Extent: 108 leaves : paper ; 210 x 141 (150-164 x 74-78) mm. bound to 210 x 144 mm.
Note:
Ms. composite codex. Title from fol. 2a. Physical description: 19-20 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black by different hands on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords; in text 2 Arabic quotations overlined in red. Some smudging and damp staining, particularly in text 2. Edges ragged; some gatherings loose. Origin: Text 1 completed in Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1123 H. [January 1712] (fol. 86b). On fol. 2a: Faint owner's stamps, and owner's note of Muḥammad Karīm Khān Zand dated Shīrāz, Muḥarram 1261 H. [!]; a note on fol. 1b points out the discrepancy. On fol. 2a are also birth records which have been partially rubbed out, although the date 1140 H. [1727 or 8] is visible. On fol. 98a, the date 137- is noted, while the date 1376 [solar Hijri?] appears on fol. 108a.
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