[IO Islamic 3191] خمسۀ نظامى

<strong>Khamsa-i-Niżâmî.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 977 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 3191 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 977 The same. Contents: 1.Makhzan-alasrâr, on fol. 1^b. The wrong date of A.H. 559 appears here on fol. 29^b, l. 4: پانصد و پنجاه و نه. 2. Khusrau u Shîrîn, on fol. 30^b. 3. Lailâ u Majnûn, on fol. 125^b. The date, A.H. 584, appears on fol. 130^b, l. 11. 4. Haft Paikar, on fol. 185^b. The date, A.H. 593, appears on fol. 257^b, l. 5. 5^a. The <em>first</em> part of the Iskandarnâma, styled here شرفنامه or اسكندرنامۀ برّى (see fol. 344^b and fol. 345^a in the colophon), on fol. 258^b. The date, A.H. 597, appears on fol. 345^b, l. 10. 5^b. The <em>second</em> part of the Iskandarnâma, styled here اقبالنامه or سكندرنامۀ بحرى, on fol. 345^b. This excellent copy, dated A.H. 1072=A.D. 1661, 1662 (see fol. 257^b), was received into the Library March 29, 1878. No. 3191, ff. 390, 4 coll., each ll. 21; Nasta’lîḳ; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each mathnawî; pictures on ff. 46^a, 53^a, 56^a, 57^b, 63^b, 74^b, 83^a, 84^a, 89^b, 109^b, 114^b, 118^a, 119^b, 147^a, 153^a, 158^b, 195^a, 197^a, 198^b, 203^a, 205^a, 207^b, 213^a, 216^a, 217^b, 219^a, 220^a, 221^b (damaged), 222^b, 225^b, 226^a, 229^a, 229^b, 233^b, 234^a, 238^b, 240^a, 240^b, 244^a, 245^a, 245^b, 249^b, 276^a, 289^b, 292^a, 297^a, 301^a, 303^b, 321^b, 323^a, and 341^b; size, 10½ in. by 6¾ in.