DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7791854
title: [IO Islamic 332] كلّيّات سعدى

description: <strong>Kulliyyây-i-Sa’dî.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1124 in the India Office collections.</strong> <strong>[metadata:</strong> <strong>Hermann Ethé</strong><strong><em>, </em></strong><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> <strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong> <strong>number 332 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1124 The same. Another exquisitely written and most splendidly ornamented copy, likewise without a date. Contents: 1.Six risâlas, in the following curious arrangement: the <em>first</em> corresponds to the second of the usual copies, i.e. the مجالس خمسه or five homilies, on ff. 4<sup>b</sup>, 6<sup>a</sup>, 9<sup>a</sup>, 10<sup>b</sup>, last line, and 13<sup>b</sup>, beginning: الحمد لله الذى خلق الخ; the <em>second</em> is identical with the usual third, styled here در بيان صاحب ديوان و جواب, on fol. 18<sup>b</sup> margin; the <em>third</em> is the usual fourth (therefore correctly called here (رسالۀ چهارم , styled در علم و عشق, on fol. 20<sup>a</sup>; the <em>fourth</em> ( called correctly رسالۀ پنجم) corresponds to the usual fifth, styled در نصيحت ملوك, on fol. 21<sup>b</sup> margin; The <em>fifth</em> to the <em>second story</em> of the usual sixth (therefore called here رسالۀ دوم در نصيحت ملك انكيانو), beginning: معلوم شد كه خسرو عادل الخ ; the <em>sixth</em> to the <em>third story</em> of the same ( called here رسالۀ سيوم در مدح ملك شمس الدين تازیگو), beginning: در زمان حكومت ملك عادل الخ. There are consequently missing the collector’s preface, the usual <em>first</em> risâlah در تقرير ديباچه, and the <em>first story</em>, رسالۀ ملاقات اباقا, of the usual <em>sixth</em> risâlah. 2.Gulistân, on fol. 34<sup>b</sup>. 3.Bûstân, on fol. 96<sup>b</sup>. 4.Arabic ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 166<sup>b</sup>. 5.Persian ḳaṣîdas, on fol. 173<sup>b</sup>. 6.Marâthî, on fol. 197<sup>b</sup>. 7.Mulamma’ât, on fol. 201<sup>b</sup>. 8.Tarjî’ât, on fol. 205<sup>b</sup>. 9. Ṭayyibât, on fol. 211<sup>b</sup>. All theses parts begin as in the preceding copy. 10.Badâ’i’, on fol. 288<sup>b</sup>, beginning: اى كه انكار كنى عالم درويشانرا الخ (corresponding to No. 1117 in this Cat., Fol. 254<sup>a</sup>, first line). 11.Khawâtîm, on fol. 322<sup>b</sup>. 12.Early ghazals, on fol. 335<sup>b</sup>. Beginning of both parts as usual. 13.Ṣâḥibiyyah, on fol. 342<sup>b</sup>, with the usual pros-preface. The initial poem is the same as in Nos. 1118 and 1119 in this Cat., viz. نگين ختم رسالت الخ. 14.Muḳaṭṭa’ât, on fol. 357<sup>b</sup>, beginning : تو آن نكردۀ الخ. 15.Muṭâyabât (or Khabîthât), on fol. 359<sup>a</sup> margin, beginning:.قال السّعدى الخ The Rubâ’iyyât, Mufradât, and Muḍḥikât are wanting here. No. 332, ff. 366, 2 center-coll., each ll. 19, And a third on the margin, ll. 14; small, but clear Nasta’lîḳ; the whole copy beautifully embellished throughout; illuminated frontispieces, with luxurious ornaments on the same and the following page, on ff. 4<sup>b</sup>, 34<sup>b</sup>, 96<sup>b</sup>, 166<sup>b</sup>, 173<sup>b</sup>, 211<sup>b</sup>, 288<sup>b</sup>, 322<sup>b</sup>, 335<sup>b</sup>, and 342<sup>b</sup>; very carefully drawn pictures on ff. 1<sup>b </sup>(Sa’dî’s likeness), 2<sup>b</sup>, 3<sup>a</sup>, 4<sup>a</sup>, 18<sup>a</sup>, 66<sup>b</sup>, 100<sup>b</sup>, 130<sup>b</sup>, 181<sup>b</sup>, 209<sup>b</sup>, 228<sup>b</sup>, 233<sup>b</sup>, 250<sup>a</sup>, 285<sup>a</sup>, 310<sup>b</sup>, 359<sup>b</sup>, 363<sup>b</sup>, 364<sup>b</sup>, 365<sup>a</sup>, and 366<sup>a</sup>; size, 10<sup>3/4</sup> in. by 6<sup>1/3</sup> in.