[IO Islamic 1990] فهرست شاهنامه

<strong>Fihrist-i-Shâhnâma.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 892 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 1990 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 892 Fihrist-i-Shâhnâma ( فهرست شاهنامه). A curious composition in form of a ḳaṣidah, with the same rhyme in ١ running through the whole book, giving a versified index of the contents of the Shâhnâma, compiled by Shîrîrn Parand (شيرين پرند) for the sake of a better recollection of the principal incidents in Firdausî’s masterpiece. It opens with a rubâ’i, beginning thus: اين نامه بشاهنامه انداخته است الخ This copy is defective, going down only to the end of Kaikhusrau’s reign. Copied A.H. 1166 (A.D. 1753), according to a note on fol. 1^a. No. 1990, ff. 22, 2 coll., each ll. 12; Nasta’lîḳ, much damaged and many lines almost effaced; size, 8^1/2in. by 4^5/8 in.