[IO Islamic 2442] بوستان خيال

<ul> <li><strong>B&ucirc;st&acirc;n-i-Khay&acirc;l</strong><strong>.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 834&nbsp;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 2442 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>834</p> <p>A short fragment of the same <em>first</em> <em>Bah&acirc;r</em> of the <em>B&ucirc;st&acirc;n-i-Khay&acirc;l</em>.</p> <p>Part of the first volume of the first Bah&acirc;r or Mahd&icirc;n&acirc;ma, only comprising forty-eight pages, and beginning as in the preceding copy: تبارك الذى جعل فى السماء بروجاً الخ.</p> <p>The author&rsquo;s name appears on ff. 7^b, last line, and 8^a first line; the title on fol. 12^b, l. 7. The date of the commencement of the work, viz. A.H. 1155, is found here on fol. 12^b, last line but two. The last words, with which this copy breaks off on fol. 48^b, run thus: ،و اكثرى خليفۀ اوّل و ثانى را دوست ميداشتند و از سيوم .... corresponding to No. 1773, fol. 27^b, l. 6.</p> <p>No. 2442, ff. 1-48, ll. 17; large and clear Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; size, 12^3/8 in. by 8 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>