[IO Islamic 2994] Niżâmî's Mathnawîs

Niżâmî's Mathnawîs.

This manuscript is now IO Islamic 987 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 2994 here with notations and hyperlinks].

987

A third set of three mathnawîs by Niżâmî.

This copy contains:

1.Makhzan-alasrâr, on fol. 1b. 2. Haft Paikar, on fol. 81b. 3. Khusrau u Shîrîn, on fol. 255b. This copy is styled جلد اوّل كلّيّات نظامى.

Dated A.H. 1200, the first mathnawî the 19th of Rabî’-alawwal (A.D. 1786, January 20), the second in Rabî’-althânî (A.D. 1786, February), the third the 25th of Jumâdâ-alawwal (A.D. 1786, March 26), by Muḥammad Muḥsin-aldîn Munshî; it belonged formerly to Mr. Ch. Boddam (Calcutta, April 22, 1785). Ff. 79, 80, and 250-254 are left blank.

No. 2994, ff. 470, 2 coll., each ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 10 in. by 6½ in.