[IO Islamic 3307] مثنوی معنوی

<strong>Mathnawî-i-Ma’nawî.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1083 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 3307 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1083 Another copy of the <em>second daftar</em> of the mathnawî. Written by the same Mihr ‘Alî (finished 1st of Rabî’-alawwal, A.H. 1148=A.D. 1735, July 22 ), and adorned in the same manner as the preceding copy. Beginning of the preface, on fol. 1^b: بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم و ما توفيقي الاّ بالله العلى العظيم ‘ بيان بعضى از حكمتها الخ. Beginning of the poetry, on fol. 2^b:مدّتى اين مثنوى تأخير شد الخ. No. 3307, olim 11. J. 13, ff. 143, 2 coll., each ll. 15, large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ, written on stiff brown paper; illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1^b and 2^b; the first page of the preface an the first two of the poetry beautifully adorned; size, 10^1/4 in. by 5^7/8 in.