Extent: 300 leaves : paper ; 306 x 198 (233 x 130) mm. bound to 306 x 206 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from text on fol. 6b. On spine: Label reading "Riyāz̤ al-shahādah khaṭṭī" in Arabic script; second label reading "385/1" in Western script. Physical description: 19 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords; a few marginal notes. Light staining. In excellent condition. Decoration: Illuminated ʻunwān on fol. 1b in gold and color; basmalah written in red within gold cartouche. Text framed in blue and gold with outer marginal gold border. Origin: 1 Rajab 1229 H [19 June 1814] by Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn Shīrāzī (fol. 300a).
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