[IO Islamic 2497] قصّۀ سیف الملوک و بديع الجمال

<ul> <li><strong>Ḳiṣṣa-i-Saif-almul&ucirc;k wa Bad&icirc;&rsquo;-aljam&acirc;l.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 789&nbsp;in the India Office collections.</strong></li> <li><strong>[metadata:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hermann_Eth%C3%A9"><strong>Hermann Eth&eacute;</strong></a><strong><em>,&nbsp;</em></strong><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong>&nbsp;</a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1323681"><strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong></a>&nbsp;<strong>number 2497 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>789</p> <p>Another copy of the same.</p> <p>The same redaction of the story, as in the preceding copy.</p> <p>Beginning: آغاز داستان قصّۀ سيف الملك (! sic) و بديع الجمال ، سپاس و ستايش بيقياس مر صانعى را الخ.</p> <p>No date; the original part of the MS., in bold Naskh&icirc;, is considerably old and much damaged.</p> <p>Bibliotheca Leydeniana.</p> <p>No. 2497, ff. 1-67, ll. 14-15; Naskh&icirc;, except ff. 1-5, 11, and 51-67, which have been added by a much more modern hand, on white paper in Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ, ll. 10-11; size, 8^1/4 in. by 5 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>