[IO Islamic 175] منتخب شاهنامه

<ul> <li><strong>Muntakhab</strong><strong>-i-Sh&acirc;hn&acirc;ma.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 886 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 175 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>886</p> <p>The same.</p> <p>Beginning:حمد بيغايت و ثناى بينهايت مر حضرت كبرياى واجب الوجود ربوبيّت جلالش از ادراك افهام الخ.</p> <p>The date of composition is here (on fol. 1^b, l. 8) wrongly given as A.H. 1061 instead of 1063, although it is distinctly stated that it was the 26th year of Sh&acirc;hjah&acirc;n&rsquo;s reign. The title, تأريخ دلگشاى شمشيرخانى, appears on fol. 3^a, first line. Copied in the fifth year of Shah &lsquo;&Acirc;lam&rsquo;s reign (=A.H. 1177, A.D. 1763, 1764).</p> <p>No. 175, ff. 296, ll. 16; large and distinct Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; illuminated frontispiece; size, 11^5/8 in. by 6^1/2 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>