Extent: 210 leaves : paper ; 272 x 187 (281 x 128) mm. bound to 282 x 188 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1b. Physical description: Text 1 is 21 lines per page; text 2 is 20 lines per page in four columns. Written in nastaʻliq in black, possibly by the same hand, on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Some staining and smudging; some paper repairs, particularly on fol. 1-5 with loss of some text. Each text paginated separately in Arabic script. Inserts between fol. 6-7, 7-8... Origin: Dates are defective, but paper appears to be from the late 17th cent. Text 1 dated Dhū al-Ḥijjah 174 H [1074? = July 1664] by ʻĀdil valad-i Khānum-i Dār-i Muntaqá (fol. 148a). Text 2 dated year 18 [1080? = 1669 or 70] (fol. 210a); this copy is older than the three copies mentioned by Āghā Buzurg (XIX, 252), which date to 1258 H or later. On fol. 149a, owner's note by Mīrzā Muḥammad dated 1 Jumādá I 1192 [28 May 1778]; the dates 1212, 1214, and 1217 [?] are also noted. On fol. 157b-158a, several smudged stamps. On fol. 210a, two birthdates noted in 1303 and 1325.
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