[IO Islamic 1770] 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 839 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 1770 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>839</p> <p>B&ucirc;st&acirc;n-i-Khay&acirc;l.</p> <p>The <em>first daftar</em> or <em>jild</em> of the <em>third Bah&acirc;r</em> or <em>second Gulist&acirc;n</em> of the B&ucirc;st&acirc;n-i-Khay&acirc;l, corresponding to the <em>eighth volume </em>of the whole work. This <em>third Bah&acirc;r</em> (the largest of the three), which relates the adventures of Ṣ&acirc;ḥib Ḳir&acirc;n-i-Akbar Sh&acirc;hz&acirc;da Mu&rsquo;izz-ald&icirc;n, Ṣ&acirc;ḥib Ḳir&acirc;n-i-A&rsquo;żam Sh&acirc;hz&acirc;da Khursh&icirc;d T&acirc;jbaksh, and Ṣ&acirc;ḥib Ḳir&acirc;n-i-Aṣghar Sh&acirc;hz&acirc;da Badr-i-mun&icirc;r, bears the special title of <em>Khursh&icirc;dn&acirc;ma</em> (خورشيدنامه), and is subdivided into seven books (دفتر or جلد) or eight volumes, the last two of which (the fourteenth and fifteenth, together with the Kh&acirc;timah) are missing in this collection. This first daftar begins: اداى حمد و سپاس ربّ العالمين حكيم عليم و نعت درود سيّد المرسلين رسول كريم و مدح و منقبت الخ.</p> <p>In l.6 this heading appears: آغاز گلستان دوم بهار سيوم از كتاب بوستان كه موسوم است بخورشيدنامه، امّا راويان اخبار و ناقلان آثار و محدّثان اين حديث شيرين بيان و مخبر ( مخبران Bodl.copy correctly ) اين داستان رنگین الخ.</p> <p>Conclusion:</p> <p>ان شاء الله تعالى بعد ازين احوال صاحبقران اعظم و صاحبقران اصغر در دفتر دويم مذكور كرده ( كرد read) خواهد شد الخ.</p> <p>Dated the 7th of Muḥarram, A.H. 1202 (A.D. 1787, Oct. 19).</p> <p>No. 1770, ff. 388, ll. 19; clear and distinct Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; size, 12^1/2 in. by 8^1/4 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>