to Dilly, and was.a distinguished Theologian and Cify. He
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Se, Shah ’abd al’azyz, العالية في مداقب معاویڈ and شچارة العسنین the most celebrated Indian Theologian in modern time, was a son of Shah Walyy Allah, A, B, G.
Islam, Shaykh alislam of Thaénah in the district of Sahéranptr is now the best poet of that part of India, D,
Ittifag is a poet of Bareilly, H.
*izzat, Myr ’abd al- Wasi’, it is said he is of Lucnow, D. See ’ishrat. - Jadzb, Sayyid ’izzat Allah Khan Bhikhéry of Bareilly is a young man, D. Was two years ago at Dilly, H. Travelled much and died near Bokharé, P.
Jadzb, Myr Matzhar ’alyy was a learned man, he died about twenty years ago, and is probably identical with the poet who had in Persian the takhallug of Çafyy, ۰
Ja’far, Ja’far ’alyy Khan, a son of Myrz4 Miimin Bég, was an Amyr of the time of Mohammad Shah, and had the rank of three thousand, V. He was alive in 1168 and composed by order of Mo- hammad Shah, a Mathnawy of 500 verses on so elevated a subject as the Qalyan, i. e. the machine for smoking tobacco, A, ۰
Ja’far or Ja’fary, Myrzé Ja’far of Patna a son of Faydh ’alyy Khan is a well educated man, J. Was Thanadar, he is dead, ۰ : Ja’far, Myr Ja’far Zetely of Narnawl a contemporary of By-dil was the most celebrated humoristic poet of Hindtstan, his compositions are a mixture of Persian and Urdi. He is the author of a Shah- namah in Rékhtah, A, D.
Ja’fary is at Lucnow, D.
Jafary, Myr Baqir ’alyy of Dilly, a brother of Nitzim aldyn Mamnin and a son of Qamar aldyn Minnat, is a talented young man, D. He is alive and has the takhalluc of Ja’far, K. He died last year on his way back from Makkah, P.
Jahdndér, Myrza (Prince) Jawén-bakhsh Jahandar-shéh, a son of the emperor Shah-’alam, went in 1198 to Lucnow, and held every month two poetical assemblies in his house, at which G used to be present. He died at Bendres in 1201, G. Garcin de Tassy informs us, that there is a work of his in the India house, which has the title of 891) dS yo ays ,بیاف
Jahangyr, Myrz4 Jahangyr of Lucnow was formerly in good cir- cumstances, but is now impoverished, he writes Persian and Rékhtah poetry, D. He died in prison, P.
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Jalal aldyn of Murshidébéd had the title of Jalal aldawlah, he is the author of a Mathnawy and was skilled in chronograms, J.
Jalal resides at Faydhabad, R.
Jalal, Myrz4 Bandah ’alyy a Sayyid of Dilly, his ancestors were of Persia, he died young, H.
Jalal, Jamal aldyn Hosayn a younger brother of Kamal aldyn Hosayn of Dilly, D, H. He is identical with the Jamal of J.
Jam, Kunwar Sén of Badhawly is a pupil of Sharaf aldyn مسب who is a son of ”ishq, ۰
Jamal, Myr Jamal aldyn Hosayn of Patna a son of Nûr Allah Khan, who held a high office under the emperor, writes chiefly Persian verses, J: See Jalal.
Jamal, Jamal ’alyy of Jewish extraction (? از قوم بنی اسرائل ( a grandson of Mawlawy Gholam Ahmad of Meerut and a pupil of ’ishq, who has also the takhallug of Mobtal4é, D. He went some time ago to Haydarabad, H.
Jan is the name and takhalluc of a poetess of Farrokhabad, R.
Jan, Jan ’alyy Shah, a cousin of Nawéb Qasim ’alyy Khan Natzim of Bengal, was a pupil of Myr Mohammad Taqyy anda disciple of Nathan Shah Sikandarébady, D: He lives at Sikandaraébaéd as a Faqyr, H. P speaks of him in the present tense.
. Jan, Jéne ’4lam Khan, a cousin of Naw4b Rawshan aldawlah, is a pupil of Sayyid Mohammad Séz, C. He writes very elegant Naskh and Naskh-ta’lyq and he studied Arabic.
Jûny, Bégam Jan, known by the name of Baht Bégam, a daughter of Nawab Qamar aldyn Khan, and a wife of Acaf aldawlah, P. See Dilhan Bégam.
Jarrah, Gholam Nacir of Dilly, his ancestors were of Kashmyr, he is a son of the Surgeon Hafitz Ramadhany and a talented young man and a good Surgeon, K. He died some years ago, P.
Jawahir, Myén Makkha of Patna is a great admirer of poetry, J.
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Jawdat, Ray Hridyaram of Dilly (of Murshidaébad, V) was origin- ally of Cuttack, he was a friend of C and died at Murshidabad, C. He was a good Persian poet and a pupil of J.
Jawhar, Myrza Ahmad ’alyy of Dilly, his ancestors were of Persia, he wrote mostly Persian verses and was killed in an affray at Dilly, C.
Jawhar, Dywaly Singh a Khatry of Bareilly, D.
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Jawhary, Mawlawy Ayat Allah of Phulwary is a Persian poet and a good scholar, J. Has in Persian the takhalluc of Sdzish, and died about fifteen years ago, V. ۱
Jawhary, Inderjyt a jeweller of Dilly is a pupil of Naçyr, ۰
Jawlan, Myr Hosayn (Hasan, K) ’alyy Khan is a poet of the Deccan, he has composed a very beautiful Qacydah on spring, H.
Jawlan, Myr Ramadhan ’alyy has written a few verses, A. He was a contemporary of Mohammad Shah, ©. He is called Bahar ’alyy Shah, but had first the name of Ramadhan ’alyy, it is eight years since he died, E. It does not appear to me that Ramadhan ’alyy and Bahar ’alyy are identical as E makes them.
Nawab Jayna Bégam a daughter of the late Myrz4 Babar and a wife of Myrz4 Jahéndar-shéh writes Rékhtah and Persian verses, D. She is probably identical with Jana Bégam, the authoress of a treatise on the Rag mentioned by Garcin de Tassy.
Lala Jhaman Nath (Jhaman Lal, K) of Dilly, a brother of Jagar- nath, a son of Bishen Nath of the Kayeth caste, wrote Persian and Hindawy poetry, he put the Bahdre Danish into verse and made material alterations in the style of it, D.
Jonin, Myr Fadhl ’alyy (Faydh ’alyy, H) a pupil of Myr Amany Asad, a soldier by profession, had for a short time the takhallug of Mast, he is fond of reading, D. ‘He is now in very poor circum- stances, K.
Jonin, Shayk (Shah, K) Gholam Mortadha of [lahabad a pupil of Mawlawy Barkat, he is since many years blind, C, V, D. (Barkat, says Tek Chand, Bahar, is a licensed abbreviation for Barakat, and in India the word is universally pronounced, as if it had only two syllables.)
Jontin, Nawab Mahdiy Khan, a son of Khénahzid Khén b. Nawab Sarbaland Khan, a pupil of ’ishq Ghasyta, was at Patna (where J saw him) on his way to Calcutta, J.
"Jonûn, Mohammad Fakhr alislam of Dilly a pupil of Mamnin has lately taken to poetry, D.
Jonin, Mohammad Jywan is a learned and pious man of the neighbourhood of Serawah, D.
Jonin, Myrz4 Najaf ’alyy Khan of Ben4res, a son of Mohammad ‘alyy Khan Dyw4nah who holds the office of Tahcyldar, P.
‘Jorat, Qalandar-bakhsh a son of Hafitz Aman a pupil of Hasrat. He was first supported by Nawab Mahabbat Khan Mahabbat but in 1215 he was in the service of Solayman-shikéh at Lucnow, he was
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skilled in music, astrology, and other sciences, but had the misfortune to lose his eye-sight, G. It appears that Jorit and his family had the family-name of Yahya Man, because they said that they were descended from Yahya Ray Mén who resided in a street at Dilly which is close to the Chandny Chawk and is still called the Ray Man street. In P it is stated that he was descended from Ray Man who was executed by Nadir Shah and that he died upwards of twenty years ago. ۱
Myrzé Moghol of Bareilly a son of ’abd al-Baqiy Khan, a ہل soldier by profession and a pupil of Sawdé4 isa good poet, D. He died at Bareilly, K. In H this poet has the takhallug of Jamyl.
Jorait, Myr Mohammad Ridha a son of Sayyid Mohammad Wahyd who had the title of Sayyid Gadr aldyn and was a man of rank and held a Jageer from the emperor. Jorat was a soldier and wrote Per- sian poetry, he had a salary of sixty rupees a month, and being a very bigoted Shy’ah, he gave out of this twenty-two rupees as alms to Sayyids; he died at Purniya, J. He seems to be identical with the following.
Jorit, Myr Mostaqym was a contemporary of Mohammad Shih, it is said that he lived a pious life and resided at Pirniya, ۰
Jorat, Myr Shér ’alyy was a fine-looking and learned man but not much of a poet, he used to visit Gurdézy, but some years previous to 1165 he went tothe Deccan, B. He is a native of the Deccan; there is also a Jorat of Faydhabad, whose name I do not know says J.
Jésh, Shaykh Niyaz Ahmad a pupil of Dzawg, R.
Josh, Rahym Allah a young man who resided at Dilly and was a pupil of C, E. Is a humoristic poet, wrote two Dywans, one is humoris- tic and the other contains Ghazals, Ruba’ys, &c. D. I have not heard of him since a long time, his poems are in a low language, H. . Joshish, Mokammad *abid a son of Jaswant Nakir (Jaswant Nager, P) it is said that he isa clever young man and resides at Patna, E, D. There is no doubt that D, and E are under a mistake and mean the brother of Shaykh Mofammad Rawshén Jdéshish whose takhallug is ۰ . Joshish, Shaykh Mohammad Rawshan of Patna a brother of Mo- hammad "2010 Dil, imitates Myr Dard, G. In 1194 he sent extracts from his Dywan to ۵ He is an excellent poet and his Dywan has about 3000 verses, J, V.
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. Jowûn, Katzim ’alyy of ‘Dilly is now, 1196, at Luenow, C. In A. D. 1800 he went to Calcutta where he was still alive in 1812, and attached to the College of Fort William.
Jow4én, Shaykh Mokibb Allah of Dilly of Jewish extraction ) ? اسرائیل ody! از ( is a physician and a pupil of ’ishq, بط K. In H instead of being a Jew he is a 8 ,بزرگزاد
Jowén, Myrzé Na’ym Bég of Dilly is a clever and talented young man in the service of Solayman-shikéh, he is a pupil of E, but not much of a poet, E. He died many years ago, P..
Myén Juggan, a cousin of Shér-afgan Khan, was born in Hindi- stan, B. He is a pupil of Taqyy Myr, J. According to D he was a slave of Shér-afgan Khan, this however is certainly a mistake.
Kabyr, Hakym Kabyr ’alyy Sanbhaly was an ny Shaykh, E met him in the house of Mohammad Yér Khan.
Kafir, Myr ’alyy Naqyy of Dilly a soldier and a friend of B. Had first the takhallug of Taskyn and Jonin, A. C frequently saw him at Murshidabad. Some say he is dead, J, V. He called his poems Kaéfir-Kattah, K.
Shah Kakul of Dilly was a Faqyr and a contemporary of Abra, O, ۰
Kalamy, Gholim Nabyy Khan was supported by the late Ghéziy aldyn Khan, D.
Myr Kalli of Dilly was a relation of Myr Dard, D, P.
Kalym, Shaykh Kalym Allah of Sarkét which is in the district of Muradabad, P.
Kalym, Mokammad Hosayn, B. Myr Talib Hosayn, D. He composed a thick Dywan, A. He was a relation of Myr Mohammad Taqyy Myr and wrote an Urdu treatise on Prosody and Rhyme and translated the غصوص | لعکم into Urdu, he flourished under Ahmad Shéh and died at Dilly, ون G. He was the father of Myén Myr Hajy Tajalliy, E. He was a physician and left a Dywan and several Mathnawies, P. He is also the author of a tale in elegant Rékhtah prose, H.
Kamil aldyn was an ancient poet, D.
Kamil, Shah Kamal aldyn Hosayn, his forefathers were of Karak Manikpur, but his father resided in Behar and was a man of rank, Kamal went to Lucnow and lives in the house of Rajah Holds Ray, he has collected the Dywans of about — Rékhtah poets and is a pupil of Jorit, E, D.
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Kamal, Myr Kamél ’alyy of Gyéménpir resides at Dyrha (or Déérha) in the Behar, writes Persian and Rékhtah verses, J. He was a man of learning and wrote a large work called کمال العحکمۂ on Philosophy, and one called درود 3, on the Iméms. He died in 1215, the chronogram on his death is ‘jo.
Kam-g6, Myrz4 Habyb Allah is of Khayrabéd in Oudh, D. He died some time ago, H.
Kamil, Shaykh Lutf Allah was a pupil of Shah Khaksar, V.
Kamil, Myrz4 Kamil Bég is of Moghol origin and a soldier by profession, D.
Kamil, Thakor Dds a son of Rajah Ram a Kashmyry, holds the appointment of Wakyl at Dilly, D. He is still in the same office, P.
Kamtar, Kamtar Shah is a Darwysh residing at Lucnow, D.
Kamtar, Myrz4 Khayr Allah Bég is of Persian origin and resides at Farrokhabad, ۰
Kamtar, Mawlawy Kifayat ’alyy author of the نسیم جنت and of a version of the Shamayil of Tirmidzy, R.
Kamtaryn an Afghan, his name is Mydén Kamtaryn, he writes humoristic poetry but it is not good, M. He spent the greater part of his life at Dilly and died in 1168, A, B, C. His name was Pyr Khan, he used to sit in the evening in the Chawk, and to sell his poems which he had written on detached pieces of paper, D He wrote mostly satires and humoristic poetry, H
Karam of Dilly, a pupil of Mughafy, resides at Haydarabad, K.
Karam, Shaykh Gholam Dhamin of Kiutaénah resides at Dilly, formerly he resided at Haydarabad, he is a pupil of Miimin Khan and is an old man, P. He may be identical with the preceding.
Karama, Myan Gholém Karamé of Murshiddébad has lately left that city, J. °` Karaémat, Myr Karémat ’alyy of Awrangdabad, six days’ journey from Dilly, a son of Myr Amanat ’alyy and a grandson of Sayyid Murad ’alyy Bokhary, he leads the life of a Darwysh or devotee at Shikarpur, K.
Karym, Karym Allah Khan an Afghan has lately taken to writing poetry, D.
Shéh Karym-bakhsh of Patna a disciple of Shah Karak is a Qadi- rian Cufy, J
Lali Kashy Nath of Ambalah (Umballa) a bad poet, A.
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Kashy Nath of Patydla a son of Nawnidh Ray is a young man, V. His father I believe is the author of the whre ,.وسخور
Katzim, Kétzim ’alyy is young and a pupil of Mohammad Nagyr, K.
Kawkab, Ray Makand Ray of Haydarabad a pupil of Faydh, R.
Kawthar, Mahdiy ’alyy Khan of Lucnow a son of Qofob aldyn Khan, came two years ago to Dilly, he is a pupil of Nasikh, P.
Kayfy, Myr Hidayat ’alyy a Sayyid of Barh, composes chiefly Persian verses, K, D.
Khag is a poet of the Deccan, D.
Khadim resides at Panypat, ۰
Khidim, Khadim ’alyy of the Panjab was in the service of ۵ Nagir-jang Bangash, ۷۰ He was a native of Khaytal but brought up at Dilly, his uncle was in receipt of a salary of 500 Rs. a month from Nawab Bangash. Khadim is in the service of Nawab Motzaffar- jang and receives a salary of Rs. 100. He is the author of a Persian and Urdi Dywan, H, D. He was of Farrokhabad, R. ۱
Khédim, Nawab Khédim Hosayn Khan Bahadur of Dilly a son of Nawab Ashraf aldawlah Afrasyéb Khan and a friend of D, H.
Khédim, Khadim Hosayn Khan of Patna a son of Hajy Ahmad ’alyy Qiydmat and a relation of C. He is dead, V.
Khiksér, Myr Mohammad-yér, familiarly called Kalli, is attached to a shrine close to Dilly called Qadam Sharyf, A, B, E. It appears from I, that he has written a Tadzkirah in which he assumes the ap- pellation of Sayyid alsho’aré. He used to visit H, but was dead when he wrote.
Khiéky, Gholam Haydar Bég was born in Hindustan, (Dilly, R) his ancestors were of Badakhshan, he is in the Deccan in the army, D.
Khilah, a lady of the name of Badr alnisé Bégam of Farrokhabad, was the aunt of the Nawab ’imad almulk, and hence she used this takhallug, V.
Khaliq, ’abd al-Khaliq was attached to the service of the late Myrza (Prince) Solaymaén-shikéh, he was marked with small-pox and stammered in reciting his verses, yet he was constantly present at the Moshé’arahs of the Maharajah. He went to Gwalyar, but it is not known where he now resides, R.
Khaliq, Shaykh Khéliq-bakhsh is originally of the Panjab, but
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was born at Dilly. He is a nephew of Shaykh Nabyy-bakhsh Haqyr, and has lately taken to poetry, R.
Khalyl, Sayyid Ibraéhym ’alyy, a son of the late Sayyid Mohammad ’alyy Bashyr, is a young man, who has lately taken to poetry, and submits his verses to Myr Gulzar ’alyy Asyr for correction, R.
Khalyq, Karémat Allah Khan, a cousin of Mohammad Ja’far Khan Raghib, and a pupil of Myrzé Mohammad Fakhr Makyn, was a good Insha writer, and died young, and left a Persian Dywén, V.
Khalyq, Myr Mostahsan of Lucnow a younger brother of Myr Ahsan Kholg, E. He is tutor in the family of Rajah Tikét Ray at Lucnow, D. He is a son of Myr Hasan, the author of the Badre Monyr, H.
Khalyq, Myrza Tzohir ’alyy of Dilly, a son of Myrz4 Hoshdar, is skilled in Hindee music, and in composing Marthiyahs, knows a little Arabic, he is now, 1199 at Murshidabad, C. In the Marthiyah, he has the takhalluc of Tzohir, he died at Kerbalé in the irq, ۰
Khén, Ashraf Khan of Dilly went some time ago to Lucnow, he is a pupil of Muchafy, H.
Khan, Mohammady Khan, a Pathan, and a pupil of Rangyn, resides in the Deccan, has visited Dilly, D
Khandan, D does not know where he resides.
Khastah, Mohammad ’abd Allah Khan familiarly called Mydn Jywan of Dilly, a son of Sa’d Allah Khan, who was called Aqû Yar Khan, was of Kashmyry origin and born at Dilly, and a pupil of Firéq, بط H, K. Iam told that he died about 1840.
Khastah, Ghol4m Qotob-bakhsh, a descendant of Sayyid Mohammad. Kirmany, was attached to Nitzim aldyn Awliyé’s tomb near Dilly, he was a pupil of Ashuftah, D, H.
Khayél, Brij Nath of Dilly has gone to Haydarabad, H.
Khayal, Gholém Hosayn Khan (Gholim Hasan Khan, H, P), a nephew of Barkat Allah Khan Barkat and a relation of Myr Juggan, resides now at Stinypat, D. It is said he left two Dywans containing nearly one hundred thousand verses, P.
Khidmat, Farhat ’alyy resided at Lucnow, says Bény N 7۷۳
Khirad, Nawab Fakhr aldyn Khan, a son of Nawab Sharaf aldyn Mohammad Khan, is a relation of P.
Khéd-gharadh of Agra has visited Dilly, D.
Kholq, Myr Afsan a son of Myr Hasan is only nineteen years of age, E. Resides since a long time at Lucnow, H, مک
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Kholq, Ray ص1614 Ray of Haydarabaéd a pupil of Faydh, R.
Khorshéd ’alyy of Dilhar a clever young man, D, K, T.
Khésh of Dilly, his ancestors were of the Panjab, his father was a celebrated calligraph. Khésh lost his eyesight by small-pox, and, though blind, made the pilgrimage to Makkah, he is a fertile poet, H.
Khéshdil, Ghasy Ram of Dilly kept a shop at Faydhabad, V.
Khésh-dil, Lélah Gobind Lal a son of Lélah Kanjy Dil (sic Mal ۶( Gharyb, a Kayeth, is a talented young man, D.
Khéshniid is mentioned by M and R.
Khoshras, Hafitz Gholam Mohammad of Dilly is blind, but a good. musician, D.
Myr Khosraw, M thinks that he has written much Rékhtah poetry. A notice on him is in the following chapter. ۱
Kishen Chand a Khatry of Lahér is a new poet, ۰
Kéchak, Prince Myrz4 Wajh aldyn (Wajyh aldyn, D) of Dilly, familiarly called Myrz4 Kéchak Oahib, went some time ago to Luc- now, and died there, K, D. But he is buried at Nitzim ار 8 Mausoleum near Dilly, H.
Latyf, Myr Latyf ’alyy of Dilly, a pupil of Myr Dard, used to sell jewellery, K. He died in 1214, H.
Latyf, Myr Shams aldyn of Strat is about thirty-two years of age, E. Resides since some years at Lucnow, K. In H he has the. takhallug of Luff.
Layiq, Myr Layiq ’alyy of Lucnow, came in 1208 to Dilly to prosecute his studies, he is a pupil of Nasikh, D, K.
Lisén, Myr Kalym Allah was a friend of B, but died young before B wrote his Tadzkirah.
Lutf, Myrza ’alyy a pupil of Sawdé, T. He is a pupil of Shéh Malil and resides at Lucnow, H. R identifies him with 6 Lutf, on whom see p. 184, but H distinguishes between the two.
Lutf, ’atzym Bég is a pupil of Sawda, ۰
Luffy was an old poet, his name is not known, J, C. ۱
Maçdar, Myr ۷۲۸-6 Allah ,صفطکل the father of In-shé Allah Khén was, it would appear, alive when E wrote. Was first Risaldar in the cavalry of Nawab Mohabat-jang, now he is in the service of the Nawab Wazyr at Faydhabad, J. Died some time ago, H.
Myr Madad Allah, the father of Hamzah Rind was a good musi- cian flourished under Mohammad Shah, C. See ۵۰ 7
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Madhmün, Sayyid Imém aldyn Khén a son of Sayyid Mo’yn aldyn who commanded the king’s body-guard, Cı
Madhmin, Shaykh (Mydn, E) Sharaf aldyn a descendant of Ganj Shakr was born near Gwilydr (at Jajhaii near Agra, M). When he was past forty, he took up his abode in the Mosque called Zynat al- masjid, and led the life of an ascetic. Qdayim visited him there twice or three times. He died about 1158. He was a pupil of Matzhar and Arzi. Having lost his teeth, Khan Arzû called him Shire Bédanah, M, A, B, C. Myr says that the Zynat almasajid is at Agra, this is a mistake, it is in Darydganj at Dilly.
Madhiish, Myr Nabyy Jan is a pupil of Sdz, C, ۰
Maftin, Shaykh ’abd al-Rahym is of Arabic origin, but born at Lucnow, he is a pupil of Nitzam aldyn Mamnin, K.
Maftin, ص3174 ’alyy-bakhsh of Patna was a Persian poet, J.
Maftin, My4n Badr aldyn is originally of the Panjéb, but was born at Dilly, he is a cloth-merchant and writes Persian and Rékhtah poetry, which is corrected by Myr Farzand ’alyy Mawzin, K.
Mafttin, Myrza (Prince) Karym-bakhsh is of the Imperial house of Dilly, P.
Maftin, Katzim ’alyy is of [lahabad, C, ۰ رما Méty Ram, a Kashmyry Pandit, is a pupil of Minnat and Mamnitin, D. In Persian he has another takhallug, H.
. Maghmiim, Myrza Ishaq Bég of Dilly holds an office at Court, D
Maghmim, Myr Mashyyat ’alyy (Mast ’alyy, te a pupil of ’izzat Allah ’ishq, ۰
Maghmtim, Ram Jas of Lucnow is in the service of Mr. Jones, C met him at Benares in 1199.
Mah, Myr Mohammad ’alyy Khan resides at Haydarabad, D.
- Mahabbat, Myr Bahadur ’alyy of a good family of Dilly, is a pupil of Thana Allah Firaq, V, K.
Mahabbat called Nawab Mahabbat Khan (Mahabbat Allah Khan, ,رکا a son of Hafitz Rahmat Khan, a pupil of Myrzû Ja’far ۳ Hasrat resides now, 1196, at Lucnow, and has written a Mathnawy called Sirsy 6 Bannt at the request of Mr. Jones, who, it would appear, had the title of Momtéz aldawlah, C. I give here a verse from the Mathnawy :—
اگر ضائع نہووے اسمین اوقات کے القصه پھر ينديسي یہ بات He drew a handsome allowance from Açaf aldawlah, was still K 2 2
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alive in 1215, and had written a Dywaén, G. He lives now at Tuenow, V, K. According to D he received an allowance from the British Government, he was in Persian a pupil of Makyn and in Rékhtah of Hasrat. According to a chronogram in Jorit he died in, 1222.
Mahabbat, Shaykh Walyy Allah.of Dilly. See Mohibb.
Maharaj, Rajah Holds (Bhilés, K) Ray, a Kéyeth, was Dywan of Hafitz Rahmat Khan at Bareilly and left a Rékhtah Dywan, K, D.
Mahbib, Myr Qoraysh of Dilly is mentioned by Bény Narayan. ٠
Mahdiy, Myrz4 Mahdiy, V, who says that he knew nothing of his circumstances.
Mahfitz, Munshiy (Sayyid, H) Mahfutz ’alyy Khén a Sayyid of Khayrabad is Munshiy in General Ochterlony’s office at Dilly, writes poetry very rarely, D.
Mihir, ص574( (Myr, K) Fakhr aldyn Khan of Lucnow, a son “of Ashraf ’alyy Khén (whose takhallug was, Fighén, P) isa man of noble family. He was the Boswell of Sawdé and used to copy his Dywan, E. He had first the takhallug of Fakhr, obtained through 82۲6 a pension of sixty Rupees a month from Shujé’ aldawlah, and is still at Lucnow, K. See Fakhr.
Mahjir, Mohammad Çadr aldyn, a Kashmyry of Dilly, is a pupil of Mamnin, K, D.
Mahmid, Hafitz Sayyid Madmid Khan is of Afgh4n origin, K. He is not yet old, and a nephew of A’tzam aldawlah Myr Mohammad Khén Sarwar, P. He is the author of a Tadzkirah of Rékhtah and Persian poets, T.
Mahmid Ser of the Deccan was a contemporary of Walyy, A.
Mahriq, his name and circumstances are unknown, ×ط
Madshar, Myrza ’alyy Naqyy (Taqyy, K),a Kashmyry of Lucnow, had a very high opinion of his own poetical talents and wrote both Persian and Rékhtah verses. After he had killed Mohlat he fled from Lucnow to Dilly where he met E, and subsequently to Agra; when he thought his crime was forgotten he returned to Lucnow, where he was put to death in 1208, by the relatives of Mohlat, at the age of about thirty years, E. See Mohlat.
Madshar, Ikrém Allah Khan of Baddwn has some pupils, D, 1 Was well known in his own country, P.
Ma/w, Shaykh ’atzym Allah of Myrath (Meerut) P.
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Mahw, Hosayn ’alyy Khan of Agra, is in the service of the English Government, H, D, P.
Mahw, Rahm ’alyy Khan of Dilly, a son of the late Lutf alnabyy Khan, resides now at Patna, J.
Mahzin, ’alam-shéh is a descendant of Ganj-bakhsh and a pupil of Mohammad Mas’iid of Dilly, D. He is certainly identical with the following, though D distinguishes between the two.
Mahzin, ’Alam-shéh (Ghol4m Shah, D) a Pyr-zidah of Amréhah, was celebrated when he was young, E. He was of Makdésar and not of Amréhah as Muchafy states, P. He died some time ago, H.
Mahzin, Khalyfah Hafitz Allah of Farrokhaébad supports himself by teaching, and had formerly the takhalluç of Jayhin, ۰
Mahzin, Mawlawy Sayyid Mohammad Hosayn (Mawlawy Sayyid Gholam Hosayn of Dilly, V) a Muisawy Sayyid and a pupil of Maw- lawy Mohammad Barakat, C has seen him. He was 0۶ 0 and visited Hindistén for the sake of prosecuting his studies, he died in 1185, at 11۸۳4060 where he had resided for some years, at the age of forty-one years, J.
Mahzin, Mohammad Taqyy Khan holds the rank of five thousand and a Jagyr, resides at Patna and composes chiefly Persian poetry, J.
Mahzin, Myr Nagir Jan, a son of Sayyid Mokammad Nacyr Ranj (a son of Myr Dard, H), is skilled in Mathematics, and went lately towards the east (Oudh) P.
Majbir, Myaén Haqq-rasé is a young man and a pupil of Nacyr, K.
Majbir, Ray Khish-A4l Singh of Patna a son of Maharajah Shitéb Ray is a good poet, J.
Majdzib, Myrza (Myr, G) Gholém Haydar Bég of Dilly (of Luc»
- now, H), an adopted son (a son, C) of Sawda, resides now, 1196, at
Lucnow, C. He is still, 1215, at Lucnow, and has written two Dywans, G. His name is Myrz4 Haydar Bég, he is of Moghol origin and lives at Lucnow, K. He said that he was a son of Sawda, as Sawda had no child, he probably adopted him, T.
Majniin, Himayat ’alyy of Dilly resides at Murshidabad, is a pupil of Qudrat, and has written a Saqiy-namah by order of Nawab Mobarak ’alyy Khan, he was a friend of C. He is also mentioned by V.
Majnin, Shah Majnin familiarly called. Darwysh Sar-barahnah a
_ descendant or son of the Dywan of Mohammad Shah, uses sometimes
the takhallug of Khéfiy, he is a pupil of Myr and resides at Lucnow,
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O. He has written a Dywén, E. He had first the takhalluç of Hasrat and subsequently of Haly, he embraced the Islam, but is a free-thinker, he lives in great distress at Lucnow, V. His ances- tors embraced the Islam, H. Bény Narayan speaks of him in the past tense.
Majri#, Munshiy Kishen Chand a Kashmyry born in Hindistan, is a pupil of Matzhar and resides now, 1196, at Lucnow, C. He has been brought up at Dilly but resides at Lucnow, V.
Majyd, Majyd aldyn Khan a Kashmyry of Dilly, is a son of Muftiy Mo’yn aldyn Khan, D.
Makand Singh, a Brahman of Dilly, is a new poet, D.
Makarim, Myrz4 Makarim of Dilly was a Mancibdar at Dilly, but fell into great distress, and was reduced to live on the sale of his ghazals, which he sold at two pice (about a penny) a piece, D, H.
Makhkhu, of Farrokhabad but his family was of Dilly, he is 8 calligraph, D and K who mention him, do not know his ae See Motzaffar.
Malaél, Myrzi Mohammad Zaman, D. In Hare two Malils ie this, one was a Darwysh and a pupil of Matzhar.
Malûl, Shah Sharaf aldyn (Ma’rûf aldyn, D) is a Darwysh, he uses in Persian the takhalluç of Ilham, K, D.
Mamlûw, Ysry Prasad a Kaéyeth of Lucnow is a pupil of Myrza Qatyl, he was in 1231 at Dilly, D.
Mamnin, Myr Amanat ’alyy of Patna studied for some time at Dilly, and was a pupil of Myr Mawztn, K does not know where he is.
Mamnin, Myr Nitzam aldyn, a son of Minnat, is alive and has many pupils, E. He resides at Lucnow, V. He obtained from the emperor of Dilly the title of Fakhr alsho’ard, he lately left the emperor’s service, K. His family was of Panypat, but he was born at Dilly and lived long at Lucnow; some years ago he went.to Ajmyr, he has written a Dywan, P.
Manjhû Khan, see Matzhar.
Mantzar, Khwajah-bakhsh of D[léhabdd, it is said that in 1190, dip visited Patna, C. Ma’niy, Mohammad Amyn died at Coel, P.
Maqbul, Myan Maqbûl Nabyy, a son of the late Yaqyn, resides at present at Farrokhébid, J. He has the title of Matzhar aldyn Khan. He has collected sixty thousand verses from about three , hundred ancient and modern poets, but this collection has unfor-
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tunately been destroyed by fire, K. He was a friend of D and a pupil of Firdq, P.
Magqbil, a new poet, a pupil of Nacyr, visited Dilly in 1247, D.
Maqçûd of Lucnow a water-carrier is a popular poet, and his verses are sung on Hindu festivals, E, K.
Magqtil, Myrzé Ibrahym Bég of Dilly a son of Myrz4 Mohammad. ’alyy, his forefathers were of Ispahan, he is a good prose-writer and upwards of thirty years of age, E, whose pupil he was. In D this poet occurs first under Maqtil and then under Maqbûl.
- Ma’gil, P does know any thing regarding him.
Marhûn, 235724 (Myr, D) ’alyy Ridhé (Myrza ’alyy of Dilly, :)کا had formerly the takhallug of Madhmin, his forefathers were of Mashhad but he was born and educated at Dilly, he is a pupil of Nitz4m aldyn Mamnin and a son of Qamar aldyn Minnat, E. He went to Haydarébad and was attached as a poet to the. Court of Moshyr almulk Nawab Nitzém ’alyy Khan Bahadur on a salary of Rs. 200 a month, H, D.
Marhim, Hakym Myr ’alyy was a Sayyid of Sahéranptir, H.
Ma’rif, Mawlawy I/sén Allah is a Shaykh, and resides in Bengal, he writes good Persian poetry.
Ma’rif, [lahy-bakhsh Khan of Dilly a son of Arif Jaén (Khan, E). who was a great Amyr of the days of Dzt-l-Fiqér aldawlah Najaf Khan. Ma’rif is a young man, has lately visited Lucnow, he is a pupil of Nacyr, E. He has embraced Guifism and is a disciple of Fakhr aldyn, he has written a Dywan, D, K. He is a good soldier, H. He was a brother of Nawab Ahmad-bakhsh Khan, he died in 1242, and left two Dywans, P.
Masarrat, Shankar a Kayeth is a pupil of Nacyr, K
` Masarrat, Shaykh Wazyr ’alyy a son of K and a pupil of ’ishq; went some years ago to Haydarabad, P.
Mashhir, his name and circumstances are not known, H. He is a Kayeth of Bareilly, P, R.
Masrir, Myrz4 Acghar ’alyy Bég familiarly called Myrzé Sangy
` Bég of Dilly is a pupil of Myr ’izzat Allah ’ishq, D
Masrir, Nawab Gholam Hosayn Khan, R.
Masritr, Lélah Girdhary Lal a pupil of Faydh, R.
Masrtr, Shaykh Pyr-bakhsh of Kakéry, which is five farsangs from Lucnow, is a pupil of Mughafy, visited Dilly in the suit of Solaymén- shikoh, P. He has collected his poems into a Dywan, H.
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Masrir, Sharaf aldyn Ahmad a son of Gholaém Mohyy aldyn ’ishq, who had also the takhallug of Mobtala is of Meerut, .ظ He was born in 1209, the chronogram is وخوش باش T.
Mast, Myén ’alyy Ridha of Dilly, J.
Mast, Myr Fadhl ’alyy was a pupil of Myr Amany Asad and used to visit E’s assemblies of poets at Dilly with his instructor, D.
Mast, Mast ’alyy Khan a nephew of Acdlat Khan Thaébit and a pupil of V was at Purniyah when V wrote.
Mast, Lala Ratan Lél of Haydarabad a pupil of Faydh, R.
Masyh, ص3574( (Myrz4, D) Baréty a Kashmyry of Dilly a nephew of Nawab Wajyh aldyn (aldawlah, K) Wajyh lives on com- merce, K.
Masyh, Myrz4 Masyh Allah Bég commonly called Myrz4 Hajy was a soldier and a pupil of Gurdézy Hosayny, he died some time ago, K, D. In H his name is Myrz4 Shaykh Allah 62,
Masyh, Masyh Allah Khan a young man who writes Persian and Rékhtah poetry, D, K.
Masyh, Nawab Mohammad Masyh Khén of Lucnow, R.
Matyn an ancient poet, his name is not known, D.
Matzhar, Myrzé Janjanan of Agra. His father’s name was 6 Jan and out of affection he called his son Jane jûn or Janjan, that is to say the soul of Jaén. This is the statement of J, but it seems to be an error, his name is no doubt Janjénén. His ancestors were of Bokhara, he is now upwards of sixty years of age, he is a learned man and a Gufy, and though not a professed poet, writes beautiful poetry both in Persian and Rékhtah, B, A. M has seen a Persian Dywan of his. He resided at Dilly and In’4m Allah Khan Yagqyn, Dardmand and Tabén and Munshiy Beséwan Lél Bédér are among his pupils, he interdicted the ta’ziyahs and was therefore murdered by a Shy’ah in 1194 (in 1192 the chronogram is مات lae عاش شهیدا P) when nearly one hundred years of age, C, G. E considers him as the originator of Rékhtah poetry. He has selected only one thousand verses out of 20,000 which he had composed, and embodied them in his Dywaén, K. He collected an Album to which he gave the title of خریطڭ چواهر : in the selection of the extracts he shows very great taste. H says that he lived at Dilly in the Imam street, which is close to the Jami’ masjid, and he confirms the statement that he was murdered in 1192.
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Matzhar, Manjhi Khan, a son of Hakym ’askary Khan, is a brother of Hakym Bû ’alyy Khan, H. He was dead when K wrote.
Matzhary, Mahbub ’alyy of K6ténah is a pupil of Barkat, (a bro-. ther of Barkat Allah Khan, H,) and instructor of ’abd Alak Khaki Aw, D.
Matzlûm, Sayyid Imam aldyn Khan, a son of Sayyid Mo’yn aldyn Khén, was in command of the mounted body-guard of Mohammad Shah, it is said that he compiled a Tadzkirah of contemporary Rékhtah poets, V. ıı Mawj, Khoda-bakhsh of Agra lived long at Dilly, died some years ago at Lucnow, P. He is distinguished in the Marthiyah, H.
Mawztin, Ray Chatur Singh a Kayeth of Dilly, he says that he is a grandson of Madhérdm, he writes also Bhaka verses, K, D.
Mawzin, Myr Farzand ’alyy of Samanah (of the Deccan, V) a fertile poet both in Persian and Rékhtah but very vain; he has written several Persian Mathnawies, and considers himself a pupil of Faqyr, E. Resides since many years at Lucnow, and has many
pupils, D, K. He was a pupil of Myr Shams aldyn Faqyr and died
at Lucnow in 1229, H.
Mawzin, Lalah Nihal Chand was in the service of the late Ray Ram Ratan in the capacity of writer, D.
Mawztin, Khwaéjam Quly Khan Dzi-l-Fiqér aldawlah is a poet of the Deccan, B. He was Gubahdar of Burhanpiar, and held the rank of seven thousand, J. According to رط Mawzin was a brother of the Cubahdér. In H his name is Rahym Quly Khan. There was also a shop-keeper’s son of this takhallug, who wrote poems in praise of
‘Bay Sindhyah, the Marhatta chief, K.
' Mawzûn, Myrz4 Qadir-bakhsh, R speaks of him in the ete tense.
_ Mawzin, Myr Rakm ’alyy of Dilly a good Arabic and سس سح was a friend of B, and alive in 1165.
Mawzûn, Maharajah Ram Nardyan of Patna was governor of NEA
and a pupil of Hazyn, wrote chiefly Persian poetry, and was dis-
tinguished as an elegant prose-writer, being convicted of a crime, he was. drowned in the Ganges by the late Nawab Myr Mokammad Qasim Khan, C.
. Mayil, Myrzé Aqû Bég a pupil of ’ishrat, H.
Mayil, Myan Fakhry, J. Probably identical with Myaén Mobil. ی
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258 RE’ KHTAH TADZKIRAHS. [Cuap. ۰
Mayil, Myr Hidayat ’alyy of Patna has gone to the Deccan, he had from childhood a predilection for Rékhtah poetry, but fritters away his time in love-adventures, C, J. He was first a pupil of Shéh Moshtaq ’alyy Talab and of Mojrim, he died in 1208, V.
Mayil, Sayyid Qasim ’alyy of Khayrabad, died young, D, P.
Mayil, Myr Mahdiy of Dilly died some time ago, H.
Mayil, Myrz4 Mohammad Yar Bég of Lucnow is a young man of Moghol descent, and a pupil of Jorat, E, K.
Mayil, Myén (Shah, K, Myr, P) Mohammady of Dilly, A. He resides now at Murshidabéd, C. His house is close to the Fathpury Mosque (at Dilly) E. He is a pupil of Qudrat Allah Qudrat, he has left Murshidabad, and V does not know where he is. According to K he is a pupil of Qéyim and the instructor of Bahéry Khan Ashuftah, of Mohammad Naçyr aldyn Nacyr and Khosrawy.
Midhat of Lucnow is a pupil of Hasrat, H, P.
Mihmén, his name is not known, D.
Mihnat, Myrz4 Hosayn ’alyy Bég (Myrz4 Hosayn Bég, K) of Dilly, a son of Myrz4 Sultan Bég, resides at Dilly, C. Came to Oudh when only five years of age, he is a pupil of Jorat, E, D. Was brought up at Lucnow, T.
Mihr, Bédar-bakhsh (Bédar-bakht ?) a son of Khodé-bakhsh Maw}, was poisoned, he was a pupil of Myr Gulzar ’alyy Asyr, R. Though the takhallug of this poet is clearly spelled Mihr in the text, R has inserted him in the letter lam and in the index it is spelled Lahar.
Mihr, (31774 Hatim ’alyy of Farrokhabad resides at Dilly, and is a friend of R.
Mihr, Nawab Mançûr Khan is a son of Nawab Mahabbat Khan, R.
Mihr, Munshiy Mihr Chand a Khatry of a place in the province of Lahdr, resided long at Farrokhabad, has written an Urdi Dywan, he also wrote Persian poetry and used the takhallug of Dzarra in it, J, V. According to D he was of Mahdiyabad in Gujrat, and has: written a Rékhtah Dywan.
Mihr, Rajab Bég a brother of Makmid Bég 20, D, P.
Mihrbaén Khan see Rind. ۱
Minnat, Myr Qamar aldyn of Sûnypat (of Dilly C, G, V) isa promising young man, A, whose pupil he was. He is a descendant of Sayyid Jalél Bokhéry who was a son of Sayyid ’adhod Yazdy, whose biography is in Kashy’s Tadzkirah (see supra p. 18, No. 69)
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and a pupil of Myr Nur aldyn Nawyd and Myr Shams aldyn Faqyr and a disciple of Fakhr aldyn and a fertile Persian poet, having written several Mathnawies, he is now, 1196, in the service of Mr. Jones, whose title is Momtéz aldawlah, C, G. Has written in Per- sian about 100,000 lines, he is also the author of the شکرشنان which is an imitation of the Gulistén. He went in 1191 from Dilly to Lucnow. Mr. Jones took him to Calcutta, and introduced him to the Governor-General, Mr. Hastings. He died in 1207 ‘at Cal- cutta, G. He left a Khamsah, V. He also left a Mathnawy in imitation of the Sifre Halal, he visited the Deccan and received five
thousand Rupees for a Qacydah in praise of the Nitzém, K. He
died at Calcutta in 1208 at the age of forty-nine years and left 150,000 Persian verses, among his compositions is the وچمنسنان in which he gives the following account of his works :
ابیات درین عمر د8 مثنوي گفته ام بائین و طزر نوي گقتة ام چو اشعار من در SOS می رسد شمار قصایه ones میرسد بود شعرمن در غزل سي.۔ھزار زپانصد رباعی گرفقم شمار: :
P. His son is Nitzém aldyn Mamniin, D. His name is Myr Shams aldyn he is a companion of Mihrbén Khan, and a Chélé (Protégé) of Nawab Ahmad Khan Bangash, J. Perhaps the Minnat of J is not identical with the Minnat of other authors.
Miskyn, Sayyid ’abd al- Wahid Khan is a young man, as long as he was at Dilly his verses were corrected by Miimin Khan, at present
he is at Indore, P.
Miskyn, Myrza Kalla Bég is of Moghol origin, has of late retired from the world, he must be distinguished from the Miskyn who has written chiefly بس ویڈو He K. The name of the latter is Myr
abd Allah.
Miskyn, Lûlah Takht Mal of Patna, it is said that he is a fertile poet, but his verses aré bad, C.
Mismar, Sayyid Karam ’alyy of Shéhdhûürah in the province of Dilly a son of Qays Qadiry, has visited Patna, J.
Mo’atztzam, Mawlawy Mohammad Mo’atztzam of Moradabad, writes good Persian and Rékhtah poetry, D.
Mo’azzaz, his name and circumstances are unknown to R.
Mobariz, Mobariz Khan of Dilly, D saw him several times in
“poetical meetings.
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AMD SANL a مور ۸7ل سام NR یینٹپننت نہ نے
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کیک ی یکی کے ہوتےسہ
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260 RE KHTAH ۰ ] 118۳۰ I.
:ı Mobtahij, Lélah Molik Chand a Kayeth of Shahjahénpuir was an intelligent man, K.
Mobtalé, کی Amyn a pupil of Myr resides probably at Be- nares, V.
Mobtal4, Myrz4 Qasim of Dilly (of Lucnow, P) a son of N awéb Mohammad ’alyy Khan, had the title of Myr Mardan ’alyy Khan, his forefathers were of Mashhad, he resides now at Benares, J, V. He has written a Persian Dywan and a Tadzkirah, P. I strongly suspect P confounds this Mobtalé with the one mentioned in p. 187.
Mocybat (Mogyb, C), called Shah Gholam Qofob aldyn of Haha- bad, was a learned man and a friend of C. Went in 1186 on the pilgrimage and died in 1187, and was buried at Makkah, J.
Modda’é, Myr ’iwadh ’alyy of Dilly was a good physician, and in the service of late Hafitz Rahmat Khan, he composed a Rékhtah Qacydah, in which he mixed many Pashtu words, O. ty
Modhfarr, Shaykh (Myr, رط Hasan ’alyy of Lucnow is a pupil of Mamnin, K.
Modhtarr; Léla Kûnwar Sén a son of the Djywan Déby Prashéd a Kayeth, his family was of Dilly, but he was born at Lucnow, had from childhood a predilection for poetry, but he concealed his com- positions, at length, however, he became a pupil of Tanha. If he takes pains he may improve, but at present his poetry is not very good, E. Since twelve years he is Tahgyldar in the district of Bulandshahr, E.
Modhtarr, Mohammad Asad Allah Khan, R.
Modhtarr, Myrzé Sangyn a friend of P.
Modhéarib, Lila Durga Prashad of Lucnow, a son of Dywén Bhawa- ny Prashéd, a Kayeth, a young man and a friend of Mohammad *ysa, E. He is a pupil of Moammad ’ysa Tanha, H.
Modhtarib, Myén Mohammad Hajy a Kashmyry of Dilly, third son of Qadhiy Ramat Allah Khan, is a pupil of Mamnin, K. He has given up writing poetry, P.
Moghol, Myrza Moghol ’alyy a Kashmyry of Dilly a son of Siw: jah Hynga (Acghary, رط is a merchant, K. In H he has the name
of Moghol ’alyy a son of Mohammad ’askary.
Sayyid Mokammad Khan of Dilly is a grandson of Nawab Murya Khan and a son-in-law of Nawab Motzaffar Khan, J.
Sayyid Mokammad Khan a grandson of the late Nawab Morta- dhawy Khan, resides at Patna, and is a relation by marriage of the
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Gubahdér of Bengal, he composes chiefly 7ل and has not yet chosen a takhallug, J.
Mohammad Shéh Khén of Héapür, composes sometimes poetry, D
Mohammad Wahid, J.
Mohagqgqigq of the Deccan is mentioned by A نة C among the earliest Rékhtah poets. His — resembles the dialect 0 in Hindûstén, ۰
Mohibb, Myr Mohammad ’alyy went some years ago to the دسا he composes chiefly Marthiyahs, D.
Mohibb, Shaykh Walyy Allah of Dilly a gap’ of Sawda, and a friend of Mihrbaén Khan Rind, resided long at Farrokhabéd, it is not known where he now lives, C. V. Was for some time in the service of Solayman-shikoh and died at Lucnow, K, P. Is the author of a Rékhtah Dywan and a Persian Mathnawy, he was in the service of Solayman-shikoh, and died two years ago, E. In the copy of C, pre- served in the Asiatic Society of Bengal, this poet has the takhallug of Mahabbat, but V has copied this article from C and has Mohibb, we must therefore consider the reading in C, as a mistake of the copyist.
Mohlat, Myrza ’alyy a pupil of Jorat, had some years ago a dispute with ’alyy Naqyy Madshar, and they agreed to fight a duel on the other (left) bank of the Gumpty (at Lucnow), Mohlat was wounded in it, and died of the wound, E. See Mahshar.
Mohsin, Myr Hasan Khan Bahadur a son of Nawab. Sayyid aldawlah Myr Ma’cim Khan Bahadur-jang is in the service of Ge- neral Perron, D. :
Mohsin, (Myr, V) Mohammad Modsin (Mohammad Hasan, B) is a young man and a relation (a nephew, V) and pupil of Myr Mohammad Taqyy, A, B. He is now in the cavalry of Nawab Séldr-jang, C. His name is Mohammad Mohsin Samiryyah, but according to one Tadzkirah his name is Hasan, J. It is not known whether he is alive or has died, V. He was related to Arzi and inherited his property, and he composed chiefly Persian poetry, but left also a Rékhtah Dywan, K.
Mohsin, Mohammad Mohsin of Haydaraébad, R is not acquainted with his circumstances.
Mohsin, Khwajah Mohsin a nephew of Khwajah ’atzym Shor is a ‘young man, and a pupil of Rasikh and Fidwy, V.
Modsiny, Hakym Mohammad-bakhsh is of the neighbourhood of Saharanpur, D.
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Moftaram, Khwajah Mohammad Mohtaram Khén (Khwajah Mohtaram ’alyy Khan, K, D, P) of Patna, a brother of the late Khwajah Mohammady Khan resided at Murshiddbad, and was a friend of Ghasyté and of C. He is a native of Dilly and resides in Behar J. He died about two years ago, ۷۰
Mojrim, Myr Fath ’alyy has since many years left Dilly in search of the mysteries of alchemy, the pursuit of which has grown into a monomania with him, K. In H his takhallug is Makram.
Mojrim, Shaykh Gholam Hosayn of Patna a pupil of Myr ’abd Allah Sarshdr, the father of V is particularly skilled in chronograms, and has written a short Persian Dywén, of late he also uses the takhalluç of Taqdyr, ۰
Mojrim, Shaykh Rahmat Allah of Agra is a pupil and disciple 0 of Shéh Mokammady Bé-dar, was some time at Dilly, K, P. He is dead, R.
Mokhli¢ of Murshidébéd commonly called Myr Bagqir, a nephew of the late Nawab Nawazish Mokammad Khan Shahamat-jang, is a young man and resides in Bengal, C. He died probably in 1207 and left a Dywan, G. In D and P is besides Myr Baqir 1/0۸/۵۵ of whom they say, that he was of Agra and a pupil of Yakrang and a contemporary of Mohammad Shah, also Mokhliç ’alyy Khan Mokhlig of Murshidabad. According to K both are one and the same person.
Mokhliç, Ray Anand Ram (Rabt ردظ Nand Ram, A), a Khatry of Dilly, was Wakyl of the Wazyr I’timad aldawlah, and a pupil of By-dil and Arzi, he composed chiefly Persian poetry and died about a year ago, M.
Mokhli¢, Bady’ alzamén Khan was in the service of Nawab Shuja’ aldawlah, C. Was a pupil of Shah Wagif, ۰
Mokhlig, Myrz4 Mohammad of Dilly was alive in 1168, A. In D his name is Myrz4 Mohammad Hosayn.
Mokhtar, Héfitz Gholam Nabyy Khan Bahadur a son of Nawab Ghaziy aldyn’s tutor, had first the takhalluç of Kalém and composed chiefly Persian poetry, D, K.
Momtaz, Hafitz Fadhl ’alyy, A. Was a eae of Sawda, wrote a Mathnawy in praise of a walking-stick, in the measure of the Makh- zan alasrar, C. . He is now in the Deccan, V.
Momtéz, Mawlawy Shaykh ھ۸ Allah writes chiefly Persian poetry, D. He is of Awwandm, which is eight miles from Cawnpore, and one of the best Persian poets of our days, T.
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Momtéz, Mawlawy Hafitz Nûr Ahmad of Dilly was the grand- father of Myr ’izzat Allah ’ishq, he was a very learned man and died thirty-three years ago, he recited every year on the 11th of Raby’ IT. poems in praise of Shaykh ’abd al-Qadir Ghylany, he composed both Rékhtah and Persian poetry, K.
Monawwar, Myr Monawwar ’alyy is an intelligent man, K.
Mo’nim, a brother of Qéyim, was a Persian poet, C.
' Mon’im, Qédhiy Mokammad Mon’im Khan of Thanah in the district of Sahéranpir, left a Persian and a Rékhtah Dywan, D. He died shortly ago, H.
Mon’im, Méhan Lal a Ka4yeth is a pupil of Nagyr, K.. He has written a Persian Mathnawy in the style of the ancients, and is a clever Inshé-writer, D.
- Mon’im, Qadhiy Nur al-Haqq was Qadhiy of Bareilly, is a good Persian poet and has written upwards of 300,000 verses, among his compositions is a commentary on the Qoran in verses, and Arabic and Persian Qacydahs, several Mathnawies and three Persian Dywans of Ghazals, he was in 1200 (?) at Dilly, D.
Mon’im, Sayyid Rahat ’alyy is of Farrokhabad, D.
Mon’im, Mawlawy Satr Allah was in love with a dancing girl of the name of Subhény who is the Laura of his poems, he is dead but Subhany has his Dywan, and sheds tears when she reads a poem from it, he was a pupil of Rangyn and Matzhar, K. Mohammad Yar Beg Sdyil had also for some time the takhallug of Mon’in, K.
Montatzir, Khwéjah ’abd Allah Khan of Dilly, a nephew of the late Mohammady Khan, was a physician, he died of apoplexy, J.
Montatzir, Asad Allah is originally of ’alyygarh, R.
Montatzir, Shaykh Imam aldyn is of Agra, D, P.
Montatzir, Khw4jah-bakhsh of 1۱4040 came in 1190 to Patna and returned again to his home, C. Is a pupil of Bétab and resides now at Murshiddbad, J. He entered the service of an English gentleman who was going to the N. W. and died on the road, V.
Montatzir, Myén Nir alislém of Lucnow, a son of Shah Faydh ’alyy, familiarly called Pyr Gholam (Myr Salam T), is a young man and belongs to a family of saints, he studied Arabic and since the age of twelve years he cultivates poetry ; he is now about twenty-five and my pupil, says E. He may be about twenty years of age, T.
Monyr, Myr Aftab ’alyy is poor but of a good family, and a pupil of Hatim, K, D.
TTT ید سے ۔س۔ جن
یت مغ سیت یز ہو مر یس
ہت ہیر مرخ لد a
204 RE 161171 ۸ 17 ۰ [Cuap. I.
Monyr, Khwé4jah Aftab Khan of Dilly, is a pupil of 82 امه Yar Khén Rangyn, K, P, ۰
Monyr, Sayyid Monyr aldyn a Pyr-zadah of Jaléser, R.
Monyr, Ismayl Hosayn of Shikéhabad lives since some years. at Lucnow, R.
Monyr, Myr Nitzim aldyn, his father is Shah Shyr ’alyy (Babar alyy D), he is a young man, K.
Monyr (Myr D), Wajyh aldyn (Wajh aldyn, H) is a son of Shah Nacyr (Mohammad Nagyr H) has written a Qagydah called Sarapa, it has several Mafla’s and under each are 51 yerses, D. He died young, ۰
Moqym, J.
Mortadhé, Myr Mortadha of Patna, familiarly called Myr Ayyb,
son of Myr Qudrat Allah b. Shukr Allah, resides now at Faydhé- bid, and is much respected by the Nawab Wazyr, J.
Mortiwat, Shaykh Caghyr ’alyy (Shaykh Agghar ’alyy, K) of Sambhal, familiarly called the son of Migry, a son of the physician Mohammad Kabyr (Kabyr ’alyy, E) is in the service of 0 Faydh Allah Khan and a pupil of Sawdé, Hasan and Jorat, it 18 said, he resides now, 1196, at Rampur, C. Was alive when E wrote. Composed a Mathnawy in imitation of the Badre Monyr, K.
Mortiwat, Myr Mohammad ’alyy of Dilly a son of Myr Bahadur ’alyy Mohibd, is a new poet, D.
Moryd, Moryd Hosayn Khan, eldest son of the late In’4m Allah Khan Yaqyn, is dead, K.
Moséfir, J does not know his name.
Mosafir, Myr Khayr aldyn of Lucnow, a disciple of ’ishq, to be distinguished from the preceding Moséafir, J.
Mosafir, Myr Paébandah (Payindah, K) of Jurapat resided at Dilly, fied during the troubles of Dilly to Bareilly where he died, K.
Moshfiq, Myrz4 Ahmad Bég of Dilly a pupil of Myrz4 A’tzam alyy, R.
Moshriqy, Lala Syl Chand, a Kayeth, left some time ago Dilly and settled at Daésah. "Wrote Persian and Rékhtah poetry, D.
Moshtdq, ’abd Allah Khan had from the emperor the title of Moshtéq ’alyy Khan, a son of Abi-l-Hasan Khan Hasan b. Sayf Allah Khan Jadd, an Afghén of the Yusufjéy tribe. His grand- father was the teacher of Bahédur Shah. Moshtéq has a mancab
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(rank) of five hundred and a Jégyr; he is much given to alchemy and the superstition called Jafar (Cabalistic). .At 11406040 he had his verses corrected by Shah Mokammad ’alym Hayrat, and at Dilly by Myr, E. He was a pupil of Soz and died some time ago, D, K. He _ was of Bareilly, T. He died seven years ago, H.
Moshtaq, Bala Ram is of Dilly, T.
. Moshtaq, Gholam ’alyy, R.
Moshtéq, Myr Hasan is now an old man and resides at Fay- dhabad, C. ۱
Moshtaq, Hosayn-bakhsh, a ۵۲۳۳۲۵۸ of Coel, a pupil of ’iwadh ’alyy Khan Tanha, is now in the service of Bégam Samroo at Sir- dhénah, H. ` Moshtaq, (Myr, D) ’inayat Allah of Dilly, a Sirhindy Pyrzédah, has not much education, but he used constantly to attend the meetings of poets. E did not know what had become of him at the time he wrote. He is an old man, and it is said that he lives at Faydhabad, V. He is a descendant of Sayyid Jalal Bokhary and went about twenty years ago to Ramptir, H. He died at Rampur, K, D.
Moshtaq, Mohammad Quly Khan of Patna, a son of Hashim Quly Khan, was Dardghah of the household of Nawab Zayn aldyn Ahmad Khan Haybat-jang, he is a young man and a clever musician, C. He is a pupil of Myaén Mohammad Rawshan, he has collected the (Rékhtah ?) Dywan of all the poets of Hinddstén and. Bengal, and is engaged in making an anthology from them, J. His forefathers were Turkomans of Hamadan, he was a pupil of Mohammad Raw- shan Jéshish, he is dead, the chronogram for his death is بوں مشفاق ولقای حیدر (1216 perhaps we ought to read * in that case the date would be 1206) V.
Moshtiq, Mohammad Wacil is of Badawn, P. In T and H he has the takhalluc of Mofammad.
. Moshtaéq, Moshtaq Hosayn of Coel, R.
Moshtaq, Qorban ’alyy Bég of Dilly a pupil of Myrz4 Rostam Bég
Shakir, D. . Moshtéq, Hafitz Taj aldyn of Myrath (Meerut) is of Jewish extraction and.a grandson of Mawlawy Gholam Ahmad, he lost his eyesight by small-pox.. He was when young my pupil, says T, and now he is a court poet at 007 on a salary of Rs. 150 a month.
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` Moshtaq, Shaykh Thana Allah is of Fathpdr near Agra, D.
Moshyr, Hafitz Qotob aldyn of Dilly, it is said that he is a pupil of Shah Nagyr, D and P have seen him.
Moshyr, ’inayat Hosayn Khén a pupil of Asyr, R.
Mostamand, Yar ’alyy Khan of Dilly (Yar ’alyy Bég of Patna, K) a pupil of Fidwy and Dardmand resides at Patna, C. A pupil of the late Faqyh resides at Murshidébad, J. It is not known where he now is, V.
Mottaqiy, Myr Mottaqiy a son of Myr Jawad ’alyy Khan Hadiy, is a skilful archer and a pupil of his father, K. Of late he devotes himself to Cufism, and has read many Arabic and Persian works thereon, H.
Méty Lal a Kayeth of Hapir where he holds an office, ۰
Motzaffar, Myrza (prince) Khosraw-shikoh, familiarly ealled ۵ Agha Jan, is a son of Solayman-shikoh, D. In H he has the takhal- lug of Modhéarr.
Motzaffar, Myr Makhkhi Khén (Sayyid Motzaffar ’alyy Khan, D, P) of Dilly, a son of Sayyid Qalandar ’alyy Khan Bahadur, is a young man and a pupil of Mamnin, K, D. See Makhkhi.
` Mo’yn, Shaykh Mo’yn aldyn (Mo’yn aldyn Khan, P) of 2۵ is a pupil of Sawda, resides now, 1196, at Luenow,C, V. In D and K his name is Gholam Mo’yn aldyn Khan of ۲۱۵۵۵0۵0 or of Dilly, D says he is a pupil of Sawda and resides at Patna, when K wrote, he was dead.
Mozzammil, Mokammad Mozzammil a contemporary of Abri, to- wards the end of his life he lost his faculties, and he gave up service and led a retired life at Dilly, where he died B, C. It is said that he was a Darwysh, E. In R he has the name of Mozzam- mil Shah.
Muflis, Mohkibb ’alyy lived at Rampitr, and used to deal in ’ottar of roses, P.
Majid, Mawlawy Siréj aldyn ’alyy Khan, a very learned and pious man, resides for many years at Calcutta, where he is Muftiy, ۰
Miimin, Hakym Mokammad Mümin Khan is now the best poet at Dilly and a good physician, he writes Persian and Rékhtah poetry, he has written a Dywan and several Mathnawies, P. He fell from the roof of his house and died in A. D. 1852.
Muncif, Muncif ’alyy Khan of. Patna of Afghan origin, a pupil of Nitzém Khan Mo’jiz, and though not without education a super-
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stitious man, K. Died some years ago at Dilly, he was a good Per- sian scholar, P.
Mungif, Shaykh Fath ’alyy of Ghéziyptr the father of Ma’shiq ’alyy was Myr ’imarat under Nawab ’Aliy-jah, J.
Minis, Hakym Sa’fdat ’alyy of Benares is a witty man, and a good physician, P met him at Bulandshahr,
Munshiy, ’ajéayib Rûm of Murshidébad a pupil of Qudrat, ۰
Munshiy, Gholém Ahmad Qadiry of Dawry in Narnawl a pupil of Matzhar had formerly the takhallug of Waqif, writes Rékhtah and Persian poetry and elegant prose, C, V.
Munshiy, Myr Mokammad Hosayn of Dilly, a son of the calligraph Myr Abi-l-Hasan, who was familiarly called Myr Kallan, his fore- fathers were of Persia. Munshiy is a good prose-writer and is a Munshiy in the service of Solayman-shikoh ; he is about twenty- eight years of age, E, K.
Munshiy, Mul Chand a Kayeth is a pupil of Nacyr, by order of the emperor he is putting a story into verse, K. Translated at Dilly the Shah-némah into Rékhtah verses, P. Has written a Rékhtah Dywain, D. He died about A. D. 1832.
Murad, (1774 Murad-bakhsh of Patna familiarly called Myrza Ammt a son of Nacir Mohammad Khan Wakyl of Munny Bégam, was a pupil of Rasikh and resided mostly at Murshidébad and Cal- cutta, he died at the age of about thirty years, Another Murad flourished under Mokammad Shah, V.
Misawy had also the takhallug of Mo’izz and of Fitrat, only one Rékhtah verse of his is recorded by A. See p. 109 supra.
Mushkil, Shaykh Amyn aldyn, R.
Musliman, Lila Bakhtawar Singh of Mogholptrah, which is a quarter of the town of Patna, J. ۱
Myr, Hakym Myr ’alyy of Sahéranpüûr wrote Persian and Rékhtah verses, D.
Myr, Mokammad Myr is a good poet and changed his takhallug into Séz, M, A, B. See Séz, the verse which is quoted by M and B under Myr is in C. among the extracts from 2.
Myre Maydan had the title of Sayyid Nawazish Khan, was a Sayyid of the Deccan, J, B. In one copy of B and in M he is called Myr Myran, and in the best copy of B he is called Myr Mirza. See also Bhéd with whom he is identical.
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poetry in praise of the Imaéms and had five new poems ready on the
21st of every lunar month, he was wounded at Dilly by a fanatic, and
went to Lucnow where he died by the fall from the roof of a house, 2 Myran, Myr Jahan was a very great Cufy and wrote mystical
poetry in Persian and Rékhtah, K.
(17*28 Myrz4 Mokammad Bég was born at Dilly but resides 8 since. many years at Ilahabad, H. .
Myrza, a nephew of Hakym Myrzé Mohammad Khan 7 and a, pupil of Rostam Bég Shakir, H, P.
Myrz4, Abi-l-Qésim was a courtier of the Sulfan Abi-l-Hasan who is usually called Tandé-Shah (succeeded in 1083). When his patron had been made a prisoner, he retired to ’abdallahganj near Hay darébad, and lived as a Faqyr, A.
Myrzé, Myrza ’alyy Ridha of Dilly, a relation of Nawab Host aldyn Khan the Deputy Governor of Jahangyr-nagar, lived long in the Behar, now, 1196, he resides at Benares, C. It is not known where he now is. V.
Myrzé, Aqa Myrza of Lucnow, his ancestors were of Mézanderan, his father was a merchant and his instructor was Myr, P. ۶
Myrza, Çadiq ’alyy Khén of Dilly familiarly called Myrzé 8 Allah, was a witty man and a good musician, he was a pupil of ۵۵ Ni’mat Khan and a friend of Sawdé, he is dead, K, D. He died in 1202,,H. See also Madad.
Myrzé, Hakym Fadhl Allah of Panypat familiarly called Myrz4 Naynén (Byné, D) is a young man and writes Rékhtah and Persian poetry, K, P. He is a descendant of Myrzé By-dil, H.
Myrzé, Hidayat Allah of Dilly is skilled in music, P,
Myrzé, (35774 Mohammad of Haydarébad was of Téranian origin and a soldier by profession, K, V. ۱
(5+24, familiarly called Nawab Myrzé has the title of Mohammad Hasan Khan TAtiraém aldawlah a son of Nawab Ashraf Khan, a nephew of Bé-qayd, and a brother of Rostam, resides now 1196, at Benares, C. He is a native of Dilly, it is not known where he now resides, V.
Myrz4y, Mohammad ’alyy Khan, familiarly called Myrzdy a son of
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Na’ym Allah Khan, was a good musician and held an appointment - under Shuja’ aldawlah, ۷۰
Nacir, Nacir ’alyy of Patna is mentioned by Bény Narayan. ` Nacir, Nawab Nacir-jang a son of Motzaffar-jang Bangash, died in 1228, P.
Nacyr, Shah Nagyr aldyn of Dilly familiarly called Myén Kalli, a son of Shéh Gharyb who was a Cufy, and according to E, T and V a descendant: of Myr Cadr-jahan (Myr Haydar-jahan, E) who was a
great Saint, but, according to K and H, Shah Gharyb as well as Nagyr
were followers of Myr-jahan. Nagyr took to Rékhtah poetry after the death of his father, and had his verses corrected by Shah Moham- mady Mayil and other masters. It appears from E that he used in 1209 to attend the poetical meetings at Dilly, but was not yet dis- tinguished as a poet; but when K wrote he was one of the greatest poets of Dilly and had many pupils. P says it is now sixty years since he has commenced his poetical career, he has visited Lucnow and Haydarabad, and made the acquaintance of most poets, when he is at Dilly he holds on the 9th and 29th of every month moshé@’arahs in his house. Cahbayiy informs us, that he went towards the end of his life to Haydarabad into the service of Rajah Chanda Lal, and that he died there. Karym aldyn adds that this event took place about A. D. 1843. 5
Naçyr, Sayyid Naçyr aldyn Ghawthy of Jalésar, a descendant of ’abd al-Qadir Gylany, who is usually called Ghawth, composes some- times Rékhtah poetry, H, K. ۱ : Naçyr, Myr Naçyr aldyn resides at Dilly, H. .
Nadim, a poet of Dilly is a pupil of Taskyn, R.
Nadir died of consumption in the Kotlah close to Dilly in 1166; A. In J his name is Shaykh Nitzém aldyn.’alyy of Dilly. `. Nadir, Lala Ganga Singh (Ganga Prashéd, R) of Lucnow is a pupil of Myr Hasan, E.
Nadir, Shaykh Gholém Rasüûl is of Gwalyér, ۰
Nadir, Kalb Hosayn Khan is Deputy Collector of Etawah, R.
Nadir, Myr Mohammad ’alyy (Mohammad ’arif, بط Myr Moham-- mad ’arif ’alyy, P.) a Kashmyry of Dilly, familiarly called-Myr Jagan, composes sometimes indifferent Rékhtah poetry, K.
Nadym, Myrza (Shaykh, V) ’alyy Quly of. Dilly was in the ser- vice of the emperor, and has the title of Khan ; he writes chiefly
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Marthiydhs and is, 1168, alive, A. He was the teacher of Ashraf ’alyy Khan Fighén, came to Murshidébad and took service under Nawab Myr Mohammad Ja’far Khan and died there, €. According to J who met him at Patna, his name was Myrz4 Nadym, and ’alyy Quly Khan was his title.
Nadym Mosammad Qasim of Dilly, is a pupil of Firha, K.
Nahyf, Lala Lakhpat Ray a Khatry and a Wakyl, lived long at Bareilly, and met D when on a visit to Dilly. His father is Munshiy Miulchand mentioned above, (p. 267) H.
Nahyf, Sayyid Barkat ’alyy of Murddébdd, R.
Najaf, name not known, E, H, P.
Najaf, Shah Mohammad A’la of [lahabad, a son of Shah Walyy Allah Bé-tab, H.
Najat, Shaykh Hasan Ridha of Dilly went after the fall of Dilly to Patna, of late he resides in Saran, he composes chiefly Marthiyahs, C, who was his friend. He was for some time in the service of Sa’ddat ’alyy Khan at Bendres and died in 1207, the chronogram is آه ازجهان رفت wl’, ۰
Najat, Myén Mohammad of Dilly is since some years at Patna in the service of Abi-l-Q4sim Khan, and composes chiefly Marthiyahs, J. He is no doubt identical with the preceding.
Najat, Myr Zayn ’abidyn of Sahaéranptir composes chiefly Persian poetry, D. In K he has the takhallu¢ of Najabat.
Najiy (Myr, K), Mohammad Shakir of Dilly was a soldier by profession and a friend of Mon’im, who was a brother of A, and a good Persian poet. A saw him when young, but he was dead in 1168, having died young. He left a Dywan, but his style is farfetched, as it was the fashion of his time to write. He is distinguished in humoristic poetry, M, G.
Najm, Qédhiy Najm aldyn Kakory has been appointed Qadhiy of Calcutta, D.
Nakhat ,نکھت Nadzr ’alyy Bég a pupil of Nacyr has translated the Sikandar-némah into Rékhtah verses, P. In H he has the name of Niyaz ’alyy Bég, and it is said that he is a pupil of Nagyr. In R are two poets of this takhallug, one Nadzr ’alyy Bég, and the other Niyaz ’alyy.
Nalan, Shaykh ’abd al-Qadir of Fathabad, a descendant of Shaykh
’abd al-Haqq, D.
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۱ رصفاه Myr Ahmad ’alyy of Dilly considers himself as a pupil of Sawda, C saw him at Murshidabad, and found him very deficient in abilities, but V thought him a well educated man.
Nalan, Myén (Myrza, K) Mohammad ’askary of Dilly of Moghol origin, he used to attend the poetical meetings at Dilly, and was a friend and pupil of E, but at the time when he wrote his tadzkirah, he did not know what had become of him. Iu C and V he has the name of Mohammad ’askar ’alyy Khan, and they say that he was a pupil of Hatim, this is controverted by E. He was a pupil of Yakrang and of Mughafy, D. He died two years ago at the age of ninety, P.
Nalin, Myr Warith ’alyy of Behar a son of Myr Arzany resides now, 1195, at Patna and is a pupil of Fighén,C. ص1574( Mohammad Warith of Patna a son of the late Myr Sayyid Rasty, attended every Friday the meeting of poets which took place at Patna, where it ap- pears he resided when J wrote. His Dywan has about 1300 verses, V.
Namy, Shaykh Nitzim aldyn of Farrokhabdd, resides since some time at Etawah, ۰ ۱ - Naémy, Myr Hosam aldyn Haydar Khan Mobariz aldawlah ۴ a son of Myrzé Mohammad Ghiyath: (Myrzé Ghiyéth aldyn Mo- hammad Khan, D) who was an Inshé-writer.. The family of Namy is originally of Najaf, he is a pupil of Khalyg, D. He is an admirer of poetry, but no longer himself composes verses, P. He is a relation of the late Shuja’ aldawlah, for some time he resided at Faydhabad, but now he is again at Dilly, H.
Namy, Lala, Mithan 4 a Kéyeth of Dilly was first a pupil of Insha Allah Khan, and after this poet had gone. to Lucnow of Nacyr, he composes Persian and Rékhtah poetry, K.
Namy, Myrzé Rajab ’alyy Bég, a nephew of the late Amyr aldaw- lah Haydar Bég Khan, is a high officer of Acaf aldawlah, D, K.
Naqd, Mihr ’alyy Khan of Dilly resides since some years at Patna and is a friend of V.
Nasikh, Shaykh Imém-bakhsh a Sayyid of Lucnow is one of the best poets of that city, D, P. In T his takhallug is Nacih.
Nasym, Gulzar ’alyy, P. He was one year my pupil, says T, then he left this place with a view of making the pilgrimage to Makkah.
' Nasym, Rajah Kidar Nath a grandson of Ram Nath Dzarrah is a young man and a pupil of Nacyr, K, D. Holds the post of Natzir at the Court of Dilly, H. He died two years ago, P.
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Natzim of Lucnow, P.
: Natzyr of Benares professes to be a pupil of Sava, ,لا P.
Natzyr, Lila Ghanpat Ray a Kayeth of Dilly is a new poet and a pupil of Nagyr, K, P.
Natzyr, Shaykh Walyy Mokammad (Walyy Mohammad Khan, D) of Agra is an old poet, and supports himself by teaching, K. Died - shortly ago, ۰
Nawa, Shaykh Mohammad Tzohir of Badéwn (Shaykh Mohammad Tzohtr Allah Khan of Lucnow resides at Badéwn, H, D, V, P) a son of Mawlawy Dalyl Allah, and a pupil of Myén Bagé Allah, has the title of Khish-fikr Khan, and writes Persian and Rékhtah poetry, E. He died at Lucknow, V. In P it is stated that he visited Persia and died about two or three years before. he wrote, at an advanced age, the latter statement is incompatible with that of V, who wrote thirty-five years before P, the two authors may refer to different persons.
Nawaz, ’alyy Nawaz Khan is of Patna, ۰ ` Nawaz, ’alyy Nawaz Khan familiarly called Myrza Madad a com- panion of Nawab ’umdat almulk, V. ` Nawazish, Nawazish.Hosayn Khan of Lucnow, familiarly called Myrz4 Khany (Jany, D) a grandson of Nawab Nacir Khan, is a - good poet, H; D. He was a pupil of Séz and left a Dywan, P.
Nawyd is an opulent man, D.
Na’ym, Myr Mohammady of Dilly a pupil of Myr Sajjad, some say that he is a pupil of Myr Dard, J. He may be identical with the following Na’ym. Having returned the copies of J and V to the owner, before I put this table of contents together, I was in this, and in several other instances, unable to satisfy myself as to the identity or diversity of poets by comparing the verses quoter from their Dywans.
Na’ym, Na’ym Allah of Dilly a contemporary of Hatim with whom he had many poetical contests, C. Na’ym Allah Khan died of dropsy and left a thick Dywan, E, who was his friend. His poems are much sung by all classes, V. Shaykh Mokammad Na’ym of Dilly was a soldier, and a pupil of Hatim, he died many years ago, K, D.
Nazakat, Ramji a lady of Narnawl brought up at Dilly, where she now resides, P.
Nazuk, Zynat a lady, P. _ Nék, Myr Ja’far ’alyy, R.
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Ni’amy, Shaykh Ni’mat Allah of Meerut, familiarly called Hadhrat Ni’amy the father of Mobtalé (’ishq), is a very pious man, and has written a thick Persian Dywan, D. He was a pupil of Mawlawy ’abd al-Hadiy of Bengal, he is dead T.
Nidé, Myr Mortadha of Dilly is a young man, ۷۰ In D is a Nida of the Deccan.
Nigrén, Myr Bandah ’alyy of Ijrarah, sometimes he uses the takhallug of ’4shiq, he is a pupil of Myrz4 Arjumand Nuzhat, D, K.
Ni’mat, Hakym ’abd al-Haqq of Sikandarabad, a converted Hindi, had originally the name of Harsah4y, retired very young from the world and was very pious, he was in the service of Shah ’abd al’azyz and died some years ago, P. In D he has the name of Ni’mat Allah.
Ni’mat, Myrz4 Mohammad Hafytz a pupil of Qamar aldyn Minnat wrote Persian poetry, and when he came to Haydarabad, he also composed Rékhtah verses, H.
Nishat, Mawlawy Dlahy-bakhsh of Kandhelah writes good poetry, D, P.
Nishd¢, Lala Ysry Singh of Dilly, familiarly called Basant Singh, a son of Laélah Sundar Das Munshiy, was a pupil of Inshé Allah Khan and when this poet had gone to Lucnow his verses were corrected by Nacyr, K, D. : ۰ ۱
Nishaé¢, Ray Nilajj& Prashéd is Treasurer of the Nitzûm of Hay- darabad, and a pupil of Faydh, R.
Nitzém, Nawab ’iméd almulk Ghaziy aldyn Khan Bahadur Fyroz- jang had under Ahmad Shah the title of Bakhshy almamalik, and under “Alamgyr II. that of Wazyr almamalik, he lives now, 1195, in Sind and composes Persian and Rékhtah poetry, C. Had formerly the takhallug of Açaf, he is alive, E, D. He died at Kalpy and left Arabic and Turky Ghazals and a thick Persian Dywan, and a Math- nawy in which the miracles of Mawlana Fakhr aldyn are related and other Mathnawies, K. He was a patron of Walih Daghistany and Myr Shams aldyn Faqyr, P. Was already dead when H wrote.
Nitzémy, Sayyid Nitzém aldyn Ahmad Qadiry is alive, he held for a long time a high office (that of Kotowal ?) at Dilly, K.
Nithar, (Myr, C, V) ’abd al-Rastil of Agra, his ancestors ۵ Mangabdars under Farrokhsiyar, and he was a friend of Myr Moham- mad Taqyy, he was first at Dilly in the army, subsequently he went to Amréhah, A, رط C. E met him at Amréhah, he was about sixty
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years of age, but E does not know whether in 1209 he was alive or not. His family was of Agra, but he was born at Dilly, he died many years ago, K.
Mawlawy Nithar Amad of Bareilly, his family is of Shahjahanpiur, he isa learned man and betrays in his poems a tendency to Çüûfism, T.
Nithdér, Shaykh Mohammad Qéayim of Dilly resides now at Patna, and Fidwy corrects his verses, J. He was teacher in the house of the late Hakym Hadiy ’alyy Khan and died suddenly, V.
Nithér, Mohammad-pénah Khan of Dilly a friend of Myr Hasan and a pupil of Myr Dard: it is said, he resided for some time at Faydhabad, now he is at Dilly, V. In other Tadzkirahs he is men- tioned under the takhallug of Hakym, see p. 231 supra.
Nithar, Mortadha Khan of Dilly, a brother of Malik ۸ Khan Mohibb, composed chiefly Marthiyahs and died at Patna, ۰
Nithér, Mohammad Aman a Shaykh, his ancestors were distin- guished mathematicians and architects and the Jami’ masjid of Dilly was built by them, formerly he was in the service of Nawab Mo- hammad aldawlah as architect, subsequently he entered the service of Nawab Dhabitah Khan and now he is in that of Rajah Tikét Ray who has been Agéf aldawlah’s Treasurer, he is a pupil of Hatim, and has written a thick Dywan, E. He resides now at Lucnow, K. His father’s name is Sa’4dat Allah, H. In T he has the takhallug of Niyaz. Nithar, Nithar ’alyy of Belgram, P.
Nithar, Sadasukh of Dilly, C.
Niyaz, Myr Afdhal ’alyy of Patna familiarly called Myr Jaén, J. He was a nephew of Myr Mohammad Salym Salym, at first he was a pupil of Jéshish, then of Mojrim, and when he was at Murshi- dabad of Qudrat and Salym, from Murshidabéd he went to Lucnow, and after some years residence in that capital, he came back to Patna where he died : he was a famous plagiarist, and appropriated the whole ` Dywan of Salym, ۰
Niyaz, Myr Mohammad ’alyy of Dilly has gone to 0پ composes chiefly Marthiyahs, K.
Niyaz, Myr Mohammad Sa’yd of Agra supports himself by teach« ing, K, P.
Niyaz, Myén Niyéz Ahmad, born in Sirhind brought up at Dilly, is a man of considerable learning and great piety, he resides at Bareilly and composes Persian and Rékhtah poetry, K, P. In H his takhallug is Namy and his name Nithér Ahmad.
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Niyaz, Shah Niyaz ’alyy of Dilly is a Darwysh and a good ealli- graph, on the 12th of every month the Çûfies meet in his house and sing, D.
Niyazy (?), Bahadur Khan of Lucnow, a relation of Rajah Kamgar Khan, resided for some time at Patna and died there, V.
Nizar, Khwiéjah Mohammad Akram (Mohammad Ikram, V) is a pupil of Myr, C.
Nucrat, Lila Gdbind Ray (Gébind Ram, H) a Kayeth, is a pupil of Nagyr, K.
Nudrat, Myrz& Moghol is dead, he used to compose Marthiyahs, and used the takhallug of Imamy in them, K. An ancient poet, H.
Nir Allah Myrza of Dilly fell in love with an European and was like mad, V.
Molla Ntry the son of a Qadhiy of A’tzampur, was distinguished as a Persian poet and wrote also Rékhtah verses, he was a friend of Faydhy, A.
Niry, Shuja’ aldyn was a native of Gujrat, but spent his life at Haydarabid, where he was appointed tutor of the son of Sultan Abi-l-Hasan’s Wazyr, A.
Nuzhat, Myrza Arjumand was Munshiy of Nawab Ghaziy aldyn Khan and resides now at Ijrarah, K. He is an ingenious man being clever in making fire-works, &c., he writes chiefly Persian poetry, D. He is dead, K. ۱
Nuzhat, Myr Imam aldyn of Dilly a pupil of Myr Dard, J.
’oshshéq, Shaykh A/Amad-bakhsh;.a son of Shah Ahmad Chirm- pésh of Behar, is arelation of Sharaf aldyn Monéry, Monér is a place on the banks of the Sdn not far from Daynapir, J.
’oshshaq, Jywan Mal a Khatry of Dilly, is a pupil of Mayil and a friend of Myr Taqyy, A, B, D.
_ Owaysy (or Owysy ?), Gholam Mohkyy aldyn a Pyr-zddah, resided
| in 1213 at Bareilly, and in 1215 he was in the Deccan, D, H. He
died at Bareilly previous to 1221, K.
Padzyr, Sayyid Nithar ’alyy, a son of Sayyid Gulzar ’alyy Asyr, is only thirteen years of age, R.
Pakbaz, Sayyid Galak aldyn, familiarly called Myr Makhan, a son of Sayyid Shah Kamal. He was a very pious man and a friend of A. He was a pupil of Yakrang, J.
Shah Panchhyé was a Darwysh and a fertile poet, O.
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Parwanah, Rajah Jaswant Singh, familiarly called Kaké-jy, a son of Maharajah Bény and a pupil of Lalah Sarap Singh Dywanah, re» sides at Lucnow and writes Persian and Urdû poetry, C. Was alive in 1209 and E was his friend.
Parwanah, Mohammad Bég of Khayraébad, P.
Parwanah, Sayyid Parwan ’alyy Shah of Murédéabéd has of late retired from the world, C, K. He was a.drunkard and given to the use of bhang: he was introduced by Qayim, who corrected his poems, to Mohammad Yar Khan, E.
Payam, Sharaf aldyn ’alyy Khan of Agra, composed chiefly Pinan poetry, but left also a Rékhtah Dywan, M was a friend of his. He flourished under Mohammad Shah, C. He left a very good Persian Dywan, K.
Prém Nath Ray a Khatry, A.
Qabil, Myrza ’dliy-bakht is a prince of the royal house of Dilly; and pupil of Dzawg, P.
Qabil, ’abd al-Ghanyy Bég of Kashmyr, C. See Persian poets.
Qacd, Hasan Myrza of the Deccan is Daéréghah of the perfumery of the Nitzim of Haydarabad, R.
Qagir, Myrzû Babar ’alyy Bég of Dilly, a pupil of Firéq, lived formerly on commerce, he came to Murshidabad and went to Patna and thence to Calcutta, but returned to Dilly, it is not known where he now is, V, K. In H his name is Myrz4 Amyr ’alyy Bég—T informs us that he was a brother-in-law of Tzafar-yab Khan.
Qadhiy, ’abd al-Fattah of Sambhal composes chiefly Persian verses, he is alive, K.
Qadir, Myr ’abd al-Qadir of Haydarabad, when he had passed fifty years of age he gave himself up to asceticism, A.
Qadiry, Sayyid Khalyl] lives in the Deccan, B.
Qadr, is a good poet, B. His name is Mohammad Qadr (Qadir, ر0 of Dilly, he flourished under Mohammad Shah and was a man of very bad character, C, V.
Qalandar, Budh Singh was the son of a rich man but did not care for wealth, A, C.
Qalandar, Shah Gholaém Qalandar of Mukhrah not far from Mon- ghér, a disciple of Myr Mohammad Aslam, went about three years ago to Dilly, J.
Qalandar, Shah Qalandar was a Faqyr and a pupil of Matzhar, K.
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Qalandar, Qalandar-baksh a descendant of the Imam Abû Ha- nyfah is a native of the district of Sahéranpir and has written a thick Dywan, T.
Qalandar, Munshiy Yar Mofammad of Dilly was originally a Hindû, he embraced the Islam and went to Murshidabad, and found ‘service in the house of Shahamat-jang, J. He is probably identical with Budh Singh.
Qalaq, a son of Nawab Qalandar ’alyy Khan Bahadur of Dilly, is a young man, D.
Qamar, Gulab Khan, familiarly called Qamar aldyn, is the editor ؛ of a newspaper called As’ad al-akhbér and a friend of R.
Qamar, Myrzé Qamar aldyn, familiarly called Myrz4 Hajy, a son of Myrza Taqyy Hawas and a pupil of Myrza Qatyl, P.
Qamar, Myrz4 Qamar Tali’ (Qamar Bég, R) a son of Yzid-bakhsh, who is usually called Myrza Nyly and a pupil of Hafitz Ihsan, is the author of a Dywan, P.
Qana’at, Myrza Majhlé, R. .
Qané’at, Myrz4 Mohammad Bég of Léhér, a son of Hasan Bég, a pupil of Hasrat, resides now, 1196, at Lucnow, C, V.
Qani’, a grandson of Nawab Nacir Khan, writes Persian and Rékhtah poetry, V.
Qaraér, Myr Hosayn ’alyy of Dilly is a young man and a pupil of Myr Nagyr aldyn Ranj, K.
- Qarûr, Jaén Mohammad of Lucnow, a pupil of Shah Malil, a chob- dér of the king of Oudh, D. ~
' Qaryn a Kashmyry of Lucnow is a young man, and a pupil of Hasrat, V.
Qasim of the Deccan is a pupil of ’uzlat, B. In J are besides this, two other poets of the takhallug of Qasim, but their names are not mentioned.
Qasim, Abi-]-Qasim Khan was distantly related to the imperial family of Dilly and resided at Calcutta when Bény Narayan wrote.
Qasim, Sayyid Qasim ’alyy Khan, a grandson of شاه Hosayn Khan Tahsyn who is the author of the Naw¢arz Moracga’, he was formerly in the English service, now he resides at Lucnow, P.
Qasim, Myr Qasim ’alyy Khan was of Bareilly, P.
Qatyl a Khatry of Dilly has embraced the Islam, he now resides at Lucnow, and is one of the best Persian scholars alive, 7,
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Qéyim, Shaykh Qayim ’alyy of Etawah had first the takhalluç of Ummédwar, went to Farrokhabad to see Sawda, K, D.
Qays, Myrz4 Ahmad ’alyy Bég, familiarly called Modéré Bég (Madar Bég, K), a son of Myrz4 Morad ’alyy Bég, his ancestors were of Mashhad, he was born in Oudh and is a pupil of Hasrat, E.
Qismat, Nawab Shams aldawlah of Lucnow is the eldest son of Nawab Quly (’alyy, P) Khan and a pupil of Hasrat, E, K.
Qorban, Myr Jywan was a pupil of Sawda and fell in a fight against the English at Faydhabad, C, V.
Qorbén, Myr Mohammady of Dilly a son of Myr Imam aldyn who is familiarly called Myr Kalli Haqyr a pupil of Thana Allah Firéq, V. Is a young man and in the service of Tzafaryab Khan, K, D.
Qorbin, Myr Qorban ’alyy Khan, a son of Myr Mohammad Qasim Khan, a pupil of Qudrat, he is skilled in music and resides at Patna, where he draws a salary of one hundred Rupees a month from the Natzim, ۰
Qudrat, Qudrat Allah resides at Dilly, B. Shéh Qudrat Allah was a Darwysh, A. He was descended from Shah ’abd al’azyz Shakr-bér a saint, H, P. He was descended from Fakhr aldyn Zahid a Saint, he is one of the most distinguished and fertile Persian poets having left a Dywan of 20,000 verses, his poetry is in the style of that of Myrza By-dil, towards the end of his life he also used the takhallug of Tygh (Tatabbu’ ?), T. Left Dilly and settled at Mur- shidabad where he met C, and where he probably died in 1105, G. He resides at Patna, E. He was first a pupil of Myr Shams aldyn Faqyr, who was his uncle, and subsequently of Myrzé Jénjanan Matzhar, K, D.
Qudrat, Mawlawy Qudrat Allah is a good Arabie scholar and physician, he is a friend and pupil of Firûq, E. I have been told that he died about A. D. 1834. In K and D is Shaykh Qudrat Allah, a pupil of Rafigar.
Qudrat, Mawlawy Qudrat Allah is the author of a Tadzkirah of Urdi poets, and resides now at Rampiir, E met him one day in the society of Mohammad Qéayim. It seems he was still alive and resided at Ramptir when K wrote. H calls him Mawlawy Qudrat Allah of Rampur, he mentions his Tadzkirah, and says that he is in the habit of holding Moshé’arahs in his house.
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Quwwat, his name is not known to R.
Ra’d, Lalah Ganga Prashid a Kashmyry of Lucnow, ظط
Radhyy, Sayyid Radhyy Khan, C, V.
Radhyy, Myrz4 Radhyy Khan Monajjim of Lucnow is of the royal house, which rules over Oudh, and has written a Layla Maj- nin, P. See Hawas, Ras4, and Ridha.
Radhyy, Nawab Sayf aldawlah Sayyid Radhyy aldyn Bahadur Çalé- bat-jang, writes Persian and Urdu poetry, K. Holds an appointment under the English government, D. He died some years ago, P.
Rafaqat, Myrz4 Makhkhan Ray (Myrza Makyn, P) of Lucnow, a pupil of Jorat, died of consumption at the age of twenty-two years, E.
Rafat is a poet of Lucnow, D.
Rafat, Myén Rawif Ahmad of Lucnow a Pyr-zédah, and a pupil of Jorat, resides at Rimptr, K, D. He is a Gufy and has several times visited Dilly, P.
Raf’at, Shaykh Mohammad Rafy’ of ۱۱۵۵040 resides at oa where he holds a high office, J, O, V.
Raf’at, Mohammad ’ysi Khan Angary, a son of Nawab Imtiydz Khan is alive, V.
Rafigar, Mohammad ’arif, A.
Rafy’, Rafy’ aldyn Khan, a Pathan of Moradabad, has visited Makkah, D.
Rafyq, Amyn Allah, Bi
` Rafyq, Myrz4 Asad Bég of Dilly, where he now resides, he is a pupil of Thana Allah Khan Firdg, ۷۰ It would appear from K that he was dead in 1221.
Raghbat, Myr Abi-l-Ma’aliy (Abd-l-Ma’aniy, H) a pupil of Mam» nun resides at Lucnow, K, D, H.
Raghib, Mohammad Ja’far Khan of Dilly a cousin of Nawab Lutf Allah Khan 0/0 of Panypat lives of late at Patna in poor cireum- stances, he writes chiefly Persian poetry, C. He died at Patna, and left a Persian Dywan and two Rékhtah Dywans, V.
Raghib, Myrza Subhan Quly Bég born in Hindistaén, but his ances- tors were of Persia, he is a soldier, and writes Persian and ۶ poetry, in the latter, he is a pupil of Insh4, K, D, P.
Rahman, an old poet, having been a contemporary of Walyy, D.
Rahmat, Qadhiy alqodhét Rakmat Allah Khan of Dilly, is the author of a Persian Dywan, D.
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Rahym was a contemporary of Walyy, H.
Raji, Myan Gholam Mohyy aldyn of Haydarabad, a pupil of Faydh.
Raja, not known, و۷ D.
Rajab, Rajab ’alyy Bég of Dilly, of Moghol (Persian) origin, resides now at Farrokhébad, K, D.
Rajah, Maharajah Balwant Singh, a son of Chét Singh Bangor, in 1245 he used to hold poetical assemblies at which Bakhtdwar Singh Ghifil, Xqi Myrz4 Myrzd, Aghé Haydar ’alyy Afpah, Shaykh Pyr- bakhsh Masrur and other poets attended, R.
Rajah, Rajah Bahadur a son of Rajah Shitaéb Ray, Dywan of Ben- gal, K.
Rakhshén, Mohammad Chand flourished under Ahmad Shah.
Ramz, Myrz4 Mohammad Sultan Fath almulk Shah Bahadur, R.
Rangyn, they say he is of Kashmyrian origin, he lived at Dilly and was a contemporary of Sawdé, C, V. He is probably identical with the poet of the same takhallug mentioned by H, he flourished under Mokammad Shah, and his Ghazals are sung by dancing girls.
Rangyn, Myrz4 Aman Bég is a calligraph, C. Is in the service of Nawab Iftikhar aldawlah Myrzé ’alyy Khan Bahadur, ۰
Rangyn, Lalah Bilas Ray a son of Rajah Man Ray is Dywén of the son of Mohammad ’alyy Rohdlan, ۷۰ He resided at Mura- dabad, D.
Rangyn, Piran Lal, a Kayeth of Dilly, is a queer man, K.
Rangyn, Sa’ddat Yar Khan of Dilly, a son of Tahmasb Bég Khan Tirény (Rimy, ,رط is a good soldier but not a great scholar, E revised his Dywan. He was first a pupil of Hatim, and after Hatim’s death, his compositions were corrected by Nithar, he has composed four Dywans, one of Ghazals, one of humoristic poetry, one in the idiom of ladies, he is also the author of the ,”جالس رنگین which contains critical remarks on various poets, D. His Dyw4ns together have the title of نورتن Naw Rattan. He died at the age of eighty in 1251. ۰
Ranj, Myr Mohammad Nagyr, a grandson of Khwajah Myr, is a young man, K. Has given up writing poetry, P.
Raqim, Bindraban of Dilly, a pupil of Sawdé, C. He was of Mathra and had a wonderful memory, A. He is the author of a short Dywan, and it is not known where he now is, D. Some say he was of Mathra, and it is very likely that this statement is correct, ۰
Raéqim, Khalyfah Gholam Mohammad of Dilly studied Persian;
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and has also taken to Arabic, about twelve years ago he went to Lucnow, but he has now returned to Dilly and is studying medicine, K.
Rasa, Mawlawy ’alym Allah resides in Oudh, ۰
Rasé, Myrz4 Balkhy a son of Myrza ’ydi Bahadur is a prince of the house of Dilly, D.
Rasa, Myrza Taqyy, a prince of the house of Oudh, author of a Layla Majnin, H. See Ridha and Radhyy.
Rasay, C does not know his name.
Rashky, Mohammad Hasan Khan of Patna, a son of the late Khadim Hosayn Khan Khddim, is a studious young man, V.
Rashyd of Lucnow, a pupil of the late Molla Nitz4m aldyn, was killed when young, C, V.
Rasikh, Khwajah Ahmady Khan is dead, J.
Rasikh, Shaykh Gholém ’alyy of Patna, J. First Myrz4 Bhujji Fidwy corrected his verses and subsequently Myr Taqyy Myr, he is alive, ۷۰ He died in 1240, P.
Rasikh, Tzafaryéb Khan, of a noble family of Bareilly, is a talented young man, R. Rasikh, Talib Hosayn.
Rawnaq, Myr (Myrz4) Gholam Haydar (Khan, H) of Patna, a son of Wéahib ’alyy Khan, is a brother of Asad-jang, ۰
Rawshaén, Khwajah Hasan ’alyy of Dilly, is now in the service of Acaf aldawlah, V.
Rawshan, Rawshan Shah a Kayeth of Bareilly embraced the Islam and writes Persian and Rékhtah poetry, D. He is the author of a Dywan, H. He resided at Meerut,-T.
Ray, Myrzd Ya’qtb Bég was born in Hindustan, but his ancestors were of Tûran, he is a young man, K. He is dead, D.
Ridhaé, Myrzé (Myr, D) ’alyy Ridhé of Manikpdr, a friend of Dywanah, wrote several Mathnawies, one of them containing his love-adventures is celebrated, C, V, D.
Ridhé, Myrz4 ’alyy Ridha Bég of Agra a pupil of Myén Walyy Mohammad Natzyr, D.
Ridhé, Shaykh ’alyy Ridhé of Lucnow was for some time Natzir in the court of justice at ’alyygarh, he is the author of a Mathnawy, D knew him personally.
Ridhé, Mawlawy Dhiyé aldyn of Thanésar a contemporary of Sawda, D. He is probably identical with the poet Ridha of whom © says, that he does not know his name.
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Ridhé, Hamyd aldyn Khan of A’tzampûr, is a son of the phy- sician Mawlawy Kalli of Chandpûr, D, P.
Ridhé, 774ا( Hasan, is familiarly called Myrza Jywan, a son of Mohammad Myrza Jan (Khan, K, H) Korbégy, is a young man and a pupil of Naçyr and Mamnin, K. He was a friend of P and died some years before P wrote, and left a Dywan.
Ridha, Hafitz Mokammad-bakhsh, a Shaykh of. Léhér, veld of late at Farrokhébad, ۰
Ridhé, Myr Mohammad Ridhé (Myr Mohammady, V) of Patna, a son of Myr Jamél aldyn Hosayn Jamdl and a pupil of Myén Dhiya (of Sawda, E), has lately taken to Rékhtah poetry, C. The grandfather of Jamal was Qadhiy Nir Allah Shishtary, who is the author of the 4د احقاق العق of the رعچالس الومنین 7. 2:404 wrote a Dywan, E. He died at Murshidabad, V. He is familiarly called Myr Patnawy, and resides at Lucnow, K. In D are two poets, one Myrz4 Moham- mad Ridhé of Lucnow a pupil of Sawdé and author of a short Dywan, and Myr Modammad Ridha Shishtary, usually called Myr Mohammad Patnawy, a native of Patna resided at Lucnow, and was a pupil of Dhiyé. In P are also two poets of this takhallug, one Myr Mohammad of Patna a pupil of Dhiy4, and Myr Mohammady of Lucnow equally a pupil of Dhiya.
Ridhdé, Mohammad Ridha of the Deccan, ۰
Ridhé, Hafitz Mohsin resides at Farrokhabad, and is of the Kam- boh caste (regarding which, see the Fawayid alnatziryn) wrote a Per- sian and Rékhtah Dywan, V.
Ridhé, Myr (Myrzaé, K) Ridha ’alyy of Lucnow, a Toghr4-writer and a pupil of E, K, D.
Ridhé, Myrzé Taqyy of Lucnow, a relation of the Wazyrs (now kings) of Oudh, is the author of a Majntin 6 Lays, D. See م1284 Radhyy and Hawas.
Ridhwan, Gholam Hosayn of Patna, a son of Shaykh Fakhr aldyn, a pupil of Salym and of Mujrim and of V, who mentions him.
Riha, Gholam. Mokammad Khan of Dilly a brother of ’indyat Hosayn Khan Moshyr and a pupil of Gulzar ’alyy Khan Asyr, R.
Rind, Ganga Prashad a Kashmyry and son of Kishen Chand Pandit was a pupil of Jorãt, resided at Bareilly and Lucnow, D.
Rind, Ray Khém Narayan, a grandson of Maharajah Lachmy Narayan of Dilly, resides now at Hooghly and is my elder brother, says Beny Narayan.
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Rind, Mihrban Khan, it is said that he is skilled in music and in composing Kabits, Déhras, &c. he lives at Farrokhabad, C. He died in Rostamnagar which is a quarter of the city of Lucnow, E.
Rind, Myr (Shah) Hamzah ’alyy of Dilly was originally a soldier by profession, subsequently he used to beg barefooted in the streets of Murshidabad, and now, 1194, he is at Patna at the shrine of Shah Arzin in company of other Faqyrs, C. I have seen a Dywan of about 2000 verses of his, J. He had first the takhallug of Shayda, he is alive, V.
Riqqat, Myrz4 Qasim ’alyy called ’iraqy of Moghol (i. e. Persian) origin, his ancestors having been of Mashhad, whence they emigrated: to Kashmyr. He was born at Dilly and brought up at Faydhabad, he is about thirty years of age and a pupil of Jorit, E.
Rokn aldawlah Hadziq almulk Hakym Rokn aldyn Khan Bahadur is a physician of Dilly, writes Persian and Rékhtah poetry, but par- ticularly the former, D.
Rostam, he had the title of Rustam ’alyy Khén TAtisham aldawlah, but was usually called Nawab Bahadur, he was of Dilly and a son of Nawab Ashraf Khan : in 1194 he gave to C specimens of his poetry. He was a friend of H.
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Rihy a Pyr-zadah of Haydarabad, A.
Rukheat, Myr Qudrat Allah of Dilly a son of Myr Sayf Allah, a pupil of Ja’far ’alyy Hasrat resides at present at Lucnow, C, V.
Ruswi, Aftab Ray (Mahtab Ray, €) the son of a goldsmith, did not conform to the tenets of the Hindis, (C says he turned a Musalman) and was a great cynic: at length he became mad and died young, A, B. There is another Ruswé of whom D says, that he does not know his name, but he had ascertained that he was distinct from Aftab Ray and flourished under Nawab Najyb aldawlah Bahadur.
Sa ûadat, Myr Sa’adat ’alyy (Sa’adat Allah Khan, B) died before he attained the age of forty, A. He was a disciple of Wilayat Allah and left a Mathnawy in imitation of Layla Majnin, containing the history of two lovers of Dilly, C. He was a son of Myr Gholam ’alyy “ishrat, H.
Sabgat, Myrz4 Moghol of Lucnow a son of Myrza ’alyy Akbar Akhûnd, his ancestors were of Persia, he is a pupil of Jorãt whom
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he surpasses in the Qaçydah, E. He is of Dilly but resides now at Lucnow, H, P.
Sa’dy of the Deccan is the author of the verses which are erro- neously ascribed to Sa’dy of Shyraz, B, J, H, مک In A and D he is identified with Sa’dy 0۶ ۸
Safar Shah, a Sayyid and Darwysh resides at Dilly, D.
Sajjad, Myr Mohammad Sajjad of Agra (of Dilly, A) his ancestors were of Adzarbayjan, he is a pupil of Abré and superior to his master, بط C. He was brought up at Dilly and left a Dywan, G. It would appear from A that he was a young man in 1168, Qayim saw about 800 verses of his.
Salam, Najm aldyn ’alyy Khan of Dilly (Agra, D, K), a son of Sharaf aldyn ’alyy Khan Paydm, is a pupil of his father, B. Went with Cafdar-jang’s army toward the east (Oudh), A
Salamat, Salamat ’alyy, J. Munshiy Salémat ’alyy of Ghaziypiur, is a Munshiy in the English service, V.
Salamat, Myr Salamat ’alyy of Pûrniya in the Parganah of Arwal in Behar, J.
_ Sahik, name not known, ۱
Salim, Gholam Moçtafa was a friend of V. He was first a pupil of Fidwy, subsequently he was appointed Munshiy in an English corps of cavalry, he died at Lucnow, V.
Salym, Salym Allah Khan a son of the late Shaykh Faydh Allah Kaliyah resides at Patna, J.
Salym, Myr Mokammad Salym of Patna was a merchant, he died in 1195 at Murshidabad and left a Mathnawy, C, J. The chronogram on his death is ,ساچم رفت بدار السلام ۰
Séman, Myr Nacir of Jawnpüûr (of Dilly, J) a pupil of ۵ Matzhar died a few years ago, he composed chiefly Persian poems, B. He came during the beginning of Mohammad Shéh’s reign to Dilly, A.
Samiy, Myrz4 Mohammad Jan Bég, his ancestors came from the steppes of Tymaq (Qipchaq, D) to India, his father resided for some time in Kashmyr, then he came with his son to Dilly (Bareilly, D). Samiy was a disciple and pupil of Khwajah Myr, he wrote chiefly Persian poems, among them is a Mathnawy in the style of the Shéh- namah recording the events of the reign of Shah ’élam, but he died before he had completed it. His Urdû poetry is not equal to his Persian compositions. H says that Sdmiy was his teacher in Persian.
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Sanjar, Shaykh Mohammad Ya’qib ’alyy of a place near Ghaziy- pur, a son of Qadhiy Mohammad Giddyq, and a pupil of Nasikh, resided long at Lucnow and visited Dilly in 1260, R.
Saqiy, Myr Hosayn ’alyy, C. In D a Séqiy of the Deccan is mentioned.
Sar-sabz, Myrz4 Zayn al’ébidyn Khan, familiarly called Myrza Méndi, a son of the late Nawab Salar-jang, is a studious young man, and when only seventeen years of age composed a Dywan, E, ۰
Sarshar, Lala Tildk Chand a Khatry is a young man of Dilly, K.
Sarwar, A’tzam aldawlah Myr Mokammad Khan Bahadur a son of A’tzam aldawlah Abi-l-Qasim Motzaffar-jang, was a pupil of 6 Jén Bég Sdmiy and Myr Farzand ’alyy Mawzin. He died 1250 and left besides the Tadzkirah (described in p. 185) a thick Dywan, P.
Sarwar (Sorir?), Shaykh Mofammad Amyr Allah a son of Shaykh ’abd Allah of Agra was in 1243 at Dilly, he is a pupil of Mujrim and of Ghalib, D.
Sarwar (Sortr ?), Myrzé Rajab ’alyy Bég resides at Cawnpore, D. He was a pupil of Nawazish, P. He is the author of the وفسانک رنگین R.
Sattar, ’abd al-Sattar of Lucnow composes chiefly Marthiyahs, D.
Sawda, Myrza Rafy’ aldyn of Dilly, his ancestors were of Kabul, he is a soldier by profession, and the best poet of our times, B. His father was a merchant, and this is probably the reason why he adopt- ed the takhallig of Sawda ware, A. He lived sixty years at Dilly ; after the fall of that city, he wandered for some time to various places ; finally he settled at Lucnow and Açaf aldawlah gave him a stipend of Rs. 6000 a year. He died at Lucnow at an age of seventy years in 1195, the chronogram is کا سرو ر گیا ada دور کر پای عناد شاعران 1199—4 ( ») =1195, G. In K it is stated in the Biography of Sa’dy that Sawdé is the author of a Tadzkirah of Urdu poets.
Sayah, Salym was of Dilly says Bény Narayan.
Sa’yd, Qadhiy Sa’yd aldyn Khan of Kakory in Oudh, a son of Qadhiy Najm aldyn Khan who was Qadhiy of Calcutta, Sa’yd visited Dilly in A. D. 1822. He is blind, P.
Sayf, Myrza Sayf ’alyy is dead, مک
Sayil, Sayyid Asad Allah of Haydarabad, familiarly called Shah Samajh-bijh resides now at Patna, J.
Sayil, Myrza Mohammad Yar Bég of Dilly of Uzbek origin, a companion of Badzl Bég Khan, J. Was a pupil of Shah Hatim and
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subsequently of Sawdé, E. He died many years ago, K. He had first the takhallug of Mon’im, D.
Sayyid, Myr Gholam Rasûl is of Agra, K. He is a Shaykh of
_ Mur4débéd, P.
Sayyid, Myr Ghalib ’alyy Khén ıi is chief Munshiy of the king of Dilly and writes ٥۶۸۵ and Persian poetry, D. He had formerly the takhallug of Gharyb, he changed it because the king conferred the title of Sayyid alsho’ara upon him, K. He is a native of Meerut, but was brought up at Dilly, T. He died some years ago, P.
Sayyid, Myr Imam aldyn, C.
Sayyid, Myr (Myrza, D) Qotob aldyn (Myr Qotob ’alyy, P), fami- liarly called Qotob ’4lam of Sikandarabad, writes sometimes Rékhtah verses, K. He is a physician, P.
Sayyid, Myr Yadgar ’alyy of Bahadurptr in Mewat, is a young man in the army and resides at Dilly, A.
Shad a poet of Bûdhénah is since some time settled at Bhdépal, ۰
Shad, Myr Ahmad Hosayn, his forefathers came from the Hijaz to India under Shams aldyn Altmish, he resides at Shikéhébéd near Meerut, P, H.
Shad, Ray Déby Prashad of Haydarabad a pupil of Faydh, R.
Shad, Myrz& Ilahy-yér Bég (lh Bég, زط Kaydmy a pupil of Mughafy, K.
Shad, Prashady Ram, a Brahman of Sikandarabéd, is a friend of
: Zindah-dil, D.
Shad, Munshiy Rém Prashad, a Kayeth and a pupil of Nagyr, is a witty young man and resides now at Dilly, R.
Shad, Sayyid Tafadhdhul Hosayn visited Dilly and met R.
Shédab, Lélah Khushwagqt Ray of Chanptir Nadyah, A. He was a clever Inshé-writer, C. A pupil of Qayim, P. In T his takhallug is Shad.
Shadén, Lûlû Baséwan La’l of Patna attends regularly the poetical assemblies, and is a good Insha-writer, J.. Resides at Dilly, H.
Shadan, Myr Rajab ’alyy is a pupil of Bahéry Khan Ashuftah, K. I have not seen him of late, and do not know what has become of him, H.
Shafiy, Amyn aldyn of Dilly lives now, 1196, in poverty at Patna, C. He died in 1198, V.
Shafy’, Myr Mohammad Shafy’, a friend of Sawda and Myr, lives now at Lucnow, C, V.
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Shafyq, Matzhar ’alyy Khan of Dilly, familiarly called Myrz4 Bu- dhan, is a pupil of Firéq and of Qasim, K.
Shaéghil is a pupil of Bismil, whom he surpasses, A, B, J.
Shah, Shah Sa’d Allah called ’ishq ’alyy of Patna, a disciple of Shih Karym Allah the successor of Shah Arzan, is a pupil of Myr Dard, J. He is a Faqyr, and has his Takiyah near Betiah in Sarun, V. He is dead, K. ۱
Myr Shéh ’alyy Khan of Dilly was a poor young man, came to Murshidaébad and went subsequently to Lucnow, and thence to the Deccan, where it is said he died, C.
Shahémat, Shah Shahdmat ’alyy is a EN D, resided in Oudh, P.
Shahwat, a son of Shah Ma’cim Mohawwis was a very obscene poet, K.
Shéhy, Shah Quly Khan of Baghnagar (Haydarabad, C) was in the service of Taéné Shah and composed chiefly Marthiyahs, A, C.
Shahyd, Mawlawy Gholam Hosayn of Ghaziypir was in 1196 at Banares, C. He is now Muftiy at Banares, ۰
Shahyda was an old poet, D, H.
Shahydy, Myr Kardmat ’alyy is of Lucnow, it is said that he is a pupil of Nésikh, D. Resides mostly in the Panjab, and comes some- times to Dilly, P.
Shé’ir, Lélah Mathoré Das familiarly called Mithan Lal, a Kayeth, is clever in the science of music and in mechanics, K.
Shé’ir, Myr Kamal aldyn Hosayn;-familiarly called Myr Kalli, is a relation of Myr Dard and resides at Dilly, J, C. He is dead, V. He is called Myr Nacir-parast, D. He was a son of Myr Nagir aldyn Ranj and left a Dywan, K.
Shakir, Mokammad Shakir of A’tzamptr was a friend of Mokam- mad ’alyy Hashmat and of Qayim, and was skilled in astrology, A, C. . Shakir, Shah (Myr) Shékir ’alyy of Dilly is a young man who studies the Mathnawy of Jalal aldyn Rimy and other Gufy books under Shah Mohammad ’atzym, K, H, P.
Shakiy, Munshiy Jawéhir Singh of Meerut, a pupil of Gholam Mohyy aldyn ’ishq, D.
Shams, Myr Shams aldyn ’alyy is familiarly called Myrz4 Juman, K.
Shams, Walyy Allah, a celebrated poet of the Deccan, visited Dilly under “4lamgyr and was received with distinction by the emperor, he left a Dyw4n in the dialect of his native country, R.
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Sharaf, a poet of the Deccan, D.
Sharaf, Myr Mokammady of Dilly is a nephew of Nawéb Khén- dawran, C. V. Was a mystic, K knew him, but he was dead when he wrote.
Sharaf, Myrzé Sharaf aldyn is a poet of Lucnow, D, P.
Sharaf, Shaykh Sharaf aldyn Hosayn (Hasan, K) is skilled in the Marthiyah, K. He was attached to the Qadam Sharyf near Dilly, P.
Sharéfat, Myrza Ashraf (Sharaf, K) ’alyy is of Luenow, K. He is a grandson of Myr Mosharraf and a pupil of Mamnin, P.
Sharar, Myrz4 Qadiq was a humble man, P,
Sharar, Myrz4 Ghiy4th aldyn, R.
Sharar, Myrza Ja’far was a younger brother of Myrz4 Mohammad, ‘who has in Persian the takhallug of ’ishq, he was a soldier-like man, he went to the Deccan and died there, H, K. He died at Pûnah, D.
Sharar, Myrza Ibrahym Bég born at Lucnow was a fair poet, E. Was a pupil of Nawazish, P.
Sharyf, Myrz4 Mohammad Sharyf, a son of the late Myrzé Faydh who wrote two commentaries on the رقصوص | لحکم Sharyf is a young man and a pupil of Mokibb Allah Mohidd, some years ago he left Dilly, K.
Sharyf, Myrzé Mohammad Sharyf is a convert to the Islam, and composes chiefly Marthiyahs, K. He is probably identical with Myrz4 Sharyf Bég, familiarly called Lala Sharyf Bég, a son of Léla Dawlat Ram a Khatry mentioned by ۰
Sharyf, Myrza Sharyf Bég is of a good family and a witty poet, P.
Shawkat, Myrza ’alyy of Lucnow is a younger brother of Sabqat, he has written a small Dywan, D.
Shawkat, Mohammad Munyf ’alyy of Bijnawr, a son of Myr Rostam ’alyy who was an author and a calligraph, is a pupil of Myr Gholam ’alyy ’ishrat, D. He was converted to the Christian religion at Bandres, and is now at Meerut engaged in Missionary labours, P. I have some where seen a short biography of this convert in English.
Shawq, Bhégy Lal, P.
Shawq, Faydh ’alyy was a contemporary of Sawdé and had many pupils, he wrote Persian and Rékhtah poetry, D.
Shawq, Hafitz Gholaém Rastl of Dilly is a pupil of Nagyr, K, P. -
Shawq, Hasan ’alyy (Hasan Khén a Pathin, P, Hasan ۴ Khan, H) of Dilly, a pupil of Arzé, B, J. He was a soldier and in the service of Nawab imad almulk, C, V. He left a Dywan, K.
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Shawq, Shaykh Tlahy-bakhsh of Agra is at present a Munshiy of Myrz& Motzaffar-bakht Bahadur at Farrokhabad, H. He is author of a Rékhtah Dywan and of a book called .قوانین سلطفت He died in 1241, P.
Shawq, Jawhar Bég of Lucnow, a pupil of Muchafy, was strong in logogriphs. He went to Mashhad, P.
Shawq, Mohammad-bakhsh is of K6ténah and a pupil of Barkat Allah Khan Barkat, D. He was a soldier-like man, K.
Shawq, Mawlawy Qudrat Allah of Rampur (of وموي P, of Devote H) is the author of a Dywan and of a Tadzkirah of Rékhtah poets, ۰ It is said that he composed one hundred thousand verses, T.
Shawq, Rawshan Lal is a clever musician, and a pupil of Ney
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Shawq, Shyw Gopal, familiarly called Kakajy of Patna, a son of the Mahajan Sawdagar Mal, died young, ۰
Shawgq, Tahamtan-jang Bahadur is an Amyr of the Deccan, K.
Shawqy, Mohammad Façy/ a son of V, he is twenty years of age, V.
Shayda, Mawlawy Amanat Allah was in Caleutta, says Bény Narayan.
Shayda, Myr Fath ’alyy of Shamsabad Mhow, Myr 962 has adopted him as his child, and Sawdaé is his instructor, C, V. He was an officer at Lucnow and received 500 Rs. a month from Acaf aldawlah, his Dywén has about 6000 verses, K. It will be observed that I distinguish between this and the دا وی on the authority of K.
Shayda, Khwajah Hynga, a Kashmyry of Dilly, was a pupil of Shah Mohammady Bé-dar, he died young, K, E.
Shayd4, Nawaéb Mo’yn aldyn Khan resides at Kalpy, and is a grandson of Nawab Ghaziy aldyn Khan Nitzam, P.
Shayiq, Myr Badr aldyn Hasan of Bareilly is a well educated man, D.
Shayiq, Pyr Mydén (Myr, K) Mohammad of Luecnow was formerly a pupil of Myén Hashimy and now of Jorat, E.
Shayiq, Mohammad Hashim is a pupil of Myr ’izzat Allah ’ishq, and skilled in the Marthiyah, K. He is a tailor by profession, H.
Shayiq, Myr Hajy of Dilly, a pupil of Myr Hidayat ’alyy Kayfy, is young, and composes chiefly Persian verses, K.
Shayiq, Natzyr aldyn نظیر الدین of Bareilly, D. In T and P, he
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has the name of Mokammad Nadzyr aldyn cx! نذیر Hasan a son of Shah Ghol4m Mohyy aldyn Owaysy (Rimy, H) Sirhindy. H speaks in the present tense of him. He is a very learned man and has composed a treatise on arithmetic and one on prosody and rhyme, it is in verse, and the first half of every verse treats on prosody and the second on rhyme, it has the title ,پاک پیت He writes chiefly Persian poetry, T.
Shéyiq, Myr Qamar ’alyy of Patna writes Rékhtah poetry, J.
Shéftah, 7458 ’abd al-Camad, a Panjaby of Dilly, was a pupil of Bahéry Khan Ashuftah, K.
Shéftah, Amad Khan of Dilly a pupil of Asyr and a friend of R.
Shéftah, Sayyid [lah-bakhsh of Dilly resides since some ترچ at Patna, and composes chiefly Marthiyahs, J.
Shéftah, Myr Mohammady resides at present at Dilly, but is not a native of that city, J.
Myr Shér ’alyy of Dilly resides since some years at Patna, J.
Shifa, Hakym Mohammad Hasan Khan of Dilly is a young man, D.
Shifé, Hakym Yar ’alyy is a good physician, A.
Shiguftah, Budh Singh, a blacksmith, is a pupil of Bahdéry Khan Ashuftah, کل
Shiguftah, Myrz4 Sayf ’alyy Khan is a son of the Nawab Shuja’ aldawlah, he had formerly the takhallug of Bayan, and Myrz4 Qasim ‘alyy Jawan corrected his verses, of late he has changed his takhallug, E met him at Lucnow. He left a Dywan, D.
Shiguftah, Myrza Shiguftah-bakht (Bédér-bakht, P, H.) Bahadur, familiarly called Myrza Hajy-Cahib, a son of Myrz4 Jawan-bakht Jahandar Shah, resides at Bandres, D.
Shikéh, Mohammad Ridhé of Lucnow is a friend and pupil of Myrzé Qatyl and writes Persian poetry, E, K.
Shikéh, Sayyid Shikoh ’alyy of Sarawah, died about ہیں years ago, H.
Shikybé, Shaykh Gholam Hosayn is a poor man and a pupil of Mohammad Taqyy Myr, K. Has written a Dywan, D.
Sho’é’, Prince Mokammad Akbar a son of Shah ’dlam 2۸4۷4۵ ۵ the takhallug) is the heir-apparent to the throne, D, K.
Shohrat, Amyr-bakhsh Khan, a Kashmyry of Dilly, is a pupil of Firûq and resides at Dilly, D. He has gone to the Deccan, K. He died young, پا
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Shohrat, Iftikhar aldyn ’alyy Khan, a brother of Wathiq ’alyy Khan, resided in A. D. 1814 at Calcutta and is mentioned by Bény Narayan.
Shohrat, Myrzé Mohammad ’alyy of Dilly, a pupilof Yahya Aman Jorat, is now, 1196, at Lucnow, C. He is of Luenow, ۰
Sho’lah, Amar Nath is a Kashmyry of Lucnow, P, H.
Shor, Khwajah ’atzym Khan of Dilly, a son of Khwéjah Moham- mady Khan, is a pupil of Myrz4 Ghasyté and resides at Mothary in Behar, J. He is dead, V.
Shér, George جارج بنس )۶( a Christian, R,
Shor, Myrz4 Mamûd Bég of Dilly, familiarly called Malhû Bég, was a soldier-like young man and a pupil of Sa’4dat Yar Khan Rangyn and Insha Allah Khan, he died young, K. He was a friend of Hand K.
Shérish, Gholam Ahmad, a son of Moammad Akbar, is a young man and a pupil of Miimin Khan Ashna, P.
Shdrish, Myr Mahdiy of Patna, a son of Myrza Gholam Hosayn, is a clever young man, V.
Shoérish, Nacir Hosayn (Khalyfah Nadir Hosayn, H, D) of Dilly is a young man, and a pupil of Thana Allah Firag, K. He had formerly the takhallug of Mortwat, D.
Sho’Gr, Sho’tir Ahmad of Rampir is the father of Rawtif Ahmad Rawif, کل
Sho’ury, of Jowalapir, D, P. Of Chandpir, J.
Shuja’, Nawab Shujé@ Quly Khan, a son of Nawab Monyr aldawlah Nadir-jang, resides since some years in Mogholptirah at Patna, J.
Shukr, Mohammad Myrzaé of Haydarabad a son of Hasan Myrza Qaed and a pupil of Faydh, R.
Shukr, Radha Kishen a Kéyeth, is of Moradabad, ۰
Shywan, Myr Ahsan of Patna was a soldier by profession, he is dead, J.
Sidr, Mohammad Khalyl Khan of the Deccan, K.
Sikandar, Khalyfah Mokammad ’alyy (C and G call him Shaykh Sikandar, but H, who knew him, says that this is a mistake) of the Panjab, familiarly called _Khalyfah Sikandar, composes chiefly Mar- thiyahs and writes in the Marwaéry and Panjaby dialects, he is the author of the story in verse of the boatman and the fish and king Dilkhwar. He considers himself as a pupil of Najiy, C, J.
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He is upwards of fifty years of age, E. On the invitation of the Natzim of Haydarabad, he repaired to his capital. He died there and his remains were carried to Karbala, K. |
Sipéhy of Lucnow, it is said that he has been killed, K, D.
Sipahy, Myr Imém-bakhsh died some time ago, K.
Sipéhy, Shah Quly Khan, D, H.
Siraj, Myr Siraj aldyn of Awrangabad was a pupil of Sayyid Ham- zah of the Deccan, A, B, 0. He left among other poems a Math- nawy called ,بسفان خھال D. See page 148 supra.
Siraj, Siraj aldyn ’alyy different from Siraj Awrangabady, P
Siyédat, Myr Mojahid aldyn of Lucnow a pupil of Mamndn, D, K, H.
Sohrab, Myrza Sohrab Bég, a Moghol, resides at Dilly, D, P.
Sokhon, Hakym Myrz4 Mohammad Hosayn, a Kashmyry of Dilly, is a good physician and writes Persian and Rékhtah poetry, H, K. In H it is said that there was also a poet of this takhallug at the time of Najiy and Madhmin, and he mentions a third Sokhon who was a poet of the Deccan.
Sokhonwar, Lilah Dalwély Singh is a Munshiy of the king of Dilly, he is a young man, K, P.
Solaymén a pupil of Myr ’abd al-Hayy, A. A و وین ° of Taban, C, ۰
Solaymén, Myr Murad ’alyy of Dilly resides since a long time at Patna, now he is gone to Behar, J.
Solayman, Solayman Khan of Dilly a pupil of Ashraf ’alyy Khan Fighan, J. Resided for some time at Patna, but it is not known where he now lives, ۰
Solayman, Prince Solayman-shikéh, a great patron of poets and learned men, among his protégés are Muchafy, Jorat, Inshé Allah Khan, &c. E. Resides mostly at Lucnow but now he lives at Agra, P. He died on the 24th of February, 1838.
Sor’at, R, who mentions him, does not know his name.
Sordr (or Sarwar ?), Myr Faydh ’alyy of Ijrarah, resides at ee and is a pupil of ’izzat Allah ’ishq, D.
Sortir (or Sarwar ?), Himayat Allah Khan of Dilly, a De in the Dilly Palace, is a pupil of Naçyr, D.
Séz, Sayyid Morammad Myr (Sayyid Mohammad, C) of مین purah near Dilly, a son of Dhiyé aldyn Bokhary, was skilled in archery
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and other manly exercises, in 1191 he went to Lucnow, but it seems that he lived there in great poverty, he therefore went in 1212 to Murshidabad and being not successful in finding a livelihood, he re- turned to Lucnow and died the same year, G, V. Had formerly the takhallug of Myr, now that of Sdz, he now resides at Faydhabad, J. He was a friend of B, and was upwards of رو ی years of age when he wrote. :
Sézin, Nawab Mirz4 Ahmad ’alyy Khan Shawkat-jang of Lucnow, a son of Iftkhér aldawlah Mirzé ’alyy Khan, lives at the court of Acaf aldawlah, C, V, E.
Sézan, Shaykh Shams aldyn of Dilly resided at Farrokhabad, was a soldier by profession, and a pupil of Sdz, K.
Subsén, Myr ’abd al-Sub/an was a pupil of Abra, D.
Sul¢én, Mirza (Prince) Mohammad E'zid-bakhsh Bahddur of Dilly, familiarly called Mirza Nyly is alive, D.
Suléan, Nawab Nacr Allah Khén Bahddur of Afghan origin is کل of Réûmpûr, D. He is dead, ۰
Sultan, Sultan Quly Bég is a soldier by profession, D.
Ta’ashshug, Myr Sayyid Mokammad of Dilly, a descendant of *abd al-Qédir Jylany and a relation of Myr ’izzat Allah ’ishq; he has lately taken to poetry, D, H. He is at present, 1852, Professor of Arabic in the Dilly College and may be about sixty-five years of age.
Tab, Mahtab Ray, P (see Tayib).
Taban, Myr ’abd al- Hayy of Dilly, a handsome but profligate man, who died young of dropsy contracted by drinking, A, B. He was a friend of Sawda and ‘a pupil of Mohammad ’alyy Hashmat. His Dywan contains about one thousand verses, J, E.
Tabyb, Sayyid Shah of Léhér writes Urdd with great correct- ness, D. [Firaq, D.
Tabyb, Walyy Mohammad is a Surgeon of Dilly, and a pupil of
Tacawwur, Sayyid Ifsén Allah a son of Hosayn Khan, a native of Pankér not far from Lucnow, may be about 25 years of age, he is a a pupil of Jorat, E. According to D, the name of Tacawwur was Sayyid Hasan Khan and according to H, Sayyid: Hosayn Khan, and according to K, Sayyid Haydar ’ally, and according to P, Sayyid Haydar Hasan Khan, and according to T, Sayyid م۱۸۵۵ Hosayn.
Tacawwur, Sayyid Rajab os of Dilly, a pupil of Naçyr has lately taken to poetry, D.
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Tagwyr is the takhallug of a lady; says R, with whose circumstances I am not acquainted. |
Tagwyr, Shih Jawad ’alyy of Murshidabad, is a poor man, who has lately taken to writing poetry, D.
Tahayyur of Dilly, a clever poet, D. Died some time ago, H, In K, P and R is the following account, his name is Gholaém Mogéafa, a son of Mawlawy Rafy ’aldyn, who was a very learned man, K, P and R speak of him as if he was alive. It is clear that he is iden- tical with the Tahsyn of D, and not with his Takayyur, who must have been dead when P wrote.
Tahsyn, Myan Gholam Mogtafa a son of Malawy Rafy ’aldyn has recently taken to writing poetry, and Firaq corrects his verses, D, See preceding notice,
Tahsyn, Munshiy Hosayn شلد" Khan resides at Etéwah, H, _
Tahsyn, Myr Mohammad Hosayn Khan of Lucnow, has the title of Moracga’ Raqam, he is a good calligraph and Inshé-writer, H. His name is Myr Mohammad Hosayn "24۸ Khan, he is a son of Moham- mad Bagqir Khan Shawg, he lived at the court of Abû Mangir ’alyy Khan Qafdar-jang. He is the author of the ضوابط انگر بزي and of تواری داسمي in Persian and of the نوطرز مرصع which is an ۵ version of the story of the four Darwyshes, T. He seems to be identical with the preceding, though H distinguishes between the two.
Tajalliy, Shah Tajalliy (Shah Tajalliy ’alyy, D, K.) of Haydara- bad a Darwysh, occupies himself usually with poetry, D. ۱
Tajalliy, familiarly called Myan Hajy, his name is Myr Mohammad Hasan, (Hosayn H, Mohsin K), he is a son of Myr Mohammad Hosayn (Hasan H) Kalym (D says Talib Hosayn Kalym) and a nephew of Myr Mohammad Taqyy Myr, he is the author of a thick Dywan and of a رلیلی *چنون he is a soldier by profession and about forty years of age, E, whose friend he was. He lives now in the ’arab-saray near Dilly, and had for some time the takhallug of Hajy, D. I have heard he is dead, H. According to T the name of Tajalliy was Myr Gholam ’alyy, and the theme of the Mathnawy is the affection for. him of a Bréhman’s wife whom he married, R makes a distinction between Mohammad Hosayn, familiarly called Hajy, and Myr Gholam ’alyy the author of the Layla Majnin,
Tajammul, of Luenow, D, H.
Tajammul, Myr A’tzam (Mohammad ’atzym H, P) of Luenow, a pupil of Jorat, writes chiefly Marthiyahs, D.
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Tajarrud, Myr ’abd Allah of the Deccan, a pupil of Sayyid ’abd- al-Walyy ’uzlat, A, B, D.
Talab, Shaykh Talib ’alyy of S&ménah came ih the suit of Dzié-l-Figér aldawlah Najaf Khan to Meerut where he had his Rékhtah verses corrected by T, subsequently he entered into the English military service and rose to the post of Jamé’ahdar, T.
Tali’, Lala Hindû Lal of Haydarabad, a pupil of Faydh, R.
Tali’, Myr Shams aldyn of Dilly, died young, B. He was a native of the neighbourhood of Lucnow, C.
Talib, Myrz4 Abi Talib, of a village near Awrangébad served in the army of Bahadur Shah (who sueceeded to the throne in 1118) and spent part of his life at Dilly, A.
Talib, ’ashir Bég Khan a son of the late Dawlat Bég Khan, his ancestors were of Tiran; but he was born in Hindûstén, he is a pupil of Myr Taqyy and Firad, K.
Talib, Hafitz Talib is a poet of Rampur and a pupil of Mawlawy Qudrat Allah Shawgq, P.
Talib, Shayk Talib ’alyy of Patna, a brother of Gholam ’alyy Rasikh, J. He was a pupil of Fidwy, he died young in 1206, and left a Dywan, V composed the following chronogram on his death, ,طالبت علي در قوب احمد یافت جا
Talib, Talib ’alyy is a son and pupil of Myr Ghalib ’alyy Khan Sayyid, H, K, D.
Talib, Myr Talib ’alyy of 1140640, a nephew of Mocyb, J. ` Talib, Télib Hosayn Khani a Kashmyry of Dilly, a son of ۵۵ ‘askary ۷۸/۵ is a daréghah or steward to Prince Solaymaén-shikoh, E, K. He is a pupil of Inshé Allah Khan, H.
Talib, Myan Talib ’alyy is a Buzurg-zddah (i. e. the descendant of a celebrated man or saint) and resides at Lucnow, D.
Tamanné, ’abbés Quly Khan (alyy Khan, K) of Dilly was a Moghol by origin, D knew him, but he was dead when he wrote.
Tamanna, Myr Asad ’alyy Khan of the Deccan a contemporary of Nawab Nitzém ’alyy Khan, D.
Tamanna, Myrz4 Moghol Khan is a great man of Dilly, R. When I was at Dilly, in 1845, he used to hold ۰
Tamanna, Khwajah Mohammad ’alyy of Patna, a son of Khwajah ’abd Allah Téyyd, is a friend of 0. According to J, his name is Mirza ’alyy Ridha, he mentions besides him a Tamanna of Dilly regarding
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whom, he says, neither Gurdézy nor Taqyy give any information, but he learned from Myr Awlad ’alyy that this verse is by him اچ ديكهي هین تمناۓ تمباری 1نکھیں Utd شوق gs? 6 ALI نرگسستان : Tamanna, Mohammad Ishq Khan born at Dilly was of Kashmyry origin, he went to Bandares and entered the service of Myrzé Jahan- dar Shah and died there, H.
Tamkyn, Bakhté Mal Pandit was born at Dilly but his ancestors were of Kashmyr, he resides at Bareilly, H. His father was Lachmy Ram Fidda, K.
Tamkyn, Çalér aldyn resided at Dilly and is a fertile Rékhtah poet, A, B, J. He flourished under Mohammad-shah, C calls him Myr Çala aldyn. T informs us that he was a great drunkard.
Tamkyn, Mohammad Yisof, R.
Tamkyn, Myr Than ’alyy is skilled in the superstition called Raml. In 1238 he came with Shawkat-jang from Farrokhabad to Dilly and D made his acquaintance.
Tanaé-shah, Abi-l-Hasan (Sayyid Abi-l-Hasan) king of Golconda, after the fall of his capital, he was confined by ’élamgyr to the town, and treated with great severity. As he had been given to pleasure, he missed much the luxuries which he used to enjoy, and solicited from the Emperor to be allowed the use of the Huqqah. This indulgence was granted, and he now smoked day and night using ottar of roses and other perfumes instead of water to allow the smoke to pass through, to increase the intoxicating effects of the huqqah. At first he used daily hundreds of bottles of rose-water, but the Emperor when he heard of it, restricted him to sixteen flasks and to eight Béd-mushks and after some time he still farther reduced his allow- ance until Taén4-shaéh gave up smoking altogether, being disgusted with the stinginess of his jailer, G.
Tanha, Shaykh ’iwadh ’alyy Khan, a son of Mohammad Wahyd Khan b, Mohammad Sa’yd Khan b. Qéûyim ’alyy Khan b. Qasim ’alyy Khan and a pupil of Muchafy, was a soldier by profession and is now at Dilly, D. Qasim ’alyy Khan was a native of Madynah and came with Humayûn: to India and under Akbar he was honoured with a Mancab. His descendants occupied posts of responsibility under the emperors. Tanha served first in Mahbib ’alyy Khan’s cavalry in the army of Nawéb Dzi-l-Figér aldawlah, after the Nawab’s death he entered the service of Jahdndér Shdh and subsequently of
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Iltimés Khan and then of Mahdiy ’alyy Khan, andit seems he was in the service of the latter nobleman when T wrote, who made his acquaintance at Meerut.
Tanha, Mohammad ’ysi born at Lucnow, his ancestors were of Dilly, he may be about twenty-seven years of age and is a soldier, E.
Tanha, Sayyid Kifayat’alyy, a son of the late Sayyid Llahy-bakhsh, was in 1261 at Dilly and attended the Moshé’arahs held in the house of Moghol Khan Tamanna, R.
Tanha, Sa’d Allah Khan of Dilly, a pupil of Firaq, died young, ۰ He was of Afghan origin and my pupil, K.
Tapish, Myr Madad ’alyy of Dilly, his ancestors were of Persia, is a pupil of Asyr and has written also elegant verses in Persian, R.
Fapish, Mohammad Isma’yl, familiarly called Myrz4 Jan, of Dilly, his father Yusof Bég Khan was of Bokhara, he is a pupil of Mo- fammad Yar Bég Sayil and of Khwajah Myr Dard. C met him at Benéres in 1198, and he was then a young man and in the service of prince Jahindér Shah, C. He subsequently came to Murshidabad and thence to Calcutta, where he was for some years imprisoned, he died after he had again obtained his liberty, V. During his impri- sonment he composed a Yostf 6 Zalykha in Rékhtah. He is now in Bengal, K. He is alive, D. Bény Narayan says also, that he was alive when he wrote, but had left Calcutta and gone up-the-country.
Taqyy, Sayyid Mohammad Taqyy of Dilly, familiarly called Myr Ghasy, was a pupil of Fakhr aldyn and supported himself by copying books and teaching, C, D. He was.a disciple of Myr Mosammad ’atzym, K.
Tarab, Shani Lal a Kayeth of Lucnow is a pupil of Nawizish, he composes chiefly Marthiyahs and uses in them the takhallug of Dilgyr, he is a convert to the Islam, P. Subsequently he had his verses corrected by Imam-baksh Nasikh, he is now at the court of Oudh, T.
Taraqqiy, Myrz4 Mohammad Taqyy Khan of Faydhabad is a wealthy man, and a great admirer of poetry, D.
Tarik, Zahid Bég of Dilly a pupil of Myr ’izzat Allah ’ishq, T, D.
Tarsén, Myr Bahadur ’alyy of Lucnow is a pupil of Jorat, D.
Tarz, Girdhéry Lal a Kayeth of Amrohah a pupil of Qayim, C.
Tarzy, Myr Imam ’alyy is eighteen years of age and my pupil, ۰
Tasalliy, Myr Shuja’at ’alyy of Dilly a pupil of Nagyr is alive, D.
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Tasalliy, Lélah Tyké Rém, a son of the paymaster 0604 Ray, is about twenty-five years of age; his ancestors came from the neigh- bourhood of Etéwah but he was born at Lucnow, he had a large collection of works of poetry, E. : According to D the takhallug of this poet was Taskyn. T says he is a pupil of Matyn.
Taskyn, Gangé Dis a Kashmyry Pandit, D. All Hindis whine ancestors came from Kashmyr are called Pandits if they are Braéh- mans, and almost all Kashmyries are of that caste. ۱ ۱
Taskyn, Myr Hosayn, descended from Myr Haydar Khan Qatil the Wazyr of Farrokh-siyar, is a pupil of Miimin Khan and a friend of P.
Taskyn, Myr Sa’ûdat ’alyy, a pupil of Minnat (D says of Nitzém aldyn Majnin), is a promising young man, E. He is of Bareilly, T.
Taslym, Mohammad Kabyr Khan an Afghan of Rampir a pupil of Khalyfah Gholaém Mohammad ’abbasy (’ayydshy ?) صا (Barei- lawy, H), T, D.
Tathyr, Myr Çédiq ’alyy of Haydarébad, D.
Tayib, Hafitz ’abd Allah of Dilly is a pupil of ’abd al-Ra/mãn Thsén, D.
Téyib, Mahtab Ray is originally of Kashmyr, H.
Thabit, a poet of Haydardbad of whom D quotes a Rubaé’y on Nawab Aristi-jéh ارسطو چاه ,
Thabit, Içalat Khan (Ijébat Khan, .ظ Ijdbat ’alyy Khan, R) of Afghan origin, a pupil of Fidwy, lived long at Patna and died in 1210, V.
Thabit, Myrz4 (Prince) Mo’izz aldyn Bahadur, a brother of the celebrated Myrza Ahsan-bakhsh, is alive, and Ihsén usually corrects his verses, D. :
Thabit, Shuja’at Allah Khan of Pûnypat a pupil of Ja’far ۴ Hasrat, C. He resided at Lucnow, K.
Than, Myr Shams aldyn born at Patna was a pupil of Shah Moshtaq Zalab, E.
Thana, Thané Allah Khan of Farrokhabad is Sirishtahdér in the Magistrate’s court at Coel, where R met him five years before he wrote.
Thanésery, Shah Imam-bakhsh, a Darwysh of Thanéser, i 18 a mys- tic, +
Thagib, Myr Ghalib aldyn was a contemporary of Walyy, his poems are in the style of the ancient poets, D.
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Théqib, Sayyid Shams aldyn was a Darwysh of Dilly and a pupil of Abri, D.
Thaqib, Shihab aldyn a pupil of Abri, A saw him in 1164. He resided at Dilly, C. He was of Loharah, T.
Tharwat, Sayyid Darwysh ’alyy was a queer man, P.
Tharwat, Mufty Gholam Makhdtim of Phulwary, a son of Maw- lawy Jamal aldyn and a pupil of Mawlawy Ayat Allah Jawhary, was first a poor man, but obtained forty thousand Rupees by inheritance, he was a learned Mawlawy and resided at Patna, he is dead, V.
Tharwat, Myrz4 Mohammad ون41“ of Lucnow was usually called Agha Tharwat, he was tutor in the house of Rajah Tikét Ray, D.
Thurayy4 Shah is the name of a poetess, T.
Tifl, Myrz4 (Prince) ’abd al-Moqtadir a grandson of Shah .’dlam, K. He is the author of three Dywans, H.
Tomas, John Thomas a native of Dilly, and a son of Mr. George, who was familiarly called Jihaz Cahib, is a soldier-like man, D, H, K.
Toréb, Mawlawy Tordb ’alyy, a very pious man, is now about fifty years of age, he resided formerly at Dilly, I do not know where he now is, R.
Torrah, Torrah-béz Khén of Bendres, P.
Tar, a poet of Lucnow is a pupil of Mohammad Ridhé Barq and of Nasikh, P.
Tzafar, (۸7۶۹۸ Abi Tzafar, king of Dilly, is the author of a Dywan, which in reality has been composed by Dzawq. —
Tzéhir, Myr Lutf ’alyy, a son of Myr Mohammad Baqir Tzohûr a pupil of Hasrat, pays now less attention to poetry than to music, J.
Tzéhir, Khwajah Mohammad Khan, a pupil of Myrz4 Matzhar, died probably after the invasion of Nadir Shah, B. He was a son-in-law of ‘alyy Naw4z Khan and came for his sake to Patna. He died young, J.
Tzéhir, Myr Mohammady of Dilly resides since some years at Agra, where he practises medicine, D, K.
Tzahyr, Nagyr aldyn, a pupil of Mobtala, is a good Persian scholar, he lately intended to go to Najaf but remained in the Deccan, I have no news of him, says his instructor, T.
Tzaryf, Khod& Wirdy Khan (Khoda Burdy Khan, D, K) is a brother of Sa’4dat Yar Khan Rangyn, and had formerly the takhallu¢g of Bé-tab, he is a soldier-like young man and his brother revises his
verses, K. See Bé-tab p. 215.
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Tzohtir, Bady’ aldyn Haydar the second son of T.
Tzohtir, Myr Moammad Bagqir, a pupil of Myrza Matzhar, bad formerly the takhallug of Hazyn, he adopted the takhallug of Tzohir when he went from Patna to Jahangyrnagar, he wrote a Saqty- ndmah and a Dywan, he died under Amad Shah, J.
Tzohur, Lélah Shéé Singh resides at Agra and imitates Yaqyn, B. Flourished under A/mad Shah, C.
Tzohtr, Tzohar Allah was a contemporary of Mokammad Shah, D.
Tzohur, Tzohtr Allah Khan a son of Dalyl Allah Khan of Bedé- lun (?) obtained the title cf Khan from Myrza Jawan-bakht. He was an exceedingly pleasant companion, and made at Luenow the acquaintance of most poets, as Jorit, Inshé-Allah Khan. He made the pilgrimage to Najaf and lived some years at the court of Persia; the Shah conferred the title of Sa’dy of India upon him. He lives now in his home, T. He may be identical with the preced- ing, but the verses quoted are not the same.
Tzohir, Hafitz Tzohir Allah Bég is a young man of Dilly, his ancestors were of Tûran, D, H.
Ulfat a poet of Motzaffarnagar, H.
Ulfat, Mohammad Ulfat a native of the neighbourhood of Hayda- rabid, H. He is probably identical with Mokammad ’othman Ulfat mentioned in the Cubhke Watn, p. 32.
Ulfat, Ray Mangal Sén of the Kayeth caste was a native of Patna and held for some time an office at Dilly. He was a pupil of Jorat, H.
*umdah, Sytû Ram a Kashmyry is a pupil of Yaqyn, B. He was a contemporary of Arzu, C.
’umdat almulk a son of Nawab Mohammad ’alyy Khan, D.
Umméd, a poet of Haydarabad of whom nothing farther is known, H, D.
Umméd, Myrz4 Mokammad Ridha had the title of Qazalbash Khan. He was a native of Persia and a pupil of Zahir Wahyd, he came under Bahadur Shéh to India and obtained rank and title, and died in 1159. He left a celebrated Persian Dywan and a few - Rékhtah verses, A, M, C, H.
Umméd, Umméd ’alyy, a son of Nawéb Khanjahan, resides now at Hooghly says Bény Narayan.
Ummy, Rawshan Bég of Dilly, a pupil of Nagyr, is a young man of considerable poetical talents, H. He died young, P.
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Mo’atabar Khan of the Deccan was a man of rank and a رو pupil of Walyy, B, C.
Ustad, Shaykh Mohammad-bakhsh of Bareilly, ظط
’uzlat, Sayyid ’abd al-Walyy, a son of Sa’d Allah who was a very learned and pious man and in whom Awrang-zéb had very great confidence, was born at Strat, but his family was according to B of Bareilly, he was a good Arabic and Persian scholar and was alive in 1165, B. According to C and G the family of ’uzlat was from a place near Lucnow, after his father’s death ’uzlat went to Dilly, where he made the acquaintance of many men of letters, and it was there that he received the first impulse to devote himself to Rékhtah poetry. From Dilly he went to Murshidabad and was supported by ‘alyy Wirdy Khén. Having committed himself, owing to the levity of his disposition, he left Murshidabad after the death of his patron and went to the Deccan where he died, he left a Dywan, C, G.
Wacif, Hasan-bakhsh a relation and pupil of H.
Wiacil, Mohammad Wagil (My&n Wacil Khan, D) was head porter in the palace, he was descended from Rayman, D. He is dead, K.
Mohammad Wacil of Badawn is a fair poet, D.
Wacil, (Gholim, J) Mohyy aldyn Mohammad of Belgram, it is said that he has written a Rekhtah Dywan which has about one thousand verses, J, V.
Wagl, Myrzé Ishéq, a son of Hajy Ibrahym and a grandson of Aqû Qadyr Ispahany, resides since some time at Lucnow and is a pupil of Shah Malul, he composes chiefly Marthiyahs, C, ۷۰
Wadad, Myrza Dawid a witty poet, D.
Wafé, Myrz4 (Mawlawy, C, D) ’abd al’alyy a Kashmyry of Dilly where he resides and supports himself by teaching, he is a pupil of Nagyr, D, K.
Wafa, Lila Nawal Ray is a young man, A. He is a younger brother of Golib Ray Dywan of Najyb aldawlah Najyb Khan, C, J, V. He was Nayib or deputy governor of Oudh at the time of Çafdar- jang who died in 1167.
Wahdat, Jam’yyat Ray a Kayeth of Meerut where he is a writer in a public office, H, P.
Wahm, Myr Mokammad ’alyy of Dilly, a son or grandson of Myr Mohammad Naqyy (Taqyy, V, D) Khaydl the author of the o4: J4s resides now at Lucnow, and has an appointment under Agaf aldawlah, C, E, و۷ K.
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Wahshat, Myr Abi-l-Hasan of Mynt near Dilly was a grandson of Tyr-andéz Khan and a pupil of Sawda, he was dead in 1168, A, ۰ V says “It appears from the Tadzkirah of Myr Gholém Hasan and from the Gulzdre Ibrahym that Abd-l-Hasan Wahshat is identical with Mohammad Hasan Hasan though Myr Mokammad Taqyy makes a distinct person of Wahshat in his Tadzkirah. It is possible that he had both the takhallug of Wahshat and Hasan and the name of Abi-l-Hasan and Mohammad Hasan.”
Woahshat, Myr Bahadur ’alyy was at the court of the late Nawab Shuja’ aldawlah, it is said that he composed the باره ماسک in the iN of the وتهذههاني C
Wahshat, Gholém ’alyy Khan of Murédébéd, a son of Myr Farhat Allah Khan and a pupil of Miimin, holds at present an ۳ under the English government at Bulandshahr, ۰
Wadhshy, Myr Bakhshy of Dilly resides since some years at Patna, J.
Wahyd, Mawlawy ’abd al-Rawif of Calcutta is a good Persian scholar, R.
Wakyd, Hakym Mohammad Wahyd aldyn Khan of Badawn is a well educated man and physician to the Rajah of Bhartpir, R.
Wajid a mystical poet, D.
Wajyh, Nawab Wajyh aldyn Khan Mobarak-jang, (MobAdir-jang, K, perhaps Mobariz-jang), a pupil of Fakhir Makyn, uses in Persian the takhallug of Baryn (see p. 162), he is the author of a Rékhtah Mathnawy of twelve thousand verses, V. Most of his Ghazals are in Persian, K, D.
Walih a Hindû of Faydhabad, ۰
Walih, Marhamat Khan a Kashmyry of Dilly was in the English service at Lucnow and Dilly, and used in his Persian compositions the takhallug of Théqib, he died some years ago, H, K, D, P.
Walih, Myr Mobarak ’alyy of Dilly a son of Shah Qudrat Allah Qudrat, is a man of no learning, he resides at Murshidabad, C, J, V.
Walih, Mohammad Akbar of Dilly was a contemporary of Mo- hammad Shih, D, K.
Wilih, Mohammad Khan was in the service of prince Jahandar Shah, V. He is probably identical with the Walih of whom D says that he came in 1239 to Dilly.
Waliy, Munshiy Mohammad Waliy of Pandia resides now at Hooghly says Bény Narayan.
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_ Walyy, Myrz& Mohammad Walyy (Myrzé Walyy Morammad, P) of Dilly a nephew of Shah Asrér Allah is now, 1194, at Murshi- dabaid, he is a fertile poet and has written a Dywan, C, J. He was a friend of Salym and died young, V.
Walyy, Shah Walyy Allah (Mohammad Walyy, J, D) of Gujrat was a descendant of the Saint Shd4h Wajyh aldyn Gujraty, about the year 1112 he visited Dilly in company with Abi-l-Ma’aniy, and it was there that he began at the suggestion of Shaykh (Shah, D) Sa’d Allah Gulshan to write Rékhtah poetry, A.
Wagif, Myrzi Hasan-bakhsh Khan of Dilly, a son of Tarbyyat Khan, is a teacher in the palace, D.
Wagif, Shah Wagqif of Dilly is a Darwysh and has some school learning, he was put into jail by the Nawab Shuja’ aldawlah on the suspicion of having cursed the army, but now, 1194, he is free and resides at Lucnow, C. He died several years ago, K.
Warith, Hajy Shah Mokammad Warith of ۱۱۸۳۵040 a pupil of Mogyb whom he accompanied to Makkah, after his death he returned to India, J. He is probably identical with the following.
Warith, Mohammad Warith of Ilûhébûd where C saw him, he was a man of some education. He wrote Persian and Rékhtah poetry, V.
Warith, Shah Warith aldyn of Dilly is a Çûfy Shaykh, and holds on the 14th of every month meetings in his house at which they sing, &c., he is an exquisite calligraph and a teacher of this art, D, K.
Wazyr, Khwéjah Wazyr of Lucnow is a pupil of Nasikh, P. He is the author of the ودسٹور العمل R.
Wazyr, Wazyr ’alyy Khan an adoptive son of Neat aldawlah, his attempt to possess himself of the throne of Oudh (in 1212) is well known, P. He died at Calcutta. In Bény Nardyan he has the takhallug of Wazyry.
Wigal, Naçr Allah Khan of Dilly, a son of Thana Allah Khan Firûq, is a good physician, D, P. In 1266 he was in the service of the Nawab of Jhajar on a salary of 150 Rupees a month, R.
Wilé, Matzhar ’alyy Khan, familiarly called Myrzé Lutf ’alyy (Myrza Lutf Allah, K), a son of Solayman ’alyy Khén Waddéd who was familiarly called Mohammad Zaman and was a good Persian poet, is a young man and a pupil of Tapish and of E. It is said that he went to Calcutta and is in the English service, K. He was
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a pupil of Mamnin, P. Bény Narayan states that his name is Myrzé Lutf ’alyy and that he is familiarly called Matzhar ’alyy Khan.
Wilayat, Myr Wilayat Allah Khan of Dilly elder brother of Mofhtasham Khan Hashmat, was a brave and generous man and a contemporary of Cafdar-jang, J, V. He died under Shujé’ aldawlah at an advanced age, C.
Wiléyat, Wilayat Shah a Darwysh of Dilly who went some years ago to the east, D. He resides at Coel, K.
Wos’at, Mostaqym Khan of Rampir is a new poet and a pupil of Shawgq, V.
Yad, Myr Gholém Hosayn of Stinypat a relation of Mawlawy "abd al’azyz and a disciple of Fakhr aldyn, and in poetry a pupil of 11۳40. He died young, K, D.
Yad, Myr Mokammad Hosayn a son of "4010 ’alyy Khan and a brother of Mokhli¢g ’alyy Khan and a pupil of Hasrat resides at: Murshidabad, J.
Yahya, Munshiy Yahyi Khan had first an appointment of trust at the court of Dilly, after the fall of that city he went to Bhartpir, where he obtained a comfortable appointment, he is dead, D, K. He was a clever Inshaé-writer, ۰
Yahyay, Mohammad Mohyy aldyn, a son of Shah Mohammad Misa anda brother of Bé-tab, is a young man, writes Persian and Rékhtah poetry, he has adopted the above takhallug in honour of Shah Khib Allah of ۱۱۸۳۵۵۵0 whose name was Mohammad Yahya, at present he is Qadhiy of Sayyidptr near Ghaziypar, J.
Yakdil, Myr *izzat Allah of Dilly flourished under Modammad Shah and composed chiefly Mangabaits, J.
Yakdil, Dilawar Khan, a brother of Moctafa Khan Yakrang, had for some time the takhallug of Hamrang and also of Bérang, K.
Yakrang, Lalah Bishen Das is a Kayeth of Saharanpur, D.
Yakrang, Moçtafa (Quly) Khan (Gholam Moçtafa Khan, K) of Dilly held a Mangab under Mofammad Shah and was a contem- porary of Abri, his Dywan contains about 500 verses, A, B, 0, ۰ He was a pupil of Matzhar, K.
Yakri, ’abd al-Wahhab is a pupil of Abrd, B, C.
Yakst, Lala Fath Chand, a Kayeth of Mogholpirah close to Dilly, was a good poet, D.
Yakta, Khwaéjah Mo’yn aldyn Khan is a nobleman of Dilly, BR.
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Yaqûb, Myr Ya’qub ’alyy of Dilly was a friend of Fakhr aldyn, many years ago he went to the east, and it is not known what has become of him, K.
Yaqyn, In’4m Allah Khan of Dilly, a son of Atzhar aldyn Khan Bahadur Mobéarak-jang, a grandson of the Majaddid or Reformer of the second year thousand, and a pupil of Matzhar, B, J. Matzhar was so fond of him that he wrote most of his poetry in his name, he was killed at the age of about twenty-five during the reign of Ahmad Shéh by his own father, because he brought disgrace on his family, C, E, G. His Dywan is very celebrated, J.
‘Yar, Myr Ahmad of Dilly, a son of Shéh Iléh-y4r and a pupil of Myr, flourished under Ahmad Shah and composed sometimes Rékhtah poetry, C, V.
Yar, Myr Haydar ’alyy of Dilly, a son of the late Nawab Ma’cim Khan, and a brother of Nawab Asad Allah Khan Sayyid almulk, resides now at Murshidabad, J. He is probably identical with the preceding Yar.
Yas, ص174( Bani of Haydarébad a pupil of Faydh, R.
Yas, Hasan ’alyy Khan, it is said that he lives now at Lucnow and is a pupil of Hasrat, C, V.
Yas, Hakym Ikram Allah resides of late at Dilly, R.
Yas, Khayr aldyn of Dilly, a pupil of Miimin, has given up poetry and devotes himself to medicine, P.
Yma, Myr Hosayn ’alyy Khan of Haydardbad a contemporary of Ymén, D. ن١ 1
Ymûn, Shyr Mokammad Khan of Haydarabad, it is said that he is a very great man, K, D. Besides this another Ymén is mentioned by D, but he says that he does not know his name.
Yunos, familiarly called Hakym Yunos flourished probably under Akbar, C, J. He composed chiefly Persian poetry, D.
Yusof, Nawab Amjad ’alyy Khan is a native of Dewy near Fath- pur Hanswa, R. [ verses, ۰
Shah Yusof was a Darwysh who composed sometimes Rékhtah
Yusof, Myr Yusof ’alyy of Dilly is of a good family and a disci- ple of Fath ’alyy Khan Hosayny, he composes sometimes poetry, D. He is a young man and a pupil of Sayyid Fath ’alyy Chisty, K. He is a pupil of ’izzat Allah ’ishq, H. He is evidently different from Yusof ’alyy Khan of Patna.
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Yusof, Yüsof ’alyy Khan of Patna a nephew of Acédlat Khan Thabit was formerly Thénahdar under the English Government, but he has given up his appointment ; V, whose pupil he was.
Zaman a poet of the Deccan, H.
Zaman, Sayyid Mohammad Zaman of Amréhah a talented young man and an acquaintance of E. Died some time ago, K, H.
Zar, Bahddur. Beg Khan was a soldier by profession, J.
Zar, Burhén aldyn Khan of Dilly, a calligraph in the service of the Emperor, has some knowledge of Arabic and Persian and writes Persian and Urdu poetry, K, H.
Zér, Myr Jywan a Kasmyry born at Dilly, he is upwards of thirty years. of age, E.
Zér, Myr Matzhar ’alyy of Dilly, a pupil of Mawlawy Shah Hafytz Allah, is in the service of Nawab. Myrz4 Ahmad ’alyy Khan at Faydhabad, 0, E, V, D. He resides at Lucnow, K.
Zar, Moghol Bég a friend of Myr Mohammad Taqyy, A, ۰
Zar, Myrza Sangyn is a relation of Nawab Monyr aldawlah, J. He is a pupil of Fidwy and resides now at Murshidabad, ۰
Zary, Sopan of Patna a pupil of Myr Mohkammady Ridha, died in Bengal, V.
Zindah-dil, Harsahéy Misr, a Bréhman, is a physician. at Sikan- darabad, D.
7,0۲, Dawid Bég of Dilly, a young man, is a brother and a pupil of Myrz4 Malhii Bég Shor, K, D.
Zynat is the takhallug of a dancing woman of Dilly, P.
Zyrak, Jay Sukh Ray, a Kayeth of Dilly, about twenty years of age, knows Arabic, H.
THE SECOND CHAPTER.
اس س ملا
WORKS OF PERSIAN POETS.
(63) ترجبه" تکلمه ۱ (P.)
A translation of ۷۵۵ و۳ Legends of Qédirian saints (see Çüfism) into Persian verses by ’abdy made in India under Shahjahan in 1051.
The author is not mentioned in Tadzkirahs, he himself informs us that at the age of fourteen he was laid up with fever and his life was despaired of. He fell into a sleep in which ’abd al-Qadir appeared to him and promised him recovery. From the moment he awoke, the fever left him and he rapidly gained strength and henceforth he devoted himself entirely to the service of that saint.
The book is divided into 105 chapters حکایت each containing the history of a saint. Beginning
کری بۂ بسم الله اي جان Jos) بس حمد حق Vw; پر کشا
Asiatic Soc. No. 324, a splendid copy about 200 pp. of 11 lines.
(64) یں سی (P.) The Dywan of Abjady. His name was Myr Moham-
mad Isma’yl Khan. He was tutor of the late Nawab ‘umdat alomara of the Karnatic, who made him a present
of 6,700 Rupees on the completion of the Anwar-namah 2R 2
308 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. II.
in A. H. 1174, and in 1189 he bestowed upon him the title of king of poets (Çubhe Watn, p. 27).
Contents: Ghazals about 130 pp. of twelve bayts alphabetically arranged ; and sixteen Rubé’ys. Bg اي نام تومفتاح در نطق و بیانها حمد تو بود آب تر خوشک زبانها
As. Soc. No. 706, 5۷۵۰ revised by the author.
(65) انور نامه (P.) The Anwar-book by Abjady, a Mathnawy containing an account of the exploits of Nawab Anwar Khan, the father of the patron of the author. It has upwards of 7,500 verses. Beginning خدایا توئی شاه فرمانروا توئی افرینند: ما سوا As. Soc. No. 1312, 4to. 174 pp. a good copy written in 1176.
(66) دیوان ابو الفرج روني Ex ` The Dywan of Abi-l-Faraj, according to ’awfy his name was Abi-l-Faraj .دا Mas’ ûd Runy, he was a native of Lahûr, and a panegyrist of Sultan Ibrahym (succeeded in 451, and died 481) the grandson of Sulé4n Mahmud of Ghaznah. Anwary carefully studied and imitated his Dywan. This statement is borne out by the contents of the Dywan, most Qacydahs being in praise of Sultan Ibrahym. Dawlat-shéh mentions Abt-l-Faraj Sajry or Sajzy (on this name see Walih and the Atishkadah, p. 114, it is usually but erroneously, spelled usps), and relates of him that he was attached to the court of Amyr Aba ’alyy Symgtir, who was governor of the Samanides
No. 67.[ ABU’-L-FARAJ. > 309
over Khorésan. When the family of Soboktogyn made war against this province, he was requested by the Sym- gûr family to write satyres against them. After the conquest of Khords4n Mahmtid (succeeded in 387 and died in 421) intended to take revenge on him, but at the intercession of ’oncory (died in 441), the grateful pupil of Abi-l-Faraj, he not only spared his life, but treated him with great consideration. The dates show that these are two different persons yet they are constantly confounded. The verses quoted by Dawlat-shah of Aba-l-Faraj are not found in this Dywan but those quoted by ’awfy are found 13 ۷۰ ۰ One copy begins ے: نظام عالم و خورشید ملک و ذات هنر نصیرالدرلت و پشت هد وروی ظفر In the other copy (No. 1360) this is the commencement of the third Qacydah, the first begins in it :— سپپر دولت و دیس آفناب ھفت افلیم ابو المظفر شاه مظفر ابراهیم As. Soc. of Bengal, two copies, which differ slightly from each
other, one, No. 510, was copied in 1078, 8vo. 110 pp. of 17 lines; the other, No. 1157, 12mo, about 100 pp. of 15 lines.
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(67) رباعیات اہو سعید ابو الشیر (P.)
Tetrashichs of Abû Sa’yde Abd-l-Khayr. His full name is Abu Sa’yd Fadhl Allah a son of Abu-I-Khayr, he was a great Cufy of Mahnah, his spiritual guide was Abi-l-Fadhl Loqman of Sarakhs (on whom see Jamy, Naf: aluns No. 361). He devoted himself to ascetic exercises, led a very austere life and spent fourteen years in the wilderness, he died at the age of forty-four
310 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. II.
in A. H. 440 (Jamy, Nafahdt aluns, No. 365; WaAlih, No. 2). Beginning ماك را و صفا رضوان ر came ونیا 7 : سو As. Soc. No. 1398, a splendid copy written raneifally in متا 1 50 pp. of 10 bayts in all 250 Rubé’ys, these of course are not all the Ruba’ys of this poet. In the Méty Mahall is a commentary (8vo.
10 pp. of 20 lines) by an anonymous author on the following Ruba’y which is not found in the above collection.
حورا بنظارن نگارم صف زد. رضوان OSM کف خود برکف زد of خال سیه برآن رخان مطرف زد ابدال زبیم جنگ ور صحف زد Beginning of the commentary :
العمد لله فياضى الحكم و المواهب. ٠ و موصل الطالبين. الى المطالب
(68) دیوان آصفي (P.)
The Dywan of Acafy. His father Moqym aldyn Ni'mat Allah was the Acaf (Wazyr) of Sultan Abû ۵ Myrza. Acafy was in great favour with Sultan Hosayn Myrza and possessed an astonishing memory and fine talents ; but he was excessively vain, and wasted his time in adorning himself. He was a pupil of Jamy and a friend of ’alyy Shyr, and died at Herat at the age of seventy, in 928. Ilahy says, that he made the following Ruba’y on his own death, when he felt it was approaching.
سالی aS رخ آمتی بهفدان ok ھفتاد تمام کرد 5 از بای gus) شك در QUAD و مصرع دار خست يموده رہ بقا بکام هعکاد
I have not found this Ruba’y in any of the copies of the Dywan which I examined, but not all copies do contain his Ruba’ys. Arzû does not consider it genuine.
No. 69. | ACAFY, ’ACCA’R. 311
He composed a Mathnawy in the measure of the Makh- zane asrar and Qacydahs in praise of the Imams, but it is particularly his elegant Ghazals which brought him to celebrity (Ilahy; Taqyy Kashy No. 170; Dawlat-shah Append. Khoshgt Vol. II. No. 39; Habyb alsiyar).
His Dywan consists almost exclusively of Ghazals and a few Ruba’ys.. — Beginning
سار ابال Gos دل ویرانی را يا مده مهر wy هیچ مسلمانی را
(316+7 Marall, two copies, both very beautiful, 196 pp. 11 lines ;
Tépkhanah 90 pp. As. Soc. No. 1860 an inferior copy of A. H. 1085 ; two good copies are in my private collection.
(69) | مهر و شري (P.) The Sun and Jupiter, a romantic poem by Shams aldyn Mohammad ’accar. The takhalluc of the poet عصار 8 an. oil-presser, he chose it because he followed in his early years this profession. He was a native of Tabryz, and died in A. H. 784. He left besides this poem some Qacydahs or panegyrics.
This poem was completed at Tabryz at 11 o’clock A. M.. the 10th of ShawwAl, but on the year the copies differ. Hammer Schoene Redek. Pers. p. 254 and one Lucnow copy have A. H. 778. Another Lucnow copy has 748, and the copy of the Asiatic Society has 788. The author who seems to have been an astrologer as well as a poet, gives us the constellation of the moment of the birth of this production of his genius, and it appears from it, that the sun was in the Pisces, that is to say, it was February. Now the 10th of Shawwal A. H. 778 coincides. with the 20th of Feb. A. D. 1377. This: therefore seems to be the correct date. (Sir G. Ouseley Notices of Pers. Poets
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p. 201, Baron Hammer loco cit. and Peiper, Comm. de Mihri et Musht. amoribus Berl. 1839, have given very full accounts of this poem; see also Kholdcat 6۳ No. 177.) Beginning بنام پاوشاهی عالم عشق که نام اوست نقش خاتم عشق Méty Ma/all, a splendid copy, 422 pp. of 12 lines ; Ibidem, 344 pp. of 14 lines; As. Soc. No. 1492, 12mo. The poem contains 5320 verses.
(8) مثنوي افید واختر تصنیف اچهی صاحب )70(
Venus and the Star, a poem by the prince Baland- akhtar, who was familiarly called Achchhé Cahib, and who therefore chose Achchhé as his takhalluç, he was a brother of the Emperor Mohammad Shah, and composed this poem in 1139. The title and date are contained in the following verses :
چو پایان یافت ایں شورید» دفثر نمادم نام آن ناهید واختر ازیں ابیات gay ای سخنداں شماری کی طلب از دردمندان 0 ٢ار OGG ASS اتوہ مولي غم او اندازه ر بیداد The contents of every chapter are expressed in a distich of the same metre as the rest of the poem. Bg. این خامه که چون برق بعکر نگ و تاز اسی صد شکر که از فضل خدا حمد طراز است Madzall, 26 pp. 13 lines a fine copy. را16(
(71) فافنامه تصنیف عامی (P.) The Qaf-namah by Gholam Sarwar ’dciy ; it consists of
Ghazals, all the verses of which end in ذو hence the name. Another peculiarity is, that the first letter of every verse of the first Ghazal is alif, of the second Ghazal b. &c., there is one Ghazal for every letter of the alphabet. Bg.
No. 73. | ADHAM, ADYB. 313
اي جبان افریں 458 و طاق از همه قیدھا علیی الاطاق Lithographed, Lucnow, Masyhay press, 1261 and Mogtafa press pp. on the margin is the Chiragh namah. 14 ,1264
ne م با
(72) 7 Bol OHS (P.)
The Dywan of Myrza Ibrdhym Adham,-he died or was put to death in prison in 1060, (vide pp. 99, 117, 109, 149, supra, see also Kholac. alafkar ).
Contents: Qacydahs in praise of the Imams; Mo- khammahs, 18 pp. of 15 bayts. ۱
گل sly آمد وشد مر غ چس نغمه سرا a ولو هه سی ئن ات زی
A Mathnawy called Companion of the pilgrims رفیق السالکیی being an imitation of the Makhzané Asrar, and a Saqiynamah, 41 pp. 15 bayts.
Ghazals, 32 pp. 13 bayts and about 100 Ruba’ys. Bg.
Moty (35۸۸1 a fair copy 12mo. As. Soc. No. 672, 8vo. 120 pp, of 13 bayts.
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(73) ple قصاید ادیب (P.)
The Qacydahs of Shihab aldyn b. Majd aldyn Isma’yl Adyb Cabir. Some say he was a native of Tirmidz, and was brought up at Bokhara, but the better. establish- ed opinion seems to be, that he was born at Bokhara and brought up in Khorasan. He studied at Herat and acquired a considerable knowledge of Arabic grammar
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and most sciences. His first patron was the Sayyid Abii Jafar ’alyy b. Hosayn Qodamah Masawy, who resided at Nayshaptr, and was so much respected that Sultan Sanjar called him his brother. Adyb Cabir resided long in his house at Nayshapur, and was introduced by him to the Sultan Sanjar and the nobles of his court. He gained the confidence of the Sulfan and when Atsyz raised in Khwarizm the standard of revolt against Sanjar, he sent Adyb as a spy to the court of Atsyz that he might con- tinually keep him informed of the intentions of his enemy. It so happened that Atsyz dispatched an assassin who was to murder Sanjar on Friday. Adyb sent the intelligence of the plot and portrait of the assassin in advance. The plot was thus frustrated, but Adyb paid with his life for his fidelity to hisformer patron. Atsyz ordered that his hands and feet be tied, and that he be thrown into the Oxus. This happened in 546. ۱
Adyb is one of the greatest of the early Persian poets, his merits are acknowledged by such high authorities as Jabaly, Anwary and Hakym Stzany. Rashyd aldyn Watwat and Adyb were contemporaries and very nearly equal as poets. . There existed therefore a great jealousy between them, and they wrote satyres against each other. Rashyd aldyn seems to have higher talents, but Adyb is more of a scholar, and his poems are more polished. Adyb’s Dywan was very rare at the time of Taqyy Kashy and the copy which he saw contained only 1000 verses, and was much injured. (Dawlat-shah, 2,17; Taqyy Kashy No. 10).
This Dywan consists of Qacydahs, most of which are in praise of Nitzam al-Khilafat Majd aldyn, at the end are a few Ruba’ys, &c. Bg.
No. 74.] _ A'DZORY:. 1 315
ای زمین را در زخت چون اسمان فر و بہا Moty Mahall, 136 pp. of 17 lines, the MS. is of some age, and con- tains apparently merely selections from the Dywan.
(74) دیوان آذری (P.) The Dywan of ۰
The name of this poet was Jalal aldyn Hamzah
(or ’alyy Hamzah) b. ’alyy Malik T'ûsy Bayhaqy. He adopted the takhalluç of Adzory because he was born in the month of Adzor, November. His father was a man of importance at Isfarayn, according to others at Bayhagq-Sabzwar, and in his early years Adzory sang Qacydahs in praise of princes, among them is one in praise of Shahrokh, which is celebrated ; subsequently he relinquished the vanities of this world, and became a Oufy. His spiritual guide was the poet Ni'mat Allah (see below). He performed twice the pilgrimage and remained two years at Makkah, and wrote there a work containing an account of the Ka’ bah and the ceremonies to be performed by the pilgrims, under the title of سعی .الصفاء Subsequently he went to India and was received with the greatest respect by Admad-shah Walyy (reigned from A. D. 1422 to 1435) of the dynasty of Kalbarga. He gave him a lakh of dirhams (according to . Ilahy 10,000 dirhams) but Adzory refused to accept them, and returned to Persia. On a subsequent occasion ‘when Mo- hammad Baysanghor poured a bag of gold out before him he equally declined it, but Mojahid Hindy, a very learned man who was present on the occasion, was less disinterested, and took a handful of gold mohurs and finally obtained the whole. Adzory died at Isfarayn in A. H. 866, at the
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age of eighty-two years. His tomb is at Isfardyn, and was at the time of Dawlat-shah so sacred, that convicts found an asylum there from the hands of justice.
He left a Dywan of 30,000 verses and several other works in prose and verse ; the following two are mentioned by Dawlat-shah, the Imperial Toghra رطغرای همایون and Curiosities الغرائب ile, (This is probably a mistake for الدنیا il“). In the Khizanah ’amirah is the fol- lowing account of the works of Adzory. “ I have seen a Mathnawy of Adzory which has the title’ of تمرات Fruits. It consists. of four books, each of which has a separate title. The first is called المکري طامه )2( ; the second iw) عجامب ; the third عجائب العلی ; and the fourth سعی الصفا It is a mystical and ethical work ;” I take a verse from it: ۱
خوانده باشی که زمره" تقلید بصناعت کنند مروار ید
(Hammer Shoene Redek. Pers. p. 300; Dawlat-shah, 6; Taqyy Kashy No.110. Haft Iqlym fol. 101.)
The Lucnow copy of his Dywan contains Qacydahs 50 pp. of 15 lines. They begin:
اغار سک به که dit مرد م 9E برنام نخدارند تبارک dls,
Ghazals, 120 pages, of 13 lines, and some satyres, Ruba’ys, &e. The Ghazals begin: گر کند بدرقه لطف تو ھمراعی ما چرخ بردوش کند غاشیۂ شاهی ما
Méty بالہ ن35 an indifferent and imperfect copy ; As. Soc. No. 701, a good copy written in 1032, the Ghazals begin in it زهي ضمچر نو از asf سر کائنات
(75) سرار SL جواهر (PF „, Gems of mysteries by Adzory, died 866. The author
informs us in the preface, that this is an abstract, made in 840, of a work which he had compiled in 830. It
No. 77. ] A FARYN. 317
consisted of four chapters and had the title معانیم (اسرار Keys to mysteries, and contained mystical explanations of some verses of the Qoran, of some traditions, of sayings of Cufies, and of verses of celebrated poets, more parti- cularly of Khaqany. This is a most useful book for un- derstanding Persian poetry. Dawlat-shah says of it مشکله cola] نجواھر الاسرار #جموعه ایست از نوادر وامثال وشرح عبر ذلک 3 Be. الابواب افتم باب فلبي وقلوب المسلمی وانت خیر الفانحیزی pine يا
Méty Madall, small folio, 470 pp. 23 lines, copied in 1037. At the beginning is a table of contents.
(76) دیوان آفریِن (P.) The Dywan of Shah Faqr Allah A furyn of ۰
He was of the Jébah, which is a division of the Gijar caste and died in 1154, Hakim (see page 144 supra) made
the following chronogram on his death (as sh رفت از عالم (vide pp. 118, 154, 150, and ۸2830, Khixanah
‘dmirah). It contains only Ghazals. Bg. دوام ما_ گرداندن رخ از 29 جهای شد سام ما js نمار ald دل Moéty Marall, 106 pp. 15 lines, the copy is incomplete and ends in Nûn.
The story of Hyr and Ranjha being a Mathnawy, by Afaryn, Azad informs us that he was engaged in cum- posing this poem in 1143 when Azad passed through Lahor.
بغام چس ساز نارو نیار که خار نیارش بود سرو ناز Bg. Tépkhéûnah large 8vo. 212 pp of 24 lines. `
318 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. I1.
(78) مثنوي افغان (P.) A Mathnawy of Afghan (see p. 197 supra). He gives us the date, 1174, when he wrote the following verse: روان کردم این چشمه آب گوار she صد چار بالا clita به The Mathnawy contains a description of India, an account of the war between the Mahrattas and Afmad- shah Abdaly, the praises of Shah “alam, &c. in 1470 verses. ۱ Bg. خدایا بقدرت خداي تراست بکار دو عالم کیای تراست
Farah-bakhsh, a splendid copy, ۰
(79) دیوان آفتاب (P.)
The Dywan of A’ftab. This is the takhalluç of the emperor Shah-’alam who reigned from A. H. 1173 to 1201. It contains Ghazals 120 pp. 12 lines. Bg.
المي از کرم چون بادشاهي SE مارا مطیع حکم Ve از up wal اقلیم دلہارا Topkhanah, a fine copy written during the reign of the author. Another copy is in the Méty Mahall, 288 pp. 10 lines. It begins خداوند! برافروزان بذورخود چرا غم را اجالب از شراب صوفت گردان ایاغم را It was written in 1206, and contains an excellent portrait of Shah "alam.
(80) دیوان اگاه (۳) The Dywan of Mawlawy Mohammad Baqir ۲
A'gdh. His parents were of Byjapûr, and he was born at E’lwar in 1158. Though he did not receive much instruction, he acquired a knowledge of most sciences and
No. 81.[ A’GA H, ۰ 319
wrote on various subjects in the Arabic, Persian, and Hindûstény languages. He died on the 14th Dzi-l-hajj, 1220 or 1221 (Cubhe Watn, p. 10).
Contents: Ghazals 180 pp. of 11 bayts; Fards and chronograms 15 pp. among the latter there is one for 1181 on the death of his Pyr Abi-l-Hasan, and one for 1203 on the death of Fakhry; Ruba’ys in praise of the Imams 52 pp. of 12 bayts. Bg.
آلهي مطلح صبم ” جلي کن دل مار
چەن زار کل وادي ایی کی دل مارا Tépkhénah, a good copy, 74 pp. 24 lines, it contains merely Gha- zals ; private collection 12mo. 250 PP: At the end of this copy is in which verses, | لسےر١ لعلال في ذکر a i treatise called Jie! similes, &c. on the new moon are collected from various poets, 48 pp. 12 lines. Bg.
هلالی ز بان با اینهمه آینه داري روش بیانها .
(81) دیوان اعلی خراسانی (P.) _. The Dywan of Ahly Khorasany. He was of Tarshyz, and his name was Sharm (?) His father was a very reli- gious man and was familiarly called Balpaky Sadah بلیکی ساده Ably came early to Herat and supported himself by writing for tanners and shoemakers. ‘Through the interest of Khwajah ’abd al-Hayy Zargar he was appointed Natzir of the mint. Being anxious to see the royal prince Farydtin Hosayn Myrza, for whom he enter- tained a great admiration, he asked for admittance into a garden in which he was sitting, but Sultan-bakht a black slave refused it to him. He wrote some verses which contain an allusion to the name of the door- keeper on a piece of paper, covered it with wax and
وا 5 7۰ ول 3۳
جس مد و نی اس شا مت رصم سامے ہبوت یں یں
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attached it to an apple which he passed through the water course into the garden. The prince read the verses and granted him an audience. After the fall of the house of Myrza Suléan Hosayn (died in 911) he went first to Mashhad where he composed Qacydahs in praise of the Imams, then he came in great poverty to Kashan and was reduced to begging, and finally he proceeded to Tabryz where he supported himself by teaching archery. He died at Tabryz in 934, Khwajah Khalyl Allah Zargar made the following chronogram on his death :—
اهلي مرد نام نکویش بمانه و بس His erotic poems are distinguished by their heart-felt fervency. Taqyy Kashy has seen a Dywan of about verses of his. (Bland, A century of Pers. Ghazals ; 3000 Samy No. 224; Taqyy Kashy No. 196.) ۱ Ahly Khorasany must not be confounded with Ahly Tûrûny, a Chaghatay nobleman of a profligate character who lived at the court of Sultan Hosayn Myrza and died in 901 or 902 (Samy No. 625; Khoshgt II. No. 4).
The Dywan of Ahly Khorasany contains merely Ghazals. Bg.
دو چشمم فرش آن مفزل که ساری جلوه ار al
| باشم خاکراه ۳ 5 us? بر جا پا Moty Madall, 8vo. 60 pp. 15 lines, a fair copy.
سس متس تست بت ت
(82) ران مان تارف (P.) The Dywan of Ahly of Shyraz. He was a friend of
the philosopher Dawwany who had a high opinion of him, both on account of the soundness of his judgment and his acquirements. He wrote a Qacydah in imitation of
No. 82.] yo TAHLY: 321
Salman’s celebrated poem and sent it to Myr ’alyy Shyr to Herat who was surrounded by the greatest poets of the age, and they all declared, among them Jamy—that he had surpassed Salman, whereas all other poets who had imitated it, had failed to equal him. When his renown had spread through ’ iraq, Khorasan and Adzarbayjan, he went to Tabryz and after a stay of two years in that city he made the pilgrimage to Makkah and returned to Shyraz and lived in retirement to his death, which over- took him at an advanced age in 942. Agreeably to his wish he was interred in the Macalla on the side of Hafitz and Sa’d Gul. :
Ahly Shyrazy has not been surpassed in ingenuity of versification, his Sifre halal is considered inimitable in this respect. (Bland, 4 century of Pers. Ghazals ; Taqyy Kashy No. 210; Ilahy).
Contents: Qacydahs in praise of the divinity, of the Imams, of Myr ’alyy Shyr, Amyr Najm aldyn, &c. Two of these Qacydahs are particularly celebrated, one in praise of Sultan Ya’qab and one in praise of Shah Ismayil. 136 pp. 23 lines. Beginning of the Qacydahs :
الهي بسر دفتر حکست الله ٠ بني آدم ائينه قدرت الله Qifahs, chronograms, Mokhammas’, ۰ Specimen
دریغا gil غنچه باغ دل که متصود ما بود خوش زود رفت Ghazals about 400 pp. 21 lines. Beginning
اي حیرت صقان تو بدد wy; ما انگشت حيرت ای بان yea, ما
7 Méty Mahall; a good copy, small folio.
م
gS ات سے س شس وم سے
4 و
322 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. II.
)83( *عرحلال تصنیف افلیی شهرازری e
Lawful sorcery by Ahly of Shyraz. The author says iri the preface that one day he heard that two poems of Ka- tiby, one called هی y=") جمع and the other تچنیسات ۵ much praised, because the former (as the name indicates) may be read in two different metres and the latter on account of the occurrence of words which consist of the same letters but have different meanings. This induced Ahly to compose a poem which combines these two pro- perties. It may be read in the metre فاعلاتی فاعلاتی فاعلییى or in the metre gelê glide .مفتعایی Moreover it has a double rhyme.
After a short preface in prose the poem begins:
ای Bak عالم بر تو بی شکوه رفعت خاک در تو پیش کوه
Méty Mahall, 23 pp. of 24 bayts, a 20 copy. Mr. Bland, has promised an edition of this poem.
م موس سس یی
(84) رباعیات اهلي شیرازی (P.)
Rubd’ys of Ahly Shyrazy. This collection contains 98 or 101 Ruba’ys, one on every card of a pack. He composed them in one night and wrote each Ruba’y on a separate slip of paper, and so well are the cards de- scribed in them that you could play with the slips. Beginning (after a short preface in prose) :
اي ”2 ہی خالی رھت کا علام کی صورت مہ بون چو حسن ذو aed هرکسی که ترا بند» بود پادشه است در بندگي تو بادشاه است غلام A splendid copy is in the Méty Mahall and one in the Tépkhénah.
No. 88. | AHLY. 323
(85) شمع و پروانه نصنیف اهلي شهرازی (P.) The Candle and the Moth, a poem by Ahly Shyrazy.
It was composed in 911 and has 1001 verses as stated in these lines :
چو از نعداد بر وفق مراد استا بخام حق هزار gis SG, است
سخ کز بر تارزخش کلم کم بوك تم US} الله eel بنام انگ مارا از athe دهد پررانه شمع هدایت Bg, Tépkhanah, a very fine ۰
(86) سافي نامه اهلی شيرازي (P3 Sagiy-namah of Ahly Shyrazy consisting of 110 Ruba’ys more or less. It begins after a short preface in prose : ساقی قدحی که ارساز است خد! مشکی بت ما بوالهوسان بهر خدا| ما ماهي مرده ایم وتو آب حیات مارا بومال خود رسان بہر خدا Méty Mahall, 84 pp. of 16 bayts, this copy contains besides the
Saqiy-némah other Ruba’ys of the same author and the Ruba’ys on the pack of cards, it was written in 1113.
(87) مثنوی اهلي (P.) A Mathnawy ascribed to Ahly. It does not appear which Ahly is meant. It treats on morals. Beginning
Toépkhanah, 32 pp. 12 lines, written in Naskhy.
(88) دیوان احمد جام (P.)
The Dywan of Abû Nacr Admad usually called Zandah Fy] زنده فیل a son of Aby-l-Hasan Namaqy. He was 32ھ
سس a ہو
9 اق ہف ہی رس رر J
ی کے او تب فی
دیو کے ۰
324 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. ۰
descended from Jaryr b. ‘abd Allah Bajaly and having been born at Jam, he is usually called Ahmade Jam. His early education was so much neglected that he knew neither to read nor to write. At the age of twenty-two he turned an ascetic, and after he had spent sixteen years in solitude on a mountain where it would appear he applied himself to study, he again mixed with the world. He was born in 441 and died in 536. ۰ He was in every respect a most fertile and successful man. He prevailed on sixty thousand persons to do repentance, he had no less than thirty-nine sons and three daughters, of whom three daughters and fourteen sons survived him and turned holy men and great authors, forty of his disciples became celebrated saints, and he left fourteen In yeaa and ascetical works, among them are :—
Lamp of the Pilgrims through life سراج السایرین
Samarqandian Essay رساله سمرفددي
Companion of the Penitent یس الفائبین
Key of Salvation لجات cide
Seas of Truth عار | اعقیقة
His son Tzahyr aldyn ’ysa is the author of a book called رموز العفایق on mysticism.
The Dywan consists chiefly of Ghazals in which he praises various persons, and a few iden ee and Ruba’ys.
اي یاں تو در دل و زبانپا افداده چو روح در روانپا Beginning
It contains also a Mathnawy of 0 100 ٥ in praise of A/made Jam, it is probably the composition of one of his disciples. Beginning
یت جام شوق یارم رورو شب زان خمار اندر خمارم روز ر شب
Moty Mahall. There-is a copy of a. Dywan of Ahmad in the Tépkhaénah, written in 1080, and one in the As. Soc. No. 757 which begins :
No. 90. ] _ AH’ ۰ 325
اي جمالت ذابشی در انس و جان اند,خنه
Sisto) در جہان cor پرثو روي نو It contains mystical Ghazals which are not alphabetically arranged and a Mathnawy of 93 bayts, it begins هستچام شوق یارم روز وشپ The verses quoted of Ahmade Jéûm in the Atishkadah and in Khoshgi’s Tadzkirah are not found in this Dywan, but there is a Ghazal in it, which very closely resembles a fragment of the Qaçydah quoted by Khoshgi, it begins; .گوهر عشقت زکانی دیگر است Small 8۳0, about 290 pp. of 14 bayts, lettered .دیوان احمد چام 1
(89) خواجه احمد جعفري احمدي Colds CF) Complete poetical works of the Khwajah Ahmad Ja’ ۴ whose takhalluc was ۰ Contents: A preface in prose 4 pp. Qacydahs in praise of the Imams 42 pp. 23 bayts. Beginning نفس نفس که بحمد. خد| سخ رانم ملك برد بفلک بر هدیه دیوانم Ghazals about 100 ۰0۵0۵۰:22 0 Beginning اي مد بسمل بود سر نوشت ما آغاز حمد تست :جلد سرشت ما Ruba’ys, &c. 40 pp. Topkhanah, the copy is defective in the middle.
و ا کت د
(90) دیوان ظفرخان احسں (P.) The Dywan of Tzafar Khan Myrza Ahsan Allah Ahsan
who died in 1073 or 1083: A’rzt relates on the authority of Sarkhosh (the passage is wanting in one of my copies of Sarkhosh, but it is in Mr. Hall's copy), that Asan had an album of the poets with whom he was acquainted as Cayib, Qodsy, Kalym, Salym, Danish, Myr Caydy, Salik Yazdy, Salik Qazwyny, &c, it contained portraits
a ہی oe سو
326 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
of these poets and some of their verses written in their own hand. Sarkhosh says that he saw the leaf contain- ing on one side the portrait and on the other the verses of Kalym in possession of Shah ’ayan a devotee, (see pp. 109, 118, 117, and 149.)
He gives us in the preface to this Dywan the date, 1032, when he began his poetical labours in the following Ruba’y :
از طبع ظعرخان چو گل نظم د میرف و زبای»" فکر اولی جرعۂ کشین تاریخ شروع خواستم گعت خر نوباوه زبوستان نکر احس چید Contents :. A preface of 18 pp. 11 lines ;—Ghazals 8 pp. 11 bayts. Ruba’ys 32 pp. Beginning of Ghazals: چو گردد شرهساري در قیامت عدر خواه ما بسوزه خرصی wher خلق از برق al ما A Mathnawy in praise of Lahor, the Panjab, Kashmyr, Agra, &c. 60 pp. Beginning بغام آنکه گل هم بلبل ارست به بمتان لاله سرخرش از مل ارست Mahall, beautifully written. In the Asiatic Society No. 23561۰ is a copy of the Dywan of Asan in which the initial verse of 1441 the Lucnow copy is not found, but it contains the verses quoted by Sarkhosh, it may be a second Dywan of the same poet. It has about pp. 1L bayts, and begins: 250 it fills ٭خانڈ راز In the same volume is a Mathnawy with the title pp. of 13 bayts and treats on various subjects. It is preceded 26
by a short preface in prose, in which the author praises his own poem. Beginning of the Mathnawy :
سذایش کدم داور ly Sb 5 از sob دان ابرو DG را
No. 92. } A HY. 327
(91) Ll دیوان 9 The Dywan of A’hy. He was a chief of the Ulûs which is one of the Chighatay hordes, and he had origin- ally the takhalluc of Nargisy but changed it into Ahy when he found that another poet of his time had adopted it. He was on terms of great intimacy with the prince Gharyb Myrza a son of Sulfan Hosayn Myrza and dedi- cated his Dywan to him. He died in A. H. 927. (Kho- lacat alas’ dr ; A'tishkadah p. 20). _ The Dywan consists of Ghazals and four Ruba’ys. Bg. تو لاله را ماند غزال چشم تو چشم غزاله را oy اي صد خجالت ازگل Méty Marall, a fine copy, 8۲۵, it contains evidently merely extracts.
(92) ددوای مير طاهر عاوي (P.)
The Dywan of Myr ‘Tahir ’alawy (usually pronounced ‘olwy) who died in Kashmyr previous to 1136, (see pp. 100, 126.)
Contents: Qacydahs 79 pp. 19 lines. Beginning پر یشان حیرتم BS از all] pore مطلح دیواں حیرتم BHD از هر در Ghazals avd a few Ruba’ys 482 pp. 17 ۰ Bg.
نبت نامت کرد تاکللک Las جربان ما مشرق er ازل شد مطلع دیواں ما
Méty Mahall a very well written copy in Svo.; another copy in the same collection contains only Ghazals, 52 pp. of 10 bayts, and Ruba’ys, 10 pp. 8 verses and in the fly page is written دیوان رشید خان علوي Rashyd فک may have been the title conferred upon him by ’délamgyr, this copy begins:
مد sf گرم ما بسم الله دیوان ما هاي هاي گریه* هوي “حفۂ عنوان ما
There is also a splendid copy inscribed Khullyyate ’alawy in the Méty Mahall, containing Ghazals 538 pp. of 25 bayts, the margin being covered with text, and Ruba’ys 47 pp. 18 bayts. It begins:
328 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
زنگ elas برد یادش از دل حیران ما گشت خورشید جمالش مطلع دیوان ما The verses quoted in Walih of Myr Morammad Tahir Kashany ’alawy and of Mo’tamid almoltik ’olwy Khan Myrz& Mohammad Hashim being not found in it, it cannot be safely ascribed to either of these two poets.
(93) مثنوي علوی (Pa:
The mystical Mathnawy of ’alawy containing the story of the blacksmith and the cotton-cleaner و حلاج olds “as in about 1300 verses. ‘The author mentions Jalal Asyr as his contemporary. The book is lettered حداں و حلاج متنوي علوي خان the author is thereby identified with Myr Tahir ’olwy. ۱
بنام ZiT داد از رشنه" آو Sc ya سبح دلھارا بم ;)3 Bg.
Tépkhanah, 120 pp. of 11 lines, a good ۰
(94) عالی yl? خوان نعمت تصنیف (P.) The Table of Delicacies being the complete poetical works of Ni’mat Khan ’dliy of Shyraz, who died in 1121, see pp. 127, 151. It appears from the preface which is in prose, that his name was originally Nur aldyn Mo- hammad, and that he received the title of Ni’mat Khan in 1104, later he received that of Danishmand ۰ aliy is particularly strong in the satyre, and indeed the hyperbolic style of the modern school of Persian poetry is suited only to the satyre and parody. Contents: Preface in prose 30 pp. of 13 lines. Bg. عیار افزاي نقد "خی اکسپریست که چون فلزات معدن لفظ Ghazals 234 pp. of 12 bayts; and Qifahs, chrono- grams, Mo’ammas, &c. 42 pp. . Beginning
No. 96. | ‘Na’cir ‘ALYY. ۱ 329
تمامی یابه از مصراع بسم اللہ دیوانها ببی کز مد ای ابرو است زیب روي عفوانها Méty Marall, a good copy. In a MS. in the Farah-bakhsh inscribed Dywén of ’dliy is in addition to the above poems a Mathnawy of 180 pp. of 16 bayts which begins:
تسوهو حمد وشکر اورا که هرچه هست ازوست دام هسقی حلقه دار ازها In the Asiatic Society, No. 583, is a copy which in addition to the
which will be men- حسن وعشق and Mathnawy, contains the رط( tioned in the third chapter.
م د
(95) ۰۰ ۲ دیوان نامرعلی (P.)
The Dywan of Nacir ’alyy Sirhindy (I believe Sahrandy in p. 201 is a mistake) who died at Dilly in 1108, (see pp. 201, 113, 151, 126.) Beginning
الي شوخی برق جلي ده زبالم 1 قبول خاطر موسی کامان کی بیانم را Lithographed, Lucnow in the press of Hasan Radhawy, 8۰ a. (circa
1262) 104 pp. of Ghazals ‘and .8 pp, of Rubé’ys with glosses by Magtul and others, also in the Mortadhawy press, 1263.
مس تست بت ملا سام
The Mathnawy of It contains about 840 verses and begins:
الہی ذره دردی AEE ريز شرردر پنبه زار اسخوان ریز
Méty Mahall, 48 pp. of 22 bayts ; یکین As. Soc. 56 ۰ of 15 bayts,
330 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
(9 7) دیواں امانی CP.)
The Dywan of Aman Allah Amadny who died in 1044 (see pp. 109, 118, 116.) He praises Shahjahan. Contents: Introduction in prose. Beginning
سے٣ الله شکعبتب گوهری از معدن فدس Ghazals 153 pp. of 12 bayts, Tarjy’bands, Ruba’ys and
Qacydahs 40 pp. Beginning. ای ذات تواز کثرت افراد مبرا موجيکششي تا که شوم فطره بدریا A Mathnawy 18 pp. 19 lines. Beginning
ہ8 ساقي ان sol خوشگوار as عم لشکر ارات از هر کذار
Copies are frequent, M. M. 8vo. 204 pp. of 28 bayts; Tépkhdnah 12mo. yery splendid, containing Ghazals 180 pp. of 8 bayts, Ruba’ys 50 pp. of six bayts, Tarjy’ bands, a Mathnawy, &e. 80 pp.
(98) دیوان امیس ۳) The Dywan of Shah Mokammad Amyn aldyn ۵
takhalluç was Amyn. There occurs a chronogram in his Dywan on the building of a house for 1127, viz. Js? مکان رفیع است و عالی indicating the time when he
flourished. Contents: Ghazals about 80 pp. 22 bayts, Ruba’ys, &c. 9 pp. Beginning
خواند: ام تا ورق سخ شیدای را همه در اب زدم دفتر وااي را Tépkhanah, a fair copy, it is stated in the postcript that the copy بھوجب استفسار was written in 1140 at the request of the author
No. 99.[ ANWARY. 331
(99) کلیات انوری (P.)
Complete poetical works of Awhad aldyn ’alyy An- wary the greatest Qacydah writer of the Persians. He was born in a village close to Mahnah in the plains of Khawaran in the country of Abyward and he therefore chose first Khawary on his takhalluc. He seems to have been proud of his native country, for he used to say that it had produced three great men and that he was the fourth. These three men are Abû Sa’yd (see p. 309 supra) ; As’ade Mahnah, a very learned man and a contemporary of Imam Ghazzaly, with whom he used to hold disputa- tions, and Khwajah Abû ’alyy Ahmad Shadan Khawa- rany the Wazyr of Toghril Bég b. Mikayyl Seljiqy. A friend of his, *omarah, who used to revise his verses pre- vailed upon him to change his takhalluc into Anwary, under which he has become celebrated. He was originally a pupil of the Manctrryah Madrasah at 186 and very poor. The following occurrence prevailed upon him to exchange the study of divinity for the profession of a panegyrist. One day while he was sitting at the entrance of the Madrasah he saw a person passing by mounted on a splendidly caparisoned horse and accompanied by a numerous suit of slaves. The poor student asked who this great man was, and he was told that he was a poet. He wrote that very night a Qa. ydah in praise of Suléan Sanjar and presented it the following morning. The Sultan being a man of very great taste recognised the man of genius in him and took him into his service. Sultan Sanjar died on Friday the 11th Raby’ I. 552. Anwary was very strong in astrology and compiled several books on it among them, one called معید or the
2 U 2
332 PERSIAN. POETRY. [Cuap. If.
useful book. In 581 it so happened that there was a conjunction of all the seven planets in the sign of Libra, Anwary predicted a storm which would eradicate trees and destroy almost every building, so frightened were people at the approach of this partial destruction of the globe, that they built rooms under ground to live in. When the fatal day arrived it was perfectly calm and there was the whole year so little wind that the people were unable to winnow their corn. He died at Balkh in 586 and his tomb is on the side of that of the saint Ahmad Hadhrawayh. Dawlat-shah places his death in 556 and the author of the Atishkadah in 656. ۳ Awhady has seen 12,000 verses of Anwary. Azad saw a copy of the Dywan of Anwary which was written in 676 by Abi Bakr .حا ’othman ’alyy, along with it, some of them written in the same hand, were the Dywans of Abti-l-Faraj Rainy, Qadhiy Shams aldyn Tabsy, Tzahyr. Faryaby, Shaykh ‘abd al’azyz Labnany and Nacir Khosraw.
Contents: Qacydahs and Qifahs 364 pp. of 25 bayts:
Bg. مقدری نه بالت بقدرت مطلق کند زشکل بخاری چو گندد اررق Ghazals not alphabetically arranged 72 pp. 22 8 and Ruba’ys 23 pp. of 16 bayts. Beginning of Ghazals: توگردوست داري مرا گر نداري منم شمچناں ترشتر دوستداري ٠ Moty Marall, a most precious MS. written in 692; As. Soc. 150,
a fine old copy in folio; Ibidem 517, and 1246 (incomplete).
(100) شرح دیوان انوری | (P.) A commentary on the Dywan of Anwary by Abû-1- Hasan, (vide p. 93 supra). The commentator states.
No. 101.] ANYSY. 333
in a short preface that he confined his exegetic labours to difficult verses, but that he also explained the meaning of rare words occurring in easy verses.
Beginning سپاسی که از روی گواهی خرد برذمه جمله افراد The first verse on which he comments is ;
Vm چه جواني و جمالست cal باز و بسن حال که نو گشت زمیں را و زان را Méty Mahall, 8۳0, 180 pp. 15 lines; in the As. Soc. No. 1047 (about 150 pp. 20 lines) is a commentary on Anwary which begins with tlie same verse but has no preface, the remarks on the verse begin : جهرو بدابر مشهور تخاریست که در آخر زعسثان In the Tépkhénah (56 pp. 17 lines) is a commentary on the Qif’ahs of Anwary by Abd-l-Hasan Hosayny Farahany, it begins:
اي نام تو قالب عبارت را روح در راد ڌر بای Uke و دانش *چروح
(101) eel دیواں (P.)
The Dywan of Anysy. His name is variously spelt Yul Quly Bég, Yual Quly Bég and Lawlaqy, the first spelling is no doubt correct. It is said that he received the takhalluc of Anysy “companion” from the circum- stance that he was the intimate friend and constant com- panion of prince Ibrahym Myrza Jah, a grandson of Shah Isma’yl. He was first librarian of ’alyy Quly Khan governor of Herat under the Cafawides, he enjoyed at Herat the society of Shikyby of Ispahan, Myr Moghye, Mahwy Hamadany and other poets of note. When ’abd Allah Khan Uzbak took Herat after a year’s siege, he had a proclamation made in his army that the life of Anysy be spared, and he treated him with great respect and took him to Ma-wara-lnahr. Unfortunately however
5 و ۳ نی a A ae یو
i TYE
جح و مد POSE یر تست سرسا رس چپ بسن E OPEN
334 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. II.
all his papers were lost at the capture of the town, among them was a rough copy of a Mathnawy in the metre of Shyryn Khosraw. At the invitation of the Khankhanan, he came to India and was appointed paymaster of the forces, subsequently he was still farther promoted and received a salary of fifty thousand Rupees and a Jagyr. Anysy was as much distinguished as a gallant soldier as he was as a poet. All poems of his which are preserved, were composed by him in India. He died at Burhanpdr in 1014 or 1015. He left among other poems >حمود ر آبار in the metre of Khosraw 6 Shyryn. (Mdthir Rahymy و and Khoshgt, see also pp. 118, 45, 56 supra).
Contents: Qacydahs, Ghazals, and at the end a short Mathnawy. Beginning of the Qacydahs:
بشگفت گل ثازه گلستان ارم را شمعی دیگ افروخت شبسنان گرم را
Beginning of Ghazals:
بی تو جایگه کنم. بر سز خود خاک ااجا Moty Marall, 8vo. 122 pp. of 14 ۰
The Mathnawy of ’arif, he may be identical with the poet mentioned in page 156 ۰
The poem is in praise of the Imams, on morals, &c.
بعد حمد ذات پاک ذو الجلال انکه امد در نایش عقل لال Bg.
Private collection B, 90 pp. of 17 verses, copied in 1183 apparently under the eye of the author. There is another Mathnawy by ’arif (whether the same ‘Arif or another I have no means to ascertain). It contains apophthegms, logographs, مث At the end are added some Qacydahs in praise of the Imaéms. Beginning of the Math- nawy :
الہي قطرۃ ازباده تودید )8( بکامم ریز و گردان مست توحید
No. 103. | "ARSHY. 335
(103) شاهد عرشی (P.)
The Object of love by Myr Mohammad Mümin ۰ The date 1069, when he composed this poem is contained in the following verse:
تار دض تمامش زخرد جسلم گفت باحس ازل art عرشي زیبا
Arzu gives the following notice of him. “ He was a brother of Myr Cali Kashfy and a son of Myr ’abd Allah Mushkyn-qalam Hosayny, who was a celebrated calli- graph under Jahangyr. Both brothers were poets, calli- graphs and men of learning. Myr Calif is the author of the panegyric on ’alyy called مرتضوی Wslie, They are altogether a talented and distinguished family. They came originally from Persia, but since the reign of Jahan- gyr they inhabited Agra, I believe there are still descen- dants of this family extant. Myr ‘arshy was a pane- gyrist of Mohammad Dara-shikoh the eldest son of Shah- jahan. I have seen his Dywan, it is very simple, but it aims at high things and, it must be allowed, it contains fine thoughts. This ’arshy must be distinguished from the one mentioned above.”
The author informs us that he diligently studied the Mathnawy of Jalal aldyn Rimy and that this is an imitation of it. ۱ Beginning
حمد آرایم بذام ذر الجلال قال را افروزم از انوار حال
Méty Mahall, 184 pp. of 16 lines a splendid copy; private collec- tion, 262 pp. of 12 bayts, a fine copy.
۳ —
رک روت ویارد
< 3+0 ہک
336 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. ۰+
(104) سید" مهر و وفا (P.)
. Love and Faith, a Mathnawy by Myr ’arshy composed in 1053, the title is a chronogram. Like the preceding it treats on mysticism.
Tépkhanah, about 500 pp. of 12 bayts.
(105) دیوان عرشي (P.) The Dywan of Myr ’arshy. Contents : a preface in prose of 12 pp. 15 lines.
نثر ارایش دیباجه دیوان تُنا بذام مقدسست Bg. Ghazals 150 pp. 15 0۰ Beginning کرفرا grat بہار syle اش بستان ما Sy گردد ودل کے وگل جانما
Tépkhanah, copied in 1089. In the As. Soc. No. 1354 is a very clearly written old voiume in which all the works of Myr ’arshy are collected, it contains a preface in prose as described above, Ghazals about 200 pp. of 22 lines, beginning ‘481 ای بود ات منره زابندا و the Ghazal with which the Lucnow copy commences is in this copy the third; Qacydahs about 100 pp. beginning بود 44251 و ائیده- Jo ردان او جهان Rub ys 7 pp. Beginning
اي BOT بروني از درون وبروت معمو ر زحسن تست ببرون و درون
*چنون شد بر جلوه ليلي عفنون wis? ترا هزار لیلی wie?
(106) yey! دیوان (P.)
The Dywan of Qasim Arslén of Mashhad or Tus, he was descended from Arslan Jadzib a general 6
No. 108.] ARZU’. 337
Soboqtogyn, he came to India and was in great favour with Akbar, he died 995 (pp. 62 and 47 supra). Contents: Qacydahs about 150 bayts. Bg. بپر حمل پادشاه انس و خان ب که بسمله آرم برزیاں Ghazals about 2000 ۰ Beginning At the end are Qifahs, chronograms for 972, 977, 982, &c. and Ruba’ys, &c.
As. Soc. No. 685 870, 184 pp. 11 bayts, a very carefully written old copy.
(107) انتغاب از دیوان آرژو (P.)
Selections from the Dywan of Arzû who died in 1169 (see page 102).
Arzu has written about 31,000 Persian verses. Among his poetical works is a Mathnawy called شور عشق which is an imitation of Makmad 6 Ayaz, a Mathnawy called ,جوش و خررش a Saqiy-namah called آب le, a Dywan in which he imitates Fighany, and one in which he imitates Salym containing to every poem of theirs a new one of the same rhyme and metre, he also imitated Athar. These selections contain about one-tenth of his complete poetical works :
اي بسمله نام تو هر لوح زبان را حمد تو بود “AG قران بیان را Tépkhanah, about 500 pp. of 21 ۰
(108) دیوان ارزو (P.)
A Dywan of A'rzû (d. !169)—in which he imitates
Shafy’ayiy 11007 giving a counterpart to every one of 2x
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his poems. A’rzi informs us in his Tadzkirah, voce Athar, that these poems formed first a separate Dywan as they doin this copy, but subsequently he incorporated them in his large Dywan.
It contains Ghazals 88 pp. 15 lines; Ruba’ys, یا stories, Qacydahs, &c. 60 pp. 17 lines. Beginning
چه پروري بغدای سمیں تن خود را نداد, است کسی زور دش خود را Moty Marall, 224 pp. of 17 ۰
ہس
(109) وس و رامین (P.) The Love Adventures of Ways and king Ramyn, a romantic poem by Fakhr aldyn As’ad Jorjany ; who flou- rished under the Seljûq princes, (Mohammad ’awfy 10, 25 folio 129. Walih and Abû Talib mention him under Fakhr aldyn). ` The book was originally in the Pahlawy language, one day when the poet was with the royal army which was marching towards Hamadan ’amyd aldyn Abi-l-Fath, a high officer of the king requested him to translate it into Parsy verses, and it was at his request that he wrote this epos. The style is simple and the language but little mixed with Arabic words, though the author does not pedantically avoid their use. Beginning کس و شکر را زیبا مرانست که درملکش ,سرای, جاودانست As. Soe. No. 1166, 12mo. about 500 pp. of 16 bayts—old, clear and correct, but much worm-eaten and several pages wanting, among
these the one which contains the heading of the dedication to the king ; it is likely that his name was contained in the heading.
No. 111.[ A'SHNA’. 339
(110) عیش و طرب تصنیف عاشق (P.)
Enjoyment and merriment, a Mathnawy by Shaykh Nûr aldyn Mohammad ’dshig. It was composed in 1079.
بود هفتاد و نه افزوں بر هزار کیں کلک شد کنده در فصل بھار The Mathnawy contains tales, and seems to be an imi- tation of that of Jalal aldyn Riimy, at the end are added thirteen Ghazals and a few Ruba’ys. It begins:
الصلا اي عاشق زار Wall الصلا اي مست دیدار الصلا
Moty Mahall, 134 pp. of 15 bayts, this copy was written by ’inéyat Allah, a son of the author, in 1141.
(111) کلیات آشنا (P.)
Complete poetical works of Myrza Mokammad Tahir who had the title of inayat Khan and the takhalluc of A’shna, he was a son of A/san (see No. 89) and died in 1077 (?) (see pp. 109, 118, 116.)
Contents: Qacydahs in praise of the prophet, the Imams, Shahjahan and Dara-shikoh, 56 pp. of 28 bayts.
Beginning جمال پری روی ہر بجیند حور yl
شود زفایت انصاف معترف بقصور
A few Qit’ahs, Tarjy’ bands, a Saqiy-namah containing a description of Dilly, a description of a warm-bath, stories, &c. 240 pp.; Ghazals (incomplete) 150 pp. Fards and Ruba’ys about 100 pp.; among the latter occurs a chronogram for 1073, viz. 44») این db مباک ais, The Ghazals begin:
ای بسرتاج زنوحید توھ ر دیرانرا حمد تو دوات اندیشہ سرگرداذرا
2x 2
۰ از ی Nr
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Tépkhanah, an old copy but injured, there is a copy of a Dywéan of Ashna in the same. collection which begins with a Mathnawy in praise of Kashmyr and contains also a few Qacydahs, Ghazals, Haftbands, &c. 65 pp. 14 lines Bg. دلا ساغر بکف گهر oT بھار
In the Méty Mahall is a copy of the Dywaén which contains Qagydahs, Qir’ ahs, and the Mathnawy in praise of Kashmyr about 100 pp. of 19 lines. Beginning of Qacydahs:
باز شد فصل بہار و طرب اعد بوجود Aes? از فیض هوا لب به تبسم بکشود Ghazals 122 pp. of 18 bayts; 7004/78 26 pp. 10 bayts. Begin-
:جسم زارما کوئی زنو چان میشود پیدا : ning of Ghazals (P.) کلیات اشرف F19)
Complete poetical works of Myrz4 Mohammad Sa’yd Ashraf of Mazanderan (of Ispahan?) a son of Molla Mohammad Cani’, who is the author of a commentary on the Kafiyah. This witty and amusing poet was by his mother the grandson of Mohammad Taqyy Majlisy. He came to India and was appointed to instruct Zéb alnisa Bégam, After he had visited his native country he returned to India and found a patron in a son of Baha- dur Shah who fell at Patna in battle. Ashraf died at Monghyr on his way to Makkah at an advanced age, his descendants are still in Bengal. Abû 7'alib, from whom this notice has been taken, has seen about 4000 verses of his, (See also pp. 110, 118,)
Contents : Qacydahs, (one is in praise of the poet Cayib) 180 pp. 17 lines, in another copy are 159 pp. 20 lines. Bg, نیست چزنام خدا مطلع دیواري ثنا (بقا) مطلعی نیست بعالم به اریی نام خدا Ghazals 110 pp, 17 lines; Rubé’ys 102 pp, Maéla’s 22 pp. Beginning of Ghazals:
No. 116.[ ASHRAF. 341
جزنبی وول ی عق راه مدان خدای را از در معرفت درآ عالم کدریای را in imi- تضارند, A Mathnawy on Fate and Predestination tation of a Mathnawy of Mokammad Quly Salym which has the same title, and some other short Mathnawies. شخیدم روزی از ررشی روانی Beginning Tépkhénah, a good copy, there is another copy in the same collec- tion which contains about 100 pp. 17 lines of Ma/la’s in alphabetical order, preceded by a Qagydah which begins: نو بها رمد که باید گرمي بازارگل شعله انش دماند چون درخت نارکل After the Matla’s follow several Mathnawies, the first, 38 pp. 15 دلا مدع بادت که نوروز شد چو می بوی گل عشرت اندوز شد : payts, begins The other Mathnawies fill about 100 pp. 166 lines. One copy of
this Dywan in the Farah-bakhsh has a short preface, it begins :
There is also a copy in the Méty Mahall and one in the Asiatic Society, No. 1155, Qacgydahs 198 pp. 14 bayts not alphabetically
arranged, Ghazals alphabetically arranged, and Fards and Rubda’ys, 112 pp.
(113) دیوان اشرف (P.)
The Dywan of Darwysh Ashraf who flourished under Baysongor’s son (see p. 71 supra.)
Contents: three short Qacydahs on the tawhyd, Ghazals 900 pp. of 10 bayts and a few Qifahs. Beginning of Ghazals:
سعی کی باشد که باشی اشنا لیس لانسان الا ما سعی Farah-bakhsh, a splendid copy ; my own collection a very beautiful MS. of some age.
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)114( معدن فیض لصنیف اشرف (P3 The Mines of Grace being a Mathnawy by Mohammad Hasan .حا Shah Mohammad Zaman Ilahébady whose takhalluc is Ashraf. He is probably now, 1852, alive. The poem treats on morals and religion. Beginning Lithographed, Lucnow or Cawnpore, 1266, 64 pp. 27 lines, two bayts in a line.
(115) دیوان آشوب (P.)
The Dywan of Mohkammad-bakhsh .A’shib, who flou-
rished in Oudh during the reign of Acaf aldawlah, A. H. 1188 to 1212.
Contents: an introductory Qacydah of 78 bayts; Ghazals about 100 pp. 28 lines, Ruba’ys and panegyrics on Acaf aldawlah and the “late” Shuja’ aldawlah (died in 1188) 22 pp. of 26 lines. Beginning of the Dywan.
گل چمدستان عشق سیذه خیاباں او ناله بیقاب شرق سرو خرامان او
Tépkhénah, a fair copy ; in the same collection is an incomplete
copy of selections from Ashib’s Dywan which begins: کززمین بې سپریا چرخ ولائیم ما . کرد و از نقش قدرنای صولائیم ما
(1 16) دیوان اسپو ۱ (۳ Dywan of Myrza Jalal Asyr, of Ispahan, a pupil of
Facyhy Herawy. He was a great drunkard and composed most of his verses in a state of intoxication. They were written down by an attendant who made many mistakes,
No. 117.] ASYR. 343
and hence his Dywan has in some places very little meaning. This is probably the cause why it is so popu- lar in India. He was in high favour with Shah ’abbas and married a relation of his. He died in 1040 or 1049. Arzu says that his complete works contain 20,000 verses, Abi Talib has seen 8000 verses ; (see pp. 109, 117, 149.) Contents: Qacydahs in one copy 112 pp. of 15 lines, in another 56 pp. 36 lines, the beginning differs. Math- nawies and Tarjy’bands 15 pp. 18 lines in another copy 16 pp. 36 lines. Ghazals in the fullest copy 500 pp. 14 bayts. Beginning of Ghazals: ای گلشی ا بہار خیال تو سینه ¦ برک گل از طراوت نامت سفینه و Méty Mahall and Topkhanah, several copies. As. Soc. No. 683,
copied in 1112, and No. 737, the latter copy contains merely the Ghazals and Ruba’ys.
(117) عطاي نامه (P.)
The Ghazals of Shaykh Shah Mokammad ’atéy Qéa- nanguy of the Parganah of Sandy.
The Ghazals rhyme all in 1, and the first word of each verse of the same Ghazal commences with the same letter, and they are arranged according to this letter, there being two Ghazals for every letter of the alphabet—in all 60 Ghazals. Beginning مشکین توسنبل ME خجلت زده Sat gS) ای در عراق ازعارض
Lithographed, Lucnow, Mohammady Press, 1263, 24 pp. with a few marginal notes.
344 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. II.
(118) کلیات اثر (P.)
The complete poetical works of Akhénd Shafy’ayiy Athar of Shyraz, (see pp. 117, 149). He was a pupil of (17+24 Hadiy Qalandar the father of ’olwy Khan, he spent the greater part of his life at Ispahan and never visited India. The date of his death which hope at Lar is recorded in the following verse:
سال و فانش جو خواستم زاثر کت کرد رداع از جہان معام تانی
‘Walih estimates his Dywan to 10,000 verses, and Aba Talib to 8000. Arzi praises particularly his panegyries on the Nawab Haydar alzaman and his satyre on Najaf Quly Khan the Cadr alcodur of Persia. It appears from the following chronogram that he collected his Dywan
18 1106. ینامز بهر تاربخ رقم کرد اثر گہر صلب شهنشاه Contents: Qacydahs chiefly in praise of the Imams, of Tahir Wahyd, and some obscure persons; and a few 9 and chronograms, 110 pp. 15 bayts in a page. Bg.
شرح #جموعه giv تو ندارد پایاں یک رباعیست زترکیب عذاصرانسان Ghazals 60 pp. 13 verses in a page. Beginning بکش بواد ي افتادگي ت خود I, چو زر خاک نھان سار دش خود را Ruba’ys, Tarjy’bands, and at the end a satyre 20 pp.
Moty Marall, two copies 8vo. very splendid. Tépkhanah, 102 pp. 13 lines.
No. 120. ] ATHAR, ATHYR. 345
(119) دیوان اطهر فارسی (P.)
Dywan of Athar. He says in a preface in prose (8 pages of 13 lines) that his name is A¢har Khan b. Amyr Nitzam aldyn Radhawy, that his home was Bokhara, and that he came to India under ’4lamgyr, where he collected his poems into a Dywan.
Contents: three Qacydahs yn 18 م وک and وی in all about 144 bayts. Beginning
رهستي پاک کی دل را که انوارنقابيني پس انگ چشم را برهرچه بکشای خدا بيذي Ghazals 55 pp. of 22 bayts; Rubéys 8 pp. Begin- ning of Ghazals. چنان دارند شوق وصل بسم الله عنوانہا که در پرواز ایند از دوبال جلد :ویوانہا Tépkhanah, a fair copy.
(120) yl دیوان LP.)
The Dywan of Athyr aldyn Mokammad Akhsykaty, whose takhalluc is Athyr. Akhsykat is a place in the district of Farghanah in which he was born. He made his studies at Balkh and Herat and spent the greater part of his life in the iraq and Adzarbayjan at the court of the Atabuks and stood in high favour with Arslan Shah b. Toghril, Iiduguz and Qizil Arslan. His success was the cause of much jealousy, and Mujyr, Baylaqany who was in the service of Mokammad Atabuk, the bro- ther of Qizil Arslan, wrote satyres against him, to which he replied. Towards the end of his days he took Najm
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aldyn Kobra as his spiritual guide and retired from the world. He went from Adzarbayjan to Khalkhal and died there in 608. His poems are considered nearly equal to those of Anwary and Khaqgany, yet Taqyy Kashy says, he had much difficulty in finding a copy of his Dywan, his poems being not much read. It contained about 10,000 verses. (Taqyy Kashy, No. 27; Dawlat- shah 2, 18; Mohammad ’awfy, folio 125; A'tishkadah 0, 424; Khoshgt I. No. 120.)
The Dywan contains Qacydahs and a few Qif’ahs, Ruba’ys, &c. most of them in praise of Shah Arslan Toghril whose name occurs in the following verse :
بفراختا رایت حق بر تانت روی JEL الب ٠ ارسلان اني شاه ارسلان طغرل
The following Tetrastich contains the poet’s name:
آنم که حسد برد بر امروز ديم ` جانم خردم دلم ندانم که چیم
ری پرسیدي با تو aah که کیم , سلطا خی اسیر انیر اخسیکنيم
جہانرا هم جهان بانیست پیدا ہیں وپذهان دان Bg.
که زیر گنبد نيلي ہدید آوره چار اران Méty Marall, a beautiful copy, 104 pp. of 14 lines.
(121) دیوان فرید الدی عطار (P.) The Dywan of Faryd aldyn ’attdr. His name was
Abii Hamid (or Abû Talib). Mohammad and he was a son of Abi Bakr Ibrahym, a respectable druggist of Shadyakh not. far from Nayshapir, he is therefore called Nayshapury. He was born in 513, in a village called Kedken, during the reign of Sinjar.. First he followed the profession of his father and hence his takhallue ’a¢éar, the druggist. He informs us in his Gul. Khosraw_ that
No. 121.] "ATTA R. 347
he gave way to his predilection for poetry notwithstand- ing the admonition of his friends, and neglected the study of medicine. He commenced two of his best mystical works whilst he was still a druggist, but apparently before he had completed them he left his shop and turned a religious mendicant.
مصیبت نامه کاشوب جہانست الھی نامه کاسرار نہانست
بدارو خاده کردم هر دو i چہ کوبم روك رسكم زان آن باز
These two verses upset the silly story of his sudden conversion related by Dawlat-shah, and the account of the disgusting love adventure which we find in Taqyy Kashy. He took Rokn aldyn Akaf as his spiritual guide, and after some time he made the pilgrimage with him to Makkah. In the course of his life, he became personally acquainted with most Cafies of his age and collected four hundred volumes of works on mystical theology which he dili- gently studied, and he became thereby one of the most copious and profound Cufy-writers. He was put to death during the carnage of the Tatars of Chengyz Khan, in 627, at the advanced age of 114 lunar years, of which he spent 29 at Nayshaptr and 85 at Shadyakh. According to some authors, he died earlier.
After ’aééar’s death, says Sir G. Ouseley, an eminent Cufy was asked, to whom he ascribed the more profound knowledge of the Çüûfy doctrine, Jalal aldyn Ramy or Faryd aldyn ’attar; he answered, “ The former like an eagle flew to the height of perfection in the twinkling of an eye; the latter reached the same summit, but was crawling slowly and perseveringly, like an ant.”
Dawlat-shah says that out of forty, there were at his time twelve Mathnawies of Faryd aldyn extant, the re-
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maining having been lost. This catalogue contains a description of twenty-two of his works including his biography of saints and besides, we find mention of the following : pis) مغنام mentioned by Ouseley and Stewart, Cata- logue p. 60 ; both these authors have seen it. —12/] لسان mentioned by the same. Bir-namah mentioned by Stewart. Hammer writes Pir-namah, I suppose they mean the بیسر نامه Kent Kunz Mokhfia (?) mentioned by Stewart. Mansar-namah and A‘fsat-namah mentioned by the same. محپدر نامه al Ny, نامه glow and شرج قلوب اخوان الصفا mentioned by Khoshgû, the last named work is sup- posed to be in prose. Contents : Qacydahs 39 pages of 34 bayts: Bg. خالقی که صفاتنش زکبریا برخاك عجزمینگند عقل انبیا la Ghazals 228 pages of 32 ۰ Beginning کفقم اندز عنت و خواري مرا چوں به بيفي نیز بگداري مرا Méty Mahall, a magnificent copy; As. Soc. No. 459 about 459 pp. of 16 lines, a good copy; 70206 No. 1338 about 330 pp. of 17 lines, this copy contains more poems, particularly Rubé’ys, than any other, and the Ghazals are not alphabetically arranged, in the
commencement a few pages are wanting, the same volume contains most other poems of ’aééar, it was written in 1006.
ee سم
(122) حقابق الجواهر (P.)
Perhaps the correct title is جواعر العقایق but it is twice written as above in the manuscript. The author is Faryd aldyn ’attdr, who uses here the takhalluc of Faryd and
No. 1 (1 349
Faryd aldyn. It consists of Qacydahs and Tarjy’-
bands, which with the exception of the first six, are
alphabetically arranged, and treat on the Tawhyd.
Dawlat-shah states that several commentaries have been
written on these poems, and that one of the commenta-
tors was Sayyid ’izz aldyn Amoly. Beginning کاشف راز حقابق جان توئي SF ای خدائي سرهرانسان As. Soc. 1409, 265 pp. 11 lines. ۱ ۲
(123) سرنأمه ust 3 The headless book, a short poem on theosophy and mystical love, by Faryd aldyn 1 Beginning م بغیر تو نبیدم در جهان قادرا پرور دکارا جاردان As. Soc. No. 1338, on the margin 9 pp. of 20 lines; Tépkhanah, 16 pp. 18 bayts, this copy begins with the following verse which is on
the fourth page of the Society’s copy, and as it has nevertheless about 200 verses, the Society’s copy must be incomplete at the end.
سربچسر نامه زا پیدا کنم عاشفانر! در lord whe کذم
)+ مس ee
(124) مصیمست) نامه (P.)
The book of Accidents or Misfortune, by the same
poet. ‘The title is contained in the following verse: ہی نام این کردم مصیبت نامه ہی Sabin در مصیبت ساخدم
In Hajy Khalyfah No. 4235, this poem has the name of .جوابنامه A copy in the library of Upsala is inscribed sols &zji (see Tornberg, Cat. Bibl. Ups. p. 100).
In forty chapters the poet brings the Wanderer before, 1, Gabriel; 2, Michael ; 3, Israphael ; 4, 127۲۵ yl; 5, The
یمدعق سے تر ا ہے
350 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. II.
great throne of God; 6, The throne; 7, The footstool of God; 8, The tablet of fate; 9, The pen (with which fate is written); 10, Paradise; 11, Hell; 12, Heaven; 13, Sun; 14, Plants; 15, Wild beasts; 16, Birds; 17, Quadrupeds; 18, Satan; 19, The Jinn; 20, Man; 21, Adam; 22, Water; 23, Earth; 24, Mountains; 25, Sea; 26, Minerals; 27, Moon; 28, Fire; 29, Wind; 30, Noah; 31, Abraham; 32, Moses; 33, David; 34, Jesus, 35, Mohammad; 36, The Senses; 37, Imagination; 38, Understanding; 39, Heart; 40, Mind; and after this pilgrimage he comes to the knowledge of his ownself خود wes .در The poet explains his notions on the above subjects mostly metaphorically by the means of legends of saints, and parables. Beginning
' Tépkhanah, 350 pp. of 20 verses; Moty Mahall 154 pp. 50 verses.
As. Soc. No. 1400 about 260 pp. 25 lines, an elegant but incorrect copy, written in A. H. 1000; As. Soc. No. 1338, on the margin about 350 pp. of 20 bayts. The copies of this and most other works of attr ‘differ essentially from each other, the Mogybat-némah in No. 1338, contains several stories which in other copies form part of the Mantiq altayr.
(125) اسرار الشهود (P.)
Mysteries of Extatic Moments, a mystical poem by the same author. It begins:
ھست بسم اللہ wy! الرحیم wh) wrasse اسرار قدیم Tépkhénah, 8vo. about 200 pp. of 15 lines, at the end is a chrono-
gram containing the date when this copy was made:
No. 127.] "ATTA R. 351 چون باطف *خزن اسرار حق سلطان دیس شیع عطار انکة سی وحدت ایت ge
ازبراي Bol رای نسخه را کردم ig سال او جستم زعقل دوربیں الجامار Ik عقل ازپي تعربرتاربخش زاط ف زد رقم اخ رکه اسرار الشهود WSL
(126) - جواهر الذات: (P.) ' The Essence of Existence, that is to say, the principle of life or the soul, a poem by Faryd aldyn ۰ This Mathnawy resembles a litany; sometimes more than fifty verses begin with the same words, as for in-
stance : خن را یافتم چوں راہ ببردم زام ورننگ خودبيني بمردم خدا را یافٹم درجاں حقیقت تورم شریعت در طریقت
خدا را یافنم در جوعر جان حقیقت باز دیدم رری جانان خدا را یافنم جمله خدا بود . چوبود می زبوه م , جدا بود خدا را el: در لا مکان بار چو دیدم عشق جانان در مکان باز خدا را یافقم در اصل موجود نظرکردم حقیقت جملہ او بود This poem, it would appear from: a postscript to the Asiatic Society’s copy No. 370,is divided into three daftars or books, and resembles in its contents the Hadyqah or the Mathnawy of Mawlawy Rimy. The author states that it is similar to the Ushtar-namah and Ilahy-néûmah, but superior to both. Beginning of the first daftar:
بنام آذکه نور جسم و جان است خدای WEST و نھاں است
Beginning of 2nd daftar :
تعالی الله از yf دیدار پر نور که در ذرات عالم گشته مشپور As. Soc. No. 370, this copy contains two daftars, the first 244 pp.
of 50 bayts, and the second 232 pp. of 50 bayts, but it is defective
at the end; 702067 Nos. 1373 and 1338, both these MSS. contain only the commencement.
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(127) اشتر نامه CF)
The Ushtar book, by Faryd aldyn ’attér. This poem does not contain a history of Ushtar, as might be inferred from the title, but it treats on theosophy, and is very much in the style of Jawhar aldzat, for instance towards the end there are no less than 153 verses which begin with the words ,اي وصالث Beginning
lod) بر نام حي gle Jp) اشيا ہدام جمال
As. Soe. No. 771, 866 pp. of 12 lines, an inferior copy written in 1180,
سس سے یط س
The Khosraw-book or Royal book, it 18 a romantic epos, recording the Love adventures of Gul and Hormoz
by Faryd aldyn ’attér. The title of the work is con- tained in the following verse : ۱
بنام خسرر روی زمیں را تھادم نام خسرو نام این را aly آنکه جان داد وجہاں ساخت Beginning زمیں را چفت طاق آسمان ساخت As, Soc. 1338, 426 pp. of 19 lines, this codex was written in 1006.
س مس مت مت سس لا و
(129) کل خسرو (P.) The Loves of Gul and Khosraw, by Faryd aldyn ’aéfar.
This is an abridged version, or abstract, of the preceding Mathnawy. He mentions in the introduction, several of his former works, viz. the Jawahir-namah (sic), Mucybat-
No. 131.[ "ATTA R. 353 namah, Ildhy-namah, Asrar-namah, Mokhtar-namah, Mantiq aléayr and Khosraw-namah. Beginning
As. Soc. No. 1338, 136 pp. 20 bayts.
(130) . حویقه Cate (P.)
Selections from the Hadyqah of Sanay, by Faryd aldyn ’attdr. Beginning and preface, in which he says that these are selections from selections
حمد و شکر و نا علی Gib > ذات نحق را سز باسلعقاق پیش ارس داعی از بے ust کرده بود از حدیقه مناخبي دوستی در کمال سیرت فرد روزی از دلاخب مطالعه کرد گفت زیں الخاب نغز بود . ate) که مغز مغز بود خاظران القماس اجابت کرد و زوي uel خنصر برون اورن هست بر وفق اسم ذات صفات cde ایں هزار وبلك (؟) ابیات Méty Mahall, 122 pp. of 15 lines.
سس
(131) مظہر العچااب (P.) The Exhibition of Curiosities, a poem by Faryd aldyn ‘attar. ۱ This Mathnawy is in the style of the Hadyqah. The poet gives us the following account of his former pro- ductions : . sao] مظہر سر جایس sacl از عراست eis این ای نو تشه از تجایبپای خویش _ مرهمي ماندي بر دلبای ریش گر ازینمرهم نيابي کم خویش جوهر ذاتم" بیارو نه به پیش الچه ازویبشنوي درخویش ہیں تاشوں سر عنایت پیش ہیں بوںہ است ور اشذر نامه مستي کرد 5 است we lst جوف ر ذانم 2 2
[Cuap. II.
9558 از مرخ حفائق بي بري مرغ عطار از زبان حق شنید چونکه حق gS Ui سرش بمیں رو تو از سرولایت گوش کن گر تو از جام ندوت مي خوري رو مصیبت نامه را از سر ly? گرتو ار خضرر یکی گل خواسني
خسروت ساطان گل رخسار او کار خود با او گدار و دار باس گر البي نامه را داري بگوش گر تو پندم را بيابي در جہانں تا بیابی عزت Woe و .دین رد بدکر Ws] مشغول شو آفریں جان آفریں بر جان MS
PERSIAN POETRY.
354
منطق الطیرم بخوان تا بشوي (جرم اغیار ز بشان حق بريد تا شون ایں " دید تو عیں الیقجی ر انگہی جام نبوت نوش گی هرگز از راہ End, کي رري
تا شود حاصل ترا و نم جان بابل , hime خود بگذاشتي
E aA O زان که داري ان بیقیاس جام وحدت را بگیر و نوش نوش چو جان جان 7 PRE رز و انگہی بر تخت سلطا ی نشییی تھ Sat و انگبی با تدکره
زام ۵ڈسہتا او اشکارا در نھان Bg.
As. Soc. No. 263, near 200 pp. of 44 bayts, with pictures, written
in 1186.
(P.)
(phic الطير
(132)
Speeches of Birds, a Mathnawy by Faryd aldyn ’attar
It is divided into 30
who composed it in 583 or 580.
sections رمقاله and contains apologues, in most of which birds are introduced as speaking.
Bg. جان افریں پارا . آنکه جان بخشید زایمان خاکرا yyy! Copies are frequent; there are several in the Mdty Madall,
Private collection, 396
Tépkhanah, and As. Soc. No. 776, 1338;
pp. 11 lines, the poem has in all about 4000 verses. A very full analysis of it isin Hammer’s Gesch. d. schoenen Redek. Pers. p. 142.
No. 135.] ۱ (1۵ 355
(133) بلبل نامه (P.)
The Book of the Nightingale, an apologue in which the love of the nightingale to the rose is described. It is very much in the style of the Mantiq ۰
As. Soe. No. 1338, on the margin, 41 pp. of 20 lines.
(134) وصلت نامه (P.)
The Book of Union, by Faryd aldyn ’attdr. He says with regard to the title: از آنکه وصلت دیده ام از خویشتی Gye نام ایں کردم بوصلت نامه
He explains the wisdom of God in expelling Adam from Paradise and in bringing him by the removal from his divine presence, to the knowledge of himself and the love of God. Like the other works of ’attûr it con- sists chiefly of apologues.
ابتدا اول بنام کردکار خالق هقت و شش و بذع و چهار Bg.
Topkhanah, 50 pp. 30 bayts, As. Soc. No. 1338, on the margin, 5 pp. of 20 bayts. ۱
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(135) پنه نامه" فر ید الدیں عطار (P.)
The Book of Councils of Faryd aldyn ’attér. It is also called, according to Hammer-Purgstall, وصیت نامه but this is probably a mistake for وصلت نامه Bg.
2 2 2
356 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHaP. II.
حمد بجح مر خدای پاک را انکه ایمان داد مشت خاک را
Lithographed at Lucnow, Mojtabay press, 1264, 30 pp. the margin covered with text. It is remarkable that the first verse in Sacy’s edition, Paris 1819, and in Hindley’s edition, London 1809, should eontain a palbably wrong reading viz. خمد '٭حد آن خد ى بات را
ے ے و وج سم
(136) نامه bla fr.) The Book of Transition, by Faryd aldyn ’attar. The name of the poem occurs in the following verse : نامه bus of! نوشلم نام ٍ als چو بر کاغد نهاد م دی It is divided into ten chapters فصل and treats on intel- lect, praise of knowledge, praise of meekness, gratitude, blame of stupidity, blame of envy, stinginess خل avarice بحرص causes of pride. Beginning ہنام انکه هستي زو نشان پات نفوس ناطق زو نورجان بانت As. Soc. No. 1063, 12mo. 63 pp. of 14 ۰
(137) كنز العقایق (P.)
Treasury of Verities, by Faryd aldyn ’attdr. The author explains first the object of the religious duties: purification, prayer, fasts, pilgrimage and holy warfare, then he enters on the excelleney of the soul, on the his- tory of Mançûr, the mission of Christ and of Mahdiy, &c.
بنام آنه اول کرد و آخر" بنامآنه باطی کرد و Beginning tb
As. Soe. No, 1338, 38 pp. of 20 bayts, the copy is defective at the end.
No. 139. ] ATTA R. 357
(138) هفت وادي (P.)
The Seven Valleys or Stages in the life of a gnostic; every chapter begins with a verse like this:
بعد ازین وادي عشق آید پدید
The stages which I have observed mentioned are وعشق .فقر ,حيرت رتوحید راستغنا ,معرفت The first seven verses are the same as in the Muçybat-namah, and the last verse
it has in common with the Asrar-néûmah :
شوخي و بی شرمي ما در گذار شرخي ما پیش چشم ما میار
` As. Soc. No. 1338, 34 pp. 19 lines. After this follows in this copy a fragment of a poem 11 pp. 19 lines of ’attér inscribed .مقلات The first 12 verses are the same as in the ,هفت وادي Then follows the verse : ۱
عقل در سوداي او حیران بماند جان زء#چز انگشت در دندان بمائد
(139) | نامه ud) (P.)
The Divine Book, by Faryd الد ’attar.
The poem is divided into 22 chapters مقاله and contains the story of a Khalyfah who had six sons, he requested them freely to acquaint him with all their wishes and promised to satisfy them. ‘They did so and the first son asked for a pretty woman, and three of his brothers sup- ported him and expressed a similar wish, the two others wished to be acquainted with the mysteries of sorcery.
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358 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. IT.
The father shows them the vanity of their wishes in parables. Beginning ملکش بی زوالست بوصعش عقل صاحمب نطق ال است asi) بدام
Tépkhénah, a good copy ; As. Soc. No. 1400, 260 pp. 25 lines;
Ibidem No. 1338. In the Lucnow copy the “ hamd’’ which is very long is omitted and it begins: ۱
الهي نامه را اغاز کردم در کنے سعادت باز کردم
(140) اسرار نامه (P.)
The Book of Mysteries, by Faryd aldyn ’attdr. The title occurs in the following verse :
زهي عطا رکز !ڪر معاني بالماس سخ در چک ني ترا day; بعالم بار نامه که بر توختم شد اسرار نامه
It treats in 20 chapters مقاله on the high position of man, on the resurrection and judgment, and on the prin- cipal virtues to be practised, and vices to be avoided. The subject is illustrated by legends and parables. Bg.
بنام آنکه جانرا فور دیس داد خرد را در خدا دانی یقیں داد
Moty Mahall, 68 pp. of 50 lines; As. Soc. No. 1400, 154 pp. 25
bayts; Ibidem No. 1338, on the margin about 200 pp. 20 lines; Ibidem No. 274 a fair copy.
(141) دیوای عظیم (P.)
The Dywan of ’atzym. Sarkhosh (see p. 113 supra) calls him ’atzyma and Walih ’atzymayiy, but his takhal-
No. 141.1 "ATZYM. 359
luc is uniformly spelled ’atzym in the Dywan, thus in the very Ghazal from which Sarkhosh takes a verse:
مذشور سرفرازي دازیی را عظیم برنام ما نوشنه منصور داده اند The age when he flourished is fixed by several chrono- grams which occur in the Dywan for 1068, 1069, 1074, &c.. He was a son of Molla Qaydy, who was a nephew of Molla Natzyry. He came to India, says Walih, and received a high appointment at Lahdér from Shahjahan. In making this statement Walih confounds him with Aqa ’atzyma. ’Atzym of Nayshapur wrote his Dywan in his native country and not in India, and he sung the praises of Bayram ’alyy Khan of Khorasan and Mo- hammad Ibrahym, to whom he gives the title of Khan ۰ Khan and not the praises of Shahjahan : Contents: Qacydahs and Tarjy’bands 95 pp. 14 or
15 bayts. Beginning BAS?) ازآن درام انسان dos) شکر Peed اي زبسم الله کل برفرق فرقانں Ghazals 108 pp. and a few Ruba’ys. Beginning
اي عشق نی ما زتو شد چان توازما ما از نو شدیم آخرودیوان وتو از ما
A Mathnawy called فوز عظیم it treats on the Physica of Mohammadan Philosophy, viz.: the first logos العمقل وااول the genesis of plants, animals, man, also on morals, mystical love, &c. about 200 pp. Beginning
دارم سر حمد حق تعالی ام لانسای ماتمنی
At the end is a small essay in flowery prose and two short ۰
As. Soc. No. 714, a good copy.
360 PERSIAN: POETRY. [CHaP, II.
(142) دیوان اوحدي (P.) The Dywan of Awhady. There were two contemporary poets who had this takhalluç, both of whom were Ciifies, and they are confounded with each other in most Tadz- kirahs.
The name of the elder of them is Awhad aldyn Hamid Kirmany. He was a pupil of Rokn aldyn and a friend of Mohiyy aldyn al’araby, who mentions him in his 7۰ The disgusting practices which he introduced among the Darwyshes, will be described in another chapter. He is according to all accounts the author of the مصباح رہام ). According to Khéshgu, No. 53, his takhalluç was Awhad and not Awhady and he died iri A. H. 536. This date however is a glaring mistake, for Mohyy aldyn his contemporary died in A. H. 638. It is likely that he died in A. H 697. This is the date mentioned in the Nafayis al-mathir. ۱
Awhady the younger was a pupil of the preceding and it is in his honor that he assumed this takhalluc. He first had that of Cufy. His name was Rokn aldyn Ispahany or, according to others, Maraghy. He was a friend and contemporary of Sa’dy, and died, according to most Tadzkirahs, in A. H. 697, five years after he had completed the Jame Jam. According to Jamy Nafahdt aluns No. 568 and the Nafayis al-mdthir and the Habyb alsiyar 111. folio, 543, he completed this poem in A. ۰ 733 and died at Maraghahin 738. They support their statement by two very strong facts. The date of his death they say is engraved on his tomb-stone at Maraghah and the date of the composition of his Jame Jam is recorded in the following verse of Awhady himself:
No. 142.[ AWHADY. 361
چون ز تارینخ برگرفتم فال هفتصد رفغه بود و سي و سه سال
It is clear that those biograghers who place his death in A. H. 697 confound him with Awhad aldyn ۰ This blunder seems to have originated with Dawlat-shah. He devotes only one article to both poets, and says at the end that Awhady died in A. H. 697, under Mahmud Ghazan Khan, and that he is buried at Ispahan and that the pious perform pilgrimages to his tomb. There is no doubt that he means the tomb of Awhad aldyn Kirmany, but later authors have taken it to apply to Awhady Ispahany.
It is difficult to say whether this Dywan is by Awhad aldyn Kirmany or by Awhady Ispahany. I have unfor- tunately neglected to see whether the takhalluc of the author is Awhad or Awhady, I think however the latter is the case. It begins with a Mathnawy entitled „lae الرراح “the key of spirits” in the metre:
معفوري مفاعلنی فعواری معقولن مفاعلن فعولن
It fills 66 pp. of 13 lines. The end is wanting. The
initial line is ۱ چون غره مبم گشت غرا شد طری* اسمان مطرا
Jamy quotes the conclusion of the Mathnawy of ۸ aldyn Kirmany which has the title civ)! che, 0 it appears that it is in the same metre. It is not unlikely that الارراے cline is a mistake for رمصباح اارواح and that this poem is by Awhad aldyn Kirmany.
After this Mathnawy follow Qacydahs, the beginning of which is wanting and then Ghazals. The Ghazals fill 152 pp. of 13 lines and begin:
اي غم عشق تو یاز واغارما جزفست خود کس تزیبد یار ما In the Atishkadah p. 75, in the biography of the A 3
302 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
younger Awhady the following verses are quoted which I found in this Dywan:
شزبلی 33 aS کم گنی جوشش داروی 33 aS بۂۃ شوق بیمار
همه در جسجو وان فارغ . همه در گفتگو و ان بیزار
al) بسیار شد مرنجان خر دزد همراه شد میفگی بار
The Qaçydah in which these verses occur is also ascribed to the younger Awhady by Jamy, No. 568. It is therefore clear that this MS. contains poems both of the elder and younger Awhady, the Mathnawy being by the former and the Qacydahs and Ghazals by the latter, who according to Dawlat-shah has written 10,000 verses and according to Taqyy Kashy 14,000. His poems were much sung by Darwyshes.
Méty Madhall, carefully written in 1018, in the middle defective, and containing to all appearance merely selections. ۱
س مو
(143) . جام جم (P.)
The Mirror of Jamshyd, a mystical poem by the younger Awhady, composed in 733, in imitation of the Hadyqah of Sanay. This Mathnawy was so much valu- ed, that no less than 400 copies of it were taken at Ispa- han within one month after it had been composed.
قل هوالله spe) قد قال مس له العمد دایما متوال Beginning
He describes the plan of his work in the following verses, which however are not consecutive.
دامه ارلیا است bal) wy! مجر اورا بشہر و هذکاہه
oy رمعاش و معاد اندریں چند بیت کردم :دبم YS
AYSHY. 363
فسمنی راست کرد ہش بسه دور دور اول نشاط بخشد ونور uted, دور: شیر" , گیر af, راد یابی . باز ما یشہا
در سيوم دور چوں كني نوشش روم را قوت شباب دهد
No. 144.[
تا نیوشندہ بر نباشه جور گند از ویده خواب فعلمت دور calle دیگرت نماید رری. در فنون هنر بصیر گند
پرده برخیزد از نمایشها بنماید نهاه را پوشش
Madall, 190 pp. 22 lines: Farah-bakhsh 0 pp. 15 lines. ا16(
(P.)
هفت اخثر
As. Soe. No. 743, a fine old copy.
(144)
` The Seven Planets, a poem containing the story of Bahram Shah, by ‘ayshy, composed in 1070.۰ The title, name of author, date and number of verses 6,204, are
contained in the following lines :
کرد الاک چوں بمهر نظر نام بروي NS هفت اختر کرد چون سیراختران یک یک" آفرینها بسىی بگفت فاك ah دیگر چو کرد نظاره بارك الله بگفت صد باه eve. هفت اختر گنت سخ خوبتر ز شکر گفت گفت از خوشدلي ز روي نیار عیشیا OG: گل بحوض انداز ی و Jam یں مرو ی eee
As. Soc. No. 433, more than 200 pp. of 26 bayts, the commencement is wanting. ۱
3 ۵ 2
304 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. ۰
(145) وو الٰبیا نامه نصنیف عبانی A history of the prophets who preceded Mohammad, in Persian verses, by Aba Ishaq Ibrahym b. ’abd Allah al-Balih «ly! Hasany Shabistary whose takhallue was ‘ayany. ‘The date when he wrote is not known, but he probably flourished previous to the eighth century of the Hijrah. Beginning نامه دہ J] بدل کاہم از خامه وه نواحي دل از usd! ايان نوال تو کاعم فزاي و از اندیا نا م نامم فزاي As. Soc. No. 231, 4to. pier 900 pp. of 38 bayts beautifully written, old and correct.
(146) دیواں زاد (P.) The Dywan of Myr Gholam ’alyy Azad (see p. 142.)
It contains only Ghazals and in all about 4000 verses.
برارار مد بسم الله تيغ ct 07 را Beginning
Farah-baksh, large 8۳0. iin 225 pp. 15
(147) مختار نامه (P.) The History of Mokhtar, in Persian verses, composed by Azad in 1131. It begins: بنام خداوند لیل و نهار خدای نبا خالق اشکار Farah-baksh, 400 pp. 34 lines, a fine copy, there are also two copies in the Méty ۰
No. 150.] AZYZ. 365
(148) ۱ قصادن و متقطعات تواریخ وفردیاٹ ویره (P.)
Persian Qaçydahs, detached verses and chronograms by
Azad. Beginning ای جمالت مقام حیرت ما بر درت حلقہ دیده بینا
Tépkhénah, 8vo. about 600 pp. This copy is important for being to
all appearance the rough copy of the author. There are places left
blank, lines struck out, &e. The chronographs are for A. H. 1139, 40, 41, 43, 45 and 46.
(149) عزیز ole (P.) Dywan of ’abd al’azyz Khan ?axyz of the Deccan. In one place his name is ’azyz Allah. He is probably iden- tical with the ’azyz of the Deccan, mentioned by Shorish (see p. 210, supra). Contents: Qacydahs, Ghazals and a few Ruba’ys not alphabetically arranged, 36 pp. Beginning
مرحبا ای طوطی باغ و بہار ایزال lk, only 6 pp. a رنگ A prose composition, called Mathnawy 7 pp. Ghazals in the Dakhny dialect and a
Persian Qacydah. As. Soc. No. 862 about 70 pp. 17 lines, written in 1167.
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(150) و مثنوي عزیز الله زاهد ی The Mathnawy of ’azyz Allah Zahidy, whose takhal- luc was ’axyx, and who wrote this poem in 810. In an introduction in prose, of 7 pp. 12 lines, he gives the fol- lowing account of his own labour:
366 PERSIAN’ POETRY. [CHaP. IT.
۱ در س۸۱۰۵ در هرات آمدم. .زار بت ماده ساختم. ۰ همه ابیات تجنیس تام رعایتا کردم و همه oly! را فوالقانیتین گفتم ۲ از نجنیس و ایپام و غیرد از ز صدابع که ممکری بو ey داشتم اوا بيت را از حال عاشق و معشوق نگداشتم یز ترتیب دادم که اول نامه گفتم پائزدںہ بت ا ز زبان عاشق و در بیت اخر بطریقه نڈر دعا کردم بعد ازان ety Rae بیت بعد از آن سه
, بیت قطعه بعد از قطعه فردی و بعد دو حکاینی چپارد: بیت چون بر دل نوار اغار نامه کن دل Jp) آغار Beginning Farah-baksh, 95 pp. of 11 bayts.
(151) ۱ دیوان ازرژی iP)
The Dywan of Abi-l-Mahasin Abû Bakr Zayn aldyn Azraqy. He was according to Nitzamy ’oradhy (Chahdr Magqdlah, quoted in the Kholdgah of Taqyy Kashy) a native of Herat and a son of Isma’yl Warraq, who was of Marw. He introduced himself into the society and confidence of the Seljtiqy prince Toghan-shah I. the seat of whose government was Nayshaptr by the composition of a most obscene book entitled Alfyyah Shalfyyah 42!) شلعية which he illustrated with pictures. From the de- scription which Hajy Khalyfah Nos. 1153 and 1615, and Jamy, Bahdristan edit. Schlechta-Wssehrd p. 88 give of it, it appears to have been a version of the Kok- shashter, to be mentioned hereafter. Azraqy is also the author of the book Sindbad ess and of several other works, which he dedicated to his patron. Taqyy Kashy says that the copy of his Dywan which he saw, did not contain more than two thousand verses. He died at Herat in A. H. 527. (Mohammad ’awfy 10, 2; Khold-
No. 152.] BADRE ۰ | 367
cah No. 9; Dawlatshah 2, 1; Hammer p. 129.) This Dywan contains merely Qacydahs, in all about 1800 verses. Beginning چه موجب اینکه هرساعت زوي ایں فیلگون دربا رل" رز خنتایجای گردی. به پیش گنبد بخضر Méty Mahall a good copy in folio, 44 pp. of 17 lines; private col-
lection 14 pp. of 17 bayts.. This copy does not contain the Qaçy- dah with which the other copy commences, but it contains the Ruba’y
quoted by Dawlat-shah. Beginning تمنال زمین تفنه فرو پوشد آتشین سربال S451) زنور فبه زرین (152) Gla دیوان بدر (P.)
The Dywan of Badr aldyn (Khoshgt writes Fakhr aldyn) Mokammad Chachy who is usually called Badre Chach, that is to say the full moon of Chach, or the Badr aldyn of Chach. Chach is the ancient name of the Tashkand, the birth-place of the poet. Attracted by the liberality of Sultan Mokammad Shah, a son 0۴ و60 he came to India and spent the greater part of his life at
his court, and composed many Dywans in his praise. In
his Dywan occurs the date 745 in the following verse: بسال دولت شہ بوں غره شعباں .که سوی مملکت دیوگپرشد فرمان.
Khoshgti identifies him erroneously with Badr aldyn Jajarmy, who died in 686.
Contents: Qacydahs in praise of God, in praise of his patron, and in praise of Dilly, &c. at the end are a few (00 ahs. ۱ ۱
Beginning است yn عالم as آن سلطان عالم ر om
آنس او در راہ ایمان انس و جان را رهبر است
368 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. II.
Lithographed at Lucnow, Mohammady press, 1261, 108 pp. edited by Lala Badry Nath and Hadiy ’alyy with héshiyah and at the end a vocabulary of difficult words and phrases. MS. copies are not rare, there are several at Lucnow: also Asiat. Soc. No. 763.
(153) رفرع خان باذل dos? حیدری تصنیف “tha — (P.)
The Lion’s Attack, being a Mathnawy, by Mohammad Rafy’ Khan whose takhalluc is Badzil. He was a de- scendant of Jafar Sarénd Mashhady. Walih says that he was born at Mashhad, but Arzi, who knew him per- sonally, informs us, that his father or grandfather came from Mashhad to India, and that Badzil was a native of Dilly. He was commandant of the fort of Gwalyar, and and when he lost his appointment on the death of ‘alamgyr he lived in retirement at Dilly, where he died in 1123, the chronogram on his death is .جا مهر علی بجنش داد Besides this poem, he left a Dywan (see pp. 110, 140).
This epos which consists of 40,000 verses and is not much shorter than the Shah-namah is a rhymed version of the Ma’ dri) alnobiwat, and contains the biography of the prophet and of his son-in-law ’alyy; the author completed it in 1119, after he had been engaged in it for fifty years. Beginning
بغام خدارند بسیار :خش خر :خش ودیں :خش ودینارخش
Lithographed at Lucnow, A. H. 1268, 2 vols. folio 238 and 329 pp. of 50 bayts, MS. copies are frequent.
(154) نان و حلوا (P.)
Bread and Sweétmeat, a Mathnawy, by the great Shy’ah divine Baha aldyn “amily whose takhalluç was ۰
No. 156. ] BAHAY. 369
He was a native of ’amil but spent the greater part of his life at Ispahan. He died in 1030, and his corpse was carried to Mashhad for interment. The chronogram on his death is گو _ te .بى بها شی Besides this Mathnawy and many Arabic works, which will be enumerated here- after, he left a Dywan and a Kashkil or Adversaria, of which there is a very beautiful copy in the Farah-bakhsh library. Abû Talib also ascribes to him a Mathnawy called ,شیر و شکر For farther information regarding him and his other works, I refer to the chapter on Shy’ah theology.
This poem is considered as an introduction to the Mathnawy of Jalal aldyn Rémy. It begins after a few lines of preface in prose
. الساهي ع الذهج القوبم Gel ايها الاهي عن العہد القديم As. Soc. No. 869, 22 pp. of 15 bayts, copies are frequent.
(155) اعجاز الالغاز نصنیف بھائی (A. P.) Inimitable Riddles by the same Bahay. The.author does not give the solution of the riddles. Specimen : 4435) اخبرونی عن اسم کناب افله ہی حروف الذور و اکتره م حررف الزیادة Beginning و الصلوة فیقول احوج الخلق aos!) اما بعد
Private collection, B. 15 pp. of 12 lines.
The Dywan of Bahjat, we learn from his poems that he was at Lucnow in 1212 (see p. 211 supra). 3 B
370 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. ۰
This Dywan contains chiefly Ghazals, at the end is a very silly Qacydah in praise of the فرنگ Jal Euro- peans. Beginning اي داد نام پاک تو زینمت کلام را در نظم ونثر حمد توباعت نظام را As. Soe. No. 699, a good copy, about 600 pp. 14 ۰.
(157) وصلت نامه بهلول (P.)
The Book of Union by Shaykh Bahldél. The title and name of the author occur in these lines:
نام ایں کردم بوصامت نامة us زآنکة وصلت ف دل ام از خویشنشی هر *خواهد که ار واصل شود درد بھلولش مگر حاصل شود The author imitates Faryd aldyn ’attar in making a litany of his poem, for example he goes on in this strain through a number of verses, درد مارا داد راء مصطفی درد مارا دای سر اولیا درد مارا داد حال صوفیان درد مارا داد سیر عارفان درد مارا داد هردم صدصفا ۔ درد مارا 7 هرد م عمد عطا عاشقاں این دمدر آ در سرجان تا بيابي بسرعشق امکان Bg. As. Soe. No, 1240, 100 pp. 15 lines, well written in 1066.
کپ یث شس م رر 5
)158( ple? دیوان (P.) The Dywan of Bahlél. It contains Ghazals alphabeti- cally arranged. Beginning
شبنمي از بهر عشق ووست گل شد خاک ما مخزنں اسرار شد خاک گل laos کب ما As. Soc. No. 759, small 8vo. a modern inferior copy imperfect at the end.
No. 161.[ BALYGH. 371
(159) دلائل ظاهره تسنیف بلیغ (P.)
Clear Evidence by Balygh or Balyghy. The title is a chronogram for 1186.
The object of the book, which is partly in prose and partly in verse, and consists chiefly of extracts from Indian poets, seems to be, to show that natives of India who have written Persian verses are not so contemptible as the Yranians make them. To prove this he gives notices and extracts of Myr Khosraw, Myrza Jalal Asyr, Nacir ’alyy, Myrza By-dil, &c. At the end are stories, &c.
حمد علیمی که در يلك لفظ کی معانی تصانیف طبقات Bg.
Méoty Mahall, 9۲۵۰ 49 pp. 15 lines.
(160) تلوں قدرت تصنیف بلیغ (P.)
The Changeableness of Power, being a Dywan of Gha- zals by Balygh. The title seems to be a chronogram for 1180. ۱
Contents: After a short Preface follow Ghazals about 200 pp. of 14 bayts, which begin :
نگاهی کو که ia جلوه شاه الهي را Topkhénah, ane, a fair copy.
(161) بلیغ “Selo (P.)
Eloquent Words or poetry of Balygh. This title is a chronogram for 1178.
Contents: After a preface in prose of 4 pp. Fards and Ruba’ys alphabetically arranged 150 pp. of 15 lines.
اابي جوهر تقریر ده تیغ زبامرا Beginning
Tépkhanah, 8vo. a fair ۰
2 ظ 8
372 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
(162) دیوان بناي (P.)
The Dywan of Bannayiy. His father was a respect- able architect at Herat, the birth-place of the poet, and his takhalluc is derived from banna, builder.
He was a very clever and witty man and skilled in almost every art and science, he was a profound Çûfy, an exquisite calligraph and a distinguished composer of music. On account of his erudition, it was said that he was the Molla of poets and the poet for Mollas. His conceit roused the jealousy of Myr ’alyy Shyr: a spiteful expres- sion of his being reported to him, his indignation was so great that Bannayiy was obliged to leave his native country. He went into the ‘irag and was kindly received by Sultan Ya’qib to whom he dedicated his ,پمرام و بهروز After some time he returned to Herat and tried to conci- liate the favour of the Myr by writing a Qacydah in his praise. He presented it but received no reward, and he therefore substituted the name of Sultan Ahmad Myrza for that of ’alyy Shyr, saying that he would not give away his daughters without dowry. Myr ’alyy Shyr was so enraged at this, that he obtained a death-warrant against him. He fled to Ma-wara-Inahr and was received at the court of Suléan ’alyy Myrza b. Sultan Ahmad Myrza b. Sultan Abû Sa’yd; and he wrote for him a Qacydah called “جمع الغرانب in the dialect of Marw. His fortunes were still in the ascendant when Mohammad Khan Shaybany took possession of Ma-wara-Inahr. He conferred the title of King of Poets upon him, and when he marched into Khorasan he gave him opportunities to revenge himself on the poets of his native country, who had persecuted him. He returned from Herat to Ma-
No. 163.1 BA QIR ۰ 373
wara-Inahr and was killed in the massacre of Shah Isma’yl in 918. In some Ghazals in which he imitates Hafıtz he uses the takhallue of Haly. Taqyy Kashy has seen about 6000 verses of Ghazals and Qacydahs of his. (Samy, No. 213; Taqyy Kashy, No. 169.)
This copy of the Dywan contains only Ghazals. Bg.
ٹيی ار لعل ا تو شور فاده در tae زدہ نیشکرازرشک قدت بر خویش خلجرها Méty Mahall, 65 pp. 15 lines. This copy seems to contain but a
very small portion. of the Dywan, some of the verses quoted in the Atishkadah p. 201 are found in it.
××" سس مس سیم و
(163). رموز الطاهرس صنیف بافرعلی (P.) Hints of the Pure, a mystical poem, by Baqir ’alyy Khan, a son of Gholam ’alyy Khan Madany, he says that he was induced to write this poem by the study of the Mathnawy of Mawlawy Ruimy. From the introduction, it would appear that he wrote under Moammad Shah (reigned from 1132 to 1161).
در زمان شا عالم بادشاه آن dos” شاه عاري دیس slay
At the end he gives three chronograms apparently for 1139, one of them runs :—
جسٹم از دل سال 7 کناب واه از pei ی ایس جواب سال pall در یی مصراع بھی سر قران poe الطاهرین The other equally gives 1135 + 4 = 1139.
چو جستم سال اتمام از نیاز گفت پھر عقل و آن داناي راز
ازید فدرت مدد جو و بخوان سال تاریخ است رازي خسروان هزار آفریی باد برجان جان Beginning
As. Soc. 612, 8۲0, 232 pp. 17 bayts.
374 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
(164) گلشی اسرار تصنیف بافر علی (P.)
The Rose Garden of Mysteries, a mystical Mathnawy,
by Baqir ‘alyy. The title, name of author, and date, 1165 — 20 — 1145, are contained in the last lines:
ایں زمان باقر علي حد ادب پیش گیر ودل بنه بر فضل رب از خرد جستم چو تاریۓ کناب داد از الهام غيبي ایی جواب از سر گفنار بکدر نیکبیی گلشی اسرار شد تاریخ این وقف مدح الماد جیں عن وصفه حار فکر العارفین فی صنعه Bg. As. Soc. 562, 154 pp. 14 lines.
س بت سش ڈ5
(165) Oy دیوان بافرکاشی (P.)
The Dywan of Baqir Kashy, a younger brother of ۱۷۲۵1164 Maqçûd Khordah-fartish, he was a good poet, and exquisite calligraph ; in the former art, he was a pupil of MoAtasham and in the latter of Myr Mo’izz aldyn Mo- hammad of Kashan. Shah ’abbaés imprisoned him on the suspicion of some fault, but after he had suffered one year’s incarceration, his innocence was proved and the Shah heaped favours upon him. Subsequently he visited Karbala and remained two years there in the society of learned men, then he proceeded to Kashan and finally he went to India and entered the service of Ibrahym Padshah. It is now twenty years, says the author of the Miathir Rahymy, that he holds an appointment in the library of the Khankhanan. It appears from the A'tish- kadah p. 324, that he subsequently again: returned to his home. In his poems occur the names of Akbar, [brahym ‘adil-shah and Tzohary.
No. 167. ] BA’ ۰ 375
Contents: Ghazals 142 pp. 15 bayts, alphabetically arranged. Beginning
یارب yl سوز فگی در دلدیوانه ما که کلیم آید و اتش برد از خانه ما Ruba’ys 32 pp. 6 Ruba’ys on a page, Tarjy’bands 53 pages and a Mathnawy called Maykhanah (the wine-shop) pp 17 lines. It begins: 22 ._ بمبخانه ای فقیرانه آی ٠ شکسنه شو آنگه بمبخانه ای Another mystical Mathnawy, divided into Jj and treat- ing on God and His attributes, unity and plurality, transfiguration of the prophet, solitude, poverty, fear, hope, &c. 50 pages. Beginning
بسم all و به نمتعیی تفزیل می رب العالمیں Qacydahs chiefly in praise of the Imams 50 pp. 16 lines. Moty Madall, not very legible; As. Soc. No. 1283, 12mo. a splen- did old copy, Ghazals and Ruba’ys 230 pp. of 14 or 15 bayts, the Maykhanah 23 pp. of 16 bayts, Tarkybbands, &c. 54 pp., Dywan of
Qacydahs and some minor poems 95 pp. Beginning of Qaçydahs .ای حف جمال ترا زیور آفتاب
(166) دیوان ہمرم (P.) The Dywan of Mokammad Bayram Khan, who died in
968, the chronogram on his death is شهید شد *حمد بیرم (see pp. 56, 72.)
Contents: Qacydahs in praise of the prophet and the Imams 22 pp. 12 lines. Beginning شهی که بگذرد از نه سپپر انسراو اگر غلام علینیست خاك برسر او Persian Ghazals, 22 pp. of 10 lines. They begin: تا سرو دید نارزی اں نہال را از سرنهاد دعدغه اعندال را
376 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. II.
Chagatay Ghazals, followed by Qif’ahs 36 pp. Méty MaAall, a fair copy.
ee سس گر
(167) پدماوت 0۲ رث پدم نسنیف بژمی (P.)
The story of Rat Syn and Padam, a poem of 3,014 verses, by Bazmy of Karj. He resided for some time at Shyraz and came during the reign of Jahangyr to Gujrat, and composed this poem in the year 1028, as appears from the following verses :
شد با سه هزار چار د در ایں درج زموج طبع من پر ای نام تو نقش لوح Wile ورمانده بوصف تو زبانہا Bg. Méty Marall, 8vo. 224 pp. of 12 lines, a beautifully written copy ;
As. Soc. No. 294, 8vo., the last verses which contain the date are wanting in this copy, but the name of the author occurs in it.
ws ررش زمانه ws! است دربای ور کرانه یی (است
(168) دیوان برشەری (P.) The Dywan of Chandra Bhan Brahman of Patyalah or Lahér. He was Myr Munshiy of Shahjahan, and was employed by him as ambassador to Hindû kings. Besides this Dywan he left letter-forms called . > رlڇ. Contents: Short Ghazals and 38 Ruba’ys. Bg.
ای برتر از تصور و وهم گمان ما ای درمیان ما و برون از میان ما
Tépkhénah, 106 pp. 13 lines; Méty Ma/hall, this copy contains 7 pp. of 17 lines of Ghazals and 16 pp. of Tarjy’bands; As. Soc. No. 538, copied in 1171.
No. 171.) BURHA N. 377
(.۳) دیوان برهان )169(
The Dywan of Burhan, who is probably identical with the poet of this takhalluc mentioned in page 154. Contents : E in praise of the Imams 53 pp. of 17 lines. Beginning اي ذات تو ازشائبه" شرك مبرا با آنکه شدي ازدل هر ذره هوبدا Ghazals 70 pp. 16 1, and six Ruba’ys. Beginning ز سر چوں رشنه قطع راہ کی در وادی دلا Wie که تا آیند "چوی گوهر باستقلال Tépkhanah, Svo. a fair copy.
(170) تار یغ معادت تصنیف پیدار (P.)
The History of Happiness being an account of the progress of the dynasty which rules over Oudh from Shuja’ aldawlah to Sa’adat ’alyy Khan (to whose name the title is an allusion), in verses by Imam-bakhsh By-dér
of Ambalah (Umballa), composed in 1227.
Bg. بنام خدا کو چهان آفرید مت زبان در دهان آفرید Moty Marall, 164 pp. of 9 lines; a splendid copy, written in 1227.
لت اہ م عو اس
)171( گلش سعادث تصنیف بیدار (P.)
The Rose Garden of Happiness, being a Mathnawy containing the praises of Nawab Sa’adat ’alyy Khan, and descriptions of the Dilkusha (this is the name of a
3 0
378 PERSIAN POETRY. ] 6/11۳۰ ۰
palace built for the Nawab by Sir Gore Ouseley) of Farah- baksh and other palaces and gardens of the Nawab by the same By-dar. Beginning
خدایا بده اتش عشق خیز و زان اتش آور شرر های تیز Moty Makhall, 92 pp. of 9 lines, an autograph, written in ۰
(172) دسئور نامه تصنیف بید ار (P.)
The Book of Usage, being a Mathnawy in praise of Ghaziy aldyn Haydar and Nacyr aldyn Haydar, by the same poetaster. Beginning
Méty Mahall 500 pp. of 8 lines, an autograph, written in 1232.
(173) گلزار نامه تصنیف بیدار (P.) The Book of the Rose Garden; a Mathnawy in praise of the same, by the same. Beginning
بنام acl بخشیدہ بجاں ها زیاد خود بہر دلا تپشها Farah-bakhsh, 75 pp. of 7 lines, elegant writing.
(174) Son line SE le (P.) The Dywan of Ghazals of ’abd al-Qadir By-dil. He
derived his origin from the Chaghatay tribe called Birlas and Olûs, but he was born 26 ۵۵0 (Patna), and
No. 177.[ BY-DIL. 379
died at Dilly on the 4th of Çafar 1133. Though he was not a learned man he had a profound and extensive knowledge of Cdfy literature, and his predilection for mysticism shows itself even in his satyres. (See pp. 119 and 213, see also Arzi Majma’, and Azad Khixdnah.) This Dywan contains merely Ghazals. Beginning
باوج کبربا گرپهلوی جز است راء آاجا سرمویگر ltt) خم شوی بشکی کلام ایذچا Méty Makall, 2,310 pp. of 14 lines, a very fine copy.
(175) دیوان رباعیات میرزا بیدل (P.)
Collection of Tetrastichs of Myrza By-dil, they are
alphabetically arranged. Beginning of sl. معني و صورت دریاب by اول ترکیب وضع و نسبت دریاب آنگه بر هوا حقیقت دریاب ug است سوار آن “ale عالم کاری بهیشت
` Private collection, about 500 pp. 8 Ruba’ys in a page, written in 1133, in the commencement a few pages are wanting.
(176) (Perhaps طلسم خیرت (طلسم حيرت (P.)
An allegorical story by Myrza By-dil, if I understand the following chronogram correctly, it was composed in 1(1)5 + 1012-214 = 1125.
کہں تاراغی عقل زمان یاب پی تاریخ نظمش بود بیتاب سر انديشه تا دزدید درجیب . برون اورد گنج عالم ز غیب
In this allegory, mind is the king, the body is the king-
dom, idiosyncrasis the bride, health a son (prince); the TO 2
380 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. ۰
liver is the castle; solicitude the army; the tempera- ments or humours are the commanders of the army, &c.
Tépkhanah, about 300 pp. of 15 lines.
(177) (Jou گلگشت حقیقت تصنیف (P.) The Walk of Truth, a Mathnawy by Myrza By-dil,
containing chiefly descriptions, as a description of a moun- tain, of a cloud, of the rainbow, of the dawn of morn- ing, &c. also religious and philosophical reflections. Beginning تمثال JU طبش فرسوده شرق Moty Mahall, 26 pp. of 45 lines, incomplete.
(178) معیط اعظم تصنیف بیدل (P.)
The Great Ocean, a mystical Mathnawy, by Myrza By-dil. The title is a chronogram for 1078, when the poem was completed. It begins after a short preface in prose and a few lines in a different metre.
منز زاندیشه حادئات مبرا زدرں غبار صعات As. Soc. No. 992, 71 pp. 35 ۰
(279) ددوان صدۂ (P.)
Dywan of Cadafy. All what we know of this author we learn from the postcript: “ Here ends the composi- tion of Cadafy whose sobriquet is Mokammad Shah.
Ls
No. 181.[ ÇA'DIQ. 381
This copy was written by Mofammad Ghayûr, the bro-
ther of the author, during the reign of ’alamgyr.” In
the beginning it is stated that the true title of the book
is راز العارفییی but that it is usually called Dywane Cadafy.
It contains only Ghazals. Beginning
ای زوصفت در زبانم گوه ر خوش آبہا وی زنامت شد کشاده هرد ری ابوابها Mahall, 446 pp. of 11 lines. 7ا16(
(180) چهار باغ حبدری صنیف صادق (P.)
The Four Gardens of Haydar, by Cadiq ’alyy Cadiq. The book is dedicated to, and named after, Ghaziy aldyn Haydar, who died in 1242, and contains rather selections from ancient authors than original poetry.. It is divided into four chapters 20 1, Sarapa or description of the beloved; 2, Selections from ancient poets; 3, Artificial poems صدائع ; 4, Chronograms of old poets, anecdotes, witty sayings, &c. ۱ Beginning
deo !#عد وثنای بیعد خالقی را کہ اوهام
Farah-baksh, about 200 pp. of 9 lines, a splendid copy.
(181) کلیات صهبای (P.)
Complete poetical works of ’abd al-Baqiy Çahbéy, who flourished in 1063, as appears from the following chrono- gram found in his Dywan (see also pp. 125, and 157):
خر سال طلوعش را رقم کر بہفت افلیم زیب افزاي ارنگ ٭ Contents: Ghazals 400 pp. 10 lines. They begin خواهم از بعر خی قطرہ وجداني را که بنامت کنم آرایش ديواني را
. 882 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHaP. ۰
Tarjy bands, Qacydahs in praise of ’alamgyr, Zéb alni- sa, &c. 150 pp. Méty Marall, an old carefully written copy.
(182) نار و نیاز (P.) Blandishment and Devotion, a Mathnawy. Towards
the end, the words Mokammad Calik are written in red ink on the margin, it is possible that this is the name of the author. The date of the composition 930, is con- tained in the poem and it is dedicated to Khan ’obayd Allah. Niyaz or Devotion, a native of the town of ’ishq, and Naz or Blandishment are personified in this allegori-
cal story. Beginning اشيا زصنع تو بيدا ass اي وجود نو اصل هر اشيا
As. Soc. 1240, 110 pp. 15 bayts, a fine copy written in ۰
(183) ae کی (.۳) دیوان Dywan of Calik. I have not been able to identify the author, he may be the same as the preceding. It con- tains merely Ghazals, and- begins : مرا dite, معت از عم ونیا و دی As. Soc. 1408, 33 pp. 17 lines, it appears to contain merely selec- tions.
The Dywan of Çarfy. It is probable that the author of this Dywan is Calah aldyn Çarfy ; the identity how- ever is not fully established. He was of Sawah and a
No. 185.] CAYDY. 383
contemporary of Maqcady, ’ahdy and Tzaryfy Sawajy. When he began to devote himself to poetry, he went to Kashan, where in those days Mohtasham was the great master in this art, and stayed there ten years and made the acquaintance of several poets of note, as Wahshy of Bafiq, Ghayraty of Shyraz, and Hatim, Fahmy, Shuja’ and Radhy’dyiy natives of Kashan and of Myr Haydar Mo’ammayiy Kashy. The last named poet as well as Modtasham revised his verses. As soon as he had attained celebrity, he went to India where he died. (Mdthire Rahymy, MS. As. Soc. No. 45, folio 596; see also pp. 31 and 60 supra).
Contents: Ghazals, 396 pp. of 13 bayts; Rubé'ys 22 pp. i0 bayts. Beginning اي هوای ترا بدل مارا انت مہوي و انت ص اهوی
Méty Maf/all, 12mo., a splendid copy. ,
The Dywan of Myr Caydy of Teheran, he came under Shah Solayman to celebrity, and went in 1064 to India, where he died. Abt Talib says that his Dywan has 4000 verses, and that in one instance he received a present of 5000 Rupees from Jahan-dray Bégam, the daughter of Jahangyr, and in another, one lakh for his poems. (A tishk. p. 287 and pp. 99, 125, 112 supra).
Contents: Ghazals and Ruba’ys about 100 pp. 12 lines.
شد ty از خرام تو تخبیر حالها از جا در آمدنه بگلشی ٹھالہا
Tépkhanah, a bad copy; Méty همه 134 pp. 15 bayts, a good
copy; As. Soc. 1406, 99 pp. of 13 bayts; Ibidem No. 1272, written in 1094, this copy contains besides the Ghazals also Qacydahs, some
ی i یش ر٥ رےھم رد سو س سے
ی ای شوت
bl د و
ےتا
34 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. IT.
in praise of persons in Persia, but most of them in praise of Shéh- jahan, and a few Qié/’ahs and two short Mathnawies, 55 pp. 12 bayts. Beginning گردون نصیب دیده من کرد عساب There are two other copies in the Society’s Library, one No. 1 is defective at the commencement, and the other No. 1408 contains merely selections.
(186) خلاصۂ کبیر دیوان ساب (P.)
Selecta majora from the Dywan of Myrza Mohammad ‘alyy Cayib. His father, a merchant by profession, was one of the Tabryzians تار whom Shah ‘abbas caused to settle at Ispahan in a quarter of the town called after him ’abbasabad, they were like the Kashmyries at Dilly, a clever and industrious race, and many of them were goldsmiths. Cayib was first instructed in poetry by the Hakym Roknayiy Kashy, and subsequently his. verses were revised by the Hakym Shifayiy Ispahany. Accord- ing to Shyr Khan Lody, p. 140, he came first as a merchant to India, his poetical talents introduced him at the Court of Shah-jahan, and he remained at Dilly until Tzafar Khan (see p. 325 supra) took charge of the Go- vernment of Kashmyr. Attracted by the liberality of this nobleman and the beauty of the climate, he accom- panied him to that country. Azad says that when a young man, Çéyib made the pilgrimage to Makkah and returned to Persia, subsequently towards the end of the reign of Jahangyr he again left his native country with a view of going to India. When he had reached Kabul Tzafar Khan, who at that time acted as governor on the part of his father, A bû-l- Hasan Torbaty, induced him to take up his residence with him. On the death of Jahan-
No. 186. | Ca’YIB. 385
gyr his successor Shahjahan bestowed the Government of Kabul on Lashkar Khan, when Tzafar Khan hastened to the presence of his new sovereign accompanied by Cayib, and found him making conquests in the Deccan, A. H. 1039. Here Cayib remained some time till his father came from Ispahan with the hope of prevailing upon him to return to his native country. In further- ance of this object Cayib composed a Qacydah in praise of Khwajah Abt-l-Hasan and his son Tzafar Khan, in which he solicits their permission to depart. But the emperor having returned to Agra in 1041 and shortly after appointing Tzafar Khan governor of Kash- myr, Cayib accompanied him to that country, and after a: short stay there, returned to Persia, where Shah ’abbas II. bestowed the title of king of poets upon him. He died in 1081 and is buried at Ispahan. . Sa’dy, says Abû Talib, may be considered as the origin- ator of the Ghazals, Baba Fighany gave it new life, and his manner was in vogue, until Cayib wrote Ghazals in an entirely new style, and he may therefore be considered as the founder of the new school. (Ouseley, Notes Pers. Poets, p. 227, see also pp. 90, 125, 112, 151 supra.)
Contents: Qacydahs, 16 pp. of 48 bayts. Bg.
ای سواد عذبریں قاہت سوبدای ot?
Ghazals, 536 pp. of 46 lines; Qid’ahs, ۷۵/12 وو Ruba’ys, &c. 119 pp. Beginning of Ghazals: بودی تاج عفوانہا نکشنیتافیامت نوخط شرازه دیوانها AU] اگرنهمد بسم
Méty Madall, a good copy, written in 1081,°the خالاصک کپیرملنانتا ig in the postscript; there is a copy of, a fragment of the complete Dywén in the Moty Marall, 776 pp. of 19 bayts, it contains merely the Ghazals rhyming in d, which in the preceding copy fill 160 pages, it is probably the second out of three or four volumes, it begins:
آبہا ائینه سرو خرامان تو اند بادها مشاطه زلف پربشان تو اند 0 3
= 1ب- - 9 == ۰ ر0 کی دس
386 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHaP. ۰
A. splendid copy of the Dywan of the Ghazals of Çayib, is in the As. Soc. No. 54, small folio about 700 pp. of 38 bayts, it was written for Shah ’abb4s, and begins like the Selecta: اگر نک مد پسم الله بودی
There has been lithographed at Lucnow, Moçtafay Press, 1264, 12mo. 168 pp. of 12 bayts, a book of selections from the Dywan of Cayib under the title of ,ماب دیوان صائب We are informed in a short preface which is in prose, that Darwysh ’émilayiy Balkhy paid a visit to Çûyib at Ispahén, and having obtained his Dywén, he made selections from it which he called lex عرأۃ some authors however call them Las} رواجب the latter I suspected is the correct title. The printed Intikhab is founded upon them and contains Ghazals and Rubéa’ys and begins: غیرحق را ميدهي رة درحریم دل چرا
There is a splendid MS. in the ۷۵۲۲ Ma/all, 444 pp. of 19 lines entitled آرایش نگار containing verses of Çayib, most of which are descriptions of various objects ; as, a mirror, arrow, bow, peacock, ۰ It begins: خورد دانست انکه جرم خویش را '٭چارہ شد آدم ازجذت برای گذدمی اران شد
In the Tépkhanah, (250 pp. 40 bayts) a copy of the same work has the title of مرۃالجمال It is totally different from the lithograph- ed selections from the Dywan of ۰
In the Asiatic Society, No. 666, 352 pp. 14 bayts is a MS. inscribed .مراق الچمال صائب It is a 802606 or description of the beauty of the human figure, and consists of verses taken from the Dywan of Çûyib, they are arranged under 21 chapters, containing the description of the eyebrows, eye, nose, &c. and the verses in each chapter are alphabetically arranged. This no doubt is the genuine Mirat aljamél, and like the preceding work it has nothing in common with the Intikhab printed at Lucnow. Beginning
اي روب چون بہشت ترا کوثر ائیذہ
(187) uty? سافی نامه لصفیف (P.)
The Cup-bearer, a poem by Molla Mohammad Ciify of Amol, or according tothe Atishkadah, p. 243, of Ispahan.
No. 189.[ CHAND. 387
He composed this poem in 1000 (see pp. 33 and 88 supra). Beginning
ال ای دل مانده از کار و بار بمسني و ديوانگي سرب رآر Moty Mahall, 28 pp. of 11 ۰
(188) گلدسته" عشق (P.)
The Nosegay of Love, a Mathnawy containing the story of Kamrûp, by Tékchand Chanda son of Balram. At the end was the date of the composition, but it has been torn away. From the introduction it appears that the poet flourished under ’alamgyr, and that he was a native of Bûryah in Sahrand.
سپاس و حمد Go متعال ٭چوں کزو برپا شد ایر گرد ند گرد رن Bg.
Tépkhénah, 190 pp. of 16 bayts.
(189) یعاد دیوان (P.)
The Dywan of Nitzam aldyn Makmid b. al-Hasan Hosayny of Shyraz, who had the takhalluc of Da’iy. He informs us in the preface that in 865, when fifty years of age, he collected the poems which he had made during the preceding forty years into a Dywan. Taqyy Kashy, No. 166, says that he was of the school سلسلۂ of Ni’mat Allah, and he praises his Mathnawy called .مشاه Ilahy says he was a disciple of Ni’mat Allah, and as this saint died in 827 he may have known him. Walih, Nos. 4 and 16, distinguishes between Shah Da’iy and Da’iy Shyrazy but apparently without sufficient grounds. The author divides his Dywan into three parts
3 D 2
388 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHar. ۰
Beginning of Ist part: الله pay ای مرا مونس جان Beginning of 2nd part: بابل اگر ناله برآرن روا است Beginning of 3rd part: العمد که از فیض *جدو مارا all Méty Marall, 346 pp. of 17 bayts, a beautiful copy.
(190) رباعیات مير درد (P.)
Tetrastiches of the great Çûfy poet Myr Dard in alpha- betical order. He was a son of ’andalyb and a disciple of Shah Gulshan and died in 1199 (see p. 218 supra.)
۱ از داغ جنوں گلسی بر سر مارا ار انش عشق شعله در بر مارا
Tépkhéanah, 80 pp. of 10 bayts, written in 1202 by Myr Fakhr
aldyn Hosayny, whose takhallug was Méhir, and who is mentioned in pp. 252 and 223 supra.
(191) دیوان دردمنه (FA
The Dywan of Dardmand, who died in 1176 or 1179,
(see pp. 219, 194, 155, 150). It contains merely Ghazals. جز بوصف نوخطان کی واشود لبها مرا
Tépkhénah, 18 pp. of 12 bayts, this copy contains probably merely
extracts. ۱
(192) دیوان درکی ۳1 The Dywan of Darky of Qomm, he was a contem- porary of Shah ’abbas and died in the Deccan (Walih; Yusof ’alyy Khan; and p. 92 supra). | Contents: Ghazals, 400 pp. 15 bayts; Ruba’ys, 10 pp. 12 bayts. Beginning.
No. 194.[ DZARRAH. 389
ای ثفایت زیت دپباچه عنوان ما نقطه فام تو SE چہزہ دیوان ما Tépkhénah, a very beautiful copy.
The Dywan of Myrza Bhuchchti Dzarrah, he gives us the date, 1188, when he completed this book in the fol- lowing Ruba’y.
صد شکرربدات عالیت رب رحدم بخشید شعای کامل از لطف عمجم جمعی بودند در تاش تاریخ ذر8 بدیہۃ یافت از فضل گریم
It contains Ghazals, some Tarjy’ bands, ۰ Bg. ۱ ام را (not legible) "عبت ۵ہ حد جانا نه ام را اجابت
Moty Marall, the first half wanting, 132 pp. 13 ۰
ele 09 یں تصنیف ذوقی )194(
و
Qaçydahs in praise of the principal Shaykhs of the Qadiry order of Darwyshes, by Mo/yy aldyn Dzawgqy, a son of Abti-l-Hasan of Pillawr near Cawnpore.
The author says in a short preface which is in prose, that he wasted six days on this composition. Every Qacydah is in praise of a Shaykh or saint beginning with Mokammad, and every verse in it ends with the name of the respective saint. Beginning
As. Soc. No. 838 about 100 pp. of 15 bayts, written in 1189.
(195) 858 شکرستان خیال التخاب دیوان (P.) The Sugar Pot of Imagination, being selections from the Dywan of Dzawqy 0۴ ۰ Beginning
390 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. II.
Lithographed Lucnow, Moçtafy Press, 1262, 8vo. 20 pp. on the margin is a Persian cookery book, called نعمت wld.
(196) ua دیوان (P.)
The Dywan of Myrza Façyhy Ancary of Herat. He was in the service of Mortadha Quly Shamld and a con- temporary of Hakym Shifayiy, and when this poet was on a visit to Hosayn Khan Shamlt, governor of Herat, they wrote satyres against each other. He intended several times to come to India, but was prevented by his countrymen who were proud of his fame, but in 1004, he sent his Dywan to Agra. Among his pupils are Natzim Herawy, Jalal Asyr and Darwysh Walih, he died in 1046 (Arzi; A’tishkadah p. 204; and supra pp. 151, 91, 127, 113).
Contents : Ghazals 109 pp. of 13 bayts; Ruba’ys 11 pp. Beginning of Ghazals:
Lda روزي lhe پرسنان ساز رات را که جذت دوزخ است اتش پرستان >حبت را
Qacydahs about 100 pp. and again Ruba’ys 20 pp. Beginning of Qacydahs:
ساقیا می دہ کہ در جوش است خون فوبهپار
Tépkhénah, two copies, one without the YE As. Soc. No. 1126, the Qaçydahs begin in this copy مالاني wy Hye دلم بگرفت زائین زیا the text of this copy seems to differ widely from the Lucnow copies, at the end is a short Mathnawy. Beginning سجعان الله چه بارگهست
(197) عشق شاه و ماه تصنیف فضلی “aad (P.) The Loves of Shah and Mah, a Mathnawy by Fadhly (see p. 92 supra). The title is a chronogram for 1051,
No. 198.[ FADHLY. 391
the year when it was composed. The number of verses 12,260, is stated somewhat figuratively at the end of the
‘poem : چون شد ایی کاخ مرتفع بنیان استوارآمدش همه اران خانپایش در ازده امد منزل آفتاب و مه آمد چون بیرت کواکب سیار ليك هرخانه داشت خانه هزار و el بر جمله خانہا agi) در صد وشصت بیت زاید بود يا الهي غریق عصيانيم از ره آفت خطا ونسيانيم Bg.
Tépkhanah, a fair copy.
ee س سےا
(198) دیواری فغغور (P.) The Dywan of Hakym Faghfur Lahijy. He also
used the takhalluc of Qasmy and Myr. In Aba Talib he has the name of Hakym Mohammad Hosayn Faghfiir Yazdy. He was of a Sayyid family of Lahy- jan in Gylan, and possessed almost every accomplishment: he knew Arabic well, composed beautiful melodies, wrote an elegant hand, was a clever chess-player and excelled as a physician, in this art he was a pupil of his uncle Taj aldyn Hosayn who was a pupil of the celebrated Cadr alshary’at Gylany. He seems also to have pos- sessed some skill in arithmetic, and is the author of a useful treatise on counting with the fingers ۔درحساب اصابع After he had visited, partly on account of political dis- turbances, Mazanderan, Adzarbayjan and Armenia, he came to Ispahan which was then a great seat of learning, and made the acquaintance of HHakym Shifayiy and other men of note. Being a man of independent fortune, he was not under the necessity of gaining his subsistence by writing panegyrics on great men, yet he was received with
392 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. IT.
great distinction by ’alyy Quly Khan Shamlu, who held a high office at the court of Shah ’abbas. In 1012, he went to India, on the road he made several poems in praise of the Khankhanan, for which’ he-received the most liberal presents, and he was introduced by him to Shah Parwyz, a son of Jahangyr, who took him in 1025 into his service. He died at Ilahabad in 1028 or 1030. (Miahthire Rah. folio 627 and supra pp. 151, 91.)
The Dywan contains Qacydahs, most of them in praise of Shah Parwyz, and Ghazals. As the copy is defective in the beginning and end, I take a chronogram from it for 1024.
فلم بر لوج زد wr فال تاریخ بکرسي ایت الکرسي بر آمد
Méty Mahall about 150 pp. of 23 lines, the margin covered with
text, beautifully written. ۱
ات سح سس ۰+
The Dywan of Abi-l-nitzam Jalal aldyn Mohammad Falaky Shirwany. He was born in a place called Sha- majy شماجی and he, as well as Anwary, was a pupil of Aba-l-’old of Ganjah, some authors say that Anwary was a pupil of Falaky. His patron was Manûshihr Shir- wanshah, the ruler of Shirwan. He was skilled in mathematics and astrology and left a book on the latter subject. It is the predilection for this science, which induced him to choose the takhalluc of Falaky (the man of the spheres of heaven) though according to Ulugh Bég it was an unhappy choice. Hedied in 577. Taqyy Kashy has seen about 7000 verses of his, and Abii Talib 3000. Beginning of the Qacydahs:
No. 201.1 FA NY. 393
سپہ ر #جدن معالی #عیط نقطه ple جهان جود و مررت چراغ دردہ آدم
Moty Madall, two copies, one 12mo. 72 pp. of 14 or 15 bayts,
written at Agra in an elegant hand in 1015, prefixed is a short bio- graphy of the author.
(200) دیوان دای (P.)
The Dywan of Molla Mohsin Faniy of Kashmyr, he was in poetry a pupil of Molla Carfy Kashmyry, and in Ctifism a disciple of the Shaykh Mohibb Allah Iléha- bady. For some time he held the office of the Cadarat of Ilahabad and was much respected, but when Sultan Murdad-bakhsh conquered Balkh, a copy of the Dywan of Mo/sin was found in the library of Nadzr Mohammad Khan, the fugitive sovereign of that kingdom, which contained panegyrics on him; Shahjahan was so much enraged at his duplicity, that he removed him from his post, but he allowed him a pension. Faniy returned to his native country Kashmyr, and spent his time in instructing young men. He was enamoured of a public woman of the name of Najy, with whom unfortunately Tzafar Khan fell also in love, and their rivalry led to enmity between them. Faniy died in 1081 and left a Dywan of 6000 or 7000 verses. (Mirat alkhiydl, ۰ 254; ۸۳26, and supra pp. 113, 117, 116.)
This copy of the Dywan contains merely Ghazals.
بمیدان کمای جه مردان زور بازو را Beginning
بدست اورد: ام oy? هم ز ابروی درازورا Méty Mahall, 48 pp.
(201) دهدار فانی des? قصادن خواجه 7 The Qaçydahs of Khwajah Mokammad Mo’yn aldyn
b. Mohammad b. Mahmud Dihdar Faniy. He came to 3 E
394 PERSIAN POETRY. ] 011۸۳۰ II.
India and stood in high favour with ’abd al-Rahym the Khankhanan. He died in 1016 and left several works on Ctifism as حاشیه شعات , شرح خطبة , ols حاشیه البیان | حاشیه برگلشی راز |
The Dywan contains besides Qacydahs, which are in praise of God, and the prophet, and the Imams, also a few Tarjy bands. Beginning حریف بزم خیالم لب مقال کشود کچ دی که در آید دمی بگفت وشنود
Méty Mahall, 8۲۵, 388 pp. of 17 lines, a beautiful copy, written in 1030.
ہت ٹس سس سس ow
(202) Ca کو ا هت دلبر تصنیف The seven Sweet-hearts, a Mathnawy by Faniy who dedicated it to Akbar. It contains seven stories related in seven nights. Beginning را pal گوبم خدای عالم را که شرف بخش داد dom Tépkhénah, about 100 pp. 32 lines.
سس -س--..س.س —_—
(203) دیوان فقیر (PD
The Dywan of Myr Shams aldyn Faqyr, he had also the takhalluç of Maftûn. In 1179, he went from Dilly to Lucnow, and he was still alive in 1180 when 0۴ ‘alyy Khan wrote. Abt Talib says in one place that he was drowned in 1180, and in other places he says, in 1181, he farther states that he left about 15,000 verses. (See pp. 158 and 223 supra.)
Contents: Qacydahs, in praise of the prophet, the Imams, &c. also logogriphs and chronograms, 44 pp.
ای غم عشق تو شوری در جہاں انداخنه Beginning
No. 205. ] FAQYR. 395
A Mathnawy which has the title نتصوبر "عبت and contains the story of Ram Chand, the son of the Betel Vender, 82 pp. 11 lines composed in 1156, the title is a chronogram.
خداوندا د لی ده شعاه سانم که از شورش فند انش ؛جانم Bg.
Ghazals 104 pp.; Ruba’ys 12 pp. Beginning of
Ghazals: ای درطلب نام تو آوارہ نشانہا گرکردہ ره معنی رصف تو بیانہا
Méty Madall, the autograph written in 1157 ; Topkhanah, a copy
bearing the seal and signature of the author, the seal bears the
date 1160; As. Soc. No. 1228, 128 pp. 13 bayts, a bad copy, it contains merely the Ghazals and Ruba’ys.
(204) ۰ مثنوي واله سلطان تسنیف فقیر (P.) The Loves of the Poet Walih, who is the author of the Tadzkirah, see pp. 132 supra, and of Khadyjah Bégam,
the daughter of Hasan ’alyy Khan, by Faqyr who com- posed this poem in 1160, as stated in the following
verses : . ا چو ou خیال تاریخ oF مدیع شال eu" ریچ دگر شخص فی ظاعر سوق تا اکر +جودی
It contains 3,230 bayts and begins : ای وال حس دلکشت جاں عشق تو بہردو کون سلطان . Farah-bakhsh copied in 1161; As. Soc. No. 464, 332 pp. 11 lines.
(205) Weal شمش ۱ (P.)
The Noon-Sun, a Mathnawy by Faqyr, in praise of the Imams, it is therefore also called معصوم soe ,*جزات 3 E 2
396 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHaP. ۰
He composed it m 1249—-76 —1173 and it contains more than 8000 verses as stated in these words:
سایه از نام او چو دور امد سال By در ظپور امد
ای بتامت yb; “حر طراز نطق را داده مايه اعجار Beginning Farah-bakhsh, 280 pp. 31 lines.
(206) ضف الشباب (P.)
The Present of Youth, a short Mathnawy composed by Faqyr in 1143 as stated in the conclusion : سال ای منظوم کرام دلست یکمزار و یکصدو سه با چل است Bg. عرحبا ای افتاب بی زرال hey ایام pre مرحبا ای Tépkhénah, In a note which I have taken of a volume of the Méty Mahall containing this and the preceding Mathnawy, the name of
ملا حسن میر شمس الدین دهلوی the author is written
ص نس ee
(207) مولد امام مهدي (PD The Birth and Miracles of Imam Mahdiy, a Math- nawy by Faqyr. It begins: خدارندا ره تفر یه بنمای بروی می در توحیفد بکشای Tépkhénah, 300 pp. 17 lines.
ری ` کلیات فره )208(
Complete poetical works of Abû-l-Hasan Fard, who is called Ni’maty, because his father was the saint Shah Nimat Allah, and he is also called Mojyby, because Mojyb a man of great learning and sanctity was his grandfather.
No. 210. ] ' FARYD. 397
Fard followed the profession of his ancestors—that of a saint—and died in 1265.
Contents: two Dywans of Ghazals 338 pp. and 465 pp. generally of 20 bayts; Ruba’ys, Qacydahs and Math- nawies, &c. from p. 466 to 586. Beginning ای نعمت توپیش زحد قیاس ما کی درخور نوال تو باشد سپاس ما
Printed, Calcutta, 1268, 40, in two volumes.
(209) مثنوی فار غ (P.) A Poetical Story composed by Farigh in 1000. All we know regarding the author and his poem, we learn from the following verses : جان ”عمد درست قول سلیم خلف پاک میر ابراهیم اور کج سخ نظم شی چو دانی کرد wy? قصہ نثر پیش ایں حجسنه کناب سنہ الف است از طربق حساب es سال paw dy که دربن سال شاه عالمگیر کرد گیلان بعدل It is dedicated to Shah ’abbas and begins: هو بافی وغیره هاللک Nile لاء الماک انه Méty Mahall, 8vo. 90 pp. defective at the end.
(210) دیوان فرید احول (P.) The Dywan of Faryd aldyn A/wal (the squinting)
whose takhalluç is Faryd. He was a native of Isfarayn in Khorasan, but he came first to celebrity at Ispahan, Adzor p. 247 and Khoshgü I. No. 180 are therefore of opinion that he was a native of Ispahan. He was a clever poet and very good musician. As soon as his merits were acknowledged he went to Shyraz, and his talents were an introduction for him to the court of the Atabuks,
398 PERSIAN POETRY. ] 01۲۸۳۰ II.
at which he spent the greater part of his life. He was a contemporary and rival of Imamy and by order of his patron Khwajah Nitzam aldyn Abu Bakr, the Wazyr of ’adhod aldyn Sa'd, several poetical contests took place between them. He died at Ispahan and left a Dywan, of which 71207۲ Kashy has seen 5000 verses. (Dawlat- shah 3; Khol. alash adr, No. 44.)
This copy of his Dywan contains Qacydahs and a few Qifahs, most of his poems are in praise of ’adhod aldyn Abt Bakr b. Aby Nacr, one is on Spring and some on moral subjects. Beginning کلی وجز ویست درازل bis? cole یا واهب ا'عیرة و ياحي لم بزل
Méty Mahall, 38 ‘pp. 44 bayts; a splendid copy.
(211) دیوان فوجي (P.) The Dywan of Myrza Mohammad Moqym Fawjy. He was born at Shyraz and his takhalluc, which means cam- paigner, is derived from his early profession. He came to India and was attached to the service of Shah Shuja’, a son of Shahjahan and resided in Bengal.* After a long residence in India he made the pilgrimage to Makkah, and returned to his fatherland but died a short time after his arrival (Arzi; Shyr Khan Lddy, p. 259 and supra p. 96.) We find in his Dywan the follow- ing chronogram for 1059: اب ذشاط و رواق عیش wd, یم ر خرد . زشادي تاریض سال ارں خندید * Sarkhüsh of whose Tadzkirah, I consulted two copies, one belonging to me and one to Mr. Hall, says simply بو اما صاحب SEY فوجي از شغرای EAS فکر (see p. 113 supra). I fear this notice is incomplete, for in one of
the Lucnow copies of Sarkhish, it is stated that Fawjy came under Shah- jahan to India.
No. 212. | FAYDH. 399
Contents: Qacydahs and Tarjy’ bands, 110 pp. 19 bayts. Ghazals, 210 pp. 14 lines. Beginning نپا از دیده ها ٭٭٭ رفت بخلوت خانۂ یلہا پذپان از میاں برخاست حایلها tay شدی در Ruba’ys, Mafla’s, Chronograms, 40 pp.
Moty Mahall, a good copy.
(212) دیوان فیض (P.) The Dywan of the distinguished mystical philosopher and theologist, Molla Mo/sin Kashany, whose takhalluç as a poet was Faydh, and he was therefore commonly called Akhûnde Faydh. He was a nephew of Mawlana Dhiya aldyn Nuray Kashy, and in tradition a pupil of Bahay (see p. 369 supra), and of Sayyid Majid Bokharay and he was by marriage connected with the philosopher Cadra Shyrazy. Mohsin, says Adzor, succeeded to bring reason and positive religion, and dialectics and Cufism into harmony. He flourished under Shah ’abbas II. who treated him with great respect, and he has written a great number of works many of which will he described in their respective places. Adzor mentions کناب اصفی and کناب صانی which are two commentaries on the Qoran, معاتیے and کناب و ابی on Hadyth and Law, and حجة البیضا on ethics. He died at Kashan under or after Shah Solay- man, and his tomb is a place of pilgrimage (A'tishkddah, 0۰ 330; Walih, No. 122, for a further notice see the chapter on 7 Contents: A preface in prose 21 pp. 18 lines, contain- ing a vocabulary of Cufy terms, which has the title of ,المشواق He says that mystical poetry is of five kinds: either true love عقش حئيتي is poetically described or it
400 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. ۰
consists of dithyrambs, ii which the poet describes his desire to meet the beloved, or he describes the beauty of the divinity which he beholds in the mirror of the per- fection of the human figure, or he writes moral sentences, or he paints the love of the initiated (literally of the perfect saint). On the first four subjects Faydh wrote a book called “the desire of love” شوق عشق and on the fifth he wrote one which has the title of .شوق المهدي Subesequently he divided the Shawke ’ishq into its four constituent parts and gave to each part a separate name, viz; 1, Desire of Love العشق (5,4; 2, Desire of Truth =! ;شوق 3, Desire of Beauty شوق الجمال : 4, Desire of Perfection .شوق الکمال He gives to expressions like the curl, the mole, the cheek, &c. the metaphorical meaning which is explained in the Gulshane Raz. It appears this copy contains only the first part, viz. the شوق العشق for I find no such division in it as mentioned above. It con- sists of Qacydahs, alphabetically arranged, 24 pages of 18 bayts. They begin: چه سان گریم ثنای حق تعالی نیم چوں م سزای حق تعالی Ghazals, 186 pages and some Ruba’ys: ای در هرای رصل تو گسترده جانپا مالہا Moty Madall, an elegantly written copy.
(213) روضة الفیض (P.) The Garden of Grace or of Faydh, a Mathnawy by Faydh al-Hasan of Saharanpore, whose takhalluç is Faydh, composed in 1263. ۱ Beginning خوان توام طوطی شاخ گلستان تو ام US ای که م مرغ Lithographed, Lucnow, Mortadhy press, s. A. 36 pp. the margin covered with text.
No. 215.[ 7 ۸ ۰ 401
)214( کلیات فیضی (P.)
۱ Complete poetical works of Faydhy (see pp. 127, and 62 supra). According to Taqyy Awhady apud Arzû, he left in all about 20,000 verses.
. Contents: A preface in prose 6 pp.: Qacydahs, Tarjy’- bands and Marthiyahs 194 pp. of 17 bayts. Bg. یا ازلي الظپور یا ابدي الخفا نوک فوق النظر حسنک فوق الثنا
Ghazals in alphabetical order about 400 pp. |
مستانه a مپرسد از دل بلب ما Beginning
An Arabic poem without dots, Mo’ammas, chrono- grams, 1۱۲2/12 وو Ruba’ys, &c. about 200 pp.
As. Soc. No. 911, an elegant copy; Méty Marall without the Qacydahs 406 pp. of 13 bayts, written. in 1004; ZIbidem another copy containing the Qacydahs and preface in prose, 584 pp. of 21 bayts.
(215) مرکژ ادوار (P.) The Centre of Circles, a Mathnawy by Faydhy. This poem is also called .مجداء فيض چنیی گنم نیا یافتم از نظر شاه چهان یافتم aie شد چوزفیض ازل اجام او مبدا فيض نهم نام او In the Lucnow copy is a postcript to this poem, which
contains very interesting details regarding the literary labours and plans of the author, and I therefore insert it
سال سی ام الہی نبصد ونود وسه هجري ان فارس عرصه here. سخنوري را پسیے ان شد که زمیی خمسه را جوانگاہ طبع glee] گرای سازد ٭ برابر ”خزں اسرار مرکز ادوار بسه هزار بیت گوهر افزای بینش گردد ٭ مقابل خسرر وشیریں سلیمان و بلقیس نو باوہ از بستان
سرای دانش سربرزند ٭ جای لیلی و *جذون نل دس که از ۳ 3
402. PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. IT. داستانهای باستاني هندوستار است از باطی فیاض ترارش نماید هفت پیکر gy ره ریګ بچهارهزار بیت پیرایه بلند نامي گیرد * و در هفت کشوربه پذج هزار بیت پدیرای آبادي شود ٭ ودر بحر سکندرنامه اکبرنامه فرار گرفت که در همانقدر ابیات فپرسی از جراید شکوه کناب شد shad? 12) شاهنشاهی نکشته آید * و ور همان روزکار
Tépkhénah, 180 pp. of 15 bayts; Méty Mahall, 122 pp. of 1 bayts; As. Soc., 32 pp. of 60 bayts.
(216) wrod (P.): Nal Daman, a Mathnawy by Faydhy. Beginning ای درتگ و پوی توز آغاز Lithographed at Lucnow, Mortadhy press, 1263, 144 pp. in three
columns, one column covering the inner héshiyah, on the outer hashiyah is a short gloss. Lithographed, Calcutta, 1831, 8vo.
The Dywan of Fayiz (see pp. 127 and 158 supra). Contents: Ghazals 94 pp. of 15 bayts and a few Ruba'ys. Beginning اي در غم اباد جنونم بادشاهی ده مرا از ثرلک دنیاد ولتصاحبکلاهی ده Méty Marall, a fair copy.
ي 0 )218(
“The George-namah of Mulla Feruz bin Kawus, chief: priest of the. Parsi Kadmis of Bombay, edited. by: his
No. 220.] :‘FIGHANY. | 403
nephew Mullé Rustam bin Kaykobéd; Bombay, litho- graphed by R. Prera, 1837,” 3 volumes 8vo. 400 pp. 702 pp. and 833 pp. of 21 bayts of text. The book contains a history of India from its discovery by the Portuguese to the conquest of Punah by the English in 1817, the author says that he completed the first volume in 1814, and there is a portrait in it representing him at the age of seventy-three years. First verse:
خجستہ در اعاز و در Jos) بو بیگمان فام پاک خدا
(219) دیوان فدوي (P.) The Dywan of Fidwy who flourished in the middle of the eleventh century of the Hijrah, as is shown by several chronograms contained among his poems for 1051, 1057, 1059, &c.
Contents: Ghazals, 160 pp. of 26 lines, Qacydahs, a Mathnawy, Ruba’ys, &c. 33 pp. 26 lines. Beginning پاک زجمله عنصراست حضرت ذوالجلال ما ز آب زنك ی پرورش نہال سا sale
` Topkhanah, a good copy.
. سا س د
(220) دیراں فغانی en" CP) The Dywan of Baba Fighany of Shyraz. His father being an artizan, he was not brought up for the profession of letters, and it was his extraordinary talent for poetry which caused him to abandon his original vocation. Arzû says, as the poets of Khorasan did not appreciate
his compositions, he left his home and went to Sultan 3F 2
‘a
404 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. IT.
Ya’qtib. This would imply that he first tried his luck at the court of Sultan. Hosayn Myrza and Myr ’alyy Shyr; for under “the poets of Khorasan” no doubt the poets which surrounded that court: are meant. Samy and Taqyy Kashy relate that he proceeded to Tabryz and was soon acknowledged by the literati of that part of the country, as the best poet of the age. His reputa- tion recommended him to Sulfén Ya’qub who conferred the title of Baba or Babaye Sho’araé upon him and appointed him his principal court poet. After the death of his patron he went to Khorasan and settled at Aby- ward. As he was a confirmed drunkard, the governor of that place allowed him two pounds of meat and two pints of wine a day. Finally he came so far in his vice that he allowed himself to be employed as a porter by the people of the wineshop. ‘Towards the end of his life he went to Mashhad, and when Shah Isma’yl took that town he made a celebrated Qacydah on Imam Musa and in praise of the shah. He died in 925.
He is one of the best Ghazal writers, and is therefore called the little Hafitz, Taqyy Kashy has seen a Dywan of 6000 verses of his. (Bland, 4 Cent. of Pers. Ghazals ; Samy, No. 215).
Contents: Qacydahs 9 pp. 16 bayts. Beginning
زبان خامه ندارن سر رقوم و رسوم.. :جز منافب ذات مقدس *خدرم
Ghazals in alphabetical order, 268 pp. 16 bayts. Bg. ای سر نامه ناتو عقل گره کشای را , ذکرتومطلع غزل طبع خن سرائی را
Moéoty Marall, an old clear copy, at the end some pages are want- ing. Another copy 402 pp. 15 lines; copies without the Qaçydahs
are very frequent; As. Soc. 1397, 222 pp. 14 bayts; two copies are in my collection.
No. 222. ] FIRDAWSY. 405
(221) ربامیات نكري (P.) The Ruba’ys of Sayyid Mohammad F'ikry of Herat who was originally a weaver, and is therefore called Jamah-baf. He came in 969 to India and gained, through his great talents for making epigrams, the favour of Akbar. He died in India in 973. The chronogram on his death is .سفرنمود میر رباعی (see pp. 52, 62, 44 supra, the mistake of Taqyy Kashy in supposing that he was still alive in 985 is to be accounted for by the great dis- tance). Specimen
دارد نري سری. که سامانش نیست
در ایست بدل, نہاں کہ درمانش نیست
Méty Mahall 74 pp. the commencement is wanting.
(222) . شاهنامه. (P.)
The Shah-namah or book of kings by Firdawsy. Fir- dawsy means the Paradisian, and is the takhalluc of Abt- 1-Qasim Hasan (or Mancir) .ا Ishaq. Some authors say that he chose this takhallu¢ because his father was gardener in a garden called Firdaws. He was born near Tis in A. H. 328. He came to Ghaznah to find redress against the oppression which his family suffered at the hands of the governor of 7T" ûs. Sultan Mahmid the con- queror of India who resided at Ghaznah had formed the plan of having the poetical records of the history of Persia put into a new garb, and he entrusted various poets of his court with episodes to put them into verse. Firdawsy in his place had at T'üs, at the suggestion of his teacher Asady, been engaged in the same task. Not long after his arrival at Ghaznah, Mahmud having seen his per-
406 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. ۰
formance, gave him the preference over all his court poets, and entrusted him with the completion of the work. At first he was liberally rewarded by the king, but subse- quently owing to the intrigues of the minister Maymandy he was obliged to leave the court of Mamûd and wrote satyres against him. He died at 769 in 411.
Mohammad ’awfy says that 20,000 verses of the Shah- namah are by Daqyqy, and the other 60,000 by Firdawsy. Taqyy Kashy further informs us that the last 4000 verses are by Asady who completed the book at the request of Firdawsy during his last illness. According to this account the Shah-namah would have 80,000 verses, but the copies now extant, contain from 46 to 56,000 verses. It appears from 5 account that in his time, 670 years ago, complete copies of the Shah-namah were rare, the text usually read being “The Selection اخقیاراٹ from the Shah- namah” made by Khwajah Masûd. This statement gives us a clue for explaining why the MSS. now extant differ so much in the number of verses: we may suppose that some copyists of the selections referred to the original, and enlarged them by making farther extracts from it.
The name of Daqyqy was, according to the Atishkadah, Mancir b. Ahmad, he was a native of Bokhara and flou- rished under the Samanide dynasty, and it is said that he put the story of Gustasp into verse by order of Nth b. Mancir who was deposed in A. H. 387.
Asady T'ûsy was the teacher of Firdawsy. He died during the reign of Mas’ ûd the son of Makmid, his portion of the Shah-namah begins with the inroad of the Arabs into Persia. He is also the author of a poem
No. 224.[ FIRYBY. 407
called Gershasp-namah گرشاسپ نامه and of some Qacydahs and of dialogues containing disputations.
I have given a full notice of Khwajah Mas’ ûd who made the Selections from the Shah-namah in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. 22 p. 442. He died in 525 and left three thick Dywans, one in the Persian, one in the Arabic and one in the 11144:77 language of that day. -He is the earliest Musalman poet who wrote in Hindtstany of whom we have any account. Tk
بنام خداوند جان و خرد Beginning
Fine MS. copies are frequent. The first ×8 ditîn has been made by Major Macan with very great trouble and expense, Calcutta, 1829, 4 vols. 8vo.; lithographed at Bombay, 1266, with pictures ; edited with a French translation and a very learned introduction, ۰ : by Mohl, Paris, 1838-43, this edition is very splendid but not yet complete. An abridged translation into Urdoo has been lithographed
at. Dilly; on the abstract of the Shah-namah in Persian prose, see the chapter on history.
(223) leds یوتف و iir €P} Yûsof and Zalykha, a romantic epose by the author of the Shah-namah. Beginning به اخبار و گفتار پیغمبراں سنن راند هرکس به قدر توان Tépkhénah, about 400 pp. 19.lines; As. Soc. No. 605. Mr. Morley has promised an edition of this interesting. but rare work.
(224) bole ۲ (P.) The Dywan of Firyby. According to the postscript the name of Firyby was Shahpar and he was of Teheran.
408 PERSIAN POETRY. ] 011۸4۳. ۰
The verses quoted of poets of this takhalluç in Walih and in the Nafayis almdthir are not found in this Dy- wan. Contents: Ghazals 54 pp. 22 lines, Ruba’ys, &c. 9 pp. Bg. ندارد اگر ذوق اننظار مرا ass مرا oe برد براه عدم Méty Mazhall, a bad copy apparently containing merely waitin tor written in 1165,
(225) دیوان فطرتث 04 The Dywan of Myr Mo’izz Fitrat who died in 1106 and not in 1101 as stated above (see pp. 109, 128, 151, 137 supra). ۱ Contents: A Qacydah in praise of ’alyy ; Ghazals 0 pp. 18 bayts. Beginning of Ghazals: تمام از ث شور سودایت نمکدان کاسه سرا Tépkhénah, defective at the end; As. Soc. No. 1397, in this copy’ and in one copy of the Tépkhanah, the Ghazals begin : جنوذم کوس شهرت زد بدامن چون کشم مارا There is another copy in the As. Soc. No. 873, containing Ghazals
and Ruba’ys, alphabetically arranged 88 pp. 16 bayts. Bg. به پيري شد فزرن داغ عبت جسم زام را
(226), دیوان فرست (P.)
The Dywan of Mokammad Bég Furcat. He was in
the service of Shah ’abbas II. and died under Shah
Solayman (WAlih; see also p. 127 supra). It contains
merely Ghazals. Beginning
خدایاکعبه داغ “عبت کی دل مارا زیاتخانه شور جذون اب و گل مارا Tépkhaénah, 170 pp. 15 bayts, probably merely extracts. .
No. 228. ] GHA’LIB. 409
The History of the Qo¢obshahian dynasty of Golconda, in 18,600 verses, from its commencement to Mohammad Quly, composed by Hosayn ‘alyy Shah Fursy فرسی in 1016.
اخستاي خرومند دانشفزای زباذر| بذام خدابركشاي Beginning
Ma/all, 480 pp. of 40 lines written in 1019 at Lahér; As. 7ا16( Soe. No. 50, it was like the other copy written at Lahér and has the same number of pages. In the As. Soc. No. 35, folio 272 pp. of 8 bayts defective. In the commencement is a poem which has the title of and appears to be مقاله it is divided into four cantos توار )2 قطبشاهي an abstract of the Nasab-némah ; in page 5 line 6 occurs the takhal- lug of Fursy, but in the postcript it is ascribed to Hira Lal Khéshdil, Munshiy of Haydar Quly Khan, and his takhallu¢ also appears in
the poem : Lod تو WT سید کامگار بداري هميشه چرگل در بهار
که خوشدل بمدحش نا Coal ha چو او فیخشي دگر کمتراست
(228) دیوان غالب مسمیل عدایق الاحداق لزمرة العشاق (P.)
Gardens for the Eyes of the Crowds of Lovers, being the Dywan of Mokammad Sa’d Ghdlib. He informs us in the preface that he devoted himself from childhood to poetry and read many poetical works, and that he was sixty years of age when he collected his productions into this Dywan, at the end he gives us the date, 1101, of its completion : او چوطلب کردم ازخرد آمد ندا زغیب که ترتیب نیک داد plod سال
Contents: preface in prose.
سپاس اطافت اقنباس و شکر نزاعت لباس Beginning
Ghazals 170 pp. of 17 bayts; Tarjy’ bands, short Mathnawies, Ruba’ys, &e. 96 pp.
۱ ہی ران کی برص آن شوخ جعاجو را Beginning of Ghazals,
Moty Madall, a very fine copy.
3 G
410 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. If.
(229) غالب enol فضانن ضر (P.) The Qacydahs of Myr Fakhr aldyn Mokammad Ho-
sayny Ghalib, he says at the end that he completed this collection in the 6th year of Mohammad Shah—1136.
Beginning کشته فربانش ple هي و ابرو کمان شوخی که Méty Mahall, 226 pp. of 8 bayts, apparently an autograph.
(230) اسد الله خان غالب bye دیوان (P.)
The Dywan of Myrza Asad Allah Khan Ghalib, who is now, 1853, alive at Dilly (see p. 228). I am told that he is engaged at the request of the king of Dilly in com- piling a history of the Moghol Emperors of India from Tymur to this day.
یگانه یزداں را بزبانیعه بخشیده ارست Beginning
Lithographed at Dilly, 1261, 8vo. 506 pp.
(2A1 Fe مثنوی میمت (P.) The Mathnawy of Mohammad Akram Ghanymat (see pp. 127,113). It hasthe title of نیرنگ عشق it was com- posed under Awrangzéb, and contains the story of Shahid 801 ۰ Beginning نارک خیالانں عزیز خاطر اشعده حاان dali, ہنام Lithographed, Lucnow, Mortadhawy press s. A. (about 1263), 35 pp. of 46 bayts with glosses by Mohammad مق and others. In
the Tépkhanah are two copies of the Dywan of Ghanymat, it consists of Ghazals, 150 pp. 11 lines. Beginning
اي alu سعاب عطای تو کشت soy زکوچہ تو هوای بہشنہا
(232) دیوان غذی E The Dywan of Mawlana Mokammad Tahir Ghanyy of Kashmyr, who died in 1079. He was a pupil of Molla
No. 233.] GHAZZA LY. 411
Modsin Faniy and his takhalluç is a chronogram for the year in which he chose it, viz. 1060; Walih has seen about 2000 verses of his (see supra pp. 113, 107, 151, 127).
Contents: a preface in prose by Myrza Mohammad Mahir who collected the poems:
ای نات تو سروفثر افراه وجود Beginning
Ghazals 126 pp.; appendix 11 pp. containing miscel- laneous poems among them chronograms on the death of Kalym d. 1061, of Ilahy d. 1052, of the Amyr al- omara Islam Khan d. 1074.
جدونی کو که از قید خرد بیرون کشم پارا Beginning
Lithographed, Lucnow, Moçtafa press, 1261, 144 pp. with copious marginal notes and a short biography of the author.
(233) شباب دصنیف غژاللی مشهدي sbi (P.) Remnants of youth, this is the title of a Dywan of
Ghazzaly of Mashhad, which he dedicated to Akbar. He came early in life from Khorasan to Ardestan in the "iraq and after a long stay in that city he proceeded to Kashan. His poetical talents were of the highest order and his fame spread all over Persia, but as he was a great free-thinker he found it advisable to expatriate himself from his native country, and to take refuge in India where he found a most favorable reception at the court of Akbar (see p. 61 supra). His poems might throw much light upon the philosophy of the time of Akbar and it is therefore very desirable that they be collected and preserved. Taqyy Kashy has seen besides this Dywan another Dywan of Ghazals entitled الغیال 23) and one of Qacydahs named حر منافب and he believes that he has left a third’ Dywan of Ghazals
3G 2
6ی ] )یکئیجچۓثػپ۶پژ+“ث ؤپ.ك.- 799.
412 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
which he has not seen. Besides he composed three Mathnawies in imitation of the Makhzane Asrar which are entitled قدرت آثار | مشهت افوار ر نقش بدیع and a Math- nawy entitled عاشق و معشوق in imitation of Khosraw wa Shyryn, and one entitled ;4) *حمود و in imitation of Layla wa Majnin, he also imitated Katiby and wrote a poem of 500 verses, which can be read in two metres, has a double rhyme and abounds in puns ۔جنیس
Contents: a preface partly in prose and partly in verse, Qacydahs, Tarjy bands, 76 pp. 15 lines. Beginning. ارخ الرجيم + اینصت شهاب ,اي دیو رجیم alam Ghazals alphabetically arranged 388 | pp. 14 bayts.
Beginning ای زکمال کبریا هردو جهان ررای تو A Saqiy-namah, Ruba’ys, Qifahs, &c. 66 ۰ As. Soc. No. 319, a bad copy, written in 1184.
077 دیراں امی )234(
The Dywan of Giramy. I have not been able to find in the Dywan the quotations which occur in Tadzkirahs from poets of this takhalluc.
Contents: Ghazals about 800 pp. of 9 فا
شست و شوی ده خون عاشقان Beginning |alst?
A few Qacydahs, Ruba’ys, Tarjy’bands, &c. 76 pp.
As. Soc. No. 590, a good copy. There is a fragment of a Dywan of Giramy in the Moty Mahall, 52 pp. 13 bayts, in which mention is
made of Nadir-shah’s return from India to Persia, but I do not know whether this fragment and the above Dywan are by the same poet.
(235) دیوان غیاث (P.) The Dywan of Ghiyath Halway, he was of Shyraz but settled at Ispahan, he lost his eyesight and is there-
No. 238. ] GULA’BY. 413
fore called Ghiyathe Kûr, the blind Ghiyath, by Walih. He died by a fall from the roof of a house under Shah Cafyy (see p. 91 supra; A’tishkadah p. 388). Contents: Qacydahs 26 pp. of 12 bayts. Beginning چه نور است ایکه پیدا و نهان بینند اعیانش Ghazals 180 pp. 11 lines. They begin: در مغز لاله ها BAS yaw ای گرم جوش از تو درون بپالة ھا شوفشت فياه Méty Marall, an old MS. without date.
(.۶) لمعات الطاھریرىی تصنیف غلام على خان )236(
Flashes of the Pure, by Gholém ’alyy Khan Gholam, who it appears from the preface flourished under ’alamgyr Awrangzéb, and was a contemporary of Sayyid ۴ Allah ۰
Contents: a preface partly in prose and partly in verse 64 pp. a mystical Mathnawy divided into 110 chapters لمعهة upwards of 1000 pages of 12 bayts. Beginning of Mathnawy. بسم الله الرحمن نعم الرحیم حکیم فدیر عاي عظیم
As Soc. No. 319, a good copy.
(237) معبوب نیرگ تصنیف گلابی (P.) The Fascinating Sweetheart, a love story in the form of poetical epistles, by Khwajah Mokammad Tahir Gu- liby, who composed it in India in 1133. The chrono- gram is algal ly. It begins after a short preface in prose: از نعت ودرود شاه لولالك DL ap! ol, پس از حمد As. Soc. No. 1206, 500 pp. 11 bayts, an autograph written in 1133.
(238) ۱ gale کلیاٹ (P.) Complete poetical works of Hakym Hadziq. He be- longed to a family of distinguished physicians which was
114 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
originally of Lahyjan in Gylan. His grandfather Hakym ‘abd al-Razzaq enjoyed a great reputation in Persia and was in high favour with Khan Ahmad the ruler of Gylén and with Shah Tahmasp. He had three sons, Abû-l- Fath in whose praise ’orfy and others have written panegyrics, Nar aldyn Mokammad Qarary and Najyb aldyn Humam, who is the father of AZadziq. After the death of their father, the three brothers went to Arde- byl to prosecute their studies. And subsequently they proceeded from Ardebyl, in the disguise of merchants, to India. They were introduced at court and واه Fath gained the entire confidence of Akbar and was one of the most influential men about him, but, says Badaw- ny, he was a great free-thinker. He died in 997. Humam was less distinguishsd than his brother and died in 1004. Hadziq was born at Fathpair Sykry as he informs us himself. ۱ پر زور يوناني است od من است فاحپور و لبلک رراني Wye اگرچه Though he was not a very good physician the reputa- tion of his father and uncle was an introduction for him and under the patronage of the Khankhanan he attained to rank and wealth. Nacrabady says that he was extremely egotistical and considered himself equal as a poet to Anwary. (Mathire Rahymy fol. 619). Contents: Ghazals, Qacydahs, Qifahs not alphabeti- cally arranged and Mathnawies. Beginning wanting. Moty Madall, an autograph, written in 1038, 476 pp. of 11 lines. At the end is the following postcript: روز چپار شنبه نوزدهم شهر ذي القعده که مننظم است در سفنت یکهزار وسي و هدر قصبه شودهرد علین راقم وقابله الراجي الیل aged پاذزده روز مسوده See سبیل الاس جال در غفران ربه و مزید کرمه عبد العاذق بن حکیم همام گيلاني
No. 241.] HA FITZ. 415
(239) دیواں حافظ (P.)
The Dywan of Shams aldyn Mohammad ۲۲/۶ of Shyraz. He is the greatest Ghazal writer of the Per- sians, and died in 791. Sir Gore Ouseley Not. of Pers. Poets p. 23 has given a very full and elegant biography of this poet, which renders any farther account super- fluous. The Dywan has been arranged by Modammad Gulandam: ۱
الا یا Lal السافي ان کاسا و ناولپا Beginning
Beautiful copies of this Dywén are very frequent, yet it is not much read in upper India. It was printed in Calcutta 1791, this is the best edit. but rare ; it has been reprinted, Calcutta 4to. but without improvement. Lithographed Calcutta, 1826, Cawnpore, 1831, .ہ81 : Bombay, 1828, small 4to. carelessly done, the text is indepen- dent of that of the Calcutta editions; ibidem, 1267, 8vo. this
again is an independent text, very elegant but not very correct; Teheran, Tabryz, Constantinople 1257, Bulak 1256.
(240) bila مغمسات غزلبای (Bs) The Ghazals of Hafitz converted into Mokhammas’ by a poet of the takhalluc of ۰ _ Contents: a short preface in prose. Mokhammas’ لح phabetically arranged. Beninning فدادم در ره عشقت بجست و جوی منزلا Tépkhanah 350 pp. 5 Mokham. in a page.
(241) کش الاسنار من وجوه مشکلات الاسفار (P.) Removal of the Veils from the difficulties of Books, by
Mokammad Afdhal (Sarkhush ?) of [lahabad. He informs us in the preface, that in this work the difficulties of Persian poets which are generally read in India are
416 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHaP. II.
explained with the exception of the Mathnawy of Jalal aldyn Rûümy and the Hadyqah, and that it consists of sixteen treatises Sw. He probably devoted to every poet a separate treatise, this however is not clearly stated. This is the seventh treatise and contains a commentary on Hafitz, and we gather from it that the preceding number contains a commentary on the Sikandar-namah. The Commentator flourished under Shahjahan. Beginning \,422 ربان میکشایم پشکر خدا که از کشف استار ان Tépkhénah, 180 pp. 17 lines; Moty Mahall, 136 pp. 23 lines.
(242) bila شرح ددوان (P.)
A commentary on the Dywan of Hafitz, erroneously ascribed to Mawléna Hilaly. The anonymous author flourished under Awrangzéb and refers in one instance to a book in the Emperor’s library. He explaines difficult verses and tries to force a mystical meaning into them. Bg. الايا ايها السافی الخ ال جرف تنبیه یا حرف ندا ايها وصله و توسط
Major Anderson’s collection, 8۲۵, about 50 pp. 24 lines copied in 1123 in a crammed hand: I had it copied and it fills about 800 pp. 8۲0, of 13 lines. In the Méty Mahall is a commentary without a preface, 8۲0, 256 pp. of 21 lines, which begins: 4&5 الايا الح ال حرف است ویا حرف ند! والیا کلمة پست که معرف بلام 1 have a commentary by an anonymous author, without introduction which begins الایا الخ الا حرف تذبیه است وابھا براي فصل اسث درمیان حرف ندا
(243) bila شر ج بعض ابیات دیواں (P.) Commentary on some of the verses of Hafitz, by Mo-
hammad Ibrahym b. Mohammad Sa’yd. He says in the preface that though only few verses are explained in this book, it may be considered as a commentary on the
No. 245. ] 11۸1:۰: 47
whole Dywan because in explaining one verse he endea- voured to throw light on many others. Beginning انديشه حمد شایسته نعمای الہی تصوریست First verse explained سوی »+خانه امد پیر ما de? دوش از Moty Marall, 110 pp. 23 lines. (244) | دیوان حالثی (P.) The Dywan of Qisim Bég Halaty; though born and brought up at Teheran, he seems to have spent the greater part of his life at Qazwyn. The time when he flou- rished is fixed by a number of chronograms for 954, 963, 985, &c. which occur in his Dywan, thus the date of the accession of Shah Isma’y], 983, is commemorated in the following verse: ۱ برلخت ساطذت چونشستی قضا نوشت تاریخ این جلوس که نوشیرراں عصر
Contents: Ghazals 135 pp. of 15 bayts. Beginning. می شدید م رپس برںہ شب اواز ترا ہی توان یافت ازان حسی تو و از ثرا
Mo’ammas, Ruba’ys, Qifahs and chronograms, about 100 pp., at the end are some Qacydahs, &c.
` Méty Madall, a splendid copy, dated 1011.
(245) د یواں حالی (P.)
The Dywan of Sayyid ’abd Allah Haly, a pupil of Cayib (see p. 138 supra).
It contains merely Ghazals.
نظر duly زخود پوشید جویای تجلي را Beginning
As. Soc. No. 704, 176 pp. of 13 bayts, a fair copy. In the As. Soe, No. 910, about 400 pp. of 15 bayts, is a Mathnawy by a poet of the takhalluc of Haly, a disciple of Khwajah Qotb adyn Mohammad
Yahya b. ’obayd Allah. It is entitled باغ ارام J's and contains the story of Bihréz and Bahram. Beginning wanting, last verse
باجابتك wit Gly يا سمیع الهعا اجب عذي H 3
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)240( حمیں Lada) عصمت نامه (P.)
The Book of Innocence, a poem celebrating the loves of Satin and Myna, composed by Hamyd in 1016, during the reign of Jahangyr. He is probably identical with Molla Hamyd who has written the history of the com- mencement of Shahjahan’s reign (see p. 109).
اي کنم نہان و پرده عیب اسم تو طلسم کذم لا ریب Bg.
Moty Marall, 56 pp. of 16 bayts, a splendid copy, dated ۰
(247) دیوان حسں دهلوي (P.) The Dywan of Khwajah, or Amyr Najm aldyn Hasan
Sinjary, a son of ’ala aldyn of Dilly. Hasan was his name as well as his takhalluc. He spent the greater part of his life in his native city, Dilly, and was a disci- ple of Nitzam aldyn Awliya and an intimate friend of Amyr Khosraw and Dhiya Barany, The latter author says of him that he had never seen so quiet, abstemious and holy a man as Hasan. He died at Dédgyr accord- ing to the Mirat alkhiydl, p. 67, in 707 but this is the date with which his memoirs of Nitzam aldyn which have the title s!,2) فوایه begin, they end with the year 720. Taqyy Kashy says he died twenty years after Amyr Khosraw, and Talib says he died in 738. He left besides a Dywan of about 10,000 verses, and the memoirs just mentioned, also another prose work enti- tled ill سیر and, according to Jamy, Nafahdt, several Mathnawies. Taqyy Kashy ascribes to him also a com- mentary on some Qacydahs of Khaqany (abd al-Haqq Dihlawy, Biogr. of Indian Saints; Bland, 4 Cent. of Pers. Ghaz. Khoshgi; Habyb alsiyar 111, folio 613),
No. 249.1 HASAN. 419
Contents : Qaçydahs 35 pp. of 14 bayts. Beginning جہاں وجہاں داور حکیم #عدث همه بدایع و نو مبدع قدیم dle ای Ghazals 410 pp. 13 bayts; ۵0۸ و۲۷ 23 pp. 9 bayts.
Bg. ر sks tr a gales é ای بر فراز سرو برآورد؛ ماو را پر صای Moty Mahall; Tépkhénah; As. Soc. No. 663, a splendid copy, which offers important variants; Ibidem 412. This copy begins: رسید وت صباح ووزید باد صبا
(248) شاعلو we دیوان (P.)
The Dywan of Hosayn Shamld, who had the takhalluc¢ cof Hasan. He was governor of Herat under Shah ’abbas IJ, and under Shah Solayman, who died in 1109, (A’tish- kadah p. 23).
Contents: a preface in prose, 3 pp.; Ruba’ys alpha- betically arranged about 50 pp. of 10 bayts and a few Ghazals. Beginning of poetry: یارب ای خمورغعلت را می اسراری: شمچو آهم بردر دلہای روشی بارده
Tépkhénah, apparently incomplete.
(249) 7 diy فيمونة شر dix? (P.)
A Mathnawy of Mokammad Hasan of Dilly, who flourished in 1013, as appears from a chronogram which he made on the death of a friend. بود ثلاث و عشرسال فزون از زار قطب حرم فوت شد خضرت عبدالوهاب
The Mathnawy is interspersed with Qacydahs and Qif’'ahs and contains the praises of the prophet, of his chaste wives and of great saints.
بسم اللہ الرخمں الر حدم کر Jos رحمت خود را غمیم Bg.
Mahall, 280 pp. of 14 lines. 7ا16(
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420 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. IL.
(250) دیواں ششم (P.)
The Dywan of Hashim. We learn from his Dywan that he was a Naqshbandy Cufy, and flourished at Burhanp&r in the Deccan in 1030, he was a disciple of Ahmad Fartiqy, who died in 1034, and on whose death he made upwards of seventy chronograms. It appears that he was still alive in 1056.
Contents: a Qacydah, a Shash-band, some Ruba’ys, a Tarjy’-band called لیلی 66,4 45 pp. of 16 ۰
اگر پرسی زفدش سر باغ راستان آمد Beginning
A Saqiy-namah divided into seven cantos 44) 16 pp. ; several short Mathnawies 74 pp.; Ghazals 144 pp.; Ruba’ys, chronograms, 112 pp.
پسملہ دلھا بوی بسم الله عدوا ما Beginning of Ghazals:
As. Soc. No. 402, a splendid copy, written in 1066, probably for
the author. I copy his spiritual geneology to Naqshband as it bears on the history of Gufism.
الف ثاني را مذور گام جانہا راز لال شب احمدهچمع+عرینعلمحالوفال پیرایشان خواجه باقی در col yo شبود شیم ابشان خواجكي امکنه بدر الکمال مرشد او OI, او خواجه درویش ولی قدوو عالم ”عمد زاهد اورا paz وخال شیخ او خواجه عبدالله مواحواز GS "بو ایشان شیع بعقوب ان ٥ة چرع JS پیراو سلطان باءلعق والدین نقشبند خواجەنوشید این می ازخعخانہمیرکلال
oe
(251) نصنیفب هاشمي UY) مظہر (P.) A mystical Mathnawy, by Hashimy Kirmany, who died in 948 (see pp. 87, 55). The title of the book, name of the author, place where he composed it, viz, Tatah, and date of composition 940, are stated in the Khatimah. After a very long introduction containing principally the praises of Mokammad and some saints, as Ni’mat
No. 259.1 17 ۸ ۰ 421
Allah Walyy, (310/۸۸34 Léhijy, &c. follow first three chapters called 42,; and then twenty chapters inscribed .موعظه Beginning آرای کلام یم a الرحیم wel بسمالله As. Soc. No. 560, near 200 pp. 13 bayts, beautifully written in 1095.. ۱
(252) لیلی مجنوں هانفی (Ê) The Loves of Layla and Majniin, a poem by ’abd Allah Hatify of Jam. He was the son of Jamy’s sister, and spent his life in great ease in a garden near his native city. His fame was very great even-during his lifetime, and in 927 when Shah Isma’yl in his return from the conquest of Khorasan passed through Jam, he paid him a visit and prevailed upon him to describe his victorious career in anepos. The poet consented, but died in the same year hefore it was completed, he only composed one thousand verses of’ it. Having a particular talent for the Mathnawy, it was his ambition to imitate the five poems of Nitzamy, he wrote however only four. (Sam No. 211; Ouseley p. 143). The poem begins with a verse of Jamy: رورش بان J! کرد بفیاں توفیع ald اہی نامه که طفراش بنام پاهشاهي درشت چو عرش بارائی Méty Marall, a splendid copy, 60.pp. 31 bayts, transcribed by Mawlana ’abd Allah in 908, from the autograph; private collection
141 pp. 15 bayts; printed, Calcutta, 1788. A Layla Majnin has also been published at Tabryz, but it is not stated whose. —
422 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. II.
(253) Ble تیمور نامه (P.) The exploits of Tymitr, a romantic epos by Hatify in which he imitates the Sikandar-namah of Nitzamy. At the end he gives an account of his former productions. Beginning نام خدائی که نکروخرد نیارد که با کنه ار پي برد Moty Marall, 156 pp. of 31 bayts, copied in 908 from the auto- graph; Farah-baksh 225 pp. 17 lines; As. Soc. Nos. 357, 762.
(254) شیرشی وخسرو (P.)
The Loves of Shyryn and Khosraw, by Hatify. He
informs us in the introduction that after the completion
of Layla Majnan, his uncle Jamy advised him to compose
this poem. Bg. خداوند| بعشقم زندگي ده بفرقم ناج عز بندگیي ذه
Méty ‘Ma/all, 66 pp. 31 bayts, copied from the autograph in 908:
(255) هفت منظر هالفي ۱ (P.) The Seven Aspects, a Mathnawy by Hatify, in which he imitates the Haft Paykar of Nitzamy. Beginning ریب “ae ای نگارندہ “حیفه غیسب نام تو صدر As. Soc. No. 599, 252 pp. 14 bayts, a good copy.
(256) pile دیوان (P.) The Dywan of Hatim (see p. 235 supra). Contents: Ghazals 90 pp. 13 bayts; Ruba’ys and
Fards 6 pp. Beginning
No. 1. HAYDAR: 423
Méty Ma/all, an autograph written in 1179, as we learn from the posteript یکہزار و یکصد وهفتاد و نه Sine کی القاریخ هفتدهم شہر رجب yy .*جري فایله وکانبه فقیر حاتم It appears that he made subse- quently additions, or some one else used the blank leaves as an album, for after this postcript we find chronograms for 1190 and 1194, it is, however, not clear whether they are written in the same hand or not. In the same copy is the Urdi Dywan of the same poet to be mentioned hereafter.
(257) دیوان حیدر کل وج (P.) The Dywan of Haydar of Herat. As he was origin- ally a baker he is called Haydare Kalij or Haydare Kalychah, Sam No. 232 speaks of him in the present tense (see p. 74 supra see also A tishk. p. 202). Contents: Ghazals, 84 pp. 14 bayts. و Ba ای در دوجهان دولت وصات هوس ما وصل تو بصد کونه هوسملدمسما Méty Marall, this copy probably contains merely selections.
Dywan of Haydar. It consists of Qacydahs in praise of Naçyr aldyn Haydar who reigned from 1242 to 1252. Beginning مطلع دیواں حید رمصدرحمدخدا مصرعش بالسما وهصرعشبالهما
Farah-bakhsh, about 100 pp. of 9 bayts. In the Tépkhénéh is a Dywan of Ghazals and Rubû’ys of Haydar, but I have not ascer- tained which Haydar. It has 120 pp. of 12 bayts. Bg. بیارب پاربمتا روزےماہ رخت شبہا شب وروز ازخدا وصلنوه«خراهمبیا ربها
Another Dywan of Ghazals of a poet of the takhalluç of Haydar in the same collection (about 100 pp. 11 bayts) begins: ای هربد ونيك از تو شده نامزد ما از روز ازلبرتو عیان نیک وبد ما
424 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
The Dywan of Hayraty. He was originally of Marw but he declared himself that he was of Tin. Walih says that he was of Ma-wara-Inahr. He came early to Ray and spent several years in that city. Subsequently after a visit to Baghdad he went to Adzarbayjan; being much given to drinking he found it necessary to proceed to Mazanderan, where that vice was less punished, and he spent five years in the house of Aqa Rostam, the governor of that province. In reward for a Qacydah which he composed in praise of Shah Tahmasp, he obtained the title of king of poets and was called to court, and after a short residence there he was requested to compose a Mathnawy under the title المیاهم é=¢, In order to enjoy greater rest for his literary labours, and perhaps also to indulge more freely in his habitual vice, drunken- ness, he went to Kashan, which he considered as his home, and he was murdered there in 961. -He left besides the above mentioned epos another Mathnawy to which he gave the title of گلزار and which is an imitation of the Bostan. All his verses amount to about 40,000. (Taqyy Kashy No. 234; A’tishkadah p. 95; Khisdnah’ dmirah ; and p. 75 supra).
Contents: Ghazals, about 400 pp. 15 lines. Bg.
ای بچان بنده ات سفید وسیاه ما . بر خداوندی تو خلق کواه ما
Méty Mahall, a bad imperfect copy, ending with the letter mym.
(260) کلیاٹ حزیں (Pay
Complete poetical works of Hazyn, who died in 1180
(see page 135 supra). He collected his works in 1155; up to that time his poems formed four Dywans.
No. 261.[ HAZYN. 425
Contents : a preface in prose 3 pp. Beginning
Forty-six Qaçydahs 100 pp. of 20 bayts. Beginning
Sixty-two Qifahs, 28 pp. Beginning *مخوار عالمی اتو پیش تو چون فدالم از جور اسای a) ley
1,451 Ghazals, 700 pp. 18 bayts; 484 Ruba’ys, and 792 verses of Fards, &c. Beginning
در دریای بی بایان درس whi شور افزا
Jose a Mathnawy, containing chiefly stories, 30 pp. 18 bayts. Beginning after a short preface in prose:
A Mathnawy in imitation of the Hadygqah, it has the title البدیعة 29, , 62 pp.
کلما فی الوجود لیسسواه وحدهل(ا اله الااللہ Beginning
a Mathnawy, 24 pp. Beginning خرابات تناعا است پیر خرابات را که شست ازدلم لوث طاعات را wee a Mathnawy, 14 pp. Beginning والجمان بدام آنکه اذر را چس ساخت دل دوزج شرر را اجس ساخت a Mathnawy, 6 pp. Beginning مطمم الانظار ای دل افسردء خروشت کجا cul خاموشي از زمزمه جوشت کجااست a Mathnawy, 15 pp. Beginning فرهنگ نامه بغام نکارنده هست و بود فرازنده اپ رواق کبود a Mathnawy, 22 pp. Beginning تدکرة العاشقیی
سافی زمنيی موحداده ظلمت بر شی از میانة Moty Mahall, a splendid copy. Most of his works are in the As. Soc. Nos. 411 and 1034.
(261) دبوان "جري (P.)
The Dywan of Hijry. He was of Kanban کوندان but
lived in Bengal, and in several of his poems he expresses 3 1
426 PERSIAN. POETRY. [Cuap. I1.
a lively desire to see his home again. The Dywan con- tains several chronograms for 1171, 1174, 1180, &c.
Contents: a Qacydah in praise of ’alyy. This is a most wonderful composition. If you read the first letter of every Micra’, you have a Qifah in praise of Nawab Sayyid Mohammad Ridha Khan Motzaffar-jang. Some letters in the Qacydah are written in red, if you read them by themselves you have a Ghazal, and certain letters in the Ghazal form a Ruba’y, and certain letters in the Ruba’y form a Micra’. Beginning جان علیست Wyle و سر چشمه اجسان علیست حیدر صعدر athe
Qacydahs, Tarjy’-bands; Ghazals, &c. 226 pp. 10 bayts ; Ruba’ys 20 pp. Beginning of Ghazals.
بده جس تبرايی از کرم یا رب بیاذم را
Moty Marall, a splendid copy, written in 1194; As. Soc, No. 354,
a fine copy, written in 1192.
00 دیوان ھلالی )262(
The Dywan of Badr aldyn Hilaly. He was by origin of Chaghatay, but was born at Astrabad. He received a good education and was skilled in science. It is on account of this combination of poetical talents with eru- dition that he is called the Little Jamy. He went early ۔ in life to Herat, which was then under the patronage of Myr ’alyy Shyr, the great seat of learning, and made the acquaintance of many celebrated poets, among them Nar- gisy, with whom however he had several controversies. When he had attained to celebrity he visited ‘iraq and Adzarbayjan, and was every where well received by the great ; he remained for some time with prince Aba-Inacr Sim Myrza, the author of the Tadzkirah mentioned in
No. 264.1 HILA LY? 427
page 12 suprd. Love for his native soil brought him back to Herat, which town had in the meanwhile been taken by ’abd Allah Khan U’zbek. He made a Qacydah in his praise, which was well received, but his enemies persuaded the Khan that he was a heretic, and he was put to death on this charge in 939. The author of the Atishkadah p. 34, ascribes to Hilaly, besides the two Mathnawies to be mentioned below, a Layla ۵ Majnin (Sam No. 210; Taqyy Kashy No. 207; Khoshgt ۰ No: 60). Beginning ای فور نخدا درنظر از روی تو مارا بگذار که دررری تو بینیم خدا را
Lithographed, Lucnow, Mortadhawy press, 1263, 35 pp. three
columns in a page. This copy does not contain the Qa¢gydahs; Tép- khanah, MS. 176 pp. 12 bayts.
(263) صفات العاشقیرں (P.)
Qualities of Lovers, a Mathnawy by Hilaly divided into ten chapters ,مقاله Beginning شاعد لاریب بکشای Slo خداوندا دری از غیب بکشای Tépkhanah, 80 pp. 13 bayts, written in A. 11. 913; As. Soe. No.
1240, 84 pp. 15 bayts, a good copy, written in 1066. 76447671 No. 991, a good copy, written in 970.
(264) شاه وگد| (P.)
The King and the Beggar, a mystical Mathnawy, by ۲۱۱۱۵۱۲ in 1344 verses. Beginning ای وجود تو اصل هر موجود مي و بودي و خواهي بود As. ۹ No. 1498, 12mo. 112 pp. 12 ۰,
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(265) دیوان ناصر خسرو حجت (P.) The Dywan of Nacire Khosraw Hojjat. It appears from more than one passage of his poems that he was of Khorasan (and not of Ispahan) and flourished under the Fatimite Khalyfah Ma’add b. ’alyy Mostancir, who suc- ceeded in 427 and died in 487. ترا | باه از جہاں ناص ا ون مستخصر مبان| فضل تو قاصر این بند< خراساني He was apparently a man of very brilliant talents and an original mind, and acquainted with all the sciences cul- tivated in his days. Being himself descended from و he mixed himself up in the religious and political dis- putes which then divided the Mofammadan world, and was one of the great champions of the Shy’ahs. His turn for philosophical speculations moreover made him, even among his own party, suspected of free-thinking, nay of being an adept of the black art. It is said that he believed in metempsychosis. He was in consequence ex- posed to many persecutions. His biographers inform us that he was a school-fellow of the philosopher Faryaby. When he had obtained a name he went to Egypt and was appointed Wazyr by the Khalyfah Mostancir, subsequently he was compelled to take flight from Egypt to Baghdad, and obtained a high office, but after a short time he was obliged to yield to persecution and he fled to Khorasan, and finally he retired to Badakhshan and led the life of an ascetic taking a cave as his habitation. He died in 481, and is buried in the cave in which he lived. Some authors say that he died in 431. Among his poems is a Qacydah in praise of ’imad aldyn Abd-l-Ma’aliy ruler of Badakhshan. It is said that he left many works, among them are some
No. 266. ] HOJJAT. 429
on the occult sciences, Taqyy Kashy has inserted a short memoir of his which has the title رسالة الندامة فی زاه القیامة in a Persian translation into his Tadzkirah. He composed it towards the end of his life. Dawlat-shah mentions two works of Hojjat:—the العقایق jis which is in prose and the نامه liy, which isa Mathnawy. Jamy in his Baharistan mentions a سفرنامه or Journal of Hojjat in which he gives an account of his travels to various countries (probably also to India) and of his disputations with learned men. His Dywan has, according to Dawlat- shah, 30,000 verses, and according to Taqyy 20,000. It consists of Qacydahs most of which treat on philosophy and morals. Be. آب خوش بی نشنه بسناخوش بو مرل سیر آب آب خوش را مدکرست Another copy commences : پارسا پارسا شو تا شویبرهرمرادي پادشاه att پادشاه برکامہای دل که Méty Mar/all, a splendid copy, written in 1037 ; private collection, a good copy 284 pp. 23 lines. A copy of the روشذاي نامه is in the library of Leyden, see Dozy’s Catalogus, it was composed in
343 (443 ?), it is divided into several Magqélahs and treats on phi- losophical subjects.
(266) ops bell Usk) (P.)
The Gardens of the Good, being a Tarkyb-band, with Qacydahs on the margin by Motzaffar Hosayn, who had the takhalluc of Hosayn, and who is called Shahyd, martyr, by the copyist, this means that he either fell in battle or was unjustly put to death.
دوسدان اشقده حال و بیسر و سامان منم Beginning
Tépkhanah, 28 pp. copied by Mohammad ’alyy b. Morammad-baksh Ashib b. Mohammad Ghiyath Badakhshy.
DB A base ایر
۸ا خی ۱۱۱۱۸ FEL 2 GL QOTA Be TARR AON رد رو IITA WEE رش نت رت ۰ ۹
430 PERSIAN POETRY. [CuapP. II.
Complete poetical works of Hosayny, collected in 1145. He may be identical with Hosayn-dést Hosayny (see pp. 134 supra).
Contents : a short preface.
وییاچه دیوان حسینی چو به بیذی Beginning
Mathnawies, Qacydahs, chronograms, مث 250 pp.; Ghazals 200 pp. of 13 lines. Beginning of Ghazals:
کرد : ام ورد زبان تا مد بسم اللہ را شمع ہزم دل نمودم ذکر از الله را Madall, a very elegant copy in ۰ 7ا16(
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(268) زاد المسافرین تصنیف حسینی (P.)
Provision for Travellers by Amyr Kabyr aldyn Hosayn b. ‘alim .حا Abti-l-Hosayn Hosayny of a village in ۰ He possessed considerable learning, and was a great Cufy, and a disciple of Baha aldyn Zakariya of Multan, where he first devoted himself to Cuifism ; when he had attained to perfection in it, he went to Herat and found many dis- ciples. He travelled much and was a friend of Awhady and Fakhr aldyn ’iraqy, the author of the ,لمعات Jamy Nafahat, No. 568, says, he died on the 16th Shawwal 718; this is wrong, for it appears that he composed this poem in 729. در هعتصد و بست و نه زڈجرت کشت اخرایں کناب خقمت
Dawlatshah says he died in 719 and according to an- other copy in 729. He left besides the Zad and 2 alromuéx a Dywan and several prose works as the ررم نزمة ال روا and الارراے and صراط المستقیم which will be des- cribed in the chapter on ۰
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The 2۵0 almosafiryn may be considered as an imita- tion of the Hadyqah of Sanay. It is divided into eight chapters مقاله containing the rules of ascetic life, inter- | spersed with apologues and legends of saints .حکایت
ای برتر از آ همه aS کتتده آنانکه پدید یا نهفتید Beginning
As. Soc. No. 1477, 12mo. 103 pp. 14 lines, much injured; Tép- khanah, 45 pp. of 34 bayts, this copy begins: ای اول ڌو ورای اول
(269) کنزالرموز (P.)
` ` Treasury of Mysteries, a poem by Myr Hosayny. After the praise of God and his prophet, and of Shihab
aldyn Sohrawardy, of Shihab aldyn Zakariya, of Shaykh Cadr aldyn Mofammad Zakariya and of the Amyr Kabyr Nûr Allah Modhaji’ah, the poet proceeds to give a mysti- cal explanation of the religious duties of the Islam, of mystical love, abstinence, &c. Bg.
باز طبعم را هوای دیگر است بلجل جانرا نوای دیگراست
As. Soc. No. 1048, 12mo. 86 pp. 12 bayts. Topkhanah, about _ 750 bayts.
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(270) مطلع العاشقیں (P.)
A collection of descriptive poems and verses from various poets, by Hosayn Hosayny Tabsy. It is divided into 47 chapters باب and contains descriptions of and bon- mots on the human form, flowers, night, fire, wine, sword, pigeons, shape, shadow, mirror, bow, arrow, warm bath, new moon, ’yd, autumn, ۰
سپاس بی قیاس قادریرا که دل عاشقان. Beginning
Moty Marall, 164 pp. 14 lines.
سز ات بت .تسش شتا
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5 دیواں هما )271(
The Dywan of Sayyid Imtiyaz Khan Humd, a son of .
Mo’tamid Khan and a brother of Sayyid Akad Khan Dhamyr. It contains merely Ghazals. Beginning
می کز دل ب بویش غم دنیا و عقبی را Tépkhénah, about 60 pp. 10 bayts, written by ’alyy ۰
(272) دبوان همایون (P.)
The Dywan of Amyr Humayûn of Isfarayin. He went early in life to Tabryz, and was supported by the Qadhiy ‘ysa and Sultan Ya’qtb, who called him the second Khosraw 22,5 yw, after the death of his patrons he came to a place in the neighbourhood of Kashan, where he had a powerful friend and he died there in 902 (Sam No. 23; Taqyy Kashy No. 153; A’tishk. p. 94).
Contents: Ghazals. Beginning آنجا تاابد ناله برآیه زدل چاک آنچا Jo بی توجائی که شود خاک
Tépkhanah, 80 pp. 15 bayts; As. Soc. No. 238, 25 pp. 13 bayts, a splendid copy but containing mere extracts.
(273) pheno خاور امه نصنیف ابی (P.) The Book of the East, a Mathnawy by Moammad
Ibn Hosam of Khwaf in Qohistan. He was a very pious man and possessed considerable learning, and was able to write Arabic as well as Persian poetry. His piety was so great that some consider him a saint. He was a dis- ciple of Cadr aldyn Mohammad Rawwasy ’okashy and spent much of his time in solitude. He died in 875
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and left a Dywan of Qacydahs containing about 4000 verses, and a collection of Ghazals (Dawlat-shah, 7, 3; ` Taqyy Kashy No. 119).
This epic poem contains an account of the wars of ‘alyy, of the wars of Bahman and Shah Tahmasp, &c. Taqyy Kashy says, though it is not founded on history, it has considerable poetical merit. Beginning
نخستیں مرای نامه دلکشاي سض نتش بستم بنام خداي
Moty Marall, 540 pp. 31 bayts, a splendid copy; As. Soc. ۰
1316, 828 pp. 19 bayts, a splendid copy: Zbidem Nos. 1311 (incom- plete), and 1825, this copy begins خود wie خداوند plo,
The complete poetical works of the Amyr Fakhr aldyn Ma/mûd b. Amyr Yamyn aldyn Mokammad Mostawfiy of Farytimad, which is three days journey from Sabzwar, he is generally known by his takhalluc, Ibn Yamyn, i. e. the son of Yamyn aldyn. . He was of a wealthy ‘Tatar family and exceedingly liberal and charitable, he was therefore generally respected, and it is said that repeatedly the governorship of some province of Khorasan was offered to him, but he refused to accept it. He died in his native town in 745, and left panegyrics on the Sarabdar (or Sarabdal) princes and some Ghazals, but it is parti- cularly his Qifahs which are celebrated, many of his poems however were lost by him in 743 in war. Qifah or Mogafta’ah is defined to be a poem consisting of several verses of the same metre and rhyme, but without a Mafla’. If it has a Madla’ it is either a Qacydah or a Ghazal. It may be added that most Qacydahs are panegyrics and most Ghazals are erotic poems, whereas Qif’ahs coutain
3 K
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more frequently moral reflexions, yet many are panegyrics. (Ilahy ; Taqyy Kashy No. 76;. Dawlat-shah 5, (۰
Contents: A preface by one of his friends, it is dated 753, 20pp. 8g. الذي خلق بقدرنه العالية من الماء a الحمف
Qacydahs, all of which are panegyrics, about 200 pp.
۱ اي دیده در شناخشی حال کانذات Beginning
Ruba’ys and Qitahs about 250 pp. 15 ۰ Bg.
ہنام خداي که هسني.ازوست ؛ زبردستی و زبردشتي. ازوست
Tépkhénah, a splendid old copy ; in the same collection’ there ‘are three copies of the Dywan of Ibn Yamyn, the fullest copy has about 300 pp. of 14 bayts, containing Ghazals, Tarjy’ bands, ۰
اي خداوند فاذر یکنا مبدء کون خالق اشيا Beginning
In other shorter copies, the first 13 Ghazals are omitted, they begin: تعالی الله که بنمودان دلا را جمال خوذش را بر ماهم از ما
Selections from Ibn Yamyn, ۰ 9 Ko. 1134, written in 1055.
بیا ازابی یمین ای دوست بشدو Beginning
The Qif’ahs of Ibn Yamyn have been very elegantly translated into German, Ibn Jemin’s Bruchstiicke aus dem Persischen yon Baron O. M. yon Schlechta-Wssehrd, Vienna, 1852.
(275) دیوان عصمت (Py
The Dywan of Khwajah Fakhr aldyn ‘icmat Allah مم“ of Bokhara. He was descended from ’alyy, and his ancestors were settled at Bokhara. His ۔ father Khwajah Mas’Gd was one of the most distinguished men of that city and a good poet. ’icmat received a good education and was well informed even in history and mathematics. He stood in high favor with the prince Nacyr aldyn Sulfan Khalyl, a son of Myran-shah, and he used in his honor in some of his Qacydahs the takhal- luc of Nacyry. He died at an advanced age in 829. It
No. 277. ] IKSYR. | 435
is said that he imitated chiefly Myr Khosraw. Khoshgé says that his Dywan comprises about 20,000 verses (Taqyy Kashy No. 106; Dawlat-shah, 6, 5; 0 alsiyar). ۱ / Contents: Qacydahs and Qifahs in praise of Sultan Khalyl, Sultan Ibrahym, Ulugh Bég, &c. about 400 pp. 15 bayts. تعالی الله زهي حي نوا نا ble الله زهي قيوم یلاعت Ghazals about 200 pp.; Mo’ammas, Ruba’ys, &c. 13 pp. Beginning sidlail اي زعشق اوازه در کون و مکان Méty Madall, small 4to. beautifully written by Myrak ۴ in 1030.
سه ر
001 قصاین اکسیر )276(
The Qacydahs of Myrza ’atzymay Iksyr of Ispahan. He was in the service of *umdat almulk Acaf-jah and Cafdar-jang, and died under Nawab Siraj aldawlah. In his Dywan are chronograms for 1140, 43, 47, 48, 51, 53, the latest which I observed is for 1157. (Anys alahib- bd, and p. 162 supra). *
Contents: a short preface in prose, Qacydahs, and at the end a few Qi/'ahs, &c.
.پاس بیقاس سزاوار احدیست Beginning of preface:
.مرا ز زلزله درد دوری دلدار Beginning of Qacydahs:
Méty Mahall 326 pp. of 17 lines, a splendid copy.
مس جر
(277) Ud دیوان (P.) The Dywan of Myr Ilahy, a son of Hojjat aldyn of Sa’dabad near Hamadan, he was a contemporary and
friend of Taqyy Awhady (see p. 95) and of Mohammad 3 K 2
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Jan Qodsy. The Dywan contains a chronogram for 1052 and according to a chronogram on his death by Ghanyy he died the same year, but Talib places his death ` in 1060 and Siraj in 1064. The author of the Hamé- shah Bahar confounds him with the Hakym Masyh alzaman Ilahy, who came to India under Akbar (see p. 66 supra). ۱ Contents : Qaçydahs and Ghazals are mixed, and they are not throughout alphabetically arranged, about 500 pp. of 15 bayts. Last verses rhyming in alif. شناس مکی حرف لب گذاربر ly بل خوشست الهي نگاھبانی رار A Mathnawy in praise of Shahjahan, 26 pp. and some Ruba’ ys. Beginning بسم الله الرحمی الرحیم قافله سالار کلام حکیم Private collection, the commencement and end are wanting, and the last pages much injured.
(278) دیوان الهام (P.) The Dywan of Ilham. He is probably identical with the poet Maldl, to be mentioned lower down. Contents: Ghazals, 160 pp. 13 lines. Beginning حرفی از دیوان ما ete] هست Qacydahs, 48 pp. 14 ۰
Beginning راز نهان را در بیان انداخته ye نطق Farah-bakhsh, a very carefully written copy, ۰
(279) 010010017 (P.)
Complete poetical works of the Khwajah ’imad aldyn Faqyh, whose takhallu¢ is ’imad. He was a native of Kirman, and when he had completed his studies at Shyraz
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he proceeded after a visit to his home to Yazd, with a view of being initiated by ’izz aldyn Mahmid Ka- shany, the translator of the ’awarif alma’arif into the mysteries of Cufism. During the reign of Mokammad Motzaffar who died in 741 and Shah Shuja’, he founded a Khangah in Kirman, and the fame of his sanctity was so great, that instead of paying a fee to a physician, the inhabitants brought the sick to him that he might cure them by his breath and prayers. Among his numerous disciples was a cat, who used to say prayers with him. To this circumstance refers the verse of Hafitz. اي کبک خرشترام کها میرری بناز . غرد مشر که گربهعابد نمازِکرہ
Most authors place his death in 773, Mai Taqyy Kashy and Sir G. Ouseley p. 195 have 793. The former of these two authors has seen a Dywan of about 8000 verses.
Contents: 1. الهداية cee. The Torch of Guidance, a mystical Mathnawy, 160 pp. 18 bayts, it is divided into ten chapters باب and each of them is subdivided into ten sections فصل composed in A. H. 716+ 34 = 750.
چو ډل در شهریار ار مهر بستم.., او از terse تارچش بدسام
بنام ass] جانرا د انش آموخت TASE مب Bg. phe
2. Ghazals, near 200 pp. and a few ۸
هر دم از عطای تو کم دگر مرا Beginning
3. مونس((ابرار Companion of the Righteous, a Math- nawy, 66 pp. in two cantos رمقاله the first is mystical, and the second contains visions of the poet in which the pro- phet, Khidhr, &c. appeared to him, and episodes from his own life: he composed this poem in 766.
هفتصد و شصت و ششمی سال بود کاخر ای نظم نکو فال بود
حمد البي نگار اي yo چون رقم از مشک بر هر سریر Bg.
4. مقطعات Occasional poems, 65 pp., most of them are panegyrics on Suléan Shah Shuja’, Wazyr Shams aldyn,
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Rokn aldyn ’amyd almulk, Qadhiy ’alyy Yazdy, Queen Radhyyat aldyn, Fath Allah Yazdy, &c.
ای حکشت زبانرا فضل ااخطاب داده Beginning
5. عبت نامه A poem on mystical love, 53 pp. divided into ten cantos رعقاله composed in 731.
ر«جرت شد sadn و سي ويك
Bg. بنا م خدائی که توفیق ازوست دل زندەرا نور توفیق ازوست :: 6. yds صاحب ab »عبت The Book of Love, 48 pp. in eight chapters باب composed in 722, the name isa chro- nogram. . It begins after a short preface in prose.
a6) pti در کاشان ەل معبت را معیں کرد مذزل
7. ده نامه A Mathnawy divided into ten Epistles نامه
addressed to the king, &c. 40 pp. Beginning اوست Bold بنام آنکه مجز نامه اوست . حروف کائنات از
As. Soc. No. 337, a good copy, but some pages wanting; ۳
MaAall, written in 997, incomplete.
دص گلدسته تصنیف عماد الدین . )280(
The Nosegay, a Mathnawy composed in 1075, by imad aldyn Mohammad, who as he informs us, Was a native of India (see p. 116 supra). Beginning
ای بتو شاهي و ملك جاردان ازتو شد کونو مکانو (مکان Tépkhénah, 18 pp. 34 ۰ .
(281) الا خبار عماد ploy 7 (P.)
Strange Stories, a Mathnawy, of 1,634 verses by ’ imad. The title is a chronogram for, 1037.
Contents : a preface in prose, Mathnawy divided into eight chapters توحید ۲ صفت مساماني ۳ صفت عشق باب ۰
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۴ صبروشکر 9 تک دنیا ٩ دانستن قد ر عمر ۷ مدمت دنیا ۸ فضا
و فدر | ۱ 8562ا
ای صعات تو صفای ول ما ز آب عشق تو مخمرگل ما Bg. Méty Ma/all, copied in ۰ ۱
(282) _ دپوان عمادي (P.)
Dywan of ’imad aldyn ’imddy, the panegyrist of 04 aldyn Daylamy, who, if he is identical with the ’imad aldawlah mentioned in the Shyraz-namah, died in 333. It is said that ’imady was born at Ghaznah, and therefore he is called Ghaznawy, and he resided at Shahryar not far from Ray, and he has therefore also the patronymic of Shahryary.. Some authors however maintain that *umady Ghaznawy and “imady Shahryary were two dis- tinct poets, the former of whom flourished at the time of Mahmid, and the latter under the Seljtigians. If the distinction be founded, this Dywan must be ascribed to "imady Ghaznawy, because the verses quoted by ’awfy of that poet are found in it. ‘This question has; been dis- cussed at some length by the author of the Haft Iqlym, Khoshgti and Taqyy Kashy; the latter places the death of *imady Shahryary in 573. This Dywan consists of Qacy- dahs or panegyrics. سبعان خالقی که بیاراست از دو حرف این هفت قبه را که به شش روز بر کشید Méty Mahall, 108 pp. 14 lines, another copy has 40 pp. of 44 bayts.
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(283) دیوان امامی (۳) ` The Dywan of Abt ’abd Allah Mohammad (or اھ۸ Mohammad ’abd Allah) b. Abû Bakr ’othman ۰
440 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. IT.
He was of Herat, but spent the greater part of his life in Kirman and Ispahan. He possessed much learning, and was a contemporary of Sa’dy, whom in the opinion of some critics, he surpassed in the Qacydah. He died in 686 or 674.
The poems are not alphabetically arranged, in this Dywan. It contains Qacydahs, Ghazals, and at the end 15 pp. of Ruba’ys. eer ig.
در جهان جان بعوں مبدع اشیا
As. Soc. No. 413, 4to. about 200 pp. of 12 verses, a splendid copy.
(284) دیوان عرافی (P.) The Dywan of the Cafy poet Fakhr aldyn Ibrahym
b. Shahryar ‘irdqy of Hamadan. In his early years he learned the whole Qoran by heart, and when he was seven- teen years of age he became a pupil of the celebrated Çüûfy Shihab aldyn Sohrawardy. He repented so much a hasty answer, which he had given to his spiritual guide, that he turned a wandering qalandar and went to India. At Multan he met Baha aldyn Zakariya who gave him his daughter in marriage, and who on his death-bed declared him as his successor and as the spiritual guide of his flock. In India he composed some very beautiful elegies ex- pressive of his love for his native country. After twenty- five years’ residence in India, being obliged to give way to the jealousy of some of the followers of Baha aldyn, he performed the pilgrimage to Makkah and went thence to Aleppo and Rim (Iconium?) where he met Cadr aldyn Mohammad Qunyawy, and he studied the Foçüç of Ibn ‘araby with him. Whilst he read this book he composed a work called Lam’dt تمعات (sparks or inspirations). He
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was given, even more than other Persian poets, to the disgusting crimes of which they boast in their compo- sitions. He died in 686 or 688 : Dawlat-shah places his death in 709.
Contents: Qaçydahs and Ghazals not alphabetically arranged, 230 pp. 14 bayts, and a few Ruba’ys and Fards.
ببزم عشق جانبازان اگر جوبای جاناي Beginning
As. Soc. No. 1132, a fine old copy, also No. 820, this copy seems to be much fuller, but it is badly written.
راہ بار یکست و شب تاریک و مرکب SY و پیر Beginning
In the Tépkhénah is a MS: 80 pp. of 18 bayts, bearing the title of عشق نامة by “’iraqy who is known by the name of Fakhr aldyn.”’
Tt contains a Mathnawy and some Ghazals. Bg. و روان دارد واجب است شکر انکک جان دارد alo هر کة جان
(285) کر نامه تصنیفا عرفان (P.)
The Exploits of ’alyy Mardan Shah, the Amyr al-omara of Shahjahan, by Mokammad Ridha b. Mohammad Jan ‘irfan of Khorasan.
After a short ak ne prose, the poem begins :
py خدای که شك ناميا | اعا او خدم انجامہا
Tépkhanah, 350 pp. of 7 bayts. In the Moty Ma/all is a copy (possibly an autograph) of the Dywan of ’irfan, it is however, not certain whether he is identical with the author of the above Math- nawy, it is more likely that he is idéntical with ’abd Allah ’irfan see p. 113 supra. The Dywan contains Qacydahs 42 pp. of 17 lines ; ‘Ghazals 156 pp. 13 lines; Ruba’ys 14 pp. Beninning of Qacydahs:
من ان نیم ۶ة دهم دل "جلوه زیجا
(286) دیوان عشقی (P.)
The Dywan of Shaykh Mofammad Wajyh ,مه a
son of Gholam Hosayn Mojrim of Patna. He was for 3 L
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ten years Tahsyldar under the English government at Kharwar, subsequently he came to Dacca: he was still alive in 1224, but his eye-sight was much impaired (Nastare ishq and supra p. 183.)
Contents : Ghazals, Ruba’ys and a short Mathnawy. Ids dark که نۂ بر آفربن py دمی کہ پیکر خوب تو آفرند خد( چہ
Collection of Mawlawy Mohammad Wajyh, 80 pp. of 13 bays,’ this book contains merely extracts from the Kullyyat of this poet.
(287) ددوان عششی (P. ) The Dywan of ’ishqy. It contains 216 pp. 9 bayts and 27 Ruba’ys. رت ıı, , ہے + Beginning شیرین تو شیرین ده ما BAAS وز be ای تازه زگلزار جمالت چم As. Soc. No. 705, at the end, under the head خانمک “conclusion” are five verses, from which, we learn that the Dywan was completed in the 24th year of Mohammad Shah (A. H. 1154); this may be the year in which the author collected his poems, but in the last of these verses we are told that Shaykh Burhan is the copyist, and therefore it may also be the date of the copy. In the Topkhaénah is a Dywan of ‘Shah Abt-l-Barakat *ishqy, containing Ghazals, 50 pp: 14 bayts, the initial verse of it is not found in the Dywan of the As. Soc. it runs: دیا اي دل بکں در وصف ان مہر و رسایلہا
(288) دیوان عشردث (P.)
The Dywan of Myrza ’alyy Ridha “ishrat, who col-
lected his poems into a Dyw4n; under Mohammad Shah in 1160, and died shortly after.
Contents: Ghazals 266 pp. of 12 lines; Qacydahs in praise of Shuja’ aldawlah 37 pp. Beginning بھائرإ lias کل رن کدی رنگ تنای تو زبا ن را حمد تو بہار است من Sagiy-namah. ۵ ۱ Beginning
No..289.] VTS 0۵1۵ 1 443
. : خدا تا شوم تردماع کشایم لت خویشکنی چون ایاع deo; 7167 (311۸0۸11 and و the latter copy does not contain the Saqiy-namah.
(289) قصائد عبن الواسع جپلی (P.) The Qacydahs of ’abd al-Wasi’ b. ’abd al-Hamiy (abd al-Jamv ?) Jabaly Sultany. He was born in the moun- tains of Ghurjastan ; hence his takhalluc, which means mountaineer; and he was descended from a family of Sayyids. According to the general opinion his early education was much neglected. Some of his biographers however contend that he could not have attained to such excellency in poetry if this had been the case, and they are of opinion that he has received, a good education, From his nativé mountains he came to Herat, where he applied ‘himself to study and thence he proceeded to Ghaznah. He found a patron in Bahram Shah, who succeeded to the throne of Ghaznah in 512 and died 543. This is the same prince to whom Sanayiy dedicated his Hadyqah and for whom Hamyd aldyn Naçyr Allah, a pupil of Abt-l-Makamid Ghaznawy translated the Ka- lylah° wa ‘Damnah from Arabic into Persian. When Sudtén Sinjar took Ghaznyn Jabaly composed poems in his praise and was fourteen years in his service. He died in 555 or 543. Taqyy Kashy has seen 6000 verses of Jabaly, Walih says that he left about 8000 verses of which he had seen 1000. His poetry is difficult. to understand, and therefore considered very beautiful (‘awfy 10, 3; Dawlat-shah 2, 2; Taqyy Kashy No. 17; Shyr Khan Lédy p. 37; Ouseley, Biogr. Not. of Pers. poets p. 108). ۱ 3 را 2
444 PERSIAN POETRY. ] 11۸۳۰ ۰
His Qaçydahs are not alphabetically arranged, and begin— و دلبر ite دارد چونٹو معشوق نگار و as بنفشه زلف لاله روی نرگس چشم نسریں بر As. Soc. No. 73, about 360 pp. of 15 bayts, copied in ۰.
(290) مثنوي جعفر (P.) A Mathnawy by Ja’far, who was a soldier by profession,
he composed it in 1065 and dedicated it to Shahjahan. Beginning پنام خدا ابند| کرده ام خدا را 'خود رهنما کرده ام As. Soc. No. 929, 64 pp. of 138 ۰
(291) چار درویش تصنیف جافی (P.) The Story of the four Darwyshes by Myr Abû-1-Hasan Khan Jdfiy, (Khifiy ?) Beginning
بقام یزدانں کہ مورت کام است ہر زبادم همدشه این نام ایت Tépkhénah, 120 pp. of 10 bayts, a beautiful copy written in 1192, یلگ قصه probably for the author. It has the following postscript: چار درویش تصنیف میر صاحب میرابوالعسن خان متخلص بچافي ۱۳ ربیع الثاني سنه ۱۹ جلوس شاه Aine lle ۱۱۱۲ ۲
)299( فصائه جگت نراین (P.) Qacydahs of Jagat Narayan, in praise of Acaf aldaw- lah, who died in 1212. Beginning
خالق جان ودل تی سر خدا مالك ملک و ملک افسر خدا Moty Mahall, 150 pp. 15 ۰
No. 295.1 JALA’LY. 445
(293) دیوان جلالی (P.)
The Dywan of Sayyide ’alam Moړrammad Jalal, or Jaldly. He informs us in a Qifah that he was a native of Ahmadabad and that his father and spiritual guide was Myr Sayyid Jalal b. Hasan, a descendant and fol- lower of Shahe ’alam Habyb, his entire spiritual genea- logy is recorded in a Qacydah: he was a disciple of his father, who was a disciple of Sayyid Khan ’abd al-Ghafir, Sayyid Afmad, Sayyid Mokammad Raju, Mokammad Shahe “Alam, Sayyid Burhan who settled in Gujrat, Nacir aldyn Mokammady, Jalal aldyn Ahmad, Makhdim Ahrar, Sayyid Kabyr aldyn Ahmad, ’alyy and Jalal who settled in India, Mohammad and Ja’far, Sayyid Mahmad, Ahmad, Sayyid ’abd Allah, ’alyy, Jafar, Naqyy, Taqyy, Imam Ridha. ۱
Contents: Qaçydahs 7 pp. of 14 bayts; Ghazals 4 pp.; Ruba’ys 23 pp. Beginning of Ghazals—
الا اي مست نار از حد مبر بی اعندالی را As. Soc. No. 531, a fine ۰
)294( ۰ الجليل one محمد شاه تصنيف cae (P.)
A Mathnawy by ’abd al-Jalyl in praise of Mohammad
Shah—succeeded in 1131—in which he describes the fireworks and other festivities of the emperor.
بهاري کرد کل عالم چم شد شعفتی عام در هر انجس شد Bg.
Topkhanah, 25 pp. 25 ۰
(295) دیوان جمال الدیں (P.) The Dywan of Jamal aldyn Mofammad of Ispahan, a son of ’abd al-Razzaq and the father of the poet Kamal
446 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHap. I.
aldyn. He flourished under the Cayid dynasty and most
of his Qacydahs are encomiums on them. He died at
Ispahan in 588 (Taqyy Kashy No. 29; Dawlat-shah, 3, 3). It consists of Qacydahs alphabetically arranged.
Be. lic صنعتث کرد با ما سپہر سرکش و فرتوت ر da gl 4 to 7ا16 Maal, 66 pp. 44 ۰
(296) بیان حقایق احوال سید المرسلیی (P.)
Explanation of the verities of the history of the pro- phet by Fadhl Allah Jamdly of Dilly. He was a pupil of the Shaykh Samé Allah who, according to ‘abd al- Haqgq, died in 901, at an advanced age. Jamdly was a great traveller, he made the acquaintance of Jamy (who died 1۳ 898) at Herat and wrote an account of his own travels ali yaw. He was deeply versed in Cufism and is consi- dered asa saint. His tomb, a very elegant little building of white marble, isa short distance S. E: of the Kofob minar; eleven miles from Dilly. The Jamaly mentioned in p. 48 supra either is not identieal with the author of. this book or the date of his demise must be incorrect, as will appear by comparing the above dates. The author of the A'thér alcanddyd, p. 165, places the death of the author of this work in 922, and says that miz خسرو 1s, a chronogram for it but this gives 925.
The book is divided into several parts, and each teh has a separate title. The first is entitled مصباح 2 رواح and the seventh and last part شرح الواصلین و سم الغائلیں opts! .وشهد المرضیین وسیف The date of the composi- tion of the first part, 868, is contained in the follow- ing line: رفنه بك از فجرت: شاه رد aiid, هشت سال و شضمت شال .
No. 297.[ 3۸7+ ۱ 447
The work: contains a mystical view of the life of Mohammad. The author usually gives one or two tradi- tions with a Persian translation, and some explanations in prose, and then follow his illustrations which are chiefly legends in verses. The first part begins:
اي طالب انوار اسرار معاني ز جویای اجلیات ظاهر
The Shark alwaçilyn begins— :
نام بسم الله ory الرحجم سی سراید بر صراط مسلقیم
As. Soe. first part, No. 632 about 400 pp. of 15 bayts, a splendid copy, at the end are Ruba’ys, .مک about 60 pp. Shard al-wagilyn, As. Soc. No. 1285, written in the same hand, but in a different shape, about 400 pp. of 15 lines, it ends with the words المسمی ae why الوارد ڏي SUM! بشرح الواصلدن و داتهامة لم الاقسام السدعة الموعود من .حقائق احوال المصطفین صلعم After this follows a short Math-
nawy, 27 pp. which has the title of مهر الغلوب and probably belongs to the work. Beginning .سمي کشد هر رو زیخ آفناب
aR PS Wap (P.) او رن رب
Complete minor poems of Niraldyn ’abd al-Rahman 711.۰ He was born at Jam in 817, and died in 898. For a full account of his life I refer to Rosenzweig’s Biogra- phische Notizen iiber Mewlana Abdurrahman Dschami, Vienna, 1840. Taqyy Kashy gives the following list of his works, many of which will be described in their places. The readings between parentheses are taken from ۰ الانس * نقدالتصوص * رساله طریق صوفیان le? شواهد النبوق ٭ اللمعات ٭ شرے فصوص اکم ٭ لوامح # شر Red) (بطریق خواجکان ) ٭ ely » شرح بیتیں از مذنوي مولوی x ابن فارض * شرح باعیات ive! شرح بیت خسرر دهلوي ٭ شرح حدیث ابي ذر عثيلي ٭ "خدان حضرت مولوی ٭ Lelie حدیث ٭ Jae خواجه پارسا ٭ نرجمه منائب خواجة غبداللھ انصاري * رساله تحقیق مدهب مرفي و مدکلم * رساله سوال و جواب هندوستان ۷ omy! تحقیق os? رساله ۰ sm»
448 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. ۰
رسال ل اله الاالله ٭ رسال مناسلگ الحم ( رساله منظومہ درحم ) ٭ هفت Syl مشئمل بر AD کناب اول سنلسلة Leb) اني سلامان و ابسال. ثالت did اللحرار رابع سبحة البرار خامس یوسف وزيغا سادس لیلی و مجنون سابع خرب نامۂ اسعندري * دیوان اول rite: اني و دیوان ثالی * بهارسدان # رساله" piss در Lance رساله" bowie رساله aro رسال۸“ he give واصغو در معما ٭ رساله" عررض ٭ رسال فافيهے ٭ in: مومنیقی» رسال منشات ٭ فواید الضیأبیة فی شرے الکافیة ٭ شرح any
1 دیب منظوم و منذور »
Ilahy adds to this list: ٭ Gbic, تفسی ر نانمام ٭ رسال صرف .رساله عروه * حلیۃ الحا ٭ شرح قصیدہ برد ڃ منظوم On the حلیة الحال see Hajy Khal. No. 4,614, and Dorn’s Cat. des. MSS. de la Bibl. Imp. de St. Pétersb. p. 372, it contains logogriphs extracted from the حللالمطرز of Sharaf aldyn ‘alyy Yazdy who died in 850.
Von Rosenzweig and Dorn, loco cit. give us very valu- able details regarding the above works, and the former author mentions in addition ارشادپة (see Hajy Khalyfah, No. 567,) اللغات U-sisand تاریخ هرات r
Contents : the minor poems of Jamy are divided into three Dywans, each of which has a separate title:
1, الشیاب is “Beginningof Youth;” it contains Qaçy- dahs 90 pp. of 19 bayts; Ghazals 276 pp.; and about 170 Rubda’ys and a few Tarjy’bands. |
بسم الله الرحمی الرحیم اعظم اسما pale حکیم Beginning
9, رو سطۂالعقد “The Centre of the Necklace.” This Dywan contains 10,000, bayts, and the author collected it in 884, when he was going on for seventy.
درب *حیعه چو اغاز کردم امارا Beginning
3. خاتمة العیوة “Conclusion of Life.” This Dywan fills 134 pp. of 19 lines; at the end are a few Ruba’ys. Jamy made the fair copy of it in 896.
آنکه تسبیم Lae بر صدق او امد گواه Beginning
No. 298. | JA MY. 449
Two or three very beautiful copies of these Dywans are in the Méty Ma/all: every Dywan has a short preface in prose.
(298) جامی By! هفت (P.)
The Constellation of the two Bears. This is the name of seven Mathnawies of Jamy, each Mathnawy has a separate name: and the last five of them together have also the title of رخمسه جامیي they are—
1. eet] سلسلة Catena aurea, it is in the same mea- sure as the Hadyqah of Sanay, the Haft Paykar of Nitzamy, and the Jame Jam of Awhady, viz.: فاعلاتی ,معاعلن فعلن This poem is divided into three books. The first book fills 106 pp. of 38 bayts, making upwards of 4000 lines, but the chapter-heads, which are long and numerous, must be deducted.
Beginning قبل کل کلام بصفات الجلال والاکرام dos} all
The second book has 28 pp. 38 bayts.
بشنو ای گوش بر فسانه عشق از صریر قلم تراه عشق Bg.
Third book, 80 pp. of 38 lines.
حمد ایز نه کار تست ایدل هرچه کار نوبار تست ایدل Bg.
9, و ابسال ye. The Adventures of Salaman and Abs4l 34 pp. 38 bayts, it is in the same measure as the Mantiq aléayr of ’aféar, and the Mathnawy of Jalal aldyn Rumy, viz.: ,فاعلاتی فاعلانی فاعلات
ای بیادت تازه جاں عاشقان زاب لطعت تو زبانعاششان Bg.
Edited by F. Falconer, London, 1850. MS. copies are not frequent.
3. تحفة اللحرار . Present to the Free, 36 pp. of 50 bayts, It is in the measure of the Makhzan alasrar of Nitzamy, Viz. فاعلات laine .معنعلی It is divided into 12 cantos مقاله and it was composed in 886. |
3 41
450 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. IL.
Beginning سرخوان کرپم colle بسمالله الرحس الرحیم هست Published by F. Falconer, London, 1848 : MS. As. Soc. ۰ 1412, a fine copy written in 981.
4. سبح البرار The Rosary of the Righteous, 63 pp. of 50 bayts. It is in the measure of the Noh Sipehr of Myr Khosraw, viz. فاعلاتی فعلاتی فعلی and is divided into three cantos dc, In some a mit a short preface. Beginning
Printed at Caleutia, 1811, nee ; 4 7 at Caleutta 1818, 4to. Edited by 1. Falconer, London, 1849.
5. بوسف و ریخا The Loves of Yusof and Zalykha,
86 pp. 50 bayts. It is in the measure of Nitzémy’s
Khosraw Shyryn, viz.: .مفاعیای مفاعیلن فعولی Bg. جاوید بنمای “Boy بکشای گلی از aye] “ASH ust
Printed at Vienna, with a German translation by Von Rosenzweig, 1824; Calcutta, 1809, 1244, 1265; Lithographed Calcutta, 1818, 4to.; Lithographed Lucnow, edited by Qudrat Ahmad and Qabil Ahmad with useful notes, 1262. I have a MS. copy which was written by Myr ’imad (on whom see p. 89 supra) in 1007, it is one of the most correct and beautiful Persian MSS. in existence. 1 is a school-book in India and therefore MS. copies are innumerable.
A commentary on Yusof û Zalykha has been written by ۵ al-Wasi’ of Hansy. Tdépkhénah 220 pp. 13 lines. Beginning سنایش “ues ٭حبوبقرین مقالات شرح
Mohammad Sajid Qadiry a son of Faydh Mohammad of Jhan- janah wrote in 1157, glosses on the margin of this poem, and they were subsequently at his request copied out by Mohammad Shah, who added after his death a preface and made a separate work of it under the title of ۶جیب zy which comprises the text and has been printed at Calcutta in 1240 and 1264, 4to. 241 pp.
زهي قادر مطلق ٭چون که از قهرنش *حفه Beginning
6. . لیلی مجنون The Story of the two Bedouin Lovers Layla and Majniin; this story has first been handled by
Arabic poets. It is in the metre of the 10/44 al'ira-
No. 299.] JAMY. 451
qayn, VIZ, فعولی pclae ,مفعول The poet informs us that he completed the poem in 889, and that it has 3860 verses. Beginning فداد ھشتاں 4s, در هشنصد dle کوناهی ان بلخد ور تو بشماران بری دست باشد سه هزار و هشتصد و شست
ای خاک تو تاج سربلندي ( سر بلندان Beginning (or
Translated into French by Chézy, Paris, 1808, and into German by Hartmann, Leipz., 1808. (See Zenker’s Bibl. Orient.)
7. خر ناء2 سکندري The Wisdom Book of Alexander 55 pp. 50 bayts. It is in the measure of the Firaq-ndmah of Salman, and of the Sikandar-namah, Shah-namah and Bostan, ۷12۰: ,فعولنی فعوللی فعول فعول
Bg. نراست جمال چہاں بادشاهي تراست use] کمال use]
A beautiful copy of these seven poems is in the Méty MadAall, it was written in 955, there is also a copy of the Khamsah in the same éollection which was written in 921. In the As. Soe. Nos. 381 and 208, are two very fine copies of all the seven poems, the former was written by Jamal aldyn. In complete copies, each poem has a short preface in prose. Zenker in his Bibliotheca Orient. Leipz. 1846, p. 55, says that the کلیات جامي or “ euvres complétes de Djami’” have been printed at Calcutta, 1811, in one 4to. volume. He quotes the postscript, from which it appears that the book which he alludes to is the Roq’ate Jamy to be mentioned hereafter.
(299) wry! فتوح (P.) Conquest of the two Holy Cities, Makkah and Mady- nah, a poem in which these two holy places and the ceremonies of the pilgrimage are described by Jamy. His name occurs in the following verse : مس ملال . نوش کی از عارف جام ایں مقال Lat) گربودت Bg. ای همه کس را بدرت الاجا کعبه دل راز تو نورو صفا Méty لها 98 pp. of 15 bayts, beautifully written in 983 ; As. Soc. Nos. 463, 659, 788, 985. Some copies begin اي دوجہان غوقهٌ آلاي نر 3M 2
452 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. If,
(300) شرح رباعیات (P.)
Theosophistic Tetrastiches with a commentary thereon and a short preface in prose by Jamy. Beginning of preface حمد الاله هو بالعمد حقیق Specimen : واجب که وجود ؛خش نوو کہ است تصویروجود خشش فول کی است گودم سس نخزکه مغز خی است هسنی اس ت که هم هسلی رھم هستکیی است
Moty Marall, 62 pp. 17 lines, a fine copy, at the end are added
some sayings of Jamy’s Pyr, Sa’d aldyn Kashghary; As. Soc. No: 828, 44 pp. 9 lines.
(301) دسئور عشیٰ (P.)
Dastoor-i-ishk, or the Loves of Sussee and Panoon, a Persian poem by Lallah Jentperkass, Calcutta, 1812, 8vo. I have never had an opportunity of seeing this book.
(302) لطیفه شوق تصنیف جنونی (P.)
Desirable Amusement, by Joniny, dedicated to Awrang- zéb. The names of the poet and of the emperor occur in this verse.
گر جنوني نگردی این تحربر که نوشتی زمدم عالمگیر
In the conclusion he informs us that he composed the poem in 1100, and that it contains upwards of 6016 verses. It consists of anecdotes which are headed لطیفه
Beginning بلدل بوستان دانای می سرایه چنیں :گو بای , . As. Soc. No. 346, 392 pp. 17 bayts, iad in 1123.
No. 304.1 KALYM. 453
(303) کلیات چونا - (P.)
Complete poetical works of Myrza Darab Bég Jiyd. He was by origin a Persian but was born in Kashmyr. He died in 1118, the chronogram on his death is سخی پرنور Arzû says that most poets of Kashmyr who ستاو rished in the commencement of the 12th century were pupils of Juiy4, as for instance ۱۷۲۵1۱۵ ۰
Contents: a short preface in prose ; Qacydahs in praise of God and the Imams, &c. 180 pp. 11 bayts. ۱
مراچه Was لاله الا اللہ گُجا می و تو کجا لاله( الله Beginning
Ghazals about 500 pp. 10 ۰ Bg.
لمي Lay سوی خود ای aly غاذل را
Ruba’ys 38 pp. 8 bayts; and short Mathnawies, one in praise of Kashmyr.
بسم الله الرحمی الرحیم راء نمانند: اميد و Beginning pt: Méoty Mahall, copied in 1128; Tépkhanah. ۰
(304) دیوان کلیم (P.)
The Dywan of Abi Talib Kalym of Hamadan, the principal court poet مك الشعراء and panegyrist of Shah- jahan. He died in 1061, (see pp. 90, 128, 113, 151, 116 supra).
Contents: Qacydahs in praise of God, Shah-jahan, &c. 236 pp. 17 bayts.
شوق هرکس را که در راء طلب: سر میدهد Beginning
Ghazals, 329 pp. ; Ruba’ys 17 pp. Beginning
بدل کردم بمسفي عاقبت زهد رياني را Méty Mahall, several copies, one written in 1093; As. Soc. Nos.
600 and 1079, containing merely the Ghazals ; 202007 1442, contain~ ing his Qacydahs as well as the Ghazals.
۰
454 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. IT.
)305( شاهنشاه نامه کلیم (P.) The Imperial Book, by Kalym, being an epic poem on the exploits of Shah-jahan. Bg. عطا کرد و سایل نبود ple بنام خداثبکه از شوق جود در Moty Marall, 710 pp. of 21 ۰
)300( دیوان کمال اسمعیلی امبھانی (P.) The Dywan of Kamal aldyn Isma’yl of Ispahan, a son of Jamal (see p. 445 supra) whom he surpassed. He was like his father a panegyrist of the Ca’id family and owing to the novelty of ideas he is called Khallaq alma’aniy. He also occupied himself with Cufism, and Shihab aldyn ‘omar Sohrawardy was his spiritual guide. He was tortured to death by the Moghols who expected to find hidden property in his house on the 2d Jumada I. 635 (some say 638) and left a Dywan of about 16,000 verses.
Contents: Panegyrics in praise of his patrons, Dhiya aldyn Ahmad Abû Bakr, Shihab aldyn, Fakhr b. Nitzam aldyn, &c. and a few Ruba’ys.
ای جلال تو بھانہا را زبانں )443143 Beginning
Méty Marall, 260 pp. 17 lines; my own collection 748 pp. 16 bayts, an old and correct copy.
(307) دیوان کمال خجنی (P.) The Dywan of Kamal aldyn Khojandy. He devoted his whole life to ascetic exercises, and is therefore
considered a saint. When a young man he made the pilgrimage to Makkah, and on his return he remained at
No. 308. | KA’ MIL. 455
Tabryz. When that city was taken by Yuqtamish Khan he was carried away as a prisoner into the desert of Qipchaq, but after four years he effected his escape and returned to Tabryz, Sultan Hosayn a son of Oways re- ceived him with great respect and built a Khanqgah for him. He died during the reign of Sultan Myran-shah who was a great admirer and patron of his, in A. H. 803: some say he died in 792 and others in 808. Kamal was a contemporary of Hafitz, and they possessed each other’s esteem, but were not personally acquainted with each other. In reference to the elder Kamal he has the following ruba’y. جہاں مشپور بکی از اصفہان دگرز خجند yo دز کمال اند دگردر قصیدء ے ماننه uly لاثم ای يکي درغزل مدیم
The author of the Kholaçah has seen about 0 verses of Kamal Khojandy (Ouseley, Pers. poets, p. 192; Bland, A Cent. of Ghazals).
Contents: A Qacydah, then Ghazals, most of which consist like those of Salman of eight verses, they are not alphabetically arranged, 404 pp. of 11 bayts; Ruba’ys, Qif’ahs, &c. 25 pp. 19 bayts.
Beginning of Qacydahs اهل کمال sis که ay آن a cs
Bg. of Ghazals از تو پهساعت جدای خرش نمی )32 مرا _ Farah-baksh, a splendid copy; also several copies in the Moéty
Mahall; As. Soc. Nos. 448, 573.
(308) چراغ نامه تصنیف کامل ۱ (P.) . The Lamp Book by Kamil. It consists of Ghazals all of which rhyme in chiragh, and the first letter of every verse of the first Ghazal is alif, of the second b &c. Bg. گل روی او نار چراغ js از شب زلف او بپارچراغ Lithographed at Lucnow, on the odo of the “Qa لف see ۰ 312 supra.
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(309) حربه حیدری تصنیف کرم (P.)
The History of ’alyy and his son Hosayn, in verses by Karam, who composed it in 1135 (see p. 128 supra).
ثنای که مستان کنند ابئدا بنام خدائیست جل و علا Bg.
Farah-bakhsh, about 300 pp. of 50 bayts; As. Soc. No. 680, Bi pp. 18 bayts.
(310) رباعیات کردم (P.)
The Ruba’ys of Karym. After the Ruba’ys follow Qacydahs with a short introduction in prose, from which we learn that the name of the poet was Myr Mohammad Katzim that he was a son of Fikr, and that he flourished under Qofobshah of the Deccan.
Contents: a short preface; Ruba’ys alphabetically arranged 440 pp. of 14 bayts: Qacydahs 28 pp. Bg. رمزیستاز راز دل, :دیوانه من gst هو مصرعه دیباچه مسدانه
ویباچه کریم بر رباعيانم . کنجیست که باشد ان بوبرانه ہی
“Misty Mahall, a good copy.
(311) مچموعه راز تصنیف کشفی (P.)
Collection of Mysteries, by Mohammad Calih Kashfy, composed in 1030.
ای دوست بعاشقان شید( بنماي جمال عالم آرا Beginning
Lithographed Lucnow, Masyhay press, 8. ۸.21 pp. on the margin of this edition is a Mathnawy by Akbar which has the title هید و اخثر and begins: ۓ را ناله موخت aS) بخام
In the Moty Mahall is a copy of the Qaçydahs of Kashfy, 175 pp. 12 lines, they are chiefly in praise ofthe Imams, 1 am not certain
whether the Mathnawy and Qacydahs are by the same poet. Begianing We ان سرو بستان by ان کلبن باغ
No. 313.] KA’ SHY. 457
(312) ملا کاشي oA هفت (P.)
A poem in praise of ’alyy, in seven stanzas, by Molla Kamal aldyn Hasan (Walih writes Mohsin) ۰ He was born and brought up at Amol but his family was of Kashan, and he therefore adopted the takhallu¢ of Kashy. He was a man of considerable learning and very religious, and all his poems—Taqyy Kashy has seen 6000 verses—are in praise of ’alyy and the Imams. He died young about the year 720 (Dawlat-shah 5, 10; Taqyy Kashy No. 63). Beginning
Farah-baksh, 80 pp. with a commentary which has the title of معدن الرضا and begins ,کلاصی که مطلع و مقطعش !عليه مبانی there is only one line of text on each page. Another commentary has the title of اسدی jl“, the author is Mohammad ’alyy b. Mohammad Cadiq Hosayny Nayshapury, and it is dedicated to the Nawab Shuja’ aldawlah Mohammad Khan Asad-jang (hence the title), it contains besides an explanation of the poem, the traditions to which allusion is made or supposed to be made in it, and fills 560 pp. of 19 lines. The date of the MS. is 1149. Beginning
الحمدللة الذی خلق الانسان لعداوثة و اصطفاه علی ما سوا
Under Ghaziy aldyn Haydar d. 1242, a commentary on this poem was written (182 pp. 7 lines) of which there is a copy in the private ‘collection A. It begins العمدلله العلی والصلوة والسلام على سیدالانبیاء
The poem has been lithographed, Lucnow, Sultany press, 8. a. 21 pp. with copious glosses.
(313) دیوان کاتبی (P.)
The Dywan of Shams aldyn Mohammad b. ’abd Allah Kdatiby. He was born in a place not far from Tarshyz, ‘but he proceeded early in life to Nayshapir, and applied himself, under the tuition of Symy, to calligraphy—hence
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his takhalluç. When he had attained to celebrity he pro- ceeded to Herat and became a court poet of Baysanghor, but as a Qaçydah rhyming in ترکس which he made “ to order” in imitation of one of Kamal Ismayil did not meet with approbation, he went to Astrabéd and eventually to Shirwan. He was favourably received by Amyr-z4dah Ibrahym, who bestowed 1000 Dirhams upon him for the first poem which he made in his praise. It rhymes in Jf. After having visited Adzarbayjan, Tabaristan and other provinces to earn his livelihood by composing pane- gyrics on great men, he turned a religious mendicant and took Çûyin aldyn as his spiritual guide. He dili- gently studied the Cufy literature and wrote several mystical poems. He died at Astrabad in 838 or 839. According to Khoshgt he left 30,000 verses, but other authors mention only half of that number, Sir G. Ouseley’s copy contains the following works, اپرار eels the Rose Garden of the Pure. مجمع ارين Combination of two Metres (see on this Mathnawy p. 322 supra) ,سی نامه Thirty Epistles. وه نامه Decalogue. Other authors add the names of the following works و عشق, ناصرو منصور ر | ume بهرام و گل اندام | ”کس و ”حبرب ر لجنیسات
Contents: Qacydahs, 112 pp. 14 bayts, in praise of God and the Imams, Cayin aldyn, Amyr Tymar, Myrza Shahrokh, Sultan Baysanghor, Padshah Sayf aldyn and Manuchihr b. Sultan Ibrahym, Amyr Mohammad Mo’yn
aldyn. Beginning Ghazals, 192 pp. 13 bayts. Beginning
Le جدد بوذ شن راہ sis 3,8 ما ys 895) Ltt aw) پر صدا Gl Qifahs and Ruba’ys, among them is the following chronogram :
No. 314.[ KA ۰ ۱ 159
چو شف gly DB) pe sie دلم aS تارذش از جان کدای چو بشنود gle نالہا aS و Ua منوچهردارای دوران کجای After the minor poems follow again Qaçydahs, 60 ۰ they are not in praise of princes but of other persons, and this may have been the reason for separating them from the first batch. A Mathnawy of 58 pp. 15 lines. باسم الله الرحمی الرحیم تاج حکوست وکام 4243 Beginning Another Mathnawy with a preface in prose, 56 ۰ ای شده از قدرت تو uth she بود دیباچه Wo ودی Bg. Several smaller Mathnawies, Serapas, &c. Méty Mahall, good copy, in all 750 pages. My notes do not con- tain the titles of the two larger Mathnawies. I havea beautiful
old MS. containing the Ghazals and Tajnysat of Katiby, 184 pp. 13 bayts, written in 888 by Mohammad Herawy.
(314) pbb فرحنامه" فاطمه تصفیف (P.)
The Book of Joy of Fatymah, an epic poem in which the life of the daughter of Mohammad is described by the physician Katzim, who had the title of Madziq almulk, and was a son of the Mojtahid (Shy’ah divine) ‘Haydar ’alyy Tostery Najafy. The date of the compo- sition, 1150, is contained in the last verse. 0 peers ہر سور یر اا بو اس این دزم
The author informs us in the preface that when he was a young man he compiled a history of the pro- phets and the Imams and gave it the title السْیر ysl. One day some one wentioned to him the Hamlahé Haydary of Badzil (see p. 368 supra) and the صولت صفدري by Mohibb ’alyy Khan, this induced him to imitate the example of these two poets, and to write a sacred epos
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for which he chose Fatimah as his subject, and in four months he composed seven thousand verses, he placed at the head of his poem about 1400 verses which Mohibb ‘alyy had written in praise of Fatimah, and which formed a separate poem.
زیباتریی حديتي که بلبل ناطقه بیان در گلستان Bg. of preface
Beginning of the poem ہدام خداوند عرش عظیم
Méty Mahall, 394 pp. of 19 lines.
اس سس سیسات سیم
(315) فصه" کا مرو نصنیف کوڑا مل 0 The Story of Kémrûp, a poem by Chawdhry Kawramal, who died on the 16th May, 1848. Bg. ای خامه پشو زان کشای در حمد و تدای کبریای
Lithographed, Dilly, 1265, 136 pp. of 29 bayts, edited by ۴۲ Ray, Deputy Collector, a son of the author. ©
(316) دیوان خالس (P.) The Dywan of Myrza Sayyid Hosayn Imtiyaz Khan Khdliç, who was killed in India, in 1122 (see pp. 141, 111, 121, 150 supra). Contents: After a short preface in prose, which is” wanting in some copies, Ghazals, 308 pp. of 13 bayts; Ruba’ys, 16 pp. of 10 bayts. Beginning چنان دارند شوق وصل بسم الله عنوانہا (see 0. 345 supra). A Mathnawy, 8 pp: 15 lines, and Qaçydahs, 82 pp. 15 bayts. Beginning دم +حی که موچ از نور میزد نم جلت برری طور میزد Moty. Mahall, a splendid copy ; my own collection, a good copy.
No. 318.[ 11۲1 ۸ ۸ ۰ 461
There is another Dywan of Khali¢ in the Méty Mahall which con- tains a chronogram for 1081, and which he seems to have written before he came to India. Chronogram: | تاریخ فقور استراباد لعذت با نوشه لعین باد
Tt contains Ghazals and some Mathnawies, the longest of which has the title Jas ,گلستان The Dywan has in all 242 pp. of 11 bayts. Beginning of Ghazals: و جان ما Jo 355 .اي زنم فيض تو
(31 7) دیوان خاءوش (P.)
The Dywan of Ray Cahib Ram Khdmdsh, who died previous to 1229 (see p. 167 supra).
ای برتر ازانکه days ادراک وصف تو زعلم و عقل ما پاک Bg.
As. Soc. No. 553. Collection of Mawl. Mohammad Wajyh, Ghazals, 405 pp. Ruba’ys, &c. 65 pp. Beginning of this copy
گر oh نماید در رہ ارھمت دلها باهیمینوان چوں برق کردن قطع منزلہا
)318( دیواں قصائد خافانی (P.)
Dywan or collection of Qacydahs of Afdhal aldyn Ibrahym Khadgdny (according-to the commentator, his name was ‘othman and not Ibrahym). He was a son of ‘alyy and a native of Shirwan. His verses were first corrected by Nitzam aldyn Abt-lola, who gave him his daughter in marriage, and introduced him at the court of Mantchihr the sovereign of Shirwan, whose title was Khagan. In honor of this prince, he changed his former takhalluç Haqayqy into Khaqany. He rose to high dig- nity and obtained the title of Amyr, noble; but he ill- requited the kindness of his benefactor; he and Abt-l’ola became jealous, and wrote biting satyres against each other. When Khagany was tired of the life of a courtier he
462 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. IT,
solicited permission to retire, and when it was refused he fled to Baylaqan, but was arrested hy the agents of the Khaqan, brought back to Shirwan and cast into prison. After some months, he was released and went on a pilgrim- age to Makkah, on the road he composed his most cele- brated poem the Toffat al’iragqayn. He died at Tabryz in 582 or in 595, and is buried at Surkhab, and at his side rest the poets Tzahyr Faryaby and Shahftr Ashhary Nayshaptry, (Ouseley, Pers. poets, p. 157; Hammer Schone Redek. Pers. p. 125: Jamy Nafah. No. 569; Mohammad ’awfy, fol. 124; Taqyy Kashy, No. 23; Daw- lat-shah 2, 14; 711+61 alkhiydl, p.38; A'tishkadah, p. 53; Khixzdnah ’dmirah).
His Dywan consists of Qacydahs, and Qif ahs, some are mystical, but most of them are panegyrics on the Kha- qan, the Atabuk Nucrat aldyn Qizilarslan, Suléan Ghiyath aldyn Mohammad b. Mas’ûd .دا Malik-shah, king Sayf al- dyn Daray of Darband, &c. at the end are about 120 Ruba’ys.
دل سك پھر تعلیمست رس طفل yk; دانش Beginning
Méty Madzall, five or six good copies, the fullest has 706 pp. of 17 lines; As. Soc. No. 75, this copy contains Ghazals as well as Qacydahs; As. Soc. Nos. 386, 578, good copies; Ibidem, No. 75,
containing also Ghazals, Ruba’ys, &c. the poems are alphabetically — arranged, which is not the case in other copies.
عروس غافیت BG] فبول کرد مرا Beginning
س س س ا
(319) شرح قصاید خاقانی (P.)
A commentary on the Qaçydahs of Khaqany, in which only difficult verses are explained, by Mofammad b. Dawid .جا Mokammad b. Mahmûd Shadyabady.
No. 322. | 111۸ ۸ ۰ 463
Bg. جواهر زواهر سپاس ے فیاس نثار حضرت صمدیت Méty Mahall, 592 pp. 17 lines, written in 1062; As. Soc. No. 1282, 996 pp. 9 lines; 702070, No. 1348.
(320) فوح اف (P.)
Increase of Delight, by Qabtil Mohammad, the author of the Haft Quizum. This book is divided into ten chapters خرانه each of which contains a commentary on a Qacydah of Khaqany. It is the first of seven volumes of a similar nature which the author has composed, or intended to compose, and to which he gave the title of رفت es ۔ھفت
Farah-bakhsh, 550 pp. 17 lines.
(321) العرافین dad (P.)
Present to the two ’iraqs, or a description of these two countries, a Mathnawy by Khagqany of about 3000 verses. Beginning بسم الله ابندا رکلم می الجقیی Some copies have a preface which begins: خير ما اعنصم المرو بحباله كلمة اللحير بقصور بالة
Copies are frequent. There are several in the Tépkhénah and Méty Madall, and I have no less than three, the best was written in 1090, 194 pp. 16 bayts; As. Soc. No. 467, Bg. غمخاك olf ماییم نظار
(322) العراقوں dhs? شرح (P.) A commentary on the To/fat al’iraqayn by Shaykh "abd alsalam. Beginning
۲ ۳ << : بعل حمد و نعتا و بندتي dc ee السلام غھر الله لہ میفرماید
تد
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The first verse commented upon is:
ماییم نظار کان of! Sire حقہ سجز و مهرد خاک
(323) دیوان خاشع (Ps) The Dywan of Khashiy. It consists of Ghazals, at the end are a few Qacydahs in praise of the Imams and several chronograms, I copy one of the latter as it fixes the date, 1092, of the poet. و جای عیش ارست epee? کر خاشع سال تاربخش رقم مفزل Moty Mahall, about 300 pp. 15 bayts, beginning and end wanting.
(324) عمر خیام cole ربا (P.) The Ruba’ys of omar Khayyam of Nayshaptr. He was originally a tent-maker and hence his takhalluc. Among his school fellows were Hasan Cabbagh, and a youth who subsequently filled the post of Wazyr to Malik-shah under the title of Nitzim almulk ۰ After he had risen to his high office he invited ’omar to come to court, and when he declined, he allowed him annually the handsome income of 2,022 mithqals from the Nayshaptr treasury. Baron Hammer-Purgstall Gesch. d. Schonen Redek. Pers. p. 80 in his valuable remarks on this poet says, that he was a free-thinker and a great opponent of Ciifism. He died in 517 (Khoshgu I. No 38; A’tishkadah, p. 185).
After a short introduction in prose by a later author the Ruba’ys begin: ۱ ای سوخته سوختة سوختني وی که اتش درزع از تو افروختني که بر عمر رحمت کی حق را تو جای رحست اموختنی uss EG “Tépkhanah, 34 pp. of 24 bayts; As. Soc. No. 1548. ۱
No. 326. ] 1 17 7 ۷ ۰ 105
(325) دیون خیالی بغاريی (P.)
The Dywan of Khiyaly of Bokhara. He was a pupil of Khwajah ’içmat Allah, and though he spent the greater part of his life in his native country, he was two years at Herat in the service of Ulugh Bég, during whose reign, 850—853, he died. ‘Taqyy Kashy has seen about 2000 verses of his; most of his poems are mystical.
Contents: Qacydahs in praise of God, 10 pp. Bg.
ای حرم عزتت. gentle انقہا . نتش دو عالم زده بر le کبریا
Ghazals, 110 pp. 13 bayts.
چرن ۓے اکرچه عمری خوش ہی نواخت ما را Beginning
(16+ Marall, an old copy.
(326) دیوان امیر خسرو (P.) The Dywan of Yamyn aldyn Abiti-l-Hasan, who is known by the name of Myr Khosraw. He is the greatest poet among the Musalmans of India. His father Sayf aldyn Mahmid was one of the chiefs of the tribe of Lachyn, which lives in the Hazarah near Balkh. He came to India, and became one of the nobles (military leaders) of the empire. He settled at Patyalah (Miimi- nabad), where Khosraw was born in 651. He was only nine years of age when he lost his father, who fell in a fight against the idolators. His brother ’izz aldyn ’alyy- shah succeeded to the post of his father, and the young Myr Khosraw was educated by his maternal grandfather imad almulk, who was a man of great importance, and attained the age of one hundred and thirteen years. When he was grown up he entered with his friend Hasan the service of prince Mohammad Sultan Khan, a 3 0
406 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. If.
son of Ghiyath aldyn Balban, who was then governor of Multan, he was the keeper of the Qoran مصحفدار and Hasan keeper of the inkstand رlolya. After the death of his patron he came to Dilly, and entered the service of Amyr ‘alyy, and subsequently he was admitted to the court of the emperor Jalal aldyn Khiljy. He rose to great im- portance particularly under Ghiyath aldyn Toghlaq-shah whom he accompanied in his march to Bengal, and to whom he dedicated his Toghlaq namah. Whilst the king was staying at Lokhnawty, the news of the demise of Nitzam aldyn reached the royal camp. Khosraw had been introduced to this saint by his father when only eight years of age, and he became one of his most distinguished disciples and warmest admirers, on hearing of his death he hastened back to Dilly, dressed in deep mourning, gave up the royal service, gave all he had to the poor and took up his abode at the tomb of the saint. He died six mouths after him in the night, from Thursday to Friday, the 29th of Dzi-lqa’dah, 725. His tomb is close to that of Nitzam aldyn, in one of the most beautiful and interesting spots near Dilly. Dawlat shah places his death in 715, as his authority has misled many learned men as Hammer, Garcin de Tassy, Dozy, &c. I give here the chronogram on his death which is engraved over his tomb طوطي_ شکر مقال another chronogram is .عديم المثل The Ctifies celebrate his wedding (death) on the 18th Raby’ II. this date is commemorated in the following verse of the Adab aléalibyn: هزده در ابر فت آن مه pd ربیع ٭قتصدرا iy چون شمار بیسمت داد dle;
It is said by Adzory apud Dawlat-shah, that Sa’dy, for
whom Khosraw entertained the highest respect, came in his
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old age toIndia and thus an opportunity was afforded Khos- raw of making his personal acquaintance. He left between four and five hundred thousand verses, in some of them he has the takhallu¢ of Sulfany (Firishtah II. p. 754 ; Safynat alawliya No. 117; Ouseley, Pers. Poets, p. 146).
Khoshgt gives the following details regarding his works: مشهور اسی که نود و نہ کتاب تصنیف کرده اما آلچه از مننویات متدارل است این تفصیل دارد خمسۂ که مطاع انوارو ليلي مجنوی و سکذد ری هزده هزار بیت Fees) و هشت بهشت و ers خسرو وعشقیه چہار هزار بیت و قران (لمعدیی پفچهزار بیت ر نه سچهر چبار
هزار بیت و تغلق Beli دانمام سه هزار بیت و تعداد دیوان غزل وعیره
مشخص نیست و در نثراعجار خسرري و تاریخ دهلي و خزامی اتو و مذاقب SAD و چند رسالۂ دیگر در عام اسیعا ( 0 موسيقي ales خالق باري را هم بدو مذسوب دارند که اطفال رو day See شناخت حررف هجي 1 را >٭خوانفد ٭ وان بفقریب کفنه و الچهدر هندي زبان (iin, 6 کرده e شاعرپرا دست نداده چنانکہ اشعار مطایبہ درمیاں شاد Les بھندوسکان راب ست واطایف وظرا ايف آن غا 7 زه قبرل وشہرت بر رو دارد ۱
Contents: the minor poems are divided into four Dywans, each of which has a separate title and preface in prose, and contains Qacydahs, Ghazals, Ruba’ys, &c.
1. الصغر da= 144 pp. of 27 lines. Beginning of pre- face, of which in this copy only the first page is left, حمدیکه ز او زادن تابان زاد زان وجود بول
2. a bay فرح 290 pp. of 27 lines. He says in the preface الصغر ذکر کرده شده است که بر سر kas? در دیباچه و درصف ان یلگ بیت بت افتاد » است ازان جمله ابیات شعري epi) Oxy نمام ”٭خیز وایری خاص وضع منست که دران کداب مکنوبست ( در حمله ابیات سلسلۂ هم ازان باب خواهد بون ۰۰۰ مقصود اپدست که الصغر وضح صعقت نو 7 است درس دیواں نیز bax چدادکه در غریب و اینده امده است کہ بیش از هم مبصري را در ۳9 در ترجیعات نگاو واشت بک &S نظر نیام یی ۰ مگ | افضل الدین خافاای
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قافیه ور هر خانه وضعی است اما اسفاد خاقاني نامه شعررا در شار ع ابیات راو نداده است وهم در سرشعران نام را عنوان گردانید ولیک بندء ot! قدر تصرف زیادہ dle که نامه شعر را در آخر همان شعر در ببلی درج کردهاست تا ان شعر را بدان نام D3] بقضل all] قد etn د تب هنع |لصفعان Beginning of preface حمد رانم بر زبان aU رب العالميں Beginning of poetry have unfortunately lost my notes regard- ] <$ الکمال .3 ing this part of the Kullyyat. It is in the preface to it that Myr Khosraw states that Khwajah Mas’ad has written a Dywan in the language of India. pp. Beginning of the preface: 176 )4:8 )4&8 .4 حمدیکه نقیه بقیه ان "عربر بر جراید بقیه ایست ذقية زفیض طبع سی ایں Beginning of poetry Mahall, a very fine copy. ا16(
(327) خمسه" امیر خسرو (P.) The five Mathnawies of Amyr Khosraw. It is asserted by Khéshgû, in the life of Khwajé, that Khosraw was the first poet who imitated the Khamsah of Nitzamy. Contents: 1. مطاع الانرار The Rising of the Lights, an allegorical and mystical poem. It was composed in 698 and consists of 3,310 verses and is divided into twenty cantos “ie, ۱ سیصد و ده بر شمر وسه هزار lad ور همه بیت آوري اندر پس فصن توق وهشت د.د 3 dy کته wt از چرخ as سال صب که خو شید جنذابش نوت مطلع انوار خطابش نوشت Beginning است بملک قدیم بسمالله الرحمی الرحیم Cros خطیه 2. شیریں و خسرو The Loves of Shyryn and Khosraw, a romantic epos. It was composed in 698, and consists of 4,124 verses:
پس از کاکم چکیده شرینت نو که ذمش کرده ام شبربی و خسرو
No. 327.1 KHOSRAW. 469
در اغار رجب فرخ شد اب فال زڈجرت ششصد و هشت و نود سال Ss ربرس ی ده oo چیست چارالف ر چہار است وصدو بیست خدارندا دام را چشم بکشاي " بمعراج pithy راه بناي : .1 The Loves of Layla and Majniin. It لیلی wt? .3 was composed in 698, and consists of 2,360 verses. نامش as زغیسب شد مسجل ليلي ise? بعکس ۱ ول تاریخ ;= رت ابچہ بگدشت عالشن نو است وششصد و هشست hee راستي هست جمله دو هزار سیصد و شصت اي داده Joy خزیده راز عقل از تو شده خزینہ پرداز : Begins Regulations of Alexander, 124 pp. of ]£4335 سکذندري .4 bayts. Beginning 38 جہان بادشاها خداي ترا است ارل تا ایك بادشاهي تر است The Eight Paradises, or one week’s هشت بهشت .5 adventures of Bahram. It was composed in 701, and consists of 3,350 bayts. dad بینش بعرض 38 شمار سیصد و پلچہ و دو و سه هزار سال جرت يکي و هعنصد برد کی بدا برہ سر ؛چرخ کبود The poet gives the plan of the Khamsah in these verses.
دادي اول بگنبد درار روشنائي ز مطاح الانوار
کردي انک ه با نشاط دمام شہد شیریں وسرو اندر جام
باز در عالم خر مدد ي ند شور ”جدون sly, افگندي پس wf پردر دري کردي شرح راز سکندری کرږي
وین زمان کز جواهر الجم us ناري ,یمه پم
دل دام بہمستا وا رم اب سجدگ port لا J
کنم اول بصنعهاي ان نکنباي کذاب را تر تیب
گویم ن طبع فزاي از لب لعدت فسانه سراي هر يکي را بہشت دام کدم حورو کودز درو تمام کذم
هعت باشد بپشت و کوثر هت هشدم ان کاندر و بون هر هعت
دس ذویسم بکللٹٰ Shire سرشت دامن ی گقشت خالئ۸ھش ت بہشت ای کشایفدنٴ خزانہ جود شش پیوند کار کاه وجرك Bg.
470 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. IT.
Méty Mahall, several good copies; As. Soc. Nos. 379, 1385; Layla Majnin has been printed, Calcutta, 1811, lithogr. Cal. 1818.
(328) خضرخان ودول رانی “nas (P.) The Story of Khidhr Khan and Dawal Rany, a poem by Myr Khosraw, he composed it in 715, and it consists of 4,200 verses. The plot of the poem is taken from the history of India. — } است ۵ ر ای نامه مس dha ۳ ore ti Satie او IS E چو بر بالا ۳۹ پرده را Bg. وا ۵ یوند yee? دلہا ر as سر نامه بام آن خد اونل (56٤ر Madall, 310 pp. of 15 lines, an old copy; another copy of the same collection is most beautifully written and illustrated with pictures and belonged once to the library of Shahjahdn, it is dated
1010; As. Soc. No. 990, lettered رعشینگ امبر خسرو Khoshgû, see p. 467 supra, calls this poem عشقیه
(B29) ۰ قران السعدیی تصنیف امیر خسرو (P.)
T'he Conjunction of the two lucky Planets (Venus and Jupiter) by Amyr Khosraw. It is a historical poem, the heroes are Nacir aldyn and Mo’izz aldyn, but the facts are so much clad in allegories, that the only histo- rical value of the book is, that it offers us a specimen of the singular taste of the age in which it was composed.
شکر گویم که بئوفیق خداوند جهان Beginning
Lithographed at Luenow, Hasany press, 1261, Svo. 194 pp. of 1 bayts, with glosses edited by Mawl. Qudrat Allah. In the As. Soe.
No. 541, is a beautiful old copy, in which the first two bayts are omitted, it begins ,حمد خداوند سراہم اخست
No. 331.] ۱۹۰ JU’. 471
٠ )۶(( فورالعین شرح قران السعدیین )330(
Light of the Eyes, being a commentary on the Qiran alsa’dayn by Nir al-Haqq, a son of the celebrated ‘abd al-Haqq Dihlawy Bokhary. The preface is written by some one else. The date of the book is 1084—70=1014.
چشم عیب از میاں بررن آربد میشوں شرح فران السعدین
شکر هزاران هزار بر حضرت پرور دکار خالق Bg. of Introduct. Dall!
خطبه کبریا و جلال مر بادشاهی را که بادشاهی Bg. of Comm.
Tépkhanah, 156 1 17 lines, 1 ا 0 In the same collec- tion is another commentary on the Qirdn alsa’dayn by ’abd al-Rasûl
Qasim of Garah, which is about forty miles east of Lucnow, it has 146 pp. of 11 lines and begins:
بعد حمد وناي ب انقہاي صانعي را که چندین هزار مصنوعات In the As. Soc. No. 598, 82 pp. of 19 lines, is a short commentary شکر گریم بقوفیق خداوند جمان "لخب شرح قران السعدین which begins
(331) کلیات خواجو کرمانی (P.)
Complete (minor) works of Khwaji Kirmany. He was born on the 20th of Dzt-lhajj, 689. His name was Abt lata Kamal aldyn Mahmud b. ’alyy Murshidy. He was of a distinguished family, and spent much of his time in travelling. In one of his journeys he made the acquaintance of the distinguished Cufy فاد" aldawlah Samnany, the author of the معا and several other works on mysticism (see p. 81 supra) and became his disciple. He remained with him six years in Cafyabad at Samnan, and devoted himself diligently to the study of mysticism. After that he returned to Kirman and being unable to find a livelihood, he proceeded first to Ispahan and then to Shyraz where he found a liberal supporter in Abt
472 PERSIAN POETRY. ] 11۸۳۲. ۰
Ishaq the ruler of that town. In 744 he collected his poems, but continued his literary activity till 745, he says: مد و چل و چارر امب این نقش,آذرت چو:نگار seb شت باریم
He died at Shyraz in 745, or according to Azad in 753, and according to Khoshgt (who probably copied incor- rectly the blunder of Dawlat-shah, who places his death in 742) in 762.
Taqyy Kashy says that all his poetical works which he had seen, contained, 20,000 verses ; Dawlat-shah says, his Dywan alone comprises 20,000 verses, whereas Khoshgt thinks it contains half of that number. He left five Mathnawies in imitation of the Khamsah of Nitzamy. (Habyb alsiyar 111. p. 580; Dawlat-shah 4, 19; Taqyy Kashy 73, see also Erdmann in the Ztschft fiir d. K. d. Morgl. 11. 205).
Contents: Qacydahs in praise of the Imams, Sayf aldyn Bakharzy, Amyn aldyn Kazorany, Sultan Motzaffar Masûd Shah, &c. 42 pp. of 56 bayts; Ghazals not alphabetically arranged, 60 pp. Beginning of Qacydahs:
ای ناه خشت زر بر روزن ode بام وی فگند» چیں شب در گیسوی مشکیریشام
(165 Mahall, a splendid old copy, there is the date 945 at the end, which is probably the year when it was written.
سے س سس
(332) بات خواجو کرمانی gato (P.) Mathnawies of Khwajû Kirmany. 1. روضة الانوار The Garden of Light, 34 pp. of 58 bayts, it is divided into twenty cantos lie and is in the metre of the Makhzan alasrar. Beginning مفضل dae زیذت الررضة فی الاول بسم الله
No. 332. ] KHWA JU’. 473
9. هما و همایونی The Loves of Humé and Huméyüûn, 142 pp. of 44 bayts. Beginning بنام خداوند بالا و بست که از هسنیش هست شد هرچه هست
3. کمالنامه The book of Perfection, 44 pp. of 44 bayts, it 19 an ethical poem, composed in 744. Beginning بسم می لا اله الا هو 4. گرھر نامه بھائيی The Precious Book of Jewels, a Mathnawy of 1,032 verses, mostly in praise of great men. The date 745 when this poem was completed, is twice stated at the end: چو کردم گوهر افشان نوک خامه گہر نامه نهادم نام نامه شب آدینه بود و روز برچپس سعود آسمان ناظر بتسدیس ذال و واو و میم رفنه eye; زتیروز مه یک نیم رفته Beginning بنام نامبخش نامداران گدای درگه ار شہرباراں 5. مفاتیم القلوب و مصابیم الغیوب Keys of the Hearts and Torches of Mysteries, 140 pp. of 54 bayts. This Mathnawy is divided into twenty-eight chapters ,باپ The following are some of the headings: توحید و نعت و مناقب + حقبقه و نصیےۃ م القسم و ما پقسم به # مدایم اوصاف و مصالحه « معاشرة ٭ مکاتبات syle? و تشبیپات ٭ الصباح والرواے ٭ * ومراسلات ٭ المحبة والوفا The poem is preceded by a short preface in Arabic prose which begins: الکتاب المججی sane الذي انزل على al das] 6. The Rose and New Year’s-Day, a poetical story, 86 pp. of 56 bayts. Beginning خاک عدار افروز مه روبان افلاک BRS? بنام نقش بندی Méty Mahall; As. Soc. 288, a fine copy written in 991, it contains only three poems, Nos. 2, 3 and 4.
474 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. II.
(333) دیوان کهتري (P.) The Dywan of Kihtary.
Contents : . Ghazals, 188 pp. 15 bayts, and four Ruba’ 2 Beginning ما برھر ر و ارس س ما yrs ad در هر دلی نھان
۰ Soe. No. 1418. This copy has the following postcript: نمام۔ شد دیوان کمذري تصذیف شی اسد الله مذشی وزیر خان فوجدار چکله سهرند سن ٭جری یزار یکصد و نه she روز شنبه بناریخ بیست و هفتم شہر شهر بر یافت y=, “ Here ends the Dywan of Kihtary which was composed by Shaykh Asad Allah, writer of Wazyr Khan, the police officer of the district of Sahrand ; it was copied on the 29th of Çafar, 1109.” If the person who wrote this sentence understood the meaning of the word تصلیف Shaykh Asad Allah is the name of the poet; but Arabie’
words are used so loosely in India that it is likely that it is the name of the copyist.
(334) دیوان کنور (P.)
The Dywan of Rajah Apurv Kishen Dev Kunwar. He lives now, 1853, in Sobha Bazar at Calcutta.
Contents: three Qacydahs in praise of Amjad ’alyy Shah, king of Oudh; Ghazals 160 pp. 12 bayts; Fards, &e. 15 pp. Beginning of Ghazals:
رحیق العشق هبلی ایہا لسافی Kus
Farah-bakhsh, ما وہ 1845, ab hn end is the seal of the au-
thor, it has the date, 1250.
سس ن
(335) دسئور عت (P.)
Usages of Love, being the story of Bismil, by Mun- shiy Lachmy Narayan, a Khatry. His ancestors were of Kanjawah near Lahdér, and his grandfather settled
No. 336. | ۱ GA 0 475
under ’alamgyr at Dilly. He was a pupil of Arai and resided first at Awrangabad and subsequently at Bareily, and flourished under Amad Shah and Agaf aldawlah who died in 1212. I have been told that Lachmy Narayan died at Dilly about twenty-five years ago.
Beginning بنام آنکه حس و عشق هر در Lithographed at Lucnow, Mogtafay press, 1259, 22 pp.
(336) دستور همت (P.) The Story of Kamrüp, in Persian verses by Himmat Khan Lkyiq, a son of Islam Khan. Mokammad Yisof says that he was the father of Islam Khan and the son of the Khanejahan Ldyig. According to another statement the poet’s name was Mohammad ’ashiq and his takhallu¢ Himmat. The former account is borne out by several verses in the Dywan. بدر کی he اندیشه Je بیا ایق سخ ر مختصر کی زر Towards the end he says : ؛حمد الله کہ ایس نظم دلارام گرنت از فکر لایق رنگ نجام مطلع دیوان همت“ ف رو ع شمسة دیواں همست oie دل و چشم طمع از خوان ار پر جہاں خود همت خان بہادر Yet it is probable that the Mathnawy is the 2 tion of Mokammad ’ashiq, and that he had besides the takhalluç of Himmat also that of Layiq, for this poet was in the service of Himmat Khan (see Yûüûsof Khan’s Tadzkirah and p. 113 supra) to whom the poem is dedi- cated. The date 1096 and name.of the composition are men- tioned in the following verses : چوسال ختم کردم اثلخابش بیست خای موافق شد حسابش تمامش خرن دستور همت کشت نامش Msi دران ساعمت کہ 3 ظ 2
476 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHaAP. 1+
Beginning خداوندا بعکرم تازه جان کی Tépkhénah; 302 pp. 15 bayts ; other copies are smaller: Tépkhanah 172 pp. 24 bayts; Mdty Mahall, 294 pp. 11 bayts.
(337) دیوان لساني شيرازي (P.)
The Dywan of Wajyh aldyn ’abd Allah Lisdny of Shyraz, a son of Myr Mokammad Mushk-fartsh. 6 spent the greater part of his life at Tabryz, but for some time he resided at Baghdad and after that city had been taken by Shah Isma’yl, he proceeded to Hamadan where he was supported by Najm aldyn II. After his death he had to endure great hardship in the fortress of Shadman, at length however he went to Herat and subsequently to Kashan, and after an absence of fourteen years he came back to Tabryz where he died. Khoshgi places his death in 991, but it probably took place several years earlier. He left about 40,000 bayts.
This copy contains only Ghazals.
زهی عشقت بباه بی نياري داد خرمنها Beginning
خم نتراک شوقت سرکشانرا طوق گرد نها As. Soc. No. 1231, 80 pp. of 12 bayts, an old copy.
(338) دیوان مخربی (P.) The Dywan of Mohammad Shyryn Maghriby. He
was a native of Nayyn and a disciple of Shaykh Isma’yl Sysy who belonged to the flock of Shaykh Nir aldyn ‘abd al-Rahman Isfarayiny. The reason why he chose the takhalluc of Maghriby, the man of the west, is that on a journey to the Maghrib (Northern Africa) he received the garb of a Darwysh from a disciple of Mohyy aldyn
No. 339.] MAGHRIBY. 477
‘araby. He was a friend of Kamal Khojandy, and like him a profound Cify. It is said that jealousy for royal favour dissolved the friendship of these two holy men (see Ouseley Pers. Poets, p. 106). He is the author of Arabic glosses حاشیه on the 10۲6/۵6 and of the Wilke .جام He died at Tabryz, where he had spent the greater part of his life, in 809, and is buried in Surkhab. Having been given to the most disgusting vices during his lifetime, he is considered as a saint, and his tomb is a place of pilgrimage. (Jamy, Nafah. No. 574; Habyb alsiyar III. fol. 695; Khoshgt II. No. 277; Taqyy Kashy, No. 100).
Contents: an introduction in prose, 6 pp. 19 lines; Arabic poems, 12 pp. 16 bayts; Ghazals, 94 pp. 17 bayts ; Tarjy bands and Ruba’ys 29 pp.. Beginning of Ghazals.
خورشید رخت چو گشت پیدا ذرات در کون شد هویدا
Méty Marall, a carefully written old copy; As. Soc. Nos. 1436, 722; my collection, a good copy, it contains merely the Ghazals and Rubé’ys. Baron Hammer-Purgstall, Gesch. d. sch6nen Redek. Pers.
p. 78, translates three poems of Maghriby, in them occurs the follow- ing verse in which the metre would suffer, were we toread ۰ چو خوبان »ظهر روي نگارند در ایشان مغربي حبران ز آنروست
In the Tépkhénah, 16 pp. 18 bayts, is a Mathnawy of Maghriby which he dedicated to Shahrokh it begins:
)339( گلشی را راز تصنیف محمود شبشتري (P.)
The Rose Garden of Mysteries, by Najm aldyn (this is the honorific name of the poet according to the preface of the commentary, but in the postcript he is called Sa’d aldyn, and in one copy Sa’d b. Mahmud) Makmiad Jabish- tary or Shabishtary Tabryzy. He died in his native town in 720 and left among other prose works a رسالۂ شاهد
478 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. II.
which treats on love, and which he dedicated to Shaykh Ibrahym a relation of Isma’yl Sysy for whom he enter- tained an admiration bordering on madness (Khoshga II. No. 223). He wrote this poem in 717. It is an answer in 976 verses to seventeen metaphysical questions which were proposed by Amyr Sayyid Hosayny (see p. 430 supra) and contains a very useful outline of the specu- — lations of the Cafies.
بنام آنکه جانرا فکرت اموخت Beginning
Topkhanah, 80 pp. 24 bayts; printed with a German translation by Baron von Hammer-Purgstall, Pest, 1838. ۱
)340( عاتبے الاعجاز فيش حگلش راز (PB)
A commentary on the preceding work by Molammad b. Yahya b. ’alyy Jylany Lahijy Nûr-bakhshy Asyry who compiled it in 877 (see p. 70 supra; Dozy, Catal. Leyd. 11. p. 117, says that this commentary was compiled in 879).
باسك الاعظم الشامل فیضۂ المقدس لكل موجود Beginning
Méty Madall, 868 pp. 17 lines; As. Soc. No. 1281, 600 pp. of 15 lines, a very bad copy ; private collection very correct. In the Moty
Mahall (9 pp. 18 lines), is a copy of a commentary on the verge ,تفکررفتن از بال سوي حق الخ It begins بعد |احید لاه کہا یستےق والصلوة
(341) دیوان “جد همکر (P.) The Dywan of Majd aldyn Hibat Allah, who had the
takhalluç of Majd, and is usually called Majde Hamkar: i. e. the weaver. He was of Shyraz in Fars and has therefore the patronymic of Farsy and he derived his
No. 342. | MAJDZU’B. 479
descent from Anushyrwan; his wit and refined man- ners introduced him at court, and he was in high favor with the Atabuk Sa’d b. Abû Bakr b. Zangy. After the death of his patron he went to Yazd and thence he pro- ceeded to Ispahan, where he found a warm reception from Baha aldyn the son of Khwajah Shams aldyn, and when he came the second time to power under Abaqa Khan he appointed him governor of Shyraz. He died in that city, upwards of ninety years of age, in 686, the same year died also Imamy Herawy and Badr aldyn Jajarmy. Taqyy Kashy, No. 47, has seen about 6,000 verses of his. ` Contents: Qacydahs in praise of’adhod aldyn, Tzahyr aldyn, &c. 375 pp. 15 bayts; some Qifahs and Ruba’ys, 116 pp.
کجاست در همه ملک جہاں سلیمانی Beginning
که ملک دل gai بدست شیطانی
6۲ Mahall, a splendid old copy.
(342) رمآ دیواں #جذوب The Dywan of Myrza Mohammad Majdzib 0۴ ۰
He was a great scholar and profound Cafy. According to a chronogram, he. collected: this Dywan in 1063.
بي تاریخ ای دیوان عشر که خوانی باشد از لعل و گیرپر سررش SE غیبی " بکوشم ندا days و گفتا خوان پر در Tahir Nacrabady speaks of him in the present tense, and it would therefore appear that he was still alive in on the other hand he quotes the following chrono- ,1083 gram of his for 1006. بهر تارزخش آنکة درھا سفت شاهراه wile? دلھا گفت he شاهراءلجات Besides this Dywan and the Mathnawy composed two other Mathnawies, one in the measure of
480 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
the Shah-namah and one in the measure of the Math- nawy of Jalal aldyn ۰
Contents: Ghazals, 248 pp. 14 bayts; Ruba’ys, &c. 18 pp.
الہی عبدک العامی KU) مقرا بالدنوب فد دعاا Beginning
Méty Marall, a good copy ; Topkhéanah, about 200 pp. of 18 bayts 7 As. Soc. No. 1366. This copy contains also a few Qacydahs.
و )6 دیوان فی )343(
The Dywan of Zéb alnisa Bégam, a daughter of ’alam- gyr; her takhallue was Makhfiy and she died in 1114. The chronogram on her death is .راد خلي جنني
Contents : Qaçydahs, 8 pp-
دل مس بابل عشق است و باغ غم گلستانش Beginning
Ghazals, 480 pp. 12 bayts; Wasékht, Tarjy bands, ۰ 46 pp. Beginning : ما yuu ای ز ابر رحمذت خرم گل
Farah-bakhsh, a splendid copy; Méty Marall, five copies; As. Soe. No. 297.
(344) لبلی و“جنون تصنیف مکثہ يشبرازي (P.)
Layla and Majnan a Mathnawy of 2,160 verses by Maktaby who was a schoolmaster of Shyraz and com- posed it in 895 (see Samy, No. 359, A’ tishkadah, p. 392 and Dozy Catal. Bibl. Lugd. Bat. 11. p. 121.)
چوں مکببيی این US بکشوق ev کذاب مكنبي بوك
oly) که در حساب پیوست آمد دو هزار و یکصد و شصت
اي بر اجدینت زآغاز خلق ازل و ابد هم آواز Beginning As. Soe. No. 796, about 200 pp. of 15 bayts.
No. 346. | MALIK. 481
(345) دیوان مکیری (P.) The Dywan of Mohammad Fakhir Makyn, who was born in 1173 and died in 1221 (see p. 162). Chrono- gram on his death by Mokammad Modfsin, SONAR بی مال کازین آن نغزشاعر رقم کری عسی, ہیی رفت Contents: Qacydahs, 38 pp. 17 bayts; Ghazals, 308 pp. 11 bayts; Mokhammas, 7 pp. Beginning of Ghazals: ly مگرداں جز حرف حق خداوندا زبانم Moty Makall, two copies, one was written during the author’s life- time and contains his autograph; in one copy the Ghazals begin:
اگر پروای عقبی داري وانديشه مولی
(346) کلیات ملكت تەی (P.)
Works of Malik Qommy. He was born and brought up at Qomm, and was in great favor with the Qizilbashes and other great men of Persia. Yet for some unex- plained reason, he left his native country and came to Ahmadnagar in India where he met the Khan Khanan. This great patron of poets gave him the most kind re- ception and supported him. After some time Malik determined to go to Makkah. At Byjapur he fell in with Tzohtry, who married his daughter and introduced him to Ibrahym ’adilshah. He composed a poem of 9000 verses for his patron and called it ابراهیم 8. According to Azad the name of the book is .نوس The king made him a present for it of 90,000 Laries. At present, 1024, says the author of the Mathire Rah, from whom the above details are derived, he lives in retirement and indigence. He died in the Deccan in 1025, the chrono- gram on his death made by Kalym is او سر اھل ”خی بود
3 ۵
482 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. IT.
Contents: a preface in prose of 9 pp.; Qacydahs and some Tarjy bands, 180100. 22 bayts: Ghazals, 150 pp. ; about 400 Ruba’ys. Beginning of the Qacydahs:
دل استاد رموز و خاموشي ایات برهانش
9 .نہر a Mathnawy divided into 17 chapters منبع الانهار pp. 23 bayts. Beginning
بسم الله الر حمس الرحيم اهدنا الصراطالمستقيم
Another mystical Mathnawy in the style of the Hady- qah, 84 pp. 23 bayts, incomplete.
ای طرب jw عم 6 sai هم نگاري و هم نگرنده Beginning
Méty Mahall. In the same collection, and in the As. Soc. No. 840,
there is a Dywdn of Malik Qommy, which contains some of the Qacydahs, the Ghazals and minor poems, but not the Mathnawies ;
اي زنامت تاج گوهر برسر دیوان ما از نشانت بی نشاني سر خظ عرفان ما Bg.
(347) دیواں ملول (P.) The Dywan of Shah Malûl of Moradabad, who had also the takhalluç of Ilham (see pp. 239, 254, 436 suprd.) Contents: Ghazals, 438 pp. 14 bayts. Bg. شد عشق رهنمون سك حیرت دلیل را در خلوت دگر ره نبود جبرئیلرا ھەت “تاز a Mathnawy composed in 1191, the name is a chronogram, 34 pp. 15 bayts and a Tarjy’band. Be. زد Blas, !مخانہ wh چشی چشم جانان لہ زد که ot Tépkhanah, a fair copy.
The Dywan of Mancir, he is probably identical with
the poet of this takhalluc mentioned by Tahir, see p. 103 Contents: Ghazals, 432 pp. 15 bayts.
No. 350. | MANU CHIHRY. 483
پیامی می فرنند شوق بر شوزهان ما Beginning
Qaçydahs, 144 pp. some are in praise of Shah ‘abbas II. who died in 1078 and of ’abbas Quly Beg.
ای بماك gic میت دار و گیر انداخنه Beginning
Méty Marall, a good copy.
(349) دیوان منوچھريی شصت گار (P.) The Dyw4n of Manichihry, who had the sobriquet of Shact-gallah. His name was Hakym Najm aldyn Ahmad b. Yaqûb b. Amad Manûchihry. He informs us in his poems that he is a native of Damaghan, and not of Balkh as Dawlat-shah erroneously states. He was a pupil of Abd-lfaraj Sinjary, and lived at the court of Mahmid of Ghaznah, and of his two sons Mas’ ûd and Mohammad. The latter prince raised him to the rank of a Tarkhan. He acquired much wealth, and hence his sobriquet of Shact-gallah, i. e. sixty flocks of sheep. Towards the end of his life he devoted himself to ascetic exercises under the guidance of Abi-Ima’dliy abd alma- . lik b. Mohammad Jowayny. “He died in 483.
The Dywan consists almost exclusively of short Qacydahs in praise of the three princes at whose court he lived. Beginning ای تک میامروز نگوئي که کجائي تا کس نفرستیم و نخوانیم نیائي
` Méty MadAall, small 8vo. 188 pages of, 14 lines, possibly a mere extract copied in 1010.
(350) دیوان ماني کاسهگر ماززدرانی (P.)
The Dywan of Many. According to the copyist he was of Mazandaran and according to Samy of Mashhad. 3 Q 2
484 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. IT.
His father was a porcelain manufacturer, and he followed in his youth the same profession, but subsequently his talents introduced him to Mohammad Modsin Myrza, a son of Sultan Hosayn Myrza, and he was killed in his service by the Uzbeks in 913. Contents: after four Ghazals in praise of God, the Dywan begins as follows: ای زتو شاخ گل اموخنه رعناني ر آب ورنگ ازئو بود گلشی زببائی ر Méty Mahall, 82 pp. 17 ۰
(351) ٠ نون نامه و فافنامه تصنیف مقبول (P.)
The Nûn-namah and Qaf-namah by Maqbûl Ahmad whose takhalluc is Magbil. I believe the poet is alive and resides at Lucnow. All the verses of the Nin-namah end in n, and the first letter of every verse of the first Ghazal is alif, of the second و &c.
ای دید: مدهوش غمت عشرت ج+عون Beginning
In the Qaf-namah, the first letter of every verse is و and the first Ghazal rhymes in alif, the second in b, &c.
قادرا کارسار بی همتا خالق بی نمون ارض و Bg. bow
Lithographed, Lucnow, 1263, 16 pp.: the Qéf-némah is written on the margin.
تست سے سس سس
(352) wy دیوان (P.)
The Dywan of Khwajah Hosayn Marwy (see p. 63). Contents: Qacydahs, 31 pp. of 12 bayts in praise of Akbar; Ghazals, 100 pp. and a few Ruba’ys among them, is a chronogram for 953, on the composition of a work of Humayûn which has the title of نکنهای حکست
No. 353.] MASUD. 485
and of which in fact the title itself is a chronogram. Beginning of Ghazals: کائنات cub ای بادشاه عرصه a As. Soc. No. 842.
(353) (Ogre دیواں (P.)
The Dywan of Khwajah Mas ûd b. Sa’d b. Salman who died in 525, according to a Biyadh of the As. Soc. No. 931, his death happened in 420 (for 520 ?) (see p. 407 supra). He usually writes “ Bandah” instead of his name or takhalluc, but in one instance he gives us his whole name:
شگر منظومرا تخواهي Lens تو چو مسعون سعد سلماني
I have not succeeded in finding the verses quoted by Dawlat-shah in this Dywan, but the Ruba’y which accord- ing to Khéshgu, he sent from his prison to the Sultan is in it, it runs:
hae تو ای شاه مشه بايد تا بن تو پائی تاجداري شاید
انكس که ز بشت سحد سلمان زاید گر زهر بود ملك ترا نگزاید
Khéshgû has in addition to this another Mas’tid, whom he calls Mas’id Razy and of whom he says that he was at the court of Sultan ۰
Contents: Qacydahs about 500 pp. of 21 bayts mostly in praise of Sultan Mas’ûd, Ibrahym and Bahram Shah, at the end are a few Ghazals and Ruba’ys and Mok- hammas.
درش در رري گنبد خضرا مانده بود اي در چشم می عمیا .چ8 As. Soc. No. 1245,
486 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAFP. II.
(354) دیوان مسعود بك (P.) The Dywan of Masûd Bakk. He uses both (10 and Mas’tid Bakk as his takhalluc, and in the concluding
verse of the last Ghazal, he gives us his full name.
مخصوص بمر خاعه ددشست این کناب مسعول بك احمد ds” تخشبی
From Ilahy (see p. 84 supra) it would appear that he was of Ma-wara-lnahr but ’abd al-Haqq Dihlawy Akhbar alakhyar, p. 375 gives us a different statement. , He was according to this author a relation of Sultan Fyrtz of Dilly and had originally the name of Shyr Khan 3 dis- gusted with the vanities of this world, he became a dis- ciple of Shaykh Rokn aldyn b. Shihab aldyn Imam (Khéshga alters Shihab aldyn into Baha aldyn) one of the most profound Çûfies of the school of Chishty. He wrote several works on Mysticism, one is entitled تمهیدات and is on the plan of the همدانی Sail مهیدات عیں and another one has the title of العارفیں Se. After his death he was buried in the tomb of his spiritual guide in the Ladi Saray near Nitzam aldyn’s mausoleum, five miles south of Dilly. The date of his demise is not known, but he probably flourished towards the end of the eighth century. Walih says that he was a disciple of
Chiragh Dilly. Contents: Qacydahs, 25 pp. 15 bayts. Bg. عالم ازان رخسارفورانيی Rad مذو کی us? برای افتاب جان زشرق چرخ رو Ghazals, 150 pp. 13 bayts and 70 ۵ ۰ Bg.
سپاس وشکربگوثیم وحمد یزد wl ر که داد خلعست نوحین ردح ws ر Méty Marall, a good copy written in 1012; As. Soc. 1371, this
copy has a short preface in prose, in which the author states that he wrote this book for his brother Nacyr aldyn. This copy begins
.ان سود است نه در دیده دهد نور بقین
No. 356. | MATYN. Î 1 487
(355) ۱ ee منوچہر لصنیف “das (P.) The Story of Manûchihr, a Mathnawy by Hatim Masyh ز خن ی in 1070 and dedicated to Shahjahan.
زبسم الله غار سارم سس که او آفرید cpl سرای “خن Bg. Tépkhénah, about 600 pp. of 15 bayts, a good ۰
(356) wr دیوان (P.) The Dyw4n of Shaykh ’abd al-Ridha b. ’abd Allah Matyn. He was a native of Ispahan, but of Arabic origin. He came under Bahadur Shah to India (Arza says that he came in the commencement of the reign of Mohammad Shah,—succeeded in 1132,—to Dilly) and subsequently he went to Lucnow where he assumed the garb of a Darwysh, and received a pension from Burhan almulk 82 2026 Khan. Having lost his pension owing to the change of rulers, he proceeded to Bengal and died about 1175, and left a Dywan of about 5000 verses (see Arzé and Talib). Contents: a preface in prose, 68 pp. 13 lines. Beginning هو المتکلم بکل اسان و مبدع المعاني والییاں Qacydahs in praise of the Imams and chronograms, &c. 35 pp.; logogriphs with solution, 24 pp. Beginning of Qacydahs: حمد الواعب خلق النطق والبیان شکر له می الفعم الحمد باللسان A story in verse 30 pp. Bg. داد lod Bal دبیر خامه با Ghazals 200 pp. of 12 bayts and 150 ۵۰ Beginning جز حدیت عشق حرفی نیست در دیوان ما ا216 Marall, probably an autograph.
488 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
The Dywan of Janjanan Matzhar. ۸۰20 confirms the statement of Shorish (see p. 256 supra) that the name of this poet was originally Janejan, but that he was sub- sequently called Janjanan, and he says that he heard it from his own lips.
Contents: preface in prose which contains an auto- biography; Ghazals, 80 pp. of 13 bayts. Bg. ابی نزد بروی گرالخواب بخت ما با انکه گریه داد بسیلاب رخت ما
Méty Mahall; As. Soc. No. 1165. I insert here his autobio- graphy: بعد حمد وصلوة فقیر جانچانان تخلص بمظہرپسر مرزا جان جاني تخل ص علوي نسب هندي مولد حذفی مذھب نقشبندی مشرب است احوال خود وا بعرض احباب میرساند که سال شانزده ازعمر بر روي این خاکسار غبار يقيمي ن درو یشان لست مدت سی سال بر Lelos خود را ils نشست و در بست مشت در مدرسه وخانفاه جاروب کشید و ایام گزیده عمردرین اشغال شریف گذرانیه !ڪول الاك و قوتة درطول مھت زندگي دست طلب ده لوث دنیای دون نیالود و *چرپست و عمر به شصت رسیدة SEY پاي سعي نفرسود امروز که هزار و صد و aa بے pile امو حضرات Wiig ازبست سال کن عزلتِ ارمیدعچ است
وجود بدي نوع خود مشذول است با آنکه 9,3 باطل شخص Lie witha} shag دارد وهنگام جواني به آحریك شور عشقي که نمك خمیرش بود الههای با مز و موزون مپکرد بة این تقریب نام خود را به شاعري براوردة و از رالا همثي سر جمع تمسوداث و سواد کلیات نداشت بیشتر سرمایک سغذش gly ردت و در باقي OW! نقل و روایت تصرفهای نمایان کرده سخههای غلط را رواج دادنه وکور صوادان چشمی که OTROS از انصاف روشیده نقصان عاید به شان US کردند وبه مغز خن نارسیده در پوست این ناتوان افتارند ودربن کم فرصنی) که اندیشه مرن بیش از پیش و تدبیر سفر غريبي. درپیش است به اختیار
خود به خسوان w beds پرداختن معلوم نوجواني سرایا جاني جەح واصحیے این ols را تکلیفم کرد بعد از“ عص از سفینههای بسیار از هشت هزار فریب یکہزار بیت انوم بی ترئیب ردیف بدست امد و از نظر گذشت هرچه خارج ازین جمع است yb ح دانند مگر از واردات ا سيار کم اتفاق مي افند پا از مسودات کہن اچه مپسر امد و از نظر مي گذرد: درج نموده مي شود مسلم anal و پیش ازیں دست سال عزیزی مشتي از اشعار متیر فراهم اورد: برض رسانیده تمناي لعربرش کرد؛ بود چند سطری از قلم ربخته حالا انرا معتبر نشناستة .که ان مطلب در ضمن این عبارات داخل است ٭
No. 360. | MATZHAR. 489
The Story of Chander Badan, by Matzhar (he is probably identical with the poet mentioned in p. 129 supra) dedicated to Awrangzéb. Beginning
الہ مست جام بیہوشم کی رمہبای عبت سر خوشم کن Topkhanah, 130 pp. 15 bayts.
(359) “خہر الواصلیں (P.) Information for Aspirants by Abt ’abd Allah Mokam- mad Fadhil b. Sayyid Ahmad b. Sayyid Hosayn Hosayny Tirmidzy Akbarabady who is usually called Matzhar alhaqg. He flourished under Shahjahan and composed this book as the title indicates which is a chronogram, in 1060 and died in 1101.
This book contains chronograms in verse on the prin- cipal dates in Mokammadan history, particularly on the death of great men—of the prophet, of the Khalifs, of poets, &c. Bg. و وافقان Us سار Boil برتریی کلمیکه عارفان معاری
Lithographed at Luenow, Moçtfayiy press, 1265, 12mo. 180 pp.
(360) مثنوي مولوي رومي (P.)
- The celebrated mystical poem of Jalal aldyn Mohammad who is generally known by the name of Mawlawy Rûm | or Rémy in India, and by the name of Jalal aldyn Ramy in Europe. Çûfy authors call him usually Mawlawy Manawy. It is said that he used Mawlawy, Mawlana, Khamush and Shams as his takhalluc. He was born at Balkh on the 6th of Raby’ I. 604, or 592. His father Baha aldyn was a man of good family, and of great 3 Rk
490. PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
learning and piety, and he had a very numerous circle of disciples. It is said that the ruler of Balkh, jealous of his influence with the public did everything to annoy him. At length Baha aldyn thought it best to leave Balkh, he proceeded with his family on a pilgrimage to Makkah, and remained on his return at Iconium the capital of that branch of the Seljiq dynasty which ruled over Rim and hence our poet is called Rimy. The Seljiq princes were great patrons of learning, and both Baha aldyn and his promising son rose soon to importance and celebrity at Iconium. After the death of his father which hap- pened in 631, Jalal aldyn succeeded him as the spiritual guide of his flock which soon increased by the accession of four hundred new disciples. Among the friends of Jalal aldyn were men like Calah aldyn Zarkub, and Cheleby Hosam aldyn, who have immortalized them- selves by their attainments in mystical philosophy. But the friend to whom he was most attached, and to whom almost all his Ghazals are addressed, was Shams Ta- bryz, a most disgusting cynic. Jalal aldyn, according to Jamy, died at sunset on the 5th Jumada 11, 672 or 671, at the age of sixty-nine years. A chronogram on his death is نرر الله مرقد٭ (Ouseley Pers. poets, p. 112).
This poem is called emphatically “the Mathnawy” or Mathnawy ma’nawy; it is divided into six cantos yu. The second canto was composed two years after the first in 662. Beginning
بش دو ازني چوں Cube مپکنه کز جدائیہا شتایت میکند
Good copies are frequent but they differ from each other. Litho- graphed at Bombay, 1263, 4to.; Lbidem, 1266, 8vo. in the Naskhy character ; 7020620 1267 in Naskhta’lyq 117 + 113 + 136 + 115 + 120
+136 pp. of 42 bayts, this is considered the most correct of the three editions ; Turkish translation with commentary, Boulak, 1251,
No. 362. | MAWLA’Na’ ۳ ۰ 491
3 vols. see Hammer-Purgstall’s notice of this edition in the Sitzungs- bericht d. W. Akad. 1851. Valuable MS. copies are in the As. Soe. Nos. 40, 138 (this copy contains also the glossary) and 604.
(361) ٠ لب اللباب (P.)
Extracts from the Selections of the Mathnawy of Jalal aldyn Rûümy, by Hosayn b. ’alyy ۷۷ itz Bayhaqy ۲ (see p. 71 suprd). The author made, at the request of Baha aldyn Mokammad b. Mohammad b. al- Hosayn Balkhy Rûmy, selections from the Mathnawy and gave them the title of المثذوي teh} ,لباب المعنوي فی Subse- quently at the request of some of his Cafy friends, he made an abstract of these selections and arranged it into three chapters „ge which respectively contain the verses on revealed religion جامع اطوار شریعت ; asceticism “خزنں. اسرار طریقت and theosophy انرار حقیقت elbe, Bg.
ای کمیده بخششت ملاك جہان ص b> کودم چونٹو داناتي نهان
بعد تقدیم رظائف ثناي حضرت راجب الوجود Some copies begin
Méty Mahall, 426 pp. 19 bayts, a very fine copy is in my posses-
sion and there are two copies in the As. Soc. Nos. 421, 989. There is a copy of the جر لباب المعذوي the Tépkhénah about 100 pp.
45 bayts, the text begins ,بشئو از ني ال The preface begins: المثذوي المعنوي اصول الدین فی کشف الأسرار الوصول والتعیین USI هذا
(362) نهر بعر مثنوی (P.) Stream from the Ocean of the Mathnawy, or selections from Mawlawy Rémy made by ’alyy Akbar Khéfiy in 1081. The title is a chronogram. Beginning الصلا منیقینان معنوي Méty Mahall, 146 pp. 15 bayts, written in 1137. 3 R 2
Ee ee ae ی
492 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. Il.
(363) جواهر اللالی (P.)
Extracts from the Mathnawy, systematically arranged into sixty-three chapters by Abii Bakr Shashy. Begin- ning of the short preface in prose رب العالمیں حمد all الم
Lapel. وصلوة
As. Soc. No. 1164, 112 pp. of 15 bayts, written in 1065.
(364) در مکنون (P.)
The concealed Pearl, being selections from the Math- nawy systematically arranged with explanations by a dis- ciple of Sayyid ’abd al-Fattah Hosayny ’askary, or rather by himself.
Every chapter is headed by the words در مکنون and a few observations in prose.
الحمدلله الذي هدانا الىى صراط المستقیم الذي هو مرصاد Beginning
Méty Mahall, 8vo. about 800 00. ز As. Soc. No. 1270.
۵ ۱ مفتاح المعانی )365(
A commentary on the Mathnawy of Mawlawy Jalal aldyn, by Sayyid ’abd al-Fattah Hosayny ’askary, col- lected by his pupil Hidayat Allah in 1049.
حمد و سةایش ذاتی ر as بمقدضای احببت ان اعرف Be.
الدفقر الثاني ۰۰۰ افرحکمت اہی بفدہ را معلوم .0 Bg. of 2d.
Bg. of 3d. daft. حکم بکسر اول حکمنها درست گفتی eee ssl
Bg. of 4th daftar مرا در ]8305 آورد a=! ٠ ٠ الدفٹر الرابع
Bg. of 5th daftar سامع ”جوب است وبا کذافت BS gm fe گره
Bg. of 6th daftar کل۰۰۰ یعنی آفربديم Ul الدفتر**فوله تعالی
As. Soc. No. 581, in all about 1500 pp. of 19 lines.
8
No. 367. | MAWLA’NA’ RU ۰ 493
(366) جواهر الاسرار و زواهر الانوار (P.) A commentary on the Mathnawy by Hosayn b. Hasan
who died according to Hajy Khal. No. 11,370, in 840. The author informs us that he had from childhood a predilection for this poem, and that at the request of his friends he wrote a work في رمرز الدفایق pis] کنرز which it seems contains discourses on the Mathnawy, and, on their continued solicitations, he at length proceeded to write this commentary, of which he commenced the second book in 834. It is preceded by a preliminary discourse divided into ten chapters رمقاله the first of which contains biographies of celebrated Cafies beginning with ’alyy, and the second an explanation of some of their technical terms, in this chapter he follows Qoshayry. This is rather an analysis of the Mathnawy than a commentary. The text is introduced by the word y^ or ¢. ۱ Beginning
حمل dst و عادت 5 تدای dary ونہایت as J parla ol سرادق As. Soc. No. 57, fol. 400 pp. of 26 lines, written with great care
in 1084, it contains only the first three daftars. The account which Hajy Khalyfah gives of this book, is confused and erroneous.
)367( کشف اسرار معنوي در شر ح ابیاث مثنوي (P.)
Explanation of the theosophistic mysteries, being a commentary on the Mathnawy by abd al-Hamyd .ا Mo’yn aldyn Mokammad b. Mohammad Hashim Hosayny Qany Rifa’y of Tabryz, with introductory remarks on Jalal aldyn Ramy’s system of theosophy, illustrated by his own verses.
حمد dst و ننای بیعد ذات احدیت سمات Beginning
Moéty Marall, 658 pp. of 21 lines. This volume contains merely the first part.
aE اک
494 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
(368) حاشیه دای (P.) A commentary on the Mathnawy, by Nitzam aldyn 104717 (see p. 387 supra). Beginning
اجەعیں بدانکه این ناگزبریست معفوي برمواره مثنوي که از قلم داعي
رقم می پابه بانصاف تلقی باید نمود قوله bala] wy? وهو اصول اصرل
اصول الدیں یعنی مشتمل است بر عام حقایق الض
پشنو ازني الغ ترغیب باستماع اواز ني First verse explained
Méty Marall, 222 pp. 22 lines, written in a clear hand; As. Soe No. 830, there is also a copy in my collection.
(369) لطائف المعنوی “ن حقایق المئنوی (P.)
A commentary on the Mathnawy, by ’abd al-Latyf b. ‘abd Allah ’abbasy dedicated to Shahjahan. The author translates and explains Arabic sentences, traditions and Qoran verses, and illustrates difficult Persian verses.
شر ج بعضی ابیات مشکله فارسي و ترجمه Beginning
ملت ال ور دګحات الاس مدکور است he as ازان ۰ Bg. of 2d
Bg. of 30. daftar وانشھای اسخوار © dey اکم حکمنها
فوله العمد ۰۰۰ حمد ستایش و سياس Bg. of 4th daftar
Bg. of 5th daftar پنجم است dls? ای ۰ epee SILC,
گرمنی ۰۰ مفی اول بمعنی انانیت Bg. of 6th daftar
As. Soc. No. 846, 240 pp. of 19 lines ; in the Tépkhénah is a commentary on the Mathnawy by ’abd al-Latyf, which has the title of مرا المثنوي I do not know whether it is identical with the لطاثف ما لمعنوي In that collection are also the fourth and fifth parts, (about
300 pp. of 28 lines) of a commentary by (57+74 Faqr Allah (A’firyn,) composed in 1130.
ای ضیاء الحق حسام الدین توئي ۰۰۰ چنان افقاب نور افقادة Beginning
No. 372. | MAWLA NA’ 7+ 495
A commentary on the Mathnawy, by Moammad Ridha, compiled in 1084, after the author had retired from the service of his sovereign. The text is intro- duced by the word yi^.
نھ هر حمدی سزاوار آفرید کار جہاں و جهانیان است Beginning
مدتی الض اشارتی میفرماید بانکه هر Bg. of 2d daftar
ايضیا الخ یعنی رری ارادت بیار که Bg. of 34 daftar
فور الض کما فال الله تعالی و هو الدي Bg. of 4th daftar
چاره الض ای الچ نه مدے تست Bg. of 5th daftar
راز الخ یعنی کذایت دقیق را که Bg. of 6th daftar ev
As. Soc. No. 549 about 600 pp. of 18 lines, written in 1167; Ibidem, No. 623, the first daftar only.
)371( مخزری الاسرار (P.)
The Treasures. of Mysteries, being a commentary on the Mathnawy, by Walyy Mohammad of Agra, compiled in 1140. The text is introduced by 4,5.
سپاس و سٹتایش مر حضرت وجرد مطلق را Beginning
As. Soc. Nos. 383 and 606, 882 pp. of 19 lines containing only the first book, No. 389 is the second volume, 352 pp. of 20 lines.
حمد می گویم lod پاک را کوفرست خواجدٌ لولاك را Beginning
Another volume, No. 389, contains the sixth part, about 400 ۰ of 20 lines. The author completed this part in 1151.
حمد حقگویم که حمد اورا« ۰ قوله کي بطوف حوله من لم یطف Bg. 0 شرح مثنوی تصنیفا تور الله احراري )372(
A commentary on the Mathnawy, by Shah Myr Mo- hammad Nûr Allah A/rary, who according to a note in
یی وو د مہ فو لے تی ووو
496 PERSIAN: POETRY. [Cuap. II.
the fly-page resided at Arcot .آرکانيه The text is intro- duced by the words قدس الله سره 4,3, Beginning العلى الاعلىى الوهاب الذي انزل على al Hite Bg. of 20 daftar مشہور است pity تا ترا الض لفظ بخت اگرچه Bg. of 3d مطلق مراعات عدن طافست yd سنت gil LS ای Bg. of 4th daftar مرا pis? Sood گرزیان الض بعفی اگر از وی Bg. of 5th daftar سرحسام ۰۰۰ سفر بکسر الارل کناب Bg. of 6th d. فص دعوت نوم و حول کین مصدر است As. Soc. No. 484, 384 pp. of 21 lines.
(373) اسرار مثنوی و انوار معذوی (P.) Mysteries of the Mathnawy, or Spiritual Lights, being
a commentary on’ the above poem by Mo’yn aldyn ’abd Allah called Khalyfah Khwyshaky خویشکی Chisty of Qoçûr in the Punjab who, it appears from the preface lived some years in the Deccan. He gives us the follow- ing list of his other writings : شررح منعدده دیوای خواجھ اند وشرے gst) حافظ که موسوم به بحر الفراسته و خلاصة الجر وجامع نزهة الارواے کہ مسمی براحة الاشباے است وخزں الحقابق و شرے ومعارج الوایت که در بیان مشائۓ whale کنز الدقایق وشرے حرف هدد وستانست ٭
Beginning سپاس گبریا اساس خدارندی را که کلام ۱ Méty Mahall, 408 pp. of 24 lines, containing only the first daftar.
(374) شرح مثنوی نصنیف عبد العزیژ ۱ (P) A commentary on the first Daftar of the Mathnawy,
by ’abd al'azyz b. Shaykh. ’alyy Mohammad b. Molla Khodadad of Mathra. ۱ Beginning
احم ge!) حمدالحی LS هوالعقواصلیعلی س te بالعق وبەظہرالعق و Tépkhénah, 110 pp. of 15 lines.
No. 376. ] MAYLY. 497
(375) کلیات شمس ٹبریز (P.)
Complete works of Shams Tabryz. This is the name by which in India the collection of minor poems of Jalal aldyn Rumy is generally known, because instead of insert- ing his own takhalluc in the concluding verses of each Ghazal, the poet uses the name of this eccentric saint. Shams Tabryz died according to Jamy, Nafuhct, in 645, some authors place his death more correctly in 660.
Contents: Ghazals, 1200 pp. of 34 bayts; Tarjy’bands,
46 pp. and about 4000 Ruba’ys. Beginning الذي خلق الثربا والثری الفاط رالفرك الذي رفع السمواتالعلیي all الحمد ` Möty Madall, a splendid copy with occasional marginal notes:
The copies usually met with of the Dywén of Shams Tabryz, con-
tain selections from the Kullyat, some of them begin ما &le¥° آمن بت
aVoss/!, Rosen- الذي قوتة نعت yy? SIA other copies begin Uji مارا zweig has published selections from the Dywén with a German trans- lation, Vienna, 1838, 4to.
ہتس یب یش :سس 202.2
The Dywan of Myrza Quly Mayly of Herat (see supra pp. 54, 64, 43). Contents: Qacydahs, 60 pp. 24 bayts. ` Beginning حرارت خورشید بار شد جانکاه Qua Ghazals, 54 pp. 25 verses. Beginning کو فریب وعد8 جان بلا اندوز را نابشغل انتظارش بگدرانم روز را Tépkhénah and several copies in the Méty Ma/all, As. Soe. No.
912; my collection about 300 pp. of 15 or 16 bayts, the Ghazals begin in this copy ما WU .دلا رسیده بچائی کمند
رج را i e رئاف
498 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
(377) دیوان منت (E) The Dywan of Qamar aldyn Minnat (see pp. 258 and 171 supra).
Contents: Ghazals about 250 pp. Mokhammas’, Qita’hs and Ruba’ys, 15 pp. Beginning ای کڈرت شیوں !جمالت نقابھا کو برق جدبه کہ بسوزد حجابها
The Loves of Hyr and Ranjha, a Mathnawy in 0 verses dedicated to Mr. Jones. Beginning خداوند! طلسم راز بکشای بر سر نيار و نار بذمای
Collection of Mawl. Mohammad Wajyh, written in 1214.
(378) دیوان مسکیری (P.) The Dywan of Miskyn. It consists of prayers and
invocations of saints, and it would therefore appear that the author was a Darwysh; he may be identical with the Cafy of that name mentioned in the Rashahat (see chapter on Çûfism).
Contents: Ghazals about 1200 pp. of 14 bayts, and a few pages of miscellaneous poems, at the end is a short prose composition,
چو حمد تو بگریم یا الها نای تو بگویم یا الا Beginning As. Soc. No. 387, a good copy.
The Dywan of Shaykh Gholdm Mohyy aldyn Mobtala (see p. 187 supra).
Contents: Ghazals, 110 pp. 12 bayts; Fards, Ruba’ys, Satyres, &c. 32 pp. Beginning
الهي برک وبارآ زد ل٤ شاخسارم را بہار شاخسارارزو کی برک و بارم را
Méty Mahall, this copy contains also the چار چمن which he com- posed in 1187 ; my private collection.
No. 382. | MOFYD. 499
(380) ۱ دیواں مصاحب (P.)
The Dywan of Myrza Mocahib, he flourished after Cayib whom he imitates, and was probably alive in 1158. Contents: Qacydahs, 11 pp.; Ghazals, 200 pp. of 17 bayts; Mokhammas’ &c. 16 pp. Beginning of Ghazals : ار هجرول فکارم بشنوز الها غیر از تو کس ندارم بشنو زمی لها Moty Marall, a splendid copy written in 1158, and as would appear from the postscript during the author’s lifetime w!yzo نمام ۱۱۵۸ تصفیف بسالت وشپامت مرتبت مرزا مصاحب سنہ , In another copy the Ghazals begin لعل لب او ایاغ ما & whe یا رب about 300 pp. of 4 bayts.
(381) Ro دیوان (P.)
The Dyw4n of Molla Mofyd of Balkh (see pp. 114,
51, 107, 129 supra). From a chronogram in Walih it appears that he died in 1091—6 = 1085.
برکشید x} و سال نارتخش. گوس ملا dro بلخی oye
Contents: Ghazals 164 pp. of 15 bayts; about 50
Ruba’ys, among them are some chronograms, one is
for 1062. Beginning
ای خون گرفته از لب لعلت ally ها منسوخ درقلمرو خطت رساله ها Méty Marall, 20 in 1149; As. Soc. ۰ 1177, imperfect,
(382) دیوان محمد (P.) The Dywan of Molla Mohammad (tify. His Saqiy- namah has been mentioned p. 386 supra under Cufy, it appears however from his Dywan, of which I have but a few days ago obtained the sight of a copy, that his takhalluc is Mohammad and not Cafy.
Contents: Qacydahs, 18 pp. of 14 bayts. 3.8 2
ii alii a asas aia
PN eee — ee
500 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
Beginning بار داد ازیں روزکار مردم خوار GST ازبری اسمانی 1 Ghazals, 44 pp.; Ruba’ys, 16 pp. and then the Saqiy- namah. ` Beginning یادا را rss بزلف و نو 'راستی غم مارا بر آفتاب به بستيی Collection of “Mawi. Mohammad W ajyh, a fine copy.
The Dywan of Moftashim Kashy (see page 23 supra). Contents: Ghazals and on the margin a marthyyah and Qacydahs in praise of the Imams. Bg. ای گوهر نام تو تاج سر دیوانها ذکر تو بصد عنوان آرایش عنوانها Méty Mahall, 106 pp. of 20 lines in the text, and 14 lines in the margin. This MS. contains apparently merely selections from the three Dywans of Mohtashim. As. Soc. 1361, a fine old copy contain- ing merely Ghazals, 186 pp. of 14 bayts.
(384) رساله جلالیه نصنیف ملا ”نشم (P.)
A Dywan of 64 Ghazals by Mohtashim, which has the name Jalalyyah became the letters of “Jalal” contain the number 64. The Ghazals are mostly expressions of friendship called forth by events in the poet’s intercourse with his friends. At the request of his friend His4by, who commenced in 980 to compile a Tadzkirah (see p. 23 supra) he put at the head of every Ghazal a few lines in prose, in which the occasion is mentioned on which it was written together with zsthetical remarks. The author compiled the Dywan in 997. The preface begins:
ہز ضمیر مدير انینهة نیست لرزان از هوا پر برس ر شاطر چلال The first Ghazal begins: Méty Marall, correct copy written in 1040.
No. 387. | MO’ IZZY. 501
(385) دبوان *عی ۱9 ۳:۵۸ The Dywan of Mohyy. According to the copyist the author of these poems is Shaykh ’abd al-Qadir Gylany, whose takhallue was Mohyy and who was born in 471 and died in 561 (see chapter on Cufism). I much doubt the correctness of this statement.
Contents: Ghazals, 46 pp. of 30 bayts, another copy 45 pp. 38 bayts. Beginning خانه dF تا حجابانه درآ از در کاشانة ما که کسی نیست !جز درد
Tépkhanah, two copies. As. Soc. No. 1123, about 200 pp. of
10 bayts, is another Dywan ascribed to ’abd al-Qédir in which he has the takhallug of Qadiry.
زاعرت قطرو عالم زجا نیست جرعةّ دریا. Beginning
(386) ۱ = ددواں (P.) The Dywan of Mohyy who, as it appears from’a chro- nogram contained in the Dywan, flourished in 1001. اگرپرسی از سال فوتش زمن: رقم وه زمانه قلیمان "کشت Bg. است ذات تونونیی راضیا روج القد سا خاک ورت کر ا لجا sala تا Contents: Ghazals, 198 pp. of 12 bayts; Ruba’ys and Qif’ahs, 9 pp. Moty Mahall, a fine copy in ۰
(387) see کلبات (P.) ` Complete works of Abû Bakr Mohammad Mo’izzy of Samargand ; according to Dawlat-shah he derived his origin from Nasa, and according to Khéshgti from Nay- shaptir, this however is probably a clerical error for Nasa. His father ’abd al-Malik Burhdny was a poet and flou- rished under Alparslan, but did not come to celebrity. After his death Mo’izzy, who it would appear made himself first known as a poet under the successors of
oe ہج دی eee ee
502 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. II.
Ma/müd of Ghaznah, chose, the military profession, and he rose under Sultan Jalal aldyn Malikshah to a com- mand which gave him a position at court. One evening the king with his courtiers was looking out for the new moon, the appearance of which was to terminate the fast of Ramadhan. The king observed it first, and Mo’izzy made on the spot so elegant a Ruba’y that he conferred the title of king of poets upon him. In this capacity he had to pay the stipends and rewards of merit to four hundred poets who adorned the court of this monarch. Subsequently he was sent on an embassy to Rûm (Ico- nium) and he brought back forty camels’ loads of precious goods toIspahan. His end was tragical, “it is said,” re- lates Mohammad ’awfy, “ that one day Sinjar, the successor of Malik-shah, was practising archery in his camp, and a missing arrow pierced the body of Moizzy, who was sitting in his tent.” This happened in 480 according to a note in an old album (As. Soc. No. 931). Sanay wrote an elegy on his death. Taqyy Kashy however thinks that he lived to the time of the Khwarezm- shahians, and places his death in 542. This author has seen more than 15,000 verses of his.
Contents: Qacydahs most of them in praise of ۸ 1-۳267 Mohammad Malikshah, Sinjar, the Atabuk Nitzam almulk Abii ’alyy Hasan b. ’alyy b. Ishaq, and his son Fakhr almulk Mokammad Qiwan aldyn, &c. about 120 Ruba’ys. ۱ Beginning
ae ا زمري ناخد مغرف داه هر دی وان as دیس رونی بنائید امیر الموہخیں دارد Méty Mahall, 650 pp. 19 bayts, a splendid copy. A very beau- . tiful copy of Mo’izzy is in the As. Soc. No. 1868, Qacydahs about pp. of 15 bayts and Ruba’ys, 30 pp. Beginning 100 باز آمد وآورد خزان لشکر سرما بشکست و هزبمت شد ازو لشکر گرما
No. 389. ] MOJYR. 503
(388 ) ye? دیوان (P.)
The Dywan of Aba-l-Makarim Mojyr aldyn of Bay- laqan, a town of Aran in A’dzarbayjan. He was a pupil of Khaqany, he lived for some time in his house at Shirwan and wrote several poems in his praise. Sub- sequently he proceeded to Tabryz and became a court poet of the A’tabuks. At the instigation of his enemies who wished to remove him from the court, he was sent to Ispahan to collect the revenue. The learned men of that city did first homage to his talents but subse- quently they induced Jamal aldyn ’abd al-Razzaq and Sharaf aldyn Shufurdah to compose satyres against him, to which he wrote smart replies. He died in 594 or according to Walih in 568 (Dawlat-shah, 2, 16; Taqyy Kashy, No. 28; <A’tishkadah, 0. 41; Khoshgi, No. 123).
Contents: Qacydahs chiefly in praise of the Sultan Atabuk Qizil Arslan, at the end are some Qif’ahs, elegies on the death of great persons, Ruba’ys, &c.
مساز حجره وحدت درس مضیق خراب ۳
PD زیر a روی مدع سلاست as Méty Mahall, 158 pp. of 20 bayts, a splendid copy.
(389) دپوان ملهم (P.) The Dywan of Molham. The verses quoted in Tadz- kirahs of Calik Bég Molham (see p. 114 supra) are not found in the Dywan, yet it is probable that he is the author of it. From the following chronogram which, as the commencement is wanting, I insert as a specimen, it appears that he flourished in 1118. بعید نکر تمنای سال تاريخش نقار خانة عالي کشید: ام تعمیر Contents : Ghazals, 116 pp. 12 bayts and 20 ۰ Méty Mahall, imperfect.
504 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. II.
(390) تصنیف ممتاز Cogito (P.)
A Mathnawy by Momtaz in praise of ’abd al-Qadir Gylany. It is divided into eleven chapters باب and has about 7000 verses. In the postcript occurs the author's name ممئاز Kala فاع خاں M;'(sic) جپرکان . ٠ ا
' بود قطب علوی کشف حاجات @ilo oss سبع السم ۳1
Tépkhanah, a bad copy.
(391) ا مواج تصنیف ممناز CES
The Tempestuous Sea, a Mathnawy by Mawlawy I/san Allah Momtaz (see p. 262 supra) in various metres, con- taining legends of the prophets.
شکرحق کایں نامی نامه زیب نو بگرنت از خامه Beginning
Lithographed at Fh Bs, Mohammady press, 1262, 152 pp. on the margin is ممقاز انشا Letter-forms by the same author. This edition has been made by Baqir ’alyy a son of Thabit ’alyy Khan.
(392) Ese دیوان E.) The Dywan of Moshtaq. It contains merely Gha- zals. Beginning
الهي بابل گازارحمدت یزبانم را چوگل لبریزبری خویش سی گرد ان د مانم را Méty Ma/all, 160 pp. 23 bayts, margin covered with text.
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(393) oy دبوان ۱ (P. ) The Dywan f Zindah Rûm Miibed of Kashmyr. He was a pupil of Myrza. ’abd al-Ghanyy Bég Qabul and
died in 1172. Chronogram on, his death : os? sla ہوبد بماك سخ as سوه هانعی ge سحرازدل
No. 394.] 3171. 505
Contents: a preface written by Tyka Ram Txafar containing a short biographical notice of the author; Qacydahs, 15 pp. of 15 bayts. Beginning اینه فلت از ست طلسمات تو برپا پر ذور زمہرت مہ وخورشید وریا
Chronograms 21 pp. (one on the accession of Shah alam); a Mathnawy 34 pp. it begins: ۱ را در جسم روج GIS طوفان نوج تنگ امد sad پیدا SU
Mokhammas’, 40 pp.; Ghazals, 200 pp. and about 0 Ruba’ys. Beginning of Ghazals: مرا شد ریک تعلیم اسان قط مشکل مرا JS py a) کرد تاتعلیم بسم . Farah-bakhsh; Méty Mahall, 642 pp. of 11 lines.
(۳) دیوان موجد )394(
The Dywan of Mujid. At the end is the following postcript ۱۱۷۸ diw راقمه مرزا فخر الدیں احمد “ Written by Myrza Fakhr aldyn Ahmad in 1178” The copy is so full of erasures and corrections that I am led to think that it is an autograph, and that Majid is the takhalluc of Fakhr aldyn Ahmad; I find however no poet of this name mentioned in any Tadzkirah.
Contents: Qacydahs in praise of the Imams, and the Marthyyah of Mofdtashim which was originally a Haft- band rendered in Mokhammas’, 33 pp. Bg. در معشر امد یم چون نام از نک بسر *حضر امدیم as = بهر شهوق
Ghazals, 144 pp. 14 bayts and about 220 Rubd’ys, at the end is a Mathnawy.
ای حمد تو گویان همه تی روح ررانها Beginning
/
506 PERSIAN POETRY. ] 0111۸۳. IF
(395) کلیات معچز (P.)
Complete works of Mohammad Nitzam Khan ۸, He was an Afghan. When ’abd al-Latyf Khan Tanhd was treasurer of the Cabah of Kabul he made his acquaint- ance, and had his verses corrected by him, subsequently he came to Dilly and supported himself by teaching Persian literature, being particularly skilled in unravelling the sense of obscure passages of poets. He died at Dilly in 1162. (Arzti; see also supra pp. 159, 129).
Contents: Qacydahs, chronograms (one for 1152), Ruba’ys and short Mathnawies, 198 pp. of 19 bayts.
ای در طلب تو کوه و دربا در شيشه ساعت از تو را Bg.
Ghazals, 900 pp. 17 bayts; Mokhammas’, Ruba’ys 50 pp. Beginning of Ghazals:
اي گفنگوی عشق توخو کرد سینہا
Méty Mahall, copied by Sorûry a pupil of the author; another
eopy equally written by Sortry in 1205, is in my possession.
(396) wx? دبوان (P.) The Dywan of Myr Mohammad Mitmin (see p. 42). Contents: a Ruba’y and three Ghazals, 360 pp. of 13
bayts. Beginning
بسملگ البداة پا منك بدا بسم الله ای بیاد تو زصد درد دوا بسمالله Marthyyahs, Ruba’ys and Qacydahs in praise of the Imams, Shah ’abbas, Shah Mohammad Quly and Mo- hammad Qotobshah about 100 pp. کرد کارا بحق ذات شریف نبوی Beginning آی پفاهی که ازو پشت اميه امت قوی
Méty Marall, two beautiful copies, one written in 1120.
No. 399. | MUNSHIY. 507
(397) دیواں منصفا (P.) The Dywan of Fadhil Khan Munçgif. In 1116 he built a new house as we learn from this tetrastich :
سال اتمام و طرح ایں تارۂ مکان جسلم رحرد کہ بو pore جہان cad باشد مضاف تاربخش باه باه BE فاضل خان
Contents: Qacydahs, 40 pp. of 14 ۰ Bg. گةس زبار گنه فامقم از بس دوتا شد خط پيشانيم همچو نکی نتشها Ghazals, 120 pp: and some Ruba’ys. ۳:
ب زتنگ gine تن بار کی مرا . تاراج عشق خانه برانداز ی مرا
Tépkhaénah; Méty Madhall, three imperfect copies; As. Soc. fs 0. 923. I have a beautiful copy of the Ghazals and Rubé’ys written in 1193.
(398) دیوان موس (P.) The Dywan of Hajy Minis. He informs us at the end, that he collected his poems in India in 1135. Bile: زهجرت سنہ احمد یکانه قزار و صد و سي بنجي زه Out: Ghazals, 116 pp. of 10 bayts. Beginning ای مونش عمخوار ما الله اکبر باشدا Mathnawy, 11 pp. Beginning بیا ای عشق ای دمساز همراز که بی تو مشکلست بردن ہی راز ا16( Madall, a very clear copy ; Tépkhanah, 110 pp. 12 bayts.
(399) دیوان منشی (P.)
The Dyw4n of Jeswant Ray Munshiy. He is pro-
bably identical with the author of Sassy and Pant. He made a fair copy of his Dywan in 1124.
Contents: Ghazals, 150 pp: and a short prose com- position. Beginning Lily ای پرشکرزنام تودھاننا طوطي سبق گرفته زنطق As. Soc. No. 1413; an autograph.
3 1۲ 2
508 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II,
Sassy and Panti, a story in verse composed in 1140 by Munshiy, who was familiarly called Anderjyt, and is probably identical with the preceding poet. The author gives us the following account of. himself. ۱ مرا در عرف ۔اندرجیھت دام cw] مرا منشی ale? در کلام awl وط کاھم بود در مل پلجاب نکر درقصبة سرسبز و شاداب مرا چون از وطن قسمت جدا کرد بخ بزم en عالم اشنا کرف ججتاں شا و ht, فارغ البال نمود م خدمنش تا نوزدہ سال وخ اردار فانین زخت برداشت :مر( سید شہاہاخان۔ نکد اشک کذوذم منشي ase الصمد خان خدا را صد هزاران فضل راحسان سس عشر از جلوس ظل یزداں dos” شاه عازي شاه شاهان
ای برد نور مفا بش بچشم ازخالکراهتتونیا خش Bg.
Tépkhénah, 170 pp. of 13 ۰"
2 دیوان مرش )401(
The Dywan of Murshid Khan of Yazdajard. He was a contemporary of Jahangyr and an encomiast of the Khankhanan (see Mathire Rah).
Contents: Ghazals, 72 pp. of 16 bayts; about 70 Ruba’ys; on the margin Qacydahs, some in praise of Jahangyr, 59 pp. of 26 bayts. - Beginning
ار حرمت نفس شعله باررما گوٹرردل فررع چراغ مزارآما
Méty Mafall, a fine old copy.
(402) دیواں مشفقی اخاري (P.)
The Dywan of Mushfiqy who was born at Bokhara
in 945 (see p. 64 supra). We learn from a chronogram that he collected this, his seeond Dywan, in 983.
No. 404.[ MYR, 509
Contents: Ghazals, 176 pp. of 13 bayts; Qifahs, &c. 15 pp. Beginning Le دام راہ wee pd هر چند کعدۂ شلد پی کو گناہ ما بن باز فرش
As. Soc. No. 631, a fine old copy. In the Tépkhanah, (about 0 pp. of 15 bayts,) is a Dywan of Qacydahs of Mushfiqy. They are not alphabetically arranged, and contain the praises of the Imams and mystical reflexions. Beginning 93,5 مطلح دیوان le حمد روزی |
(403) مير lo (P.)
The Dywan of Myr. It contains a chronogram for 1204. He is probably identical with Myr Taqyy (see p. 175 supra). ıı Contents: Ghazals, 210 pp. of 10 bayts; Ruba’ys and Fards, 40 pp. ای زانعام تو واشد غفچه (مکان ما آب در جودارد از لطفتوباغ جا ما . Méty Makall. There is another Dywan of Myr in the same collection, which was copied in 1179. It contains Ghazals 280 pp. of 13 ۰ Beginning افشان کن رگ ابر ب ہارم را dlay البيجوشط وفان بخش چشماشکبارم را صحاب
Qacydahs in praise of Shah ’indyat Allah; Mokhammas’, 28 and poetical stories 80 pp. I have not been able to ascertain by which Myr it is. In the same collection is a Mathnawy lettered گنچیزه راز of 36 pp. 11-bayts by Myr, whom I have equally been unable to identify. Beginning ریسی پرسید از برهمن که ای واقف حادئات کین
)404( دیوان نامر ۱ (P.)
The. Dywan of Mokammad Nacyr Khan و۸۷۵ a pupil of Myrza Qatyl (see p. 172. supra).. ۱
510 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. 11.
Conterits: Ghazals and a few Ruba’ys and chrono- grams for 1214, 1222, &c. Beginning ر Wonks” خدایا دور دار از نانوانان بار
Moty Marall, 104 pp. of 14 ۰,
The Dywan of Baba Nacyby of Gylan. He came to Tabryz as a Sugar-baker, and showed his poems to Baba Fighany, who was much pleased with them and men- tioned him to Suléan Ya’qab. In a poetical assembly which took place at court,a Ghazal of Myr Khosraw was given as the text, and the poets were expected to imitate it. Nacyby did it to the entire satisfaction of the king, and was appointed a court poet. Subsequently Amyr Najm aldyn appointed him Wakyl on a salary of thirty-six Tiimans, but he soon lost his patron and after his death he proceeded to Kashan where he lived for some time, then he returned to Tabryz where he married, and he remained there to his death, which happened in 944. He left from 4000 to 5000 verses.
Contents: only Ghazals, 121 pp. of 15 bayts.
ان خطت اغار شد سودای بی yey ما Beginning
Moty Marall, two copies, one very beautiful.
Mathnawies of Myrza Mohammad Khan b. Misa Khan Nacyby of Kirmanshah. He came from Persia
to Lucnow during the reign of Nacyr aldyn Haydar, and died under Amjad ’alyy.
No. 407.1 NACYBY. 511
1. رليلي *جنون Layla Majniin, 180 pp. 14 bayts com- posed in 1227.
ای نامه بغام یار زیبا کز اوست مرا بتر توانا Beginning
2. J+, بعر the Sea of Union, containing the story of Chanda and king Khorshyd, 220 pp. 16 bayts, another copy 80 pp. 22 bayts, composed in 1237.
بنام ass] اشیا زندۂ اوست علی با ان مراتب بندة ارست Bg.
3. رسلیمان وبلقیس Solomon and the queen of Sheba, 5 pp. 12 bayts, dedicated to Nacyr aldyn Haydar.
ابتدا نامی که اب بر خیا خواند و تخت اور از شهرصیا Bg.
4. ,آب وآتش Water and Fire, 28 pp. 22 bayts. Bg.
دید ذاني را که حمد انرا سزاست انکه انرا ابندا ني ھا است
5. سلاعلیں Udy, Petition to kings treating on justice, 21 pp. 22 bayts.
بنام انکه فیضشعام باشد نه آغاریش نه چام باشد Beginning
6. ,لال بوستان The Tulip of the Garden, a poem in praise of Ghaziy aldyn Haydar, 250 pp. 14 bayts.
بنام خداوند کون ومکان که در قبضه فدرت اوست چان Beginning
7. A poem in which the constituent parts of a state are compared with those of the human body.
ابند! بر نام الله do] انکه باشد ;2 صعات ان صمد Beginning.
Farah-bakhsh and Tépkhénah, in separate volumes.
The Dywan and Qacydahs of Myrza Mohammad Khan Nacyby.
Contents; short Mathnawies and Tarjy’bands, 180 pp. 14 bayts; Ghazals about 600 pp. 13 bayts and about 60 Ruba’ys. Beginning of Ghazals:
ای خالوخط رربت سردفتردیوانھا طغرایسرزلهت زیفت ٤۵ عنوانها
513 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. IT.
Qacydahs in praise of Ghaziy aldyn Haydar, every micra’ of the first Qacydah is a chronogram for 1229, 506 pp. 14 bayts. ۱
از حمل چون مہر عالم جای بر گلزار کرد Beginning
Farah-bakhsh and Moty Marall, the Qacydahs are in a separate volume. ۱
مہ و
)408( دیوان نصیر ھمدائی (P.) ~The Dywan of Nacyr aldyn Nacyr of Hamadan, a son of Makmad. In 1015 he came to Shyraz where he met Taqyy Awhady. This date is recorded in the chro- nogram نصیر الدیں بشیراز آمك (Walih and supra p. 54). Contents: a short preface in prose, Qacydahs mostly in praise of Shah ’abbas, and Ghazals not alphabetically arranged, about 1000 bayts. Beginning زهی نقابتوفانوس شمع بزم حضور بملک حسیتو#حرا نشیں جلي طور Méty Madall, a beautiful copy written in 1044.
(PY لک
is
A Mathnawy on Wrestling, and a Dywan by Myr ’abd al’al عبدالعال) the editor spells erroneously (ابو العال Najat of Ispahan (see pp. 98, 137, 114, 129, 133 supra).
Contents: Gulkushty, 291 verses.
در کب عشق هران نامه که د واه :85 Beginning
Ghazals about 225 pp. 10 bayts. -
گرفتم مہر خاموشی زاب طبح سخندانرا Beginning
Farah-baksh, a splendid copy written in 1156. In this copy is
also part of the Dyw4n of Ghazals of Danish 50 pp.; the Ghazals are not alphabetically arranged. ۰ Beginning
۰
ودیوان تصنیف »یر wl! (409)
No. 411.] NAJYB ALDYN. 513
ذو بهار آمد AF ابر ترچمن پرور شود نگہت گل Bylo شور جذون در سر شود The Gulkushty has been lithographed at Lucnow, Mohammady press, 1258, 96 pp. with an elaborate commentary by the Maharajah Ratan Singh, father of Dawlat Singh Shukry, he compiled this com- mentary in 1257 and Dawlat Ray Shawg wrote a chronogram on the occasion. This commentary is apparently taken from ۰
(410) دیوان جیب الدیں فارسی (P.)
The Dywan of Najyb aldyn of Fars. I have not satisfactorily ascertained whether this author is identical with Najyb aldyn Churbadqany but it is very probable. The poet came to celebrity towards the end of the Seljtig dynasty and resided during the reign of the Khwaérezm- shahians mostly at Baghdad, he died towards the end of this dynasty, which ceased to reign in 628. Accorditig to my copy of Taqyy Kashy his death took place in 665. This is probably a clerical error for 625 or 635. Taqyy has seen about 2000 verses of his or less.
Contents: Qacydahs and Tarjy’bands about 100 pp. 16 bayts. Beginning زهیبرنگ لبت اشک می شراب شده گل جمال تو درچشم مر گاب شده Topkhanah, a splendid copy, written in 1003.
)411( ۰ مثنوی دل آشوب تصنیف برهان ناقه )۶.( The Heart-alarming Poem, by Burhan aldyn ۷۵,
dedicated to Shahjahan. Beginning هر زبانی را که ابزد داد گفت جز سپاس ار در معنی دسفت Tépkhanah, about 100 pp. of 26 ۰
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514 PERSIAN ۰ [CHAP. ۰
(412) %yoS دیواں نقی (P.) The Dywan of Shaykh ’alyy Naqyy of Kamarah or Kamarah-abad, who died in 1031 (see page 91 supra). Contents: Ghazals, 118 pp. of 14 bayts; Qacydahs, 80 pp. most of them on Padshah Hatim Bég; some chronograms, one for 1016. Beginning اي نام همایونت طغرا چه فرمانها خورشید معت طالع ازمطلع؛یوانها (1617 Ma/all, a fine copy, written in 1061; As. Soc. No. 912.
(413) دیوان نرگسی (P.)
The Dywan of Nargisy. His name was according to his own statement, apud Samiy, No. 233, Abû-1-Makaãrim Nizar aldyn Qudrat Allah, but in his native town he was familiarly called Myrak. It is asserted that he was of Herat. This is an error, he was of Abhar in the ‘iraq, but spent the greater part of his life at Herat, where he filled for some time the office of police officer, ۰ Towards the end of his career he went to Qandahar, and died there towards the end of the year 938, at the age of sixty. Taqyy Kashy has seen about 2000 verses of his.
Contents: Ghazals and a few Ruba’ys.
بس مشکلست کار دل از دلنواز ما Beginning
Private collection, 148 pp. of 12 bayts, written in 969, clear and
correct.
(414) رباعیات شاه نظر علی (P.) Ruba’ys of Shah Natzar ’alyy. He is probably iden-
tical with the poet mentioned in p. 93 ۰ Bg.
Beginning مزکان بدظر موجه ایست مرا Tépkhanah, 28 pp. of 16 bayts.
No. 417.1 NA’TZIM, 515
(415) دیوان ناظم هروي (P.) The Dywan of Natzim of Herat (see pp. 98, 113, 151, 129). Contents: Ghazals, 374 pp. 11 bayts and two Qa- cydahs. Beginning
عشق ناظم شف >= دیوان دل sf) ر او انشا کرد oc داد ene الله را Tépkhanah, a fair copy.
(416) پوسف وزلشا تصنیف ناظم (P.) Yûsof and Zalykha, a Mathnawy by Natzim of Herat, composed in 1058. نگشت Les جرت در هرا روہ پلجۂ و هشت زمولودش سخی خوش دود Bg. بنمای Bias], وطی ؟ b دای چوں کر ال سیدۂ بکشای دم Méty Mahall, 362 pp. of 13 bayts ; As. Soc. 878, Bg. چون الخ ي٠ There are two copies in my collection; in a copy in the Tépkhanah the poem is ascribed to Facyhy. The second migra’ of the initial verse contains an allusion to the manner in which parrots are taught speaking, a looking-glass is placed before the cage and a man speaks behind the glass, to make the parrot believe that it is a
parrot which speaks.
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Complete poetical works of Mohammad Hosayn Nat- syry of Nayshaptir. When he had come to celebrity in Khorasin he went to Kashan, where he had several poetical contests with Fahmy, Hatim, Maqcid Khordah, Shuja’ and Ridhayiy. When he felt himself sufficiently strong he endeavoured to turn his poetical talents to account, and came to India where he found a patron in the Khankhanan. In 1012 he made the pilgrimage to Makkah, after his return he paid a visit to his patron and then settled at Afmadabad, having accumulated
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516 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. ۰.
sufficient wealth to be able to live in affluence, and he died in that city in 1022 or 1023. (Mathire Rahymy, Ouseley Pers. Poets, p. 252, Walih, and supra pp. 114, 65, 130). ۱ Contents: Qacydahs in praise of the divinity, the prophet, Jahangyr and the Khankhanan, &c. 252 pp. of 14 bayts. Beginning ای جلالت خاوت از اغیار آخہا ساخنه Ghazals about 350 pp. of 14 lines; Ruba’ys, 26 pp. of 10 bayts. Bg. جار المعیا fe ...اذا ما شیت ان حبی Méty لمعلا a splendid copy, written in 1202; As. Soc. Nos. 424, 601, 1061, one copy begins .چنان رسیدن وی سرد ساخت ديفي را In the Tépkh4nah is a Dywan containing merely the Qaçydahs, 144 pp. 16 bayts, and in the Farah-bakhsh library is a Dywan of the Ghazals and Ruba’ys copied in 1032 about 130 pp. of 15 lines. I
have a very good copy of the Ghazals with useful notes, 447 pp. of 10 bayts.
(418) مثنوي سوز وگدازودیوان نوعي (P.)
The Mathnawy and Dywan of Mohammad ۸ Naw’y, of Khabtishan near Mashhad in Khorasan. As soon as he had obtained a name he came to India, and first entered the service of Nawab Dhiya Myrza ۵۶ Khan Mashhady, an Amyr of Akbar, subsequently he accompanied prince Daniel to Burhanpur, and after the death of his patron he settled there, and composed several poems in praise of the Khankhanan, who had introduced him to prince Daniel and who continued to make him liberal presents. He died according to Walih at Bur- hanptr in 1019 (see supra pp. 115, 65, 130 and Ouseley Pers. Poets p. 161 also Mathire Rah. fol. 588).
No. 419.] NI’MAT ALLAH. 517
Contents: Ghazals and a few Ruba’ys, 100 pp. 13 bayts. Beginning سایه گل تا ap خال رخ بستان ما دقطه نام تو بادا خطبه دیوان ما
A Mathnawy (the Saqiy-namah?) 19 pp. 15 ۰ Beginning ‘iba تو شبگیر oly توی اولیں پیر ٭غانھا
history of a Hindi woman of the time of رسوز و گداز Akbar, who ascended the funeral pile with her deceased ابي خددہ ام را ناک husband, 40 pp. 12 lines. Bg. so
Méty Mahall,a good copy. In the Tépkhénah is a MS. con-
taining some Qacydahs of Naw’y, most of them are in praise of Akbar, 28 pp. 21 bayts. Beginning مباعر دل درشراب زن gt? ace
(419) دیوان نعت الله ولی (P.)
The Dywan of Sayyid Ni'mat Allah Walyy, i. e. the saint, a son of ’alyy. He was of Kirman, but spent part of his life at Samarqand. He not only was himself a holy man having performed forty times the chilla—a fast or abstinence from animal food and from pleasures for forty days—but he is the founder of a prolific family of saints, who carried on their trade with great success for several centuries, they intermarried with the royal family of Persia and amassed immense fortunes (see Haft Iglym, 0. 44 MS. As. Soc.) He stood in high favour with Shahrokh. He once boasted that he considered it perfect- ly proper to eat delicacies, because as he was a saint, he was sure that Providence would guard him against the enjoyment of unlawful things. The king made an experi- ment and ordered his cook to seize a lamb from a widow, prepare it and send it to Ni’mat Allah. He enjoyed it much, and after the repast the king told him triumphantly that it had been taken away by force from a widow. She
:
سو وص مس ود اس
اجه +
518 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
being sent for by Shahrokh at the request of the saint, declared that her son was absent from home and caused her great anxiety, and having heard that a man of great sanctity had arrived from Kirman (meaning Ni’mat Allah) she vowed to offer him this lamb, but in the mean while it was forcibly taken away from her. She demanded justice from the king, in order that she might be able to carry out her intention.
Ni’mat Allah died in 827 and left works on several subjects more particularly on Çûfism. He must be dis- tinguished from Ni’mat Allah of Narnawl in India, who was equally a saint and a poet, and died in 1077.
Contents: ۷۲2/12 و and Ghazals, 650 pp. 16 bayts ; Qacydahs, Tarjy’bands, Ruba’ys, &c. 86 pp. ,
خرش بگو ای یار بسم ofall هرچه “جو زسم الله بجر .ع8
My private collection, two copies, one was written in 1011 and the
other in 1014, in the Méty Mahall is a copy in which there is added a prose treatise on Çûfism and religion. Bg. المومن ارشدک الله EM پا اپھا
The Dywan of Myrza Nitzam who died in 1039 (see p. 92 supra). ۱ Contents: Ghazals, 40 pp. 21 bayts; Ruba’ys, 10 pp.
ذرق*عبلی کو تا سرکنم فغان را وبران کذم باهي class اسمان را Bg. Moty ۰
(421) قصائن نظام (P.)
The Qacydahs of Nitzam. Though I have not ascer- tained the identity by comparing the quotations, we may take it for granted that the author of these Qacydahs is Nitzam of Astrabad, who was an extremely pious man
No. 422. | . NITZA MY. 519
and died in 921, leaving besides this Dywan a Mathnawy which has the title بلقیس وسلیمان (Samy No. 214): Contents: Qacydahs, the first rhyming in L, the others alphabetically arranged, and Tarjy’bands; most of the poems are in praise of the Imams. Beginning نظام ارل نظمي مى اسمه الاول ..حکیم لم یزل ذو الجلال عز وجل Tépkhénah, about 200 pp. 14 bayts, probably the same copy which
Azad bought at the time he was engaged in compiling his Khiza- nah ’amirah.
(422) گن يعني خمسه" نظامي A (P.)
The five Treasures or the five romantic poems of Nit- zamy of Ganjah, a brother of Qiwamy Mofarrizy. He possessed considerable learning and a strong sound sense, his poetical talents were of the highest order, and had they not been perverted by the bad taste of the times in which he lived, and of the nation to which he belonged, he would be one of the greatest poets that ever lived. We know little of his life, except that he was a very pious man and a disciple of Akhy Farrokh Zanjany, and that he retired towards the end of his life from the world. As much is related of every Persian poet and Çûfy. He himself boasts that he did not court princes, but his panegyrics gave him the lie. He was sixty-three years and a half of age in 599, when he completed the second part of the Sikandar-namah, and died in 606 or 602. Dorn thinks that the poem was completed after his death by some one else.
Contents: 1. ااسرار y=, the Treasury of Mysteries, divided into 20 cantos مقاله and composed in 582, 48 pp. 25 bayts.
بسم الله الرحم الرحجم هست کاید در کنم حکیم Beginning
520 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
2. بخسرو رشیریں the Loves of Khosraw and Shyryn, 131 pp. 1 Beginning خداوند! در توفیق بکشای نظامی را ره حقیق ہنمای
3. رلبلی و >جنوں the Loves of Layla and Majnan, a Bedouin romance, which was first sung by Arabic poets (see Kitab alaghaniy) ; 93 pp. composed in 592. I read the last verse which contains the date as follows, though this reading is confirmed by no copy.
و سال سی که ERO ر جرت PS
ای نام تو بہقریں سر آغاز بی نام تو نامه کي کدم بار Beginning
4. . رهعت پیکر the Seven Forms, also called قصةً بہرام گور the story of Bahramgûr, composed in 593.
ای جہان بود دیده خویش از نو . هیچ بودن نبود پیش از نو Bg.
5. ہسکندر نامه the Sikandar-namah, or شرفنامه سکندري T'he poet divided it into three parts, describing the career of Alexander as a king, as a philosopher, and as a prophet.
خسن در بادشاهي زام دم از کارکشور sits زدم زحکمت بر آرابم آزگه سو کدم تار تارٹخھای of
ر ES ponds ذریم انگہ درش as خواندہ خدا نیز پیغاہبرش
The first part is best known, it is either simply called the Sikandar-namah or the Sikandar-namahé Barry, but the proper title is Usjaikw (قبالنامه or according to some سكندري delist. It was composed in 597, and according to Jamy, Nafahat No. 570, in 592. 140 pp.
خدایا جهان ob شاهی نراست Beginning
The second and third parts form but one poem, which has the title of خرهنامه سکندري but is usually called in India, Sikandar-naémahé Bahry. It was composed in 599, and has about 3000 verses.
همان بردهم روز بود از ايار نود نه کدشته زپانصه شمار
7 خرن هر کے کنجی ay) پدیه Beginning
No. 424.1 NITZAMY. © 521
Complete MS. copies of the Khamsah are rare, (Méty Mahall two fine copies; As. Soc. No. 90; College of Fort Willian, a fine copy) but copies of it without the Khirad-namah are very frequent, still more frequent are copies of the first part of the Sikandar- nûmalh. The Khamsah without the Khirad-némah has been litho- graphed at Bombay, small folio 1265, full of the grossest mistakes ; . the first half of the first part of the Sikandar-némah has been printed at Calcutta, 1810, reprinted (lith.) 1818 ; the whole has been edited at Calcutta in 1810, 1835, 1263, 1852; the first half of the Khirad- namah was edited by Dr. A. Sprenger, Calcutta, 1852, the second half isin the press; the Makhzan alasrar has been edited by Bland, London, 1844: Khosraw Shyryn lithographed s. a. et 1. (Bombay ?) 275 pp. A good MS. copy of this poem and of Layla Majnin is in the As. Soc. No. 257. In the same collection No. 345 is a good copy of the. Makhzan alasrér, and No, 1490 of the first part of the Sikandar- némah with glosses. It appears from Professor Fleischer’s note in the Zeitsch. d. d. morgl. Gesellsch. VII. 412, that according to most MSS. Sharaf-némah is the title of the first and Iqbal-némah of the second part of the Sikandar-némah, this is borne out by Nos. 425, 427 infra.
(423) خلاصه خمسه (P.) Extracts from the Khamsah_ of Nitzamy, arranged in 37 chapters, containing passages on the unity of God, love, contentment, good omens, justice, ۰ Beginning لله رب العالمیی ۰۰۰ (ما بعد بر ”حاب دولت das!) As. Soc. No. 761, 78-pp. of 13 bayts, my collection, two copies, one written in 1087, the other in 1080.
(424) الاسرار w=” شرح (P.)
A commentary on the Makhzan alasrar by Mohammad
b. Qiwan b. Rustam b. Ahmad b. Mahmûd بدر خزانه )2(
Balkhy who was familiarly called Bakrayiy ys, He
was a contemporary of Moghyç aldyn of Hansy and has
also written notes to both parts of the Sikandar-namah. 3 K
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می رن e ——
ہے دی اس ففف ee
522 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. 1۰
The author says that he explains 1310 verses, and fixes the correct reading of doubtful passages, and that he had col- lected several correct copies of the poem for this purpose. . At the end of this work is a chronogram for the time when the book was composed, viz. 1091. زهي شرے گلسقان ia ہفکر اندر شدم | زبهر تاریخ دام Be. أو معنا KS شرا ر که فانعه College of Fort William, about 200 pp. of 16 lines.
(425) نظام oi) قواعد علي شيري تصنیف*عي (P.) A commentary on the Sharaf-namah by Mo/yy aldyn
(a son of) Nitzam, a disciple of Shah Jahãngyr who died in 948. The author says that he first studied Persian literature and metric under ’ayn algodhat Hamadany at Hamadan (this ’ayn olqodhat must be different from the one mentioned by Jamy Nafahat No. 455), and after his death under Shaykh Mokammad Lad, and subsequently under Shaykh Mohaddith, who it seems used to lecture on the works of Nitzdmy. In 956 it occurred to him that it would be useful if he was to collect his notes on the Sharaf- namah and work them up into a commentary on it, he was encouraged in his labour by ason of ’alyy Shyr, and hence the title of the work. Beginning
سپاس بیقیاس مر دارای ایران کونیں را که میزان اشعار Topkhanah, three copies, about 250 pp. 16 lines ; Major Anderson’s
collection ; and my collection. This commentary does not contain
the text. In the Tépkh4nah is also the commentary on this poem by Nir Mohammad about 200 pp. 17 lines, Beginning بعد از انشراح واذکار و سباس و سنایش بر حضرت دروردگار And a commentary by Pyr ’alyy of Rasilpir, 400 pp. 21 lines. Bg. میگوین رادم حروف الراجي on) Lo] ۰ ۰ رب ااعالمیں al Sac! And the commentary of an anonymous author, 60 pp. 17 lines. Beginning خداوند مشکل کشای بتاریکی لفط معني نمای ely
No. 428. ] YUP NITZA’ MY. 3
)426( ٠٠٠ شر ح سکنور نامه تضنیف آرڑو “(P3 A commentary on difficult verses of the (first part of the) Sikandarnamah by Siraj aldyn Arzû, who died in 1169. He says that there were many commentaries extant, but that none was satisfactory. This commentary does not embody the text, and it commences : الله حمدا متکاثرا ونصلی dass!
Private collection, incomplete ; Méty Mahall, 662 pp. of 19 lines. This commentary forms the basis of the glosses to the lithographed Lucnow edition of the Sikandar-némah, 1263 and 1266, 8vo. 311 pp. 23 bayts, also of the notes of Badr’alyy and Myr Hosayn in the Calcutta edition, 1812, 4to. and of the somewhat fuller commentary of the Calcutta edition of 1253, reprinted 1260 = 1844, lithographed at Bombay with three other works on the margin, 1261 folio, the commentaries are all essentially identical.
(427) شرح شرفنامة تصنیف ملا سعد (P.)
A commentary on difficult verses of the Sharaf-namah (first part of Sikandar-namah) compiled in 1196 by Mollé Mohammad Sa’d Allah of Patna. . He died in the commencement of this century, and has written Persian commentaries on most school books as | 5="! مصباح : نی تهدیب المنطق ۱ شافیه | کائیه ١ میزان المنطق and glossaries on the Gulistan and Bostan.
سپاس بیقیاس و doo بیعد آفریدکاری که نصص Beginning
Collection of Mawlawy Mohammad Wajyh, 154 pp. of 17 lines without the text.
(428) دیوان نظامي (P.) The Dywan of Nitzamy of Ghanjah.. Dawlat-shah
informs us that the whole Dywan contained about 20,000 ۱ EES
524 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. I1I.
verses. Taqyy Kashy has not been able to procure a
copy of it. ۱ Contents: Qacydahs, 23 pp. 14 bayts; Ghazals, 52
pp. ;Ruba’ys, 8 pp. Beginning یزد ان آرد BY هرکه از وی خرد روی My private collection, a good ۰
(429) دیوان تزاری (P.) The Dywan of Hakym Nizary of Qéhistan. He was skilled in medicine, and a man of talents, but given to gaieties and pleasure, particularly to wine. He travelled much and it is supposed he was a disciple of Moctafa- lidynillah Nizar aud that he chose his takhalluc in his honour, others say that he chose it because he was a thin man, نزار meaning thin in Persian. At all events he is suspected of having been a free-thinker, though it is allowed that his poems contain deep Cufy sentiments. On his travels he met Sa’dy and other distinguished men. ‘Towards the end of his life he retired from the world and lived on agriculture, he died in 720 and left besides a Dywan, two Mathnawies, one is very witty and amusing, and has the title of ردسئور نامه and the other has the title (? ) و ازهر jt, it has about 12,000 verses and begins : سپاس و آفرسی از حق ثعالی که جانرا باخرد داد اتصالی Contents: a Mathnawy on Morals, 24 pp. 20 6۰ Bg. نزاری فقل خداوند جزو و خداوند کل al قل العمد Qaçydahs and Ghazals not alphabetically arranged, 454 pp. | Beginning پر میدمد از جریبار hive antl er جنبش باه of بار چهای تازو Moty Marall, a good copy.
No. 432. | NU RY. 525
(430) دیوان نصرت (P.)
The Dywan of Dilawar Khan Nuerat, who died in 1139. It contains merely Ghazals.
بسکه شد Kind) آن زلف مشکین جان ما Beginning
As. Soc. No. 1432, 182 pp. 11 ۵۰
A mystical biography of Mohammad in verse, composed by Niry in 887, and dedicated to Sultan Abti-lmotzaffar Ya’qub Bahadur Khan. Beginning
شاه نقش “Ket? لوح قدیم هست بسم الله الرحمی الرحیم
As. Soc. No. 508, about 900 pp. of 88 bayts.
کک ڪڪ
The Dywan of Qadhiy Nûr aldyn Néry of Ispahan. He is familiarly called Qadhiy Nûr. He and his brother Mo’izz were pupils of Afdhal Tarkah of Ispahan. Walih says that he died in the year 1000, but other authors state that he attained a high age and lived to the reign of Jahangyr. ۱
Contents: Qacydahs in praise of Shah Isma’yl, Wazyr Mohammad, &c. and Qifahs, 40 pp.
بکام دل & نشستیم در حریم وصال Beginning
Ghazals and Ruba’ys, &c. 48 pp. _
سض هم از خدا eins هم از بت آن جفاجورا Beginning
Collection of Mawlawy Mohammad Wajyh, written in 1046.
ما
rato ےی ے تیک
526 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. 11+
(433) org دیوان (P.) The Dywan of Nuwydy, he says in the postscript | *99 نویدی سنۂ ALS بید alas والحمك لله علی [تمام < this copy has been written by Nuwydy, the author, in 1055.” Contents: Ghazals, about 300 pp. 11 bayts. Beginning خدای را pS م بچه دانش و خرد وصف ربط دهم ثنای را pid مايه ast پا Méty Mahall, the margin 0 covered with text and cor- rections.
(434) دیوان نویديی ۱ (P.) The Dywan of Nuwydy. He is not identical with the
preceding Nuwydy and is apparently a modern poetaster. Contents : Ghazals, in every Ghazal the use of some
letter of the alphabet is avoided, and they are arranged according to this letter. Beginning صد شک رکه شد دولت وصل تو میسر گردیك زخوشيد رخت دیده مذور Lithographed, Lucnow,: Mohammady press, 8. A. 16 pp. with 2
few glosses; reprinted in the Hasany press, 8. a. and Moçtafy press, 1260, 12mo. At the end of this book are a few but very silly enigmas of which I give a specimen : “I have seen a wonderful horse,
it has six legs, and two hoofs, and what is still more astonishing the tail i is on his back,—a balance.”
(435) , ٠ان دیوان تؤھنت: Gi ك8 The Dywan of Hajy Nuxhat who collected his poems in 1112, یم ane Ao lle. زرری طرب سال تاریخ و فا م and died in 1137. Chronogram on his death: شراہا طہورا ols? ز خهخانه رمت از حب مولی - عطا شی
No. 436.] *OBAYD ZA'KKNY. 127
Contents: Qacydahs in praise-of A’tzam Shah, &c. Qifahs and chronograms, 60 pp. 15 bayts.. Bg. مید عیش مدار از فلگ چوبوالہوسان که نیست باده عشرت بساغردوران
Ghazals, 37 00. Ruba’ys, and Fards, 13 pp.
الھی اشنا گردان بتوحیدت زبانم را Beginning
Méty Mahall, the above chronogram on his death is in a postscript of the copyist.
The Dywan of Khwajah ’obayd of Zakan, which is a place in the neighbourhood of Qazwyn. He was a man of some learning, but his fame rests on his licentious wit. He first came to celebrity under Shah Abû Ishaq Anja who ruled at Shyraz previous to the rise of the Motzaffar family, subsequently he was in favour with Sultan Oways of Baghdad. He died in 772.
Contents: a preface by the pen of one of his friends, it is stated in it that ’obayd collected his Dywan in 751.
Beginning رب العالهچی خالق الخلایق اجمعیی all das!
Qacydahs in praise of the Imams, of Sultan Oways, &c. and Ghazals not t alphabetically arranged, 100 pp. of 22 bayts. ۱ Beginning ای آنتاب صنع تو یکذرہ کائنات فیض توعقل را مدد و روج را حبات
The Lover’s book رءشافنامه a Mathnawy in the style of Khwajah Salman’ وخورشید و جمشید و 20 pp. of 33 bayts composed in 751.
به بھتر طالع و فرخنده تر JU دویم روز از رجب درنوں الف ذال خدایا تا ارابی پیروزه ایواں فروزد ماه و مہ رو نیرو کیوان Beginning Moty Marall, a splendid copy written in 1080.
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ان شرف at /
va WTS وٹ
528 ‘PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. I1. (437) دیوان عخصری) (P.)
The Dywan of Abt-l-Qasim Hasan b. Ahmad ’onçory of Balkh, a pupil of Abé-l-Fath Riny. He was one of the four hundred court poets of Sultan Mahmud and his successors, and rose to the office of king of poets. Authors who wished to be encouraged by the Sultan had to submit their verses to ’oncory and he decided on their merits, he at the same time described the victories of the Ghaznawides in Qacydahs, a description of poetry particu- larly well suited to the monotony of eastern music, and they were sung at the parties of the court. He died in 431 or 441 and left from 20 to 30,000 verses, among his poems was وامق و عدرا but Taqyy Kashy, who with great pains obtained a copy of the Dywan, containing about 5000 verses of Qacydahs, thinks it has been lost. Khoshgtt mentions also بت ر نهر عیں SS , سرخ بت 7 Contents; Qacydahs and a few arly &e. Be.
تفگزيي و بزرگي وکام دل oles نگروه حاصل جز ندمت ساطای As. Soc. No. 615, 179 pp. 16 ۰
(438) کلیات عرفی (P.)
Complete poetical works of orfy of Shyraz who died in Shawal, 999 (see supra 129, 112, 61, 37), when ‘orfy was near his end he sent his poems to the Khankhanan with the request that he might arrange them, this he did. All his compositions amounted to about 14000 verses (Mathire Rah. fol. 539).
Contents: a short preface, Qacydahs, 200 pp. 19 bats.
(قبال کر ۱ میگزد ارباب همم را Beginning Ghazals, 200 pp. 16 ۰ Beginning
ای نه فللگ زخوشه صنع تو Sly در قصرکبرپای تو عرش اشیانڈ
No. .439.] | 0-٤ 59
In another copy which contains the same Ghazals, they begin : ۱ کوش ىسار ما SG بر aR مرظم نگیرد سدنه افکار ما سایة ia) A Mathnawy (Makhzane asrar) 74 pp. 18 bayts. Bg. قدیم pt j باسم الله لزحمی الرحیم موج لخست است Another Mathnawy, 29 ۰ Beginning خداوند| دلم بی نور تنگستا دل مں تنگ و کوه طور سنگست ‘At the end is a chronogram for 986, the fourth micra of which contains the number of poems he composed up to that year, the unit expresses the number of Qacydahs —26; the tens the Ghazals—270; and the hundreds the Qifahs and Ruba'ys: 320 of the former and 380 of the latter. Beginning |عجازي چون گشت معمل برقم پردازيي pene ایی ظرفه نکات ` اول دیران عرفي شيرازي. ese رة اطرار قدس نارتخض Good copies are frequent, Méty Mahall, 8vo. written in 1047, there are three other copies in the same collection which are apparently
older. As. Soc. Nos. 732, an old copy of the Dywan; 1173, a 4 of the Makhzan alasrar.
(P. ۱ نار نامه فيض )439(
A commentary ۵ Qaçydahs, by Mohammad Shafy’ b. Shah Mokammad Darwysh b. Mohammad Raji’ aldyn familiarly called Raja ۳ راجو علوي compiled un- der Awrangzéb in 1111, the chronogram i Is .کار فیض Bg. مطلق که حسں مطلعش dal تشریم فصیده بسندیده توحید و ; J بعک _ Topkhaénah, small Svo. about 300 pp. Mawlawy Mozammad Wajyh has a commentary on ’orfy ; about 250 pp. of 17 lines, com- piled by Qo¢b aldyn in 1101; the chronogram is فيض يار
شرح سفایش لخن wt که روح معني Beginning
3 ۷
E ا7ری N اد ادا کم CeO ETP یی جا و کر Ret
530 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAr. IT.
(440) مفتاح النکات 134 (P.) A commentary on 30 Qacydahs of ’orfy by Myrza Jan, compiled in 1073. کردۃ ام شرح تا شود عالم بهروور از فوایه عرني قصاید عرني opt هانف غیب سال تارخش گفت Beginning کلید گنچیزه نطق وزبان دندانه سیں سنایش
Méty Marall, 338 pp. 17 lines, the Qacydahs are alphabetically arranged, beginning of first Qacydah Mala! ای عقاع درد در بازار جان ,
(441) شرح قصاین عرثی (P.)
A commentary on (forty-six) Qacydahs of ’orfy, by Ahmad (he lives at Calcutta,) a son of the late ’abd al-Rahym. ۱
سپاس بی غایت و نای بی نهایت مرسلطانی را Beginning
Printed, Calcutta, 1254, folio 278 pp. containing also the text, These: Qaçydahs have also been lithographed with a commentary,, Lucnow, Hasany press, 8. a., 150 pp. most of the notes in this edition are by Qudrat Ahmad and Maqbûl Ahmad. There is
also a commentary on ’orfy by Molla Sa’d Allah, near 100 pp. of 17 lines, Beginning wanting.
(442) دیوان فادر (P.) The Dywan of Qadir. According to a note in the first page written in a different hand, his name is Khwajah ‘abd al-Qadir Naqshbandy Hasany Qadiry. According to Walih his title was Wazyr Khan and he was a son of Wazyr Khan Mashhady, he lived at Agra and was in great favor with “alamgyr and his two successors, and died in 1136. Qadir gives us in the last verse the date, 1122, when he collected his poems, ۱
No. 444.] QAPLA'N, 531 Contents: Ghazals and a few Qifahs. . ۷۵۳ Marall, 66 pp. of 11 bayts, ی written in 1129,
(443) . صراط المستقیم تصنیف قلندر (P.)
The Straight Path by Nitzam aldyn Qalandar com- posed in 808 and dedicated to AÃbû-1-Motzaffar Hosayn Shah b. Mahmud Shah b. Ibrahym Shah. The author wrote a Qacydah of 22 bayts, entitled رقصید: کبری and this is a commentary on it, it is divided into five chapters فصل and treats on ۰ , Beginning of Qacydah تيغ ال برار از اف نیا م ۱ Beginning of E IDS sly اما بعد چوںبعض طالبان ‘ Farahbakhsh, 32 pp. 18 lines.
ہہ ےم r موک
)444( .. ILI دیوان (P.)
The Dywan of Qaplan Bég. His father Shyr Bég was of the Qûshchy family, the members of which are distinguished among the other families of the Ulûs tribe to which it belongs, for their wit and talents. Molla ’alyy Qashchy the philosopher was of the same family. Shyr Bég came under Akbar from Ma-wara-lnahr to India, and was one of his Tawajies ,تواجی Qaplan was born in India and was, like his father, a soldier, he served under the Khankhanan in the Deccan with great distinc- tion, and was in high favour with Jahangyr, but in 1003 he retired from the service. He is the author of a Math- nawy which is entitled ماه دوستان and celebrates the loves of Zal and Rudabah, the following verses are from it.
3 ۷ 2
532 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. IT.
شین st زترقائم ز ترکان ee جوئی سخددائم سخنداں در ایی الوس piled i Se چراع دردمان فوشچیانم Contents: Qacydahs in praise of Jahangyr, 22 pp. bayts. Beginning 17 ای زبار قدرتت پشت فلك دایم دوتا Ghazals, 72 pp. 15 1 Ruba’ys, &c. 44 pp. آنکه ناءش هست دایم زینت عنوان ما Beginning نکن حمدش. op دیباچة: دیوان: ما ۱ Ruba’ys and Minor poems, 44 pp. 12 ۰ Farahkbakhsh, a fine copy. As. Soc. No. 890.
(445) نلم لالي (P.) String of Pearls by Sayyid Abi-l-Qasim who was known by the title of Qkriy. He flourished in Persia, and wrote this book in 1061. The title is a chronogram. It is a short poem in about 140 verses. Bg. ا یکلام از انتظامنام ذانت درنظام وی زشهد شکریں شکرت زبان شیرین بکام Lithographed, Lucnow, 1264, 12mo.
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(446) دیواں قاسم انوار (P.) The Dywan of Sayyid Mo’yn aldyn ’alyy Qasim
Anwar, or Qasimy. He was born in a suburb of Tabryz, in 757, and devoted himself from his early age to the Cafy doctrine. First Cadr aldyn of Ardebyl was his spiritual guide. Qasim used to live in a burial ground and performed four times the pilgrimage to Makkah, twice on foot, barefooted and almost in a state of nudity. Subsequently he joined the school of Awhad aldyn
No. 471 5 Qa’sIM. 533
Kirmany, which is given to the wildést and most obscene revels, and he placed himself under the guidance of Cadr aldyn ’alyy Yamany. His doctrines as a Cufy are not considered orthodox, yet he had immense success owing to his winning manners, the depth of his genius, and the great austerity of his life. When he resided at Herat in Khorasdén the crowd of his disciples was so numerous and enthusiastic that: Shahrokh the ruler of that province was afraid of disturbances, and there is reason to suppose that the saint was implicated in a plot to assassinate him. Shahrokh ordered him to leave the city, but he would have defied the royal command had not Baysangor paid him a visit and persuaded him by his friendly advice to leave the city. He proceeded to Balkh and Samargand, but subsequently returned to Herat at the request of the same sovereign who had expelled him. He died at Kharjard near Jam, in 837, and left besides this Dywan a Mathnawy and several Cafy treatises in prose; (Bland, 4. Cent. of Pers. Ghazals.) ( ` Contents: Ghazals, and at the end a few. ۶ و26 Rubi’ys, &c. : Beginning ری جار سودا ;83 سر؟ گرد اذم
Méty .Marall, several copies, about 600 pp. 14 bayts. ‘In the Tépkhénah there is a Dywaén by another poet of the takhallug of Qasim whom T have not identified, it contains Ghazals and has 44 pp. of 11 bayts. ti Beginning زفیض مقدمت اباه کن ویرانه ما ر منور کن بشمع ووی خود کا شانه ما را
(447) s دیوان قاسم ددوانه ۱ ۸ (P. ) The» Dywan of Qasim 0۳7 7 PP. 113, 128 supra).
534 PERSIAN POETRY. [CfraP. II.
Contents: Ghazals and a few epigrams. Beginning بسکه افناد از غممت شوریدیگی در کار ما پر سرما خود بخود وا می شون دستار ما . Tépkhénah, about 200 pp. of 15 bayts; As. Soc. No. 613, a good copy.
ee اس
(448) ظفرنامه اکبری تصنیش قاسم CP.) ` The Book of Victory of Akbar Khan by Qasim of Agra, who completed this poem in 1260, after he had been engaged upon it for three years.
This poem contains an account of the late wars of Cabul, and is spoken of as a very creditable production.
سرنامه برنام پروردکار Beginning
Major Anderson, 4to. about 400 pp.; 34 bayts in a page.
)449( نخد فاسمی جغاباديی وقیل گونابادی (P.) ` The five epic poems of Myrza Mohammad Qasim Qisimy Junabady or Gindbady (see supra pp. 44, 83, 52). Contents: 1. ,شاه نامه it is also called اسمعیل نامه 6 the deeds of Shah Isma’yl and Shah Tahmasp form its subject, it is in the metre of the Shah-namah of Firdawsy, 100 pp. of 42 bayts. Beginning خداوزد ”کون خداني تراست بر اقلیم جان بادشاهي تراست 9. ربلی “جنوں The Loves of Layla and Majntin in 2,740 verses, 66 pp. The date of the composition is stated in these verses : ۱ | ; نماميی این معما کاسیست نموده بی مسما ese چون
eu وی از ره معانی 7 نظم ازلیست کر بدانی
No. 451.1 0۸77۳۲ 1110 533
3. نامه galt, The ‘History of Shahrokh, 115 pp. posed in 950, chronogram طالب سال تاربخش از مشتري Bg. بعق بادشاهي تراست همه بنده ایم و خداني تراست ust 4. وکا نامه It contains descriptions of a palace, of a garden, پگ the love of the moth to the candle, &c. 86 pp. Bg. الاي قاسني زا راو بنمای " زبانش زا به بشم الله بکشای 5. ,شیریں و خسرو Shyryn and Khosraw, 80 pp. com- posed in 950, and dedicated like the other poems to Shah لب سالش فيض بج eu" حدیثٹی پر زبانها که شد deol زغیب لم قاسمی را کن نظربار بروی کل زحالش کن نظر بار .چ ۱ wt Madhall, a fine old copy; As. Soc. No, 64, a splendid copy written in 982.
(450) دیوان قثتیل (P.)
The Dywan of Myrza Qatyl, who died at Lucnow in
1233 (see pp, 170 and 277 supra). It contains merely
Ghazals. 7 ۱ ۱ Beginning پري که ادمی گاهی ملک خوانم ترا af
Farahkbaksh, two copies about 500 pp. 19 bayts, the second copy is
smaller, in the College of Fort William is a volume in folio, inscribed
it contains chiefly prose works, but at the com- کلیات 6 ;1 ققیل mencement is a Dywan of Ghazal, about 500 pp., 16 ۰
دود برق So در جلوه ها جانانه مارا ٠ Beginning
(451) دیوان ثصوريی (P.) Dywan of Qoctry consisting of Ghazals, 100 pp. Beginning (os? (لاماذت قد ype? رء الانسان
536 PERSIAN POETRY. ] 0013۸. II.
)459( dot کلیات قدسي a; (P.)
Complete poetical works. of Hajy. Mohammad Jan Qodsy. Some authors: spell his name erroneously, Mokammad Khan. He was of the holy city of Mashhad 4 and for this reason he adopted the takhalluc of Qodsy. After he had performed the pilgrimage to Makkah, he came to India and was graciously received at the court of Shahjahan, who, on one occasion, rewarded him for his :panegyrics by filling seven times his mouth with precious jewels, and on another occasion by having him weighed up with gold and silver coins. The nobles of the court vied with the emperor in prodigality. Qodsy withdrew in 1069 from the world, and died a few years after. (Mirat alkhiyal p. 135 and supra pp. و113 90, 128, 116, 151). Azad places his death in 1056, and gives a detailed list of rewards which he received from the emperor.
Contents : Qacydahs and Tarjy’bands, 418 سك 12 2 bayts.
ای ای نیم که کنم مرکشي زتیغ جھا Beginning
Ghazals, 112 pp. 10 bayts; Rubd’ys, 44 pp. 8 bayts.
۱ داده عشقم باده نابی کہ مپسورد مرا Beginning A Mathnawy, 77 pp. 12 ۰ Beginning _
در اننای هرعهدي از روزکار کند ais) لطی پرورد کار
Moty Mahall and Tépkhûnah, copies are frequent. In one copy
the second Qacydah stands first, it begins : جلوه گري روي ڌو در iG نگرود بیدا S/T دیده ما عکس آئینه در also the order of the Ghazals
is changed, they begin!) خریش Ale ,زود بة کرد یم من بیصپر He is also the author of a Mathnawy in praise of Kashmyr, 24 pp. 50° bayts. It begins بنام اۋ پادشاهان جواهز :خش 8 3 کلاهان 1
No. 455.[ QUDRAT. 537
(453) دیواں قطب الدین (P.) The Dywan of Qotob aldyn. If the postscript can be relied upon, he is identical with the great saint of Dilly, who died in 623, it runs gw] تمام شد دیوای خواجه فطب ۱۱۲۰ بخنیار کاکی سنه کنابت for a further account of this saint, I refer to the chapter on Ciifism. Contents: Ghazals, 180 pp. of 14 bayts and 70 Ru-
ba’ys. Beginning
ای لال در ثنای صعانت زبان ما اي ور صعات رحدت تو ال عقلها Tépkhénah.
۸۵ دیوان فدارث )454(
The Dywan of Qudrat. He is probably identical with Shah Qudrat Allah, who died in 1205 (see p. 278 supra). It contains merely Ghazals. Beginning
زبس ماندم مقیم کروی غربت فراہش کردم ام یاد وطن را Méty Madball, 54 pp. 11 bayts, written in 1209.
(455) دیوان راضی (P.) The Dywan of Facahat Khan Radhiy the son of a Qadhiy of Kashmyr (see p. 156 supra and change Radhyy into Radhiy). The author says of himself— زبیشگاه سخ بجرھا است تلخواهم . چه شد که نبود بنجاب در تیول مرا فقبه عصرر سپاهي رشاعرم راضي بضرب و نطق تو دوست دراصول مرا Contents: Ghazals, 500 pp. 24 bayts and 170 Ru-
ba’ys. Beginning خدا نکرده بود نفس گر فضول مرا چه غم زمانه اعمال با رسول مرا A Mathnawy composed in ۰, Beginning
نی SUS شکرریز خوش آهنگ سرود ایں قصه شیریں بدیں نگ Méty Marzall, a splendid copy. 2 3
538 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. IT.
(P. ) دیوان ضی ارتیمانی )456(
The Dywan of Radhyy of Artyman, a contemporary of Shah ‘abbas (see pp. 123 and 313 supra).
Contents: chiefly Ghazals, a few Qacydahs in praise of Sultan ‘alyy Khan and others, at the end are. three Turkish verses, containing a chronogram. ۱
Bg. مھر برای ہام و ایوان ر بگدار چو موم سنگے و سخدان را we
As. Soc. No. 10, 50 pp. of 48 to 60 bayts.
(457) us) دیوان ۱ (۳
The Dywan of Radhyy aldyn Mokammad of Naysha- pur; instead of writing his takhalluc or name, he usually writes sds. He spent the greater part of his life at Samargand, but he visited Makkah and several cities of Persia. During his pilgrimage he became a disciple of Mo’yn Hamawy an uncle of Shaykh Sa’d aldyn Hamawy without however giving up worldly pursuits. It is said that he spent some time at the court of the Seljiq king Arslan Shah b. Toghril Bég, and accompanied the embassy to Baghdad which he sent to the Khalyfah, to ask his daughter in marriage. He died in 598 (Taqyy Kashy, No. 26, and Khoshgit).
Contents: Qacydahs not alphabetically arranged, most of them are in praise of Abt-I-Motzaffar Jalal aldawlah Tamghach, whose name he spells طمغاج and شغاچ and who was ruler of Samarqand. Beginning فشان شد و طبعم لطیفه یاب از یس ظل بارگه مالك الرقاب S$ نظم
Moéty Mahall, 45 pp., 44 bayts, bound with other ۳۵۸
No. 460.[ RAFAT. 539
(455) .- دیوان رافت:- ' (P.) The Dywan of Mohammad ’obayd Allah Rafat. There
occurs a chronogram in the Dywan from which it would
appear that his patron, Nawab Sayyid ’alyy Khan Intit-
zam. aldawlah Nacyr almulk Nucrat-jang, was born in
878, but his title proves that he belonged to a much more
modern age. Should the poet be identical with ‘abd
Allah Rafat mentioned in p. 162 supra ?
از حدت طبيعي ازحدس 23 صائب گرمولدششمارم بوذان عقلثاني Contents : compositions in flowery prose, 38 pp. of
۱ سجعیای اللہ که بر خط lines. Beginning 15 حبد| خسرر گردوں سپہدار حمل Qaçydahs, 24 ۰ Bg.
. Ghazals and Ruba’ys, 72 pp.
المي رتبه" ~= <td ده زہانمر! Beginning `
re." Mathnawy, 30 pp. Bg. حمد است لخست مر خدارا . Collection of Mawlawy Mohammad Wajyh.
(459) ماك عمر لصنیف رحمة الله das (۳ ` History of the martyr Malik ’omar, who is buried at Baraych, by Ramat Allah, a son of Mofammad Fadhil
of Bijlawr in Oudh; he composed this poem 750 years
after the death of the saint. ۱ کدشته است هعصد و چاه سال هدوز است آن شور وشوکت بعال رفضل البي و“ جید ار زان بر کشایم به توحجد او Beginning
Tépkhanah, 66 pp. 26 ۰ ۱
(460) دیوان راجه (P.) The Dywan of Rajah. It consists mostly of Ghazals which are not alphabetically arranged. Beginning
وی که yo بدیدم اندار hae گنن لدت جمال آئرر اندزبیاں نگنیں
_. Tépkhaénah, 50 pp. of 17 bayts.
o 2 2
لات بی ۸8۲ لیڈ ۰
7 17
540 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cmar. II.
(461) حمله حيدري تصنیفی راجي (P.) The Lion’s Attack, a history of Mokammad and of ‘alyy in verse, by Molla Bamiin ’alyy Rdjiy Kirmany. He was originally a Gueber, and was converted to the Islam by Sajjany. I have been told that he died at Bombay, not many years ago. ۱ Beginning پدیدار کر pa! Ws که از ays ہدام خدارند دانای Lithographed, Bombay, 1244, fol. 484 and 152 pp. of 54 bayts. »
(462) مهر و ماه تصنیف رنکبری (P.) The Sun and the Moon, or the story of the Sayyid’s
son, and the Jeweller’s daughter, which happened at Dilly under Jahangyr, by Sa’adatyar Khan Rangyn. He died in 1251 (see pp. 280 and 168 supra) but according to a chronogram at the end of the poem, he composed it in 1119. I cannot reconcile these two contradictory statements. ‘Chronogram درین تاه چو سوزو غم رقم بافت خود فیالفور سالش سوزوغم بانت Bg. مطلع انوار عشق اتب ضمیرممنیع اسرار عشقاست pla
Lithographed, Lucnow, Mogtafay press, 1263, 12mo..20 pp. In
the Tépkhénah is a poem of about 560 bayts by the same author in explanation of the elements of the Islam, it begins:
ذکرحق مي برد !جور و قصور نکر اوهابه تمام سروز
(463) دیوان راقم (P.)
The Dywan of Sa’d aldyn Mokammad Rdgim, a son of Khwajah *inayat of Mashhad. His father came on commerce to India and brought his son with him, and he found a patron in Islam Khén Mashhady an Amyr of
No. 464. | RASHYD. کی" 541
Shahjahan. After some time Raqim returned to Persia, and was appointed governor of Herat, and subsequently of the whole of Khorasan. He was a great patron of poets, among his protégés were Moqymay Ifsan Mashhady, ’atzymay Nayshapury and Shawkat Bokhary.
Contents: Qacydahs in praise of the Imams and of Shah Solayman, 18 pp. 16 bayts; Ghazals, 280 pp. 15 bayts, at the end is a preface in prose 9 pp. Beginning of Ghazals: را چوصبم و شامپا مطاح آغارها رمقطع اوهامها ple ای زدیوانت دو
Méty Marall, a splendid copy, written in 1084, there is. a chrono- gram in it for the same date composed by the author,
راقم الهام فیض موده رسان گشت وگفت افزوده زمنقدر چه راحت چة المرا
(464) دیوان رشین (P)
The Dywan of Rashyd. This is the takhalluç of Rashyd aldyn Mohammad .ما ’abd al-Jalyl’omary who, on account of his diminutive size, had the nickname of Waz- wat, swallow. The patronymic ’omary indicates that he was descended from the Khalyfah ’omar b. 2۳۰ He flourished under the Khwérezm-shahian dynasty, his patrons being Atsyz b. Mokammad, and his son Ylarslan who heaped wealth and honors upon him. He died in Khwarezm in 578 at the advanced age of 97 years, and left besides a Dywan of about 15,000 verses, a transla- tion of the hundred moral sentences of ’alyy and a collec- tion with translation of as many sentences of Abi Bakr, “omar and ’othman, also a work on poetic, which has the title حدایق السعر or y=“) حوایق and several other works.
Contents: Qacydahs in praise of Abu-l-Motzaffar Atsyz, Abu-l-Fadhl king of نجمررز and others, they are
542 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
highly ornamented and have mostly a double rhyme; at the end are some Qifahs and Ruba’ys. Beginning فرش حلەود یبا Big hand و زرع ey امد جہاںشد داره و زیجا pram بهار
Moty Marall, 262 pp. of 18 bayts, written in 1064.
(465) مصباح نصنیف رشیی (P.) The Torch, a mystical Mathnawy, divided into three parts : و در نیاز ME در Case شد مرتب بر سه اصل این گنی راز در The name of the author, Rashyd, occurs in the intro- duction: ,باه آرند از رشید درد ہدک The copyist of the Luc- now MS. calls him Shaykh Rashyd, and the copyist of the Calcutta MS. thinks he is identical with Rashyd Watwat, who is three hundred ‘years older. The date 852 is in the conclusion of the poem, and it appears from it that it was written sixty years previous to the death of Rashyd Kazorany who was a great Cafy, and with whom we might else have identified him. Beginning ای پنامت کارھا را افففاے نیست بی نام تو در امری فلاح Méty Madall, imperfect; As. Soc. No. 534, about 400 pp. of 15
bayts, a fine copy written in A. H. 1000, on the margin is the Gulistan with a few notes. ۱
(466) دیوان رعان (P.)
The Dywan of Shah Rayhan aldyn Rayhadn, a Munshiy of the College of Fort William (see p. 168 supra).
Contents: a preface in prose, from which it appears that he collected the Dywan in 1810, at the suggestion of Mr. M. Lumsden. Contents: Qacydahs in praise of
No. 469. ] wala Y 11 543
the Marquis of Wellesley, H. Harington, H. Colebrook,
&c., 66 pp. 13 bayts. Beginning Ghazals about 400 pp. ۱ Beginning
ای مست جام عشق تو خم شرابها برياني شرارؤ شوفت کبابها Collection of Mawlawy Mohammad Wajyh.
(467) دیوان عافل خان رازی (P.) The Dywan of Myr ’askary ‘aqil Khan ۵27 (i. e. the mysterious) who died in 1108 (see suprd pp. 123, 111, and Ouseley Pers. poets, p. 167). Contents : Qaçydahs, 34 pp. of 11 bayts. Beginning
ای صورت هسني زکرم E عدم را برذات تو البات aS عقل قدم را Ghazals, 94 pp. 9 bayts and some Raba’ys, and chro- nograms ; one for 1073. Beginning ایزعکس روبتولطف وصفا ائینہ را . جلوه رخسار تو داده جل ائینه را Moty Marall, a good copy.
(468) م ا (P.) Embroidery, a Mathnawy by Razy in which he imitates Jalal aldyn Rimy. Beginning
` Méty MajAall, 340 pp. of 18 bayts.
(469) شمع و پروانه یعفی فصه پدماوت E The Loves of Ratan Sén and Padmawat, a Mathnawy by Razy, composed in 1069. Beginning
ایطرازند: رواقی ٭پہر وی طرازنده سپہ ربمہر Tépkhénah, 60 pp. of 38 ۰
544 PERSIAN. POETRY. ]011۸۲. II.
(470) مهر وماه (P.) The Story of Manohar, a poem taken from the Hinduy, and put into Persian verse in 1065 by Razy. Bg. خداوندا غم خود ده دلمرا زعش قآسان نما هر مشکلم را Tépkhénah, about 2000 verses; As. Soc. No. 446, a fine copy with pictures. 0
)471( دیوان رضا (P.) The Dywan of Ridha, who flourished in 1096, as we
learn from a chronogram which occurs in the Dywan.
زتاربخش سخ میرنت کز فیب. رقم کروند درلخانه سالش
Contents: poems in praise of the prophet and the
Imams, 124 pp.; Ghazals, 220 pp. 9 bayts; Ruba’ys,
Mothallath’, chronograms and Qacydahs in praise of Shah
‘abbas, Nawdb Arshad Khan, Aga Bég, 106 pp. Be-
ginning of Ghazals: \las* نٹی گرم از فررغ عارضت هر گوشه (161۲ Madall, two copies, one dated 0+
(472) زبا ونگار (P.)
The Loves of Zyba and Nigar, in verse, by Hajy Mo: hammad Ridha Ridhéyiy who vomposed this poem, appa- rently in Sind, in 1053. The chronogram for this date is .گل اندر باغ He says that the Sindian name of Zyba is Panhtin پخهوی and that of Nigar Sysy سیسی but being anxious to avoid all Sindian words, he substituted Persian words in their stead : we might infer from this statement that the story was originally m the Sindian dialect.
Bg. هم دل رهم بی دای ده هم آن حاصل هم ابن #عاملي ده oe! As. Soe. No. 298, 284 pp. of 17 bayts, a good copy. 1
No. 475.[ SA’DY. 545
(473) دیوان رفائی (P.) The Dywan of Rihay. He may be identical with Sa'd aldyn 78:7 Khwafy who died in 980 (see p. 58 supra) but I have not compared the verses. It contains merely Ghazals. Beginning در نظر از روی تو مارا الینه رخسار نوشد صورت اشيا JAS ای نور Tépkhanah, about 300 pp. 22 bayts, defective at the end.
(474) دیوان ساب (P.) . The Dywan of Hajy Farydin Subig (see supra pp. 99, 123).
Contents: Qacydahs, 142 pp. of 12 bayts; at the end are chronograms for 1092, 1095, &c.
منادیست درانکو که هر که کشنه ماست Beginning
Ghazals, about 300 pp. and a few ۷۰۸ Bg. Le Laat) نافوسمی آید as حون وحدت میزند جورش از ركت زذار ما
As. Soc. No. 563, a fine copy, at the end is the date 1010, this is probably a mistake for 1110. 020670 No. 1196.
(475) کلیات سعدي (P.)
Complete poetical works of Shaykh Mosharraf (Sharaf ?) aldyn Moçli/ b. ’abd Allah Sa’dy of Shyraz, where he was born iri 589. . He chose the takhalluç of Sa’dy in honor of the Atabuk Sa’d aldyn b. Zangy, in whose service he originally was. Jamy says, Nafahat, No. 565, “he is one of the most distinguished Cifies and lived for some time near the hermitage of the Shaykh Abû ’abd Allah Khafyf. He was well versed in most sciences and in belles-lettres. He spent much of his
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time in travelling and visited’ many countries, several times he, made the pilgrimage on foot, and he went to Sémnat, entered the temple and broke the greatest idol which was in it. He made the acquaintance of many great Cafy Shaykhs, such as Shihab aldyn Sohrawardy, with whom he sailed once in the same vessel. It is related that he acted for a long time as water-carrier at Jerusalem and in Syria and gave to people water to drink.” He died in 691 and is buried at Shyraz. (For a more detailed notice I refer to Ouseley’s Pers. Poets, p. 5, and Ross Trans. Gul. preface).
The works of Sa’dy were collected and arranged by ‘alyy b. Ahmad .حا Abû Bakr who was called 1/۶۶1۸: in A. H. 726, and he improved the arrangement in A. H. 734.
Contents (C. means Calcutta edition and B. the first’
Bombay edition). ۱ 1. wl. The Rose Garden, C. Vol. I. folio 26, ۰ 0. 31.) Beginning منت خدایرا عزوجل که طاعنش
2. gw, The Garden of Odours, C. Vol. I. folio 94, 8. p. 1 (bis). Bg. بنام خداوند جان آفریں حکیم ٣خ بر زبان آفرین
A short Essay on Prefaces C. 1. .رساله در تقربرویباچه .3 سیاس بیعد و غایت و سفایش «جدو نھایت B. p. 4, Bg.
4, ,#جالس خمسة The five Assemblies or Discourses C. 4. B. p. 7. Bg. المد لله الذي خلق الوجود م العدم
5. ,رساله صاحمبدپوان Anecdote of the Minister of Fi- nance C. Vol, I. with Preface, folio 7, B. p. 19.
6. برساله عقل و عشق Essay on Reason and Love B. 20.
7. الملولگ est, Advice to Kings C. 18, B, p. 21.
8. ,شمس الدیں تاري گر Anecdote of Malik Shams aldyn, the Arabic Orator, C. Preface, folio 9.
9, انکیانو aw, Anecdote of King Ankiyana C. 25, B. p, 27,
No. 475.1 SA’ DY. 547
10 عربى dle’, Arabic Panegyrics, C. folio 205, B. p. 9 (ter). Beginning حبست !جفنی المدامع انجري
11. فارسی ses. Persian Panegyrics, C. folio 214, B. p. 9 (ter). Bg. شکر و ساس و نعمت و منت خدایرا
12. .کناب مرانی Elegies, C. fol. 245, .ظط p. 24 (ter).
دل شکسته که مرهم نهد دگر بارش Beginning
13. الملمعات OW. Poems composed of alternate verses Arabic and Persian, C. folio 250, B. p. 29 (ter).
14, .ترجيعات Poems with particular burdens, C. folio 257, B. p. 33 (ter).
15. .الطیبات Ornamented poems entitled pure odours, C. folio 264, B. p. 39 (ter).
اول دفٹر بنام Gly ap) صاذع و پررردکار و حی و توانا Beginning
16. ۔بذاع Rhetorical odes, C. folio 367, .ظط p. 127 (ter).
17. رمقطعات Fragments and Sentences, C. folio 452,
B. p. 140. Beginning گویند سعدیا بچه بطال مانده .. 18, الخبیثات والهطائیات the Book of Impurities in verse, C. folio 467, B. p. 54 (quater).
عارني چشم و دل بروئی واشت Beginning
19, .هزلیات Jests and obscenities in verse and prose. This book is called المزل in the Calcutta edition folio 475, and there is added to it a separate book (folio 471) called رمضعکان In the Bombay edition this book is inscribed wists, .خبینای Beginning الع الشیطان واشت العیطان
20. ..باعیات Tetrastics, C. fol. 472, .ظط 0. 42 (quater). 7
21. .مفردات Distichs, C. folio 493, B. p. 52 (quater).
22. ,خواتيم Odes entitled “ Final Odes,” C. folio 415, B. p. 1 (quater).
23. ,غزلیات فدیم Sa dys early Ghazals, C. folio 430, B. p. 13 (quater).
24. whistle, Poems addressed to particular indivi- duals, C. folio 438, B. 21 (quater).
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548 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. ۰
Sir G. Ouseley, from whom the above list has been taken, does not mention the Pand-namah. It is in the Calcutta edition in folio 200, and begins ما (flay کریما (خشای
A beautiful old copy of the complete works of Sa’dy is in the Moty Mahall, probably written during the life time of Bystiin. They have been edited in two folio volumes by Mr. Harington in Cal- cutta, 1791—95, (this edition is very rare in India) ; and they have been lithographed at Bombay, A. H. 1226, small folio 413 pp. re- printed (lithographed) Bombay, 1267, 4to. they have also been printed at Tabryz.
In the Farah-bakhsh library, is a copy of the Gulistan, which cost 1500 Rupees, it is the most beautifully written book I have ever seen, and has the following postscript: شهرسفر از BF در صبع چهار شنبة در روز ols سال هزارو سي و چبار ازشجرت اتفاق شروع درب هخه شریفه چبانشنی دست وششم شہر ربیح الثاني سال دیگر صورت اخنذام بذیرفت الدین مسعون wy) ددست فقیر حقیر مذنب *عناج کمخر ین فثرای عالم ححّیم اامتخاص بالمسیع الشھیر بعکیم ركذا غفر الله ذنوبة و سثر الله عیوبة بعق ”عمد
صلوت الله و سلأمة عليه My وسلم تسلیما yas | کثیرا
In the first page is written professedly in the hand of the emperor Shahjahan جمادي الثاني سنه ۱۰۳۴۷ داخل کقااخانة این خادم slo ۹ پا a, شد | ROI
The Gulistén has been repeatedly printed in Europe, at Constan- tinople, Bulak, Tabryz, Teheran, and upwards of a hundred times in India, the best editions are Calcutta, 1851, and Lucnow, (lith.) 1264 with excellent glosses. There are four or five lithographed Lucnow editions with interlinear Urdû translation and with marginal notes, as Mortadhawy press, s. a. (1264), and in two Lucnow editions the Bostan is printed on the margin. For Urdû translations of the Gulistan see infra.
The Bostan has also frequently been separately edited ; as “ Bostan to which is added a compendious Commentary together with a Dictionary of such words as are hard of meaning, now first compiled expressly for this edition by Moolvy Tumnuzuddy, (lithographed) Calcutta, 1828,” 4to. 228 pp. I have not seen a separate vocabulary in this edition. Lithographed Lucnow, Mohammady press, 1262, with. notes by. Sayyidy, ’abd al-Rahmén Khan, Bahar, &c., this edition and its numerous reprints, such as Moctafay press, 1265, ‘alawy press, 1263, surpass most other editions in correctness;
Hooghly, 1264, 8vo. clear and tolerably correct.
No. 477.] SA’DY. 549
The Pand-némah, commonly called Karymé has also been fre- quently printed: in the Persian Moonshee; in the Persian Primer with an Urdû translation in verse by Matzhar ’alyy Khan Wila, Cal- cutta, 1242, 1275 (sie for 1270), Chinsurah, s. a. (1845) ; lithographed Lucnow, 1263 (twice), 1264, &e. Beginning of Wila’s translation کرم سے همین اپنی :خش ای خدا The Pand-ndmah rendered in Rékhtah Mosaddas, موز lithographed by Mohammad-bakhsh, 8۰ A. ۰, 16 pp. Beginning اي مومن پا کباز lowe
The Ghazals have been printed Calcutta ند a. (in or before 17 84) with the Bahare Danish, 4to. 172 and 96 pp. and again 1811. For farther information regarding editions and translations of separate works of Sa’dy see Zenker, Bibl. Orient. p. 59 et ۰
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(476) شر ح گلستان حامل متن (A. P.)
An Arabic commentary on the Gulistan with the text by Ya’qtb b. Sayyid ’alyy who died in 931.
Beginning مى النعم وررقفا (اهندآء Wy) لله علو ما da)
College of Fort William, 424 pp. of 17 lines, a good copy written in 962.
(477) شرح گلستان تصنیف سروري (A. P.)
An Arabic commentary on the Gulistan by Moc/afa ۰ Sha’ban Soriiry who died in 969 completed at Amasiyah in 957, dedicated to the Turkish emperor Solayman (according to Hajy Khalyfah, No. 10,832, to his son Sultan وب Beginning
ااعمد all الذي جعلني من ۳۹ اجان و المعاني ” مذت “ اي ytd) و gh الذعمة - Private collection Cawnpore, A. 450 pp. 21 lines, this commentary -
has been much used in the notes to the Lucnow edition of 1264, also for the commentary No. 483,
an 0
550 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. II.
(478) افراز mp (P.)
A commentary on the Gulistan, by Mohammad Akram ‘abd al-Razzaq of Multan, compiled in A. H. 1185. Bg. نضارت بپار داش بر ررق زبان شرح گلستان as مخت خدایرا عزوجل
Private collection A, upwards of 600 pp. of 19 lines. Hajy Khal. mentions a commentary, which has nearly the same title viz. wins افراز جنان it was composed at Makkah in 1005 by Hosayn Kufuwy who died in 1012. He left only a rough copy at his death, his friend Hosayn b. Kuzeljeh Rostam Pasha who is called Hosayny arranged it, added a preface and a biography of the author, and gave it the above title. ۱
)479( وم شرح گلستاں A commentary on the Gulistin by Mo/ammad 0
al-Rasül b. Shihab aldyn b. ’abd Allah Qorayshy who flourished in 1073. He divides his book into five parts فسم ; 1, verses of the Qorûn occurring in the Gulistan ; 2, traditions and sayings of Shaykhs and Arabic pro- verbs ; 3, Arabic verses; 4, Persian verses; 5, difficult Persian words. Beginning
سپاس عالمي را که عام آدم الاسما کلها حرفیست تحتہ
Tépkhanah, 90 pp. of 20 lines. In the Masyhay press, Lucnow, 1264,
224 pp. a فرهنگ گلستان by Jonayd ’abd Allah Misawy has been published which similarly to the preceding work is divided into three
parts on 1, explanation of Arabic verses; 2, sayings of Shaykhs, traditions of the prophet and verses of the Qoran; 3, vocabulary.
انیم aly علی دعهاژد و الصلوة علی زدده و السلام علي اصفبائه Beginning
(480) شرح گلستان (P:) A commentary on the Gulistan by Nar Allah ۴
who is also the author of the gloss called حاشیه شریعه to the .شرے حکمة العیی Beginning
No. 483.] SA’DY. 551
منت مر خدایرا عزوجل که زیا کور پیش کار دل دانا ساخت Méty Mahall, 160 pp. of 17 lines. In the Topkhanah is the com- mentary of Fattahy about 300 pp. of 16 lines. حمد خدایرا ۶ة چشمۂ میم حمدش در بائیست Beginning
(481) خیابان گلستاں (P.) . A commentary on the Gulistan by Khan Arza. He mentions in the preface the commentary of Myr Nur Allah Ahkrary and Molla Sa’d Tynawy.
خیابان کلسذان “خی حمد چس پیرای است Beginning
Private collection, 160 pp. 8۳0, 19 lines without the text.
(482) شرح کلستان (P.) ` A commentary on the Gulistan by Molla Mokammad Sa’d (see p. 523 supra) compiled in 1197. Beginning ارل شرحسنایش فراوان ونیایش بی پایان داوربراسزامت Moty Mahall about 300 pp. In the Farah-bakhsh about: 600 pp.
of 21 lines is an imperfect copy of the commentary of Qabûl Mokam- mad, the author of the Haft Quizum, it has the title بھشت 4),
A. complete copy in two volumes in folio was offered to me for sale at Lucnow. I took a notice-of it,-but lost it.
The present (1853) king of Dilly, I am told has compiled a com- mentary, in which he forces a mystical meaning on every story of
the Gulistan, which would surprise Sa’dy. It has been سر at Dilly, but 1 have never seen it.
‘There is also an anonymous commentary in the Tépkhanah which begins—— جوش #بخانه مستان سغن YS :اي ز نام تو گلستان
)483( شرح گلستان (P.) A commentary on the Gulistén, by the late Riyadh ‘alyy, a son of Qanbar ’alyy. Beginning مذت بکسر میم و تشدبد نون سیاس نعمت
552 PERSIAN POETRY. ] 011۸۳. 17
Printed Calcutta, s. a. 4to. 388 ‘pp. reprinted (abridged) Calcutta, 1267, 4to. 264 pp. this is the third or fourth 4to. edition. There have also appeared 8vo. editions of the Gulistén at Calcutta with a short commentary.
ا صم
A commentary on the Bostan, by ’abd al-Rasil ۰ Shihab aldyn b. abd Allah b. Tûhir b. Hasan Qarayshy, composed in 1073. (See p. 550 Supra.) Beginning tals? sle می المعصرات Wily حمد ۶٭د خالشی را که بقطرات مطرات
Tépkhanah, 110 pp. of 17 lines.
(485) شرح ہوستان (P.) A commentary on the Bostan, by Sayyid Riyadh ’alyy, who died between 1245 and 1265 and Shaykh Qadir ۰ This commentary is very useful. Bg. برای الصاق است که ay بنام چہاندار ال بای مغئوحه Printed Calcutta, 1845, reprinted by Ikram Amad Dhaygham, Calcutta, 1265, 4to. 462 pp. These two editions comprize the text.
(486) شرح بستان (P.) A commentary on the Bostan, by ’abd al-Wasi’ of Hansy.
العمد لله رب العالمیی ۰۰۰ اما بعد معترف العجز Beginning
College of Fort William, 8۲۵۰ 230 pp. 17 lines written previously to 1189. A copy of this commentary in the Tépkhdnah begins— Sasi این لال تو اخذنا ان نسینا او اخظان وصل على
)487( حثایق معنوی نسنیف ”ابی | (P.) Ruba’ys of Sahaby or Sahéb of Astrabad (see ۰ 42 supra).
No. 1 SAHMY. 553
Contents: introduction in four sections <5, 38 pp. ; Ruba’ys all on theosophy, 260 pp. 13 bayts. Bg. وشدم رام خد| pone) HS از Jos المنة لله که بانعام مرو خی از ایی وانمیگوبد می میگویم نام خدا نام خدا Some Ghazals, the Maqta’ of the first Ghazal is: السلام ایبنده سرگشته را يعني “حاب کرده آزاداز دو عالم شوق دیدارشما Tépkhanah, incorrect, written in 1080 ; bidem, 160 pp. 10 lines; Moty Mahall, about 700 pp. 12 bayts; Farahk-bakhsh, about 500 pp. 10 bayts, incomplete. In the Tépkhanah is a Mathnawy by Sahdby, 120 pp. 13 bayts treating on mystical love, and dedicated to Shah ’abbas. The following verse contains the name of the author:
سحابی سربسر J Oly برقي نيائي ala مالامال درفي
زکلکم اي صربر اه برخیز نسیم كوي بسم الله برخیز Beginning
(488) - دیوان سهمی (P.)
The Dywan of Sahmy of Bokhara, (see p. 59 supra).
Contents: Short Mathnawies and Qacydahs in praise of the nobles of Akbar’s court. ۱ Beginning
ای شده از جود تو پیدا وجود باعث بود همه اطف تو بود Ghazals and a few chronograms, one for 973. بروز ase ميل فئل من شد ان جفا جو ,| Beginning چه لطفت ای که با ميمیکند قربان شوملوڑا Méty Maral, 212 pp. 2 bayts, a splendid copy.
(489) دیو نساعی (P.) The Dywan of Saiy. He gives us the date 1071 of the Dywan in the first verse. تاریخ کناب چون تصور کردم پیر خردم گفت بگیر از غم آل It appears from this date that he is not identical with 5417 Kashany whom Samy mentions. 4 ا
554 PERSIAN POETRY. ] 011۸۳. I1.
Contents: Ghazals about 400 pp. miscellaneous poems 42 pp. of 17 bayts, the margin is generally covered with text.
The beginning: is wanting, first verse rhyming in b. ایم رری بدرگا: یا حبیوسہا say)!
As. Soc. No. 440, much injured.
و جا دیواں سالك بزدي )490(
The Dywan of Salik Yazdy, who died in 1081 (see pp. 111, 124, 97, 150 supra).
Contents: Qacydahs in praise of Shah-jahan, Shah Cafyy, &c. chronograms, one for 1063; Ghazals, 490 pp. 15 bayts, about 50 Ruba’ys. Beginning of Ghazals:
خدارندا به بخشای مس شيداي *جنون را که فرسودم باشک واه یکس رکوہ وهامون را Ma/all, a splendid copy. 16+7(
The Dywan of Salim. He collected it in 1082.
ev oan ایی es محاني gly; نسم دك نهاني
We may therefore safely identify him with Lutf Allah Sdlim (see pp. 108, 115 supra), though I have not com- pared the quotations.
Contents: Ghazals, 180 pp. 13 bayts; Ruba’ys, Qacy- dahs, short Mathnawies and chronograms, one of the earliest for 1056. Beginning باشد مطاح دیرانما all) فال عشرت میکشاید مطاع دیواں ما مل بسم
Moty Mahall, a bad copy. A fragment of a Dywan of Salim, perhaps not the same, is in the Tépkhanah, it contains Ghazals about 25 pp.
No. 492. ] SALMA N. 555
15 bayts, and a few Rubiys’, it was written in 1124, and the first Ghazal rhyming in b begins, (the beginning of the book is wanting,)
چمن طوفاني فيض و "جلي بی نقاب امشب
The Dywan of Jamal aldyn Mohammad Salman of Sawah, a son of Khwajah ‘ala aldyn who was governor of some town of the ‘iraq. He early entered the service of Amyr Shaykh Hasan Niyan and his beautiful and talent- ed wife Dilshad Khatin, and instructed them and their son Suléin Oways in poetry. He remained attached to this family his whole life, and had the mortification to see Oways carried to the grave. He was snatched away in 765 (see p. 72 supra) in his best years. Salman died in 769 and according to others in 799, and left besides this Dywan, two Mathnawies جمشید و خوشید and فراق نامه (Khéset ; Ouseley, p. 117).
Contents: Qacydahs, most of them in praise of Sultan Oways, 236 pp. of 26 bayts, uot alphabetically arranged.
هردل که در هوای Gaye جال یافت Beginning
عدقای rier دوجهان زیر قال یافت
Ghazals, 220 pages 24 bayts, alphabetically arranged.
مگس وار از سر خون وصل خود مران ما را Beginning
نھ مهمان نو ام اخر !خوان ررزی بخوان ما را
In one copy, there are some Ruba’ys at the end.
Méty Madall, two copies, one very splendid. In the As. Soc. No. 188, is a fine copy of the Dywan of Salman which is fuller than the Lucnow copies, it commences (Yo! ( .قدم ده بر سرهسفي که هست پایة ادبي The Ghazal which is the first in the Lucnow copies is here the seventh, they begin حسن و بکشاید نقاب از چر5 دعوی را ‘pr It also contains Qir ahs, 50 pp. of 18 bayts, a Tarjy’band, &e.
آصف gl رشیه G=! والدین 837 هست Beginning
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556 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. I1.
(493) سلیم leo (P.)
The Dywan of Mokammad Quly Salym, who died in 1057 (see pp. 123, 90, 111 supra).
Contents: a Mathnawy in praise of Shahjahan, on the expedition against Assam, description of Gujrat, &e 94 pp. 19 bayts.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم هست عصای رہ طبع سلیم Beginning
Qacydahs in praise of the Imams, Shah ’abbas, &c 74 ۰ Beginning اگربرم بسوی چشم اشکبار انگشت چو ماه نو شود الوده غجار انگشت
Ghazals, 378 pp. 16 bayts, in another copy 524 pp. 11 bayts. | Beginning
دلا تونی کہ بکار خودت کزید خدا برای عشق بداذت نیافریه خدا
Minor poems, 32 pages. In one copy is also a Math- nawy on predestination فضا و قدر 134 pp. 13 lines.
شذیدم روزی از خونابه نوشي چو گل از پاره تی خرقه پرشي Bg.
The Qaçydahs begin in this copy معفنی رنگیں jl ,مسافریست فلم که
Makrall, two good copies; As. Soc. Nos. 252, 576, 875. 7ا16(
(494) قصایں سلیمی (P.)
The Qacydahs of Hasan Salymy. He was originally a revenue collector ; on one occasion he wrote an assign- ment on the property of a widow. The poor woman came to him and asked him by whose orders he had thus disposed of part of her little all; he answered, By order of Sayyid Fakhr aldyn the governor of the province. “And will his authority,” said the widow, “ protect you on the day of judgment?” These words made so deep an impression upon him that he gave up his office and
No. 496. ] SANA'Y. 557
devoted himself entirely to the service of God; he made the pilgrimage to Makkah where he stayed a long while, and to the tombs of the Imams. He died in 854 and left besides these Qacydahs a .ولادت نامه
Contents: Qacydahs in praise of the Imams: one Qacydah has the following heading: it was composed on the road to Mashhad on the 27th Rajab, 847, it is an imitation of a poem of Mawlana Hasan Kashy. Bg. قدیم dy dal, Gly قدوم dy?) بسم الله الرحهن الرحيم Bol) ye اول
Méty Marall, 576 pp. 15 bayts; Tépkhénah about 400 ۰ 15 bayts.
(495) دیوان سامي (P.) The Dywan of Samy. It consists of Qacydahs 72 pp.
15 bayts. Beginning
قبل کل الکلام حمد الله خالق العرش ل اله سواه Ghazals, 251 pp. 13 bayts and a few Ruba’ys, &c. Bg. الله اکبرایی چه جلال است رکبریا کزدک فہم و وم وراي هست یاورا Fara/-bakhsh, a good copy. -
(496) حدبقة الحقيقة تصنیف سفائی (P.)
The Garden of Verity, by Hakym Abi-l-Majd 4 b. Xdam Sandy of Ghaznah. He began his career by singing the praise of princes, subsequently he became one of the most profound Ciify poets, being second in merit only to Jalal aldyn Rimy. His spiritual guide
was Yasof Hamadany a pupil of Abû ’alyy Farmady (see Jamy Nafahat, No. 426). It is said that Suléan Bahram
an
558 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. IT.
Shah offered him his sister in marriage, but he refused to marry her. He completed the Hadyqah according to my copies in 535.
پانصد و سي و چار رفنه زعام پانصد و سي و بذج گشت تمام
In one Lucnow copy instead of سي و چار 1S بست و پد and in another بست و چا I have not noted any variant in the second micra’, probably there is none. Accord- ing to Jamy Nafabdt No. 563, Khajy Khalyfah (who probably followed Jamy) and Hammer W. Jahrb. Vol. 65, A. B. p. 1, he completed it in 524, and according to the first mentioned authority, and the author of the Haft Iqlym, he died the same year. Taqyy Kashy places his death in 545, and Dawlat-shah and Hammer Gesch. d. Sehdnen Redek. Pers, p. 102 and Sir G. Ouseley, in 576. He left besides the Hadyqah six smaller Mathnawies in the same measure, their names are, according to Bland, Siyar al’obbad, Taryq altakqyg, Kar-namah, ’ishq- namah, ’aql-namah; Khoshgti adds to these titles Kanz alromtiz, he also left about 30,000 verses of Qacydahs and minor poems.
The book is divided into ten chapters, some copies have a preface in prose.
اي درون پرور وڊ ون آراي Beginning of the poem
Méty Madall, several copies, 520 pp. of 18 bayts ; Asiatic Society, Nos. 944, 1426, 296, 1390, 595 (with notes), 1167 with a voca- bulary ; I have a splendid copy which was written in 874. The copies differ much from each other, but care has been taken at an early time to preserve the genuine text; Jamaly Ardastany went on purpose to Ghaznah to obtain the autograph copy of Sanay and brought it to his native country. _Myrza’azyz Khan Kékah who had the title of Khane A’tzam possessed a copy, which had been written in 617. ’abd al-Latyf 0۰ ’abd Allah ’abbasy (see p. 494 swpra) bor-
rowed in 1035 this copy, transcribed it and compared it with another ancient MS. marked the variants and made notes to it on the
No. 499.1 SAQQA’. 559
margin,in 1067 this corrected text was transeribed with great care, and this transcript is in my possession. In the Asiatic Society, No. 956, is a MS, lettered کلیات سخائي it contains besides the Hadyqah (with which as the leaves are transposed, some of the minor Mathnawies may be mixed up) Qacydahs, Ghazals, Riba’ys, &c. 552 pp. of 23 bay ts. Beginning تو بوسقانها ob اي در دل مشنافان از
(497) isle شرح حدیقه حکیم (P.)
A commentary on the Hadyqah of Hakym Sanay, by Mohammad Nir Allah Afhrary Ghaznawy (see pp. 493 and 550.)
العمد لله الذي جعل قالوب الازلياء حدایق ذات إجة Bg.
Private collection A. about 300 pp. 17 lines.
(498) رق بهار دلها تستیف سافی The Spring of the Hearts, a short Mathnawy in praise of Acaf aldawlah, by Saqiy (see p. 285 supra).
گویم اول حمد GIS جہاں کرد پیدا ار زمیر و اسمان Bg. As. Soc. No. 487, 48 pp. of 18 ۰
(499) دیواں سقا (P.)
The Dywan of Darwysh Saqqa of Bokhara (see pp. 59 and 78 supra). He died in 1003—41=962 as appears from the following chronogram recorded in the Nafayis almathir :
درد is”, 3 عم ان یاد کار جودان رنت از جہان فاني jut! سوي عقبی چون دید ازبی گلستان بري ر فا ندارد ان سرو قد موزون . فردوس کرد: مارا
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560 PERSIAN POETRY. ] )11 ۸۲۰ II.
ای گل چوزین چمں رفت برسید ان زتاریخ کردان بگفت سقا این el مادد بی ما Contents: Ghazals and at the end some Qifahs and Rubd’ys, among the Qif ahs is a chronogram for 955. چون عددلیب بی کل روبش, بصد وا Beginning دارم فغاىی و الغ بدرکاه bas Moty Mahall, 222 pp. of 15 bayts. In the Moty Mahall and in the Asiatic Society Nos. 251 and 365, is a Dywan of Saqqé (I ascer- tained the identity, by comparing the quotation in Badawny) in which the above verse is not contained. The latter copy (No. 365)
contains besides Ghazals and a few Ruba’ys, three short Mathnawies, the last of which has the title of .مغني نامه Beginning of Dywan ۰
" پا زسر کرده براه طلبش حیرانم که من قطره کچا و هوس عمانم در ائیذه*روی ڏو دیدیم هوید! Beginning of Ghazals
(500) دیوان ساطع (P.) The Dywan of Sati’. He is probably identical with
the poet mentioned in pp. 123 and 156, in the latter pas-
sage his takhalluc is by a mistake spelled Saty’. Contents: Ghazals, 100 pp.; Qacydahs, 45 pp. Beginning باب و رنگ حمدت بگ گل کرداری زبانم را Tépkhanah.
(501) کیان شعن (P.)
The Dywan of Sa’yd Khan Korayshy. He first col- lected his poems at the request of his patron Sultan Morad-bakhsh in 1063. A fair copy with farther additions was made in 1071. The author of the Hamyshah Bahar has two poets of the takhallu¢ of Sa’yd (see pp. 123 and 124) who it appears are identical, the quotations from both being found in this Dywan. -
No. 502.[ SAYF ۰ 561
Contents : Three prefaces in prose, the first by another pen and the last consisting of dotless words, 76 pp. of 14 lines; Qacydahs and Qifahs in praise of Sultan Morad- bakhsh, Shah-shuja’, Ni’mat Allah (of Narnawl), Mo’yn aldyn Hasan Sinjary (a saint), Khwajah Mosammad Ridhay Cubhy (a poet), &c. with several chronograms, 125 pp. Beginning of Qacydahs:
ای شکر نعمت توبرون از حسابها ات مفزه از اثر انقلا بها
Ghazals about 100 pp. ; Ruba’ys some addressed to Anand Ray, a poet whose takhalluç was Hindi, 15 pp. و Mathnawies, minor poems (some by Hindû) and letters in prose about 100 pp. Beginning حمد خداست جوھرتیغ زبانما زآن کرده نتم مالك معانی بیادما As. Soc. 351, a very good ۰
)502( کلیاث سیف الد (P.)
The poetical works of Sayf aldyn A’raj (the lame) of Isfaranj or Isfarah اسعره in Transoxania. He was pa- tronized by the Khwarezm-shahians. Dawlat-shah and Khoshgti think that his patron was Y1-arslûan (reigned ac- cording to Abu-lfida from 551 to 568) but the author of the Kholacah states that he lived at the court of Takash the son of Yl-arslan and of his son Mokammad who is called Sinjar II. and reigned from 589 to 617. This statement is confirmed by the Dywan, most Qacydahs are in praise of Sultan ’ala aldyn Sinjar, and some are in praise of Mahmud a younger brother of Takash. Towards the end of his life he gave himself up to ascetic exercises and took Sayf aldyn Bakharsy who died in 648 or 650 as his spiritual guide. The above dates fix the time when he flourished with sufficient accuracy, and on their
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562 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. IL.
strength we at once reject the statement of Wélih—that he died in 573, and that of the Biyédh of the As. Soc. No. 931, that he died in 569, but Taqyy Kashy must be equally wrong in stating that he died in 666 at the age of 85 years, and consequently that he was born in 581, it is likely that 666 is a clerical error. His Dywan consists of about 10,000 verses. It contains Qacydahs: Beginning خرد خطیب نوراني رلوے اروام احسانش نوشته در رموز وهم عشر آیات برهانش Moty Mahall, 418 pp. of 21 bayts, a splendid copy written in
1020. I have a copy in which the above verse is nearly in the middle of the book, it begins اسرار ما cos شب چو بر دارد حچاب از
(503) dos” تربیت امه تصنیف سین (P.)
The book of education, composed in 988 by Amyr Sayyid Mokammad. It is possible that the date of the demise of Fikry (see p. 405 supra) is erroneously stated by biographers and that the author is identical with Fikry. It contains the instructions which the author received from his Pyr or spiritual guide.
افتثاح سخ بذکر خدا شرف ه«ردل است ذکرخد! Beginning
Tépkhénah, about 100 pp. of 11 lines.
(504) مثنوي ملا شافي (P.) Description of the Miraj and mystical reflexions. Beginning #ي آب عشقي در قلم ریز As. Soe. No. 10, about 200 verses.
(505) شغیع dox* تنكرة الاعچا زلصنیف (P.) Record of the miracles of the Imams, by Mohammad Shafy’ Bég. Beginning
,خدایا جہاندار شاهی تراست ُناي تو ور نطق ل انتہا ست Tépkhénah, 260 pp. of 16 ۰ 2
No. 506. ] SHA’ HY. 563
(506) دیوان شاهي Us? (P.)
The Dywan of Aqa Malik Shahy, who is usually called Amyr Shahy, because he was descended of the noble family of Sarabdar. He had originally the takhalluc of Aqa Malik. During the reign of Baysangor, he spent his time at Sabzwar and being an agreeable companion, and accomplished in painting and music, he was much at court, but owing to a slight which he received, he retired to his ancestral estates which were restored to him by the king. Towards the end of his life he was sent by Sultan Babar the son and successor of Baysanqor to Astrabad to make a drawing of his palaces, and he died in that city in 857 more than seventy years of age. (Taqyy Kashy, No. 123; Khosgt I. No. 311; Dawlat-shah, 7, 1 ; see also supra p. 79). According to a note in the commencement of the Dywan he died in 825. The statements of the Mirat alkhiyal, p. 96, and of the Atishkadah, p. 111, which place his death in 859, and 467 are to be considered as typographical errors. Taqyy Kashy says that out of 12,000 verses which he composed, only 1000 have been preserved, this agrees with the statement contained in a note in the commencement of the MS.
Contents: Ghazals not alphabetically arranged.
اي نقش بسنه نام خطت باسرشت ما Beginning
Moty Mahall, 12mo. 100 pp. of 10 bayts, a splendid copy; As. Soc. Nos. 677, 921, written in 901, very splendid. I have a copy of
969. There is also an incomplete copy in the Tépkhanah, 50 pp. 11 bayts, which begins,
بیا اي از خط سبزت هزاران داغ بر دل) برو کز اشک مشناقان !خون اغشتہ مفزلہا
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564 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. IT.
(507) دپوان شانی (P.)
The Dywan of Shany. He was of the Uymaq Takli
Turks and lived sometimes at Ray and sometimes at Hamadan (see pp. 42, 94, 142 supra).
Contents: Ghazals, 170 pp. 15 bayts; Qacydahs, 171 pp. Beginning نمیرسد بلب ذشنه سلسبیل مرا اگر چه خضر بود وادی سبیل مرا
Méty Mahall; As. Soc. No. 375, this copy opens with a Math- nawy in praise of Shah ’abbas, 36 pp. of 17 bayts.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحچم ماغچۂ رابت اميد و بیم Beginning
The Ghazals are differently arranged, the one with which the Lucnow copy commences is nearly at the end of Alif, they begin,
اي بادای حمد و زمزمه Uke ورای وا
(508) دیوان شاپور (P.)
The Dywan of Shaptr. Walih quotes some verses from this Dywan and says of the author, his name is Archasp, he had first the takhalluc of Firyby and on his return from Persia, he chose that of Shaptr. He is pro- bably identical with Firyby, mentioned in page 407 supra. He was a friend of Taqyy Awhady. In the Hamyshah Bahar (see p. 124 supra) are also some verses quoted which are found in this Dywan, but the quotations which occur in the Atishkadah, p. 535 are not found in the Dywan.
Contents: Qacydahs, 34 pp. of 20 bayts. Bg. چه مزده دارد ازان شاخگلنسیم بہار که رقص میکندازشوق برسر مدستار
Ghazals, 50 pp. 30 bayts; few Ruba’ys, &c. 20 ۰
Beginning رابل نگردد جان فزاي لعل جانان را hs;
رخاعیت بیندازد غبار اب حیوان را As. Soc. No. 876; Tépkhanah, there is another copy in the same
collection containing merely the Ghazals, 116 pp. 24 bayts; the Dywaén of Ghazals is also in the Moty Mahall, 54 pp. 21 lines.
برد Bly! عدم درد ۳چر بار مرا Beginning
No. 509. | SHARAF. 565
(509) بوعلی قلندر poll دیوان شرف (P.)
The Dywan of Shah Shaykh Sharaf aldyn Abû ’alyy, who was familiarly called Qalandar. He was a native of the ’iraq, but came at the age of four years to Dilly to visit the tomb of Qotob aldyn and was brought up under the care of the holy men of that city as a saint. After he had been twenty years under their tuition, and after he had spent twenty years more in prayers and devotion, he went to see the world, and on his journeys he made the acquaintance of Shams Tabryz and Mawlawy Jalal aldyn Rûmy. After his return to India he lived in seclusion. He died in 724 and is buried at Panypat (Khoshgt, I. N. 227). I believe the Makhdtim-zadahs, one of the four castes of Musalmans who inhabit Panypat are descended from him. They do not condescend to intermarry with any other caste of Musalmans, their sole occupation was to attend at the tomb of their ancestor, and they were richly endowed for it by the emperors, some of their jagyrs or rent free lands they possess up to this day. ’abd al-Haqq Dihlawy, Akhbar alakhyar, p. 278, says that the حکم نام شی شرفالدیں is ascribed to him, but he does not consider it genuine, but his مکتوبات or letters are considered genuine.
Contents: Ghazals, in which he uses the takhalluc of Sharaf, Qalandar and ۰
Beginning پوجد عرماني نی الدھر sal al) dss]
Moty Mahall, 11 pp. of 52 bayts. There is also a Mathnawy
-ascribed to this saint, it has been lithographed at Lucnow, Suléan-
21۳02/601 press, 1266, 19 pp. of 21 bayts. Beginning مرحبا اي بابل باغ کهن از گل رعنا بگو با ما صغن
ge,
arth or
ہو چک ی سنوی ۳ _ 5
566 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
)510( الله شرف one دیوان (P.)
The Dywan of ’abd Allah b. Fadhl Allah Sharaf of Shyraz who had the title of Waccafe Hadhrat. He is the author of the تاریخ وصاف which he dedicated to Sultan Mohammad Khoda-bandah and, adds WaAlih, some learned men ascribe to him also the ¢=** gy which is dedicated to Nucrat aldyn Atabak. According to Ouseley, Pers. Poets, p. 230, these two works are identical. (See also Hammer Schdene Redek. Pers. .جح 243).
Contents: preface in prose, written in 693.
حمد و سپاس باخلاص موفور شحو Beginning
Qaçydahs and Qifahs in praise of thé Imams and princes, not alphabetically arranged. Beginning اي ذات لابزال تو مستلزم بقا وی وصف کبرياي تو فعال ما يشا
Moty العمعالا about 134 pp. of 24 bayts. In the Tépkhénah is a Dywan of a poet of the takhallug of Sharaf, containing Qaçydahs and Ghazals, 120 pp. 13 bayts. Beginning
اي ذاث تو با wld رسول sont توأم مقصوو و جود تو زاتجاد دوعاام
(511) دیوان شرف (P.) The Dywan of Sharafe Jahan, his father Qadhiye Jahan held a high appointment at the court of, Shah Tahmasp, but being suspected of being a Sunny, he was deprived of it. Sharaf died in 968 (see pp. 50, 79, 22). Contents: Ghazals and three Ruba’ys. Bg. اي شوق دیدات سبب <*"جوي ما هردم فزرد در طلبت ارزويما As. Soc. No. 912, 58 pp. of 12 bayts, this copy was written by
Jeswant Singh Parwdnah (see p. 296 supré) in 1196, in the first page is a biography of Sharaf taken from Taqyy Kashy. In the same
No. 513.] 8 1 17. 567
collection, No. 1169, is a very elegant old copy of this Dywén, which contains also some Qacydahs, &c. Beginning جان ازبیجانان گرد روز و شب درطلبش بی سرو سامانگردن ۹1 Wand] وۆت
In the Méty Mahall is a copy of this Dywûn, with a preface by Çadr Hosayny who collected the Dywan, it begins:
السلام ای سایہ حق افذاب شرع و دیس
مس سام س الہ ہو
(512) دیوان شریف کاشی (P.) The Dywan of Sharyf Kashy (see pp. 26, 124). Contents: Ghazals, 350 pp. of 14 bayts; Ruba’ys
40 pp. Beginning بُسم الله اي شریف رقم :خش نامه را Qacydahs, Qif'ahs and Tarjy’bands in praise of the
Imams, Mohammad Qotob Shah, the Khankhanan, Ha:
kym Humam, &c. about 400 pp.
Beginning چرخ برآورد خنجرش wit از ee The Loves of Khosraw and Shyryn, a Mathnawy about 200 pp. Beginning و معاني را بیازي Bal خداوندا ز طبعم عقده بکشاي زکلکم As. Soc. No. 1405, a good copy, written for Qotob Shéh, at Hay- 02۳۸040 in 1026.
Se re et
(513) دیوان شریفا (P.)
The Dywan of Sharyf, a brother of Abti-lma’aliy, who was Wagqiah-nawys, and accompanied for some time Zabar-dast Khan.
Contents: Ghazals, 15 pp. of 11 bayts; a Mathnawy, some epigrams and chronograms for 1089, 1090, 1091, 12 pp.
بدست تست پا cs معناح در دلہا Beginning
Méty Marall, 12mo.
568 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
و یتک دل تصنیف oom? شریف حقانی )514( Spectacles of the Heart, being a mystical and ethical poem by Mohammad Sharyf Haqany. The date of the composition is recorded in these two verses. اختنام لسعه را از ماه و سال جستم ار پیر خرد کفت این مقال راہ فيض آمد چو از تاریخ آن از عناینبای حق فیضی رسان ای فر اتر زحمد ر ازادراک وازچهوچون چندذاتتوپاک Bg. Moty Mahall, 240 pp. 11 bayts.
(515( ”عمد شریف wo مثنوی (P.)
A Mathnawy of Myr Mohammad Sharyf Sharyf, con- taining felicitations on the accession of Ghaziy aldyn
Haydar, (A. H. 1229). Bg. مظربا خوش نوا ساز کن by Méty Mahall, 18 pp. of 8 bayts, a splendid copy.
(516) دیوان شوکت (P.) Dywan of Molla Shawkat of Bokhara. He came in 1088 to Herat, and entered the service of Cafyy Quly Khan Shamli, thence he proceeded to Mashhad where he was supported by Myrza Sa’d aldyn Mohammad, the governor of Khorasan. He died at Ispahan in 1107 (Walih). The author gives us the date of his Dywan, 1093, in a chronogram. دولت wy asi کشت رضا شف صغری آورد ازو cops E بی انقصان شد چو یافت زو بی نقصان تاریۓ نججه حیا و عصست Qaçydahs, 44 pp. 15 bayts, mostly in praise of 0 aldyn Khan. Beginning از بسکه رت رنگ جذوی بر سرم هوا Ghazals, 336 pp. 13 bayts; Ruba’ys, 10 ۰
No. 518.] SHA’ YIQ. 569
خدایا رنگ تاثبری کرات کن فغانم را Beginning
۱ بموج اشك بابل آب ده تیغ زبانم را ` Méty Madall, a good copy; Tépkhénah, containing Ghazals, 225 pp. of 15 ۰
مس سو
ان دیوان شایق )517(
Dywan of Myr Gholam Hosayn b. Sayyid Fath ۴
Radhawy Jalisy Shdyig, who flourished under Ghaziy aldyn Haydar, reigned 1229—1242,
' Contents: a Mathnawy containing stories, 35 pp. Beginning بذور یقیں (Js دیس ضیا :خش wee بنام خداوند .Qaçydahs, mostly in praise of the Imams, 25 pp. Bg. نورزخش مهرو ماه ولولوء (اسني جلوه سازگلشیوهم لعلوهم خاراستي
Ghazals, 120 pp. 10 ۰ Beginning را ad بدرن عشق تو دادم چو دیں و دنیا را بریده ام زدل خویشتن
Ruba’ys and chronograms, among the latter, one on the death of Myrza Jan Tapish—1220. ~ Beginning ناکاه صدای زد با درد و بکا هاتف حلا بهسوف آمد ماه خی ازدو ۱ Moéty Marall, a magnificent copy.
(518) cee? گلزار (P.) _ The Garden of Love, a Mathnawy in praise of Farrokh- siyar, composed in 1130; chronogram ,خلمودت It is not clear who the author is, but from a verse in the con- clusion, it would appear that his takhallug was Shaykh. تور انگشت کارش ززخم فاخن of زی افسانه بس oot child ہد Bg. ,را عشق, مانومل " بطافم نه چراع برق فانوش Jo Usd Tépkhénah, about 100 pp. of 13 bayts, 06 4D
7 O ہے
= ٠ od ad
570. PERSIAN POETRY. ] 011۸۳. II:
ہس ا وو و و ور (i)
- Complete poetical works of the physician Sharaf aldyn Hasan Shifayiy, who died in 1037 (see pp. 90, 28, 150). Contents: بیدیدار fas A Mathnawy, composed in 990, 46 pp. of 40 bayts. _ Beginning بدست حکیم Cente’) بسم الله الرحس الرحیم تيغ مہرو عبت Another Mathnawy, composed in 1021, 50 pp. of 40 bayts. ۱ ۱ جم زو مود این جه مهر as که نا rite: یں یلوس که هم این نس مهر است تاریخ és فھان, فکر باطل کندم از . Beginning الي از سرعاشق نوازي دای ده کاردا عشقبازي A Mathnawy (Namakdane Haqyqat?) 38 pp. _ Beginning زار طرز راهدمای Seis اي بشھد سخ ملاحت سای , Another Mathnawy of only 6 pages. Beginning ,ای درد تو تعفة العرافیی Qacydahs, 52 pp. of 48 bayts. | 0 Beginning دانش, yb; معلم فطرت عالیست می طفل Ghazals, 200 pp.; Ruba’ys, ay ا 40 pp. _ Beginning خیلابت 7 Gyo تو شانه مقلات مشاطه cad ي As. 806. Nos. 115 and 795 (containing only the first Mathnawy) ; : Méty Marall, 506 pp. of 17 bayts containing only Ghazals, they begin in this copy: اي زده برتر از کمان خیمة كبرباي را دست بتو کچا رسد عقل شکسنه پاي را
2 <3
(520) | ظفر نامه ۱ (P.)
The Book of ا نت being a تزا account of the military career of General Lake (?) لاف by Shimbhitys ‘Brahman.
Beginning vj کن بای آن دوز ولان 02 کشت 7 ا و As. Soc. No. 200, 131 pp. of 11 bayts, a splendid copy. .
No..523.] .7 SINJAR. 571
(521) حکیم شهرت E (PD
The Dywéan of Hakym Shaykh Hosayn Shohrat, who died in 1149 (see supra pp. 124, 156, 150).
Contents: Qacydahs, 16 pp. 17 bayts; Ghazals, 248 pp. 13 bayts : By ys and Mokhammas’, 25 pp. 10 she Beginning. زیت بخش دیوان بیانم را all آلہی اشنای نام خود گردان . ما زیم _ Tépkhénah ; As. Soc. No. 573; a copy in the Farah-bakhsh does not contain the Qacydahs. ~
Seay Gt O 2 (P.) The Dywan af Shyry of Kékéwil ا a a son of ’abd.
al- Hayy (see supra pp. 59 and 90).. ۱ Contents: Qaçydahs in praise of God and Akbar,
alphabetically arranged, 128 pp. of 17 bayts. Be. چنا فریفنۂ شد دل جمال سلمي را 31 با دل است بدرکشنگي تسلي را ‘Ghazals: 40 pp. and about 60 Ruba’ys. Be.
گرمہرنیندیشیي یارب چه کنند آنہا کزد ست غمت پرخویدارند گریبافپا Madall, a correct copy written in 1040. ۱۱۵/۲
رم دیوان یر وہ
The Dywan of Mokammad Hashim Sinjar, a son of Haydar of Kashan; as he was particularly strong in making logogriphs, he is called Mo’ammayiy. He died in 1021 (see pp. 123, 150 supra and A’tishk. p. 438). ` . Contents: Qacydahs, 70 pp. of 15 bayts. ۰
Bg. دریغ ودرد که کردم بسی اخود تدبیر SR
Ghazals, 196 pp. of 11 وا i رما Beginning
اختیار خود. داږي هرچه .میكني ما را 2 و 4
1 ۲ a ہو سی وف یساش ر یم
—
ىک ضار و سس ینسیے ۳
572: PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. 7
Méty Madall, two copies, in one of them and in the beautiful copy. of the As. Soc. No. 513, and in my copy the Ghazals begin :
ell گنم معني ده دل گوهز فروشم را
/ In the Society’s copy are at the end, short Mathnawies, 80 pp. of 15 bayts (incomplete); the first has the title of Saqiy-némah and
the others are رمناجات one contains the story of Shyryn.
(524) دیوان سیادت 1 Tbe Dywan of Myr Jalal aldyn Siyddat, a son of Myr Jamal aldyn Mokaddith (see pp. 124, 129, 107). He flourished in 1081, as we learn from the following chro- nogram which occurs among his poems. Bg. de] نارتخش مکان عشرت &S عيش و راحت آمد isl Contents: Ghazals, 162 pp. 13 bayts ; Ruba’ys, &e.
16 pp. Beginning
Tépkhanah ; Moty Mahall, 266 pp. 15 bayts.
(525) hee دیوان (P.)
The Dywan of Nitzam aldyn Ahmad Shaykham مور
hayly, who died in 907 (see pp. 78 and 20).
Contents: Ghazals about 200 pp. of 17 bayts, at the end a short Mathnawy and some سس ا سین
کس a a تا بک ي اع ام Beginning fi
As. Soe. No. 1 2 fine copy ‘eatin in 999.
(526) دیواں سغنور (P.): The Dywan of Sokhonwar. It contains merely Gha- zals. ۱ Begirining
اي اسم اعظم تو بہھل atl le gle yo’ بنام پاك توگویا Legh; collection, 2 128 pp. 17 ۰
10۵. 1 . SU ۰ ۱ 573
(527) : کلیانی «روري (P.) ° Complete poetical works of Radhyy aldyn Soriry, who was usually called Gholam Mortadha. He was from the age of seven to seventeen a pupil of Mu’jiz, and after his death he was instructed by his own brother Gholam Moctafa Maftin, but Maftin died about 1168 at the age of thirty, and after that he had no instruction.’ He com- posed besides these Persian poems from 10,000 to 12,000 Rékhtah verses. He was still alive and resided at Luc- now in 1211. ۱
Contents: Qacydahs, 60 pp. of 50 bayts; Mokham- mas’, 38 pp.; a Mathnawy, 22 pp.
اي نام تو ورن هر دهانها عاجز زئناینو زبانها Beginning Ghazals, 488 pp. and miscellaneous poems, 14 pp. ~
Beginning درد عشقي ده ذل و جان سررری زا Was
بحسن خویش بکشا چشم حبران سررري زا
. 1 have the autograph which the author wrote at Lucnow for his son Imam aldyn whose takhallug was Khorram رخورم it is a fine
volume in folio written with great care. Another autograph copy is in the ۱۷۲۵۲۳ ۰
(528) کلیات حکیم سوزنی (P.) Complete Poetical Works of Shams aldyn Mohammad
b. ’alyy Stizany of Samargand. Some say he was of Nasaf Gayhan. He claimed descent from Salman Farisy, a companion of the prophet. When he was a student at Bokhara, he conceived so great a friendship for the apprentice of a needlé-maker, that he himself learned that profession, and he therefore assumed the takhalluc of Sizany. . He is considered the best humoristic poet of his age, but he was not the only one, it seems there were in those days several wits in Ma-wara-Inahr. as
574 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap..II.
Lami’y Bokhary; Shatranjy, Shams Khalah, and Jalaly Tirmidzy who is nick-named Pusare (khare?) Khumkha- nah. He used to write satyres against poets of a more serious turn of mind and to travesty their verses, but when he became older he repented, and chose first Abi-l- Mancir Mãturydy as his spiritual guide, and subsequently he went to Balkh to profit by the spiritual advice of Sanayiy against whom he had been writing doggerels, and he made the pilgrimage with him to Makkah. He died in 569. Besides his humoristic compositions he left Qacydahs in praise of God. Taqyy Kashy has seen 10,000 verses of his (Mohammad ’awfy c. 10; Dawlat- shah 2,10; Taqyy Kashy No. 16).
Contents: chiefly Qacydahs and Qi/ahs in praise of Sultan Sinjar, Sayyid ’ala Je Qadhiy As’ad, &c.
سیاس و منت jl مولی تعالی sda, بر ما Beginning
که بنمود از نیار ما ly ویدار موانا
` Méty Marall, 588 pp. of 20 lines, the sig seems to be divided into two parts; in both the poems are alphabetically arranged, but there are also many poems which do not stand in their place and in the arrangement of which, no plan is perceptible. There is also a copy in the Tépkhénah about 200 pp. of 14 lines containing besides panegyrics, satyres, many of which are very obscene.
ایں تیر بی حیا در WLS انققام بواسطه خر خهخانه نهاده که Beginning
گفنه در سخن ما و سوزني برابرم ی بکون A سرخهخانه در برم تا غاقبت کجا رسد ابن کار بنگرم In the As. Soc. No. 1254, about 500 pp. of 14 bayts, it begins: ۱ . سلطان کسی بود. که زپیلان FLT
(529) Pyne قصائف 3 (P.).
The Qacydahs of Syraty. Some of them are pane-
gyrics on Cadiq Khan and Jafar Khan Razy. . Bg.
خر اغا ر کی از حمد کریم مفعال as ور wl] وجودش نسزد قیل,قال Marall, 126 pp.19 bayts, bound with the Dywan of Nuzhat, 2.567 :
No. 532. | ' TA’ LIB. 575
(530) معراج ایال تصنیف تجلی (P.) Transfiguration of Imagination, a Mathnawy by ’alyy Ridha Tajalliy, an encomiast of Aqa Hosayn Khwan- sary. He died in 1088 (see pp. 110, 150 supra). It is a Sarapa or description of the human figure, 15 pp. 17 bayts. Beginning همای عشق يار Loy بر سرم Added to it are Ghazals, 30 pp. of 14 ۰
زهی از شوق ریت گشتہ کازار چهان Beginning lay ۔ Méty Mahall and Topkhanah.
‘The heen of 000 It contains merely Ghazals. Beginning ۱ گفئوی ما JS; بویتو میدمد
_ Méty Mahall, 110 pp. 14 bayts, the copy ends with dal.
(532) آملی on کلیات ۱ (P.)
Complete poetical ا of Talib of Amol, who died in 1035 or 1036 (see supra pp. 90, 125, 151 and Ouseley, 0. 176).
Contents: Qacydahs in praise of J ere 126 pp. 28 bayts.
چون کج 8 3% خر افسربیان Beginning
Ghazals, 164 pp. 25 bayts; Ruba’ys, 12 pp.
بایمان نکنه می سنجو نمیدائم زبانش را Beginning
Glad فیض الپامی که در یاہم بیانش را" Méty Marall, a good copy; As. Soc. No. 486. In the As. Soe. ۱ No. 847, about 300 pp. of 18 bayts, is a mystical’Mathnawy ascribed
in the fly-page to Talib Amoly ; the word talib occurs several times in the poem, but it is not clear whether it is to be taken as a takhallug.
, ايهاالساقي ,غثني في الغمام : اسقني من جرمة الکاس الکرام Beginning
576 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. II.
(533) چا« es تاو قوان: Sol (P.) The Dywan of ‘abd al-Latyf Khan Tanhd Musawy Shahrastany (see pp. 110 and 119 supra). Contents: Qacydahs, mostly in praise of the Imams, 31 pp. 15 bayts. Beginning دل در ففا موی بریشان او BU Ghazals, 100 pp. 13 bayts, and a short Mathnawy. Bg. کروند بپربادیه چون ریک روانہا WL اي درطلبثٹ هرقدمی سنگ Moty Marall, two copies.
(534) ش نی اوحدي ٹایلک (P.)
Complete. poetical.works of Taqyy b. Mo’yn aldyn ۰ Sa’d aldyn Awhady Hosayny (see p. 95 supra).
Contents: a preface in prose, Qacydahs in praise of the Iméms, 59 pp. 15 bayts; Ghazals, 198 pp. 14 bayts; Ruba’ys, 144 pp. of 10 bayts. Beginning of Ghazals:
شد مطلع نور خدا خوشید انز پاک ما ۰ ,
Tépkhanah, a fair copy; As. Soc. No. 912, an abstract of the Dywaa copied by Jeswant Singh Parwdnah (see page 567 supra) in 1196. Over every poem is written the date and place where the poet composed it, as cit 991, تی وه 1012, Akmadabad, 1021, 1031,
Agra; 1023.
(535) دیوان تسلی (P. 3 The Dywan of Ibrahym Tasalliy of Shyraz. He was originally a whip-maker باف use. After he had taken to poetry he went to India and was supported by Masyh-alzaman. In 1028 he collected his poems and he added some as late as 1029; and in 1032 (not in 1025 as Tahir states) he made the pilgrimage, and he died soon after his return to India. ogy Melty)
No. 537.] TASLYM. 577
Contents: Qacydahs, some in praise of Khwajah Abi- 1-Hasan, 55 pp. of 16 bayts. ۱ Beginning
ا زتائیرسرمای bance; شد چنان کزفزون اد ٣ی را بست مغ زاس ران Ghazals, 240 pp. 13 bayts and about 100 ۵ ۰ زهي فيررزي از دیوان امرت ما ر ماهي )} Beginning Chronogram on the completion of the e
قاریض تمام کردن دیوای چیست گفتا طلب ارتسلي شيرازي Moty Madhall, written in 1029.
(536) ددوان تسلیم (P.) The Dywan of Mokammad Hashim Taslym of Shyraz who came under ’alamgyr to India, (Walih). Contents: a Mathnawy, 45 pp. of 15 bayts. Beginning .الهی رنگ سووای بسر ریز In another copy it begins : شنیدم ررزی از آتشن زباني Qacydahs, 40 pp. Bg. اسکندري skye در جہان ساده لوحي Ghazals, 140 pp. 14 bayts and a chronogram | for 1109. Beginning
اي مطلح مهر تو موزوني bales Px) حس تو رنگيني عخوانها Ma/all, a magnificent copy; Tépkhanah ; As. Soc. No. 1463, 7ا26
this copy contains only the Ghazals.
The Dywan of Myrza Mo/sin Tûthyr, who flourished in 1130 (see pp. 138, 119 supra).
Contents: Ghazals, 372 pp. of 14 bayts, about 100 Ruba’ys; short Mathnawies, one has the title of ں 333), 40 pp. ; Qacydahs, &c. 52 pp. Beginning اي در کف حمد تو سر رشنه عذوانها دارند سر فرازي از نام تو دیوانها
Tépkhénah, an inferior copy.
4 E
578 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHAP. IL.
(538) دیوان تباث (P.) The Dywan of Myr Mohammad ’atzym Thabdt (see p. 154 supra). He died in 1161. Chronogram
نبوں از علی چونکہ يکد م جدا شده سال فوتش علي العظيم Contents: Qacydahs, 28 pp. of 17 bayts; Ghazals, pp. 15 bayts. Beginning of Ghazals: 180 نیٹ است BONS هسنی کلام ما از لوح خاطري ذشود شسکہ نام ما Méty Marall, a good copy.
The Dywan of Myr Afdhal aldyn Mohammad Thabit of Dilly, father of the preceding poet, (see pp. 154, 150, 120). It was collected by his disciple Bande ’alyy.
Contents: Ghazals, 100 pp. 12 bayts; Qacydahs, 78 pp. of 15 bayts, Mokhammas’, Marthiyahs, &c. 24 pp. Bg. مرا y=! کشل چوصبے وصال تو شمع جان مرا برن بمشہد پررانہ
1۱۷۵۲۲ Marall, written in 1146; Tépkhanah.
)540( دیوان ثنائی (P.)
The Dywan of Hosayn Thandyiy of Mashhad a son of Ghiyath aldyn Mohammad, he died in 996 (see pp. 43, 57,120). :
Contents: a preface in prose, in which he narrates what first led him to compose poetry. He says he made it a rule to write on the heading of every poem, the date and occasion on which it was composed.
حمد a6; متکلمان ( بلاغت ؟ ) گذار فصاحت شعار Beginning
Qacydahs in praise of the Imams, Shah Tahmasp,
No. 542. | TZAHYR. 579
Sultan Khalyl, Akbar, the Khan-khandn, &e. 130 pp.
of 14 bayts. Beginning
درررش حس ونارهست بسی خوشنما غمزه بطرزستم عشو برنگ جفا ek. ارم A Mathnawy. I believe it is entitled
Beginning ہغام جهان :خش جان آفربی سرا پردہ افراز چرخ بربی At the end are some Ghazals, Ruba’ys, &c. Bg.
رانديي بخشم از بر خود اي پسرمرا do خار حسرنست wii! درجگ رمرا Moty Madall; Tépkhanah; As. Soc. No. 455.
(541) wil مچمع (P.)
r The Story of Manéhar, a poem by Tzahyr Kirmany, composed in 1162, the chronogram is ۔خلم کلام Beginning مو را کذد گم BLAS بی زمزمه تو اب زمزم سر ` Tépkhanah, about 400 pp. of 25 bayts.
The Dywan of Tzahyr aldyn Tahir b. Mohammad Faryaby. He was a-native of Faryab and a pupil of Rashyd aldyn of Samargand, the author of the romantic poem Mihrii Wafa or “Love and Faith.” He is one of the poets of the Atabeks, and most of his poems are in praise of the Sultan Rokn aldyn Toghril b. Qizil Arslan, Nucrat aldyn Abû Bakr b. Mohammad b. Yldagiz, and Toghan-shah II. He died at Tabryz in A. H. 598, (Hammer, p. 130; Sir G. Ouseley, p. 154; Mohammad awfy cap. 11; Dawlat-shah 2,17; Khizdnah dmirah ; Nafayis almathir).
The Dywan was collected by a contemporary of Majd aldyn (Hamkar) who prefixed a preface to it, in which he
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says: “As I had not the privilege of seeing the poet, I collect his most beautiful thoughts into a book.” The preface begins سپاس بی غایت و آفرین بی نهایت قادري را The Dywan consists chiefly of Qaçydahs, all of which are panegyrics, at the end are a few Qid’ahs which are also panegyrics and a few Ghazals. Beginning سپیده دم چو شد م ”حرم سرای سرور شنیدم آیت توب ی الله از لب حوز Moty Mahall, 66 pp. 44 lines. Printed at Calcutta in 1245, ۰
147 pp. of 23 lines, in some copies the second Qacydah commences with the above verse.
(543) کلیات ظهوری (P.)
Complete poetical works of Nûr aldyn Mohammad Txohtiry of Tarshyz in Khorasan (see pp. 44, 112, 125, 151).
Contents: Saqiy-namah, 120 pp. 29 bayts.
تنا ها همه ایزد پاک را ثریا دہ تارم تاک را Beginning
Another Mathnawy, chiefly in praise of God and the Imams, 35 pp. Beginning
اي بذا ھا همه نہادۂ تو هر کرا هرچه هست داد٤ تو
Ghazals, 250 pp. 35 bayts; another copy, 846 pp. 10°
bayts: Ruba’ys, 39 pp.
ای که خواهد داشت فردا رحمئش دبوان ما Beginning
~ گشتہ و صفش افثاي مطلع دپوان ما
A. complete copy was offered to me for sale; the Saqiy-némah has been lithographed, Lucnow, Mog¢tafay press, 1260-1263, 224 pp. with glosses; As. Soc. No. 664, containing merely the Ghazals, the first verse in this copy is زانکک خواھن الخ : bidem; No. 747, contain- ing the Mathnawies.
No. 540.1" UMMYD: 581
(544) دیوان الفت (P.) The Dywan of Ulfat. According to a pencil note in the fly-page his name was Shah Walyy Allah, but this is not probable, for Shah Walyy Allah had the takhalluç of Ishtiyaq. In another note in the fly-page is written in ink “the late Myrza Mohammad ’alyy whose takhalluç was Ulfat,” andin a third note we read دیواں العت سلمداللۂ from which we might infer that he was still alive in 1805 when this copy was written.
Contents: ده نامه ten letters written between two lovers, a Mathnawy of about 400 verses; Ghazals near 400 pp. of 13 bayts; Ruba’ys, 24 pp. Beginning of Ghazals اي آيني زصحف رریت کنابها
As. Soc. No. 815, written for H. Boileau in 1805.
(545) yl ددوان (P.) The Dywan of Qazalbash Khan Ummyd who died in „ 1159 (see pp. 153, 300, 149 supra). Contents: Qacydahs some in praise of Farrokh-styar and Mofammad Shah, 26 pp. of 15 bayts. تصوبر Ashe شوك کشاد: دل از عم بسیده 6 دلگیر اگر شگفنه کي وید Chorals, 450 pp. 14 bayts; Ruba’ys, Mokhammas’, &c. 20 pp. Beginning سراإسرشمچو مہ روماه گرد یدیم دنیا را ندارد منزل آسايشي دیدیم دنیا را Méty Mafall, written in 1159; As. Soc. No. 1396, written in 1191, containing merely the Ghazals, Ruba’ys, &e.
(546) دیوان عزات (P.) The Dywan of ’abd al-Walyy ’uslat (see p. 301 supra). Contents: a preface in prose ; Qacydahs, Marthiyahs,
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582 PERSIAN POETRY. ] 011۸۳. II.
&c. 36 pp. 15 bayts ; ,single verses from Ghazals two or three of each 130 pp. Beginning of Ghazals: Méty Mahall, a bad copy written in 1169.
(547) مهاراج نامه تصنیف واصلتتان (P.) The Maharaj-namah by Wacil Khan of Kashmyr who came under Mokammad Shah to Dilly. He praises in the preface Acaf aldawlah, Maharajah Narmal Das and Lalah Holas Ray, ۱ Beginning بنام خداوند (حسان و جود که بي جود او نیست کسرا و جود Moty Marall, about 120 pp. of 15 bayts.
(548) حدیله دومیی (P.)
The Second Hadyqah, or an imitation of the poem of Sanay by Warithy. He may be identical with the poet mentioned in p. 40 ۰
کالما فی الوجود لیس سواہ وحده J اله الا الہ Beginning
Moty Mahall, 124 pp. 11 lines, a beautiful copy.
Dywan of Myrza Imam Wirdy Bég Wacily. He was a good calligraph, he lived at Lucnow and was supported by Nawab Shyr-afgan Khan.
Contents: miscellaneous poems; among them chrono- grams, for 1146, 1166, 1178, 1190, 1194, &c. 46 pp. of 15 bayts; Ghazals, about 200 pp.; Ruba’ys, 13 pp.
Beginning of Ghazals دل ما را oS الھی *خزن گنم حقیقی « As. Soe. No. 428. ۲ 1
No. 551.] WA’ ۰ 583,
(550) دیوان واضے (P.)
The Dywan of Aqû ’alyy Acghar Waddhih who was originally a manufacturer of gold-thread (see p. 160, supra). He flourished in 1127, as appears from this chronogram of his:
بپایش سر دشصی افگند و Lia’ جلوس شہفشاہ عادل مباک
Contents : Qacydahs in praise of the Imams, and the amyrs of Jahandar-shah, a son of Jahangyr, 50 4 Ghazals, 140 pp. of 10 bayts, and about 50 Ruba’ys; Beginning of Ghazals: ۱ نگرفت تا عیاں زهوا پد وتاب ما سای برنگ موج نشد اضطراب ما
Moty Marzall, a fine copy.
(551) ae دیوان (P.)
The Dywan of Myrza Mobarak Allah who had the title of Iradat Khan and the takhalluc of Wadhik. He was of a good family, and his grandfather who was an amyr of Jahangyr had equally the title of Iradat Khan, his mother was a daughter of Acaf Khan and he was married to a daughter of his spiritual guide Sinjar who it appears was a great saint of the Naqshbandy order. He was deeply versed in Ctifism and left a Mathnawy in the metre of ۷۵۵۵۶ 4 Zalykha, entitled راز 44») and a commentary on his own Ruba’ys which has the title کلیات طیبات (Arza, and supra pp. 160, 130). ۱
Contents: Ghazals, 332 pp. 13 bayts; Qifahs in praise of Farrokhsiyar, Mohammad Shah and Murshid
Quly Khan, &c.; Ruba’ys 44 pp. among them is a chro- nogram for 1134.
584 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
Bg. کفت واضم برای تاربخش جاں نقوی بنای حمام است
AU) pang اگرپیش نمیبود بیان را ہی جستکجا خضرسخی راہ دهان را
Méty MaAall, a splendid copy; As. Soc. No. 845, 225, containing extracts only. Beginning اي خشك زبان ساخته مقصد طلبانرا
(552) Gs دیوان (P.)
The Dywan of Myrza Sharaf aldyn ’alyy Hosayny Wafé of Qomm, who was familiarly called Agasy 680 he came in 1162 to India and lived in the house of ۰ Talib says that he was still a child when he died.
Contents: a preface in prose, panegyrics on Cafdar- jang and Shah-’élam, 47 pp. 13 bayts.
مباد| چو سس uses let از خانمان خیزد Beginning
Ghazals, 150 pp.; Rabe ye, se idle cel &c. 40 pp.
Beginning خون !جوش آور دمی بخ زیم را use!
برنگین sige دست 7 ۳ بیام را pp. 20 رل A Mathnawy entitled ae sel شور عشقم در سر انداز فروزان اخگرم در جمر انداز Be.
Moty Mahall; As. Soc. No. 987, containing merely the Lildé Mantzim.
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(553) Cher (P.)
The Rose and the Nightingale, a Mathnawy by Diya Nath Wafd, a Kashmyry of Bareilly, composed about 1263 and dedicated to the present king of Oudh. It has a short preface in prose which begins منت خدایرا چل شانه
که قام وحدت ارادتش حرف کثرت برلوے کائذات نوشته نقشه
Lithographed, Lucnow, Mokammady press, 8. A. (1254); on the margin is a Rékhtah Mathnawy entitled Jo مداغ The title is a
شکر و سپاس اوس کریم کارساز حقيفي كاهي chronogram for 1188. Bg.
No. 556. | WAHSHAT. 585 The Dywan of Wahby. : It contains Ghazals, 746 pp. of 17 bayts; Ruba’ys, &c. 40 pp. . Beginning
المي جلوة WS زبور ناک خيالي زا Moty Madall, a fair copy, ۰
a تست
(555) دیواں وحشت CE.)
The Dywan of Wa/shat. I have not been able to identify him. In the fly page he is called Wa/shat ’iraqy.
Contents: Ghazals and a few Ruba’ys.
العهی بی نيازي ده دل غمدیده را Beginning
As. Soc. No. 1082, 510 pp. of 13 bayts. 1 ,
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(556) دیوان ورحدت (P.)
The Dywan of ’abd al-Ahad Wahdat, who was fami- liarly called Shah Gul or Myan Gul. He was a son of Shaykh Moammad 82 ۲۵ and a grandson of Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindy and resided mostly in the Kotlah near Dilly. He died in 1126. Ishtiyaq (see p. 241 supra) was his grandson (see p. 130 supra and Nashtare ’ishq).
Contents: short Qacydahs, 37 pp. of 12 bayts ; Ghazals near 600 pages ; a few Ruba’ys and at the end a Qacydah on Shaykh A/mad, it appears from it that this impostor was born in 1005 and died in 1071.
زهی زکنه کمالت کلیم ناطقہ لال Beginning
As. Soc. No. 724. | ٢
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586 PERSIAN POETRY. [CHaAP. IL.
(557) sete. دیوان (P.) The Dywan of Hajy Tahmasb Quly Wahmy, who flourished in India and died between 1047 and 1057. Contents: Ghazals, 200 pp. of 15 bayts; Ruba’ys, 22 pp. ; Qifahs (among them several chronograms for 1042, 1047, &c.) short Mathnawies, &c. 150 pp. Beginning دبوانها p90 ای حرف وجود تو سر Collection of Mawlawy Mohammad Wajyh, copied in 7 by Ridhé, a son of the author. ۱
(558) کلیات وحشی (P.)
Complete poetical works of Molla Wahshy Bafiqy who died in 992 (see p. 35 supra). The author of the Mirat alkhiyal p. 146 ascribes a Ghazal which begins دوم شم از بول ANS در ple آغار شب to Wahshy Dawlatabady who, he says, died in 1061. This Ghazal occurs in this work and in a copy of Taqyy Kashy which was written in 993, it is therefore very doubtful whether such a Pr as Wahkshy Dawlatabady ever existed.
Contents: Qacydahs, Tarjy’bands and peri 164 pp.
راحت اگر بایدت عزات عنقاطلب Beginning
عزت ازانجا "جوي حردت ۱ }1 «جاطلب
Ghazals, 148 pp. of 15 bayts; Qi? د79 and Ruba’ys, 24 PP. ا 1
A Mathnawy entitled CAR E or it ناظر و 36 pp. 15 bayts. Beginning
خامه برآرد صداي صریر بابل از ME برس زد نغیر ( صغیر 3 )
No. 560.] WALADY. 587
Farhad and Shyryn, a Mathnawy, 80 pp. 13 bayts, Bg. سوز Bod سيذة داي وآن دل wl آفروز در ail سین" دہ ust] (56+7 Mahall; Tépkhanah, in this copy the Qacydahs begin : بك جهان جان خواهم و چندان امان از روز گار , Farhad and Shyryn has been lithographed, Bombay, 1205-1849, 12mo, 95 pp. of 12 bayts; and Calcutta, 8vo. 1249, 68 pp.
(559) ٠, دیواں واعظ (P.) _ The Dywan of Wa'itz. He may be identical with ۸ Qazwyny (see pp. 114, 130, 151) but the verses of that poet quoted in Tadzkirahs are not found in this Dywan. Contents: Ghazals and a few Ruba’ys. : Bg. اي نام ولکشای تو عنوان کارها. خاک درتو آب رخ اعنبارها Méty Marall, 258 pp. of 15 bayts; Tépkhénah; 200 pp.; As. Soc. No. 646, copied in 1088.
(560) ۱ مثنوي ولد (P.)
The Mathnawy of Walady. He informs us that he is a son of Mawlana Rûmy, and that he composed this poem in 690, after he had given to the world a Dywan. His object was to imitate the example of his father and to throw light on his father’s Mathnawy, to which this one stands in the place of a commentary. His own words are سیب انشای مثفويي ولدي در بیان اسرار احدي ان بود که حضرت العق والدیی ”عمد Je ملطان العارفییی موانا Wart, و استادم al بی محمد بی التکسین الجاخي قدسنا الله بسرہ درمثنوی خود قصهای کرد ۳ و کرامات و مقامات ایشان را بیان فرمود: dh اولیای گدشنه ust, ۱ رامات و مقامات خود بون اران ٤ عرضش از قصہای ایشاں ا که همدل و همدم و هم نشیی او بودند مثل سلظان الواصلیی سید برهان وفطي usr! الدیں ٭حقق ترمدی ۲ سلطا ۔المعشوقیں شمس اادیں 4F 2
588 PERSIAN POETRY. ] 0011۸۳. IL.
الاقطاب شی ce الدیں فریدون زر کوب القونوي و زددل السالکین ala ین حسام الدیں حسن ولد اختي. تک القونوي اعظم الله Sd هم احوال خود را و احوال ایشان بواسطه قصهای بسینیان دریفجا درج کرد؟ چنانکه کشت سه خوشنران باشد :کہ pw لبران T iss اید درحدیثٹ دیگران لی یکں چون بعضے را ol زبرئی نبود که مصدوفه حال را فہم کند و غرض اورا ؛ بداند درب مثنوي مقامات و کرامات حضرتش را و ازان مصاحبانش را که he و همدم او بودنه که مقصود pls; آدم os) مقصود زآدم آندم آمن شر ج, کرد شد نامطالعه کنندکان و مستمعان ر معلوم شود که آن همه احوال اٴومضاخیانش بوده است شبہت از ایشان بررد رچرن er? کنند که wr! اوصاف همان ی است BS 93 قصة هاي اپشان فرموں: است معلوم as diss مقصوداش احوال خون و مصاحبانش بود 8 است ا Se آن است !کہ اجه رون قدسنا الله بسرو العزی زفرمود که فصای گذشنگلن است درس مثنوي فصانیست که در زما ن وافع sade است ه ابندا میکنم ہغام خدا موچد Us pile و بقا Beginning As. Soc. No. 1481, 578 pp. of 17 bayts, incomplete.
(561) ددوان واه هرزي (P.) The Dywan of Darwysh Hosayn Walih of Herat. He came to India'‘apparently under Jahangyr, and lived for some .time in Bengal. He was a pupil of ۵ (see p. 390 supra).
Contents: a preface in prose; Qacydahs, Tarjy’ bands and chronograms, 140 pp. of 18 bayts, among the chro- nograms, is one on the death of Facyhy, which it appears from it happened in 1049. Beginning آزادءہ سوي جذت شد ust? قلم بگیر که هنکام فیض مغفردمست نگ
Ghazals, 220 pp. Bg. بشکفان غمگیں دل ما دردمندانرا Glad
Collection of Mawlawy Mohammad Wajyh, a good old copy.
No. 565. | WA LIH. 589
(562) جم الهدا تصٹیف واله (P.) The Star of Guidance, a mystical poem by Walih of
Dfghestan, composed in 1149. Chronogram معذ ي Ao ,لس نے م الهد| ae
زیمت آغاز این فرخ کذاب کشت | ز حمد کردم رستات
As. Soc. No. 833, about 500 pp. of 12 bayts, written in 1192. In the same collection No. 792, 26 pp: of-11 bayts, is another Mathnawy by Walih, which contains a love story and has the title of نام fj مر
Bg. و تیاس حم ر مالك الملک"*" واجب ج Den Oe
(563) | و وان ولی آذشنت بیاسی 4. . Pd The Dywan of Walyy of Dashte, Biyadh, a place in Khorasan.. He was a contemporary of Mohammad Quly
Mayly, and his poems are in Mayly’s style. ' Contents: Ghazals and twenty Rubd’ys. ° ۵
شب دوید فرب درزث Fad ذرکاہ را خوش tas] بوں ۵ ی ناله چانکاه را As. Soc. No. 1060, about 100 pp. of 12 bayts, written in 1196.
(004) ا متنوي . و ي رام Pe) The Mathnawy of Waly Ram, who was usually called Banwily Das. HEIRS
آزان عام شریعت شل معلم شود ترتومب ظاهر نا مسام پانمام رسید مدنوي Tépkhénah, near 100 pp. of 18 lines, postscript: )$2 موحدان احدەیت اساس سوامی ولی رام عرف Lb بذوالیداس سنک oo= ۱۱ i would appear from this that the poet was alive in شاهي or flourished shortly previous to that date. ,1142
(565) دیوان وافف (P.) The Dywan of Nur al’ayn Wagif of Patialah, where his father was Qadhiy, he was a pupil of Arzu and died
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590 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. ۰
about 1190, (see Talib and supra p. 160 but read to whom ( A’rxt) he sent his poems for correction). Contents: Ghazals and Fards, 544 pp. 16 bayts; Mo- khammas’, &c. 50 pp. Beginning بهر سو سازها رفته در هرگوشه زان سارها آوازها IU اي ببزم شوق تو Méty Mahall, written in 1210; As. Soc. No. 1125, a bad copy.
(566) فرهاد و شیریں صنیف وسال (P.) The Loves of Farhad and Shyryn, by the late ۵ Kéchak Wicdl of Shyraz. His son is still alive, and resides at Bombay. ۱ Beginning بر قانوں عشق است sayz هزاران `. Lithographed with Wahshy, Bombay, 1265, 12mo. 126 pp. There has also been lithographed at Bombay, 1260, 12mo. 212 pp. of 11 bayts, the رساله در تعزیة ایمة by Wicdl. It consists of elegies on the Imams and begins اي چرخ این زمان & سنمگار بودة"
(567) ترجیع بنه وصالی (P.) An Elegy on the Imams, by Sayyid ’ala aldyn Wicdly, a modern poet of Khordsén who was settled in Oudh. Beginning ما مقیمان کوی دلداریم Lithographed, Lucnow, Moçtaféy press, 1260, also press of ’alyy- bakhsh, 1260, 16 pp. with short notes.
(568) مثنوی کشف و کرامت (Py Intuition and Miracle, a Mathnawy. The author's name is not mentioned, but the word Ymany aka! is written in red ink, and it is therefore possible that Yman or Ymany was his takhalluc.
No. 571. [ ZAKHMY. 591
نديدي ايمني از دست ap ale نقصان آمد از نقصاں کامل الهی از خودم باري نشان دہ دلم را طافت وصف زبان دہ Bg. Tépkhanah, 8vo. 55 pp. of 11 lines.
(569) دیوان دویم پوسفی مسمی بلطالف النسایم (P.)
The second Dywan of Yisofy, which was collected in 926, chronogram : بود تاریخ او اشعار دانش del چو اشعار لطیفش دلکش, Contents: a preface, Ghazals, 94 pp. of 11 bayts; Ruba’ys and Qifahs, 10 pp. Beginning of Ghazals: حقیقت که مسما هرگز متعده نشود از کثرت اسما ery اي جمله توا Moty ۰
(570) و دیوان زخمي The Persian Dywan of the Rajah Fakhr aldawlah Dabyr almulk Ratan Singh Bahadur Zakhmy. He was a native of Lucnow, where he was minister of Finance, but his property and family were at Bareilly. He died in 1850 or 1851 and left a considerable library. Bg. اي غاه زنام تو برج شاهد فی را پیرایه ز ومف تو عرسا سخن را Lithographed, Lucnow, Mokammady press, 1253, 512 00۰ ۰
(571) موبن المچاهدین ۰ (P.) Assistance to men engaged in religious war, a Math-
nawy by Zayn al’abidyn a son of Sayyid Radhyy of Shushtar. He lived long at Madras and was in the service of Nawab Acaf-jah, subsequently he went to Balaghat and entered the service of Haydar ‘alyy Khan, and finally he became a courtier of T'ypti Sultan, at whose
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592 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. IT.
request he wrote this poem. He died at ۰, (Subfe watn, p. 105). :
Beginning ار جان سپاس بر حرم کبریا pike
As. Soc. No. 1032, about 300 pp. of 11 ۰
(572) دیوان ژ رین همدانی (P.)
The Dywan of مر of Hamadan. Zakyy is his name as well as his takhalluc. He spent the greater part of his life in the service of the Turks of the court of Shah Tahmasp and died in 1030 (see supra pp. 39, 91 and A’tishkadah, p. 343).
Contents: Qacydahs, 126 pp.; a chronogram for 1015 on the death of Shah Qiwam aldyn Hosayn. Bg.
آب use ہٹچد برآتش اشک آتش زاي شعله در زجیر glo موجه SL من Beginning اک 1 Ghazals, 102 pp. of
استینن گر نفہم چشم جگرپلا را ۰ گربه الوده iS دام قر>حرا را
Moéty Marall, a splendid copy written in 1044, Postscript: دیوان وفات یافت ۱۰۳۰ Siw زکي همداني کة در
مس مس سس )
(573) JY هفت آشوب تصنیف (P.)
Seven Mathnawies by Zulaly of Khwansar (see pp. 41, 90 supra). These seven Poems are also called سبعة یار ۱ 0
Contents: a preface in prose by Zoghray, followed by a preface from the pen of Zulaly. The former is wanting
in the copy of the Asiatic Society.
No. 573. ] ZULA’ LY. وو
1. یحمود وابار The History of (11/00۵۸ and Ayaz. He
says he commenced this poem in 1001, نظمش از بظامی ey = use ج این مخشور iain) در
He completed it in 1024.
Chronogram باشد gros? ase الهي
بنام آریی م prays” ابا اف عمش Bile’ داز و نيار اسمت Be:
2. ,حسی و گلوسوز 70 pp. of 15 اھ in the measure OF the Makhzan alasrar divided into 41 chapters مجلوه dedi- cated to Shah ‘abbas and Bagir Damad. Beginning
enn اللۂ الرحدں الرحیم Od مس تن و کلام قدیم
3. وشعله ویدار 52 pp. of 15 bayts, in the metre of the Mathnawy of Mawlana Ramy, divided into 49 chap- ters ala. Bg, نام او تا سر هرنامه شعله ویدار در هنکامه
4. رسلیمان نامه 48 pp. in the metre of the Sikandar- namah. Taqyy Kashy calls this poem ۔سلیمان و بلئیس
بنام جهانگیر دلهای تنگ که آمد سلي انش یك مور لنگ Bg.
5. رآذرو سەخدر 40 pp. in the measure of Layla Majnûn.
نامش عشقست و حسں دففر آنش سافیست کو سمخد ر Be.
6. رعجخانه 60 pp. in the metre of the Jame Jam and the Hadygqah, divided into forty chapters ce
نام او باده سینه »دخانه وهی هر که هست Beginning Stes;
7. خورشید 54:4, 30 pp. in the measure of the 6 alabrar. Beginning
سخلم کرد 8 بنامش جاوید Bd را جوهر ٹیغ خورشید
Beginning of another copy فروز let نام ار کرد مرا
Each of these poems is preceded by a short introduc- tion in prose from the pen of the author.
Méty Mahall, a fine copy written in 1013 (?); Tépkhanah, a good copy; As. Soc. No, 1188, a fine copy, but the poems seem to be much shorter, Lbidem, Nos. 972 and 1205, copies of Makmiid û Ayaz, the latter copy begins پا الهي از عدایات و کرم
4G
نہب | es سی میتت و سا a
594 PERSIAN POETRY. [Cuap. II.
(574) سام نامه (P3 The Sam-némah, a Mathnawy in the style of the Shah- némah, containing the history of Sam by an anonymous author. This copy contains about 30,000 verses. See Mohl’s Livre des Rois. Pref. p. lix. First verse سرایند:" نامه پاسنای چنیی زد رقم اندریی داستان Last verse لعل فام sah شب و روز باهم بشادي وکام کشیدند پس As. Soc. No. Of, 674 pp. folio, written in a clear old hand and
embellished with pictures. It appear to me that this is the second volume of this poem. The poet says in the seventh verse.
یکی واسقاني کنون !5 5905 بگویم که افقد در جان تو شور The first half of the poem contains the story of Tamûr. In folio 145th verse of the book is the passage from the Shah-naéamah with which the Sam-némah described by Dr. Mohl begins, viz. : پس آنگه یکی dive بگذاشتنه همه ماتم وسوگ او واشتند It is very likely that the first part is sometimes considered as a separate work.
(575) Jes! “fons (۳
The story of prince Bakhtyar, a son of the king of Nymruz, in verses. The poet says that having lost his only son, who he had hoped would be his representative after his death, the plan suggested itself to him to write a poem which would immortalize his name. I am unable to promote his view, having not succeeded in finding his name mentioned in the poem, but he gives us the date, 1019, of the composition.
بنام خداي pays و رحبم توانا و داناي و حي کریم Beginning
As. Soc. 1414, 152 pp. 15 bayts, it seems that the copyist a tired before he had completed the poem, the MS. ends abruptly in the story of the ninth Wazyr. The prose version of this story has been published by Sir W. Ouseley, London, 1801, and by Kasimirsky
(lithographed) Paris, 1839; and translated into French by Baron Lescallier, Paris, 1805.
THE THIRD CHAPTER.
WORKS OF ۲۲۲۱۱۱۳۸۲۸ ۱۷ ۳ POETS.
NoTE.—As the table of contents of Rékhtah Tadz- kirahs from p. 195 to p. 306 supra has been alpha- betically arranged with a view to facilitate reference, I thought it superfluous to refer to it in this chapter.
(576) نگارستان عشق تصنیف آباه )11.( ' The Picture gallery of Love being the Dywaãn of Mahdiy Hosayn Khan A’bdd a son of Gholém Ja’far
Khan, collected in 1252.
It contains 232 Ghazals. Beginning نہیں )2 بندوں سے غافل خدا as هی عالم US دو عالم میں Lithographed Lucnow, Mûsawy press, 1263, 53 pp. 5 miçra’s in a
line. His W4sdékhts have been separately printed in 1268, 32 pp.
` The History of Christ, in Rékhtah verses, by Nawab Igtidér aldawlah Myrza ’abbas, I met him at Lucnow in 1849 ; he was about eighty years of age, and told me that he wrote this poem to show that he was above the prejudices of his contemporaries.
لکھنا هون میں حمد ایز پاک Beginning
Private collection about 300 pp. of 11 ۰
4 6 2
ہف ور OTE ATT رات
in
ہے ج 4 یں وتو و نویه گوس تیم
pt ند
a Ne ee را رب
596 HINDU’ STA NY POETS. [Cuap. IIT.
(578) دیوان آبرو (H.) The Dywan of Najm aldyn J bri. Contents: Ghazals, 104 pp. of 12 lines; Ruba’ys, &c. Beginning رسمسا هوا agi] ایا هی صبم نیند سون
جامه گل میں رات ے پهولون بسا هوا Méty Mahall, 8vo. written in 1160; As. Soc. No. 154.
(579) مثنوي محمد مبارک شاه 0:8 A Mathnawy of Mohammad Mobarak, the takhalluc
of the poet is not mentioned; he may be identical with Abrû. Beginning
ھی سزاوار ثنا و باکمال جلوه گر جشنے کیا حسی و جمال Tépkhanah, an old MS. it contains about 450 verses.
(580) دیوان آصف (H.)
The Dywan of Acaf aldawlah A’caf.
Contents: Ghazals about 300 pp.; Ruba’ys and Mo- khammas’, 170 pp.
کس قدر رو رو ے شب کرتا نها مدکور تیرا Beginning
ووعین بهمار تیرل, جسنه. و رجور تهرا
A Mathnawy of about 100 pp. ; Miscellaneous poems, 100 ۰
1۷۲۵0۲ Mahall; As. Soc. No. 15, folio.
(581) دیوان افسوس (H.) The Dywan of Myr Shyr ’alyy 0 Contents: Ghazals, 360 pp. of 12 bayts; Ruba’ys and Qacydahs, 30 pp. Beginning K صزعت usr بخد | دا ین طرح هو وف *جھس
کرشمه ایک هی یہہ چرخ ew 3 usr فدرت K
No. 584. ] پیا 597
Madzall, a good copy ; As. Soc. No. 67, a fine copy written ا56( during the life time of the poet. The Ghazals are preceded in this copy by Qacydahs and a short biography, in which it is stated that he derived his descent through the Imém Ja’far from ’alyy. His ances- tors were of Khwéf in Persia and the first of them who settled at Narnawl in India, was Badr aldyn a brother of ’alam aldyn Hajy Khany. The grandfather of Afsés came to Dilly where Afsés was born, but Afsds left his native town when only ten years of age and came with his father to Patna, and after the death of his father he went to Lucnow.
و و
(582) منظوم اقدس تصنیف آفتاب (H.) The most sacred composition being a Mathnawy by the emperor Shah “alam, whose takhalluç was ۰ We are told in the last line that the title is a chrono- gram, for the date of the completion of the work منظوم خلم و نام eo هی Su! اقدس this gives 1201. It contains the story of Motzaffar Shah, king of China. Bg جسگ ھیں چه زمیی رچه آسمان Golo بیان gas حمد خدای عزوجل As. Soc. No. 37 fol. about 1500 pp. of 9’ linés, a most splendid copy, probably written for the Royal author.
(583) دیوان آفتاب (H.) The Dywan of Shah ’alam II. ۸7۵0. Having neg-
lected to copy the initial line, I transcribe a verse which is also in ۰ Beginning
as همد م بھلا کیونگرنه شکوة پارکا هم ڌو بندي Sul هون وه پار هو اغیارکا Mahall, large 8vo. 244 pp. 8 lines, a magnificent copy. اما
(584) slo} دواء (H.)
Cure for sickness, a Dakhny poem on medicine, pro- bably by Akmad Sharyf, who was dead in 1082.
598 HINDU’ STANY POETS. [CHAP. III.
It is preceded by a Persian preface in prose of nine lines, and is divided into an endless number of chapters and contains merely recipés. Beginning پهلیی لیکر الله کا نانو
As. Soc. No. 51, bound with the Kokshashter, and written in
the same hand, 30 pp. In the same volume is another work on medicine of 50 pp., dedicated to Qofob Shah, it begins—
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم جي هی نافع دافع حق حکیم
(585) ol مثنوی فرامش (H.) The Story of Dushmanat Rajah and Sakontala, in verse, by Gholam Ahmad Ahmad, a son of the late Gholam Haydar ’ixzat, Ahmad is now alive and resides at Calcutta. Beginning هزارون شکر ھی آس م نشان کا Printed, Calcutta, 1849, 8۲0, 153 ۰
(586) جمچره (H.)
Miracles of Christ which he performed on king Jams jamah, by Ahmad ’alyy of Shédrajpur.
کرون کس منھۂ سے میں حمد Beginning ust!
Lithographed, Lucnow, s. a. 9 pp. of four columns ; Cawnpore, s. a. Masyhay press.
(587) قصه منصور لصنیف احمد (H.) The Legend of the martyrdom of Mançûr, a Hindû- stany saint, in verse by ۲ ۰ Beginning عشق ایک آسیب هی آشوب زا Lithographed, Moçtafay press, s8. A. 20 pp. of 19 ۰
(588) دیوان احقر (H.)
The Dywan of Myrza Jawad ’alyy Ahgar, a pupil of
Myr Hasan, for whoin he expresses the greatest gratitude and affection in a poem, as;
No. 591.] AHSAN. 599
دل لیا agile میں اسطرے Sool pale yor اشعاق a دنیا > الم بهولگیا Contents: Ghazals a few Mafla’s, a poetical epistle, &c. میں بلبل خرش خوان هون تیری باغ جنانک Beginning یا رب نھ دیکھانا ”چم موسم تو خزانک Méty Marall, 128 pp. of 12 bayts, a very carefully written copy with the necessary vowel points; probably an autograph.
(589) دیوان احسں (H.)
The Dywan of Myrza Ahsan ’alyy Ahsan.
Contents: three Qacydahs in praise of ’alyy, of Shuja’ aldawlah, Acaf aldawlah and Sarfaraz aldawlah ; Ghazals, 200 pp. of 10 bayts; seven short Mathnawies entitled بیذوا | مرد ظریف | یلگ شخص رنه باز | بانکه ظریف | کله پز رذکر خیر و برکت of the last I find no title, it is in praise of the Governor-General. Beginning of Ghazals:
ایت ومف بیان هو نھ خداوند جہانکا Tépkhanah, an old copy; As. Soc. No. 134, copied in 1227 from
the autograph under the superintendence of Qamar aldyn Khan Qamar, who was familiarly called Myrza Hajy.
(590) لعل گوهر تصنیف عاجز (H.) The Story of Lal and Gawhar, by ’ajiz, in Dakhny verses. Beginning الي دے “سر رنگیں بياني As. Soc. No. 158, 29 pp. of 17 bayts copied in 1181. In the same volume is a Persian Mathnawy, containing the same story and possibly by the same author. Beginning مہراني J الي بکما
(591) سرپا سوز تصنیف اختر (H.) From top to toe on fire, a Mathnawy by the Qadhiy
Mohammad Cadiq Khan of Hooghly, whose takhalluç is Akhtar, composed in 1231. He is still alive and is the mes of the میم صادق an autobiography in elegant
600 HINDU 51۸ NY POETS. [CHAP. ۰
Persian prose, حید, ی dels or the praises of Ghaziy aldyn Haydar. These two works are printed but his Tadz- kirah of Persian poets, which is said to be very valuable, and his Insha which has the title of Haft Akhtar, are not printed. The Sarapa contains about 650 verses.
خلق عالم سے مدعا هی عشق مطبر ذات کبریا هی عشق Bg. Lithographed, Lucnow, Masyhay press, s. a. 8۲۵, 18 pp. of 38 bayts.
(592) دیوان اخثر (H.) ` Dywan of Myr Akbar ’alyy Akhtar.
Contents : Qacydahs, &c. 30 pp.; Ghazals, 738 pp. of
12 bayts; miscellaneous poems, 100 pp. Beginning of Ghazals سرب دیوان پر حمد خدا اول رقم کرنا
Private collection, a fine copy in folio.
(593) قصایه علی حیدر (H.) Qacydahs in praise of the Imams, by Nacyr aldyn Haydar, king of Oudh (see .ہر 196 supra) who had ae takhalluc of ’alyy Haydar or ’alyy. Beginning اجی کیا هی »بارکبادی Ls te} عرش سارن ما ہیں مچی کیا ھ ان Farah-bakhsh, 600 pp. of 3 bayts, a ا copy. In the Tép- khanah is a volume containing a poetical version of episodes of the sacred history of the Shy’ahs, as 8>=*° روایث زن بهودي 1 روایت روابت شیبة ساخذن حضرت عباس ١ رجذاب فاطمک 66, also some elegies.
(594) واسوخت امانت (H.) A Wasékht of 307 stanzas by Amanat. Beginning عشق. ے حال سے پارب کوئی آکہ نہر
باون اس راہ تن رکه گر کوئی گمراه نہو pp. 5 38 ,1263 ,“چموع واسوخت Lithographed, Lucnow, in the
No. 98.1" کور 001
)595( ۰ ۰ پوسف و زلیخا تمنیف امین (HH) The Story of the Loves of Ytisof and Zalykha, in Dakhny verses, by Shaykh Mokammad Amyn Amyn, composed during the reign of Awranzéb in 1109. Bg. او تعریف سی خالق کي ای یار که وی درنوں جگت کا هی کرنھار As. Soe. No. 221, upwards of 300 pp. of 15 bayts.
(596) نات نامه (H.) The Book of Salvation, a Mathnawy, by Mokammad Amyn Ayaghy. The language is obsolete. Bg. اول کجهه ننها وه فرنکار تھا دونو جگ کو بیدا کرنهار تھا Tépkhéanah, 16 pp. of 15 bayts. ۱
(597) معارج الفضائل تصنیف سیر (H.) ' The Miracles of the Imams, a poem by Munshiy Motzaffar ’alyy Asyr of Améty not far from Agra, he came with his father at the age of ten years to Lucnow where he still resides. His uncle Sayyid ’alyy translated the جلال العیوں into Persian verse. The Ma’arij is divided into fourteen chapters Jas and was composed under Amjad ’alyy Shah. Beginning بغام خداوند لوح و قلم Lithographed, Cawnpore, 1267, 299 pages. In one instance, his
takhalluç is spelled Amyr. In 1263 مننوي اسپرعج of 36 pp: has been published, which is probably by the same author,
(598) دیوان اش 0 [ The Dywan of Khwajah Haydar ’alyy A'tish of Luc- now, he wrote also Persian verses, he died in 1263, there are chronograms on his death by Motzaffar ’alyy Asyr, Fawq, and Munshiy Ashraf ’alyy Ashraf. 4H
602 HINDU STA’'NY POETS. [Cuap, III.
His poems are divided into two Dywans, the first fills 250 pp. and the second 56 pp. Beginning ا cord هون Ure مین دم wl حباب
(Kl نهایت غم هی اس نطو کودریا كي Lithographed, Lucnow, Mokammady press, 1261 8vo. also 1263, the
hashiyah is covered with text. The Kullyyat of Atish have been lithographed in 1268, 293 pp. the margin covered with text.
(599) دیوان اظنری (H.) The Dywan of Mokammad Tzahyr aldyn ‘alyy-bakht Aizfary, a descendant of the emperor Awrangzéb. He flourished in 1211. Contents: Ghazals and a few Ruba’ys. Bg. دال phos هدیل ھت ۓ تھرے مار ق الا چڑا نظریں ھمیں Méty Marall, 68 pp. of 12 lines, extracts from his Dywan—about 400 verses of Ghazals,—form an appendix to his Memoirs.
(600) دیوان ہقا (H.) The Dywan of Shaykh Mokammad Baqa Allah ۰ It contains only Ghazals and begins:
نام معت میں بس از مراتب بدن لذا میں تب کھپایا As. Soe. No. 164, 54 pp. of 13 bayts, a fine copy.
(601) دیوان بیدار (H.) The Dywan of Bédar, see Nos. 170—173. Contents: Ghazals and a few Ruba’ys. Beginning
هم په سو ظلم و ستم کیچ کا ایل ملد کو نه کم dst کا
Tépkhanah, an old copy, about 70 pp. of 20 lines.
(602) پہہلی ربخنه صنیف بسمل (H.) A Collection of Riddles in verse, collected by Bismil,
and dedicated to Acaf aldawlah. Beginning
No. 605.] BISMIL. 603
Tépkhénah, in the shape of an album, containing about 500
Riddles. Specimen تیم پیروجوان dle GAN کیاهی وہ جگ میں هو رهي جر رواں آسسے آدها هی انگشت آدھا مونی نام کی چی زدیکھوں کیا هوني
“What is half coal and half pearl? Answer—K6li (a plough) the first syllable being half of kélah coal, and the second half of lûlû pearl.”
ast )11( تصنیف بسمل .۰ ۰ (603) Another collection of Riddles by the same author. Bg. عق لک بپهسوال تھا طبع سے الام دو 3s بهيلي ايك جاجمع کر انصرام در
Tépkhénah, about 100 pp. of 12 bayts, each riddle has, on an average, four bayts.
(604) معراج نامه تسنیف سید بلاقی (H.) Mo/fammad’s transfiguration and death, being a poem by Sayyid Bulaqy. First verse
اول نام الله بولوں ابد نا اور صغت اُسکی کرون بیعدد Two copies are in the Tépkhanah and one in the 16۲ Mahall, the poem has about 1000 verses.
(605) دړوان صادق علی صادق (H.) The Dywan of Cadiq ۲ 00. He was in the service of Ghaziy aldyn Haydar, and being an exquisite penman, he copied several books for him, some of which
are preserved in the Farah-bakhsh library. Contents: short Mathnawies, Qacydahs, Fards and Qif ahs, one is a felicitation on the accession of his patron. Bg. المي وصف تیرا کب بیان هو اگرهرمومبر تن پر زبان هو
4H 2
جو د تو د ا
ا E زر خسف
004 HINDU’STA NY POETS. ] 011۸ ۰ IIL.
Farah-bakhsh, about 300 pp. of 8 bayts, an autograph. In the Méty Mahall, 72 pp. of 3 bayts, is a collection of poems. of this author containing translations of Arabic verses into Persian poetry, also Hindtistany and و poems and some Dohrahs. Bg.
يدادي ere یا الي اقلني عسرني واسڌر عيوبي
(606) فرن Wale دیوان (H.) The Dywan of Cahib Qiran, who was commonly called Sha’ire fohsh-g6, a contemporary of Sa’adat ’alyy Khan. Contents: Ghazals; at the end a few Ruba’ys. Beginning حسی خدا داد هی یا نور کا جهمکا 42 Kee نظر اتا هی Kul سے جمال ple Farah-bakhsh, 250 pp. of 12 ۰
(607) lo و ماه تصٹیف yee dias (H.) The Sun and the Moon, a mystical poem of 1,480 verses, by Calik, composed in 1133. Beginning جوده طبق مد aoe? هی Jods. اول وف بولون بذام Topkhanah.
The Dywan of Cohbat. It contains merely Ghazals. Beginning ویکھا هم آس مه وش > گهایل کا a نیا ماه کاہلکا Lay اسک زخم پر لگنا هی aS Farah-bakhsh, 90 pp. of 16 bayts bound with the Dywan of Insha. Though in the note which I have taken of this book, the name of the poet is written Cohbat, it is very possible that it is a mistake for Mahabbat.
(609) مرئیه صو (H.) A Marthiyah of 70 یل by, ۰
یا رسول عربيی اج نراے کا گا Beginning Tépkhanah.
-No.-613.] TT DHAMYR: 605
(610) ۱ :درد | (H.) The Dywan of Myr Dard, he is the only Hindtstany
poet whose mystical poems are worth reading.
Beginning مقدور ھمیں کب تيري رصدونکی رقم کا Lithographed at Dilly, 1847, 141 pp. This edition was made at
my request by Mawlawy Imém-bakhsh. He has conscientiously executed his task, and has indicated the metre of every poem.
(611) مثنوي نظم گر ao The Stringing of Pearls, a story in verse, by Mawlawy
Gholam Dhamin. The title is a chronogram for 1215. Bg. هی شاهي es ps ازل سے تا ابد ust! srt = ھی عالم کي Private collection A, 130 pp. of 13 lines.
(612) ۱ معراج نامه ضمیر (H.) The Transfiguration of the Prophet, a Mathnawy : by Dhamyr composed in.1227, the chronogram is ۔فیضان شاه The author was still alive and resided at Lucnow when I was in that city in 1848. Beginning کرون حمد پرور دکار قدیر کربم و رحیم و سمیع وبصیر Tépkhaénah, 94 pp. of 17 ۰
(613) مثنوي ضمیر (H.)
Mathnawy of Dhamyr.
It contains chiefly .an account of the miracles of the Imams, &c.
احمد الله جل اکرامة . اشکر alll عم انعامه Beginning
Private collection, B. 300 pp. 11 verses. Farak-bakhsh library, 244 pp. of 15 bayts.
as gorT SS SS “ha
ہا ml lia iN A ولو ات ونر یت دس
606 HINDU'STA NY POETS. [Cuap. 1,
(614) es نان و ثم تصنیف 0:9 Bread and Salt, a Mathnawy in imitation of the poem of Bahay, by Ja’far ’alyy Façyh. Beginning مصرع بر جسته بسم الله هی یه (اني خدا اگاہ هی Lithographed, Lucnow, Mokammady press, 1262, edited by 6 ’alyy, 35 pp. of 34 bayts.
(615) دیواں فارغ ۱ (H.)
The Dywan of Farigh Shah Fûrigh, it contains only
Ghazals. Beginning نها تك نقاب عم جب برق نور کا Bow Private collection, about 200 pp. of 12 ۰
(616) گلزار نفاط تسٹیف فتے علي (H.)
The Garden of Light, a Mathnawy by Fath ’alyy a son of Pyr ’alyy Shaykh Ançary, composed in 1847 and dedicated to Capt. Dundas and T. Andrews of Jalawn.
It is divided into five chapters جمی containing legends of saints, moral advice, anecdotes, witty sayings and an account of great poets gs.
هی لٴفاء تخلبند کایدات تازگی :خش گلستان حیات Beginning
Lithographed, Lucnow, Moctafay press, 1264, 36 pp. of 40 bayts.
(617) فصه رهوان شاه تصئیف فایش (H.) Story of Ridhwan Shah (emperor of China), composed by Fayidh in 1094, in Dakhny verses. Beginning
As. Soc. No. 124, 280 pp. of 9 bayts.
No. 60.1 '' ° 82 607
(618) چشمه ٹیش (H.)
A translation of Faryd aldyn ’atfar’s Book of Counsels, by Myr Mo’yn aldyn Faydh, a son of Fakhr aldyn b. Zayn alabidyn. .He was a Hasany Sayyid and his ancestors, he informs us, were of Samarqand, but eleven or twelve generations ago they settled in old Dilly and were men of importance. On the fall of Dilly he settled at Ghaziypur, where he made the acquaintance of Dr. Gilchrist, this great patron of Hindtstany literature took him to Calcutta, and on his request he made in 1218 =A. D. 1803, this translation. Bg. شکر کر ایدل خدائی پاک کا هی جو ایماں :خش مشت خاك کا
As. Soc. No. 91, an autograph, written in 1219, about 100 pp. of 13 bayts.
(619) دیوان فدري )11.( The Dywan of Sayyid Fadhl ’alyy Fidwy of ۰ Contents: a short preface in verse; Ghazals, 437 pp.
of 11 bayts; miscellaneous poems, 120 pp.
Beginning of Ghazals 6 هر نقشه کشی حق کی سوا ممکدات As. Soc. No. 135, a good copy written in 1298,
The Dywan of Ashraf ’alyy Khan Tzaryf almulk Fighan.
Contents: Ghazals, 200 pp. of 10 bayts and a few Qacydahs (and one or two Persian satyres), &c. Bg. ومافیھا ادای خند: ساغرصدانی گربه مینا iy ارس ae} خاطرم dws
Tépkhénah, a very fine copy.
ید
جستے۔
508 HINDU STA NY” POETS. [Cuap. III.
(621) طوطی نامه .تصخیف غواسی (H.) The Tales of a Parrot, put into Dakhny verse and
dedicated to ’abd Allah Padshah of the Qofobshahian
dynasty by Mawlana Ghawwacy. Beginning خدایا جو دانا هی تو غیب کا هی سار بندیاں 9 عیب کا " As. Soc. No. 18, about 400 pp. of 18 bayts, a good ۰
o
(622) LF دبوان (H.) The Dywan of 6674, collected in 1245.
Contents: three Qacydahs in praise of ’alyy, Nacyr aldyn Haydar and Ghaziy aldyn Haydar. Bg. برنگ گل جسے اب ديكهبي وہ خذدآن هی بہار عیش سے هندوستان گلستاں هی
Ghazals, 104 pp. of 20 bayts; a Pushtû poem, Tarjy- bands, Marthiyahs, Ruba’ys, &c. Beginning !خشاهی اس نقیر کو رتبه امیرکا Brad کيا کيا کرون میں شکر خدای
Tépkhénah, I believe this Dywén has been lithographed.
(623) ۰ مثنوي هشت گازار تصنیف حقیقت (H). The Story of Bahramgtr in Rekhtah verse by Shah Hosayn Haqyqat composed in 1225. Beginning ای فرازندة لوای وجود Lithographed, Cawnpore, Mogéafay press, 1268, 108 pp. of four
columns.
ee یس
wig? )11.( خواجه حسی )624(
The Dywan of Khwajah Hasan.
Contents: Ghazals about 250 pp. of 14 bayts; Mo- khammas’, Rubda’ys, and Qid’ahs—among them a chrono- gram for 1193, about 50 pp.
رحست > ابر میں جو کھرتا قدیم کا Beginning
As. Soc. No. 117.
No. 697.1 HASAN, 609
(625) oy ٭ دړوان (H. P.) The Dywan of Myr Gholam Hasan Hasan. Contents: a preface in Persian prose, in which he
mentions Sawda and Myr Taqyy, 4 pp.; Qacydahs in
praise of Acaf aldawlah, Salar-jang, &c. 18 pp.; Ghazals,
256 pp.; miscellaneous poems, 190 pp. Bg. of Ghazals:
گز ينعي رقم dens تيري وحدت 7m بیانکا
تو چاه ahs کي al ایك زبانک
Bu another copy in the same collection, without pre- 7ا26 face, written in a bad hand, with many erasures and corrections, is apparently an autograph. At the end is written in red ink, but it ie Fs درا عچه اور پنچشنبه سنہ not certain whether in the ‘same hand Faydhdébdd, Thursday, 25th Dzi-lhajj, 1192.” This “ ۱۱۹۲ ور بنگلة copy contains also some Persian Ruba’ys, ,
(626) سیرالبیان (H.)
Sorcery of Eloquence, a Mathnawy of Myr Hasan, composed in 1193. It is usually called Badre Monyr or Myr Hasan Mathnawy, and is considered the best poem in the Hindtstany language. Beginning
کروں L توحید بزداں زقم جھکا جسکے سجده میں اول قام
It has been frequently. printed, Calcutta, 1805, 40, 1265 &c.; Lithographed, Lucnow, Mogtafa press, 1261, 108 pp. of 21 bayts; Masyhay press, 1262. In the Tépkhanah, 30 pp. of 6 bayts is a Mathnawy of Myr Hasan in praise of Acaf aldawlah, followed by nine Ghazals. Beginning
لکھوں میں کیا ثناء حمد رزاق که گوبائي کي طافت هی oly طاق
(627) — دیوان حسرت ۱ (H.) The Dywan of Jafar ’alyy Hasrat. Contents: Ghazals, 246 pp, of 13 bayts. Bg.
کیا حمد کپون تبري “جے *چهه نہیں بارا یا می خلقالخلق ولبلا ونہارا [ 4
فی ۱ ۱ 1
610 HINDU'STA NY POETS. [Cuap. I11.
Ruba’ys and Mokhammas’, 80, pp. of 10 bayts, among them are chronograms, the last is for 1182, when he col- lected the first Dywan. تاريخ یہی ه ی مبري اس دیوانکی کل طي یہہ درم باب صذعت
Qacydahs in praise of the Iméms, Açaf aldawlah, &c. 36 pp. Beginning راسلام وحرم چاروں ایک درس تما مکتب میی#جیکوا: sole سبےم
Tarkyb-bands, &e. 52 pp. ; a Séqiy-némah and a Satyre (a Mathnawy) against a physician, 20 pp. After this follows the second Dywan containing Ghazals, 200 pp. ; 1۱۱08 و۲9 &c. 62 pp. Beginning
هی لابق حمد و شک وه ذات ch} کي جص 5 یمه خرابات
The Loves of Toté Ram and Shakar-para د ۴ which has the title of T'ûty-namah about 160 pp. ۰
یا البي یه عشق خانه خراب کسنے Bile نها یاں کے تھی تاب
Farah-baksh, a splendid copy; Tépkhénah, containing only the first Dywin; Moty Mahall, containing only the Ghazals of the first
Dywan; As. Soc. No. 284, containing merely the Mathnawy written in 1216.
(628) pile دیوان ژاد: (H.)
The Abridged Dywan of Hatim (see pp. 422 and 235 supra).
Contents: a preface; Ghazals, 212 pp. of 13 bayts; miscellaneous poems, 76 pp. He gives us the date of every poem in the heading. © لہ Beginning
کیا کې قاصر زبان توحید و حمد کبرنا جني کین کے حرف میں کونیں کو پیدا کیا
Méty Marall, the autograph written in 1179. My notice of this valuable MS. is not as complete as it ought to be, having unfor-
tunately neglected to copy the list of his pupils, and the earliest dates of his poems; I insert here the preface.
No. 628.] HA’TIM. 611
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613 HINDU’STA NY POETS. [CHAP. III.
(629) دیون هوس )11.( The Dywan of Myrza Taqyy Hawas. Contents: Qaçydahs in praise of Ghaziy aldyn ور 24 pp. of 12 ۰ Beginning. فوجوانانی چم مزد دہ که هی عالمگیز خجرجشن جلوس شہ فیروزه سربر Ghazals: 225 pp. of 14 bayts; Rubi ys, &c. 24 Sage Beginning بهرمعنی ميني جب کاغد کو نو 'فشاں کیا LS مطلع سے قیاست مطلع دیواں The Loves of Majntin and Layla, a Mathnawy, 8 pp. of 16 bayts. Beginning ای کاشف سرعشق جال سوز زینت ده شمع *حفل افروز . Moty Mahall, a good copy ; the Mathnawy has been lithographed Lucnow, Mogéafay, 1261, 79 pp. the margin covered with text. In the Moty Mahall, 60 pp. of 16 bayts, is an old Hindy version of Layla Majnin which begins — لیلی پربت کیس سود تھا ني BIS هرهر بالك کہیں
(630) اشعار رإشته غازي الدبی حیدر (H.)
Rékhtah poems by Ghaziy aldyn Haydar (see p. 196 supra). Most of them are in praise of the Imams, and so bad as to bear internal evidence that they are genuine productions of a king.
فرش ہزین پر 3 اج ببي مبارکبادي Beginning
pee, هوي ھیں اج شه معدی هادي Farah-bakhsh, about 200 pp. of 4 bayts, very splendid.
(631) هشسی پیکر تصفیف حیدری (H. ) Haft Paykar a ‘Mathnawy by Haydar-bakhsh Haydary
composed in 1220. Myrza Katzim ’alyy Jowan made a
chronogeam on that date: هونی ae .جان تازه ھفت ریک Bg. هفت پیکر هفت گندد ے لے os ہیں پیدا unm حمل اسکي As. Soc. No. 72, about 600 pp. of 13 bayts.
No. 635.] HOSAYNY. 613
(632) کلبایی قصاین حسام ۱ tj (H.)
The Qaçydahs of Sayyid Hos’m ’alyy, a son of Sa’adat ‘alyy a pupil of Karamat Allah Khan Farrokh, both the poet and his teacher are still alive. Most of the Qacy- dahs are in praise of the Imams.
هی صفات قل هو all) احد رنبا Beginning ze
Lithographed, Lucnow, s. a. 215 pp.
(633) A gant ددوان ١ (H.) The Dywan of Hashim ‘alyy Hosayny. It contains
only marthiyahs ahd poems in praise of the Imams. Beginning نام کا cos تدا ھردامۂ و هرکام کا راجب ایا ذکر
Tépkhénah, about 100 pp. of 15 bayts.
رق مرلیدھای هوشدار 7 )634( Marthiyahs of Hoshdar. بد پر زخم سقم رن میں hail جو حسیں Beginning :0ا رو 9 Tépkhanah, 17 pp. of
(635) پدماوتٹ تصرف عبرت وعشرث (H.) The Loves of Ratan and Padmawat, by Myr Dhiya aldyn ’alyy brat of Dilly. He died at Rémpt when he had completed only the fourth part of the poem. Myr Gholam ’alyy “tshrat of Bareilly, a pupil of ۵ 'alyy Lutf came to Rampur, and at the request of Myr Qudrat Allah Shawgq whose Mosha’arahs he used to frequent, he completed the poem in 1211. The chrono- gram is ,تصدیف دو شاعر Beginning چس وه عشق کي دریای پر طوەان میں لیا ھی
614 HINDU STA’ NY POETS. [Cuap. III.
The printed copy begins صورت میں 1 نیا Cele .جاوه دکهاتا هی
As. Soc. No. 296, about 250 pp. of 17 bayts. It has been litho- graphed, Cawnpore, Mogtafay press, 1268, 77 pp. of four columns. A poem of the same title and contents has been composed in 947 in Hindy by Malik Mohammad Jaysy, who flourished under Shér Shah,’ it contains about 6,500 verses and begins .سوروب آدا 2 کرتارو The original is in Sanscrit.
(636) کلش عشق تصنیف امام (H.) The Rose Garden of Love, a Mathnawy by Imam.
Beginning ای خامه روش بیان هو gly. Lithographed, Cawnpore, 1267, 13 ۰
(637) کلیات انشا )۲1. P.) , Complete Hindûüûstany and Persian poetical works of Insha Allah Khan Jnshd.
Contents: Persian poems, 28 gh i) 15 bayts.
ای زانعام تو واشد غذےی امکای ما Beginning
Rékhtah poems, about 100 pp.
مب مالک : مر حق میں یہہ احسان کیا Beginning
en ,شير و a Persian Mathnawy in imitation of that of Bahay (see p. 368 supra) 50 pp..of 15 bayts.
بسمك المعمود يارب Beginning 24a)
Persian Ghazals, 42 pp.
Beginning عشق فطع کرده رہ سلسبیل را ap
Rékhtah Ghazals, 280 pp.
صنما برب کرم یہاں تین هب 42 مبتلا Beginning
Ruba’ys, &c. 8 pp. ; Qacydahs in praise of the Imams, ` &e. 48 pp.; Ghazals consisting of words without diacri- tical points, 14 pp.; another batch of Ghazals, Math- nawys, among them, one which has the title سحرحال
No. 639.] ISMA’YL. 615
and has a double rhyme and metre. , Some of his poems are in the dialect of ladies and some in the dialect of Faqyrs, &c.
. Moty Mafall, a beautiful copy ; a very good copy is in possession of Mawlawy Mohammad Wajyh. In the Méty Madall is also a Mathnawy by Insh4, which has the title of مرغنامة and in which a cock-fight is celebrated, 30 pp. of 4 bayts, written in 1210. Bg.
حمد هی فرش اسكي وقت ”حر جسن کاتي هس مرغ روح ے بر
مس —
(638) اسمعیل dos? ساك نور تصنیف (H.) The Thread of Light, a Mathnawy by Mohammad Isma’yl of Dilly, a nephew of Shah ’abd al’azyz. He was a great fanatic, and according to some of his acquaint- ances, a great impostor (see Journal of the Royal As. Soc. London, Vol. XIII. Part 2, and Zeitschrft d. deu- tschen morgl. Gesellsch. Vol. VII. p. 453). When the Afghans were at war with the Sikhs, he fought in the ranks of the former and was killed. He was a learned man, and his other writings will be described in their places. About 250 verses. Beginning الاي ترا نام کیا خوب هی ! Lithographed, Calcutta, 1269, 21 pp., also at Lucnow.
(639) جعفریا ahs? (H.) A Mathnawy of .Myrza Hasan ’alyy Ja fary, who is
still, alive. It contains legends, reflections on moral
subjects, &c. ۱ Beginning داک رتو حمد خدای ودود که هی جسم وجان کا آسي سے وجود Lithographed, Lucnow, Haydary press, 1262, pp. 104. On the
margin is another Mathnawy of similar contents. Beginning
نرتسو نے
616 HINDU STA NY POETS. ] 011۸7. 14
(640) 7 علي yb دیوان مير ۱ ۱ (H.) - The Dywaãn of Myr Yar ’alyy Jan Cahib. He resides at Lucnow, and is a very favourite poet. His Dywan is in the language of the ladies of the Mahalls of Dilly and Lucnow, which is considered the most idiomatic Hindistany.
شان میں الله کی مطاح وه هو دیوان کا Beginning
Lithographed, Lucnow, 1262, Mortadhawy press, 85 pp., the
margin covered with text ;. Haydary press, 1262, with the فسانه جائب in the margin. ;
(641) ale دبوان ۱ (i) ` The Dywan of Qalandar-bakhsh Jordé.
Contents: Ghazals, 630 pp. of 12 bayts; Fards, Rue ba’ys, Haftbands, Satyres, &e. 194 pp. Beginning مطلع دیواں هوا Ly! yay موزونس مصرع | کا چسپاں هوا زوربه “als ‘ Two Mathnawies of 62 and 32 pp., the latter was composed in 1225. Chronogram جرا ت گیا مین فکرمیں تاریخ £ جوھیں ائي نا کہ پنجہ شیر خداهی یہہ
Moéty Marall, a good copy; College of Fort William, in this copy are also several Marthiyahs,
4
(642) ری دصنیف ۱ جوش Jf (H.) The Dywan of Ahmad Hasan Khan who is familiarly called Achchhé Cahib and has the takhalluç of Jésh. He resides at Lucnow. The title is a chronogram for 1269. Beginning رسائیک Gy) هوا هی آسک در تک یہہ طریق Lithographed, Cawnpore, 1269, 34 pp.
No. .645: ] KABYR. 617
(643) بارة ماسا (H.) The Barah-masa, a poetical description of the year in Hindustan, by Myrza Katzim ’alyy Jowdn, composed in 1217. Beginning جو خلوفات مه س تا بماهی Printed, Calcutta, 1812, 8۲۵, 105 pp. of 16 ۰
(644) ge dos? معشر نامه ثصنیف (H.)
The Book of Resurrection, a Mathnawy by Mohammad Jywan of Jhejher, who was familiarly called ۵6 "alam. It treats on the principles of the Sunny faith.
He says at the end of the book with regard to the date فقه هنديکو مومفان آنوزبان پریاں مسلہ اوی دیں کا مول نہوی فساد س هزار چوتبي بی رمضان آورنگ شاه > دورمیی سخه هوا نظام Beginning الله مولی پاک هی جو جگ سرج هار جن دھایار صدق سوں سوئي اتري هار Moty Marall, about 150 pp. of 15 bayts. I strongly suspect that the title of this book is not نامه m=” but رفقه هذدي There is another poem, 20 pp. of 15 bayts, by the same author, which treats on the last judgment, and has the title of .“”حشرنامه It begins: کر کس لاوں پوجا Slee سائیں Les? ربا میرا ایك تون نائین کوی دوجا He is also the author of a biography of Molrammad and other episodes of the sacred history of the Sunnies, in verse, about 100 pp. of 15 bayts, it has the title of در نامه and begins جپو میں نبهل نام ,رحمان کا He has also written two very short poems, one is called ۔خواب نامه پیغمبر Beginning شکرحق کهنا هون پھلی بات میں and the other فاطمة خائون uses! دھیر نامگ
(645) دیوان کبیر (H.) The Dywan of Hakym Kabyr ’alyy Kabyr. Contents: Ghazals, 166 pp. of 19 bayts ; Mokhammas’
and Ruba’ys, 26 pp.: a Mathnawy on the preservation of
health 43), i, 18 pp.; a Qacydah, &c. 20 pp. 4 1
618 HINDU'’STA'NY POETS. [CHar. III.
کوئی حشمت جہانمیں اور کوئی جsl لے آیا Beginning میں agile ات تیراعی نام یا الله لے آیا As. Soc. No. 259, a good copy. _ ۲
(646) دیوان کمال (H.) The Dywan of Kamal. It contains merely Ghazals. Beginning & او ff? سی ۔ حمد هی تيري کوی
2167 Mahall, . bi of 12 ayia, probably an autograph.
(.11) داهن نامه رشهادت نامه وغیرها تصغی ف کردم )647(
The Bride Book (i. e. the marriage of Hosayn) and the book of his martyrdom, and three other short Mathnawies, by ’abd al-Karym Karym who is alive.
هی آسکو حمد جو قادر توانا Beginning
Lithographed, Dilly, 1269, 24 pp. the margin covered with text.
(648) مثنوی خوجم (H.) The Story of Shamshad Shah, a Mathnawy by Khwajah Sultan AKhdjam, dedicated to Sa’ddat ’alyy Khan. Bg, فرض ذات آسکي هی وہ ے بیان کیا جسف ایلگ کن سے پیدا جہاں Tépkhaénah, about 100 pp. of 13 bayts.
(649) سپاھ ی ژاده تصغیف خوشدول (H.) The Soldier’s Child, a Thug story ‘by Khoshdil. He informs us that he heard the story from Bhikhary Das
of Bijnaur. Beginning البی دے ”چ توفیق نقربر Lithographed, Lucnow, in the Sulfén almatabi’ 8. a. 1
Enigmas ascribed to Myr Khosraw (see pp. 465, 0 supra and Journ As.Soc. Beng. Vol. 21 p. 516.) Specimens:
No. 62.1 QAYSAR. 619
کوت تلے ig’ پکارےٗ ھای دیا مچے باس مار س کھز یال “Under the house the metallic mixture exclaims: the Brahmin has struck me—A bell.” کانهه کا گھوڑا لوے کا لغام چل میاں گھرڑے یہي ترا کام س کہرپا A wooden horse and an iron bridle: go on, Mr. horse, this is your work—A khurpa, Lb پہاڑ پر نلوا نا — استرا On the black mountain dances a black imp—A razor for shaving the head. Tépkhénah, ten or twelve little volumes containing in all about enigmas, for a further account of collections of enigmas see 200
Hindustany prose.
ھے_امس:نں س
(651) خوبترنگ و امواچ چول نصمیف خوب 0:8 ) A Mystical Mathnawy in the Gujraty dialect, by Kamal aldyn Mohammad Shabistany, whose takhalluc was Khub, composed in 986. In 990 he wrote a Persian translation and commentary on it, and called it .امواج خوبي Begin- ning of the poem: وجود مطلق از هرفیه بد باک انیت انداراں چون خمردرناگ Bg. of the Commentary بسم الله کہوں جبہت ذات Méty MadAall, a fine old copy, 390 pp. of 15 lines.
(652) واسوخت فیصر (H.) A ۲۷۵۵۵10۲ of TE Beginning کل 6 ۵ ذکر نہ واقف تھا دل آراریے
Printed Dilly, 1849, in the collection of Wasokhts. This collection contains also Wasdkhts of the following poets: Mahdiy Hosayn Khén Abdd, Shawq a pupil of Mughafy, Myan 1۳1740, Jawlan, Imém-bakhsh Wasikh, Myrza ’alyy Khan Shayda a son of Nawab Ramadhan ’alyy Khan, Fath aldawlah Bakhshy almulk Myrz& Mohammad Ridhé Barg, Myrzd Qasim ’alyy Riggat, Myan Mojrim, Nawab Bahadur Dzakyy a son of Myrz4 Haydar, Hakym
4K 2
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Tacadduq Hosayn, familiarly called Nawaéb Myrz4, Myrzé Mohammad Hilal a son of Myrzé Hajy, Sawda. A collection of Wasdkhts of 21 poets has also been printed at Lucnow, Hosany press, 1263, 1265.
(653) دیواں عبت (H.)
Dywan of Makabbat Khan Mahabbat.
Contents: Ghazals, Ruba’ys, &c. about 400 pp. of 14 ۰ Beginning ا٤تبح>ماجوت حاصل سب کا م ”بتک دي اسگوخداوند! se! هونا هی
A Mathnawy, containing the story of Sysy and Panu, composed in 1197, 38 pp. Beginning نام اور رول نگیں ھی مسبت ہے کوئي دل خالي نہیں هی eae
As. Soc. No. 101, a good copy.
(654) بجت تصنیف محفوظ slow قصه شاه (H.) The story of prince Rashke Chaman and princess Zamarrud Pary, in verse, by Ma/fûtz, dedicated to ۴ aldyn Haydar. From a chronogram of Muchafy, it appears that the poem was composed in 1238. Beginning به تعمید گلشی طرار زمی هوا مطلع نظم رشک چس Farah-bakhsh, 130 pp. of 13 bayts, a splendid copy. It has been
lithographed, Cawnpore, Masyhay press, 1266, 97 pp. of 19 bayts, under the title of .رشک چمن
ooo سم
(655) rds? ذیواں (H.) The Dywan of Majdzib. It contains merely Gha-
zals. Beginning
سررشه هه جد | Kool basa واپسئہ سب جپانهی اسیک یہە نات کا Moty Marall, 181 pp. of 14 bayts. In the Tépkhénah is an
imperfect copy of Majdztib which contains also Qagydahs, 8
and chronograms, one for 1197.
Beginning وڈ بولا از سر چت فلك ن کیا هی وصل slo و مشتریکا
فرشان میں ظاھرھیوع کیا سود بیانگا عارفع نظرمیں ھی جونقشة ھی جہانکا
No. 659. } MAQBU LU. 621
(656) امجاز عشق تصنیف مچروح (H.)
Story of two lovers who were united after their death, by Mowlawy Gholam Sa’d Majrih of Jajnagar near Cawnpore. I believe he is still alive.
چهکایا سر جو “جد ے کو قلم ے Beginning
Lithographed, Cawnpore, Masyhay press, ۶. a. (1268 ?). It was
printed at Lucnow, Moçtafay press, 1261, 48 with the گل وصذوبر which begins الهي "چم کرد رنگیں رقم
(657) ددوان ممخون (H.) The Dywan of Myr Nitzam aldyn ۰ Contents: Mathnawies, one of them on the occasion
of Mohammad Akbar Shah’s accession, and a Qacydah in
praise of Amyn aldawlah ’alyy Ibrahym Khan, who had
the takhalluc of Khalyl (see p. 180 supra), 46 pp. of 1
bayts ; Ghazals about 100 pp. and a few Ruba’ys. Beginning of Ghazals بخده هون حس صورت و عشق جار کا As. Soc. No. 181, copied in 1818-2-۸. H. 1218.
(658) درد آلذت تصنیف مقبول (H.) Pains of Love, a Mathnawy by Maqbul A/mad Mag- bil, composed in 1250 and dedicated to Nacyr aldyn Haydar. Beginning درد الفت هر ایک دل میں هن آگ یہہ گل کی آب وگل میںھیٰ Méty Mahall, 42 pp. of 11 lines, an autograph.
(659) دیوان موزون ._. CH). Dywan of Mawztin. It contains Ghazals, 80 pp. of 13 bayts and 25 Ruba’ys. Beginning
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ی | آسیک یی سو میس هه مدکور تھا
شمع کا جلوه خنک خجلت سے جوں کافور تھا Tépkhénah, (H.) دیوان نواب امین الدوله مهر )660(
The Dywan of the Nawab Amyn aldawlah Sayyid Agha ’alyy Khan Mihr, a son of Mo’tamid aldawlah Agha Myr, he collected it in 1253. He is still alive.
sae rest Ghazals. Bg. ریوب 20 ae ردان
ho بک ا 1268, 8:٠. 1 pp-
(661) دیوان مەرزا (H.) The Dywan of Mirza. Contents: Ghazals, 65 pp. of 12 bayts. Beginning عشق جب سالک نها پا جذوب تھا پا شاه تھا الله تھا ale دل ہے پر میں منور A Mathnawy, 30 pp. و another Mathnawy and 1 ahs, 24 pp. Beginning ناظو,حسی هی کرویا Leal خداے جہیں مشق پیدا کیا Farah-bakhsh, a splendid copy.
(662) های مسکدں di} yo (H.) A collection of Marthiyahs by Myr ’abd Allah Miskyn.
محمد ے علي کو hs! ری جو فوا مایا نی
- Tépkhanah, نسم 100 pp. of 16 0 another collection has about 500 pp. of 12 bayts. Separate Marthiyahs of his are very frequently met with in albums.
No. 665. | MOHAMMAD. 623
(663) آرام باغ تسنیف مسکین (H.) The Garden of Repose, also called چشمه" شیریی the
Sweet Spring,a Mathnawy containing the story of Shyryn, Khosraw and Farhad, by Miskyn of Khayrabad. He is to be distinguished from the preceding. The title is a chronogram for 1245. Beginning
جمد !جحد هی آس EB کو جسنے پیں! کیا زماه کو
Lithographed, Lucnow, Moçtafay press, 1263, 54 pp. the margin covered with text.
س ا _
(664) دیوان مبارک (H.)
Dywan of ۸ Contents: Ghazals, 200 pp. of 11 bayts; Ruba’ys,
62. 26 pp. Beginning مین راتک پهولونبساهوا Lela ایاهی صبم نید سون تھ رسمسا هوا A Mathnawy, 16 pp. Beginning ھی سزاوار ثنا وہ باکمال جلوه گرچس نے کیا حسی و جمال Tépkhanah. (665) م حسيفي تصنبف محمد علي (H.)
Grief for Hosayn, or the sacred history of the Shy’ahs, in verse, by Mohammad ’alyy b. Baba Mohammad Hosayn of Hasanabad. The title is a chronogram for 8.
Contents: a preface in Persian prose, 3 pp., 14 chapters “جلس on the death of Mokammad, the death of Fat¢imah, the violent death of ‘alyy, of Hasan, of Moslim, of the sons of Moslim, Qasim, ‘abbas, ’alyy Akbar, ’alyy Acghar, Hosayn, elegies and panegyrics on the Imams, the violent death of Ridha. In an appendix is the story of the
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mouse and the cat, 220 pp. of 13 lines, The language is bad. Beginning of the poem: روایت هی جسدم رسول خدا مدینه میں کرای حم ودا Tépkhanah, a fair copy.
(666) آثار شر تصنیف محمد على (H.) Signs of the Day of Resurrection, by Mawlawy Mo- hammad ’alyy, whose takhalluc is Mohammad. This isa poetical version of a Persian prose-work on the last judgment, by Rafy’ aldyn a brother of Shah ’abd al'azyz of Dilly. Beginning ھی حمد خد! جوهی کثیر العقران de ۱ مالک المللگ و او لوالامر و عمیم الاحسان Lithographed, Lucnow, Moçtafay press, 1262, 138 pp. 1265, Cawn- pore, 1268, 59 pp. of four columns.
The Dywan of Mokhlic ’alyy Khan ۰ Contents : two Qacydahs ; Ghazals, and a few Mokham- mas’. Beginning of Ghazals: "5 مف بسم الاہ ابرو هی رخ عفوان حسن معفي کیوں نہو معذون ميري, دیوان کا As. Soe. No. 310, about 200 pp. of 12 bayts, copied in 1216. In the As. Soc. No. 9, are two Mathnawies by Mokhliç. I do not know whether he is identical with the preceding. The first treats on wine and the propriety of its use being for- bidden. It has about 180 verses and begins: الھي تيري مقدور نہیں اگرچھ دشمن کا دستور نہیں The other treats on love, has about 150 verses, and begins : دنا ع هی لایق وه ساقي جام که مستونکو رکھتا هی سر خوش مدام
` No. 671.] MORU’ WAT. 625
(668) و مهبار تصنیف مقیمی yd) قصه چغدر (H.) The Story of Chandar Badan and Mahyar by Moqymy. The language is obsolete, and betrays a want of education. Bg. خدا کر سزاوار کبرو مني که قادر هی قدرت ا ماحب غني Tépkhénah, 50 pp. of 11 bayts. In the same collection, 24 pp. of 15 bayts is another poem by the same author, containing the story of Sémhar قصة سومہار Beginning رحیما خلق نون رحمان هی نرنکار #چون نو ٭بحان هی
(669) طلسمات عشق اصنیف مروت (H.) The Talismans of Love by Caghyr ’alyy Mortwat composed in 1207 in imitation of the Badre Monyr of Myr Hasan. Chronogram Bg. کیا خلق جسنے طلسم جپان yh: خالق wb 25 Le کر
Méty Mahall, 243 pp. of 12 bayts; Farak-bakhsh, 300 pp. of 11 bayts, copied in 1208.
(670) ۱ مثنوی شریف (H.) An abridged tranşlation of the Mathnawy of Mawlawy Rûmy into Rékhtah verse, by Shah Mosta’an, who was
still alive in 1261. Bg. حق جو نے زبان پرا سک dom Printed at Calcutta in 1261, 8۲0۰ 273 pp.
(671) oo دیوانہای (H.)
Four Dywans of Gholam Hamdany Muchafy (see ۰ 182 supra).
Contents: Ghazals, 250 pp. of 13 bayts; Ruba’ys and a Mathnawy, 13 pp.
لگي گر هانبه میرے تار اس زلف معنب رک Beginning
Ghazals, 384 pp. of 14 bayts; Raba’ys, &e. 10 pp.
میرا خاموش رهنا وقت پبري گرچہ بہت رتھا Beginning
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Ghazals, 350 pp.; Masaddas’, Mathnawies, &c. 64 pp. Beginning خورشید کو سایه میں زلعون ے چھپا رکها
Ghazals, 350 pp. ; Ruba’ys, &c. 8 pp. Beginning b= کیا دید میں عام کی کروں جلوہ گریک یہاں عمرکو وقفۂ هی چراع
۱ Farah-bakhsh, in four volumes.
(672) تصنیف جیب lee} بوسف و (H.) The Story of Yûüûsof and Zalykha, by Shah Mujyb (Allah) Mujyb, composed in 1240, the chronogram is جگر alo sl sl. Beginning .ای ارات او | سا جات Private collection, about 150 pp. of 18 bayts.
(673) دیوان ”چرم (H.) The Dywan of Rakmat Allah Miayrim. It contains merely Ghazals. Beginning
حال مت پوچهه یار ”جرم کا دل هی اب بیقرار “جر م کا
Tépkhénah, incomplete. In the As. Soc. No. 295, is a copy, 4 pp. of 14 bayts, which contains besides Ghazals also ۱۳4 و۲ ۰ the Ghazals begin in it:
هیفقط روشن نھ چہرہ اس سے مہُر وماد گا جلودگر یہاں نورھرذرہ میں هیاللهکا
(674) دیوان موس مسمیل به دیوان بینظیر )۴1 ( The Dywan of the Hakym Mohammad Mümin Khan Miimin, who died in A. D. 1852. The poet informs us that the title Dywane bénatzyr is.a chronogram for 1243, when he collected his poems, he was then twenty-nine years of age.
Contents: a short preface in prose, 8 pp.; Qacydahs, &c. 25 pp.; Ghazals, 117 pp.; miscellaneous poems, 79 pp. of 21 lines. Beginning of Ghazals: ۱
نکیونگر مطاع دیوان هو مطاع مہر وحدت 6
کے هات آیافی wo! مصر ع انگقت شہاد کا Lithographed, Dilly, 1846, 8vo. hardly legible.
No. 677.] MUNSHIY. 627
(675) تضنیف منشی he گلنسته؛ (H.) The Nosegay of Love, a Mathnawy in the Dakhny dialect, celebrating the loves of Nawab Chand, composed by Munshiy in 1122 under Farrokhsiyar, and dedicated to Sa’adat Khan. Beginning الهی جگت کا کرنهار تون As. Soc. No. 102, near 300 pp. of 15 bayts.
0:9 شاهنامه نصنیف منشی
(676) An abridged translation of the Shah-namah into Rékh- tah verse, by Mul Chand Munshiy, composed in 1220. ` Beginning سر نامه حمد خدای کریم Lithographed, Cawnpore, press of ’alyy-bakhsh Khan, 1268, 178 pp. of four columns, this book was also lithographed at Dilly about 1844,
(677) رر کلیاٹ میر تقی “The Poems of Myr Mokammad Tugee, comprising the whole of his numerous and celebrated compositions in the Urdd, or polished language of Hindtstan.” He died in 1225; see p. 175 supra.
Contents: Qacydahs and Qié’ahs, 18 pp.; six Dywans of Ghazals from page 19 to 768: Fards, Ruba’ys, &c. to page 884; Mathnawies from page 885 to 1069.
Beginning چبس خورشید هوا هی چمی افررز حمل : Printed, Calcutta, 1811, 4to. The two Mathnawies which have the title شعله عشق (شوق) and دربای عشق have been lithographed, Lucnow, 1261, 16 pp. and 17 pp. Cawnpore, s. a. the former begins Ais=* رظلمتس کازها هینور the latter begins ,عشق هینازه کار 330 خیال There is a beautiful MS. copy of the works of Myr Taqyy in the Asiatic Society, which contains also some of his works in Persian prose, two of his prose works have lately been lithographed at Sahserén. In the Méty Mahall is an autobiography of Myr Taqyy, 152 pp. of 12 lines, it has the title of ذکر ڍر and begins حمد ببعد مرسخدوربرا که ایک بیت یکتای بعالم دوید
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(678) دیوان ناجی (H.) The Dywan of 3 Contents: Ghazals, 84. 00. of 16 bayts; Wasékhts, 3 pp. and some Ruba’ys, &c. Beginning Ku} آب sys ك شبدم اور ۳ ايك Bd دیکھو Kw! هو آفتاب US dine رسای مہر کن هی Tdépkhanah, copied in 1184; As. Soc. N 3 244, an فی copy.
(679) pol کلیات (H.) Complete poetical works of Shaykh Imam-bakhsh Na-
sikh, who died in 1254, they consist of three Dywans.
Completed in 1232, 1247 and 1254. Beginning بلجل هون بوستان چناب امیر کا ۰ روح القدس هی نام ميري همصغیرتا
Lithographed, Lucnow, Mawlay press, 1262, 402 pp., ۲ press, 1267, 380 pp. The second Dywan is printed on the margin of the first. His poems were first edited in 1259. From the chrono- grams contained in Nasikh we learn the following dates: Sawda died in 1195; Khwajah Hasan Thabit died in 1236; Mawlawy Makh- dûm died in 1239; another Makhdim died in 1229; Jorãt died in 1225; Myrzé Gada ’alyy, who used to compose Marthiyahs, died in 1233; Myr Modammad Taqyy Myr died in 1225; Haydar ’alyy Hatify died in 1234; Anwar ’alyy Bég died in 1238; Myr Ya’qub, whose takhallug was ’abbas, died in 1237; the calligraph ۵ Mohammad ’alyy Bég died in 1229; Kuiwar Jaswant Singh Par- wanah, a son of Rajah Bény Bahadur, died in 1248; Nijabat ’alyy Shah Majdzib died in 1234; Myrzé Qatyl died in 1233; Myrza Hosayn ’alyy Miknat died in 1235; Myr Tordab ’alyy died in 1235; Myr Ghasyta died in 1235.
(680) نظم سراج اصنبف نامخ (H.) The Light of poetical composition by Nasikh, the title is a chronogram for the date when the book was composed,
No. 688.1 NASYM. ہے 629
viz. 1254, and the author. died in the same year. It treats on the wisdom of God as manifested in the creation, and is founded chiefly on traditions. Beginning هی سزاوار حمل ذات خد! قابل شکر هی صعات خدا Lithographed, Lucnow, 1265, 92 pp. of 42 ۰
(681) گلزار نسیم (H.) The Rose Garden of Nasym, being the story of the rose of Bakawaly, in verse, by Pundit Daya Shankar Nasym, composed in 1254. Beginning باري dom هی قلم کا Sad هرشاخ میں هی شگوفه كاري Lithographed, Lucnow, Moçtafay press, 1264, 45 pp. the Hashiyah covered with text.
(682) قصابن نظبر (H.) The Qaçydahs of Natzyr. ` Beginning نظیر نراس مستانه ھی کہاں نر مریض و پیر ھی اور کور و ناتواں نرگس
Farah-bakhsh, 40 pp. of 10 bayts, a ae copy.
(683) ی وازش MA دیواری مرزا (H.)
The Dywan of Myrza ibaa Nawaxish.
Contents: Ghazals, 142 pp. of 14 bayts; Ruba’ys, &c. 48 pp. Beginning بیت اتوہ ات صذم گهرهی دل نالان کا
اپنا کيا و لجسپ مطاع هی سر دپوان کا ۱ Tépkhénah.
۱ و 1
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(684) دیوان نعیم (HL) The Dywan of Na’ym. Contents: Ghazals, 100 pp. of 13 bayts; Ruba’ys,
Qacydahs, &c. 30 pp. Beginning بتوں میں اگرتو نمایان نہوتا تو یہہ شهره دلریایاں نهرتا Tépkhanah.
The Dywan of Myrza Ahmad ’alyy Nisbat, he wrote under Nacyr aldyn Haydar and most of his poems are in the language of ladies, like those of Jan Cahib.
Contents: Qacydah, Ghazals, 300 pp.; Rubda’ys, 30 pp. lee نے of Ghazals:
والی ميري خاوند هی تو لوح 5 کرم 6 بندے کو بھروسا ٹی تيري فضل و کرم کا Méty Marall, a good copy:
۲| رس ا ل
(686) مهدي بینظیر تصغیف نیاز . (H.) Incomparable Hena (the leaves of Lawsonia inermis), a description in verse of an Indian wedding by Niyaz. Bg. جب ایا وه ساچک کا دن اشکار لگ اخت بنے هزاران هزار As. Soc. No. 104, 42 pp. of 15 ۵۰
(687) wy 'گلش عشق تصفیف (H.)
The Garden of Love, a Mathnawy in the Dakhny dialect, containing Hindû Love Stories, by Nucraty, com- posed in 1068. The ا el is :
مفقت امکی فدرت بر ide سراون Beginning
As. Soc. No. 254, about 280 pp. of 17 bayts.
No. 691.] PARWA’ NAH, 631
(688) دیوان پاکباز (H.) The Dywan of Pak-baz.
Contents: Ghazals, 101 pp. of 25 bayts; Saqiy-namah. Wasokht, Ruba’ys, &c. 50 pp. Beginning آي jus خداوندا ثناکا یف بیکگ دل میں انععال آیا Vyas ے نام oj لیا جب اس
Tépkhanah.
(689) پروائه bie جسوت daly دیوان (H.)
The Dywan of Rajah Jaswant Sing Parwanah, d. 1248,
consisting exclusively of Ghazals, alphabetically arranged. Beginning میں ہے کل عرض یہہ کي پیر خرد سے جکر غم ودره & اب تنگ هی عرضه دل بر 5
Private collection, 8۲۵, about 550 pp. of 18 lines, written in an
elegant hand, at the end of every letter a page or two are left blank,
and it would therefore appear as if this copy had been written by, or
for the author; As. Soc. No. 136. This copy has also 12 pages of miscellaneous poems, among them chronograms for 1210 and 1225.
(690) مثنوی = حلال وورد (سعار (H.) A Poem consisting of words without diaeritical dots, by Mawlawy Qabtl Mohammad, the author of the Haft Qulzum. Beginning و روج آدم را cl حمد مر کرد کار عالم را که دهد Lithographed Lucnow 1264, Masyhay press, 32 pp., on the margin of this edition is the و صدویبر US a short Mathnawy.
(691) as دیوان CHAE The Dywan of Qdyim (see p. 179 supra). Contents: Ghazals, 200 pp. of 12 bayts; Ruba’ys, Wasokht, short Mathnawies, &c. 220 pp.: Persian poems,
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26 pp.; Qacydahs in praise of Nawab Ahmad Yar Khan, Nawab Nacr Allah Khan, &c. Beginning مقدور نھیں تدرت خالق ے بیان کا . گونی پھ هرایک بال کوهو جکم زان
Méty Ma/all, an autograph. In the Farah-bakhsh, is a copy which was written in 1197; in addition to the above, it contains a Mathnawy of 106 pp. which begins Jos (GW! زن کر alas البي Jo .تپ دل دی بقدر خواهش The copy of the As. Soc. No 147, contains equally Qacydahs and Mathnawies, and begins—
ھرگز نہیں مقدور تيري dom زبان کا
)692( کلیات *عمد قلی قطبشاه ڊ س ابراهیم قطب شاه Ww)
Complete poetical works of the hing Mohammad Quly Qotob Shah, a son of Ibrahym Qofob Shah. He uses general Qotob or Qotob Shah قطیشه as his takhalluc. He reigned from A. D. 1581 to 1611. ۱
Contents: Mathnawies, 336 pp. of 14 bayts. Bg.
صفت کون اس یکتای سبعان کا که ناطق ابي جن هی قرآن کا Qacydahs, Tarjy’ bands, Marthiyahs, &c. 100 pp. `
جو بسم الله کر مطلع کهیا هی eld اس بکتا Beginning
Ghazals, 860 pp; Ruba’ys, 12 pp.
ولا منکر خداکی که خدا p& دربگا Beginning
As. Soc. No. 21, a splendid copy, written for the royal library of the successor of the author in 1022.
(693) دیواں قدرت (H.) The Dywan of Shah Qudrat. Allah Qudrat. It con- sists merely of Ghazals. Beginning
جز نقش پا جہان که بهه *>جبور رد گیا طافت ust وهان a چل کنی مقدور ر گیا As. Soc. No. 164, 33 pp. of 13 bayts, a fine copy.
No. 695. ] RANGYN. 633
(604). تصفیفا رنگین ye} (H.)
The Dywan of Sa’adat Yar Khan Rangyn, which he called Naw Rattan.
It is divided into four parts 4 each of which has a separate name, the first is called رنه and contains Ghazals, 72 pp. of 18 bayts; Ruba’ys, &c. 25 pp. among them is a chronogram for 1228 ; a Qacydah of 600 bayts, and two short Mathnawies, or poetical epistles. Bg. گنہگارخدایا ays ایا هون ترے lad yb ge? کرم سے تو a} بخش
The second Nuskhah has the title of بدخنه and con- tains Ghazals, 94 pp. and some Ruba’ys.
مالک تو جہاں کا خالق هی نام ثیرا Beginning
The third Nuskhah is entitled [مبخنه and contains humoristic poetry, chiefly Ghazals in the language of women, 36 pp. Beginning
تعدس میں كوي شر ڈگ نہیں تیرا J yaw ged ust” sho رندي باز دو rae ھ ی پیشوا
The fourth Nuskhah is equally in the language of women, and is called ,رتخنی It contains Ghazals, Ruba’ys, &c. 53 pp. Bg. واري تبري جاوں میں خالق ھی تو خلقت؟
Tépkhanah, two good copies; in the Moéty Makall, is a copy of the first Nuskhah ; it contains a chronogram for 1197.
(695) ایچاد رنگین (H.) A Mathnawy by vege Yar Khan Rangyn. Bg.
پاک کي جس ا come دای 9
Liklopraphed, Lucnow, Mogtafay press, 1263, 36 pp., the margin covered with text. There is another Mathnawy by Rangyn, which has the title of مظہر العچائب it begins بڑي نمي حد سے بڑھیا ایك مفلوس
Lithographed, Lucnow, Masyhay press, 1262, 26 pp. of four columns.
4M
634 HINDU’STA’NY POETS. ] 013۸۳. III.
(696) 0 دیوان رشلت ۱ | (H.) Poetry of ’alyy Awsat Rashk. It is divided mto two Dywans, the first has the separate title نظم مباک which is a chronogram for 1253, and the second is entitled نظم
which is a chronogram for 1261. گرامي ۱ ممنون فضل کا نہ is مطہرنا Beginning Lithographed, Lucnow, Mokammady press, 1263, 424 pp.; the second Dywan is on the Hashiyah, at the end are chronograms. or the ترجمة حدیث رجعت Rashk is also the author of a poem called millennium of the Shy’ahs, lithographed Lucnow, 1263, 26 pp. of bayts. ` Beginning 35
اگر هون بسملہ 4 فارع اقواه کریں حمید Us? العمد al
(697) دیوان راسخ (H.) The Dywans of Rasikh, of Atish, and of Abad have
been published at Lucnow, 1263, 256 pp. in one volume written in three columns, each containing a different Dywan. This Rasikh is to be distinguished from ‘inayat Allah Khan Rasikh b. Shams aldawlah Lutf Allah Khan Cadiq Mohawwirjang who is the author of the کارستان هندي 2. e. a transcript into the Persian character of the سدھا سرو a collection of Brij Bhasha poems forming one of the nine Ras of which the سنکار رس ۰ |
)698( خیابان یعن یگل بیاولی نظم تسنیف رإعان (HL) The Story of the Rose of Bakawly in Hindtstany verse, composed in 1212 by Rayhan, divided into 40 chapters ۔گلگشنی Beginning ساقي مین تيري ادا & ثیان مدق مي ر جام > ميري جان As. Soc. No. 125, about 650 pp. of 15 bayts. It is stated in the postcript that the work was revised in 1221. There is an older
poetical Rékhtah version of this story extant, which has the title of ,نعفه چلی سلاطین The title is a chronogram for 1151.
No. 701.] | ROSTAM. 635
حمد کر اس خداي US کي چشم دل coy) جسن Uy کي Beginning
A copy is in a private collection’ at Cawnpore, 462 pp. of 1 bayts. There is also a Dakhny version of this story in the Tép- khanah, 130 pp. of 15 bayts, it was composed in 1035.
برس ایکهزار هور پنے تیم میں کیا pid یوں نظم دن وس میں ۰ سذونان هون ایك شہ رکا تاجدار دھری مال هور مملکت بیشمار Beginning
(699) دیواں رند (H.) The Dywan of Mihrban Khan Rind who was in the service of Bangash, Natzim ۶ ۰ Contents : Ghazals, near 200 pp. of 11 bayts; Ruba’ys, &c. 9 pp. Beginning op ght apts See IN de ہی میں چاه جو کر وصف تو مونهه کیا هی زبانکا - As. Soc. No. 173, written in 1229. (700) ۰ گلدسته عشق معروف به دیوان رنه (H.)
The Dywan of Sayyid Mofammad Khan Rind, who came in 1240 from Farrokhdbdd to Lucnow, where he still resides. ۱
Contents : chiefly Ghazals divided into two Dywans.
جور پر آکیه نه ال کبھی شیدا نیرا Beginning
. Lithographed, ape, MOT press, 1268, 216 pp., the margin covered with text.
(701) قصیںء رستم (H.)
' A Qacydah in praise of Açaf aldawlah, by Sayyid Hosayn-bakhsh Rostam. Beginning mرıj کہا *جهس که س ای Se ایل دن Topkhanah, 140 verses. 4M 2
636 HINDU STA NY POETS, [Cuap. III.
(702) ols د ہواں (H.)
The Dywan of Sajjad. He must be distinguished from Nawaz ’alyy Sajjad who is alive and resides at Lucnow.
Contents: Qacydahs in praise of Acaf aldawlah, Gha- zals and some Qif’ahs, &c. Beginning of Ghazals:
مطلح دیوان کرون هون ابندا , de بسم الله هی نام خدا
Farah-bakhsh, 322 pp. a fine copy, apparently written for the
author.
,1( کلیات سودا )703(
Complete poetical works of Sawda.
Contents: Panegyrics chiefly in praise of Shuja’ aldaw- lah, 230 pp. of 12 bayts.
هوا جب کفر ابت هی وہ تمغاي مسلمانی Beginning
Ghazals, Rubd’ys, &¢. 394 pp. ; Qifahs among them some chronograms, 32 pp. ; riddles, 4 pp.
مقدور نہیں ful تجلی > بیان کا Beginning
95 Salams (invocations) and Marthiyahs or elegies on Hosayn, 424 pp. Bg. غلام سلام | pss pe (دسم !24ے هی
Mathnawies and miscellaneous poems, some of them with critical remarks in Persian prose, 400 pp.
میر ماحب میرے کرم فرما مبدع عقل و کان فهم و ذک Bg.
As. Soc. No. 46, a good copy written in 1212 و College of Fort William ; a book-seller of Dilly has signified his intention of litho-.
graphing the Kullyyét. An extract has been printed at Calcutta, 1810, 4to.; reprinted Calcutta, 1847, 4to.
No. 706. } SHAWQ. 637
(704) بل Ge (H.) Power of enjoyment, being a version of the Kék Shash- ter into Dakhny verse, by Shihab aldyn, dedicated to Amyr Shah king of Golcondah, This poem is based upon the Persian translation of the Kék Shashter which was made by Baryd Shah 4, ust! ای ی هندری جر ass ust? بربد شاه *حمود ے درز سرایں بعد در دور بهركي امیر دکیں > شھانمیں هی نرمل سربر Bg. خدا ایت رحمان هی ھور رحیم دو جگمیں اھی نام امت کردم ۸8. ۰ کے No. 43, folio, 150 pp. 13 lines, a beautiful copy
written in 1082, at Haydarébad by Khidhr b. Ya’qib for Darya Khan b. ’alyy Khan. Numerous blanks are left for drawings.
(705) دیوان شوق (H.) Dywan of Hasan ’alyy Khan Shawg.. Contents : Ghazals, 168 pp. of 14 bayts; Ruba’ys, &c. 12 pp. Beginning سې مچم دے جام پیابی شراب کا
K مبري جی کباب a 4 هی تشنگی Moty Marall, a لو copy.
re ماس
(706) جوگن نامه تسنیف شریر 1:8 Mokhammas’ of Ahmad Jan Sharyr of Dilly. Beginning ای اس الفت ظالم کا برزهي هی چلی Lithographed, Moçtaféy press, 1268, 8 pp., the press has been
corrected by the author; a similar poem of only 4 pp. by Natzyr has been published in the Mokammady press in 1268.
سج ee س و
638 HINDU STA NY POETS. [CHAP. III.
(707) دیوان سلیمان (H.)
- The Dywan of Solayman-shikéh Solayman, which be collected in 1225.
Contents: Qacydahs in praise of the Imams, 12 pp.; Ghazals, 200 pp. of 12 iy Marthiyahs, &c. 40 ۰ Beginning of Ghazals:
وابسدة ae جو مرضي تا جہاں 6 dex’ 6 دل y میں 2 de 6 ھی نه Kile,
Méty Madall, a yer copy. In the same collection is another Dywan of Solaymaén-Shikéh, 414 pp. of 9 bayts, containing besides Ghazals, two Qacydahs, Tarjy’bands, &c. Beginning of Ghazals:
> ول ابقو عشق ے دریا میق 5الا توکلت على الله نعالی
(708) مین نموز Ue نرہ The Dywan of Myr 7۰ ' Contents: Ghazals 300 pp. of 12 bayts; Ruba’ys, Mokhammas and a Mathnawy, 22 pp. Beginning دعوي بڑا هی سوز کو ایۓ کلام 6 جو غو رگج توهی کوزي > کام کا میں لکھنا side مدبسماللۃ ais? سردیواں پرا جو بسم الله میں لکھنا Méty Marall, three fine copies; As. Soc. No. 179; an extract of his Dywan has been printed 4to. s. a. (Calcutta, 1810) 68 pp.
(709) دیوان سلطا (H.) _ The Dywan of Khwajah Sulétén Khan of Patna whose takhalluç is Sultan, and who was in 1853 at Calcutta. Beginning رخسار کا ass! پرتواصجم ازل Private collection, an elegant MS. 8۲0, 230 pp. 9 lines, copied in 1261.
No. 714.] ۱ TAHSYN. 639
(710) | Vk’ دیوان (H.) The Dywan of Taban. It contains merely Ghazals. Beginning 6 ای مرن خدا هو تو پرستار خدا
مهب میں بر کفر هی انکار Kk Tépkhanah, 130 pp. of 9 bayts,
(H.) قصه بہرام و وگلاندام تمنیف ab را The Story Bahram and Gulandém, in 1140 Dakhny verses, composed by 1607 in 1081. Beginning
البی oe 6 مچ تاب نے میرب جیب ہے es کو آب دب As. Soc. No. 19, 140 pp. of 10 ۰
(712) بهار عشق (H.) The Spring of Love, a Mathnawy, by T'açadduq Ho- sayn Khan, who is familiarly called Hakym Nawab Myrza. Beginning ۳۳۹ درون صقات Pod کس زبان Lithographed, CERES 1268, 42 pp.
(11) ۱ ا تصنیفا + et )713(
The Story of Kamrup, a Mathnawy, by ۰
Beginning البي !=$ تو کرنهار هی Edited by Garcin de Tassy, Paris, 1835, 8۲0, 96 pp-; MS. copies are very rare in this part of India.
(714) | Beh شرح (H.) Poetry of 0 )
Contents: a Majntin 6 Layla, 220 pp. of 13 bayts, composed in 199. ۰ Chronogram جو تاریۓ چاے تو ای دلنواز :یہہ لکھۂ چل *جم هی غم جانکداز Bg. البي یہہ ”جنون دل زارهیي که خواهان لیلای دیدارهی
640 HINDU STA NY. POETS. ] 011۸۳, III.
Ghazals, 140 pp. of 16 bayts; Ruba’ys, Qacydahs,
Marthiyahs, &c. 120 pp. Beginning پڑھوں دوب نامه اعمال جب لک اسکي فامسی کا 6 ندیکھوں مد بسم .الله دیوای قیاست ; Farah-bakhsh, a good copy; As. Soc. No. 159, without the Layla Majnin. (715) بهار دانش 7 (H.)
The Bahare Danish, or the story of Jahandarshah, a Mathnawy by Tapish, dedicated to Dr. W. Hunter and Mr. Taylor. The poet says that he translated the story from the Persian. Beginning
بیان کیا کروں حمد پرور دگار که #جز بیان سے هون بس شرمسار
As. Soc. Beng. No. 35, folio, about 800 pp. 11 lines, apparently
written under the superintendence of the author. In the College of Fort William is a copy of the Kullyyat of Tapish, about 803 pp. of
قلم نے چهوئتيبي هي Sle دکمایا گریباد گا lines. Beginning 13
The Story of Pary-rokh and Mah-syma, in verse, by the Nawab Wajyh aldawlah Wajyh aldyn Wajyh, com- posed in 1191. Beginning
ستایش هو کیا op پاك کي رسائي فالك تك نہیں خاك کی
ety Mahall, 174 pp. of 15 “bay ts.
(717) فساذہ طالبت موهخی (H.) The Story of Talib Méhiny, in verse, by Walih, whose name is spelled تو الم all three instances in which it occurs. The language is bad and incorrect. خدا ھی-.ج8 dee بچن 6 الج جودلکشاغی چراغ اس بزم کا Tépkhénah, about:60 pp. of 10 ۰
No. 721.] WALYY. 641
(718) دیواں ولی (H.)
The Dywan of Walyy of Gujrat.
وه pho جب سون بسا دیده حیران میں آ Beginning
Edited by Garcin de Tassy, Paris, 1834, 4to. 144 pp. of 24 bayts, MS. copies are frequent in India, though it is no longer read. In the As. Soc. No. 237 is a copy which was written in 1146. This and some other copies, commence with the Qaçy dahs, viz :
لے زبان پر تون اول اول نام پاك خدای عزوجل
(719) دیوان واقف (H.) The Dywan of Wagif of Faydhabad.
Contents: Ghazals, near 200 pp. of 9 bayts; miscel-
laneous poems, 24 pp. Beginning
As. Soc. No. 123, a very fine copy, written in 1202.
(720) قصه رن تصنیفا دلي (H.) The Story of Rattan, by Walyy. Beginning تو هی باك پرررد کار نرنکار واتار آچہی اپار Glos Topkhanah, ABÊ 400 pp. of 11 bayts.
(721) ۱ دیوان ولا (H.) The Dywan of Matzhar ’alyy Khan ۰ Contents: a short autobiography and a few specimens of the poetry of his father, 12 pp. of 15 lines; Qacydahs, 120 pp.; Ghazals, about 100 pp.; Mafla’s, Ruba’ys Qif’ahs, &c. about 90 pp. Beginning of Ghazals: احق وهی مالک هی ازل اورابدک Ky Sad اي دل توسدا شکر کر الله
` As. Soc. No. 60, 4to. this copy was presented to the College of Fort William by the author, in 1810.
N
642 HINDU STA NY POETS. [CHaP. II.
(722) LG دیوان (H.) The Dywan of Yakrang. It consists exclusively of Ghazals.. The language is obsolete. Beginning
کہیں کل میں کہیں بلبل میں دیکھا تیرا جلوه ee گل میں دیکھا
Tépkhanah, 85 pp. of 13 bayts, two copies.
(.11) دیوان يکرو )723(
The Dywan of Yakrû. The language is obsolete. Bg.
*چهه جان و داکو لدت Slo جگردیا هرمو میرا زبار هي شکر خدا کیا Tépkhénah, 180 pp. of 12 bayts.
(724) دیوان یقوں (H.) The Dywan of In’am Allah Yaqyn. It contains merely Ghazals. Beginning
is کي pl کون کرس کنا هی اس خاق ۴ : ۹ : Moty Madzall, two copies, 82 pp. of 12 bayts; Tépkhanah, several copies, one of them was written in the 16th year of Shah alam —1188; As Soc. No. 164.
(725) دیوان باوز (H.) The Dywan of Yawar. It contains Ghazals and a few Ruba’ys. The language is obsolete and bad. Bg.
دل ضعیغےمحبت ہیں مستقیرھرا دلیل راہ میرا جبستذیی رحدم هو Moty Mahall, 168 pp. of 15 bayts, the copy is of some age.
Mysteries of Love, or the story of Sassy and Pannd, composed in 1187, chronogram 4=” چپ قصه هی اسرار
کبس نام دردل ھرنگیںھی عبت ے كرنيخالي نہیں ھی Bg. Lithographed, Lucnow, s. a. 20 pp.
No. 729:1: NAL DAMAN. 643
i AEE یر٤ ذاد (H.) Nal Daman, a Mathnawy of 1675 bayts, translated from the Persian in 1229, chronogram داستان راحت افزا a2 Beginning جسن اس ارض وسما کو bly ادا حمد خدا! کو Le کرون Lithographed, Lucnow, Mortadhawy press, 50 pp. of three columns.
(728) وفات نامه (1.۱ The death of the Prophet, translated from the Arabic into Rékhtah verses. Beginning
Lithographed, Cawnpore, 1267, Svo. 25 pp. There occurs in it a
Ghazal by Kafiy but Hajiy Mokammad Hosayn informed me that Kafiy is not the author of the Mathnawy.
(729) بہرام وگلاندام (H.) Bahram and Gul-andam,a story in 1340 Dakhny verses, composed, as it isstated in the conclusion, in forty days in 1081, and dedicated to Shah Raji Hosayny of Golconda. Bg. الہي ؛چں تا *چر ناب دے مر جیب > تیغ کون آبد ء As. Soc. Beng. No. 19, folio, a beautiful copy, about 100 pp. 11 lines.
e SAO ۳ ۳ e مو اک
9۹44 ADDENDA. ] 0/112۳, I.
ADDITIONS TO THE FIRST CHAPTER.
(730) الا فکار li (P.)
A Tadzkir«h of Persian poets by Qudrat Allah Khan Qudrat of Gopamaw. He came in 1227 to Madras where he compiled this book and he dedicated it to Siraj aldawlah Mohammad Ghawth Khan (see p. 172). Among the sources, he mentions the Tadzkirahs described under Nos. 32, 18, 19, 14, 13, 24, 25, and also the Safynah of By-Khabar (see p. 144), Gule Ra’na (see pp, 145 and 645), Baharistane Sokhon by ‘abd al-Razzaq and Shame Gharyban by Shafyq of Awrangabad.
This work contains 528 short biographies alphabeti-
cally arranged, with extracts from their works.
Neatly lithographed, Madras, 1843, 8vo. 476. There has been lithographed at Madras, 1851, 8vo. 256 pp. a selection of Persian and Rékhtah poetry from various authors made by Assistant Surgeon Ward. It has the title of گلذسته سخن
(731) عارف des? تنکرة الشعرا تصنیف (P.) Notices of a few Persian poets in ninety Persian verses by Mofammad ’arif of ۰ Beginning ساز Bod 5 بخستیی رودکی زد
Mowlawy Morammad Wajyh’s collection.
(732) نشتر عشق (P.) The Lancet of Love. This is the poetical title of a
Tadzkirah of Persian poets, compiled by Hosayn Quly- Khan af Patna a son of Aqû Quly Khan of Dilly. His takhallu¢ was ‘ishq, and he completed this work in 1230. He undertook it at the request of Mr. Elhot. Among
No. 732.[ NASHTARE “ISHQ. 645
the authorities are the works described under Nos. 7, 16, 34, 25, 24, 23, 18, 21,19, 13, 14, and the follow- ing: Hayat alsho’ara, and the Mardume dydah, or the pupil of the eye (see page 144 supra), Tadzkirah By-natzyr by Myr ‘abdal-Wahhab see pp. 144 and 213. He also used گلرهنا (see p. 145) by Lachmy Narayan whose takhalluc was Shafyg. Under his ta- khalluc, we find the following account of Lachmy Narayan, his father Mansa Ram was a Khatry, who derived his descent from the Panjab, but his grandfather had settled at Awrangabad. Lachmy Narayan was born in 1158 and was instructed in Persian literature by Azad. He wrote Persian and Rékhtah verses and used first the takhalluc of Cahib, subsequently he changed it at the request of Azad into Shafyq. His tadzkirah contains an account of the poets of India and has considerable merit.
Us apparently a general Tadzkirah by اللطائف Mawlawy Radin ’alyy Khan of Farrokhabad a son of Bahramand Khan. He had the takhallu¢ of Yman and was a good Arabic and Persian scholar. He died at Farrokhabad on Wednesday the 16th Cafar, 1224.
by Myrza Janjanan Matzhar who خربطه جواهر اندوخنہ was born in 1110, see pp. 256 and 488.
Besides he professes to have used several historical works and dictionaries such as the Cubh Cadigq, Firishtah, Ayyn Akbary. A copy of the Cubh Cadiq, which is also mentioned by Azad see p. 144 supra is in the col- lection of Sir H. Elliot.
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ERRATA AND ADDENDA.
Page 3, line 11, Ridegy read Rûdaky from Rûdak a village of Samarqand, see , Bland, Journ. Roy. As, Soc. Vol, IX. p. 121.
Bihramy read Bahramy. ,34 ,93,4 ور
» Ö,,, 26, read eleventh chapter.
» 17, ,, last line, read 909 (sic for 709).
read Mahmûd b. ’alyy Khwaja. ,12 ,,°,18 ہو
» 19, ور read Hallaj Sabzwary d. 830—Salymy d. 854—Amyr Shahy d, 857 (these dates are from Dorn).
» 20, بو 1, read Amyr Yadgar Bég Sayfy d. 870.
Fatéyiy read ۰ ,16 رو ,20 وو
read Nargisy d. 938. ,1 وو ,22 وو
Mohtasham read ۵۵ ۰ ,5,13 ,23 وو
+» 28,,, 35, Haly was read Haly is.
yy 32, ,, 7, Faraghy ۱۵۸0۵ ۰
Nijaty read ۰ ,3 ,,,65 مم
» 68, ور 10, 11,13, read Abû-l-Fadhl of Mahnah—Abi Sa’yd of Mahnah— Aba-l-Nacr of Mahnah.
» 74, ,, 35, Kolûj read Kalûj.
» 2&7, ور 22, read Hatify d. 927.
» 96, ,, 5, Ayany read ۰
readin A, H. 1106. ,11 وه ,109 وو
read ۰ : 2117" ,1 ,, ,127 وه
Ganjah read Ganjawah. ,10 رو و127 وو
,, 127, بو 19, Nazawy read ۰
read ۰ 2121 ,35 ,, ,137 وو
omit see p. 159, infra. ,19 بو ,144 وو
Burhampér read Burhanpor. ,4 رو ,150 وو
Afiryn read ۰ ,8 ,, ,150 وو
read Amyr Khosraw d. 725. ,17 ,, ,150 وو
read ’attar d. 627. ,12 بو ,151 و
omit it may be by ’alyy Ibréhym Khan, see No. 45 ۰ ,5 بر ,152 رو
Radhyy read Radhiy. ,6 ,, ,156 وو
Saty’ read ۰ ,10 ور ,156 وو
Zakyy read Taqyy or Naqyy. ,1 ,, ,160 وو
+, 161, ,, 15, add according to the ۲02۲ Alam of ’abd al-Latyf, p. 225, Adzor died in 1195.
Rif’at read ۰ ,17 ور ,168 ہو
read 1208. 1008 ,12 ,, ,180 وه
,, 181, ,, 20, read informs us.
ERRATA.
’ishqy read ’ishq. ,8 ,, ,182 بر
,, 182, ,, 18۰04 19, read میر غلام حسین شورش BI ,تمام شد ہو 185, ,, last line, 1219 read 1229 and add, he died in 1250. ,, 186, ,, 13, in Arabia read in Arabic.
.اشعات ( اشعة ) العشق and 27, read 26 ,, 187 ور
read 1221. 1121 ,28 ,, ,204 رہ
read 1205. 1105 ,29 ہر ,278 وہ
’oridhy read ۰ ,12 ,, ,366 بو
», 367, ,, 18, Dywans read poems.
.روح الارواح read الارواح last but one line, ,, ,430 بو
,صب read ھب ,22 ,ر ,474 و,
.چواغ دل last line, read It was composed in 1238, the chronogram is ,, ,584 ہر
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