[IO Islamic 2497] قصّۀ سیف الملوک و بديع الجمال

<strong>Ḳiṣṣa-i-Saif-almulûk wa Badî’-aljamâl.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 789 in the India Office collections.</strong> <strong>[metadata:</strong> <strong>Hermann Ethé</strong><strong><em>, </em></strong><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> <strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong> <strong>number 2497 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 789 Another copy of the same. The same redaction of the story, as in the preceding copy. Beginning: آغاز داستان قصّۀ سيف الملك (! sic) و بديع الجمال ، سپاس و ستايش بيقياس مر صانعى را الخ. No date; the original part of the MS., in bold Naskhî, is considerably old and much damaged. Bibliotheca Leydeniana. No. 2497, ff. 1-67, ll. 14-15; Naskhî, except ff. 1-5, 11, and 51-67, which have been added by a much more modern hand, on white paper in Nasta’lîḳ, ll. 10-11; size, 8^1/4 in. by 5 in.