Extent: 127 leaves : paper ; 208 x 132 (148 x 84) mm. bound to 208 x 134 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from fol. ia and spine by later hands. Lower edge title: Dīvān-i Shāhī maʻa Āṣafī. Physical description: 12 lines per page, in two columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text framed in blue and gold with double gold lines separating columns. Extensive staining and smudging; fol. 1-2, 48-49, 126-127 set in new frames. Fol. 1 particularly damaged, with some loss of text. However, ms. still largely legible. Decoration: On fol. 1b, 49b, illuminated ʻunwāns in gold, blue, and other colors. The first is badly damaged: part of lower half is torn away and there is heavy smudging. The second is somewhat smudged in the lower half. Origin: 962 H [1554 or 5], Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad al-Ustādī (fol. 48a, 127a). Owner's note on fol. ia. Note dated 1135 H [1722 or 3] on fol. 127b.
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