[IO Islamic 1890] شرح سكندرنامه

<ul> <li><strong>Sharḥ-i-Sikandarn&acirc;ma.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1018 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 1890 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1018</p> <p>Sharḥ-i-Sikandarn&acirc;ma (شرح سكندرنامه).</p> <p>An anonymous Persian commentary on the <em>first</em> part of Niż&acirc;m&icirc;&rsquo;s Iskandarn&acirc;ma, different not only from that of the Calcutta edition, but also from all those described in Rieu ii. pp. 820^b and 859^a; W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., pp. 762-765, and A. Sprenger, Catal., pp. 522 and 523.</p> <p>It begins, without preface, at once with the initial bait of the poem:</p> <p>خدايا جهان پادشائى تراست</p> <p>زما خدمت آيد خدائى تراست،</p> <p>لما خلقت الجنّ و الانس الاّ ليعبدون، بر پادشاهان مملكت اشعار و جهانداران ولايت افكار مبرهن الخ.</p> <p>No date.</p> <p>No. 1890, ff. 104. ll. 17; distinct Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; size, 10&frac34; in. by 6 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>