[IO Islamic 1667] خمسۀ نظامى

<strong>Khamsa-i-Niżâmî.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 975 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 1667 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 975 The same. Contents: 1.Makhzan-alasrâr, on fol. 1^b. 2. Haft Paikar, on fol. 24^b. 3. Khusrau u Shîrîn, on fol. 73^b. 4. Lailâ u Majnûn, on fol. 142^b. 5^a. The <em>first</em> part of the Iskandarnâma, styled اقبالنامۀ اسكندرى, on fol. 184^b. 5^b. The <em>second </em>part of the Iskandarnâma, styled here اقبالنامۀ شيخ نظامى, on fol. 250^b. A few lines on fol. 269^a are left blank. This copy, worm-eaten in many places, was finished in Rajab, A.H. 1054 (A.D. 1644, September), by Muḥammad Riḍâ. No. 1667, ff. 285, 4 coll., each ll. 25; small Nasta’lîḳ; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each mathnawî, the first two pages of each are besides splendidly adorned; size, 10¼ in. by 5 in.