[IO Islamic 142] خمسۀ نظامى

<strong>Khamsa-i-Niżâmî.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 981 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 142 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 981 The same. Contents: 1.Makhzan-alasrâr, on fol.1^b. 2. Khusrau u Shîrîn, on fol. 36^b. 3.Lailâ u Majnûn, on fol. 135^b. 4. Haft Paikar, on fol. 205^a. 5. The <em>first</em> part of the Iskandarnâma, on fol. 266^b. Ff. 114 and 115 are left blank, and there seems to be a lacuna after fol. 113; small blanks also on ff. 204^a and 366^b. no date. No. 142, ff. 367, 4 coll., each ll. 17; Nasta’lîḳ; the original leaves are put into a modern margin; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each mathnawî; ff. 1^b and 2^a splendidly adorned; vignettes on ff. 1^a, 36^a , 135^a, 265^b, and 266^a; size, 12¼ in. by 9½ in.