[IO Islamic 3306] مثنوی معنوی

<strong>Mathnawî-i-Ma’nawî.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1082 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 3306 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1082 Another copy of the <em>first daftar</em> of the mathnawî. Beautiful copy, finished the 24th of Sha’bân, A.H. 1147 (A.D. 1735, January 19), by Khâkpâi khalḳ-illâh Mihr ‘Ali (خاكپاى خلق الله مهر على). Beginning of the preface, on fol. 1^b:هذا الكتاب المثنوى المعنوى اين كتاب الخ. Beginning of the poetry, on fol. 6^b: بشنو از نى الخ. Annotations, written in red ink, on the margin. No. 3306, olim 11. J. 12, ff. 167, 2 coll., each ll. 15; large and very distinct Nasta’lîḳ , written on stiff brown paper; illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1^b and 6^b; the first pages of the preface as well as of the poetry beautifully adorned; each column in the whole MS. framed by gold-stripes; size, 10^1/4 in. by 5^7/8 in.