Extent: 266 leaves : paper ; 209 x 132 (154 x 86) mm. bound to 215 x 138 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from fore edge. Physical description: 19 lines per page; written in naskh in black on glazed, laid European paper. Text framed in blue, gold, and red with outer marginal red border. Arabic prayers vocalized. Rubrication and catchwords. Light staining and smudging; a few paper repairs. Fol. i-iv and 265-viii detached. Otherwise in excellent condition. Decoration: On fol. 1b, illuminated ʻunwān in gold and color. Text on fol. 1b-2a set within clouds on gold background, and margins illuminated with gold floral pattern. Origin: Copy completed by Ibn Muḥammad Muʼmin al-Nayrīzī Muḥammad Taqī on 18 Jumadá II 1232 H [5 May 1817] in Shīrāz (fol. 264b). On fol. 1a, owner's statement dated Rajab 1243 H [January-February 1828]. Smudged owner's stamp on fol. 264b.
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