Extent: i, 286 leaves : paper ; 235 x 131 (179 x 88) mm. bound to 235 x 136 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from label by later hand on fol. ia. Physical description: 14-19 lines per page; written in calligraphic naskh in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text framed in blue and gold with outer marginal gold border; lines of text separated by double gold lines. Rubrication and catchwords; chapter number and topic occasionally indicated in upper outer corners in blue. Light staining and smudging; a few paper repairs. Otherwise in... Decoration: On fol. 1b, illuminated ʻunwān in gold and color, smudged in the center. Text on fol. 1b-2a set within clouds on gold background. Origin: Copy completed in 1273 H [1856 or 7] by Sayyid Rajab ʻAlī ibn Bahādur (fol. 286a). Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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