Extent: 157 leaves : paper ; 221 x 132 (155 x 75) mm. bound to 224 x 135 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1b; title given by Āghā Buzurg (XI, 333) is Riyāḍ al-fityān fī sharḥ Niṣāb al-sibyān. Storey gives the title as al-Nuskhat al-ilāhīyah, but notes that it is present in the colophon of only one ms. (III, 89, note 3); the title Riyāḍ al-fityān is attributed to a certain "Yūsuf" from a single ms. (III, 90). Physical description: 16 lines per page; written in naskh in black by two hands on beige glazed, laid Arabic paper. Headings and keywords overlined in red or black; catchwords and a few marginal notes. Marginal damp staining; more extensive staining on fol. 63-66 resulting in some loss of text. First and last leaves pasted onto machine-made paper and missing some text; fol. 2-5, 154-155 ragged... Note mentioning the dates 1209 and 1351 on fol. 1a; smudged owner's stamp on fol. 156b.
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