[IO Islamic 2079] Niżâmî's Mathnawîs

Niżâmî's Mathnawîs.

This manuscript is now IO Islamic 985 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 2079 here with notations and hyperlinks].

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Three mathnawîs by Niżâmî.

This copy contains:

1.Makhzan-alasrâr, on fol. 1b. 2. The first part of Iskandarnâma (here simply styled سكندرنامه), on fol. 33b. 3. The second part of the Iskandarnâma (here styled شرفنامه), on fol. 125b.

Dated the first of Ṣafar, A.H. 955 (A.D. 1548, March 12), by الداعى كتاب الله بن كيومشاه. An entry from A.H. 1020 (A.D. 1611, 1612) on the last page beneath the colophon.

No. 2079, ff. 175, 4 coll., each ll. 18; small but distinct Nasta’lîḳ; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each mathnawî; collated throughout; two very poor pictures on ff. 52a and 66b; size, 83/4 in. by 65/8 in.