[IO Islamic 628] جهانگيرنامه

<strong>Jahângîrnâma</strong><strong>.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 894 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 628 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 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. 1^b 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 5^1/8 in.