[IO Islamic 2252] قران السعدين

<ul> <li><strong>Ḳir&acirc;n-alsa&rsquo;dain.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1208&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 2252 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1208</p> <p>Ḳir&acirc;n-alsa&rsquo;dain.</p> <p>Another copy of Am&icirc;r Khusrau&rsquo;s mathnaw&icirc;, &lsquo;the conjunction of the two lucky planets,&rsquo; dated, as it seems (the colophon is a little injured), Sha&rsquo;b&acirc;n, A.H. 907 (A.D. 1502, February).</p> <p>It begins with the introductory rub&acirc;&rsquo;&icirc; (see the remark in No. 1186, 5):</p> <p>شكر گويم كه بتوفيق خداوند جهان</p> <p>بر سر نامه زتوحيد نوشتم عنوان</p> <p>نام اين نامۀ والاست قران السعدين</p> <p>كز بلنديش بسعدين سپهرست قران&rsquo;</p> <p>after which the initial bait of all the preceding copies, viz. حمد خداوند الخ , follows. College of Fort William, 1825.</p> <p>No. 2252, ff. 138, 2 coll., each ll. 14; distinct Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; size, 8&frac34; in. by 5&frac12; in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>