Extent: 168 leaves : paper ; 262 x 152 mm bound to 263 x 157 mm
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Ms. composite codex. Collective title from leaf 1a. Extensive marginalia. Collation: Paper ; fol. 168 ; catchwords. Layout: Varying lines per page ; collections of extracts frequently written in different directions. Description: Rubricated ; leaves set within frames of Arabic paper. Some insect damage and damp staining. Origin: [Sharḥ-i Jām-i jahānʹnumā] 27 Jumādá II 1177 in Qandahār at the dargāh of Sayyid Saʻīd al-Dīn al-Rifāʻī ʻurifa [bi-]Ḥajjī Sayyāḥ, by Abū al-Qāsim [Khūshdil] (leaf 51b) -- [Hāz̲ā al-kitāb Gulshan-i rāz] 1179 (leaf 69b) --[Fāyidah-i ʻAyn al-maʻānī] 20 Jumādá I 1180 by Abū al-Qāsim Khūshdil (leaf 95a) -- [Az malfūẓ-i ... nivishtah shud] 5 Rabīʻ I 1178 (leaf 103a) -- [Khazīnah-ʼi siyūm] 1... On recto of third flyleaf, stamp of ʻUmar ibn Rasūl Khān Vurdī Mayjur, dated 1256 H [1840 or 1841]. On leaves 17a, 25a, 101a, 116a, 135a, 159a, the compiler/scribe/owner's stamp dated 1189 H [1775 or 1776]. Acquired from Widgery, Cambridge, 1925.
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