Ḥikāyat-i Sayf al-Mulūk va Badīʻ al-Jamāl
Summary
Tale of Sayf al-Mulūk and Badiʼʻ al-Jamāl, also recorded in an Arabic version in the Arabian Nights.
Manuscript.
Persian.
Title from colophon.
Written by Badīʻ al-Dīn valad-i Kamāl al-Dīn ibn Rukn al-Dīn ...
Written in India.
Former owner's name at end: "Herbert Lloyd, Sept. 1775."
Paper; cream color laid paper with no visible lines or watermarks; text in ruled border of six thin lines of black, red and blue; black ink with rubrication and red overlining.
Rieu, Charles. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 764
Rypka. History of Iranian literature, p. 633
Fol. 1b-64b.
Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 14.2 x 6.5 cm.
Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M113.
Brown leather 18th century binding.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
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