English-language description from D蘋wn-i Q尨imiyyt
廎兀san Ma廎叮贖d Ktib (d. after 640/1243) was an Ismaili poet. Born near Qazv蘋n, he was alive when Imam 廎兀san of Alam贖t (d. 561/1166) proclaimed his doctrine of 梁勳聆櫻鳥硃喧 or spiritual resurrection in 559/1164. He was a secretary of the governor of the fortress of Gird K贖h, Shihb al-D蘋n, whom he later followed to Quhistn. Around 630/1232 he was in Alam贖t, preparing a copy of the diwan whose surviving fragments are published here, to be offered to the Imam of the IsmailisAdherents of a branch of Shi’i Islam that considers Ismail, the eldest son of the Shi’i Imam Ja尪far al-廜〢diq (d. 765), as his successor. at the time, 尪Al尨 al-D蘋n Mu廎仟mmad (d. 653/1255). 廎兀san Ma廎叮贖d was well-versed in the intellectual and spiritual universe of Nizr蘋 Ismailism as recorded, inter alia, in Na廜蘋r al-D蘋n 廜玳哀蘋s (d. 672/1274) Raw廎a-yi tasl蘋m Sayr wa sul贖k, and ghz wa anjm. The present diwan contains the most complete contemporary catalogue of the terminology used in expressing Nizr蘋 Ismaili doctrine, surpassing even the works of 廜玳哀蘋, N廜ξr Khusraw (d. after 462/1070) and Nizr蘋 Quhistn蘋 (d. 720/1320).
Contents translated into English (original in Tajik)
Qaimiyyat and its Place in Persian Poetry and Literature, by Mohammad-Riza Shafiei Kadkani
Glossary, by Mohammad-Riza Shafiei Kadkani
Foreword by the editor
Foreword by the author
List of Diwan-i Qaimiyyats First Volume of Qasidas
List of As-Soni fi-l-qaimiyyats Volumes
List of Qasidas and Rhymes arranged in Alphabetical Order of First Verses
The Text Diwan-i Qaimiyyat
Indices