[IO Islamic 402] خمسۀ نظامى
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<li><strong>Khamsa-i-Niżâmî.</strong></li>
<li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 972 in the India Office collections.</strong></li>
<li><strong>[metadata:</strong> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Ethé</strong></a><strong><em>, </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> </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a> <strong>number 402 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li>
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<p>Niżâmî (Nos. 972-1027).</p>
<p>972</p>
<p>Khamsa-i-Niżâmî (خمسۀ نظامى).</p>
<p>The Khamsah, or complete five epic poems, the so-called ‘five treasures’ (پنج گنج) of Jamâl-aldîn Abû Muḥammad Ilyâs bin Yûsuf bin Mu’ayyad Niżâm-aldîn, with the takhalluṣ Niżâmî, of Ganja, who was born A.H. 535 (A.D. 1140, 1141), and died probably A.H. 598 or 599 (A.D. 1202, 1203); later dates of his death are A.H. 602 (A.D. 1205, 1206), 606 (A.D. 1209, 1210), and after 607 (A.D. 1210, 1211); see Bodleian Cat., Nos. 585-619 and 1981; Rieu ii. p. 564 sq. and (as to A.H. 607) p.569<sup>a</sup>; W. Pertsch, p.67, and Berlin Cat., p. 751 sq.; Sir Gore Ouseley, Notices of Persian Poets, p. 43; A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 519 sq.; G. Flügel i. p. 503; Rosen, Persian MSS., pp. 171-173 and 203; A.F. Mehren, p. 34; Cat. Codd. Orient. Lugd. ii. p. 109; C. J. Tornberg, p. 94; J. Aumer, p. 10 etc. On Niżâmî’s life and works comp. W. Bacher, Niżâmî’s Leben und Werke, Leipzig, 1871; English translation, London, 1873 (reprinted in S. Robinson’s ‘Persian Poetry for English Readers,’ 1883, pp. 103-244), and Ethé, Die höfische und romantische Poesie der Perser, Hamburg, 1887, pp. 39-42. The Khamsah has been lithographed in Bombay, 1834 and 1838 Ṭahrân, A.H. 1261; edited at Tabrîz, 1845; comp. on these and other editions Zenker ii. 508-510; Trübner’s Record, Nos. 66, 67, p. 99; Zeitschrift der D.M.G. vi. p. 405, etc.</p>
<p>Contents:</p>
<p>1.Makhzan-alasrâr (مخزن الاسرار), composed probably A.H. 572 or 573 (A.D. 1176-1178), see Rieu, loc. cit. Wrong dates, ascribed to this poem in various copies, are A.H. 552 (A.D. 1157), see No. 990 below in this Cat., and Bodleian Cat., No. 585; A.H. 559 (A.D. 1164), see below, Nos. 977, 983, and 994, and Rieu ii. p. 565<sup>b</sup>; and A.H. 582 (A.D. 1186), see Rieu ii. p. 573<sup>a</sup>. It was dedicated to Sulṭân Bahrâmshâh, contains 20 maḳâlas, and begins, on fol. 1<sup>b</sup>:</p>
<p>بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم – هست كليد در گنج حكيم</p>
<p>Edited by N. Bland, London, 1844 (with Daulatshâh’s and Luṭf ‘Alîbeg’s biographies of the poet prefixed); lithographed Lucknow, 1869, 1872, and with a commentary 1881; Cawnpore, 1869; a Turkish commentary on the same by Sham’î (who died about A.H. 1009 or 1010, A.D. 1600-1602).</p>
<p>2.Khusra u Shîrîn (خسرو شيرين), composed A.H. 576 (A.D. 1180, 1181), and containing eulogies on Sulṭân Sa’îd Ṭughrul bin Arslân (who ascended the throne A.H. 573 =A.D. 1177, 1178), the Atâbeg Abû Ja’far Muḥammad, and his brother and successor, Ḳizil Arslân (A.H. 582-587=A.D. 1186-1191). It begins, on fol. 36<sup>b</sup>:</p>
<p>خداوندا در توفيق بگشاى</p>
<p>نظامى را ره تحقيق بنماى</p>
<p>Lithographed at Lahore, A.H. 1288 (A.D. 1871); see besides Hammer’s Schirin, Leipzig, 1809.</p>
<p>3.Lailâ u Majnûn ( ليلى و مجنون), composed A.H. 584 (A.D. 1188), and dedicated to Sulṭan Abû-almużaffar Shirwânshâh. It begins, on fol. 126<sup>b</sup>:</p>
<p>اى نام تو بهترين سرآغاز</p>
<p>بى نام تو نامه كى كنم باز</p>
<p>Edited Lucknow, 1870 (see Trübner’s Record, No. 65, p. 81) and 1888. Translated into English by J. Atkinson, 1836.</p>
<p>4.Haft Paikar (هفت پيكر), composed A.H. 593 (A.D. 1197), and dedicated, as it seems, to the Atâbeg Nûr-aldîn Arslân (who ascended the throne of Mauṣil A.H. 589=A.D. 1193). It begins, on fol. 193<sup>b</sup>:</p>
<p>اى جهان ديده بود خويش از تو</p>
<p>هيچ بودى نبود پيش از تو</p>
<p>This poem is sometime styled قصّۀ بهرام گور, see Bodleian Cat., No. 585. Lithographed Bombay, 1849; Lucknow, 1873; comp. also F. v. Erdmann, ‘Behramgur und die russische Fürstentochter,’ Kasan, 1844.</p>
<p>5<sup>a</sup>.The <em>first</em> part of the Iskandarnâma, here styled Iḳbâlnâma-i-Sikandarî (اقبالنامۀ سكندرى); the usual titles are شرفنامۀ سکندرى or سكندر نامۀ برّى (but see on the conflicting statements respecting the proper titles of the <em>first</em> and the <em>second</em> part, Rieu ii. pp. 568 and 569; Fleischer in Zeitschrift der D. M. G. vii. p. 412, Anmerkung; Bodleian Cat., col. 489, and A. F. Mehren, p. 35 note. It was probably composed A.H. 597 (A.D. 1200, 1201), and dedicated to Nuṣrat-aldîn, the successor of the Atâbeg Kizil Arslân (who died A.H. 587=A.D. 1191). It begins, on fol. 267<sup>b</sup>:</p>
<p>خدايا جهان پادشائى تراست</p>
<p>زما خدمت آيد خدائى تراست</p>
<p>Part of the text was printed 1810, Calcutta, in ‘Selections for the Use of the Students of the Persian Class,’ vol. iv, 2nd ed. 1828; also A.H. 1269; an edition with a selection from the best commentaries by Badr ‘Ali and Mîr Ḥusain ‘Alî appeared in Calcutta, 1812, reprinted 1825; lithographed edition besides in Bombay, A.H. 1277 and 1292, Lucknow, A.H. 1266, 1282, with glosses, 1879 and 1888; another edition (with the commentary of Muḥammad Ghufrân), Lahore, 1889.</p>
<p>Extracts in German translation by Fr. Rückert in ‘Frauentaschenbuch,’ Nürnberg, 1824; English translation by H.W. Clarke, London, 1881; comp. also F. v. Erdmann, De Expeditione Russorum Berdaam versus, Kasan, 1826-1832; Charmoy, Expédition d’Alexandre contre les Russes, St. Petersburg, 1829; F. Spiegel, Die Alexandersage etc., Leipzig, 1851, pp. 33-50; and Ethé, Alexanders Zug zum Lebensquell in ‘Sitzungsberichte der bayrischen Academie, histor.-philol. Classe,’ 1871, pp. 343-405.</p>
<p>5<sup>b</sup>. The <em>second</em> part of the Iskandarnâma, here styled Sharafnâma (شرفنامه); the usual titles are خردنامۀ سکندرى, اقبالنامۀ سكندرى, or اسكندرنامۀ بحرى (see above in 5<sup>a</sup>). It was dedicated to Malik ‘Izz-aldîn Mas’ûd, and begins, on fol. 369<sup>b</sup>:</p>
<p>خرد هر كجا گنجى آرد پديد</p>
<p>زنام خدا سازد آنرا كليد</p>
<p>Edited by A. Sprenger, Calcutta, 1852 and 1869; lithographed, Bombay, A.H. 1277 (A.D. 1860), and Lucknow, 1879; comp. also W. Bacher, Nizâmî’s Leben und Werke, pp. 101-171.</p>
<p>Good old copy, collated and dated the 21st of Muḥarram, A.H. 894 (A.D. 1488, Dec. 25), By Maulânâ Ḥâjî Muḥammad aldurustâḳî albadakhshî. Fol. 261<sup>b</sup> is left blank.</p>
<p>No. 402, ff. 422, 4 coll., each ll. 17; small Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each mathnawî; some small miniature paintings, for the greater part effaced, on ff. 49<sup>a</sup>, 50<sup>a</sup>, 164<sup>b</sup>, 183<sup>b</sup>, and 203<sup>b</sup>; size, 9 in. by 5½ in.</p>
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