UNIVOFTORONTO

presented

to

of tbe

Tllniveratt? of

Toronto

to.

A

CATALOGUEOF THE

ARABIC, PERSIAN

AND HINDUSTANI

MANUSCRIPTS,OP THE

LIBRARIES OF THE KING OF OUDH,COMPILED

UNDEE THE OEDEES OF THE GOVEENMENT OF INDIABYA.

SPRENGER, M.

D.

OF THE BENGAL MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT, TRANSLATOR TO THE

GOVERNMENT OF

INDIA, ETC.

VOL.

I.

CONTAINING PERSIAN AND HINDU'STA'NY POETRY.

CALCUTTA:PRINTED BEJ.

THOMAS, AT THE BAPTIST MISSION PRESS.1854.

PREFACE.ON the 6th December, 1847, I was honored with the orders of the Government of India appointing me an Extra Assistant to the Resident at Lucnow, as a temporary measure, for the purposeof cataloguing the extensive collection of works in Arabic and Persian literature in the king of Oudh's libraries.

Among my

instructions

was the following, " you need not conbut you can under-

fine yourself exclusively to the king's libraries,

take, as opportunity offers, the examination of some of the best private collections in that city, which are supposed to contain

many

rare and valuable works/'

the 3rd of March, 1848, and I left it One month I had other duties to 1850. on the 1st January, perform and near three months I was sick. The time which I devoted to cataloguing was about eighteen months. During this I arrived at

Lucnow on

time I examined about 10,000 volumes. .Very many of them were duplicates; but as no kind of arrangement exists, particularly in the Topkhanah library, and as it is impossible to recollect

whether or not a note has been taken of a book, duplicates took just as much time as new works. There are also many defective volumes which after much search for a name, date,or title, I was obliged to throw away. Supposing then that I had worked every day ten hours (and to do this day after day in atropical climate is a physical impossibility) I could have devoted

only half an hour to the examination of each volume. I was assisted in my labour by 'alyy Akbar of Panypat.

He

was a pupil of the Dilly College, and had not yet completed his course of study when I took him to Lucnow. I did not expect more of him than that he would copy for me such passagesmight mark ; but he soon entered into the spirit of the work and was of very great service. Some time after my return fromas I

iv

PREFACE.I

recommended him to the. late Lieut. Governor of the North Western Provinces and he appointed him first Professor

Lucnow

He died in that post in 1852, of Arabic of the Agra College. about thirty years of age. I take this opportunity publicly torecordtrious

my

sense of gratitude and esteem to this talented indus-

and conscientious young man. The Royal Library at Lucnow was originally kept in the old Palace (Purana Dawlat-khanah), which stands on an eminence

between the

and the iron bridge over the It contained the whole in ruins. nearly treasures of #afitz Ra^mat Khan, and was of the literary subsequently much enriched more particularly by Ghaziy aldyn

Rumy Darwazahis

Gumpty and

now

Uaydar.

At

present

it is

divided into three collections.

The valuable

works upwards of three thousand volumes are preserved in a garden house of the Moty Ma/jall Palace, and elegant books are kept close to the Fara/i-bakhsh Palace in which theliterary

king used to reside. This collection contains about one thousand volumes or less, and formed the private library of Hislate

late

Majesty.

librarians.

The Daroghah thereof superintends the other Books, in these two collections w ere kept in shelves,r

I was at Lucnow, and were in tolerably good order, but lately, I hear, they have been given up to pillage. The third collection is in the Topkhanah or arsenal, which isclose

when

to the house

of the British Resident.

The

arsenal

is

an

extensive building including a large square which is filled with guns. Three sides of the building are devoted to military stores,

The books are up-stairs is the library. in about forty dilapidated boxes camel trunks which are kept at the same time tenanted by prolific families of rats ; and anyadmirer of oriental lorethis collection will

and in the northern wing

who may have an

opportunity to

visit

do well to poke with a stick into the boxes, before he puts his hand into them, unless he be a zoologist as well At the end of the hall there are bags full of as an orientalist.books completely destroyed by white ants. Even new books have not been spared by these destructive insects, nearly the wholeedition of the Taj alloghat has been destroyed,

and most of the

remaining copies of the Haft Qulzum have had the same fate. The number of volumes in this collection is very great, and among

PREFACE.themare

Vfor the brave

some Pashtu works written with great carechief.

and learned Rohilla

It is unfortunately the habit of the king's people merely to count the volumes, and to make the librarian responsible for the numbers not diminishing. The consequence is that many good

books have been abstracted and bad ones put in their place. There are at least one hundred copies of the Gulistan and as

many

of Yusof

fill the places librarian sold

u Zalykha in the Topkhanah, which apparently of more valuable works. I have heard that a late in one week eleven hundred Rupees worth of books

to provide funds for the marriage of his daughter. In making this statement I beg to say that I have every reason to speak highly of the present Daroghahs or librarians, and that

I consider

them

perfectly honest.

They

are very civil

men, more

particularly one of the two librarians in the Topkhanah, and it is much to be regretted that men like him had not charge of thelibrary

from the commencement.strictly

Though not

connected with the subject, the reader will

perhaps be glad to obtain some information regarding theprinting offices.

Lucnow

Ghaziy aldyn #aydar founded a typography at great expense, and one of the works the Haft Qulzum which issued from ithas attained a greater celebrity in Europe than it enjoys in India. Besides this Dictionary, the following books have been printedin types at

Lucnow

:

fyky^t v-JUJi^ The praise of Ghaziy aldyn #aydar, in Arabic, by A^mad Shirwany, 1235, small folio, 200 pp. (SJ***> ^o^, a similar work in Persian prose and verse, by

Akhtar 003^

(see

4jL*4&.

page 599 infra), 1238, small folio, 288 pp. An account in Persian prose and verse of the

meeting of Lord Hastings and Ghaziy aldyn #aydar, by Akhtar, 1239, 8vo. 131 pp.Panj surah or theprayers,s.

A.

Surahs of the Q,oran usually repeated in 4to. printed in the form of a Toghra.five

Taj alloghat, an Arabic Dictionary explained in Persian, in seven volumes, large folio, only four volumes have been printed in types, s. A. the remaining three have been lithographed, Vol. I.

725 pp.

;

Vol. V. 594 pp.

Vol. II. 624 pp. ; Vol. III. 252 pp. ; Vol. IV. 176 pp. Vol. VI. 408 pp. ; Vol. VII. 138 pp. ;

;

Vi

.PREFACE.

About the year 1830, Mr. Archer who had established a came at the request of lithographic printing office at Cawnpore to Lucnow with his press and entered his Na9yr aldyn #aydarservice.

book lithographed at Lucnow is the A**y %* being a commentary on the Alfyyah, by Soyufy, 1247, 8vo. 247 pp. When I was at Lucnow there were twelve private lithographic

The

first

presses in that city.

Those of Hajythe best.

Mohammad

//bsayn and

Moytaf a

Khan were by far

In 1849, are particularly correct. to the observatory, wishing to ingratiate himself at court, shiy

Some editions of the former Kama! aldyn TJaydar, Mun-

wrote a history of the Royal family of Oudh. Two passages happened to displease His Majesty, and instantly the observatory wasabolished and printing was forbidden at Lucnow, lest this objecThe proprietor of the tionable production might be published. went on the suggestion of the author of these pages MasyMy press

and most other printers followed him. Some however, among them Mo9/afa Khan, managed to keep at the same time an establishment at Lucnow. As they usually put, on the title page only, the name of the press and not of the place, it is notto Cawnpore,

now

always possible to determine whether a book was printed at Lucor Cawnpore if it has been published after the Exodus.

The number of works lithographed at Lucnow and Cawnpore may amount to about seven hundred. Some of them have gone through more than ten editions. The books most in request are of course school books and such other dialectical and religious tracts as every Mawlawy reads or pretends to read. But wealready observe symptoms that the press is enlarging the narrow cycle of learning, and, what is more important, that it extends education to all classes and even to ladies. Twenty years agov.erses of the Qoran were repeated as prayers and charms, and even the whole book was learned by heart, but without being understood, and the Sunnah was almost unknown ; in our days

people are gradually beginning to study the book, and I shall have to describe several commentaries on it in Arabic, Persian and Hindustany which have lately been published. The study of thetraditions or

that of the Qoran.

published in

Sunnah is making even more rapid progress than Not only have the principal collections been Arabic but we have Persian and Hindustany trans-

PREFACE.lations of the

vii

Mishkat and Mashariq alanwar which have gone through more than one edition. After the Musalmans had,their religion, they areintelligible to all.

several centuries ago, entirely lost sight of the original idea of now beginning to make their sacred books

This must lead to results, analogous to those

which the translation and study of the Bible produced in Europe. One of the most remarkable results of the progress of printing is the rapid increase of periodical and light literature. India is the

and there

only country in the old continent in which the press is entirely free, is hardly a town in the upper provinces in which there

Of late, several tales and are not several newspapers published. works written expressly for ladies have been printed, and religiousseemis

to

meet with a rapid

sale.

Though the new

literature

which

rising has not

as rapidly

and came printing

intrinsic value, things are progressing as healthily as they did in Europe, when the art offirst

much

into vogue.

The tendency

is

oriental

and

already a spirit of liberality is manifesting which is the natural result of progress from school-learnitself, ing and court refinement to a general civilization.

Mo^ammadan, but

volume should comprise the fourth of which was to contain Persian grameight chapters,It

was

originally intended that this

mars, dictionaries, letters and letter-forms and works in elegant prose, the fifth, the corresponding Hindustany books, and thelast three, translations

from the Sanskrit and Hindy into Persian or Hindustany, and Turky (Chaghatay) and Pushtu books. It was further intended to add an appendix containing omissions and atable of the contents of Walih,

to conclude the

Khoshgu, the A'tishkadah, &c. and volume with three indexes, one of proper names, one of book-titles, and one of initial lines. But before the third chapter had been put to press the compiler was obliged to apply

for leave of absence

on

sick certificate forits

two

years,

and to content

Should it present form. be continued, what is wanting in this volume will be added to the second ; which in addition will contain the biographies and writings of Arabic lexicographers, grammarians, poets and elegant The remaining volumes will be devoted to the prose writers.sciences of the

himself with publishing the book in

Musalmans

:

in the third, for instance, will bephilo-

described the biographies and works of 9ufi es or mystical sophers and theologists.

Vlii

PREFACE.I

In transcribing oriental names and words into English,

have adopted the principle which is followed in transcribing from one European language into another. A Frenchman spellsBrougham,, Peel and Goethe, and not Broum, Pile and Gueute and

however erroneously they may pronounce these names, what persons are meant. This is the object. Writing is know a symbol for the eye, aud pronunciation must be acquired byhis readers,

the ear.

a

Koman

letter, in

I have substituted for every Arabic and Persian letter some instances however, as I did not choose tocast, it

have new types

was unfortunately necessary 'to employ

two

KomancA;

sh=

representatives for one oriental symbol, as ch= ^ ; dz= i ; tz= &. The zh= 3 ; ; ; th=

dh=

&

rendered by a diaeresis, alif where it is of any use at all, and the quiescent w, if preceded by an u, are represented by an accent ; this is

Mowayyad

.fladdady

called

explained by 3^

^j^man was

106.107.

ITakym Shamsa good poet.

Shamsy. an illiterate Majd aldyn Fahymy Bokhary, thoughala'raj

Bokhary

Hakym

108.109. 110.

'ajyby Khojandy.

Sayyid Ashrafy Samarqandy.

A9yl aldyn Najyb.III.rPoe-ts

of the

'irdq.

111.

Jffakym Nitzamy of Granjah.

/(

n\ * 'I

*^

-^^^ rtU^JW >*W*fc L ~^ ^ ^/ ^ Y

i

*."l,l

/'Ti"\I

) \I s.

The

spring garden of Jarny,

who

died in A. H. 898,

(for a notice

on his

life

see the next chapter).

It is divided into

contains eight

eight chapters ***# each of which Ayyns or rules 1 Anecdotes of Saints: .

Nos.2.

2, 3.]

DAWLAT-SHA'H.3.

7

Anecdotes and sayings of Sages4.

Advice

to rulers

and anecdotes of them5.

On

liberality arid generosity7.

On

love

6.

On kindness**J ***-=> c-f

and amiability8.'

Short

biographies of twenty-eight poets

Fables.];

Beginning

j} }

^

^

j

**

j*

As. Soc. B. No. 500, 8vo. 158 pp. of 17 lines, an old copy. Extracts from the last two chapters are contained in the Anthologia Persica, Vienna, 1778. The whole of the text with a Grerman translation has been published

by Baron Schlechta Wssehrd, Vienna, 1846.

(3)Tadzkirah,'alai.

aUll^j L-ft^^J lytie.

*jfJ

(P)b.

Memoranda

of poets by Dawlat-shah

aldawlah Bakhty-shah.

He

completed this

book in

A. H. 892, and dedicated it to the poet and wazyr Myr 'alyy Shyr. It appears from the preface that Dawlat-shah was fifty years of age when he commenced this labour.divided into a preface A^-^ which contains notices of nine Arabic poets and seven chapters,

The book

is

ci^l? answering to the spheres of the seven planets, and a conclusion. Each chapter contains about twenty poets andthe conclusion contains the lives of six contemporaries, among them are Jamy, 'alyy Shyr, A'cafy and Sohayly.

This

is

one of theIt

best

known

and most usefulhistorical

Tadzkirahs.

contains valuable

details

besides the biography of poets.this

book and

its

author

Ilahy p. 121, says on " Dawlat-shah his tadz:

kirah contains

180 biographies and

is

very celebrated.

Though he does not quote many goodcal

verses, the histori-

and biographical portion of his work is done in a masterly manner and shows much research, 'alyy ShyrTadzkirah that heis

informs us in his

the cousin

of

8

PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS.Isfarayiny,

[CHAP.

I.

Amyr Fayruz

who wasis

a distinguished man.

The Takhallu9 of Dawlat-shah Initial line L^*A,O *jjjlThe best +s?

'alayiy."

l.uL

-UaU

*$

in the Moty Ma&all. Copies are not frequent, yet there are five is written in Naskhy, and has 626 pages of 17 lines.is

A

beautifully written but incorrect copy*\j*.

inscribed ja *JliftA e*&x.b

8^& Theis

the book

preface differs from that of other copies and defective, but in other respects it is a copy of Dawlattitle.

shah under a different B. No. 537.siens

There

is

also a copy in the As. Soc.

Hammer's

Geschichte der schonen Redekunste Per-

may be

considered a free translation of Dawlat-shah.

De

Sacy

has given a notice of this Tadzkirah in the Notices et Extraits. IV. Vullers has published the life of Hafitz from it, pp. 220272. Giessen 1839, and J. H. Harington the Life of Sa'dy in his editionof the works of that poet, Calcutta, 1791.

(4)

&p*

^

c-iaA-

&j\ Js^

(P.)

The mirrorMo'yn aldyn

of souls or spirits, probably

by 1/osayn

Maybodzy who

flourished in the tenth cen-

His name does not occur in the tury of the Hijrah. preface but it is found towards the end of the book.

These are

selections

from Persian and Turky poets

without biographical notices except in a very few inThe Persian poets are Firdawsy with a short stances.

Nitzamy, Kamal Khojandy, Sa'dy, Salman Sawajy, //asan Dihlawy, Amyr Khosraw,Anwary, Shaykh-zadah Lahijy (Commentator of the Gulshane Raz),vocabulary, 'a9car,

Faryd aldynry, Jamy, &c.

'a#ar,

Khaqany, Tzahyr aldyn Faryaby,

Isma'yl Ispahany, Jalal aldyn

Rumy, Ma^mud

Shabishte-

No.

5.]

LADIES' BIOGRAPHY.Poets are;

9

The Turky

Myr

'alyy

Shyr Nawayiy,*^~*

Yiisof Beg, Wacily,

Beginning c^-1

^ ^ ^/H/;

Fodhuly Baghdady, Nasymy, &c.1

*

^

As. Soc. Beng. No. 577, 8vo., 824 pp. 17copy.

lines.

An

old correct

(

R)by

GemsFakhry

of curiosities being a Tadzkirah of poetessesb.

Amyry

of Herat.

The author

informs us that

with the intention to perform the pilgrimage to Makkah, he came during the reign of Shah T'ahmasb Hosayny(reigned fromtry

930

to 984) to Sind, the ruler of that coun'ysa

was thenit

Mohammad

Tarkhanthis

(died in

974,)

and

would appear that he wrote

book

at his Court.

Ilahy who frequently quotes this book under the title of jU.jJl %j$S> or "Biography of Ladies" gives the follow" ing notice of Fakhry Fakhry Herawy was a friend of:

Myr

'alyy Shyr.

Some say

this is the

same Fakhry who

has been mentioned in the preceding article." In the " preceding article he says, Sul/an MoAammad Amyry, whose takhalluf is Fakhry, was a distinguished man

and lived to the time of Shah Tahmasb.this sovereign in his

He

praised

poems and he is the Translator of Tadzkirah called Majdlis alnafdyis* Amyr 'alyy Shyr's from Turky into Persian. He added notices of some*

Myr

'alyy

Shyr the author of the Majdlis completedin

it

in

903 ac-

cording to906.

Hammer, and

896 according to J?ajy Khalyfah, and died in

The Chagatay text is divided into eight parts Majdlis and contains 441 biographies. Baron von Hammer- Purgstall, who possesses a copy of it, has given a notice of the work and a list of the biographies in the catalogue of his library.

W.

Jahrb. Vol. 74, Anzbl.

p. 11, 1836.

C

10of the

PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS.second period.

[CHAP.the

I.

poets

He

is

also

authorthe

which contains of the Bostan alkhayal various poets of his age." mania's of the ghazals of

J^'

J^

It will

be observed that Fakhry and

Amyry

are one

and the same person according to this passage, whereas according to the Tadzkirah under notice, Fakhry was theIn a note to p. 263 Ilahy says equally, son of Amyry. that Fakhry Sultan Mohammad was a son of Amyry,that he translated the Majdlis alnafdyis and that he gave The author to the translation the title Latdyif ndmah. of this work, " Among the works of of the Khol^ah says

Myr

'alyy

Shyr

is

the Majdlis alnafdyis which he wrote

in the

Turky language. Mawlana SuUan Mohammadhas translatedit

Amyrymany

into Persian

and has added

at

the end one Majlis.

This book contains an account of

poets and learned

men who

flourished from

the

reign of Sa'ydIt will

Shahrokh

to the time of

Shah Isma'yl."

lator

be observed that according to this author the transThis is probably Majalis was Amyry. correct, Amyry is the translator of the Majalis, and aof theis

contemporary of Myr 'alyy Shyr, and his son Fakhry the author of this Tadzkirah.In the preface**iA s-^oUa/o^

is

the following chronogramj

^I

[,

jy^

^

tj^

^^ the wife of Qiwam aldyn

JETasan,

she

initiated in ma'rifat (theosophy).

Mihry (Sj** aMoghiil

favourite wife of Shahrokh Myrza. See Khold?.

N. 634.3.

Khatym

f*l*.

Jj** wife of Mohammad Khan ShaySultan.

bany and mother of

Mohammad RaAym

Only Turky verses

are quoted of her in the Tadzkirah.4.

Abaq Bygah Jalayr^^ **#sister of

Jalayr and'alyy,5.

,)

was acquainted with Jamy and knew astrology. 7. 'i9maty !

Acaf.alphabeti-

cally arranged.

^U

**fi )

I?

*V^* *^A* y f U;

^

Moty Hawaii

a splendid copy 8vo. 640 pp. 14 lineslines.

Topkh^nah

about 700 pp. 17

C7)

(P.)

being a biography of the contemporaneous poets of Persia, compiled by the Prince Sainpresent of

The

Sam

Myrza

b.

Shah Isma'yl

in

957

Shah Ismd'yl the

father

of the author was the founder of the

Cafawy Dynasty. This book has been described by de Sacy, in the Notices et Extraits des MSS. Vol. IV. pp. 273308.Itis

divided into sevennotices

chapters

^^^.

The

first

four

contain

of Princes, Nobles,

Wazyrs and

learned

men who have

occasionally written poetry, begin-

ning with Shah 5th Chapter.

Isrna'yl,

184 pages.

On

professional poets and

men

distin-

guished by eloquence. It begins with Jamy, 162 pages. 6th. Tatars who have written Persian poetry.

Appendix. This and the preceding chapters together have only 34 pages. The book is valuable for containing contemporaneous7th.

accounts, and

may

be considered as a continuation of;

Dawlat-shah's Tadzkirah

it

contains in

all

664

poets.

No.

8.]

TAQYY ALDYN KA SHY.;

13

BeginningIn the Fara/4-bakhsh library is an elegant copy small 8vo. 350 pages Another good copy is in the Moty Ma&all. of 15 lines.

(8)

^\(^^^\l^^^\^^

(P.)

butter of poems and the cream of conceits being a Tadzkirah of Persian poets by Taqyy aldyn Moham-

The

mad

He was b. Sharaf aldyn 'alyy Hosayny Dzikry. He is very particular born at Kashan about A. H. 946. in giving us the dates on which he completed variousportions of his

work. In 985 be completed in four volumes notices of the poets who had lived before his time and in 993 he added a volume containing biographies of contemporaneous poets after he had spent fourteen years on the completion of his work. friend of

A

his

embodied

this date in the following

chronogram

:

^'

the five books of the Biographer Taqyy were deposited in volumes like a treasury I added to fix thedate five to the Jive books of Taqyy" The letters of the Persian words for Jive books of Taqyy have the numerical

"

When

you have the above date. After the completion of the work he made many additions and in 1016, he informs us, he found it necessary to publishvalue 988 andif

you add

five,

ai.

new editione.

in six

volumes and the words

$ ^^.^* e^-

^ixxj265.

an(i Qacydahs, G-hazals, Satyres, &c.

Amyr Akbar

'alyy Tashbyhy

was the son of a washerman.is

He

went to India, and turned a Faqyr, but as hebe of much use to hissoul.

an

infidel his

ascetic exercises cannot

He*>i

left

a

dywanbut

of about 8000 verses and a

Mathnawymany

called

H-*>^

266.

Mawlana Dhiya aldyn Grhadhanfar was bornBesidescalled

at

Qomm

educated at Kashan.a

Qa9ydahs, Grhazals, &c. he left

Mathnawy267.

^[^j^

of about 3000 verses in the measure

of Tiisof 6 Zalykha.

Mawlana Kamal aldyn TLdtim, hisfirst

original

name was Haybat

Allah and his

takhalluc Haybat.

He

had great poetical talents

and a corresponding opinion of himself.268.

Mawlana Motzaffar aldyn

TLasraty a pupil of

MoAtasham

in

whose praise he composed some Qacydahs. 269. Mawlana Ridhayiy was in 990 in Kirman.270.

Mawlana Nadzry,tribe.

his father

mother of the Olds271.

He

was a Shamlii Turk, and his was born in Kashan, but went to

Khorasan, thence he came to Qazwyn and returned to Kashan.

Faryd aldyn Sho'ayb.

272.

Mawlana Afdhal Duttiry was put to death

for infidelity in 904.

No.

9.]

TAQYY ALDYN KA'SHY.Sharaf, a native of Ardestan, whichis

25near Ispahan,distin-

273.

MawlanaKashan

came274.

to

as a tailor, but

became one of the most

guished poets of his age.

He

wrote chiefly Grhazals.

//aydar Dzihny wrote chiefly G-hazals and some huinoristic

pieces of poetry in the dialect of Kashan.

275.

Maq$ud went

in

971 from Kashan to Shyraz, and subse-

quently he performed the pilgrimage to Makkah. to 276. ~H.aydty was originally a water-carrier, subsequently owing some disgusting adventures he was obliged to take flight to Qazwyn,

where he joined some devotees. They were apprehended on the charge of infidelity, their books were examined, and they were imprisoned.

After two years' confinement he returned in 986 to Kashan.verses,

He

composed a dywan of about 2000his original

His father being a Mardumy, tradesman, he was brought up for the profession of book-binding, nevertheless he received a good education and was for some time277.

name was #ajy.

Qadhiy at Niyasir, a place near Kashan, but subsequently he returned to his original profession.278. 'abd al-Grhaffar a brother of 'abd al-FattaA and an accomplished calligraph and musician.279.

Qadhiy

Mohammad

a descendant of 'abd al-Eazzaq the

author of the Tawylat.280.

According to the new edition he was calledhis forefathers

Khwajah 'inayat Saltaq Khwdjagy,

were

Salta-

qyyah Turks. his time there.281.

He had landed property in Myasir and spent most of He imitates the style of ^afy. He was alive in 975.is

Fakhry wrote a dywan of 10,000 verses in which he imitates

most of the ancient masters, but as he has not much education he

not acknowledged by other poets. He dug a grave for himself He visited outside the Ispahan gate and made himself a tombstone.his grave every Friday.

282.

283.

Samdyiy was a distinguished oculist and chess-player. /Josayn Khigaly a pupil of MoAtasham had first the takhal-

Iu9 of Wi?aly. She? wry was one of the most talented poets of 284. that period.

Kashan

at

285.

KhwajahBaqir.

Jalal aldyn Mas'iid a son of Sayyid

Shams aldyn

MoAammad

His father was a merchant, and died in Turkey,

E

26

PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS.

[CHAP.

I

Jalal aldyn went to Constantinople leaving a considerable property. with a view of recovering it, and died of the plague in 982 or 988. Grhadhanfar a son of Pahm (Fahmy ?) a talented man who 286.

gave himself up to profligacy and died in 993.287.288.

Wahsky Khwajah ffosayn

imitates 'orfy

and Grhayraty.

Kisra '

Baku

d.

965.

'obaydy, 'obayd Allah

SuUan

b.

'itaby,

Khan b. Mafanud SuUan b. Shah Badagh Khan d. 947. 'itaby, TJabyb Allah. Abu-1-Khayr 'izzaty Hamadany. Sayyid Mohammad Najafy is alive.'azyz,

'izzy Lahijy d. 962.

Myrza Kokah.

'azyzy, 'abd al'azyz

Khan

b.

'obayd Allah

Khan

d.

959.

'azyzy Grhaznawy. 'azyzy, Myr azyz Allah. In the Nafayis are two poets of this

namepro-

and takhallu9, one was

alive

when the book was compiled and

is

bably identic with the one mentioned by Badawny, and the other died in 999. (979?)

Mirza 'askary.'ishqy,

'ishraty Yazdy.

'ishqy Sawajy.

'alayiy

'ishqy Khan. Khwajah Ma'9um. Qadhiy Kahrudy LS*JJ d. 936.

Sayyid

'ala aldyn.

'ilmy ('alamy?),'ilmy

Myr Mortadha. ('alarny ?), Mohammad b. Jffasan

Lary.'ahdy Nayistany.

'alyy Beg.

'ahdy,

Myr 'alyy A9ghar Mashhady. Khwajah Mohammad Ea%m is alive.

Qadhiy 9afyy aldyn 'ysa d. 980. Ghayiby. G-hazzaly Junbak.

Qadhiy 'ysa TabryzyGhazzaly Mashhadyis alive.

d.

981.

d.

981.

Ghaznawy, MyrGhayraty.

Mohammad Kalanb.

Ghanayiy Lary.

Farighy Shyrazy.

Farighy Qazwyny Sayfy

Myrb.

Sa'd almulk jffbsayny.

Farighy, Shaykh Abu-1-Wajd Fadhil Andejany^JVA.C^JI

Shaykh Wajyh aldyn

d.

940.

Fayidhy

MoAammad Miimin

b.

Myr Dust

jTarimy

is alive.

H

2

52

PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS.

[CHAP.

1.

FatAy Qard a contemporary of Humayun. Myrza A9ghar of Mashhad. Fatyayiy called Molla-zadah, his name is Fakhr aldyn b. jffbsayn Fakhry Wa'itz Kashify, sometimes he used the takhallu9 of 9 afy v^

2.

oy^ ^V

3.

**^ cr

^ 4.

and two prose works^i '^Lr* (perhaps

Siraj

aUibr) and

Moqi/md a brother of the preceding died at Teheran. Myrza Eadhyy Danish a Sayyid of Mashhad. His father AbuTorab died in India.

Dara Shikoh gave him

for a

poem one thousand

N

2

92

PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS.

[CHAP.

I"

at Golconda,

Tomans, subsequently he entered the service of the Qofobshahians and at present he lives at Mashhad.Murshida) of Barujard died in India. Myr Ildliy (see p. 66 supra). Myr 'ayn 'alyy. Myrza Jany 'izzaty Shyrazy died at Mashhad.

Murshid

(or

Molla Bawnaqy of Hamadan died in India. Molla Waqifvi Khalkhal imitated Nitzamy and Mawlawy Jalalaldyn Kiimy.

He

died in Turkey.

Ibrahym Tasalliy of Shyraz visited India and in 1034 or 1026 he made the pilgrimage to Makkah and died soon after.TAyib Kirmany. Myr Moghy9 Mahwy died in India. Fakhr Thabit Tafryshy died in India. TTmmaty of Khorasan wrote Qa9ydahs in praise of Shah 'abbas. Molla Sharafy Qazwyny was originally a tailor, subsequently he

obtained a pension from Shah 'abbas. Molla Qaydy Shyrazy a pupil of Ghayraty.a Sayyid of Samnan. a pupil of J?akym Shifayiy. Fadhly Churbadqany Myr 'abd al-Ghanyy Ghanyy Tafryshy a pupil of Abii-1-Qasim

Qaydy Kirmany.

Myr Fosuny

Kazeruny and a friend of Molla ^ufythe Shah died soon after.

He

cursed Shah 'abbas and

Ta^ya Sabzwary a distinguished Munshiy Molla Molhimy Tabryzy died at Shyraz.Tahmasb Quly Begabout 12,000 verses.'arshy

d.

1028.

Tazdy of Turky

origin left a

Dywan

of

Molla Darkyverses.

Qommyis is

died

many

years ago and left about 20,000

.Hasan

Beg Rafy'

of

Qazwyn but

is

called

Mashhady from

his

place of residence, he

invited by Shah-jahan to

a distinguished Insha writer and was therefore come to India. He conferred the appoint-

ment of Munshiy upon him but subsequently discarded him, and now he lives in great poverty in India.of Ispahan a contemporary of .//akym Molla Sayry Churbadqany died on his way to Makkah. Shifayiy. Myr Eafy' Dastur went with Shaykh Mohammad Khatiin to India,

Mohammad Bidha Fikry

subsequently he returned to Persia and died at Ispahan. Myrza Nitzam a Daste-Ghayb Sayyid of Shyraz died in 1039 or

1029 at an age of thirty years and

left

about 3000 verses.

No.

12.]

TA'HIR NACRA'BA'DY.adiq Daste-Ghayb.

93it

family of Sayyids at Shyraz. They were called so because on one occasion one of their enemies questioned their descent from

Myrza name of a

Daste Ghayb

appears was the

^^

(literally, from a mysterious hand, obtained a copy of their pedigree. Myrza Q^diq died o.*.^) at Lar. Myr Eadhyy Artymany. Yusofy Churfadqany. Molla Dzawqy of Ardestan left few, but good verses.

'alyy

and they miraculously

Dzawqy Kashy a TurkmanMolla Fatty of Ardestan.

resided at Kashan.

Myr

Abu-1-.ZZasan a

Sbsayny Sayyid

of Farahan wrote a com-

mentary on Anwary, was put to death at Shyraz. Shaykh Shah Natzar of Ispahan visited India.Molla

Mumina^y.

'izzy of

Fyruzabad.is alive,

Myr 'aqli^LHs-^J

(or 'aqyl)

Kawthary of Hamadan

and has written a

Molla Maklijiy Eushty. v Molla HasJiry was of Tabryz where he died. Molla Qawsy Shustary wrote an introduction *^tx^ to the of Khaqany. Molla Qawsy Tabryzy studied at Ispahan.

Dywan

Myr Afsar, a son of Myr Sanjar Kashy, visited India. Kamy Sabzwary visited India and died at Mashhad.Madzaqy Ispahany (according to one copy his patronymic a distinguished composer of Music.Sdyir Ardiibady oris

(^i^)

Mashhady

died in India.

Qasirny Cjayrafy (according to the other copy Qadhiy ayrafy) son of a banker. Khidhry Lary. Khidhry Qazwyny is a good poet.

Khidhry Khwansary a friend of Zulaly.Sa'yddyiy Ardestany (in one copy Nohawandy) resided long in the Deccan and died after his return to Persia.

Baba SiuVanyears ago.

Qommy Nawayiy

(Liwayiy ?) an ascetic died some

and died there. AkJitary Yazdy resided for some time in India, died in Persia. Myr 'ysa Yazdy Molla 'Amiy Nohawandy went to India and probably died there.lived long in Indialives at Shyraz.first

Molla Nawydy an old poet

Natzmy YahyanyShyraz.

(?)

resided

at

Nawydy Teherany. Ispahan subsequently atandfills

J2ajy 'abd al-"VVasi'

Aqdas

is

now

in India

the office of

Daroghah of the goldsmith's shop of Awrangzeb. Mohammad jffosayn Beg Ma'lum Tabryzy a merchant.

94

PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS.

[CHAP.

I.

Jamala Walih of Shyraz died in India.

and died at Ispahan. a son of .Hakym Eoknay Kashy. Mohammad .Hbsayn .Hasan Beg Girdmy. Kaldmy Ispahany a brother of Salamy. Molla GTiorury probably of Shyraz died towards the end of Shah

Myrza KJia$my

visited India

(Jafyy's reign

and

left

a

Mathnawy

in the

metre of the ToMat

al'iraqayn.

Myr GTiorury Kashy Mohammad Qasim Sorury (Sarwary ?)The copy which he wrote

died in India.is

the author of a Persianis

Dictionary.

in Persia

small, but

when

he went to India he used the Dictionary -xJ^J of Anjii^^l and enlarged the work greatly.

Myr

Jamal aldyn

Myr Mohammad Mumin Addyiy Yazdy about thirty years ago being suspected of infidelity he went to India, and died at Siirat. *&qild Mohammad Taqyy of Taliqan died under Shah 'abbas II.of Yazd. Farighy Astrabady. of Ispahan was strong in Ramal, the author saw MasliJiury when he was more than seventy years of age.

Myr Ajry

him

Myr

.Haydary Dzilmy Kashy went to Byjapur, he was clever in

painting.

.Hbsayn (Jarrdifof; Ispahan a Banker, was still full of energy when Na^ymA of Shyraz a tailor by profession. eighty years of age. .Hasan Beg a son of Molla Shany Taklii died young. His father

was so distinguished a man that Shah 'abbas weighed him up in gold. Molla Girdmy (Karamy ?) a Turk, is called Kashy because heresided chiefly at Kashan.

Wrote about 50,000

verses and five

Mathnawies in imitation of Nitzamy. Sho'ury Mashhady. Sho'iiry Kashy left about 6000 verses of Qa9ydahs and Grhazals.Zamanayiy Naqqash of Ispahan.Dhiydiy Teher&ny a friend of the late Qabu^y. Myr Ja'far Mo'allim Kashy a school master.

Khafyy Khwansary d. 1028. Myr Burhau a Sayyid of Abrquh a mystic and a pupil Asad Allah Kashy.

A qa

r

of Qadhiy

Myrza Hadiy

a brother of the preceding resided mostly at Shyraz.

He

is

dead.

Myrcalled

Qay?ar

Ghiyath aldyn a son of the preceding died young at Abrquh. is of the Yl Shamlu resided mostly at Herat, and is therefore

Herawy.

No.

12.]

TA'HIR NACRA'BA'DY.TTnsy a friend of

95

Hassan.

Beg

J/akym

Shifayiy, he wrote a Tadzit.

kirah of Persian poets, but has not completed

Molla Moqymayiy Hilmy ('ilmy ?) Kashy was in the service of prince Dara-Shikoh. He died at Makkah.

Taqyy Aw^ady was born at Ispahan he was descended from Sayyid Aw7*ad aldyn 'abd Allah Bulyany. A friend of the author saw himat

AAmadabad

in Gujrat.

He

is

the author of a Tadzkirah.*

of Khawary.

first the takhallu9 Ta'by of Qazwyn a friend of .Hakym Shifayiy. his son was Asyry. (jahyfy Shyrazy of .Hakym Shifayiy. Qafyya Ispahany, a friend Tahir 'attar Mashhady a pupil of IJmmaty Torbaty, died young. Amyn& a son of Molla MaAmud who had the keys of the tomb

Tajalliy Lahijy

was brought up in India he had

of Najab.

Molla 'a$ry Tabryzy brought up at Yazd settled at Ispahan. Baqiyayiy Tayiby a distinguished composer in music visited India but died in Persia. Najdty Bafiqy.Molla Bykhudy Junabady a contemporary of the late Shah 'abbas* The Genealogy ofb.

Aw^ad

'abd Allah b. Mas'iid b.

Mohammad

aldyn 'abd Allah Bulyany or Balyany is b. 'alyy b. A7*mad b. 'omar b. Isma'yl:

Aby

'alyy

al-Daqqaq and he died in 686. His

life is

in

No. 322.

Taqyy

derives his patronymic Aw//ady from him.

Jamy's Nafahdt Taqyy was

born in 973.

He

compiled an anthology of Persian poetry which he calleda chronogram for 991) and which contains the verses

J^U^^Jcollected

9

(this is

by him

in six years from Shyraz to Gujrat.

Afterwards when

Agra one of the nobles of Jahangyr's court induced him to remodel his work and to accompany the extracts with memoirs of thestaying atseveral authors quoted.

He

undertook the task and named his Tadzkirah(j-Afl-iU

^jjjU

&lej'f. )

ol^j

ol^pj

e>^

The Biography

is

divided into twenty-eight 'a^ahs, each containing one letter of the alphabet, and the general division is into three 'urfahs, viz. the ancient poets ; those of the middle age and the modern poets. He composed also ano-

her Tadzkirah abridged from the larger one and called

it

^Sjf-

wir.

He

and foundcomposed a Persian Dictionary called (jl+jJL. &*>j ed on the Burhane qaft' and he wrote about 30,000 verses among other -A- c py of his poems are his Mathnawies tjujjj ^^*- andj^J j&.also;

Tadzkirah

is

in the

East India House.

It

is

a thick folio and goes only

to the letter ^5.

(Bland, Journ. Royal As. Soc. IX. p. 134).

96was a Shah-namahepos.

PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS.reciter,

[CHAP.

I.

and wrote a poem in the metre of that

Molla Afdhal Bafiqy a son of the calligraph Molla Ya'qub.

Molla Qadhiy Bashydy a brother of the preceding. Molla 'inayat Nojumy Kashy a good astronomer.

Qadhiy Dinvary Ayany.

Mohammad QaMDarwyshMolla

Sattdr went to India and died there.

K&hin of Tabryz..STosayn AsTiub of

Mohammad

Mazandaran went to India

and died there.Molla 'abd Allah Ainany of Kirman went to India but died at Ispahan. His Dywan has about 10,000 verses.Tadzkirah.

Kamilayiy Kashy a nephew of Myr Taqyy the author of the Myr Asad Allah of Ispahan died in India. Myr MasTirdb a son of Myr .ETosayn who is called Shishah-gar ofis

Qomm, he

usually called

Kashy having mostly

resided at Kashan,

he died at Tabryz.

and behaved

Sa'yda Sarmad probably of Kashan went to India under Shahjahan like a mad man. Mumindyiy Kiinabady went to India.

T%'y

Systany a friend of Molla Zamany Yazdy.

Eashyd Nawras of Qazwyn died at Byjapiir. Qufy Shyrazy is of Eorman where he died.Cufy Hamadany lived chiefly at Ispahan where he died.

Qobad Beg Kawkdby a Turk,

lived at Haydarabad.

in India. ~Hiaydty Grylaiiy has been brought up Mohammad Qasim Qismat Mashhady died some time ago.

aldyn Shaykh Jannaty (?) of Ispahan. It is only lately His Dywan contains about 20,000 that he calls himself a Sayyid.

Myr Zayn

verses but

is-

not arranged.

One

of his Mathnawies

is

called

J V -H^J Art

U

Molla AflaJcy Tabryzy.

Molla

Molla Luify JNayshapiiry the son-in-law of Molla Qaydy. WdtMq Nayshapury visited India and died at Ispahan.'atzymais

a grandson of Molla a son of Molla

Qaydy and a nephew Qaydyvisited India,

of Molla

Natzyry.

Moqyma Fawjyat Nayshapur.

and died

Karyma, the younger son of Molla Qaydy Tolii'y of Khwansar is dead.

lives

now

at Ispahan.

Ahsany Khwansary was strong

in the

Mathnawy.

No.

12.]

TA'HIR NACRA'BA'DY.

97

Qotfba Sihry is a son of Qadhiy Amyn Khwansary. Shah Murad Khwansary was distinguished in musical composition, and therefore in favour with the late Shah 'abbas.

Molla Mahshary Khwansary

Mashraby

of

about ninety years of age. Khwansar was a talented man.is

KawtJiary Khwansary.

Jadzby Khwansary the son of a rich man. Molla 'alyy Beg ILishmaty Khwansary died at the age of ninety, he was a most distinguished calligraph. He left about 15,000 verses.

Myr

Yiisofay

Khwansary was very poor but a

fertile poet.

MyrzaMolla

Niira

LamV

is

now

alive.

'ibrat (Grhayrat ?)

Molla Mofrad of

Hamadany Hamadan is dead.

imitates the ancients.

Myram Beg (Jublay is alive. Humayiin Mohammad a son-BTajy

Bay ram Beg

Sdmi'd.

of Molla Shikiih died young.lives

Ummyd

Persia.

atim

Zdyir Hamadany visited India, but Myidh Nohawandy Qadhiy of Kuh Kylii. (Khatim ?) Beg is a son of AAmad Beg.

now

in

Myr Ashub Hamadany.Molla Mahdhary Hamadany was called Molla-darwazah and wrote chiefly Qa9ydahs, he is dead,SaliM (aliAin that place?)

MashhadyA'pafdis

died of intemperance.called

Mohammad Quly;

Qommy, because he

resided

muchhe

he

is

now

in India.

Mohammadwent to India.TJlfaty

Baqir, the author

met him

at Ispahan, subsequently

a son of ^Tosayn Sawajy was for some time in the service

of Qofobshah, and wrote a treatise on prosody and rhyme. died in Persia.

He

Mahshary of Nayshapur a contemporary of Natzyry. Mohammad Katzim ^ahir died in 1085 (or 1025) at Ispahan.Najybd Astrabadyis

since

some years

at Ispahan.

Sayyid JTosayn ZaJiyy (Zayny

Myr

Sanad of Kashan

Molla Mo&aminad

a pension from the Court. a fertile poet. Ibrahym Salik of Qazwyn visited India but died?) receivesis

some time ago

at Qazwyn. Molla Salik Yazdy went to the Deccan and then to Dilly where he died.

O

98

PERSIAN TADZK1RAHS.is

[CHAP.

I.

Molla Natzim of Herat

in the service of 'abbas

Quly Khan and

the best poet of Khorasan, he wrote a Yusof 6 Zalykha. Myr Mohammad ^fosayn Shawqy a son of Myr azyz Allah of

Sawah an

old poet visited India.

He

is

dead.

Baqira Khalyl Kashy

died two years ago, his

Dywan

has about

14,000 verses.A'qa

Zaman

ZarTcasTi

Ispahany had

first

Mawlana Mohammad Qasim Qdsim

the takhallu9 of Firyty. of Mashhad ia known by the

name

of Dywanah, died at Dilly.

Tazdy resided at Ispahan. Mawlana FaraA Allah Shushtary lived at the court of -Haydarabad. The author had seen from three to four thousand verses of his. Molla Warashtah his name is Imam Quly Beg he travelled much andSa'dayiy

spent a long time in India. He died in 1075.Jalala

He

used to keep a journal of his

travels.

MollaIndia.

Kashy Yaqyn lives since many years at Ispahan. Mohammad Ibrahym Shawkaty of Ispahan was

killed in

Molla "Wa^ib Qandahary died at Ispahan. Molla Wafd of Herat lived for some time in India and died

at Ispahan.

Molla 'ishraty a son of -Hajy 'ayn 'alyy Farushayiy was long in India, died at Mashhad.

Mohammad Ibrahym

FdrigJia a brother of 'ishraty, died at Lahor.

Molla Toghrd of Tabryz some say he is of Mashhad, he resides in India and is very strong both in writing prose and verse. The author had seen some of his prose writings.

Myr

'abd

al'al

Naj&t a son of

Myr Mohammad Miiminsome time in India.at Ispahan.

.Hbsayny, a

friend of the author.

Myrza Sharyf

HMm was fornow mostly

He

returned

in 1076 and resides

Myr Jamal aldyn Mohammad Wahshat a son of Myr Dhiya aldyn a Taba^aba Sayyid of Ardestan. Resided for some time in India then he returned to Persia, but last year (1082) he again wentto India.

a son of Sayyid Ya^ya who was attached to the tomb of Karbela. .Haly resides at Ispahan. Aqa Zaman Wddhih is a son of the Pahlwan Qasim /iTaddad.

'abd Allah

H olJj came under Shahjahan to India. Myr Qaydy jffakym Mohammad Katzim who assumed the title Masy^ albayan and the takhallu9 ^JaAib imitated Jalal aldyn Bumy and left a thick

v^

Dywan and several Mathnawies as (^x^fcua.lU5 Aj lir^j ^ AjlA.-dxx5l ^50^^ (Jl ?) ju*j J*~j> ^^^>j and gave to the collection of all:

1

j

\

(

his

poems the

title

of

^asHt***^

(j*&\.

Aqa

(jddig

is

the author of

a Saqiy-namah. Cabu\\y. (jdmit (in one copy Qdyib) was a merchant gyr to India and wrote a short Dywan.

who came under

'alam-

Myr Dhiyd

aldyu Dihlawy the author saw him at the beginning ofTalib A'moly. (Tabsy ?) a fufy.

'alamgyr's reign.

JZ%gyr' s

Tabyby

Myr MohammadMolla Toffkrd.

reign to India.

Tdhir Ifosayny came towards the end of JahanHe was a wealthy merchant.is

His prose

much

admired.

He

wrote an elegant

essay on Kashmyr.

Myrza Nitzam aldyn

Tali' a friend of the author.

Tzohury Tarshyzy resided at Byjapur, it is said that he copied and sold the Eawdhat a^afa one hundred times, he is the author of crjy of tW^ O|>A. and ^1>^ these three prose treatises are

^LH

1

dedicated to Ibrahym 'adil-shah and he dedicated a **U

^^

to

Burhan Nitzam almulk.

Himmat Khan

collected one

hundred and

twenty Saqiy-namahs and that of Tzohury was the best among them. 'orfy Shyrazy died at Lahor in 999 at an age of thirty-six years.

The chronogram,

for this date is

NO.

13.]

SAR-KHU'SH.

113abir Ispahany dis-

More than thirty years after his death Myr interred his body and buried it at Mashhad. Myan N^ir ''alyy died at Dilly in 1108.**)

The chronogram

is

^*^> |^l*J ^* Shaykh 'abd al'azyzf.

'atzyma Nayshapiiry has never visited India.'izzat.

Molla 'alyy

Qommy

has never visited India.

'dmil a pupil of Qayib.

Khwajah 'abd Allah

'irfdn a mystic.

'drif Lahory left a

Dywan.

Tahir Ghanyy of Kashmyr. His takhallu9 is a chronogram (1060) for the beginning of his poetical career, his Dywan was arranged by Myrza Mohammad 'alyy Mdhir.

Mohammad

Myr Burhan Grliorury. Hajy Mohammad Isma'yl GJidfil was a most distinguished calligraph and came from Mazanderan to India. short Dywan and a Mathnawy. GJianyinat a native of India wrote aa friend of Dara Shikoh

Shaykh Mohammad MoAsin Fdniy of Kashmyr was a left a Dywan and a Mathnawy.

ufy and

Mirza Faqyky.

Aqa Mohammad Ibrahym FayadMn a son of Aqa Mohammad Sbsayn N&jiy was alive in 1093. He was an excellent calligraphand an elegant writer both in prose and poetry. Mirza (Myr ?) Ghiyath aldyn Ma^ur Fikrat came to India under'alamgyr and obtained the rank of five hundred. 'abd al-Eazzaq Fayyadh. Farqy (Fawqy ?). a poet of Bengal, yet not without talent. FawjyPrince Dara Shikoh Qddiryleft

Fdris.

besides

many

writings on

^ un s m

a short Dywan.Ifajy

Mohammad- Jan Qodsy

Shahjahan.epic

He

the king of poets during the reign of the exploits of this emperor in a beautiful described1

i*bj&* poem called t^ Qasim Dywanah Mashhady a pupil of Myrza Nawab Qdsim Khan. India. Qdni'.1'

^^

not visited ^Jayib has

Mohammad Yiisof Qadym died very young. Abd Talib Kalym d. 1061. Khwajah (Myr?)'abd al-E/a^ym

Kaldn.

Shaykh Sa'd Allah Gulshan was in Grujrat in 1093.one copy Kamgu) Kashmyry died in the Mo'izz aldyn Musawy d. 1101. Deccan. Myr Myr Mo/jainmad 'alyy Mdhir d. 1089.(in

Kukam

Ldmi\

Q

114

PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS.

[CHAP.

I.

.Hakym Rokna Masyh a contemporary of Jahangyr. Shaykh Sa'd Allah Masyty Panypaty. Kashmyry. Ma'y (Moghy ? or Moghniy ?) QaMk Beg Molham, the author made his acquaintance at Agra. Maviv ^i^ was a Kalal that is to say of a low caste which was 7 W? employed as Porter and Chob-dars, he flourished under Jahangyr.

^

t/

>

Molla Mofyd Balkhy came to India at the beginning of 'alamgyr's The chronogram of his death is reign and died at Multan in 1090.

tion of Agra, died during the

Mon'im Hakkak Shyrazy composed a poem containing a commencement of 'alamgyr'sMashJiur.

descripreign.

Myrza Ma?$um Kashy.d. in

Myrza Moqym.

Myrza Qo^b aldyn M&yil'alyy.

1108 eight days afterfirst

Myan N^ir

Majday Munqif.the takhallu9 of MonAsib

Akhund Mohammad Baqir had

subsequently that of Moshtdq died in the beginning of 'alamgyr's Molla Malik Qommy resided at Byjapiir. Molla Mbshriqy. reign.

khanan.

Molld Natzyry of Nayshapur a panegyrist of 'abd al-Ea^ym KhanThere was another poet who had the same takhallu9, heit.

gave him ten thousand Rupees that he might change

Nddim Gylany. Molla Naw'y wrote a Saqiy-namah in praise of the Khankhanan. He is also the author of a Mathnawy called j'^^j^-. Ndtzim Herawy the author of a ^- jj OUJH has never visitedIndia.

Myr

Naj&t has been in Persia and

is

a good poet.

Aqa Mohammad

.ETosayn N&jiy a brother of

Mohammad

Isma'yl

Ghafil was an admirable calligraph,

and in his old age he was admitted3Palib Na$y~b.

to the society of 'alamgyr.

Nazuky.

Myr

Naj&bat a brother of

Myr

Siyadat.

Wdbiq.

Molla Nisbaty of Thaneser was a good poet, in Eekhtah he usedthe takhallu9 of Nit-batty i. e. the moon. Qadhiy Nury a contemporary of Jahangyr.

Myrzd Tahir Wahyd was apoets of the age.

friend of Qayib and one of the greatest

Mohammadscribed in a

E/afy'

Wffitz

Mathnawy

Qazwyny resides at Ispahan. He dethe war of Shah 'abbas with Tilam Khan,is

and compiled the sayings of the Imams in a most elegant work towhich he gave the title of &Kfn.

He

left

a Khosraw

Myrzi Darab Juyd

resided in

Kashmyr.

Sayyid 'alyy Jud&yiy Tabryzy visited India under Akbar, and was employed in the Imperial library in painting illustrations to books.

Padshah (July Jadzby a contemporary of Jahangyr was

killed.

Myrza Mohammad Ayyiib Jawdat.Jashany Lahory Grholam 'alyy flourished under Jahangyr.

Khwajah Mohammad Maq9ud Jam? a pupil of 'abd al-Grhanyy Beg Qabiil resided in Kashmyr. Ja'far had the title of Allah Wirdy Khan, left a short Dywan. .Hakym JLddzigr was born at Pat/^pur and rose under Shahjahan tothe rank of three thousand with a salary of 20,000 Eupees a year. Yadgar Beg HAlaty of Tiiran.

Myrza Isma'yl

~B.ijab

came

to India under 'alamgyr.alive in 1136,

MoAammadIu9 of Qdbil.

"ayat

Hadhrat was

had

first

the takhal-

NO.

16.]

HAMYSHAH

BAHA'll.

121Jiiya, died at

Myrza MahdiyDilly.

llojjat a cousin of

Myrza Darab

Mo/iammad 'alyy resided at Kashmyr and was in 1136 past thirty years of age, had first the takhallu9 of Taklyf, then of Masyhd and then of ILasJimat; he is a pupil of 'abd al-Ghanyy Beg Qabul. Mohammad Beg Haqyqy resided at Gujrat.Haydty Grylany was much given to pleasure, completed by order of Shahjahan the Toghluq-namah of Amyr Khosraw which wasdefective.

Heit.

did

it

so well that Shahjahan

had him weighed up

in gold for

Hayyd a pupil of By-dil has written a Dywan. a friend of Molla Shayda left a Dywan. ~Raslimaty

Shed-Earn

Mohammad Taqyyof the Jenab.

aldyn Ispahany Hozny

d.

in

989 on the banks

Myr Kamzah Tashkandy wasTashkand.

the son of the king of merchants of

He camehe wasis

to Indiaskilled in

and became, when he got

old,

com-

pletely deaf,

chronograms

^ *jV

making chronograms. One of his ** Ai The numerical value of the p*j* L)meaning"

letters of this sentence as well as the

write nine three

times" give 999. [jN^ir 'alyy. Shaykh Ma/fcmud Hayrdn resided at Sirhind and was a pupil of Hamdy Kashmyry was a learned man. He died in 1018, the

chronogram

is

^&tf

*J

**

Sayf Allah 'alawy Hazyny a contemporary of Jahangyr studied diligently the ancient poets.

Shaykh Hasan Qorayshy Kalpy

d. in

989, the chronogram

is

Sayyid jffosayn KMli$ came to India during the reign of 'alamgyr

and obtained theSipah Salar

title

of Imtiyaz Khan.

Khankhanan 'abd al-Ea^ym a son of Bayram Khan was born on the 14th 9afar 964, and died at Dilly in 1032. Klialyl was in the service of Zyb alnisa Begam and arranged hercompositions, he wrote elegant prose and poetry. Myr Khosraivy Qayiny a contemporary of Jahangyr.

Myrza Fadhl Allah

KliusJitar a son of Sar-JcMsh'aqil

was

alive in 1136.

Shukr Allah Khan Khdksdr son-in-law of

Khan Eazy wrote

a commentary on Jalal aldyn Eumy's Mathnawy.

Mohammad JSaydar Herawy Khifdly,

a contemporary of Jahangyr.

R

122

PERSIAN TADZKIHAHS.

[CHAP.

I.

Jainal aldyn Klidwary a native of Gylan caine to India in 1011. Molla Dand was engaged in Parrokhsiyar's reign with Natzim

Khan, whoShah-namah.

is

usually called 'abd al-Ea/^ym Fiirigh, in copying the

Daklily Ispahany.

Myrza Dawiid of Mashhad a contemporary of Tahir WaAyd. Shah Isma'yl Dzabyk was born in Persia, travelled much, andresided for some time in India.

Mawlana Imam aldyn Riyudhycalled

Imam al-Radhyy he;

is

is a very learned man and usually a native of Lahor and resided at Dilly.

madewas

His father Lutf Allah Mohandis was a great Mathematician and occasionally verses in the capacity of a poet he used the

takhallu9 Mohandis.also a

Eiyady good Mathematician and his books on this science were much in vogue in schools. It seems that he was alive in 1136. Oneof his pupils wrote a commentary on the Almegest. Mohammad Myr Zaman Rasikh. Sayyid Jalal E'ulhayiy d. 1057.

The

father flourished under Akbar.

Myr Mohammad 'alyy Rtiyih is a Qalandar of Sialkot. Myr Radhyy Danish a Sayyid of Mashhad came to IndiaShahjahan.

under

Arshad

'alyy Rasfiyiy

was well versed in Persian

literature

and

seems to have beenjETasan

alive in 1136.

He was a pupil of Myanatservice of Shahjahan.

Beg Rafy'

resided

first

Shah Bhyk. Mashhad, and thence he came

in 1064 to India,.

and entered the

Molla 'abd al-Eashyd the author of the Parhange Eashydy which he dedicated to Shahjahan, he wrote a chronogram on the accession of Shahjahan. The author takes occasion to quote from the history ofpalace of Dilly,

Shahjahan a passage containing a statement of the expenses of the Shah MaAall with it cost sixty lakhs of Eupees, viz.: ;

Imtiyaz Ma^all, which contains the kitchen and out-offices, five and a half king's sleeping apartment,the golden roof fourteen lakhslakhs;

The Dawlat-khanah Kha9

(I suppose

what

is

now

called

the

Dywan) and the Dawlat-khanah 'am two and a half lakhs ; The bath and JJayat-bakhsh six lakhs the palace of the women;

the Bazar of the palace four lakhs the wall and ditch round the palace which has 100,000 cubits in circumference,

seven lakhs

;

;

and

is

The

Jaini'

double as large as that of Agra, twenty-one lakhs of Eupees. masjid of Dilly cost ten lakhs of Eupees. These build-

ings would cost at least five times as

much

in our days,

1852 A. D.

No.

16.]

HAMYSHAH

BAHA'R.

123

Myr //aydar Kashy Rafy'y a contemporary of Faydhy, went from India on a pilgrimage to Makkah thence to Persia and returnedto India. father of Myrza Ibrahym Adham. Shaykh Sa'd aldyn Khafiy RihAyiy a mystic, left a Dywan and imitated the Khamsah of Nitzamy. Myrza Rostam Qandahary.

Myrza Radkyy Artymany the

Myr

'abd al-Eazzaq

Tazdy Rasmy

flourished

under Jahangyr and

spent twenty years in India in the garb of a

Darwysh.

is

Myrza Yzad-bakhsh Rasa d. in 1119, the chronogram of his death Mawlana WaAyd Rawdny resided at Agra. caviar? 'y^ SAmiry Tabryzy contemMqlld Sdti' Kashmyry was alive in 1136. porary of Jahangyr. Afdhal Sar-Mush, Myrza Mohammad

Kashmyr

in

Mohammad Ghadhanfarbrought up at Herat.

Syry (Sayry

?)

was born at Khaf and

R 2

124Sdlik

PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS.Yazdy spent part ofhis life at

[CHAP.

I.

Golcondah.

In 1066 he

first the takhallu9 of 'ishrat 'abd al-Khaliq Samandar d. at Labor in 1016. Myr Sayyid 'alyy Sayyid has never visited India. Was a comtemporary of Myrza Mo'izz. Sayyid Sa'd aldyn a soldier, has not yet chosen a takhallu?.

entered the service of Shahjahan. Mohammad A^san Sam? of India hadalive in 1136.

was

Khan Multany was in the service of Shahjahan. Allah Sihry was born and educated at Agra, was a good 'abd Sdyird Mashhady has not visited India. graph, is dead.So? yd

calli-

Abu Mo/jamtnad

Sar&by born and educated at Sialkdt.

He

was a

Arslan Beg Sipdhy. contemporary of Jahangyr. was a very good calligraph and enjoyed, during Sa'yday Gyldny the reign of Jahangyr and Shahjahan, the title of By-Badal Khan

and the

office

Khwajah

of superintendent over the emperor's goldsmiths. 'abd Allah Sdmiy came from Lahor to Dilly was a conis

temporary of the author, he

the author of a thick Dywan.

Myr

Jalal aldyn Siyddat resided at Lahor.

Sdlik Qazwyny nourished under Shahjahan. Nawab Ifakym almulk Farrokhshahy this is

the

title

of Shaykh

//osayn 'arab

whose takhallu

is

Shohrat he was

alive in 1136.

Molla Shaydd born at Pat^pur Sykry, he flourished under Jahangyr and Shahjahan and died in Kashmyr, left a Mathnawy12,000 verses in the style of the Makhzan alasrar of 5 * U| $+&*>s* *^x>T f**/l e^- 3 Nitzamy. It begins f** SJiawkat Bokharayiy was probably alive in 1136.of about

o^

||

^

1

^.

Shdpur Edzy a contemporary of Jahangyr.

Gul Mohammad Shd'ir a pupil of By-dil was probably alive in Shddamdn an Afghan flourished 1136. Yiisof Beg SMyiq. under Shahjahan and 'alamgyr. Shikyb has never visited India.Shifcyty a contemporary of Jahangyr.

Sharyf Kashy was first a Qalandar and turned afterwards a $7^& Shahydd. merchant left a Dywan.

Myr Shawqy was

a mystical poet.

Mo/jammad .Hasan Jawnpiiry SMddby. Shal&by a brother of Sardby.

Qamar aldyn who had the title of Mtzam almulk and the takhallu9 of Shakir, was alive in 1136, has written a Dywan.

NO.

16.]Shot/liny.

HAMYSHAH

BAHA'R.

125

Mawlana

Shaykh Niir aldyn Skayiq was calligraph. He was He was alive in 1136. pupil of Abu al-Ma'aliy.

in this art a

Myr

Ya/*ya Shin&sd.

Myrza Mo&ammad

'alyy

Tabryzy

Qdyibtitle

came under Shahjahan to India and obtained a Manab and the of Mosta'idd Khan, he left more than 300,000 verses. Shaykh Qadr aldyn Nayshapiiry is a man of some learning.(JahbAyiy flourished

under Shahjahan.

(Jabuhi/ Chaghatay a mystic, and suspected of infidelity, d. 973. -Hajy Mohammad Qadiq Qamit a merchant, came to India under

'alamgyr and wrote a Dywan.

Mawlana

(J/ala^

aldyn Sawajy Cayrafy came from thereign.

'iraq tois

India

by the way of the Deccan during Akbar'sof a Dywan.

He

the author

.ZZakym Katzim had the(jdhib.

title

MasyA albayan andd.

the takhallu9 of

Mo/iammad Myrak

(jdlihy flourished under Jahangyr.

Qafdyiy was educated at Kalpy

1016.

Myr Qaydy came in 1064 from Ispahan to India. Qafyy aldyn Ispahany Cafyy flourished under Jahangyr.MohammadDJiamyr.'ysa Qafyry Jawnpiiry

committed suicide in 1018.

Molla Toghrd was originally of Mashhad but resided in Kashmyr. Myr 'abd al'alyy Sabzwary TaK* a nephew and pupil of Sayyid

Mohammad Thaqib. Mohammad Ibrahym KashmyryShah Tdkir of the Deccan.

lolu'y flourished under Jahangyr.ofleft

Myrza .Sasan Tirmidzychronogram is MathnawiesTdlib

Tdlib ant^'|

Amyr

Akbara

d.

1018 the

^ v^^

y^^J

^

V-^^-J

,

wrote a commentary on the Qoran entitled cjy^fit is

u^Uiis

in four volumes,left

and

is

nearly as large as the Tafsyr Kabyr.a

Faydhy

besides other works the fUV'^k'j** which

commen-

tary on the Qoran without diacritical points, he had a library of twelve thousand volumes most of which were autographs.

F&iimah Qawwalah a lady of Ispahan. Fa$y\\y. Myrza Abu-1-Eat^ Sabzwary Mtih a nephew of Myrza TZosayn, 'arif came from Ispahan to India, and returned after some years tohis

home.of Siyadat resided mostly at Lahor.

Myr A/^mad Fdyiq a brother Was probably alive in 1136.Farhat Kashmyry wasd.

alive in 1136.

Forughy Kashmyry Myrza Nadir alzaman Fa$yh a nephew of Amyn

1077.

Was

Shaykh Mohammad Fdyiz j-jlJ a pupil probably alive in 1136 and had written a short Dywan. Myrza Ghiyath aldyn Man9iir Fikrat of Ispahan came under

Mohammad 'irfdn. of Mohammad Sa'yd Tji'tz.

'alamgyr to India.

MoAammad Beg Fur$at

has never visited India.

128

PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS.Fayadli&n a son of

[CHAP.

I.

Mohammad Ibrahym

Aqa Mo/^ammad JZbsayu

Fdyidh 'abhary was probably alive in 1136. N&jiy. Mohammad Dara Shikoh Qddiry a son of Shahjahan by Arjumand Banu Momtaz-Ma^all was born on Monday the 30th (Salkh) ofCafar 1024 at Ajmyr, was put to death in the night of Thursday 22nd Dzu-Uajj 1069 at an age of 46 years. He was buried in Humayun's Mousoleum

near Dilly.

He

left

among other works a

Dywan,.Hajy Mohammad Khan Qodsy of Mashhad came in 1041 to India and was favourably received by the emperor, he is the author of j&& gLi^b c*^ *^ a/c ^ and other works.

Myrza 'abd al-Grhanyy Beg Qabul a ufy is a pupil of Juyd. Qdsim Dywanah a pupil of Cdyib was probably alive in 1136.

Mohammad Panah

Qdbil was probably alive in 1136.

Qddir.

Qasim Khan Qdsim a courtier of Jahangyr. Myrza Talib Kalym was born in Hamadan and educated in India. =1061. The chronogram of his death is p& ;! ^jj ^.U/o Sa'd Allah Gulshan a mystical poet who resided for some Shaykh

^

^

time at Dilly and left nearly one hundred thousand verses of Ghazals, he was a disciple of Shah 'abd al-A^ad Sirhindy and made with himthe pilgrimage to Makkah. Myrza Kaniran Guy a, a brother ofJuyd. Shaykh ^mat Allah Kdmil of Moradabad.

Myrza Girdmy a son of 'abd al-Ghanyy Beg was a young man1136.

in

Kamtar.'alyy

GustdJch.

Karam

Giramy a son of gyr, left a Dywan.

Beg Karam nourished under Bahadurshah. Amanat Khan, who was in the service Ldmi is a good poet.y

of 'alam-

Molld Shdk a mystical poet of Badakhshan came to Lahor, and made the acquaintance of that great 5^fy Sayyid Myan Shah Myr Qalandar,

who waswas the

of Egypt,

spiritual

Ibrahym Baqayiy. Molla Shah Dara Shikoh and spent the summer in guide of

and a

disciple of

Kashmyr, and the winter

at Lahor.

He

died in 1072.

Myrza Mo'izz Fitrat a man of taste, a good poet and a great patron of poets, came to India under 'alamgyr and obtained the title of5 X! Musawy Khan, the chronogram on his death is -=* j L5>*i> u^^' ->*/0 has never visited India, but his poetry was much Mokhli? Kashy.

esteemed here.

NO.

16.]

HAMYSHAH

BAHA'R.Shah Q^fyj'

129

Myr Mo&ammadAbii-1-Barakat

'alyy Makla? is a son of

Minbar (Monyr ?) died at Agra, on Saturday the 7th Eajab 1054, left about thirty thousand verses, he was also a goodprose writer.

Mohammad Nitzam Mu'jiz wrote a Dywan, was alive in 1136. Myr Mohammad Samy' Matzliar a Persian, was police-officer at Ajmyr whilst Mohammad Moqym Masyh was Dywan of that Province. Myr AAmad Mohyy is a good poet.Qasim Khan Mbkklif,inhis ancestors

came from Persia and

settled

Kashmyr.

Mohammad Moqym Khan Masyh, a mystic poet, it seems that he wasalive in 1136,

and had written a Dywan. Molla Malik Qommy. Madhush a brother of Siyddat and contemporary of 'alamgyr. Myr MaAmud Beg Turany Mahmud came to India, but returned to his

home.

Myr Mohammad

'alyy Mahir.

Mun^if.

j&Takym Eokna Masyh, an Amyr of Jahangyr. Myrza Moqym. Maymanat Khan Kashmyry came as a merchant to India, and

entered the service of the emperor. "Was alive in 1136. Anand Earn Mokhlig a pupil of By-dil, was probably alive in 1136.

Abu-1-Faydh Mast was alive in 1136. Molla Mofyd Balkhy. Taj Beg Mamnun. [in 1136. a pupil of Molla Afiryn Lahory, was probably alive ufy Moshtdq, Shaykh Sa'd Allah Masyhy, a friend of Molla Shay da, put the story

Myr

of Earn and Syta in verse.

Myrza Shah Sbsayn Mondsib.the takhallu9 of Mon&sib and then of

MoAammadMoshtdq,

Baqir had

first

Mon'im Shyrazy.

Nurjahdn Begam a wife of Jahangyr. She died in 1055. Molla Nislaty Thanesery left a Mathnawy, in which he imitates the

Makhzan

alasrar. Naqyr&yiy Hamadany. Ndtzim Herawy author of a Tiisof 6 Zalykha and of a Dywan. Nffi Kashmyry was a good poet.

Myrza Nur Allah

NozJiat

is

a pupil of 'abd al-Grhanyy

Beg

Qabiil.

Sayyid 'ata Allah Nd$ir a pupil of Abu-1-Faydh Mast was alive in 1136.

MoAammad Eidha Niyaz wasAqa Mo/zammad //osaynof 'alamgyr.

a merchant residing in Gujrat.

Niijiy a calligraph.

Ni'mat Allah Khan Ni'mat

Myr

is a son of the paymaster of the troops of Ispahan has never visited India, Najut

S

130

PERSIAN TADZK1RAHS.

[CHAP.

I.

Najdhat a brother of Siyadat. Molla Naic'y flourished under Jahangyr. Nddim Gylany. Mo/iammad Yi'isof Nakliat ''alyy

(P.)

Hazyn

d.

1 J

80,

written by himself.

Beginning ^*VlIn the Moty Mahall are several beautiful MSS.published in Persian by F. C. Balfour, Lon. 1831 tion by the same, Lon. 1830.;

It

has been

English transla-

142

PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS.

[CHAP.

I.

(23)

oll

JU ^c

* cUs^A. H. 1150,

500 pp. 22

lines written in

probably an autograph.

This valuable copy is in a most lamentable condition. Another valuable and beautiful copy is in the M. M. folio 254 pp. of 21 lines bound with a collection of poems, it has

No.

25.]

A'ZA'D.

143

Ami's Tadzkirah mentioned above, in that copy he notes and the date when he purchased it, viz. 1193.

marginal notes written by a former owner, who also owned the copy of also wrote some

/ /

r^

_. ^ A/4

*

I

* rfI

-

i

(^4)

t>U|

Jb * ^U L-ftAA^o)

KI**

*.i

K ^

t)!j|

^^

x T"*

\

(P.)cypress.

The cypress of AzadAzad, independent,becauseit

or the

independent

the usual epithet of the cypress, disdains to bear fruit. This is another Tadzis

kirah by the same author compiled in ] 165 or 1 166. divides in it the poets into Persian and Indian.

He

Beginning ^rax*In

-Uj

a^^ (JuU^this catalogue

my

private collection, a thin 4to. I sent thisit

a time

when

was doubtful whether

book to England at would ever be

printed,

and I have therefore unfortunately neglected to take a more complete notice of it.

(25)

*]f\

ifi

LJu^oJ *cU

9

(P.)

Theworks,

rich treasury being a biographical dictionary of

Persian poets by the same author as the preceding two

who compiled

this in

1

1

76.

one hundred and six biographies in alphabetical order, and presents such a mixture of names of celebrated poets of ancient and modern times and powerIt contains

ful

Nawabs who wereit,

alive

when he

wrote, that his chiefflatter

object in compiling

seems to have been to

the

He complains of the barrenness vanity of his patrons. of other Tadzkirahs, and it must be allowed that he has

144collected

PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS.more

[CHAP.

I.

details regarding the life of the poets

he

mentions, than most other biographers, and he sometimes explains their verses, but the chief merit of the bookconsists in his giving us a very full list of the sources at

has been made good use of by Mr. Bland in his learned memoir cm the earliest Persianhis disposal.

This

list

biography of poets. All the works occurring in already been described, except the following:

it

have

Haft Iqlym compiled by Myrza Amyn in A. H. 1002 (see on Geogr. and Hist, infra). chap, 2. Badawuy (see Sir H. Elliot's Indian Hist, and p. 55 supra).1.

3. Majma' al-fodhala or assemblage of distinguished men, a Tadzkirah from the beginning of poetry to the reign of Akbar by Molla

Baqayiy.supra.4.

He may

be identical with Baqayiy of Qomin seelife

p.

50

JZayat alsho'ara,

who nourished from Bahadur Shah (succeeded1118) to Mohammad Shah Khan Matyn of Kashmyr,6.

of poets, a special Tadzkirah of the poets to the throne in A. H.

(succeeded in 1131) by Mo/iammad 'alyysee page 159 infra.

Safynahe By-khabar the Ark of By-khabar compiled in 1141. name is 'atzmat Allah b. Lutf Allah //osayny Wasity Belgramy By-kliabar. He was a mystical poet and died at Dilly

The

author's

in 1142.

7

8.

(3^ ^>(

**?*>

the

Dawn

of morning and the Tadzkirah of

Molla Qati'y.authors.A'zad.9.

1 can find no account of these two books and their

It is likely that there is a notice of

them

in the

Sarwe

10.

The Tadzkirah of Natzim Tabryzy, see pp. 103 and 104 supra. *A> (*^x> by Shah 'abd al-//akym of Lahor whose takhallu9155 infra, the Tadzkirah was compiled at AwrangaIt contains an account of those poets with whom thep.

was /7akim seebad in 1175.

author was acquainted. 11. ^H^ai ijtti the Tadzkirah without equal, (or perhaps the Tadzkirah of By-Natzyr) by Myr 'abd al-Wahhab Dawlatiibady who

^

compiled it according to the notes of the Khazanah which I have taken from the Lucnow copy in 1172, and according to Mr. Bland " and of which in 1178. Bland adds on the authority of A'zad

No. 25.]

A'ZA'D.

145

year the name forms the date" In the copy of the Asiatic Society the book is omitted but the words uf M^C >jjl3 ^\ ^A+AJ*^*-*l

occur in

it.

The words jtf**&

^^is is

form no such date and

there must therefore be some mistake in A'zad.in

The only mannertitle

which I can obtain the date of 1172,

by changing thesix

into^-k-^J ^[^tiJl c^riJ. I dare say this

the correct reading.

In order to complete this list, I add the names of from Mr. Eland's Memoir above referred to.1.

Tadzkirahs

lj*3J\

ol^ wls-^l.

an anonymous author in 1172.their verses.

Extracts from Tadzkirahs, compiled by It contains one hundred and fifty

short biographies of poets in alphabetical order with specimens of

A

copy of this book

is

in the India House,

No. 47,

154 pp. of 152.3.

lines.

(*^1st-i

&-c3l.

and fi*l^'

*Jns?

see

No. 45

infra.

LUJ (jA^Ji g/jj The Tadzkirah of Baba Shah, mentioned

by JTajy Khalyfah who wrote in 1062. Mr. Bland p. 168 supposes that Baba Shah is identical with Shah Shubly, who was a contemporary of Taqyy

Aw^ady and

skilled in versification,

he wrote a

Mathnawy But the author may beIspahan who

in the measure of the To/^fat al'iraqayn and a Tadzkirah.identical with theit

calligraph

Baba Shah of

same time

as

would appear from Khushgu, about the flourished, JTakym Dawayiy who died in 1004, see also p. 28

supra No. 318.in 1104.

by Mohammad QaliA who completed the work a mere anthology and contains no biographies, the extracts are alphabetically arranged according to the last letter of4.

J^^rM

iJtfLLJis

This

the rhymes like Dywans. 5. LU) & Tdhir

1029.

Tzohury

d.

1025.

Molla

Mohammad'alyy d. 'alyy1 1

Tahir Tzanny Kashmyry 1070.

Nair

OS.d.

M'mat Khan1031.'arif

'ally d. 1121.

Shaykh

Naqyy

aldyn1023.

'djiz alive.

Qadhiy ysa Sawajy

d.

896.

'it&by d.

'ishqy d.

1

142.

Shaykh FarydMolla

aldyn 'ait&r d. 927.

Mohammadd.1

GUyibMyrza

163.

Tahir Ghanyy Kashmyry d. 079. Abii Torab Farqaty d. 1026.1

Mohammad Sbsayn

FagJifur d. 1028. Fafhy Ardestany d. 1045. Ibfyhy Herawy d. 1046.

Musawy Khan Mo'izz

Fiirat

d.

1

106.

Kashmyry d. 1139. Myrza Mo/iammad Jan Qodsy Mashhady d. 1056. /Tajy'abd al-Ghanyy Qabul

Talib

Kalym Hamadany

d. 1061.

Shayk Sa'd Allah Gulslian 1141.

Myrza Malik MosTiriqy MashhadyAbii-1-Barakat

1

050.

Monyr Lahoryd.

d.

1054.

Molla Mofyd Balkhy

1091.

ifakym Eokna Kashy Masyh d. 1066. Molla Malik Qommy d. 1024. Mofy' Tabryzy d. 1050. MatzJiar alive. Myr Mafuni d. 1062. Myrza Janjanan Bilawar Khan Nu^at d. 1 139. NAtzim Herawy d. 1081.

Nyky Nathary d. 1000. Natzyr Mashhady d. 1050. NAdim Lahijy d. 1050. Nwr aldyn Mohammad Khan d. Nur Jalian Begam d. 1055. Nitzdm Astrabady d. 921.'

*7

1

126.

Nargisy Mo/^tasib of Herat d. 921. 'alyy Afanad Dihlawy Nishany d. 1025.Wffitz (Qazwyny)Iradatd. 1082.1

Khan Wadhfa d. A^mad Yar Khan YaktA

128.d.1

Myrza 2Uhir Wahycl d. 1108. Myr Tahya Kashy d. 1064.147.

152

PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS.

[CHAP.

I.

(30)

Jk*of

(P.)

The Garden

Meaning being a biography of PersianI

poets, apparently consisting of three or four large folio

Volumes of whichauthor's

name

is

have seen only the second. The not mentioned in it, it may be by 'alyy

Ibrahym Khan, see No. 45 infra. This Volume contains the third, fourth and fifth parts ^^. The preceding two parts may treat on quite different subjects.

In the third part are short biographies of about 157 men, who distinguished themselves throughtheir poetical talents in alphabetical order.

The

latest

whom

found among them is Shah 'alam, who it appears was on the throne of Dilly when the book was writtenI

(reign

1

173

1201.)

The

title is

probably a chronogramlives of

for 1174.

The

fourth part comprises

the

about 226

Wazyrs and Nobles, who have written poetry. The fifth contains notices of about 322 professional poets who flourished from the time of Harun al-Rashydto A.

H. 800 equally in alphabetical

order.

Moty Ma&all

folio

738 pages, 20

lines, a

good copy.

(31)

CLA,

Jl

L? LjuA*J IxJ! d>V&c

(P.)takhalluc

Sayings of the poets by

Qiyam aldyn whosea chronogram for1

was Hayrat.

The

title is

174.

No. 31.]

HAYRAT.

153

This Tadzkirah* contains short notices of 150 poets who flourished from Awrangzeb to 'alamgyr II. (diedIn the preface the Tadzkirahs of Walih, of Arzii and of Shawq are mentioned. The last named is1173).

muchauthor.

praised, see for8vo.

an account thereoflines written

p.

157 infra.

Moty Ma^all

124 pp. of 22

by a pupil of the

Table of contents

:

A'rzu, Siraj aldyn 'alyy Khan born at Gwalyar, studied first at Agra, thence he proceeded to Dilly, and subsequently, with the sons of Nawab Is^aq Khan, to Lucnow. Ymd UJ, Mirza Isma'yl born at Ispahan was a contemporary of Myr Najat and Shafy'ay who were fcis countrymen, and whose style

he imitated.

zeb and

Yman, A^mad 'alyy Khan of Qomm came to the court of Awrangfell at Karnal in the battle against Nadir Shah.Ahsany, Myr Gholam 'alyy of Grwalyar. J)1, Mirza Mo&animad Amyn was in 1133 at Qandahar and

MyrAzal

died in 1141.

Mo'azzaz

Khan Afsar Mohammad 'Alyy Beg

of Persia was raised

to the dignity of

Qubahdar of Bengal under Farrokh-siyar. Nitzam al-mulk A^af-jah, who assumed the poetical

name

of

Shdkir, was of a great family and a good poet.Qizil-bash (in India they pronounce Qazal-bash)

Khan Ummyd,

MoAammad BidhaBahadur Shah.

of Hainadan,

came

to India during the reign of

He

was a good musician, and knew the Indian and

Persian systems of musical composition, died 1159. Nawab Amyr Khan Anjdm, was at the court of Mohammad Shah,

and was

killed in 1159.

by 'inayat Talab-Khan whose takhallu^ was Yawar son of RaAmat Yar-Khan. He commenced his work in 1139 and completed it in 1143 or 1145, (the title is apparentlyLr*-*

* Mr. Bland, Journ. Roy. As. Tadzkirah which has the title of

Soc.

Lond. IX.

p.

143 describes another

eU&*

it i s

short biographies.

intended for a chronogram for the former date). It contains about 220 A copy is in the East India House Library, No. 427, 8vo. 65 pp. the margin frequently covered with text.

X

1

54

PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS.

[CHAP.

I.

of Anjam. Asryar Khan Insdn Asad al-dawlah, a protege

Ishdq

Khan

died in 1152.

Shah Faqr (Faqyr?) Allah Afiryn of Lahor a Qufy flourished under Farrokh-siyar.

MoAammad

alah Ag&k. Imtiydz, his father was

Eajah Day Mai

Dywan

of

Asad Khan the

"Wazyr of Awrangzeb, and he was

Dywan

of Grhaziy aldyn

Khan

b.

Ghaziy aldyn Khan.

Myrza Arjumand Azdd a son of Myrza 'abd al-Grhanyy QaMl. Chunny Lai Thsdn was at Agra in 1174. Myrza Mahdiy Baydn, a cousin of Kalym, came to Upper India under Awrangzeb, but as he could not make his fortune he went into the Deccan where he died. Myrza MohammadQafdar-jang.

Shafy' Bismil of Nayshapur, uncle of

Nawab

Shah Khalyl Allah Se-nawd

b.

Ibrahym a

ufy of DiUy.

Myrza Bady* of JSacrabad b. fall of Sultan .Sbsayn.Aqd^ali^

Myrza

jTahir died previous to the

BurMn

of Mazanderan, died at Dilly shortly after Nadircity.

Shah had pillaged that

Beg, a Persian of noble Nadir Shah in his expedition to India.

Mohammad Haqir

birth,

accompanied

Myr

Sharaf aldyn

Paydm

at Dilly in 1174. Khwajah Molla Mo/iammad Taqyy Tcttzym of Mazanderan nourished at the

A7*san aldyn

Agra died 1166. Bay&n of Agra was aliveof

time of Abdaly's inroads into India. EaAmat Allah Tamkyn of Kashniyr pupil of Myrza 'abd al-Ghanyy

Beg QaMlSayyid Eidha Khan Tamkyn of the family of Ni'mat Allah Walyy born at Qomm, came under Mohammad Shah to India.

Myr Mohammad

Afdhal Thdbit, born at Dilly,

left

a

Dywan

of

about 5000 bayts, died in 1151. Mo/iammad 'atzym Thobdt, son of the preceding, born at Ilahabad in 1122, wrote a Dywan of about 4000 bayts.

Ay at Allahin 1174.Jiigal

Thand, pupil of Shaykh 'alyy Tlazyn, nourished at Dilly

Kishor Tharwat of Dilly was Wakyl of the Natzim of

Bengal.

No. 31.]

HAYRAT.Jctfar of Teheran was invited by

155SuUan Ifosaynto

MoAammadcome

to Ispahan.

Myrza Abii

Talib Janffi b.

Myrza Fatyr, a

Persian, died in 1139

probably at Ispahan.

Molla Tzafar 'alyy Jordt studied at Ispahan. Hdjy Mohammad Jfosayn Grylany nourished under Sukan JETosayn. Myr MoAtasham 'alyy Khan ILashmat, of a Sayyid family of Ba-

dakhshna was born in India andSayyid Shah.

left

a

Dywan

of about 7000 bayts.

Mohammad

Hasrat of Maahhad died under

Mohammad

'abd al-/7akym Beg Khan Hakim b. Shadman Khan, a pupil of Faqyr Allah Afiryn lived at Dilly and Lahor. Sheo Earn Das Hay a brother of Eajah Daya Mai Imtiy&z and pupil of Myrza 'abd al-Qadir, By-dil left a Dywan of about 5000 bayts.

Myrza Imam Quly TLashmat a younger brotherJa'far JRdhib a contemporary of

of

Mohammad

Mohammad

Shah.

Nur-bakhsh

(?)

Hodhury of Dilly a contemporary of Arzu.H.ay&t, born near

Shaykh

'alyy

Hazyn.Qannawj, teacher of the

Shaykh Mohammadauthor of this work.

Qiyam aldyn Hayrat, author of this Tadzkirah. Bindraban Khiishgu, a Banya of Benares, and a pupil of By-dil, wrote a Tadzkirah.

MoAammad Mahdiy Khayyamof thatcity.

of Ispahan died during the siege

Nawab JDiane Dawran a noble of Mohammad Shah's court. Natzyr Beg Khadim a pupil of Mohammad Afdhal Thabit,shortly before 1174.

died

KhusJitar son of

Myrza Hashim

Myrza Mohammad Afdhal Sar-khusk. Dil, of Artyman near Hamadan, fell in the

strug-

gles of Persia against the Afghans.

Mohammad Jan Dywdnah died in 1150. Mohammad Faojh Dardmand of Dilly,Matzhar.

pupil of

Myrza JanjananBaqir

Khwajah Myr Dard.

Myr

'abd Allah Dzarrak, son of the celebrated

Mohammad

from Ispahan at the time of the siege and died at Khorramabad.Majlisy, fled

x

2

]

56

PERSIAN TADZKIRAHS.for

[CHAP.

I.

Lar, under Shah

Myrza Mo/iammad EidM of Shyraz was Tahmasb II.

some time governor of

Yzad-bakhsh

RidM

flourished under Awrangzeb.

Mohammad

Ja'far E&hib born in

1118

at Ispahan.

Xqa KidJid Grylany died during the rule of the Afghans over Iran. Fa9aAat Khan Radhyy of Kashmyr, a pupil of Myrza 'abd alGrhanyy Beg Qabul, was alive in 21 Jolus of Mohammad Shah.

Mohammad Rdhym Khan

Karayly was

first at

the court of Nadir

Shah, turned subsequently a faqyr, came to Dilly and died at Lahor.

Molla Saty* Kashmyry flourished under Bahadur Shah, he was a pupil of Myrza Darab Beg Juy&.

Myrza

Luf

Allah Sdlim of

Kashmyr

travelled in Persia and

was

alive in 1079.

Myr 'abd al-^Jamad Sokhon, spent part of his a contemporary of A'rzii. 'abd al-ifaqq Samandar of Lahor.

life

at

Agra and was

Sayyid Qalabat Khan Sayyid flourished under Farrokh-siyar. Khwajah 'abd Allah S&miy was in the service of A'tzam Shah, died

under Mo/jammad Shah at Lahor.

Myrza Zahid

'alyy Sakhd, son of1

Myrza Sa'd aldyn Lary, wasto India during

poisoned in India in

146.

Molla 'alyy Akbar Sawdd of

Qomm, came

Mo-

AammadBy-dil.

Shah's reign.a converted Hindu, was a pupil of

Mohammad A^san S&mP

Myrzashe

Khadyjah Sultan Begam, a niece of Khan Walih, with was in love.

whom

Katzim Sharar of(pafawy tombs.

Qomm

had an appointment in one of the

.ffakym .flbsayn Shohrat came at the time of Awrangzeb from Shyraz to India and died in 1149, he left a Dywan of about 5000bayts.

Aldmnd ShdkirA

of Teheran studied at Ispahan.

Myrza Q&Ji Shahddat of Balkh died 1 155. of Qomm was originally a shoeA'qa 'abd Allah Shaghaf ^i maker but gave up his trade, and devoted himself to (or stocking)literature, died previous to the siege of Ispahan.

Myr

Sayyid

Mohammad

Sho'lah aljui son of

Myr

9afyy born at

Ispahan.

He

was a physician by profession.

No. 31.]

HAYRAT.'alyy

157cutler,

MohammadMa'niy-yab

Sakkaky SJiikyb of Shyraz son of aShd'ir

was

killed during the

Afghan invasion.

Khan

Gul-Mo^ammad, a

pupil of

Myrza

By-dil,

died towards the end of

Mohammad

Shah's reign.

Kay Tansukh Bay Shawq son of Bay Majlis Bay who was Nayib of the Dywane Khan^ah of Agra, author of a Tadzkirah of Persianpoets called Safynat al-Shawq, was in 11 70 at Agra. contains about 1000 distichs.Cjahbdy (wine-drinker) of Awrangzeb's reign. beginning

His Dywanat the

Myr

'abd al-Baqiy

was in India

Mo/^ammad Mah

Cddiq, cousin of

Mohammad Akram Ghanymat,Shah.alive in1 1

died during the reign of

Mohammad

Shah Allah Dostgyr Cafyy a faqyr wasKabits and Ddhras.Sayyid Hidayat 'alyy

74.

Myrza Bawshan-dhamyr, Dhamyr a Munshiy

at Surat.

"Wrote

Khan Dhamyr was

alive in

1

174.

Myrza 'abd al-Baqiy ^abyl a Sayyid of Ispahan was a physician in the service of Nadir Shah