[IO Islamic 159] 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 841&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 159 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>841</p> <p>B&ucirc;st&acirc;n-i-Khay&acirc;l.</p> <p>The <em>first sha</em><em>ṭr</em> of the preceding <em>second daftar</em>, forming, as it seems, together with the following copy of the second shaṭr, the <em>tenth volume</em> of the whole work. From a colophon in the Bodleian copy it would appear as if these two shaṭr, which now form together with preceding copy a <em>single daftar</em> or <em>jild</em>, although <em>two distinct volumes</em>, were originally meant to appear as third daftar; in this way some of the conflicting statements found in the Bodleian copy, the third British Museum copy (Add. 4939), and our present copies might easily be reconciled.</p> <p>Beginning:</p> <p>نيكوترين محامد و عاليترين اثنيه سزاوار جناب حضرت خالق البريّه است كه مخلوقات ارض و سماء و ما فيها بذكر حمد و ثناى او خود را مشغول مي نمايد الخ</p> <p>No date.</p> <p>No. 159, ff. 338, ll. 16; clear and distinct Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; size, 10^1/2 in. by 6^1/2 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>