[IO Islamic 141] خمسۀ نظامى

<ul> <li><strong>Khamsa-i-Niż&acirc;m&icirc;.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 973&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 141 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>973</p> <p>Another copy of the same.</p> <p>Contents:</p> <p>1.Makhzan-alasr&acirc;r, on fol. 1^b. 2. Khusrau u Sh&icirc;r&icirc;n on fol. 33^b (date of composition, A.H. 576, on fol. 119^a, lin. penult.). 3.Lail&acirc; u Majn&ucirc;n, on fol. 122^b. 4. Haft Paikar, on fol. 180^b. 5^a. The <em>first</em> part of the Iskandarn&acirc;ma, styled اقبالنامۀ سكندرى, on fol. 241^b. 5^b. The <em>second</em> part of the Iskandarn&acirc;ma, styled شرفنامۀ سكندرى, on fol. 324^b.</p> <p>Dated in the month Rab&icirc;&rsquo;-alth&acirc;n&icirc;, A.H. 975=A.D. 1567, October (on fol. 241^a there is written by mistake سنۀ سبع خمسين الخ instead of خمس و سبعين الخ).</p> <p>Some small lacunas at the beginning of several pages.</p> <p>Ff. 39-42 are misplaced, the right order of the leaves is: 39, 41, 40, 42. On fol. 369^a, l. 2, the same rhymed epilogue on Niż&acirc;m&icirc;&rsquo;s death appears, which has been noticed in Rieu ii. pp. 564^b and 565^a; it is styled انجامش روزگار نظامى, and states that the poet&rsquo;s life extended to 63 years and six months.</p> <p>No. 141, ff. 370, 4 coll., each ll. 20; Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each mathnaw&icirc;; illuminated headings throughout the copy; the first two pages luxuriously embellished; miniature paintings on ff. 4^b, 15^a, 32^a, 42^a, 49^a, 57^a, 62^b, 76^b, 105^a, 162^b, 171^a, 211^a, 214^a, 217^b, 221^b, 227^a, and 271^b; size, 12&frac14; in. by 7&frac12; in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>