Extent: 621 leaves : paper ; 267 x 158 (198-219 x 103-109) mm. bound to 271 x 161 mm.
Note:
Ms. composite codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Physical description: 23-27 lines per page; on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. The more elegant part of ms. (fol. 184-190, 193-208, 211-216, 226-231, 234-279) is written in neat naskh and framed in blue and gold. Remainder of ms. written in indifferent nastaʻliq, with some crossouts, and framed in blue and red. Both parts have rubrication and catchwords. Edges painted red and gold. Foliation in... Decoration: Simple illuminated ʻunwān in gold and color on fol. 1b. Illuminated borders on fol. 324b-325a, 621b. Illuminations are all in poor condition: paper has been repaired and colors are somewhat smudged. On fol. 1a, owner's stamps of Muḥammad Shāh Pādishāh Ghāzī, dated 1134 H [1721 or 2; likely Muḥammad Shāh Rangīlā, Emperor of Delhi], and ʻAbd Muḥammad Sharīf, dated 1165 H [1751 or 2].
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