Ms. codex. Title from fol. 2a and spine label. Ms. erroneously foliated beginning on the front flyleaf. Record follows erroneous foliation. Physical description: Written on a diagonal, in shikastah in black on gold-sprinkled, glazed, laid, Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Some damp-staining and paper repairs. Dealer's slip containing information about the ms. pasted to inner front cover. In good condition. Origin: Original text was composed around 1068 H [1657 or 8] (cf. fol. 12a). On fol. 2a is an owner's stamp blotted out with red ink, a blurred stamp, and a note by Sayyid Ḥaydar Ḥusayn Riḍawī (also on fol. 16a). On fol. 17b is a note by A.H. Harley dated Calcutta, February 1930; on the inside back cover is a label bearing the ex libris of A.H. Harley.
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