[IO Islamic 1481] قصّۀ ملك محمّد و شهربانو

<strong>Ḳiṣṣa-i-Malik Muḥammad u Shahrbânû.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 848 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 1481 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 848 Ḳiṣṣa-i-Malik Muḥammad u Shahrbânû ( قصّۀ ملك محمّد و شهربانو). The romance of prince Malik Muḥammad and Shahrbânû (according to the Bodleian Cat., No. 482, Shamshabânû), which was translated from Hindûstânî at the request of the emperor Shâh ‘Âlam, see here fol. 4^b sq. According to the Bodleian copy the Persian translator’s name is Munshî Ghayûrî; Laćhman Singh; who appears here on fol. 4^b, is no doubt the author of the original. According to the same copy the proper title of the romance is <em>Shu</em><em>׳</em><em>la-i-âh</em> ( شعلۀ آه). 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. No. 1481, ff. 152, ll. 9; Shikasta; size, 8^5/8 in. by 5^5/8 in.