Extent: 448, i leaves : paper, col. ill. ; 299 x 195 (180-266 x 127-170) mm. bound to 300 x 207 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1b-2a. Physical description: 19 lines per page, in two columns; written in small nastaʻliq in black on beige glazed, laid Arabic paper. Marginal texts written on a diagonal. All text framed in blue and gold; main and marginal texts, columns, and poems separated by double gold lines. Catchwords; rubrication on fol. 3b-48b. Light staining and smudging; otherwise in excellent condition. Decoration: On fol. 1b, 2a, two illuminated medallions in gold and color bearing inscriptions giving the contents of the manuscript; pendants contain four words of the title. Small illuminated ʻunwāns in gold and color at the beginning of each text; illuminated endings on fol. 361a, 447a. With thirteen full-page miniatures of the 17th century. Origin: Copy completed by ʻAbd Allāh in 815 H [1412 or 13] (fol. 447a). On fol. 2a, owner's note and seal of Iḥtishām al-Dawlah, dated 1270 H [1853 or 4]; the same seal also present on fol. 447a. Acquired from Ali-Kuli Khan in 1925 (fol. 1a).
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