Mathnawî-i-Ma’nawî. This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1083 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 3307 here with notations and hyperlinks]. 1083 Another copy of the second daftar of the mathnawî. Written by the same Mihr ‘Alî (finished 1st of Rabî’-alawwal, A.H. 1148=A.D. 1735, July 22 ), and adorned in the same manner as the preceding copy. Beginning of the preface, on fol. 1b: بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم و ما توفيقي الاّ بالله العلى العظيم ‘ بيان بعضى از حكمتها الخ. Beginning of the poetry, on fol. 2b:مدّتى اين مثنوى تأخير شد الخ. No. 3307, olim 11. J. 13, ff. 143, 2 coll., each ll. 15, large and distinct Nasta’lîḳ, written on stiff brown paper; illuminated frontispieces on ff. 1b and 2b; the first page of the preface an the first two of the poetry beautifully adorned; size, 101/4 in. by 57/8 in.