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[IO Islamic 1183] Persian Romances

<ul> <li><strong>Stories</strong><strong>.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 830&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 1183 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>830</p> <p>Two Persian romances, in prose, by anonymous authors:</p> <p>The <em>first</em>, on ff. 1<sup>b</sup>-49<sup>b</sup>, without any title, divided into ten b&acirc;bs and beginning:راويان اخبار و ناقلان آثار و محدّثان روزگار و سخن گويان كهن ..... چنين آورده اند كه مشتمل برده باب است باب اوّل در بيان آنكه در ملك سيستان پادشاهى بود صاحب تاج و تاخت و نامش آزاد بخت جاه الخ.</p> <p>The <em>second</em>, on ff. 50<sup>b</sup>-105<sup>b</sup>, is styled قصۀ ملك محمّد (according to the following copy: قصّۀ ملك محمّد و گيتى افروز), the love-story of Malik Muḥammad and G&icirc;t&icirc;-afr&ucirc;z, beginning: راويان اخبار و ناقلان آثار ....... چنين آورده اند كه در زمان حضرت شيخ صنعان در طرف زمين مغرب شهرى بود كه آنرا ابيض مى گفتند الخ.</p> <p>No date. The second story greatly damaged by worms.</p> <p>No. 1183, ff. 105, ll. 13; Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; size, 8<sup>1/8</sup> in. by 5<sup>3/8</sup> in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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