Extent: 50 leaves : paper ; 206 x 130 (143 x 82) mm. bound to 212 x 135 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1b. On front cover: Two labels reading "126" and "1141" in Arabic script. Physical description: 11 lines per page in two columns; written in neat nastaʻliq in black on modern paper. Headings in red; catchwords. Columns and headings marked off by red lines; text framed by gold and blue with a red line in the outer margin. Impression of a seal containing a lion on the outer margins of fol. 1-3, 48. Text block mostly detached from binding; otherwise in good condition. Decoration: On fol. 1a, polychrome and gold illuminated ʻunwan consisting of floral design and geometric patterns; title and basmalah in separate boxes shaded gold. A small, realistic squirrel has been painted over the header at the top. Center space between columns has been filled with gold curvilinear pattern on fol. 1a-2b. Gold foliar pattern fills empty space on either side of colophon on... Origin: Copy completed Jumādá I 1302 H. [February or March 1885] by Muḥammad Hādī Khvājavand (fol. 48a). Owner's note on fol. 1a dated 1312 H. [1894 or 5].
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