[IO Islamic 3116] Majma'-alnafâ'is

Majma’-alnafâ’is. This manuscript is now IO Islamic 680 in the India Office collections. [metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 3116 here with notations and hyperlinks]. 680 Majma’-alnafâ’is (مجمع النفائس ) . The second half ( جلد دوم ) of the famous tadhkirah of Persian poets, completed A.H. 1164 (A.D. 1750, 1751), by Sirâj-aldîn ‘Alî Khân Ârzû, who was born A.H. 1101 (A.D. 1690), and died A.H. 1169 (A.D. 1756 ); comp. A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 132; Bodleian Catal., No. 380. This copy, which is no doubt Mr. Hall’s (see A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 134, note), begins with the letter ض , and ends withى ; the first poet mentioned is Ḍiyâ-aldîn Fârsî. Among the numerous works of Ârzû the most prominent are: سراج اللغة , a glossary of ancient poets; چراغ هدايت , a glossary of modern poets; تنبيه الغافلين , a criticism on Shaikh ‘Alî Ḥazîn; غرائب اللغات , a glossary of Hindî words (comp. Rieu ii . p. 501, and iii. pp. 997, 1030, and 1070b), and خيابان گلستان , a commentary on the Gulistân (Bodleian Cat., No. 725; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 551). This copy is one of the oldest we have of Ârzû’s work, transcribed from the author’s autograph, A.H. 1166 (19th of Jumâdâ-alawwal, sixth year of Aḥmad-shâh’s reign)= A.D. 1753, March 24, by Ârzû’s pupil Mîr ‘Ârif-allâh, known as Imâm-aldîn; it came into Kaiḳubâdjang’s library, A.H. 1204, 2nd of Rabî’-alawwal (A.D. 1789, December 20). No. 3116, ff. 344, ll. 17; Nasta’lîḳ, mixed with Shikasta; size, 121/2 in. by 67/8 in