Extent: 216 leaves : paper, ill. ; 313 x 198 (245 x 126) mm. bound to 313 x 205 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1b. On front cover: Label reading "153" in Arabic script. On spine: Label reading "898" in Arabic script. Physical description: 25 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black by different hands on modern paper. Texts 3 and 4 written in shikastah. Rubrication and catchwords. Light staining and smudging. In excellent condition. Decoration: Two illuminated ʻunwāns, somewhat amateurish, at the beginning of texts 1 and 2 (fol. 1b, 204b), painted mainly in gold, red-purple, and blue. Basmalah set within a center ellipse; title set within two gold ellipses to either side. In text 1, original poetry is set within two gold ellipses in a band surrounded by a red-purple, blue, and white geometric pattern. Text on fol. 1b-214a... Origin: Text 1 completed by Muḥammad ibn Jamāl al-Dīn in 1274 H. [1857 or 8] (fol. 203b). Text 2 completed by al-Muttajir [?] ibn Muḥammad on 2 Rajab 12[7]7 H. [14 January 1861] (fol. 213a). Text 3 likely completed not long after text 2. Smudged owner's stamp on fol. 1b. Owner's statement dated Muḥarram 1306 H. [September 1888] on fol. 204a. Owner's stamp on fol. 214a.
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