Extent: 142 leaves : paper ; 317 x 196 (230 x 98) mm. bound to 317 x 196 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1b. On front cover: Label reading "37" in Arabic script. Physical description: Approximately 30 lines per page; written in shikastah in black on machine-made paper. Change of hands on fol. 137b. Light damp staining; first folio repaired on edges. Insert between fol. 25-26. In excellent condition. Origin: Dates noted range from 1265-1270 H [1848-1853]. Seal of Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh [r. 1848-1896] on fol. 1b, accompanied by note dated Shawwāl 1271 H [June-July 1855]; while not entirely visible in this ms., the seal reads "al-mulk lillāh taʻālá -- tā kih dast-i Nāṣir al-Dīn Khātim-i Shāhī girift -- ṣīt dād va maʻdalat māh tā māhī girift 1264" (see Karīmʹzādah Tabrīzī, M. ʻA. Muhrʹhā, ṭughrāʹhā va farmānʹhā-yi pādshāhān-i Īrān, London, 2006, p...
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