[IO Islamic 3429] سلسلة الذهب

<strong>Jâmî's-Mathnawîs.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1321 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 3429 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1321 The same. Contents: The prose-preface, prefixed to the Haft Aurang in No. 1317 above, beginning, on fol. 1^b: حمداً لربّ جليل الخ. This preface is written by a hand different from that which copied the poem itself, and is dated the 10th of Ramaḍân, A.H. 1144 (A.D. 1732, March 7). <em>First</em> book, on fol. 4^a; <em>second</em>, on fol. 96^b; <em>third</em>, on fol. 135^b. No date at the end. The right order of ff. 81-89 is: 81, 88, 82-87, 89. Various readings and additions on the margin. No. 3429, olim 13. J. 3, ff. 161, 2 coll., each ll. 22; careless Nasta’lîḳ; ff. 1-3 supplied by a later hand; size, 8^1/8 in. by 4^1/4 in.