[IO Islamic 2052] مثنوی معنوی

<ul> <li><strong>Mathnaw&icirc;-i-Ma&rsquo;naw&icirc;.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1070&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 2052 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1070</p> <p>The same.</p> <p>In this copy, which is dated the 23rd of Dh&ucirc;-alḥijjah, in the 38th year of &lsquo;&Acirc;lamg&icirc;r&rsquo;s reign (=A.H. 1105, A.D. 1694, Aug. 15), by Muḥammad Ḳ&acirc;sim, the <em>first</em> and <em>second</em> daftars have no special heading at all; from the <em>third</em> onwards every daftar is preceded by a <em>fihrist</em> (see No. 1062 above). Daftar III, on fol. 122^a; IV, on fol. 191^b; V, on fol. 254^a; VI, on fol. 326^b. There are no prefaces in this copy.</p> <p>No. 2052, ff. 407, 4 coll., with very irregular lines (16-18); Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; many small damages throughout; size, 9^7/8 in. by 5^1/4 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>