Extent: 255 leaves : paper ; 250 x 194 (176 x 125) mm. bound to 250 x 205 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from fol. 233a (final page of maqālah 1). Dedicated to the princess Badīʻ al-Jamāl (fol. 2a), hence the title. Physical description: 17 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords; some marginal notes and scribbles. Extensive paper repairs to edges. Damp staining in upper margin of second half of text block. Last two leaves detached. Inserts between fol. 18-19, 43-44, 59-60, 60-61, 67-68, 79-80, 116-117, 134-135, 153-154, 156-157, 157-158... Origin: Copy completed 25 Shawwāl 966 H. [31 July 1559] (fol. 255a).
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