[IO Islamic 301] شاهنامه

<ul> <li><strong>Sh&acirc;hn&acirc;ma</strong><strong>.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 873 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 301 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>873</p> <p>The same.</p> <p>The same preface as in the preceding copy: حمد و ستايش مر خدايرا الخ, with the short genealogical account at the end. The first 6^1/2 lines of this preface are repeated on ff. 6^b and 7^a.</p> <p>Beginning of the poem, on fol. 7^b. No subdivision into books; the copy is slightly injured in several places, especially towards the end.</p> <p>Dated by &Acirc;d&icirc;na of Bukh&acirc;r&acirc;, A.H. 1008, the 10th of Sha&rsquo;b&acirc;n (A.D. 1600, February 25), at Samarḳand.</p> <p>No. 301, ff. 375, 4 coll., each ll. 35; excellent Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; vignettes on ff. 1^a and 6^a; illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1^b and 7^b; ff. 6^b and 7^a splendidly embellished; pictures on ff. 51^b, 52^b, 68^a, 73^a, 91^b, 97^a, 100^a, 103^b, 122^a, 135^b, 136^b, 142^a, 169^b, 185^b, 186^a, 192^a, 223^a, 229^a, 237^b, 247^a, 269^b, 281^b, 297^a, 349^a, and 370^b; size, 14^1/4in. by 9 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>