Extent: v, 62, v leaves : paper ; 163 x 185 (103-115 x 43) mm. bound to 163 x 186 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. On inner front cover: Label reading: "International Exhibition of Persian Art London 1931," "SL 1" and "120 J." Physical description: 10-12 lines per page; written in small, calligraphic nastaʻliq in black on cream glazed, laid Arabic paper, no visible chain lines. Text is framed in gold, and background within frame is gold-sprinkled. Text 1 contains three quatrains per page, each separated by a gold line; the second quatrain is written on a diagonal. Some damp staining and insect damage, mainly... Decoration: Illuminated ʻunwāns on fol. 1b and 28b, mainly in blue and gold. Each contains a gold lozenge bearing inscriptions in white: on fol. 1b, "Allāh wa-lā siwāh"; on fol. 28b, "al-Ḥamd lillāh." Origin: Text 1 dated Baghdād, 868 H [1463 or 4] (fol. 25b); text 2 dated 867 H [1462 or 3] (fol. 62a). Both texts copied by Faraj Allāh al-Ḥafiẓ. On fol. 1a, note states that the ms. was acquired by Muḥammad Mahdī ibn Mūsá Daylamī in Aradabīl in Jumādá I 1042 H [1632] (note also transcribed in pencil on fol. iiib). Previously owned by Muḥammad Salīm of Lahore (fol. ia, 26b).
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