[IO Islamic 777] خمسۀ نظامى

• Khamsa-i-Niżâmî.
• This manuscript is now IO Islamic 974 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 777 here with notations and hyperlinks].

974

The same.

Contents:

1.Makhzan-alasrâr, on fol.1^b. 2. Shîrîn u Khusrau (so here شيرين و خسرو), on fol. 37^b. 3. Lailâ u Majnûn, on fol. 133^b. 4. Haft Paikar, on fol. 201^b. 5^a. The first part of the Iskandarnâma, styled اقبالنامۀ سکندرى, on fol. 276^b. 5^b. The second part of the Iskandarnâma, styled خردنامۀ سكندرى and also شرفنامۀ نظامى.

Dated the 22nd of Rabî’-althânî, A.H. 1014 (A.D. 1605, Sept. 6). On fol. 1^a the following note appears: ‘Khumseh Nezami given to R.J. by Mir aboo ali Khan, brother to Capun ali Kb.’

No. 777, ff. 428, 4 coll., each ll. 17; Nasta’lîḳ; an illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of each mathnawî; miniature paintings on ff. 18^a, 55^a, 89^a, 229^a, 236^b, 240^a, 244^a, 248^b, 255^a, and 260^b; size, 9^5/8 in. by 6^1/2 in.