[IO Islamic 1083] Żuhûrî Treatises

Żuhûrî Treatises. This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1511 in the India Office collections. [metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 1083 here with notations and hyperlinks]. 1511 Three prose-treatises by Żuhûrî. 1.Preface to the Nauras (ديباچۀ نورش (!) من کلام مولانا ظهورى), on fol. 7b. 2.Preface to the Gulzâr-i-Ibrâhîm (ديباچه گلزار ابراهیم), on fol. 16a. 3.Preface to the Khwân-i-Khalîl (ديباچۀ بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم خوان خليل), on fol. 24a. Beginning of all three as usual. Numerous marginal and interlinear annotations, various readings and glosses. Dated the first of Muḥarram, A.H. 1137 (sixth year of Muḥammadshâh’s reign, A.D. 1724, Sept. 20). No. 1083, ff. 7-44, ll. 14-15; written very unequally and inelegantly, partly in Nasta’lîḳ, partly in Shikasta; size, 81/4 in. by 53/8 in.