Prince Saiful Malook and Badri Jamala

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For the lake in northern Pakistan, see Lake Saiful Muluk.

Saif al-Mulūk and Badīʿ al-Jamāl (Arabic: قِصَّة سَيْف الْمُلُوْك وَبَدِيْع الْجَمَال) was a later addition to the One Thousand and One Nights collection of Arabic fables. It has been translated into numerous languages such as Balochi, Bengali, English, Urdu and Punjabi.[1]

Saiful Malook was a prince of Egypt. He had a handsome amount of treasure which he inherited from his forefathers. Inscribed on the treasure were two seals; one bearing the image of Saif ul Muluk and the other one being that of Badi-ul-Jamala.[2] One night, Prince Saiful Malook dreamt of a lake and a fairy. He got up and went to his father. He told him about his dream of the beautiful fairy and lake. He instantly fell in love with the fairy. He asked his father, How can I find this fairy? How can I be with her? His father told him that he is human and she isn’t, the meeting is not possible.[3]

Punjab[edit]

It is also a classic fable from the Hazara region of Pakistan. The story of love between a prince and a fairy was translated by 19th-century mystic poet of Punjabi literature Mian Muhammad Bakhsh in poetry form. The Saiful Malook lake in northern Pakistan, regarded as one of the most beautiful lakes in Pakistan, may have been named after it.[4][5][6][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shackle, Christopher. “The Story of Sayf Al-Mulūk in South Asia.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 17, no. 2 (2007): 115–29. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25188702.
  2. ^ Sana Zehra (22 April, 2016). "Saiful Muluk-Prince of Egypt". Dailytimes.com.pk. Retrieved 1 June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Dream of Prince Saiful Malook". www.parhlo.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. ^ Ram Babu Saksena. A history of Urdu literature: with a foreword. R. N. Lal, 1940.
  5. ^ Amaresh Datta. Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi, 1987.
  6. ^ Janet Parker; Alice Mills; Julie Stanton. Mythology: Myths, Legends and Fantasies. Struik, 2007.
  7. ^ Thomas Grahame Bailey. A history of Urdu literature. Oxford University Press, 2008.
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