Extent: 195 leaves : paper, col. ill. ; 322 x 218 (225 x 143) mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1a. Physical description: 23 lines per page, in four columns; written in small nastaʻliq in black on thin glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text bordered by blue, gold, and red, with outer marginal blue border; columns separated by double red lines. Catchwords; headings in red. Numerous lacunae throughout the first three poems. Some damp staining and smudging; edges ragged and numerous leaves detached. A... Decorations: Illuminated ʻunwāns at the beginning of each poem, in gold and colors. Eighteen Indian miniatures of mediocre quality. Origin: Texts 1-3 completed in Muḥarram 1244 H [July-August 1828] (fol. 110a). Remainder completed 20 Ramaḍān 1244 H [26 March 1829] (fol. 195b). Likely of Indian origin.
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