Extent: 119 leaves : paper ; 223 x 134 (172-183 x 86-94) mm bound to 227 x 144 mm
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Ms. composite codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Physical description, text 1: 15 lines per page; written in neat naskh in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and cathcwords. First leaf repaired. Tears around edges and some insect damage. Physical description, text 2: 24 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and cathcwords; marginal notes. Arabic quotations in naskh. Edges flecked with red; foliated in Arabic script. Tears around edges and some insect damage; some leaves mended. Origin: According to Moghadam, likely from the late 17th century. On leaf 23a, stamp of ʻAbd Allāh Khvājah; owner's note and stamp of ʻAbd Allāh al-ʻUkkāshī al-Ṭabīb, dated 9 Muḥarram 1116 H [14 May 1704]; note dated 26 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1133 H [18 October 1721]. On leaf 23b, stamp of Ghulām Shāh Ḥusaynī ..., dated 1221 H [1806 or 1807]. Acquired from Widgery, Cambridge, 1925.
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