[IO Islamic 2462] عجيب القصص

<ul> <li><strong>Ajib-alḳiṣaṣ.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 847 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 2462 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>847</p> <p>Ajib-alḳiṣaṣ(عجيب القصص).</p> <p>A fairy tale, relating the adventures of an Indian prince who is designated in many different ways (once, for instance, يوسف جمال), and his love affairs with the princess Bad&icirc;&rsquo;-aljam&acirc;l, entirely different from the قصّۀ سیف الملوك و بديع الجمال (see Nos. 788-792 above).</p> <p>Beginning: سرسبزئ بوستان سخن بآييارى (بآبيارئ) ستايش چمن آرائى است كه گلشن عشق الخ.</p> <p>The title is distinctly given on fol. 7^b, l. 10. The story is dedicated to the emperor Sh&acirc;h &lsquo;&Acirc;lam (who reigned A.H. 1173-1221=A.D. 1759-1806), see fol. 3^b, l. 1: شاه عالم پناه دولت و دين. The author&rsquo;s name does not appear anywhere.</p> <p>Copied at Lucknow during the waz&icirc;rship of Naww&acirc;b &Acirc;ṣaf-aldaulah Bah&acirc;dur, and finished the 25th of Jum&acirc;d&acirc;-alth&acirc;n&icirc;, A.H. 1209 (A.D. 1795, Jan. 17). Bibliotheca Leydeniana.</p> <p>No. 2462, ff. 152, ll. 15; Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ, rather difficult to read through the absence of many diacritical points; size, 9^5/8 in. by 6^1/8 in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>