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A CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY INDO IRANIAN SERIES EDITED BY A. V. WILLIAMS JACKSON PROFESSOR OF INDO-IRANIAN LANGUAGES IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY VOLUME 1 For volumes previously published see page iv Nefa ffork COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS 1914 All rights reserved A CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS INCLUDING ALSO SOME TURKISH AND ARABIC PRESENTED TO THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART NEW YORK BY ALEXANDER SMITH COCHRAN PREPARED AND EDITED BY A. V. WILLIAMS JACKSON PROFESSOR OF INDO-IRANIAN LANGUAGES AND ABRAHAM YOHANNAN - LECTURER IN ORIENTAL LANGUAGES, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Columbia! p*ERS,T* ™~l'T7T PIC.-. Wefo gorfe COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS 1914 All rights reserved BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Seven volumes of the Indo-Iranian Series have been previously published (volumes 2-8,1901-1913; see the announcement following page 187). As the Sanskrit Grammar for Beginners, heretofore an nounced as the first volume of the Series, is not yet ready for publication (though nearly complete in manuscript), the present work is, for general con venience, issued as Volume 1 in its stead. COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS. Set up and electrotyped. Printed February, 1914. NortonatJ -jOress J. 8. Cushing Co. — Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. iv PREFACE THE preparation of this catalogue has been a pleasant task during the past two years, though the appearance of the work has been considerably delayed by the many exactions of univer sity duties. The plan followed in describing the manuscripts was originally adopted in conference with Mr. Cochran while he was collecting them for his own library, and now that he has presented the collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in order to make it accessible to the public, the plan then designed seems equally suitable for the purpose of the general exhibition of the collection. The descriptive method, thus chosen, has kept several ob jects in view. By the side of technical matters for the infor mation of Oriental specialists, particular attention has been paid to the art side of the collection, so as to convey some idea of the illuminations, miniatures, bindings, and the like, in addition to matters of literary interest, details of historic import, or items of a personal nature regarding the individual owners of the copies in generations long past, as gathered from the Oriental seals and memorandums. It would seem that no serious objection could be raised critically to the fulness with which such matters are recorded in the pages that follow. To the generous donor who made the manuscripts accessible to the public and available to scholars that may wish to con sult them in future, a special acknowledgment is due. Beyond that, a personal expression of thanks is owing to him for the constant interest that he has shown, in every possible manner, vi PREFACE in the preparation" and publication of the catalogue. Without his aid the volume could not have appeared in the Columbia University Indo-Iranian Series. Words of appreciation are likewise due to Mr. Frederic W. Erb, Mr. Frank Erb, and Miss Adele Erb, of the Library Staff at Columbia, as well as to the Librarian of the University, Dr. W. Dawson Johnston, for obliging assistance in connection with the handling of the manuscripts during the year and a half that they were deposited in the Columbia University Library vaults for consultation in the preparation of this catalogue. In like manner Director Edward Robinson and his assistant, Mr. Henry W. Kent, of the Metropolitan Museum, together with Curator W. R. Valentiner and Mr. D. Friedley, have been equally kind in granting every possible facility in consulting the codexes since they have been on public exhibition in the Persian room at the Museum. Nor is to be forgotten the help they gave while the illustrative plates were being prepared, so as to convey an idea of some of the miniatures that adorn the collection. Among other friends who gladly lent aid may be mentioned Professor Richard Gottheil, of Columbia University, who gave assistance in connection with certain points relating to the Qur'an and other important matters. As to valued suggestions concerning the character and quality of the paper in the different manuscripts, acknowledgment is also made to Mr. Douglas C. McMurtrie, of New York. There is an appropriate opportunity here, furthermore, to thank Miss Susan Yohannan and Miss Cassandra Yohannan for their untiring work in copying and re- copying each section of the book as it was being prepared for the press. Last but not least, that friend, student, and faithful helper, Dr. George C. O. Haas, sometime Fellow in Indo-Iranian Lan guages at Columbia and now Instructor in the College of the City of New York, deserves a very special acknowledgment; he not only prepared the Index to this work, but also gave PREFACE vii readily, as usual, his technical advice in all matters relating to the make-up of the volume and his skilled service in reading every revise of the proofsheets, to supplement the care bestowed by the readers of the Norwood Press. To each and all of these willing helpers most hearty thanks are expressed anew. A. V. WILLIAMS JACKSON, ABRAHAM YOHANNAN. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, July x, 1913- CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE v LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi LIST OF WORKS OF REFERENCE xii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xv INTRODUCTION xvii PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS : I. Firdausi 5 Ms. No. i. Shah-namah (1587-1588 A.D.) . 8 /3, 2-2S 21 Ms. No. 2. Shah-namah (1602 A.D.) . . 14 ,11/ Ms. No. 3. Shah-namah (1605-1608 A.D.) . 20 } Ms. No. 4. Shah-namah (1663-1669 A.D.) . 28 71/ Ms. No. 5. Shah-namah (16th-17th cent.) . 38 II. Nizam! 47 / 3 5 Ms. No. 6. Khamsah (1449-1450 A.D.) . . 49 Ms. No. 7. Khamsah (1509-1510 A.D.) . . 53 •j ? , > Ms. No. 8. Khamsah (1525 A . D . ) . . . 5 8 Ms. No. 9. Khamsah (middle of the 16th c e n t . ) . . . . . . . 6 7 , > ^ .) Ms. No. 10. Haft Paikar (16th cent.) . . 71 7 Ms. No. 11. A Persian Anthology—Nizami f ^ abridged; Selections also from other well- known Persian writers (19th cent.) . . 79 III. Jalal ad-DIn Rumi 93 Ms. No. 12. Masnawl (1489 A.D.) . . . 95 ix X CONTENTS PAGE IV. Sa'di 101 Ms. No. 13. Kulliyyat (middle of the 16th cent.) 102 Ms. No. 14. Bustan (2d quarter of the 17th cent.) 108 V. Amir Khusrau of Delhi 119 Ms. No. 15. Khamsah (latter half of the 17th cent.) 120 VI. Hafiz . 1 2 7 Ms. No. 16. Diwan (i8th-ic)th cent.) . . 129 VII. Jami 139 Ms. No. 17. Diwan (c. 1470 A.D.) . . 140 Ms. No. 18. Yusuf and Zulaikha (1523- 1524 A.D.) 145 Ms. No. 19. Yusuf and Zulaikha (c. 1550 A.D.) 148 Ms. No. 20. Haft Aurang (middle of the 18th cent.) 151 TURKISH MANUSCRIPTS: VIII. Mir 'Ali Shir Nawa'i 159 Ms. No. 21. A Diwan (1499-1500 A.D.) . 160 Ms. No. 22. Second Diwan (1580 A.D.) . 164 ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS : IX. Qur'an 171 Mss. Nos. 23-24. Copy of the Qur'an in two volumes (1427 A.D.) . . . . 1 7 2 INDEX 179 LIST OF SCRIBES AND ARTISTS 187 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE I. FARIDUN'S GRIEF AT THE MURDER OF HIS SON IRAJ 39 Painting by/All Naqi, Ms. No. 4, fol. 24^. 2. NAUFAL, THE ARAB CHIEFTAIN, CHAMPIONING THE CAUSE OF MAJNUN 54 Ms. No. 7, fol. 1300. 3- KING KHUSRAU SEATED ON HIS THRONE . 57 Painting by Mirak, Ms. No. 8, fol. 64#. 4- KING KHUSRAU AND HIS BRIDE SHIRIN . 6i Painting by Mirak, Ms. No. 8, fol. 104& 5- BAHRAM GUR IN THE SANDAL PALACE 64 Painting by Mirak, Ms. No. 8, fol. 230^. 6. ALEXANDER RECEIVING BOOTY ON THE DAY OF BATTLE 68 Painting by Mirak, Ms. No. 8, fol. 321£. 7- RECITATION OF POEMS TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF MUSIC 103 Ms. No. 12, fol. 1720. 8. BAHRAM GUR IN THE RED PALACE . 118 Ms. No. 15, fol. 1590. 9' EMBELLISHED INTRODUCTORY PAGE ('UNWAN) . 148 Ms. No. 18, fol. 2a. io. ORNATE LACQUER BINDING 157 Ms. No. 21, outside of cover. ii, LACQUER PAINTING ON A MANUSCRIPT COVER . 160 Ms. No. 21, inside of back cover. 12 A KING LISTENING TO A COURT POET 173 Ms. No. 21, fol. 510. 13 ARABIC MEMORANDUM IN THE HANDWRITING OF THE MUGHAL EMPEROR AURANGZIB . 176 Ms. No. 24, fol. 268b. xi