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This document is a digital facsimile of a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, inBaltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have beendigitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities,and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts atthe Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. Forfurther information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contactus through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Departmentof Manuscripts.

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Lacquer binding (without flap); central panel filled withfloral design; border with floral gold-painted motifs on ablack ground

Bibliography Gacek, Adam. Persian Manuscripts in the Libraries ofMcGill University: Brief Union Catalogue. (Montreal:McGill University Libraries, 2005), no. 39.

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Label: The caption of this illustration reads: taṣvīr-iIskandar Khizr (thus).

fol. 188a:Title: Kay Kāvus, Rustam, Jamshīd, and Kay QubādForm: IllustrationLabel: The caption to this illustration reads: taṣvīr-iKāvus Rustam Jam va-Kay.

fol. 192a:Title: King Solomon and his demons before Jacob andJosephForm: IllustrationLabel: The caption to this illustration reads: SulaymānYūsuf va-Yaʿqub.

fol. 196a:Title: Khusraw and Shīrīn drinking wineForm: Illustration

fol. 199b:Title: Illuminated headpieceForm: HeadpieceLabel: An inscription in the margin reads: tarkīb-band-i Ḥāfiẓ.

fol. 202a:Title: Ḥāfiẓ recites complimentary verses for KingManṣūrForm: Illustration

fol. 214a:Title: Ḥāfiẓ and Shāh Abū IsḥāqForm: IllustrationLabel: The inscription in the upper margin reads:tavārīkh (dates).

Provenance Note dated 18 Shawwāl 1315 AH / 1897 CE (fol. 233b)

Acquisition Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Binding The binding is original.

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Form: Illustration

fol. 132b:Title: Ḥāfiẓ recites verses in praise of a kingForm: Illustration

fol. 133b:Title: Ḥāfiẓ talks of the Water of Life as being betterthan his poetryForm: Illustration

fol. 136b:Title: A convivial gatheringForm: Illustration

fol. 139a:Title: Ḥāfiẓ recites love poems for a beautiful girlForm: Illustration

fol. 141a:Title: Ḥāfiẓ taken by the beauty of a young womanForm: Illustration

fol. 157b:Title: Ḥāfiẓ recites complimentary verses to a kingForm: Illustration

fol. 163b:Title: Sultan Maḥmūd and his servant IyāzForm: IllustrationLabel: The caption to this illustration reads: taṣvīr-iSulṭān Maḥmūd va-Iyāz.

fol. 169b:Title: Alexander the Great, who never drank the Waterof LifeForm: Illustration

fol. 178b:Title: Majnūn in the company of LayláForm: Illustration

fol. 183b:Title: Alexander the Great and the prophet KhiḍrForm: Illustration

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fol. 97b:Title: Ḥāfiẓ, like a fish, is saved by his beloved whosebeauty shinesForm: IllustrationLabel: This illustration depicts the final verses on thispage: "When my beloved takes the cup of wine, herbeauty overshadows that of others. I have fallen into thesea like a fish; my beloved takes my hand and savesme."

fol. 99a:Title: Laylá visits MajnūnForm: Illustration

fol. 101b:Title: Ḥāfiẓ at the court of Sultan Ghiyās al-DīnForm: Illustration

fol. 105b:Title: Ḥāfiẓ reads a verse that disapproves of haughtypeopleForm: Illustration

fol. 110a:Title: Ḥāfiẓ complains about his beloved’s prideForm: Illustration

fol. 114b:Title: Sultan Maḥmūd and his servant IyāzForm: Illustration

fol. 120b:Title: Ḥāfiẓ with a king, a policeman, a judge and a sufi,enjoying wineForm: Illustration

fol. 125a:Title: King Solomon seated on his throne carried bydemonsForm: Illustration

fol. 131b:Title: Ḥāfiẓ reciting verses on the habits of an elephantdriver

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fol. 61a:Title: Ḥāfiẓ at the court of Manṣūr ShāhForm: Illustration

fol. 63a:Title: Ḥāfiẓ, his beloved, and the prophet KhiḍrForm: Illustration

fol. 68b:Title: Jacob, in the company of his sons, longs to hearnews of JosephForm: Illustration

fol. 73b:Title: The beheading of Siyāvush on the order ofAfrāsiyābForm: Illustration

fol. 75a:Title: Ḥāfiẓ extolling the virtues of his kingForm: Illustration

fol. 78b:Title: Ḥāfiẓ at a party with his friendsForm: Illustration

fol. 81b:Title: Laylá visits Majnūn in the wildernessForm: Illustration

fol. 84a:Title: King Solomon and the hoopoe who brought newsfrom Queen ShebaForm: Illustration

fol. 91b:Title: Ḥāfiẓ delivers a message from Haẓrat Sulaymānpermitting a drinking partyForm: Illustration

fol. 95b:Title: Ḥāfiẓ and a tavern keeperForm: Illustration

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fol. 27a:Title: Ḥāfiẓ and his belovedForm: Illustration

fol. 28a:Title: Ḥāfiẓ entertained by his friendsForm: Illustration

fol. 31a:Title: Ḥāfiẓ telling the story of Shaykh ṢanʿānForm: Illustration

fol. 38a:Title: Ḥāfiẓ talks of his passion to his belovedForm: Illustration

fol. 41b:Title: Jacob with Joseph and his brothersForm: Illustration

fol. 43a:Title: King Solomon and his courtiersForm: Illustration

fol. 46a:Title: Joseph on the throneForm: IllustrationLabel: The caption to this illustration reads: taṣvīr-iYūsuf.

fol. 48a:Title: Ḥāfiẓ instructing an angel to kneel at the gate ofa tavernForm: Illustration

fol. 54b:Title: The prophet Khiḍr safely guides the boat to shoreForm: Illustration

fol. 58b:Title: Moses, holding a fiery rod, comes to meet hisfuture wifeForm: Illustration

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Decoration fol. 2b:Title: Double-page illuminated frontispieceForm: FrontispieceLabel: This is the right side of a double-pageilluminated frontispiece with the doxological formula(basmalah) inscribed in the cartouche. The paletteis typical for illuminated manuscripts from Kashmirduring this period.

fol. 3a:Title: Double-page illuminated frontispieceForm: FrontispieceLabel: This is the left side of a double-page illuminatedfrontispiece with the doxological formula (basmalah)inscribed in the cartouche. The palette is typical forilluminated manuscripts from Kashmir during thisperiod.

fol. 8b:Title: The Prophet Muhammad (not depicted) ascendson BurāqForm: Illustration

fol. 13b:Title: The story of Joseph and ZulaykhāForm: IllustrationLabel: This scene illustrates the story of Joseph (Yūsuf)and Zulaykhā, although it is unlikely that Joseph is theperson depicted here, as he is generally represented witha halo. It is possible that Potiphar (al-`Aziz) is shownhere. The inscription is not clear.

fol. 19b:Title: Comparison of famous couplesForm: IllustrationLabel: This illustration depicts three famous couples:Sultan Maḥmūd and Iyāz (top), Laylá and Majnūn(middle), and Farhād and Shīrīn (bottom).

fol. 24b:Title: The famous couples Laylá and Majnūn andFarhād and Shīrīn

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Genre Literary -- Poetry

Language The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.

Colophon 231b:Transliteration: There are two colophons (199a and 231b)fol. 199a: tammat al-kitāb /1/ bi-ʿawn Malik [sic] /2/al-Wahhāb rāqimuhu faqīr /3/ ḥaqīr Mullā /4/ Abū al-Qāsim /5/ ghafara Allāh dhanbahu /6/ fol. 231b: tammattamām shud Dīvānī /1/ Ḥaẓrat Khvājah Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzīraḥmat Allāh ʿalayhi /2/ az dastkhaṭṭ-i /3/ aqall al-ʿibādGhulām Muḥammadī maʿrūf bih Mullā Muḥammad QāsimHamadānī /4/ bi-tārīkh-i gurrat-i shahr-i Shawwāl al-muʿaẓẓam taḥrīr yāft sanat-i 1210 /5/Comment: Two colophons, the first in Arabic giving thename of the scribe as Mullā Abū al-Qāsim

Support material Paper

Laid paper, probably Kashmiri

Extent Foliation: ii+232+ii

Collation Catchwords: Written obliquely on versos

Dimensions 9.0 cm wide by 14.0 cm high

Written surface 5.5 cm wide by 9.5 cm high

Layout Columns: 2Ruled lines: 14Framing lines in blue, orange, gold, and black

Contents fols. 2b - 231b:Title: Dīvān-i ḤāfiẓIncipit:

Hand note: Written in nastaʿlīq script (Indian hand)Decoration note: Forty-eight illustrations; double-pageilluminated frontispiece; illuminated headpiece; squareand rectangular pieces with floral motifs; framing linesin blue, orange, gold, and black

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Shelf mark Walters Art Museum Ms. W.636

Descriptive Title Collection of poems (divan)

Text title Dīvān-i ḤāfiẓVernacular:

Author Authority name: Hafiz, 14th cent.As-written name: Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ al-ShīrāzīName, in vernacular:

Note: Author dates preferred by cataloger: fl. 8th centuryAH / 14th CE

Abstract This is an illustrated and illuminated copy of the collectionof poems (dīvān) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiz al-Shīrāzī (fl. eighth century AH / fourteenth CE), producedin India, possibly Kashmir. According to the colophon onfol. 231b, the text was completed by Mullā MuḥammadQāsim Hamadānī on the 1st Shawwāl 1210 AH / 1796 CE.The codex opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece(fols. 2b-3a) and is decorated throughout with square andrectangular panels as well as horizontal bands with floraldecoration marking the end of odes, quatrains, or seriesof verses. There are forty-eight illustrations. The lacquerbinding with central floral design is contemporary with themanuscript.

Date 1st Shawwāl 1210 AH / 1796 CE

Origin India (Kashmir?)

Scribe As-written name: Ghulām Muḥammadī maʿrūf bih MullāMuḥammad Qāsim HamadānīName, in vernacular:

Known as: Mullā Muḥammad Qāsim HamadānīNote: The colophon on fol. 199a gives the name of the scribeas Mullā Abū al-Qāsim. It is not certain if he is the same asMullā Muḥammad Qāsim.

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This document is a digital facsimile of a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, inBaltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have beendigitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities,and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts atthe Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. Forfurther information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contactus through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Departmentof Manuscripts.

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A digital facsimile of Walters Ms. W.636, Collection of poems (divan)Title: Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ

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