[IO Islamic 2052] مثنوی معنوی

Mathnawî-i-Ma’nawî.

This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1070 in the India Office collections.

[metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 2052 here with notations and hyperlinks].

1070

The same.

In this copy, which is dated the 23rd of Dhû-alḥijjah, in the 38th year of ‘Âlamgîr’s reign (=A.H. 1105, A.D. 1694, Aug. 15), by Muḥammad Ḳâsim, the first and second daftars have no special heading at all; from the third onwards every daftar is preceded by a fihrist (see No. 1062 above). Daftar III, on fol. 122a; IV, on fol. 191b; V, on fol. 254a; VI, on fol. 326b. There are no prefaces in this copy.

No. 2052, ff. 407, 4 coll., with very irregular lines (16-18); Nasta’lîḳ; many small damages throughout; size, 97/8 in. by 51/4 in.