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[IO Islamic 3340] شاهنامه

<ul> <li>Shâhnâma.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 864 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 3340 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 864 The same. The Bâisungharî preface begins here as in the preceding copy, and is concluded by a short chronological index and list of kings. Beginning of the poem, on fol. 12b. It is divided into four books; Book I ends with Rustam’s return from Turkistân and Afrâsiyâb’s flight; Book II, beginning on fol. 200b, with Gushtâsp’s accession; Book III, beginning on fol. 315b, goes down to the accession of Nûshirwân; and Book IV, beginning on fol. 461b, comprises the rest. Dated by Majd-aldîn bin Ibrâhîm Ḥâfiż, A.H. 1012, the 29th of Muḥarram (A.D. 1603, July 9). No. 3340, olim 11. J. 7, ff. 586, 4 coll., each ll. 25; small Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1b and 12b; adorned headings on ff. 200b and 315b. Small pictures on ff. 15a, 15b, 17a, 19a, 24b, 42a, 48b, 50a, 55a, 65b, 73b, 77b, 92b, 106b, 120b, 134a, 149a, 156a, 158b, 164a, 180b, 190a, 198b, 200a, 212b, 214a, 243b, 254b, 267b, 279a, 280b, 296b, 297a, 315b, 325b, 332a, 332b, 333b, 334b, 337a, 353a, 355a, 358b, 370a, 371a, 377a, 385b, 388b, 393a, 395b, 399b, 410a, 418b, 420b, 422a, 424a, 425b, 429a, 435a, 439b, 460b, 489a, 494b, 516a, 534b, 552b, 561a, 563b, 572b, 576b, 583a, and 585b ; size, 85/8 in. by 43/4 in.

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