Taz̲kirat al-Shuʻarā'

Title	Taz̲kirat al-Shuʻarā'
Publication Date:	1199 AH (1784–85 CE)
Subject	Persian poetry--1500-1796--History and criticism
Type	kitap
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	148
Physical Dimensions	148 folios, 12 flyleaves (ff. ix + 148 + iii). Leaf height: 215 mm, width: 145 mm. Written height: 150 mm, width: 85 mm.
Library:	The University of Manchester Library
Library Asset ID	uom:library:digitalcollections:persian:MS-PERSIAN-00328, https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-PERSIAN-00328/1, https://image.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/iiif/MS-PERSIAN-00328-001-00001.jp2/full/,200/0/default.jpg, Persian MS 328
Record ID	alma992989086067301631
Library Location	Available Online
Date	1199 AH (1784–85 CE)
Notes	This undated poetic anthology entitled Taz̲kirat al-Shuʻarā' (Chronicles of Poets) encompasses lines by 292 poets arranged thematically by subject (ma'nī), including examples by its compiler, Bandah ‘Alī Khān (ca. 1704–1784 or 1785), pen named Bāsiṭī. Born into a prominent family in Shāhjahānābād (Delhi), where he attended the court of the Mughal ruler Emperor Muḥammad Shāh (b. 1702, r. 1719–1748), whom awarded him the title Shīr Afgan Khān (Tiger-seizer) previously held by his grandfather. He initially studied poetry under Muḥammad Afz̤al al-Dīn S̱ābit Allāhābādī, during which time he employed the nom-de-plume Sabqat, but after he moved to Lucknow in 1160 AH (1748 CE) he continued with ‘Abd al-Bāsiṭ, from whom he ultimately derived his pen name. According to several accounts, when he visited the preeminent poet Muḥammad ʻAlī Ḥazīn in Benares (Varanasi) to ask for a critique of his dīvān, Hazīn replied that he should "wash all of its pages from start to finish" and urged him to only write quatrains, advice that he thereafter followed. He passed away in Lucknow in 1199 AH (1784–85 CE) The colophon of this neatly copied and illuminated manuscript indicates that a scribe completed it for the author, hence it must date to Bāsiṭī's lifetime.
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Taz̲kirat al-Shuʻarā'

Publication Date 1199 AH (1784–85 CE)

Subject Persian poetry--1500-1796--History and criticism

Type kitap

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 148

Physical Dimensions 148 folios, 12 flyleaves (ff. ix + 148 + iii). Leaf height: 215 mm, width: 145 mm. Written height: 150 mm, width: 85 mm.

Library The University of Manchester Library

Library Asset ID uom:library:digitalcollections:persian:MS-PERSIAN-00328, https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-PERSIAN-00328/1, https://image.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/iiif/MS-PERSIAN-00328-001-00001.jp2/full/,200/0/default.jpg, Persian MS 328

Record ID alma992989086067301631

Library Location Available Online

Date 1199 AH (1784–85 CE)

Notes This undated poetic anthology entitled Taz̲kirat al-Shuʻarā' (Chronicles of Poets) encompasses lines by 292 poets arranged thematically by subject (ma'nī), including examples by its compiler, Bandah ‘Alī Khān (ca. 1704–1784 or 1785), pen named Bāsiṭī. Born into a prominent family in Shāhjahānābād (Delhi), where he attended the court of the Mughal ruler Emperor Muḥammad Shāh (b. 1702, r. 1719–1748), whom awarded him the title Shīr Afgan Khān (Tiger-seizer) previously held by his grandfather. He initially studied poetry under Muḥammad Afz̤al al-Dīn S̱ābit Allāhābādī, during which time he employed the nom-de-plume Sabqat, but after he moved to Lucknow in 1160 AH (1748 CE) he continued with ‘Abd al-Bāsiṭ, from whom he ultimately derived his pen name. According to several accounts, when he visited the preeminent poet Muḥammad ʻAlī Ḥazīn in Benares (Varanasi) to ask for a critique of his dīvān, Hazīn replied that he should "wash all of its pages from start to finish" and urged him to only write quatrains, advice that he thereafter followed. He passed away in Lucknow in 1199 AH (1784–85 CE) The colophon of this neatly copied and illuminated manuscript indicates that a scribe completed it for the author, hence it must date to Bāsiṭī's lifetime.

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Parçası Manchester Digital Collections - Persian Manuscripts