Text begins on f. 1b. Title from margin of f. 4b. According to passage on f. 4a, text was composed for Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1831-1896. Page 1 of free endpaper reads: Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad al-ʻAlawī al-Fāṭim̄i at-Tabrīzī. Maṣābīḥ. Ms. in naskh and nastaliq scripts on glossy paper. 18.1 x 11.3 cm. Arabic portions of text vocalized; catchwords. Many lineouts, corrections and emendations. Paper is glossy, machine-made stock. Slightly dog-eared; edges of some leaves frayed. Some discoloration. Tape repairs at edges of some leaves. Very good condition. Binding is recent. Black cloth, soft cover. AM 1994-25. Purchase.
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