[IO Islamic 1197] 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 791&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 1197 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>791</p> <p>A shorter redaction of the same story.</p> <p>This redaction, considerably shorter and differing much in the wording (comp. Bodleian Cat., Nos. 462 and 463, and Rieu ii. p. 765), begins: راويان اخبار و ناقلان آثار و خوانندگان تواريخ ..... چنین آورده اند كه سلطان محمود پادشاه را الخ.</p> <p>Dated the 11th of Rab&icirc;&rsquo;-alth&acirc;n&icirc;, A.H. 1120 (A.D. 1708, June 30).</p> <p>No. 1197, ff. 41^b-73, ll. 15; Shikasta, partly written in diagonal lines; size, 8^7/8 in. by 4^3/4 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>