Written in an unidentified hand, probably in mid-16th cent. Persia, in a nastaʻlīq script in red and black ink, with 4 gold-ruled columns and some decorated borders in blue, red, and gold. Contains 3 miniatures of Rustem portraying various scenes from the poem, and 5 pencil sketches, presumably blocked for additional painted miniatures. Bound in red-brown goatskin with onlays and blind tooling, rebacked. Title and colophon information from accompanying description now removed to curatorial files. Gift of Mrs. Joseph L. Valentine, 1941.
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