[IO Islamic 119] شاهنامه

<strong>Shâhnâma</strong><strong>.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 881 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 119 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 881 An incomplete copy of the same. This copy breaks off in the story of Khusrau Parwîz; The last verse: پراگنده شد لشكر شهريار سيه گشت روز و تبه گشت كار Corresponds to fol. 576^b, first line, in No. 118 (861 in this Cat.). Many small injuries throughout. No. 119, ff. 554, 4 coll., each ll. 25; Nasta’lîḳ; a vignette on fol. 1^a; ff. 1^b and 2^a luxuriously illuminated; at the beginning and end of the MS. two large pictures; size, 13^3/4 in. by 8^1/2 in.