[IO Islamic 1651] خمسۀ نظامى

<ul> <li><strong>Khamsa-i-Niż&acirc;m&icirc;.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 979&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 1651 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>979</p> <p>Niż&acirc;m&icirc;&rsquo;s Khamsah without the <em>second</em> part of the Iskandarn&acirc;ma.</p> <p>Contents:</p> <p>1.Makhzan-alasr&acirc;r, on fol. 1^b. 2. Lail&acirc; u Majn&ucirc;n, on fol. 28^b. 3. Khusrau u Sh&icirc;r&icirc;n, on fol. 81^b. 4 Haft Paikar, on fol. 156^b. 5. The <em>first</em> part of the Iskandarn&acirc;ma, on fol. 212^b. Good copy, dated A.H. 1049 (A.D. 1639, 1640), by Ab&ucirc;-alḥasan ibn Zain-ald&icirc;n Muḥammad of Zindanan (a village near Bukh&acirc;r&acirc;), and presented to the Library by Lieut.-Col. W. Kirkpatrick, 30 May, 1864.</p> <p>No. 1651, ff. 291, 4 coll., each ll. 21; excellent Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each mathnaw&icirc;; size, 11^5/8 in. by 7^1/4 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>