Ancient Hafez Divan Unveiled at Imam Reza Shrine Library

MASHHAD – A 401-year-old manuscript of Hafez's Divan, donated by the late Leader of the Islamic Revolution to the Astan Quds Razavi library, was unveiled in Mashhad.

Mashhad - The 401-year-old manuscript of Diwan Hafez, donated by the leader of the Revolutionary Martyr, to the Astan Quds Razavi Library was unveiled in Mashhad.

According to Ambassador Arjan Seyyed Reza Sadaqat Hosseini, an expert in the evaluation and registration of manuscripts of the Astan Quds Razavi library, said: The mentioned divan was recorded in 1047 lunar year and was dedicated to the central library of the Razavi shrine in 1395 solar year by the leader of the Martyr of the Revolution.

The expert of manuscript evaluation and registration of Astan Quds Razavi Library continued: This manuscript is in Nastaliq script with 13 lines on 202 sheets of pea paper with dimensions of 8.5 x 15 cm.

He added: There are 8,900 manuscripts on the subject of literature in the Razavi library, of which 196 are related to Diwan Hafez, of which 44 were donated to the library by the leader of the Martyr of the Revolution.

Sadaqat Hosseini said: There are 59,000 manuscripts, 22,000 Qurans and exquisite Quranic pamphlets in the Holy Shrine library, the largest number of which is related to jurisprudence books with 15,000 volumes.