[IO Islamic 2645] تواريخ قطبشاه

<ul> <li><strong>Taw&acirc;r&icirc;kh-i-Ḳuṭbsh&acirc;h.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1486 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 2645 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>1486</p> <p>Taw&acirc;r&icirc;kh-i-Ḳuṭbsh&acirc;h (تواريخ قطبشاه).</p> <p>A poem, celebrating the exploits of the Ḳuṭbsh&acirc;h, composed at the request of and dedicated to Muḥammad Ḳul&icirc; Ḳuṭbsh&acirc;h, who died A.H. 1020 (A.D. 1612).</p> <p>The author, who conceals his name, was engaged in this work for ten years, see fol. 135^b, l. 4 ab infra. It is subdivided into four maḳṣad, viz.:</p> <p>1.آغاز تأريخ نسب نامۀ قطبشاهى و پیدا شدن ملک سلطان قلی قطبشاه , on fol. 15^b.</p> <p>2.در ذكر سلطنت ملك سلطان قطبشاه, on fol. 50^b.</p> <p>3.در ذكر سلطنت ابراهيم قطب شاه, on fol. 108^a.</p> <p>4.در ذكر سلطنت ... سلطان محمّد قلى قطبشاه, on fol. 127^a.</p> <p>Beginning:</p> <p>نخستين چو آید بگفتن خرد</p> <p>بتوحید یزدان بسخن بشمرد</p> <p>No date.</p> <p>No. 2645, ff. 137, 4 coll., each ll. 19; clear and distinct Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; illuminated frontispiece; size, 15^3/4 in. by 10^1/8 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>