[IO Islamic 966] شاهنامه

<strong>Shâhnâma</strong><strong>.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 876 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 966 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 876 The same. A beautiful copy, without any subdivision, dated A.H. 1012, 1st of Ramaḍân (A.D. 1604, February 2). No. 966, ff. 523, 4 coll., each ll. 25; clear ll. 25; clear Nasta’lîḳ; splendid frontispieces and other illuminations on ff. 1^b and 2^a; pictures on ff. 4^b, 8^b, 14^b, 18^a, 26^a, 33^b, 44^a, 45^a, 54^b, 56^a, 57^a, 62^a, 63^a, 64^b, 66^a, 68^b, 71^a, 74^a, 77^b, 79^a, 88^a, 97^a, 110^a, 113^b, 127^b, 145^a, 147^a, 157^b, 169^b, 171^b, 177^b, 180^a, 186^b, 189^a, 197^b, 200^b, 212^b, 216^a, 229^a, 232^b, 243^b, 254^a, 269^a, 275^a, 277^a, 279^a, 297^a, 307^a, 314^b, 318^b, 323^b, 335^a, 358^a, 360^b, 371^b, 378^b, 389^a, 403^b, 408^a, 428^b, 453^b, 475^a, and 505^a; size, 14^1/2 in. by 9^1/4 in.