Extent: 106 leaves : paper ; 217 x 136 (170 x 87) mm bound to 226 x 145 mm
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from leaf 1a by a later hand. Physical description: 14 lines per page, in two columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Catchwords; headings rubricated; marginal notes. Some insect damage and marginal damp staining. Origin: Likely late 18th century in India. Additional qaṣīdahs by a different hand are dated Shawwāl 1225 H [November 1810] in Akbarābād [Agra], by Sayyid ʻĀrif ʻAlī (leaf 104b). Acquired from Widgery, Cambridge, 1925.
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