Extent: i, 96, i leaves : paper ; 245 x 157 (160 x 106) mm. bound to 253 x 165 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Physical description: 9 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Original pages are gold-sprinkled and mounted onto heavy blue paper decorated with a blue and gold floral pattern. Headings and keywords in blue or gold; text and verses framed in gold. Outer text frame added after mounting is in blue, gold, and red. Original paper is foxed; a few paper... Decoration: On fol. 1b, well-executed illuminated ʻunwān in a floral pattern, mainly in gold and blue. Text on fol. 1b-2b set within clouds on gold ground decorated with flowers and leaves. Ms. contains four miniatures, likely by the copyist, Sulṭān Muḥammad al-Harawī . Origin: The date in the colophon (fol. 96a) has been altered to 660 H. However, the copyist is Sulṭān Muḥammad al-Harawī, a famous artist of the 16th century, making the original date 960 H [1552 or 3]. Likely from Iran. Owner's stamp and note on fol. 1a dated 1221 H [1806 or 7]. Owner's stamp of ʻAbd al-Raḥīm on fol. 1b, 96a.
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