Extent: 142 leaves : paper ; 185 x 104 (126-158 x 57-72) mm bound to 196 x 105 mm
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Ms. composite codex. Collective title supplied by cataloger. Collation: Paper ; fol. 142 ; catchwords. Layout: 17-20 lines per page. Description: Written in small shikastah in black ; rubricated ; a few marginal notes. Most of leaf 4 blank ; some insect damage, mainly marginal, as well as damp-staining and paper repairs. Paper: Cream, glazed, laid Arabic paper. Origin: [Aṭvār dar ḥall-i asrār] dated 8 Rabīʻ I 1084 H [23 June 1673] (leaf 35a). [Risālah dar maʻrifat-i nafs] dated 8 Jumādá II 1084 H [20 September 1673] (leaf 73b). The remainder of the texts are likely from the same year, with the exception of [Risālah-i Laṭāyif ...] According to Moghadam, the text was originally written in 1100 H [1688 or 1689] according to chronogram on leaf 142b. On leaf 1a, stamp of ʻUmar ibn Rasūl Khān Vurdī Mayjur, dated 1256 H [1840 or 1841]. Acquired from Widgery, Cambridge, 1925.
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