Extent: 28 leaves : paper ; 196 x 116 (128 x 65) mm. bound to 196 x 118 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1a and front cover. On lower fore edge: "Fārsī taṣavvuf manẓūm" in Arabic script. Physical description: 14 lines per page, in two columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper. Text framed in green; double green lines separating columns. Headings and occasional vocalization in red; catchwords. A few marginal notes. Some damp staining, mostly marginal, and mild insect damage. Origin: According to a chronogram on fol. 1a, the original text was completed in 1011 H [1602 or 3]. A poem on fol. 1a, 28a by the author states that he wrote the text for ʻĀdil ʻAlī, governor of Egypt under Sulṭān Muḥammad ibn Murād [Mehmet III, r. 1595-1603]. The date 1029 H [1619 or 20] is also noted on fol. 1a. On fol. 28b: Seal of Muḥammad Amīn; seal and note in upper right corner have been effaced.
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