[IO Islamic 175] منتخب شاهنامه

<strong>Muntakhab</strong><strong>-i-Shâhnâma.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 886 in the India Office collections.</strong> <strong>[metadata:</strong> <strong>Hermann Ethé</strong><strong><em>, </em></strong><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> <strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong> <strong>number 175 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 886 The same. Beginning:حمد بيغايت و ثناى بينهايت مر حضرت كبرياى واجب الوجود ربوبيّت جلالش از ادراك افهام الخ. The date of composition is here (on fol. 1^b, l. 8) wrongly given as A.H. 1061 instead of 1063, although it is distinctly stated that it was the 26th year of Shâhjahân’s reign. The title, تأريخ دلگشاى شمشيرخانى, appears on fol. 3^a, first line. Copied in the fifth year of Shah ‘Âlam’s reign (=A.H. 1177, A.D. 1763, 1764). No. 175, ff. 296, ll. 16; large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; size, 11^5/8 in. by 6^1/2 in.