[IO Islamic 1723] قصّۀ سلطان محمود و قصّۀ جوان بخت

<ul> <li><strong>Persian Story.</strong></li> <li><strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 852 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 1723 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong></li> </ul> <p>852</p> <p>Two Persian tales.</p> <p>1.Story of Sulṭ&acirc;n Maḥm&ucirc;d, who rambles in disguise through the streets of his capital (قصّۀ (سلطان محمود غزنوى پادشاه, on fol. 1^b, beginning:</p> <p>پادشاه عادل بود يك روز در خاطر سلطان گذشت الخ</p> <p>2.The story of prince Juw&acirc;nbakht (قصّۀ جوان بخت پادشاه), on fol. 14^a, beginning:</p> <p>ناقلان اسمار و راويان اخبار اين داستان بديع را چنان نوشته اند كه در زمان سلف و ايّام گذشته الخ</p> <p>No date. Presented by Jn. Kneller, Esq., April 15, 1804.</p> <p>No. 1723, ff. 112, ll. 11; distinct Nasta&rsquo;l&icirc;ḳ; size, 8^3/8 in. by 5&frac34; in.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>