Persian Manuscripts. ecevii 
207. 
6 me) 2 
AY ee 
_ Another Mathnavi entitled Shirin Khusrau by Nawwab 
Asaf Khan Ja‘far, whose original name was Mirza Qiwam al-Din 
Md. He died in the reign of the Emperor Jahangir (d. 4.4. 
1037 = a.v. 1627). Dr. Sprenger has wrongly calculated the 
date of his death containing the chronogram wl avf j) y= oe 
A.H. 1212 = a.p. 1797. The correct calculation is a.u. 1022 = 
4.D.1613. See Sprenger Cat., p. 120. See a full account of his 
career in Blochmann’s A’in-2-Akbari, Vol. I, p. 411, Maathi’ 
al-Umara’, Tazkirat al-Umara’, Elliott, Bibliographical Indea, 
pp. 143-162, and Elliott, History of India, Vol. V, pp. cere 
Br. Mus. Pers. Cat., p. 118%, Sprenger Cat., p. 110, and Bod. 
Lib. Cat., No. 1068. For other copies see Bodl. Lib. Cat., 
Nos. 1069-1071. nerd B 
e work was written by the order of Mirza Hasan beg 
Bakhshi of Gujrat as mentioned at the end :— 
829099 mss wilsrdef wy Cape CS Baty) Gres oe 
- wlyef ase mee we Sy? gel) PP ried : 
In a note on the first fly-leaf the title of the MS. is given 
“Shirin Khusraw-i-Asafi”’ ( Geof ae wt )- 
_,_ Written in fine minute Ta‘liq on pide 
within gold-ruled borders and columns. First_two 10lls. 
Tichly illuminated. Dated a.n. 1001 = 4.p. 1592. 
Scribe :—Fath Md. B. Mulla Sahib Katib. 
Beg, :— 
SES se 51 Jo atin pnd) Gols 283) et [OBS 
(R. 8. Lib.) 
208. 
oe De 
no- 
A Mathnavi by Ghina’i. Composed according to the chro 
stam at the end in a.w. 1021 = a.p. 1612 — 
Eby cary ye pyl  sh Spa jt ale co! Oot 9 
3 on 
Written in excellent Ta‘liq, within gold-ruled border 
Ft sprinkled papers. Contains 8 miniatures O° * 
XY folls. are injured. Not dated 
