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Persian poetry

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 90 Collections and/or Records:

دستور همّت Dastūr-i himmat, 1176 A.H., 1762 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 323
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A mas̲navī on the loves of Kāmrūp and Kamlatā, or, as the latter is called for the convenience of the metre, Latākām, by Mīr-‘īsā, better known as Himmat-Khān (d. 1092 A.H., 1681 C.E.).

Dates: 1176 A.H.; 1762 C.E.

دقائق الانشاء Daqā'iq al-inshā', 1204 A.H., 1789 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 115
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This important work, which deals with the subtilties of style in the composition of both prose and poetry, was compiled in 1145 A.H. (1732-1733 C.E.), by Ranjhūr-Dās (also called Ranchūr-Dās), son of Ranjīt-Rāi, a Kāyath of Jawnpūr.

Dates: 1204 A.H.; 1789 C.E.

دقائق الانشاء Daqāʼiq al-inshāʼ, undated copy (original text composed 18th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 336
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This work deals with the subtilties of style in the composition of both prose and poetry. The original text was compiled in 1145 A.H., 1732-1733 C.E. by Ranjhūr-Dās (also called Ranchūr-Dās).

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 18th cent. C.E.)

ديوان امير خسرو Dīvān-i Amīr Khusraw, undated copy (extant by 17th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 290
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The poetical works of celebrated Persian poet of India, Amīr Yamīn al-Dīn Abū al- Ḥasan 'Khusraw' Dihlawī (d. 725 A.H., 1325 C.E.) The manuscript is undated but and owner's seal indicates that it was extant by 1634 C.E..

Dates: undated copy (extant by 17th cent. C.E.)

ديوان بدر چاچی Dīvān-i Badr Chāchī, 1126 A.H., 1714 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 292
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The lyrical poems of Muḥammad Badr al-Dīn (d. 746 A.H., 1345 C.E.), a celebrated poet of Chāch or Shāsh (the ancient name of Tāshqand).

Bears an owner seal, dated 1129 A.H., 1716 C.E.

Dates: 1126 A.H.; 1714 C.E.

ديوان خاقانی Dīvān-i Khāqānī, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 274
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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.

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)

ديوان خاقانی Dīvān-i Khāqānī, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 275
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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..

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)

ديوان خاقانی Dīvān-i Khāqānī, undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 276
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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.

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 12th cent. C.E.)

ديوانِ دانش Dīvān-i Dānish, undated copy (original text composed 17th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 307
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The lyrical poems of "Dānish", the pen name of Mīr, or Mirzā, Rāzī of Mashhad b. Abū Turāb (d. 1076 A.H., 1665 C.E.).

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 17th cent. C.E.)

ديوان سعدی Dīvān-i Sa‘dī, undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 285
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An incomplete collection of the poems of one of the most celebrated of Persian poets Sa'dī of Shiraz, 606-691 A.H. (1210-1291-2 C.E.).

It consists of: Būstān, fols. 1- 65, qaṣīdāt, fols. 655-89; muqaṭṭa'āt, fols. 895-141.

It contains, two illuminated frontispieces.

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)