[IO Islamic 118] شاهنامه

<ul> <li><strong>Sh&acirc;hn&acirc;ma</strong><strong>.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 861 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 118 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>861</p> <p>Another copy of the same.</p> <p>Contents:</p> <p>The older preface on fol. 1^b, beginning as in the preceding copy.</p> <p>Genealogical index of all the Persian kings, quoted by Firdaus&icirc;, on fol. 7^a.</p> <p>Another genealogical index in verse ( فهرست منظوم شاهنامه), on fol. 9^a.</p> <p>Alphabetical index of the Pahlaw&icirc; (and other uncommon) words, used by Firdaus&icirc; in his epopee, on fol. 10^b.</p> <p>The poem itself is divided into <em>two halves</em>, viz.:</p> <p><em>First half</em>, on fol. 12^b, beginning: بنام خداوند جان و خرد الخ.</p> <p><em>Second half</em>, on fol. 318^b, beginning with Gusht&acirc;sp&rsquo;s reign: چو گشتاسپ را داد لهراسپ تخت الخ.</p> <p>The <em>first half</em> is dated by Ḥ&acirc;fiż Aḥmad bin Muḥammad the 23rd of Ramaḍ&acirc;n, A.H. 1009 (A.D. 1601, March 28); the second is not dated.</p> <p>No. 118, ff. 596, 4 coll., each ll. 25; Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; vignettes on ff. 1^a, 12^a, and 318^a; illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1^b, 12^b, and 318^b; pictures on ff. 338^a, 365^a, and 430^b. Part of ff. 58^a, 79^a, 102^b, and 180^b left blank; many headings and single verses missing or injured; ff. 487 and 556 supplied by a more modern hand; size, 13^3/8 in. by 9^3/8 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>