THE MATHNAWÍ
OF
JALÁLUʾDDÍN RÚMÍ
EDITED FROM THE OLDEST MANUSCRIPTS AVAILABLE
WITH CRITICAL NOTES, TRANSLATION, AND
COMMENTARY
BY
REYNOLD A. NICHOLSON,
LITT. D., LL.D., F.B.A.
Lecturer in Persian in the University of Cambridge,
Formerly Fellow of Trinity College.
VOLUME I.
CONTAINING THE TEXT OF THE FIRST AND
SECOND BOOKS
PRINTED BY MESSRS. E. J. BRILL, LEIDEN,
FOR THE TRUSTEES OF THE E. J. W. GIBB “MEMORIAL"
AND PUBLISHED BY MESSRS, LUZAC AND Co.,
46, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON, W.C.
1925.