[IO Islamic 3442] شاهناشاهنامه

<ul> <li><strong>Sh&acirc;hinshahn&acirc;ma</strong><strong>.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 901 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 3442 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>901</p> <p>Sh&acirc;hinshahn&acirc;ma (شاهناشاهنامه).</p> <p>One of the most modern imitation of the Sh&acirc;hn&acirc;ma in honour of the exploits of Fatḥ &lsquo;Al&icirc; Sh&acirc;h, king of Persia (A.H. 1212-1250=A.D. 1797-1834), by the poet laureate Fatḥ &lsquo;Al&icirc; Kh&acirc;n K&acirc;sh&icirc;, with the takhalluṣ Ṣab&acirc; (who died, according to Rieu iii. p. 1082^a, and Schefer, Ambassade au Kharezm, A.H.1238=A.D. 1822, 1823), see Bodl. Cat., Nos. 520; G. Fl&uuml;gel i. p. 603; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 957; Fundgruben des Orients, vi, Heft iv. p, 29 sq.; vol. 7, pp. 273 and 281; vol. 9, p. 1 sq.; vol. 17, p. 32 sq.; vol. 18, p. 44 sq.; and vol. 70, p. 71.</p> <p>Introduction by the author, on ff. 1^b-9^b, beginning: نخست چون بنگری جهانی بینی پر از چون وچند همی بست و گشاد بينى و ستم و داد الخ.</p> <p>Beginning of the epopee, on fol. 10^b:</p> <p>بنام خداوند آموزگار &ndash; نگارندۀ نامۀ روزگار</p> <p>This most superb and splendidly executed copy was made by order of Fatḥ &lsquo;Al&icirc; Sh&acirc;h himself, and finished by the transcriber, Mahd&icirc; alḥusain&icirc; alfar&acirc;h&acirc;n&icirc;, the K&acirc;tib of the royal residence, the first of Rajab, A.H. 1225 (A.D. 1810, August 2). Received from Comm. Of Corresp., 28th March, 1816.</p> <p>No. 3442, ff. 451, 4 coll., each ll. 20; excellent Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; gorgeous frontispieces on ff. 1^b, 10^b, and 11^b; ff. 1^b, 2^a, 10^b, and 11^a magnificently illuminated; smaller illumination on ff. 313^a, 314^a, and the last two pages; very fine pictures on ff. 28^a, 32^a, 37^a, 44^b, 56^a, 64^b, 78^b, 88^a, 97^b, 102^a, 110^a , 111^a, 112^a, 113^a, 114^a, 115^b, 116^b, 130^b, 145^b, 150^b, 153^b, 156^b, 201^a, 212^b, 218^b, 235^a, 239^a, 245^a, 263^a, 280^a, 317^b, 339^a, 343^a, 354^a, 382^a, 387^b, 389^b, and 396^b; splendid eastern binding with flowers ; size, 15^3/4 in. by 9^7/8 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>