[IO Islamic 381] ليلى و مجنون

<strong>Lailâ u Majnûn.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1000 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 381 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1000 Lailâ u Majnûn. Another excellent copy of Niżâmî’s ليلى و مجنون, beautifully written and ornamented, dated Rabî’-alawwal, A.H. 965 (A.D. 1557, December, to 1558, January), by Muḥammad Bâḳir ibn Mullâ Mîr ‘Alî. Beginning: اى نام تو بهترين سرآغاز الخ . A few lines on ff. 36^b and 37^a a little effaced. No. 381, ff. 50, 4 coll., each ll. 20; Nasta’lîḳ; illuminated frontispiece; illuminated headings throughout; the first ten pages neatly embellished; five very fine pictures, superior to the usual illustrations, on ff. 7^a, 23^a, 34^b, 42^a, and 48^a; size, 11 in. by 6¾ in.