[IO Islamic 3496] طوطى نامه

<ul> <li><strong>Ṭ&ucirc;ṭin&acirc;ma</strong><strong>.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 743 in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Eth&eacute;</strong></a><strong><em>,&nbsp;</em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong>&nbsp;</a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a>&nbsp;<strong>number 3496 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>743</p> <p>Ṭ&ucirc;ṭin&acirc;ma (طوطى نامه).</p> <p>The older and larger version of the famous &lsquo;Tales of a Parrot,&rsquo; by Ḍiy&acirc;i Nakhshab&icirc; (or Ḍiy&acirc;-ald&icirc;n Nakhshab&icirc;), containing fifty-two stories, and composed A.H. 730 (A.D. 1330); comp. Bodleian Cat., Nos. 444-448; Rieu ii. p. 753; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 985, and Zeitschrift der D. M. G., vol. xxi. p. 505 sq.; J. Aumer, pp. 53 and 54; Cat. Codd. Or. Lugd. Bat. i. pp. 355 and 356; G&ouml;ttinger Gelehrte Anzeigen, 1858, p. 529, etc. Translated into English by M. Gerrans, London, 1792. On the Turkish version see W. Pertsch, Berlin Turkish Cat., p. 439.</p> <p>Beginning:الحمد لله ربّ العالمين و العاقبة للمتّقين و الصلوات الخ. The usual beginning of most other copies (but with the omission of the first two words, مناجات بحضرت) appears here on fol. 2^a: رازق النعاب فى عشّه الخ. The book concludes on fol. 242^b. On fol. 243^a the date is given, viz. 4th of Jum&acirc;d&acirc;-al&ucirc;l&acirc;, in the first year of &lsquo;&Acirc;lamg&icirc;r&rsquo;s reign (=A.H. 1069, A.D. 1659, Jan. 28). On ff. 243^b-245^a a ḳaṣ&icirc;dah by Sh&acirc;h Ni&rsquo;mat Wal&icirc;-all&acirc;h (or more commonly Ni&rsquo;mat-all&acirc;h Wal&icirc;, who died A.H. 834=A.D. 1431, see Rieu ii. p. 634^b) and some arithmetical tables are added. Many pages slightly injured.</p> <p>No. 3496, olim 8. J. 26, ff, 245, ll. 15-19; Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ ; ff. 1-6, 33-36, 39-42, 181, 188-245 supplied by various other hands; size, 8^7/8 in. by 5 &frac12; in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>