[IO Islamic 2462] عجيب القصص

<strong>Ajib-alḳiṣaṣ.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 847 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 2462 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 847 Ajib-alḳiṣaṣ(عجيب القصص). 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 Badî’-aljamâl, entirely different from the قصّۀ سیف الملوك و بديع الجمال (see Nos. 788-792 above). Beginning: سرسبزئ بوستان سخن بآييارى (بآبيارئ) ستايش چمن آرائى است كه گلشن عشق الخ. The title is distinctly given on fol. 7^b, l. 10. The story is dedicated to the emperor Shâh ‘Âlam (who reigned A.H. 1173-1221=A.D. 1759-1806), see fol. 3^b, l. 1: شاه عالم پناه دولت و دين. The author’s name does not appear anywhere. Copied at Lucknow during the wazîrship of Nawwâb Âṣaf-aldaulah Bahâdur, and finished the 25th of Jumâdâ-althânî, A.H. 1209 (A.D. 1795, Jan. 17). Bibliotheca Leydeniana. No. 2462, ff. 152, ll. 15; Nasta’lîḳ, rather difficult to read through the absence of many diacritical points; size, 9^5/8 in. by 6^1/8 in.