[IO Islamic 2454] انتخاب شاهنامه

<strong>Intikhâb-i-Shâhnâma.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 882 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 2454 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> <em>e. Abridgements of the Shâhnâma and other works relating to the poem.</em> 882 Intikhâb-i-Shâhnâma (انتخاب شاهنامه). A kind of abridgement of the Shâhnâma, with the above title given to it in the colophon on fol. 207^a; it may perhaps be identical with the اختيارات or ‘selections from the Shâhnâma,’ made by the poet Khwâjah Mas’ûd bin Sa’d bin Salmân, who died A.H. 525 (A.D. 1131), see A. Sprenger, Catal., p. 406, and No. 908 in this Cat.; but this copy is unfortunately in such an extremely bad state, defective at the beginning, with a very large lacuna after fol. 8, and so severely injured throughout, that it is impossible to give any more detailed account of its character or purpose. There is scarcely one leaf undamaged, whole portions of many pages are torn away (particularly in the beginning), and where catch-words are found, they seldom agree with the initial verse of the following page. On fol. 207^a, where the title occurs, the copy apparently concludes and is dated by Asad-allâh, A.H. 945, month of Rabî’-alawwal (A.D. 1538, August); but on ff. 207^b and 208^a again some extracts from the Shâhnâma are found, and on the latter page, written by another hand, is another colophon, dated A.H. 966, 18th of Jumâdâ-alawwal (A.D. 1559, February 26). No. 2454, ff. 208, 4 coll., each ll. 28; Nasta’lîḳ; ff. 33 and 208 written by other hands; size, 10¼ in. by 6 ¾ in.《列王纪选》（Intikhâb-i-Shâhnâma）。该手稿现隶属于印度办公室（India Office）馆藏的IO Islamic 882号藏品。【著录信息：赫尔曼·埃特（Hermann Ethé），《印度办公室图书馆藏波斯语手稿目录》（Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office），全2卷（牛津：印度办公室，1903年）：本条目为第1卷第2454号，附带标注与超链接】。e. 《列王纪》（Shâhnâma）节略本及其他相关诗作。 882号 《列王纪选》（Intikhâb-i-Shâhnâma，阿拉伯转写：انتخاب شاهنامه）。该手稿为《列王纪》的节略译本，其正式题名见于第207ᵃ叶的跋语中；其或与诗人霍贾·马苏德·本·赛义德·本·萨勒曼（Khwâjah Mas’ûd bin Sa’d bin Salmân，卒于回历525年，即公元1131年）所编《列王纪选》（اختيارات，意为"列王纪选摘"）为同一作品，详见A.施普林格（A. Sprenger）《目录》第406页，以及本目录第908号藏品。但不幸的是，本次馆藏副本保存状况极差：开篇残缺，第8叶后存在大面积空白缺损，整体损毁严重，因此无法对其内容特征与编纂意图作出更详细的说明。几乎没有一页完整无缺，多页整段被撕去（尤以开篇为甚）；即便存在接页词（catch-words），也极少与下一页的开篇诗句相符。在题名所在的第207ᵃ叶，手稿看似就此收尾，并有阿萨德阿拉（Asad-allâh）的题记，落款为回历945年赖比尔·奥沃勒月（公元1538年8月）；但在第207ᵇ叶与第208ᵃ叶中，又出现了《列王纪》的摘选内容；其中第208ᵃ叶为他人所书，另有一则跋语，落款为回历966年朱马达·奥沃勒月18日（公元1559年2月26日）。本条目编号2454，共208叶，每页4栏，每栏28行；书写字体为纳斯塔利克体（Nasta’lîḳ）；第33叶与第208叶为他人代笔；手稿尺寸为10.25英寸×6.75英寸。