Extent: 254 leaves : paper ; 300 x 165 (208 x 98) mm. bound to 308 x 172 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from colophon on fol. 254a. Physical description: 25 lines per page, in four columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text framed in blue and gold; columns separated by double gold lines. Headings in gold or blue. Numerous paper repairs, resulting in some loss of text particularly in the first book; extensive water and insect damage. Pages in poor condition, but most of text intact and... Decoration: Illuminated ʻunwān on fol. 1b in gold and color; somewhat smudged and worn. Illuminated ʻunwāns on fol. 65b, 148b, 219b were excised from a different ms. and pasted to the present copy; some of the blue color has worn away. Origin: Ramaḍān 921 H [1515 or 16] (fol. 254a).
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