[IO Islamic 1481] قصّۀ ملك محمّد و شهربانو

<ul> <li><strong>Ḳiṣṣa-i-Malik Muḥammad u Shahrb&acirc;n&ucirc;.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 848 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 1481 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>848</p> <p>Ḳiṣṣa-i-Malik Muḥammad u Shahrb&acirc;n&ucirc; ( قصّۀ ملك محمّد و شهربانو).</p> <p>The romance of prince Malik Muḥammad and Shahrb&acirc;n&ucirc; (according to the Bodleian Cat., No. 482, Shamshab&acirc;n&ucirc;), which was translated from Hind&ucirc;st&acirc;n&icirc; at the request of the emperor Sh&acirc;h &lsquo;&Acirc;lam, see here fol. 4^b sq. According to the Bodleian copy the Persian translator&rsquo;s name is Munsh&icirc; Ghay&ucirc;r&icirc;; Laćhman Singh; who appears here on fol. 4^b, is no doubt the author of the original.</p> <p>According to the same copy the proper title of the romance is <em>Shu</em><em>׳</em><em>la-i-&acirc;h</em> ( شعلۀ آه).</p> <p>Beginning: شگفتگئ گلشن قصّۀ پردازی و تازکئ چمن افسانه طرازى شايستۀ حمد جهان آرائيست كه گل رعناى حبّ و محبّت را بنسيم روح پرور قدرت بالغه الخ.</p> <p>No. 1481, ff. 152, ll. 9; Shikasta; size, 8^5/8 in. by 5^5/8 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>