[IO Islamic 741] شاهنامه

<ul> <li><strong>Sh&acirc;hn&acirc;ma</strong><strong>.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 867 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 741 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>867</p> <p>The same.</p> <p>An extremely splendid and magnificent copy of the Sh&acirc;hn&acirc;ma, in two volumes, with a beautiful eastern binding; written by Hid&acirc;yat-all&acirc;h of Shir&acirc;z, but not dated.</p> <p>The B&acirc;isunghar&icirc; preface begins here, on fol. 2^b, thus:</p> <p>اى در صف اهل نظم استاد سخن</p> <p>شد تازه و محكم از تو بنياد سُخن</p> <p>فردوس مقام بادت اى فردوسى</p> <p>انصاف كه نيك دادۀ داد سخن׳</p> <p>افتتاح سخن آن به كه كند اهل كمال الخ</p> <p>The full text of the satire against Sulṭ&acirc;n Maḥm&ucirc;d is found here on fol. 9^b sq.</p> <p>Beginning of the <em>first volume,</em> on fol. 13^b; of the <em>second volume</em>, on fol. 344^b, with Luhr&acirc;sp&rsquo;s accession:</p> <p>چو لهراسپ بنشست بر تخت عاج الخ</p> <p>Nos. 741 and 742, ff. 668, 4 coll., each ll. 25; excellent Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; illuminated frontispieces on ff. 2^b, 13^b, and 344^b; the whole copy luxuriously embellished throughout: full-size pictures on ff. 1^b, 2^a, 40^a, 94^b, 140^b, 185^b, 215^a, 232^a, 252^b, 326^a, 355^b, 385^b, 412^b, and 529^b; size, 16 in. by 10 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>