[IO Islamic 2708] Iskandarnâma

<ul> <li><strong>Iskandarn&acirc;ma.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1007&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 2708 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1007</p> <p>The first part of Iskandarn&acirc;ma.</p> <p>Another copy of the <em>first</em> part of Niż&acirc;m&icirc;&rsquo;s اسكندرنامه, distinctly styled in the concluding chapter, on fol. 222^b, شرفنامه. Collated and annotated throughout.</p> <p>Beginning: خدايا جهان پادشائى تراست الخ.</p> <p>Dated the 6th of Ramaḍ&acirc;n, A.H. 1017 (A.D. 1608, December 14). A former owner of this copy was Jaswant R&acirc;o. Bibliotheca Leydeniana.</p> <p>No. 2708, ff. 223, 2 coll., each ll. 15; large and distinct Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; illuminated frontispiece; the first two pages richly adorned; size, 10^3/8 in. by 6^3/8 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>