[IO Islamic 1168] 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 984&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 1168 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>984</p> <p>Another set of four mathnaw&icirc;s by Niż&acirc;m&icirc;.</p> <p>This excellent, but undated copy contains:</p> <p>1.Makhzan-alasr&acirc;r, on fol. 1^b. 2. Khusrau u Sh&icirc;r&icirc;n, on fol. 41^b. 3. Lail&acirc; u Majn&ucirc;n, on fol. 145^b, beginning (differently from the usual copies): اى نام تو مؤنس روانم &ndash; جز نام تو نيست بر زبانم &ndash; اى نام تو بهترين الخ</p> <p>4.Haft Paikar, on fol. 222^b.</p> <p>No. 1168, ff. 307, 4 coll., each ll. 15; beautiful Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each mathnaw&icirc;; miniature paintings on ff. 20^a, 21^b, 24^a, 32^a, 36^b, 39^b, 52^a, 57^a, 59^b, 64^b, 68^a, 70^a, 71^a, 77^b, 80^b, 88^a, 95^b, 96^b, 101^a, 107^b, 111^a, 113^a, 127^a, 159^b, 170^b, 199^a, 209^a, 237^a, 238^a, 244^b, 273^b, 278^a, 285^b, and 291^b; size, 9&frac34; in. by 6&frac12; in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>