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

• Persian Story.
• This manuscript is now IO Islamic 852 in the India Office collections.
• [metadata: Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1, number 1723 here with notations and hyperlinks].

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Two Persian tales.

1.Story of Sulṭân Maḥmûd, who rambles in disguise through the streets of his capital (قصّۀ (سلطان محمود غزنوى پادشاه, on fol. 1^b, beginning:

پادشاه عادل بود يك روز در خاطر سلطان گذشت الخ

2.The story of prince Juwânbakht (قصّۀ جوان بخت پادشاه), on fol. 14^a, beginning:

ناقلان اسمار و راويان اخبار اين داستان بديع را چنان نوشته اند كه در زمان سلف و ايّام گذشته الخ

No date. Presented by Jn. Kneller, Esq., April 15, 1804.

No. 1723, ff. 112, ll. 11; distinct Nasta’lîḳ; size, 8^3/8 in. by 5¾ in.