[IO Islamic 1840] كليد ديوان حافظ

• Kalîd-i-dîwân-i-Ḥâfiż.
• This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1272 in the India Office collections.
• [metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 1840 here with notations and hyperlinks].

1272

Kalîd-i-dîwân-i-Ḥâfiż (كليد ديوان حافظ).

Explanation of the difficult words and phrases in Ḥâfiż’ dîwân, arranged alphabetically, and preceded by an introduction (مقدّمه) on the mystical terms which frequently occur in the poems of Ḥâfiż, for instance, معشوق , عاشق, عشق , etc. The author׳s name does not occur; as title appears, on fol. 1^a: كليد خواجه حافظ and فرهنگ حافظ.

Beginning of the preface, on fol. 1^b: حمد بيحدّ و ثناى بيعدّ و سپاس بي قياس حضرت خداونديرا كه جميع ديوان حافظان الخ.

Beginning of the alphabetical key (كليد) or glossary, on fol. 10^a: آغاز لغات ديوان خواجه حافظ شيرازى باب الف الخ.

No date. Copied by Fakhr-aldîn.

No. 1840, ff. 1-21, ll. 13; very careless Nasta’lîḳ; size, 8^3/4 in. by 6 in.