Extent: 135 leaves : paper ; 248 x 146 (166-220 x 88-128) mm bound to 251 x 152 mm
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Ms. composite codex. Collective title from texts 1, 5. Collation: Paper ; catchwords ; pagination using Hindu-Arabic numerals. Layout: 15-21 lines per page in one or two columns ; partially frame-ruled in red. Description: Headings in red and blue ; manuscript consists of two codices, comprising leaves 1-39 and leaves 40-135 ; some insect damage and lower edge moldered. Origin: [Qaṣīdah] Copy completed 17 October 1832 in Bārmīr, by ʻUmar Khān (leaf 48b) -- [Risālah-i Ḥasanāt al-ʻārifīn] Copy completed 23 October 1832 in Bārmīr, by ʻUmar Khān (leaf 89a). On leaf 1a, stamp of ʻUmar ibn Rasūl Khān Vurdī Mayjur, dated 1256 H [1840 or 1841]. On leaf 40b, owner's note by the same owner in English, reading "This Book Belongest to Oomarkhan Woordu Major Guzerat Irregular Horse Camp at Baroda"; his name is also written in English at the top of leaves 41a, 133b. Acquired from Widgery, Cambridge, 1925.
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