[IO Islamic 3270] مثنوی معنوی

<strong>Mathnawî-i-Ma’nawî.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1065 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 3270 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1065 The same. All the daftars have the usual prose-prefaces, the preface of the first, on fol. 1^b, breaks off at the end of the first page. Daftar I, on fol. 2^b; II, on fol. 48^b; III, on fol. 90^b; IV, on fol. 145^b; V, on fol. 195^b; VI, on fol. 245^b (the preface of the last begins here: ربّ زِدْنى علماً مجلّد ششم الخ) This copy was transcribed by Muḥammad Ṭâhir ibn Ḳâḍî Muḥammad ‘Alî in the citadel of كواندامه (belonging to Sulṭân Muḥammad ‘Âdilshâh); the first daftar was finished the 12th of Dhû-alḳa’dah, A.H. 1066 (A.D. 1656, Sept. 1); the second, the 13th of Dhû-alḥijjah in the same year (A.D. 1656, Oct. 2 ); the third, the 12th of Muḥarram, A.H. 1067 (A.D. 1656, Oct. 31); the fourth, the 7th of Ṣafar in the same year (A.D. 1656, Nov. 25); the fifth, the 8th of Rabî’-alawwal (A.D. 1656, Dec. 25); and the sixth, the 6th of Jumâdâ-alawwal (A.D. 1657, Feb. 20). Occasionally various readings and short glosses on the margin. No. 3270, olim 11. J. 8, ff. 298, 4 coll., each ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ; a large illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each daftar; size, 13^5/8 in. by 8^1/4 in.