[IO Islamic 777] خمسۀ نظامى

<ul> <li><strong>Khamsa-i-Niż&acirc;m&icirc;.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 974&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 777 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>974</p> <p>The same.</p> <p>Contents:</p> <p>1.Makhzan-alasr&acirc;r, on fol.1^b. 2. Sh&icirc;r&icirc;n u Khusrau (so here شيرين و خسرو), on fol. 37^b. 3. Lail&acirc; u Majn&ucirc;n, on fol. 133^b. 4. Haft Paikar, on fol. 201^b. 5^a. The <em>first</em> part of the Iskandarn&acirc;ma, styled اقبالنامۀ سکندرى, on fol. 276^b. 5^b. The <em>second</em> part of the Iskandarn&acirc;ma, styled خردنامۀ سكندرى and also شرفنامۀ نظامى.</p> <p>Dated the 22nd of Rab&icirc;&rsquo;-alth&acirc;n&icirc;, A.H. 1014 (A.D. 1605, Sept. 6). On fol. 1^a the following note appears: &lsquo;Khumseh Nezami given to R.J. by Mir aboo ali Khan, brother to Capun ali Kb.&rsquo;</p> <p>No. 777, ff. 428, 4 coll., each ll. 17; Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each mathnaw&icirc;; miniature paintings on ff. 18^a, 55^a, 89^a, 229^a, 236^b, 240^a, 244^a, 248^b, 255^a, and 260^b; size, 9^5/8 in. by 6^1/2 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>