[IO Islamic 2361] منتخب شاهنامه

Muntakhab-i-Shâhnâma.

This manuscript is now IO Islamic 885 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 2361 here with notations and hyperlinks].

885

The same.

Beginning as usual. The title منتخب شاهنامه, appears on fol.2a, l. 9, but at the top of fol. 1a and in the colophon the book is designated as لبّ لباب منتخب شاهنامه or simply لبّ لباب. The extracts end on fol. 267b, followed by the usual additions. Dated by Muṭi’-allâh Ćishtî alrashîdi aljaunpûri, A.H. 1170, 9th of Shawwâl (A.D. 1757, June 27). From the library of Sir Charles Wilkins.

No. 2361, ff. 274, ll. 15; Naskhî, mixed with Shikasta; worm-eaten throughout; size, 77/8 in. by 47/8 in.