Persian poetry
Found in 90 Collections and/or Records:
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Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia
Or Ms 264: اظهار الحق Iẓhār al-ḥaqq, undated (extant by 17th cent. C.E.)
A Persian translation of some of the difficult lines in the qasīdahs written by 'Alī b. Abī Ṭalib (cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muḥammad, and First Imām of Shi'i Islam). It includes comments by Mīr Sayyid Walī, who compiled it at the desire of his father.
The main text is written in nasta'līq script with the Arabic quotations from the poetry written in naskh.
Or Ms 273: شرح حديقة الحقيقة Sharḥ-i ḥadīqat al- ḥaqīqah, 1051 A.H., 1641 C.E.
Or Ms 274: ديوان خاقانی Dīvān-i Khāqānī, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)
The collected poems of Imām Afz̤al al-Dīn "Khāqānī" of Shirvān (who died at Tabriz between 582 and 595 A.H. /1186 and 1199 C.E.), with a few pages missing at the end.
Fronticepiece illuminated with gold.
Or Ms 275: ديوان خاقانی Dīvān-i Khāqānī, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)
The collected poems of Imām Afz̤al al-Dīn Badil Ibrāhīm b. 'Alī Najjār "Khāqānī" of Shirvan, who originally wrote poetry under the name of Haqā'iqī and died at Tabriz, between 582 and 595 A.H. /1186 and 1199 C.E..
Or Ms 276: ديوان خاقانی Dīvān-i Khāqānī, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)
The collected poems of Imām Afz̤al al-Dīn Badil Ibrāhīm b. 'Alī Najjār "Khāqānī" of Shirvan, who originally wrote poetry under the name of Haqā'iqī and died at Tabriz, between 582 and 595 A.H. /1186 and 1199 C.E.. It contains both named and unnamed works.
Or Ms 277: شرح ديوان خاقانی Sharḥ-i Dīwān-i Khāqānī, 1045 A.H., 1635 C.E.
A commentary on the difficult verses in the Qaṣīdahs of Imām Afz̤al al-Dīn Badil Ibrāhīm b. 'Alī Najjār "Khāqānī" of Shirvān who died at Tabriz, between 582 and 595 A.H. /1186 and 1199 C.E., by Muḥammad bin Dāūd (here Dād) ‘Alawī Shādiyābādī. Copied in the village of Tamwarlī in Tilingānah, India.
Or Ms 278: تحفة العراقين Tuḥfat al-‘Irāqayn, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)
The well-known masnawī by the celebrated poet Imām Az̤al al-Dīn "Khāqānī" of Shirvān, who originally wrote poetry under the name of Haqā'iqī and died at Tabriz, between 582 and 595 A.H. /1186 and 1199 C.E.. In it he describes the pilgrimage that he made from Shīrwān to Mecca and Medīna and his way back, with special references to the ‘Irāq-i ‘Ajam and ‘Irāq-i ‘Arab.
Or Ms 279: اسکندر نامهٔ برّی Iskandar-nāma-i barrī, 1180 A.H., 1766 C.E.
The first part of the celebrated poem of Shaykh Jamal al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyas b. Mu'ayyad Niẓām al-Dīn, "Niẓāmī" of Ganjah, who was born at Qum, 535 A.H. (1140 C.E.), and probably died 599 A.H. (1203 C.E.), though the dates of his death are variously described, 576-607 A.H. (1180-1210 C.E.).
This section of the poem contains an account of the exploits of Alexander the Great.
Or Ms 280: ليلی و مجنون Laylá-u Majnūn, 1104 A.H., 1692 C.E.
This is one of the five epic poems on the love of Laylá and Majnūn by Shaykh Jamal al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyas b. Mu'ayyad Niẓām al-Dīn, "Niẓāmī" of Ganjah, who was born at Qum, 535 A.H. (1140 C.E.), and probably died 599 A.H. (1203 C.E.), though the dates of his death are variously described, 576-607 A.H. (1180-1210 C.E.).
Frontispiece illuminated with gold.