[IO Islamic 2631] 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 983&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 2631 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>983</p> <p>Four mathnaw&icirc;s by Niż&acirc;m&icirc;.</p> <p>This copy contains:</p> <p>1.The <em>first</em> part of the Iskandarn&acirc;ma, on fol. 1^b; the date of completion, A.H. 597, on fol. 118^a, l. 7.</p> <p>2. Haft Paikar, on fol. 119^b; the date of completion, A.H. 593, 14th of Ramaḍ&acirc;n, on fol. 208^b, ll. 11 and 12.</p> <p>3. Makhzan-alasr&acirc;r, on fol. 209^b; the wrong date, A.H. 559, 24th of Rab&icirc;&rsquo;-alawwal, on fol. 248^b, ll. 10-12 in the margin-column. 4. Khusrau u Sh&icirc;r&icirc;n, on fol. 249^b; the date of completion, A.H. 576, on fol. 356^a, l. 7 in the margin-column. Dated A.H. 1024 (A.D. 1615), see ff. 118^a, 208^b, and 248^b. Bibliotheca Leydeniana.</p> <p>No. 2631, ff. 360, 2 centre-coll., each ll. 15, and a third on the margin, ll. 28; small, but clear Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; splendid illuminated frontispiece on ff. 1^b, 119^b, 209^b, and 249^b; the first two pages of each mathnaw&icirc; neatly embellished with borders in gold and other colours; excellent eastern binding with flowers on gold ground; size, 8^3/8 in. by 4^3/4 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>