[IO Islamic 2550] مثنوی معنوی

<strong>Mathnawî-i-Ma’nawî.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1071 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 2550 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1071 The same. All the usual prefaces are found here; on ff. 1-7^a a detailed essay on Jalâl-aldîn Rûmî’s life and works is given, beginning: منقولست كه پادشاه ملك خراسان علاء الدين محمّد خوارزمشاه كه عمّ جلال الدين محمّد خوارزمشاه بود دخترى داشت الخ. Preface of Daftar I, on fol. 7^a. Daftar I, on fol. 8^b. Preface of Daftar II, on fol. 52^b. Daftar II, on fol. 53^a. Preface of Daftar III, on fol. 93^a. Daftar III, on fol. 93^b. Preface of Daftar IV, on fol. 145^b. Daftar IV, on fol. 146^a. Preface of Daftar V, on fol. 189^a. Preface of Daftar VI, on fol. 239^b. Daftar VI, on fol. 240^a. Some leaves are injured and supplied by the first owner of this copy (dated the 39th year, probably of ‘Âlamgîr’s reign=A.H. 1107, A.D. 1695, 1696), who added at the end some verses for his son. No. 2550, ff. 295, 4 coll. (on fol. 8^b only 2), each ll. 25; Nasta’lîḳ; size, 10½ in. by 6½ in.