Extent: 308 leaves : paper ; 206 x 112 (122 x 64) mm bound to 214 x 130 mm
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from colophon on leaf 308a. Physical description: 13 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Edges painted gray. Leaves 251-254 bound upside-down. Extensive insect damage; damp staining around margins and a few paper repairs. Origin: 8 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1251 H, corresponding to 1244 Faṣlī [26 March 1836], by Muḥammad ʻAbd Allāh ... [ibn] Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Karīm (leaf 308a). Acquired from Widgery, Cambridge, 1925.
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