[IO Islamic 2684] Farîd-aldîn's Mathnawîs

<ul> <li><strong>Mathnaw&icirc;s.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1034 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 2684 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1034</p> <p>Six mathnaw&icirc;s by Far&icirc;d-ald&icirc;n &lsquo;Aṭṭ&acirc;r.</p> <p>This splendid old copy, written by Muḥammad Ḥ&acirc;j&icirc; bin B&acirc;b&acirc; Ḥ&acirc;j&icirc; between A.H. 807 and 812 (A.D. 1405-1410), contains:</p> <p>1.Ushturn&acirc;ma or Shuturn&acirc;ma (شترنامه), on fol. 1^b.</p> <p>2.Asr&acirc;rn&acirc;ma, on fol. 116^b. This part is dated the 20th of Rajab, A.H. 807 (A.D. 1405, January 22).</p> <p>3^a.Il&acirc;h&icirc;n&acirc;ma, on fol. 196^b, beginning here:</p> <p>بنام كردگار هفت افلاك</p> <p>كه پيدا كرد آدم از كفى خاك</p> <p>Dated the 20th of Ramaḍ&acirc;n, A.H. 807 (A.D. 1405, March 22).</p> <p>4.Bulbuln&acirc;ma, on fol. 279^b, beginning (without the usual ḥamd):</p> <p>همه مرگان بدرگاه سليمان</p> <p>شدند و داشتند از بلبل افغان</p> <p>3^b.Khuṭba-i-Il&acirc;h&icirc;n&acirc;ma (خطبۀ الهى نامه), the usual introduction to the Il&acirc;h&icirc;n&acirc;ma, left out in 3^a, on fol.283^b, beginning (with a slight modification in the second hemistich, see Rieu ii. p. 576^a):</p> <p>الهى نامه را آغاز كردم &ndash; در گنج سعادت باز كردم</p> <p>5.Muṣibatn&acirc;ma, on fol. 289^b.</p> <p>6.Waṣlatn&acirc;ma, on fol. 386^b. This part is dated the first of Dh&ucirc;-alḳa&rsquo;dah, A.H. 812 (A.D. 1410, March 7).</p> <p>This MS. appears to be the first part or first volume only of a complete collection or كلّيّات of Far&icirc;d-ald&icirc;n &lsquo;Aṭṭ&acirc;r&rsquo;s works, as the index on ff. 1^a and 1^b (margin-column) indicates. A more detailed, although not complete, index of the contents of this MS. is found on one of the fly-leaves. Bibliotheca Leydeniana.</p> <p>No. 2684, ff. 406, 2 centre-coll., each ll. 29, and a margin-column, ll. 24-26; splendid Naskh&icirc;; size, 10^5/8 in. by 6^5/8 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>