[IO Islamic 1366] انتخاب هفت اقليم

<strong>Intikhâb-i-Haft Iḳlîm.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 727 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 1366 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 727 Intikhâb-i-Haft Iḳlîm (انتخاب هفت اقليم). An abridgment of the Haft Iḳlîm, made by Faiḍ-allâh Anṣârî Jaunpûrî, with the takhalluṣ Himmat (see fol. 4^b, l. I), and dedicated to Wajîh-aldîn ‘Alîkhân Bahâdur, who is called the master of the sword and pen (صاحب السيف و القلم ), see fol. 4^a, l. 1 sq. A date of this compilation, which simply gives the geographical accounts of the Haft Iḳlîm in a condensed form, omitting all the biographical details, is not found. Beginning: ستايش وآفرين آفريننده را كه معمورئ هفت اقليم الخ. Iḳlim I, on fol. 5^b; II, on fol. II^b; III, on fol. 22^a; IV, on fol. 78^a; V, on fol. 102^a; VI, on fol. 113^b; VII, on fol. 127^b. No date. This rather modern copy belonged formerly to Mr. Richard Johnson. No. 1366, ff. 132, ll. 13; Shikasta; worm-eaten; size, 8^1/8in. by 4^3/8 in.