Extent: 190 leaves : paper, ill. ; 258 x 146 (196 x 98) mm. bound to 258 x 149 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from fol. 5b. On front cover: Label reading "88" in Arabic script. On spine: Label reading "1296" in Arabic script. According to passage on fol. 5a, text was composed for Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1831-1896. Physical description: 19 lines per page; written in elegant nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Catchwords and rubrication; several charts in red and black. Opening preface in Arabic vocalized in red. Insert between fol. 189-190. Text is on fol. 2b-189a. Light staining. In excellent condition. Decoration: Illuminated ʻunwān on fol. 2b in a delicate gold, blue, red, and green floral pattern. Gold oval for title but not filled in. Text framed in gold and blue lines with outer marginal gold line. Origin: Completed by the author at al-Arḍ al-Aqdas al-Muqaddasah [Palestine?] on 7 Jumādá I 1296 H. [29 April 1879] (fol. 188b). Owner's stamp of Muḥammad Ḥasan dated 1302 H. [1884 or 5] (fol. 189a).
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