Extent: 266 leaves : paper, col. ill. ; 172 x 100 (124 x 72) mm. bound to 180 x 109 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1a. Physical description: 13 lines per page, in 2 columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Catchwords. Text framed in blue and gold; columns separated by gold lines. Some paper repairs, particularly to first five leaves; some staining and smudging. Incomplete at beginning, and several lacunae throughout first 15 leaves. Decoration: Four fine miniatures on fol. 5a, 73b, 98a, 214a. Origin: Copy completed on 11 Rabīʻ I 1094 H [10 March 1683] (fol. 266a); name of scribe is erased. Acquired by R. G. Ananikian, Egypt, 1924 (fol. 1a). Owner's stamps on fol. 4a, 266a.
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