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Country

France

City

Paris

Institution

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Collection

Manuscrits Persans

Shelfmark

Supplement Persan 823

Contents

Work 1: Dīvān-i Anvarī (Anvarī, Awḥad al-Dīn, -1189 or 1190)

LOC subject headings

Persian poetry

Author

Anvarī, Awḥad al-Dīn, -1189 or 1190

انورى، اوحد الدين

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Anvarī, Awḥad al-Dīn, -1189 or 1190 (authorised)

Ali Aukhadėddin Ėnveri, -1189 or 1190 (variant)

Anvarī, Auḥaduddīn, -1189 or 1190 (variant)

Anvarī, Awḥad al-Dīn, d. 1189 or 90 (variant)

Anvarī, Awḥad al-Dīn Muḥammad, -1189 or 1190 (variant)

Awḥad al-Dīn Anvarī, -1189 or 1190 (variant)

Enveri, -1189 or 1190 (variant)

Ėnveri, Ali Aukhadėddin, -1189 or 1190 (variant)

اوحد الدين انورى (variant)

انصاري، اوحد الدين (variant)

انوري، اوحد الدين،, -1189 or 1190 (variant)

Title

Dīvān-i Anvarī

دیوان انورى

Notes

This copy is only a fragment of this work

It is dedicated to Sanjar, Sultan of the Seljuks, 1084 or 1086-1157 , Sulaymān ibn Qutalmı̈sh, Sultan of the Seljuks, -1086 in f. 5, to a khātūn (lady) referred as “‘Ismat al-Dūnyā va al-Dīn”, possibly being a wife of the sultan (f. 6v) and to another khātūn referred as "Jalāl al-Dūnyā va al-Dīn (f. 7v). Also to Malik ‘Imad al-Dīn Pirūzshāh, ملک عمد الدین پیروزساه (9r) and Majd al-Dīn Abū Ḥasan ʻImrānī, مجد الدین ابو حسن عمرانی

Main language of text

Persian

Foliation

ff. 1-19

Bibliography

Editions

Anvarī, Awḥad al-Dīn. Dīvān-i Anvarī. Edited by Raz̤avī, Mudarris. Tehran: Bungāh-i Tarjumah va Nashr-i Kitāb, 1337 [1959].

Studies

Anvarī, Awḥad al-Dīn. Notice sur le poète persan Enveri: suivi d'un extrait de ses odes. Edited by Ferté, H.. Paris: 1895.

Palmer, Edward Henry and Edward B Cowell. "Two kasidahs of the Persian poet Anwari." Journal of Philology. , no. 4 1872.

Catalogue

Blochet, Edgar. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1905-34, 1968.

Work 2: Dīvān-i Tabrīzī (Shams-i Tabrīzī, -1247)

LOC subject headings

Persian poetry

Author

Shams-i Tabrīzī, -1247

شمس تبريزى

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Shams-i Tabrīzī, -1247 (authorised)

Şems-i Tebrizi, -1247 (variant)

Shams-i Tabrezi, -1247 (variant)

Shams-i Tabrīzī, d. 1247 (variant)

Tabrezi, Shams-i, -1247 (variant)

Tabrezī, Shamsi, -1247 (variant)

Tabrīz, Shāh Shams, -1247 (variant)

Tabrīzī, Shams-i, -1247 (variant)

Tebrizli Şems, -1247 (variant)

شمس تبريزى (variant)

Biographical notes

Although his nisba denotes an origin from the city of Tabriz, Shams-i Tabrī zī is known to have travelled the word, with the characteristic avoiding religious establishments and preferring to stay in more secular environments such as caravansarays. He visited different regions in the Middle East where he met with some of the most renowned Sufi masters of his time. For example, in Iran he met Awḥ ad al-Dī n Kirmā nī and in Syria, he encountered the famous Ibn ʿArabī. However, Shamswas allegedly not as fond of the Iberian Sufi because he “did not follow the Sharīʿa”  ( (Schimmel, Annemarie. "S̲h̲ams-i Tabrīz(ī)." Encyclopaedia of Islam. , [n.d.].)). In the early decades of the 13th century [1200-1299 CE], he came to Anatolia and acted as a teacher in the city of Erzurum (Turkey). However, one night he had a dream that would guide him to Konya, where he finally met Rūmī. It is the relationship between these two Sufi dervishes what would inspire them both in their understanding of Sufism. In the mevlevi literature, Shams-i Tabrī zī is often connected to the Kubrawiya Sufi order, however, some scholars have suggested that he might also have been closely connected to the group of antinomian dervishes generally known as Qalandars. ( (Lewis, Franklin. Rumi: past and present, east and west : the life, teaching and poetry of Jalâl al-Din Rumi. Oxford and Boston: Oneworld, 2000., pp. XXX)). In Konya, he seems to have made some enemies among the nobles of the city and followers of Rūmī. Due to the growing hostility, he left the city in early 643 AH [1246 CE] only to be found in Damascus by Rūmī’s son Sultan Valad, who brought Shams-i Tabrī zī back to Anatolia. After his return, Shams stayed for a while with Rūmī and married a girl of his household. Unfortunately, the girl died soon afterword and only a few days later, Shams-i Tabrī zī disappeared on 5 Shaʿbān 645 [1247 CE]. He was not to be seen again and his disappearance became a symbol of the high spiritual level acquired by Shams among mevlevi followers. However, more mundane reasons for the “disapearence” have been suggested such as the possible murder of Shams at the hands of one of Rūmī’s sons. ( (Schimmel, Annemarie. "S̲h̲ams-i Tabrīz(ī)." Encyclopaedia of Islam. , [n.d.].)) The literary activity of Shams is limited if compared to other Sufi authors, with most of what we know about his beliefs, teachings and life comes from the work of other mevlevi authors such as Rūmī, Sultan Valad Sipahsā lā r or Aflākī. His writings are mostly notes taken by him or his followers out of his teachings and compiled by Rūmī and Sultan Valad under different names, with the title Maqālāt-i Shams (Discurses of Shams) as the most popular way of referring to it. Like in the case of the teaching of Rūmī’s father Baha al-Din Valad, the sayings of Shams were never properly edited and only kept in different compilations in manuscript form belonging to members of the Mevlevi order until modern times. ( (Lewis_2000>pp. 135-6)).

Title

Dīvān-i Tabrīzī

دیوان تبريزى

Notes

An incomplete fragment of this work

Main language of text

Persian

Foliation

ff. 20-58

Bibliography

Catalogue

Blochet, Edgar. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1905-34, 1968.

Work 3: Dīvān-i Amir Shāhī (Amīr Shāhī Sabzavārī, -1453)

LOC subject headings

Persian poetry

Author

Amīr Shāhī Sabzavārī, -1453

امير شاهى سبزوارى

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Amīr Shāhī Sabzavārī, -1453 (authorised)

Ağmälik bin-Cämaläddin Ämir Şahi Säbzävari, -1453 (variant)

Ämir Şahi Säbzävari, -1453 (variant)

Ämir Şahi Säbzävari, Ağmälik bin-Cämaläddin, -1453 (variant)

Amīr Shāhī Sabzavārī, Āq Malik, -1453 (variant)

Amīr Shāhī Sabzavārī, d. 1453 (variant)

Sabzavārī, Amīr Shāhī, -1453 (variant)

Shāhī Sabzavārī, Amīr, -1453 (variant)

امير شاهى سبزوارى (variant)

Title

Dīvān-i Amir Shāhī

دیوان امير شاهى

Notes

Main language of text

Persian

Foliation

ff. 20-58

Bibliography

Editions

Sabzavārī, Amīr Shāhī. Dīvān-i Amīr Shāhī-i Sabzavārī: az shuʻarā-yi buzurg-i sadah-ʼi nahum-i Hijrī. Edited by Ḥamīdiyān, Saʻīd. Intishārāt-i Ibn Sīnā, 1348 [1969 or 70].

Catalogue

Blochet, Edgar. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1905-34, 1968.

Work 4: Poems (Ṭayyib)

LOC subject headings

Persian poetry

Author

Ṭayyib

شاه طيب

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Shāh Ṭayyib

Amīr Shāhī Sabzavārī, -1453 (authorised)

Ağmälik bin-Cämaläddin Ämir Şahi Säbzävari, -1453 (variant)

Ämir Şahi Säbzävari, -1453 (variant)

Ämir Şahi Säbzävari, Ağmälik bin-Cämaläddin, -1453 (variant)

Amīr Shāhī Sabzavārī, Āq Malik, -1453 (variant)

Amīr Shāhī Sabzavārī, d. 1453 (variant)

Sabzavārī, Amīr Shāhī, -1453 (variant)

Shāhī Sabzavārī, Amīr, -1453 (variant)

امير شاهى سبزوارى (variant)

Title

Poems

Notes

Main language of text

Persian

Foliation

ff. 114-131

Bibliography

Catalogue

Blochet, Edgar. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1905-34, 1968.

Physical Description

Number of folios

131 ff.

Dimensions of folio

width 15.5cm, height 23cm

History

Place

Iran

Place

Anatolia

Date of copy

13th. century

Date of copy

13th. century

Date of copy

16th. century