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Mahfuz-ul-Haq - 1939

The Rubâ'îyât of 'Umar-i Khayyâm. Persian text edited from a manuscript dated 911 A.H. (1605 A.D.) in the collection of Professor S. Najib Ashraf Nadvi, with a facsimile of the manuscript by M. Mahfuz-ul-Haq. Calcutta, The Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1939.

Main table Legend Notes Christensen 1927

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ASHBODLROS1ROSIICALCRASBNICWHINAMRITLUCKCHR
1 5 2 154 8 7 10 5 50
2 13 16 11
3 6 5 17 12
4 5 38 7 6 18 13 76
5 2 28 23
6 3 2 29 24
7 5 4 23 18
8 15 18 40 36
9 7 182 47 14 17 33 28
10 7 8 184 19 22 35 30 66
11 168 145
12 20 24 154 131
13 49 54 49 52 102 78
14 56 59 72 48
15 52 55 70 46
16 57 60 48 109
17 11 24 28 156 133
18 57 49
19 50 124 69 45 80
20 41 158 135
21 31 155 37 56 76 52
22 53 129 80 56
23 27n3 44 81 57
24 40 121 159 136
25 167 144
26 27 34 84
27 30 29 147 124
28 19 238 25 57 129 98
29 44n1 54 53 87 63
30 50 63 94 70
31 72 35 60 62 68 44 79
32 73 31 59 86 62 81
33 37 33 100 77
34 110 184 161
35 21 125 125 94 32
36 32 788 93 69 82
37 56n1 198 39 120 104 51
38 20 106 22 26 108 84 37
39 29 42 44 47 85 61 61
40 172 149
41 78 61 64 145 122 88
42 68 289 63 66 123 92 84
43 22 39 100 81 83 98 74 67
44 63 64 67 181 158 11
45 63 64 67 181 158 11
46 34 62 226 71 108 126 95
47 33n2 42 223 201
47 33n2 42 108 201
48 69 179 48 92 68 49
49 35 142 62 38
50 70 66 95 96 104 80 83
51 61 134 65 68 75 51 25
52 19 10 129 38 42 64 40 77
53 130 132 108
54 51 156 77 53
55 25 47 233 82 84 127 96 39
56 52 72 157 134
57 73 75 202 179
58 87 89 203 180
59 15 175 90 66
60 24 45 46 49 204 181 29
61 206 183
62 77 79 207 184
63 38 258 93 95 212 189 2
64 84 86 213 190
65 197 40 70 73 214 191 89
66 26 228 85 87 215 192 15
67 17 25 79 112 216 193 23
68 17 23 99 100 50 194 90
69 31 58 31 35 217 195 91
70 39 43 218 196
71 32 36 219 197
72 23 151 119 220 198 13
73 33 59 90 92 221 199 58
74 27 43 159 48 51 222 200 59
75 33 37 115 99
76 33 223 201
77 55 108 46 224 202
78 21 67 70 225 203
79 68 71 228 206
80 118 231 209
81 13 121 73 69 72 232 210 44
82 80 82 116 100
83 196 235 213
84 41 216 138 115 87
85 74 98 99 237 215 63
86 10 22 117 238 216 22
87 66 313 11 91 93 239 217
88 40 67 92 94 113 89 55
89 30 60 240 218 21
90 97 98 241 219
91 243 221
92 58 62 244 222
93 36 40 245 223
94 35 39 247 225
95 74 76 246 224
96 79 171 248 226
97 104 252 227
98 47 81 105 134 254 229 93
99 108 205 60 141 164 301 231
100 51 125 46 157 176 302 232 94
101 303 233
102 89 87 107 137 304 234 95
103 110 225 65 233 305 235 96
104 60 97 157 106 136 315 245 97
105 115 317 247 17
106 158 177 320 250
107 86 464 209 331 261
108 50 160 216 332 262 48
109 102 333 263
110 49 83 217 334 264 10
111 146 113 142 335 265
112 144 264 1 185 200 352 282
113 353 283
114 110 140 356 286
115 132 228 346 276
116 68 124 8 156 175 347 277 7
117 136 160 348 278
118 354 284
119 137 221 6 168 185 355 285 4
120 249 169 367 297
121 79 277 363 293
122 227 373 303
123 374 304
124 77 179 194 375 305 42
125 225 376 306
126 138 4 377 307
127 69 126 109 139 378 308 98
128 118 146 379 309
129 85 149 194 380 310 8
130 65 227 142 165 382 312 14
131 76 212 385 315
132 78 276 180 195 313 243 20
133 95 290 181 196 337 267 75
134 57 82 300 236 383 313
135 52 230 112 428 358 12
136 431 361
137 83 52 435 365
138 111 308 139 162 400 330
139 387 317
140 23 397 327
141 24 398 328
142 28 128 155 402 332
143 30 41 404 334
144 152 195 240 468 398
145 90 162 263 196 495 472 69
146 165 148 214 472 402 102
147 156 44 32 198 242 482 412
148 209
149 254 478 408
150 159 53 479 409 103
151 89 161 26 211 252 481 411
152 154 35 90 199 243 487 420
153 155 36 84 491 421
154 164 41 165 20 212 486 416
155 483 413
156 157n2 37 265 202 246
157 2 172 40 222 262 506 427 52
158 1 176 45 229 268 502 423 104
159 46 233 272 513 434
160 99 175 47 214 52 230 269 514 435 72
161 166 50 219 529
162 94 168 231 270 522 443 6
163 179 76 232 271 527 448
164 100 177 274 525 446 65
165 236 276 531 449
166 180 95 17 238 278 533 451
167 102 186 169 242 282 539 454 3
168 184 27 241 281 540 455
169 188 280 244 284 547 462 105
170 189 283 246 285 549 464
171 103 187 71 58 243 283 555 470
172 251 292 567 479
173 192 170 19 252 571 474 31
174 191 224 564 476
175 227 296 333 622 499
176 230 192 630 507
177 203 263 306 641 519 24
178 235 189 49 299 640 518 107
179 202 53 652 530
180 231 55 282 279 658 536
181 219 56 127 284 324 659 537 9
182 57 354 660 538
183 59 223 667 545
184 204 60 82 269 312 668 546 26
185 215 293 669 547
186 240 389 705 581 110
187 242 101 21 325 366 709 585
188 243 346 384 711 587
189 124 246 387 729 605 112
190 321 364 736 612
191 332 739 615
192 123 215 61 327 368 741 617 123
193 323 744 620
194 151 263 291 354 396 761 625
195 130 259 351 393 760 624 130
196 258 353 395 768 632
197 129 262 348 390 770 634 35
198 310 70 54 431 466 858 698 117
199 313 105 434 469 877 717
200 321 447 478 854 694
201 320 93 448 479 857 697 28
202 299 420 459 873 716 43
203 389 431 883 723 27
204 292 180 885 725
205 329 458 487 891 731
206 327 61 111 426 463 924 767

The general table of concordances in this edition (page 37-41) shows only a couple of parallels in Christensen. There is a seperate table that shows the 78 quatrains in the Ashraf MS that correspond with Christensen's 'genuine' quatrains.

  • Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal MS. No. NL. 160, dated c. 16th century.
  • Calcutta Madrasah Library MS. No. 14, 19/1, dated c. 16th century.
  • Edward Heron-Allen's edition of the Bodleian MS. (dated 865 A.H.), B.
  • Dr. Rosen's edition of the Berlin MS. (dated 721 A.H.?)
  • Dr. Rosen's edition of the MS. of Rubâ' îyât-i-Khayyâm, transcribed by Sultân Muhammad Nûr in 930 A.H., R.N.
  • J.B. Nicolas's edition (Paris, 1867) based on the Tehrân edition.
  • E.H. Whinfield's edition based on the Nawal Kishore edition and other MSS. (London, 1883).
  • Shaykh Ghulâm Muhammad's edition of 906 quatrains (Amritsar).
  • Nawal Kishore edition of 770 quatrains (Lucknow, 1024 A.H.)
  • Christensen edition, 1927.

The MS that is discussed by Mahfuz-ul-Haq contains 206 quatrains in the main section, 16 quatrains in Appendix A, and 11 quatrains in section B. In the main section, 78 rubâ'îs have a parallel in the total of 121 quatrains that A. Christensen (1927) considered to be genuine.

A minor table (p. 29) shows the parallels between these 78 quatrains. To this table I have appended the parallel quatrains in the Bodleian MS as deduced from Christensen's table. (For sorting purposes the original roman numbers of Christensen's list have been transcribed to arab numbers)

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Nr. ASH Genuine Table nrs. Bodleian MS
1 1 50 5 5
2 4 76 13
3 10 66 29 7
4 19 80 45
5 31 79 44
6 32 81 62
7 35 32 94 21
8 36 82 69
9 37 51 104 20
10 38 37 84
11 39 61 61 29
12 41 88 122
13 42 84 92
14 43 67 74 22
15 44 11 158
15 45 11 158
16 48 49 68
17 50 83 80 41
18 51 25 51
19 52 77 50 19
20 55 39 96 25
21 60 29 181 24
22 63 2 189 38
23 65 89 191
24 66 15 192 26
25 67 23 193 17
26 68 90 194
27 69 91 195 31
28 72 13 198
29 73 58 199 33
30 74 59 200 27
31 81 44 210
32 84 87 115
33 85 63 215 42
34 86 22 216 10
36 88 55 89 40
37 89 21 218
38 98 93 229 47
39 100 94 232 51
40 102 95 234
41 103 96 235
42 104 97 245 60
43 105 17 247
44 108 48 262 50
45 110 10 264 49
46 116 7 277 68
47 119 4 285
48 124 42 305 77
49 127 98 308 69
50 129 8 310 85
51 130 14 312 65
52 132 20 243 78
53 133 75 267
54 135 12 358 52
55 145 69 472 90
56 146 102 402
57 150 103 409
58 157 52 427 2
59 158 104 423 1
60 160 72 435 99
61 162 6 443 94
62 164 65 446 100
63 167 3 454 102
64 169 105 462
65 173 31 474
66 177 24 519
67 178 107 518
68 181 9 537 112
69 184 26 546
70 186 110 58
71 189 112 605 124
72 192 57 617 123
73 195 114 624 130
74 197 35 634 129
75 198 117 698
76 201 28 697 155
77 202 43 713 134
78 203 27 723