Extent: 95 leaves : paper ; 169 x 107 (97-105 x 50-55) mm. bound to 170 x 109 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from colophon on fol. 35a. On spine: Label reading "Farhād Shīrīn Vaḥshī va Viṣāl va Hātif" in Arabic script. Physical description: 11 lines per page, in two columns; written in shikastah in black on machine-made paper. Fol. 36a-79b written on a diagonal, 10 lines per page. Rubrication in violet and catchwords. Marginal poetry by a different hand. First few leaves missing; first leaf repaired. Inserts. Some tears, damp staining and smudging, resulting in some loss of text on fol. 95. Text block almost... Origin: 10 Rabīʻ II 1287 H [10 July 1870] (fol. 95a). Owner's note of Muḥammad valad-i ... Aḥmad on inner front cover. The date 1941 is noted on fol. 1a, 2a. Owner's stamp of Shuʻāʻ on fol. 1a, 95a. Owner's note and stamp (bearing the date 1343) of Muḥammad Ḥusayn ibn Shaykh Muḥammad.
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