Ḥāfiẓ. Dīvān, copied by Sulayman al-Fushanji in Ramazan 855/October 1451. The imported Chinese paper includes 31 pages decorated with Chinese ornamentation. The paper is coloured various shades of orange, pink, blue, yellow/green, grey and purple.
Collected poems of Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī (d. 792/1389), copied by Sulayman al-Fushanji in Ramazan 855/October 1451. Although no place is mentioned in the colophon, the name of the scribe may be connected to Fushanj in the province of Herat, Afghanistan, possibly suggesting Herat as a place of origin. The imported Chinese paper is unusually heavy and includes 31 pages decorated with Chinese ornamentation of which seven can be identified as containing designs of bamboos, pomegranates and other plants while twelve show Chinese landscapes and buildings. The paper is coloured various shades of orange, pink, blue, yellow/green, grey and purple.Contents include: f1v: ghazals in alphabetical order; f. 132r: masnavis f. 134v: qiṭahs; f. 138v: rubāʻīs.