[IO Islamic 3259] شاهنامه

<ul> <li><strong>Sh&acirc;hn&acirc;ma</strong><strong>.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 865 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 3259&nbsp; here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>865</p> <p>The same.</p> <p>The B&acirc;isunghar&icirc; preface, on fol. 1^a. Beginning of the poem, on fol. 10^b. It is divided into <em>four books</em>, which agree in their contents entirely with those in the preceding copy, except that Books II and III (beginning on fol. 144^b) are not separated here. Book IV begins on fol. 338^b. Small blanks on many pages, apparently left for the insertion of headings or pictures. Book I (جلد اوّل) is dated A.H. 1111, the 16th of Ṣafar (called here the 44th year of &lsquo;&Acirc;lamg&icirc;r&rsquo;s reign)=A.D. 1699, August 13; Book IV, the 8th of Dh&ucirc;-alḥijjah, in the same year=A.D. 1700, May 27, by Muḥammad Ḥiṣ&acirc;r&icirc;.</p> <p>The first two leaves are supplied by another hand, perhaps by Warren Hastings, whose name appears at the top of the preface.</p> <p>No. 3259, olim 11. J. 5, ff. 427, 4 coll. Each ll. 25, and a fifth on the margin, ll. 40; Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; size, 11^3/4 in. by 7^1/8 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>