[IO Islamic 2079] Niżâmî's Mathnawîs

<ul> <li><strong>Niż&acirc;m&icirc;&#39;s Mathnaw&icirc;s.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 985&nbsp;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 2079 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>985</p> <p>Three mathnaw&icirc;s by Niż&acirc;m&icirc;.</p> <p>This copy contains:</p> <p>1.Makhzan-alasr&acirc;r, on fol. 1^b. 2. The <em>first</em> part of Iskandarn&acirc;ma (here simply styled سكندرنامه), on fol. 33^b. 3. The <em>second</em> part of the Iskandarn&acirc;ma (here styled شرفنامه), on fol. 125^b.</p> <p>Dated the first of Ṣafar, A.H. 955 (A.D. 1548, March 12), by الداعى كتاب الله بن كيومشاه. An entry from A.H. 1020 (A.D. 1611, 1612) on the last page beneath the colophon.</p> <p>No. 2079, ff. 175, 4 coll., each ll. 18; small but distinct Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each mathnaw&icirc;; collated throughout; two very poor pictures on ff. 52^a and 66^b; size, 8^3/4 in. by 6^5/8 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>