Extent: 659 leaves : paper ; 248 x 156 (172 x 102) mm. bound to 250 x 168 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from fol. 5a. On front cover: Label reading "361" in Arabic script. On spine: Label reading "1348" in Arabic script. Physical description: 20 lines per page; written in neat naskh in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords; a few marginal notes and corrections. Text framed in red and gold with blue border in margins. Insert between fol. 372b-373a. In excellent condition. Decoration: On fol. 3b-4a and 175b-176a, illuminated ʻunwan and margins. Polychrome and gold ʻunwan consists of floral and geometric designs with gold lozenge for title (not filled in on fol. 175b). Text is bordered by red and gold lines and a blue pattern, and the interlinear space is filled with small gold clouds. Margins are filled with gold, red, and blue floral pattern with a patterned... Origin: Copy completed Muḥarram 1248 H. [June 1832] by Muḥammad ibn al-marḥūm ʻAlī Asghar al-Simnānī (fol. 653a). On fol. 2a, the year 1348 H. [1929 or 30] is noted.
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