[IO Islamic 3267] شاهنامه

<ul> <li><strong>Sh&acirc;hn&acirc;ma</strong><strong>.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 862 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 3267 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>862</p> <p>Another copy of the <em>first half</em> of the poem.</p> <p>This copy, with the older preface on fol. 1^b, contains only the <em>first half</em>, respectively the <em>first two books</em> of the Sh&acirc;hn&acirc;ma; Book I begins on fol. 8^b, Book II on fol. 163^b; the first goes down to Afr&acirc;siy&acirc;b&rsquo;s hearing of the flight of the Ir&acirc;nians; the second to Arj&acirc;sp&rsquo;s death by the hand of Isfandiy&acirc;r. All the rest of the poem is wanting. No date. The copyist was Muḥammad F&acirc;ḍil, known as ادها بنى اسرائيل كولوى. A few various readings on the margin.</p> <p>No. 3267, olim 11. J. 6, ff. 325, 4 coll., each ll. 25; good and clear Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; size, 11^3/8 in. by 6^5/8 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>