This volume contains the collected poetry of Qāsim al-Anvār/Kasım el-Envar (lived 757-837 AH/1356-1434 CE). It is comprised of the following parts :. (I) ff 2v-196v : Persian ghazaliyāt;. (II) ff 197r-208v : Other poems beginning with a tarjīᶜ-band;. (III) ff 209r-213r : Rubāᶜiyāt;. (IV) ff 213v-217v : A masnavī preceded by a prose preface, relating to the death of Timur, followed by a poem in the same metrical form on the various degrees of ascetic life;. (V) ff 217v-237v : Anīs al-ᶜarifīn (انيس العارفين), a Sufi tract in masnavi form, beginning with a prose preface;. (VI) ff 237v-248r : Risālah-i Amānah (رسالۀ امانه), here called Risālah-i jūd (رسالۀ جود), a Sufi work in prose and verse;. There are also Ottoman Turkish verses by Kasım el-Envar on ff 155r and 213r. The text features marginal paintings decorated with floral designs, animals and birds in gold adorning the following five miniatures, which are late 19th-century imitations of the Safavid style:. f 36v : Qāsim al-Anvār before a king;. f 44v : Poets and a king;. f 109r : Poet reciting poetry condemning the vanities of the world;. f 148a : Scene of drinking and festivity;. f 213r : Two poor men sitting at the threshold of a room. The text also features two unvans on superior execution on f 1v. This manuscript was copied by ᶜabdullāh al-Iṣfahānī in 861 AH (1456-57 CE).
Dīvān-i Qāsim al-Anvār - ديوان قاسم الانوار.
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 Or 11363
- Dates of Creation
- 861
- Language of Material
- Persian Turkish
- Physical Description
- Codex 268 ff. Medium: opaque watercolour.
Scope and Content
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Other Finding Aids
Titley, N.M., Miniatures from Persian manuscripts in the British Library and British Museum (London: British Museum Publications, 1977), p. 230; and Handlist, no. 78.