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Iskandar kills a dragon
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Iskandar arrives at a town on a mountain. The inhabitants tell him that on the other side of the mountain there is a fearsome dragon whom they placate by feeding him five cows every night.Iskandar kills five cows and fills their hides with poison and naphtha and rolls them down hill to the dragon, who devours them and writhes in pain. Iskandar's men finish him off with a volley of arrows. Iskandar marches on and finds the (mummified?) body of a great king, seated on his throne. An invisible voice tells him of his own impending doom.

[Additional 18804 seems to be the only Mss. to illustrate the last episode.]

 
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francois
Date last updated:
2009-04-27 14:03
 
Editions
Editions Translations
Mohl Bertels Khaleghi- Motlagh Mohl Warner
Volume 5 6 5
Page 1458 82 162-165
Verse Start 1221 1189
Verse End 1262 1232
 
f. 347v
The British Library
ms. I.O.Islamic 3254
f. Brian 34
Keir Collection
ms. X01
(1335)
f. 172v
Keir Collection
ms. Great Mongol
(1335)
f. 084r
Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library
ms. Cat. No. 1795, H. L. 1817
(1339)
f. 001

ms. Pfms typ 406.1(5)
(1470)
f. 001v
Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library
ms. pfMS. 406.1 (5)
(1470)
f. 432v

ms. Ms. I. 2
(1535)
f. 396r
Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library
ms. Cat. No. 1, H. L. 358
(1536)
f. 389v
John Rylands University Library of Manchester
ms. Ryl Pers 932
(1542)
f. 158v
The Chester Beatty Library
ms. Per 214_vol.2
(1548)
f. 296v
University Library (Firestone)
ms. Islamic MSS, Third Series no. 310
(1589)
f. 099v
Central Library, University of Tehran
ms. Ms. 1339
(1593)
f. 116v
National Library of Russia
ms. PNS 266
(1598)
f. 551v
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
ms. Ms. or. fol. 4251
(1605)
f. 190v
The British Library
ms. Additional 16761
(1614)
f. 340r
Museum of Islamic Art
ms. MS 266
(1627)
f. 452v
The British Library
ms. Additional 27258
(1628)
f. 502v
Windsor Castle
ms. MS Holmes 151 (A/6)
(1648)
f. 211r
Institute of Oriental Manuscripts
ms. D 14
f. 001v
The Israel Museum
ms. 87.57.13
f. 475
Astan Quds Razavi
ms. 4248
(1700)
f. 121v
The British Library
ms. Additional 18804
(1719)
f. 338v
Maulana Azad Library
ms. Abd al-Salam 405/1
f. 388v
National Library of Russia
ms. PNS 64
f. 0681
Gulistan Museum
ms. Ms 1915