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[IO Islamic 1009] قصّۀ بهرامگور و بانوى حسن

<ul> <li>Ḳiṣṣ-i-Bahrâmgûr u Bânui-Ḥasan.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 850 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 1009 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 850 Another copy of the same. Beginning as in the preceding copy. No date. No. 1009, ff. 58, ll. 17; large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 97/8 in. by 6 in.

[IO Islamic 1481] قصّۀ ملك محمّد و شهربانو

<ul> <li>Ḳiṣṣa-i-Malik Muḥammad u Shahrbânû.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 848 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 1481 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 848 Ḳiṣṣa-i-Malik Muḥammad u Shahrbânû ( قصّۀ ملك محمّد و شهربانو). The romance of prince Malik Muḥammad and Shahrbânû (according to the Bodleian Cat., No. 482, Shamshabânû), which was translated from Hindûstânî at the request of the emperor Shâh ‘Âlam, see here fol. 4b sq. According to the Bodleian copy the Persian translator’s name is Munshî Ghayûrî; Laćhman Singh; who appears here on fol. 4b, is no doubt the author of the original. According to the same copy the proper title of the romance is Shu׳la-i-âh ( شعلۀ آه). Beginning: شگفتگئ گلشن قصّۀ پردازی و تازکئ چمن افسانه طرازى شايستۀ حمد جهان آرائيست كه گل رعناى حبّ و محبّت را بنسيم روح پرور قدرت بالغه الخ. No. 1481, ff. 152, ll. 9; Shikasta; size, 85/8 in. by 55/8 in.

[IO Islamic 2462] عجيب القصص

<ul> <li>Ajib-alḳiṣaṣ.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 847 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 2462 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 847 Ajib-alḳiṣaṣ(عجيب القصص). A fairy tale, relating the adventures of an Indian prince who is designated in many different ways (once, for instance, يوسف جمال), and his love affairs with the princess Badî’-aljamâl, entirely different from the قصّۀ سیف الملوك و بديع الجمال (see Nos. 788-792 above). Beginning: سرسبزئ بوستان سخن بآييارى (بآبيارئ) ستايش چمن آرائى است كه گلشن عشق الخ. The title is distinctly given on fol. 7b, l. 10. The story is dedicated to the emperor Shâh ‘Âlam (who reigned A.H. 1173-1221=A.D. 1759-1806), see fol. 3b, l. 1: شاه عالم پناه دولت و دين. The author’s name does not appear anywhere. Copied at Lucknow during the wazîrship of Nawwâb Âṣaf-aldaulah Bahâdur, and finished the 25th of Jumâdâ-althânî, A.H. 1209 (A.D. 1795, Jan. 17). Bibliotheca Leydeniana. No. 2462, ff. 152, ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ, rather difficult to read through the absence of many diacritical points; size, 95/8 in. by 61/8 in.

[IO Islamic 1929] بوستان خيال

<ul> <li>Bûstân-i-Khayâl.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 843 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 1929 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 843 Bûstân-i-Khayâl The third daftar or jild of the third Bahâr, as it seems, although both on fol. 1a and at the end it is designated as second jild (a confusion, probably arising from a similar mistake as that noted in No. 841), and therefore corresponding to the eleventh volume of the whole work (which is missing in the Bodleian copy). Beginning: امّا راويان اخبار و ناقلان آثار روايت كرده اند كه چون صاحبقران اكبر (؟ قصّۀ صاحبقران اكبر و ) قصّۀ صاحبقران اعظم را بداستان صحّت رسانيده اند حسن عالى برخواست الخ. Copied A.H. 1202 (A.D. 1787, 1788). No. 1929, ff. 205, ll. 16; clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 105/8 in. by 61/2 in.

[IO Islamic 780] قصّۀ بهرامگور و بانوى حسن

<ul> <li>Ḳiṣṣ-i-Bahrâmgûr u Bânui-Ḥasan.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 849 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 780 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 849 Ḳiṣṣ-i-Bahrâmgûr u Bânui-Ḥasan ( قصّۀ بهرامگور و بانوى حسن). A Persian romance, the love-story of Bahrâmgûr and the fair princess, the daughter of the king of the Perîs. Beginning: راويان اخبار و ناقلان آثار و طوطيان شكر شكن شيرين گفتار و مهندسان سخن و گوشه نشينان كهن چنين روايت كرده اند که در شهر فارس پادشاهى بود بعدل و داد تمام خلق و بغايت خوش روى الخ. A shorter version of the same story is noticed in W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., p. 989, No. 12, in the first line. Dated the 8th of Jumâdâ-althânî, A.H. 1198 (A.D. 1784, April 29). No. 780, ff. 50, ll. 17; large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 83/4 in. by 53/8 in.

[IO Islamic 1769] بوستان خيال

<ul> <li>Bûstân-i-Khayâl.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 842 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 1769 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 842 Bûstân-i-Khayâl. The second shaṭr of the <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7370150">preceding</a> second daftar, beginning: آغاز دفتر دوم از كتاب شاهنامۀ بزرگ که مشتملست بر احوال ظفر مآل صاحبقران اعظم شاهزاده خورشيد تاج بخش بلبل اقبال الخ In the colophon the author makes this statement (agreeing verbatim with that in the Bodleian copy): مسوّد اين اوراق رنگين سياق مناسب چنان دانست كه شطر دوم از جلد دويم از بهار سيوم كتاب بوستان خيال كه خورشيدنامه نام دارد درين مقام باتمام رساند و جلد سيوم الخ Copied A.H. 1202 (A.D. 1787, 1788). No. 1769, ff. 330, ll. 19; clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ, by the same hand as Nos. 1770-1774 (833, 836, <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7369367">837</a>, and 839 above); size, 123/8 in. by 81/8 in.

[IO Islamic 159] بوستان خيال

<ul> <li>Bûstân-i-Khayâl.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 841 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 159 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 841 Bûstân-i-Khayâl. The first shaṭr of the preceding second daftar, forming, as it seems, together with the following copy of the second shaṭr, the tenth volume of the whole work. From a colophon in the Bodleian copy it would appear as if these two shaṭr, which now form together with preceding copy a single daftar or jild, although two distinct volumes, were originally meant to appear as third daftar; in this way some of the conflicting statements found in the Bodleian copy, the third British Museum copy (Add. 4939), and our present copies might easily be reconciled. Beginning: نيكوترين محامد و عاليترين اثنيه سزاوار جناب حضرت خالق البريّه است كه مخلوقات ارض و سماء و ما فيها بذكر حمد و ثناى او خود را مشغول مي نمايد الخ No date. No. 159, ff. 338, ll. 16; clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 101/2 in. by 61/2 in.

[IO Islamic 1255] Solomon and the Griffin

<ul> <li>Solomon and the Griffin.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 854 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 1255 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 854 The story of Solomon and the Griffin, a Persian romance in prose, by an anonymous author, beginning: الحمد لله ربّ العالمين الخ بدانكه در خبر آمده است كه روزى سليمان عليه السّلام شبى بمسند بار داده نشسته بودند الخ. Numerous illustration, almost on every page. No date. No. 1255, ff. 26, ll. 19; large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 181/4 in. by 101/4 in.

[IO Islamic 1627] Persian Story

<ul> <li>Persian Story.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 853 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 1627 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 853 The story of the king and the seven viziers, who, under penalty of death, are ordered to state the hidden meaning of certain trees with miraculous fruit, beginning: حكايت آورده اند كه در شهرى درختان را ميوۀ بر آمده آنرا از جامه كرپاس پوشيده و از درون آن روشنائى ميدرخشيد روزى (پادشاه or سلطان add ) زير درختان آمده احوال آن پرسيد وزرا گفتند كه معلوم نيست الخ. No. 1627, ff. 106b-112b, ll. 13-14; careless Nasta’lîḳ; the last leaf written by another hand in Naskhî, ll. 23; size, 9 in. by 47/8 in.

[IO Islamic 2808] قصّۀ بهرامگور و بانوى حسن

<ul> <li>Ḳiṣṣ-i-Bahrâmgûr u Bânui-Ḥasan.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 851 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 2808 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 851 The same. A much shorter version of the same story, beginning: راويان اخبار و ناقلان آثار و طوطيان شكر شكن شيرين گفتار چنين روایت كرده اند كه در زمان قديم در شهر فارس الخ. Dated the 9th of Ramaḍân, A.H. 1184 (A.D. 1770, December 27). Bibliotheca Leydeniana. No. 2808, ff. 72-93, ll. 13; Nasta’lîḳ, mixed occasionally with Shikasta; size, 83/8 in. by 63/4 in.

[IO Islamic 1723] قصّۀ سلطان محمود و قصّۀ جوان بخت

<ul> <li>Persian Story.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 852 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 1723 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 852 Two Persian tales. 1.Story of Sulṭân Maḥmûd, who rambles in disguise through the streets of his capital (قصّۀ (سلطان محمود غزنوى پادشاه, on fol. 1b, beginning: پادشاه عادل بود يك روز در خاطر سلطان گذشت الخ 2.The story of prince Juwânbakht (قصّۀ جوان بخت پادشاه), on fol. 14a, beginning: ناقلان اسمار و راويان اخبار اين داستان بديع را چنان نوشته اند كه در زمان سلف و ايّام گذشته الخ No date. Presented by Jn. Kneller, Esq., April 15, 1804. No. 1723, ff. 112, ll. 11; distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 83/8 in. by 5¾ in.

[IO Islamic 1369] قصّۀ پرورتى و نرورتى

<ul> <li>Ḳiṣṣ-i-Parwartî u Narwartî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 855 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 1369 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 855 Ḳiṣṣ-i-Parwartî u Narwartî ( قصّۀ پرورتى و نرورتى). The story of Narwartî and Parwartî, a Persian romance by Lâla Ranjît, beginning: خداوندا اساس كاخ تكوين و ايجاد بطرحى كه صورت ظهور يافته الخ. No date. Purchased at Ḥaidarâbâd. No. 1369, ff. 42, ll. 19; Shikasta; size, 81/4 in. by 6 in.

[IO Islamic 1741] حكايت دزد و قاضى

<ul> <li>Ḥikâyat-i-duzd u ḳâḍî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 857 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 1741 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 857 Ḥikâyat-i-duzd u ḳâḍî (حكايت دزد و قاضى). The humorous story of the thief and the judge, edited at Ṭahrân, 1845; comp. Bodleian Cat., Nos. 490 and 491; Rieu ii. p. 773b; W. Pertsch, p. 26, and Berlin Cat., p. 117 (No. 6). Beginning: روايت كرده اند راويان اخبار و ناقلان آثار كه در زمان پادشاه عادل يكى از خلفاء بغداد و در عهد آن خليفه عالمى بود بغايتى فاضل و كامل و دانشمند الخ. No date. No. 1741, ff. 1-10, ll. 13-16; Shikasta; size, 81/4 in. by 57/8 in.

[IO Islamic 910] قصّۀ تميم انصارى

<ul> <li>Ḳiṣṣa-i-Tamîm Anṣârî.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 858 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 910 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 858 Ḳiṣṣa-i-Tamîm Anṣârî (قصّۀ تميم انصارى). The story of Ḥaḍrat Tamîm Anṣârî, who lived under the Khalîf ‘Umar, beginning: در خبرست از سرور كائنات فرموده اند كه بعد از خود عجائبهاى بسيار پیدا خواهد شد اوّل از حضرت تميم انصارى بود كه در وقت خلافت حضرت عمر روزى نماز گذارده نشسته بودند الخ In the following copy it is ascribed to ‘Alî Muḥammad. Copied for Mr. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4085990">Richard Johnson</a>, by Muḥammad Rafi’. No. 910, ff. 23, ll. 13; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 8¾ in. by 6 in. <ul> <li>[ed note: Hazrat Tamim bin Ya‘ar Ansari (حضرت تَمیم بن یَعَار انصاریؓ) belonged to the branch of Banu Jadara bin ‘Auf bin Al-Harith of the Ansar tribe of the Khazraj. He participated alongside the Prophet in the battles of Badr and Uhud. A son by the name of Rib‘i and a daughter by the name of Jamila were among his children. His mother belonged to the tribe of Banu Amr. Ibn Sa'd, Muhammad ibn Mani' al-Hashimi al-Basri, Al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubra, 1st edition, ed. Muhammad Abd al-Qadir Ata (Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-'Ilmiyyah, 1990), 3: 407. In India, aspects of the story of Tamim Ansari appear to have been conflated with Hazrat Tamim ibn Zayd Ansari (تميم بن زيد الأنصاري&lrm;&lrm;) whose tomb is found at Kovalam, Tamil Nadu.</li> </ul>

[IO Islamic 3053] Collection of Tales and Historical Sketches

<ul> <li>Collection of Tales.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 859 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 3053 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 859 Collection of tales and historical sketches. This copy contains: A main part on ff. 1a-70a, consisting of – 1. Ff. 1a-16a : Ḳiṣṣ-i-Tamîm Anṣârî, identical with that in the <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7372420">preceding copy</a>, but styled on the fly-leaf عمرنامه, or ‘story of a woman soliciting justice of the Khalîfa ‘Umar,’ by ‘Alî Muḥammad. Beginning, on fol. 1a: اندر خبر آورده اند كه در وقت امير المؤمنين عمر خطّاب رضى الله عنه روزى امير المؤمنين رضى الله عنه نماز بامداد گذارده بود الخ 2. Ff. 17a-63a: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakhtiyar-nama">Bakhtyârnâma</a>, in a similar redaction as No. 475, 3, in the Bodleian Cat. (col. 436), but divided into ten bâbs, like the enlarged version, No. 476, 1, in the same Cat. It was edited by <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88140888/">Sir W. Ouseley</a>, text and translation, London, 1801. Beginning, on fol. 17a: الحمد لله .... بدانكه اين كتاب يادگار پادشاهان است و بختيارنامه كه فاضلان تصنيف كرده اند تا طالبان را و خوانندگانرا پند حاصل آيد و اين مختصر بر ده باب است و در هربابى حكمتها گفته است آغاز داستان بختيار نامه اين است چنین روایت ميكنند كه در ديار عجم پادشاه بود با داد و عدل و شكوه الخ 3. Ff. 64a-70a: Fatḥnâma, that is, Sulṭân Muḥammad III’s campaign against Hungary in A.H. 1005 (A.D. 1596, 1597), identical with the ‘Fatḥnâma-i-Khûnkâr-i-Rûm’ in No. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3840325">572</a> above [=IO Islamic 2469]. It is translated from Turkish, see the title here: ترجمۀ فتحنامۀ حضرت بادينى پناه و شاه خونكار روم كه بتركى نوشته الخ Beginning: الحمد لمن لا نصر الاّ من عنده و الصلوة و السّلام على حبيبه الخ A date (probably of composition) appears at the end A.H. 1012 (A.D. 1603, 1604). B. An appendix, by two different hands, on ff. 71a-79a, consisting of – 4. Ff. 71a-77a: Account of the district of اودگير Ûdgir, that is, Oodgherry in Telingana. 5. Ff.78a-79a: A short account of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhondia_Wagh">Dhundia Wâgh</a>, or as he is called here, Dhûndûjî Wâgh (دهوندوجى واگه), the famous freebooter of Mysore, who was at last subjugated and killed by the English in 1800, see <a href="http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80020579/">Beale</a>, <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3342520">Oriental Biogr. Dict</a>., p. 81. No. 3053, ff. 79, ll. 13 (on ff. 71-77, ll. 9-10); written by three different hands, the greater part in Naskhî, mixed with Shikasta; size, 8 in. by 53/4 in.

[IO Islamic 2556] Story fragment (كه نام او چيرمان)

<ul> <li>Story.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 856 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 2556 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 856 A short fragment of a story of an Indian Râjah (كه نام او چيرمان) in Calicut ( كلى كوتَ), at the time of the prophet Muḥammad, Beginning: چنين روايت ميكنند كه در ايّام پيغمبر محمّد رسول الله كه در سرحد كلى كوتَ الخ Bibliotheca <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no91006101/">Leydeniana</a>. No. 2556, ff. 92-95, ll. 8; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 91/4 in. by 65/8 in.

[IO Islamic 2557] خاورنامه

<ul> <li>Khâwarnâma.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 896 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 2557 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 896 Khâwarnâma (خاورنامه). The exploits of ‘Alî and his companions, a mathnawî composed in imitation of the Shâhnâma by Muḥammad bin Ḥusâm-aldin of Khûsaf in Ḳuhistân, usually called Ibn Ḥusâm, with the epithet of فردوسئ ثانى ‘the second Firdausî,’ A.H. 830 (A.D. 1427), see fol. 183a, l. 8. It is generally styled خاورنامه, but the poet himself calls it here (fol. 183a, l. 9) خاوراننامه. According to the colophon it is also sometimes designated by the simple title شاهنامه ; compare Bodleian Cat., No. 512; Rieu ii. p. 642; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 432; G. Flϋgel ii. p. 450, and Haft Iḳlîm, No. 826 (col. 437 in this Cat.). The poet died A.H. 875 (A.D. 1470) according to Taḳî Kâshî (other, less correct, dates are A.H. 892, see Ḥ. Khalfa iii. p. 129, and 893, see Ḥabib-alsiyar, vol. iii. Juz 3, p. 336). The introduction, found in the Bodleian copy, is missing in all the copies of this collection. Beginning of the poem: نخستين برين نامۀ دلگشاى سخن نقش بستم بنام خداى Dated A.H. 965, month of Jumâdâ-alawwal (A.D. 1558, February-March), by Maḥmûd bin ‘Abd-alraḥmân. Worm-eaten in many places. Bibliotheca Leydeniana. A translation of this epopee in Dakhnî verses was made by a poet with the takhalluṣ Rustamî, who excelled both in Persian and Dakhnî poetry, for Khadîjah Sulṭân Shahrbânû, the sister of Sulṭân ‘Abdallâh Ḳuṭbshâh (who ascended the throne of Gulkundah A.H. 1035=A.D. 1626, see No. 464 in this Cat.), the wife of Abû Manṣûr Sulṭân Muḥammad ‘Âdilshâh bin Ibrâhîmshâh (who reigned A.H. 1037-1067, A.D. 1627-1656, see Nos. 454 and 455 in this Cat.), and the mother of Manṣûr Bakhtiyâr (a copy of this translation with gorgeous illustrations is preserved in No. 834 of the India Office Collection). No. 2557, ff. 184, 4 centre-coll., each ll. 20 (except ff. 1 and 2, with ll. 25 in a page), and from fol. 3a on a fifth column on the margin, ll. 44; Nasta’lîḳ, by three different hands; size, 103/4 in. by 67/8 in.

[IO Islamic 3089] فتوح السلاطين

<ul> <li>Futûḥ-alsalâṭîn.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 895 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 3089 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 895 Futûḥ-alsalâṭîn (فتوح السلاطين). A poetical history of the rulers of India from the rise of the Ghaznawide dynasty to A.H. 750 (A.D. 1349, 1350), the date of this composition (see fol. 333a, l. 8), by ‘Iṣâmî (عصامى), see fol. 21b, l. 3 ab infra; fol. 25a, l. 7; fol. 331b, l. 13 and the colophon. This imitation of Firdausî’s Shâhnâma, which is styled فتوح السلاطين (see fol. 331b, l. 4) and is mentioned by the author of the Ṭabaḳât-i-Akbarî as one of his authorities (compare Rieu i. p. 220), was dedicated by the poet, who is probably identical with Khwâjah ‘Abd Malik ‘Iṣâmî, mentioned by A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 81, to ‘Alâ-aldunyah wa aldîn Abû al-Mużaffar Bahmanshâh Sulṭân (see fol. 18a sq.), that is, ‘Alâ-aldîn Ḥasan, the first Bahmanî king of the Dakhan, who , according to the statement here, assumed sovereignty in A.H. 748=A.D. 1347 (see fol. 299a, but compare No. 449 in this Cat.). A complete index of the contents is given on ff. 1-13. Beginning of the poem, on fol. 14b: بنام خداوند هر دو جهان كنند ابتدا نامه كار آگهان A short account of the old Persian kings, on fol. 27a. Rise of Islâm and story of Muḥammad, on fol. 28b. Rise of Ghaznawide dynasty, on fol. 29a. General account of Indian rulers, on fol. 30a. Beginning of the main portion of the poem with the birth of Sulṭân Maḥmûd and reign of his successors, on fol. 46a sq. History of the house of Ghûr, on fol. 58a sq. ; followed in a more detailed manner by that of the Slave kings, the house of Khiljî, and the house of Tughluḳ. Beginning of ‘Alâ-aldin Ḥasan Bahmanî’s reign, on fol. 299a. Many pages are spoiled by worms; half of fol. 267 is torn away, half of fol. 327 left blank, and parts of verses occasionally omitted. No date. Tenth century of the Hijrah. This copy belonged formerly to Charl. Boddam (Calcutta, May 1st). No. 3089, ff. 333, 2 coll., each ll. 19; small but distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 71/4 in. by 45/8 in.

[IO Islamic 628] جهانگيرنامه

<ul> <li>Jahângîrnâma.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 894 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 628 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 894 Jahângîrnâma (جهانگيرنامه) Another of the older imitations of the Shâhnâma, by an anonymous author, celebrating the life and adventures of Rustam’s son Jahângîr, who, like his unfortunate brother Suhrâb, engages in a fight with his father, without knowing him, until at last father and son recognize each other. Beginning: كنون باز كردم نگار سخن – بگويم حديث جهان كهن On fol. 1b the poem is styled: آغاز داستان جهانگير بن رستم نامه كه منتخب شاهنامه است. Very probably it is found like the Garshâspnâma, the Sâmnâma and others, interpolated in some copies of the Shâhnâma. Dated A.H. 1112, 29th of Dhû-alḥijjah (A.D. 1701, June 6), at Akbarâbâd. No. 628, ff. 166, 2 coll., each ll. 16-32, written very unequally in different kinds of Shikasta; size, 9 in. by 51/8 in.

[IO Islamic 117] منتخب شاهنامه

<ul> <li>Muntakhab-i-Shâhnâma.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 889 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9">Hermann Ethé</a>, <a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681">2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</a> number 117 here with notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 889 The same. The beginning of this copy differs in the first four and a half lines from the usual text:ستايش و نيايش مر حضرت قادرى بيچون را سزد که عالم گوناگون را از پردۀ كتم الخ, but from the fifth line onwards it agrees verbatim with that of the preceding copies: .... كه امارت و ايالت پناه حشمت واجلال الخ, corresponding to fol. 2a, l. 7 sq. in No. 175 (886 in this Cat.). Author׳s name and date of composition are missing in this preface, but the governor’s name, Shamshîrkhân, and the title, تأريخ دلگشاى شمشيرخانى, appear here on ff. 1b, last line, 2a, first line, and 2b, last line. No date. The copy was transcribed by Ḥâfiż Yâr Muḥammad and Ḥâfiż Muḥammad Murâd. No. 117. Ff. 302, ll. 13; Nasta’lîḳ, all the margins throughout embellished with gold arabesques; size, 81/8 in. by 43/4 in.