Caption title. Beginning of text conforms to p. 2 of rukn-i sivum of 1900 edition. Last 42 lines of poetry do not match last lines of printed text. Page 1 bears inscription and stamp of ownership. Owner's stamp reads: al-Sayyid Muḥammad al-Naqshbandī al-Khālidī, dated 1254 H. Leaves numbered in pencil 1-356. Illuminated ʻunwāns on p. 2 and p. 252. Page 3 bears notation: ʻadad awrāqihā waraq 620; kitābuhā jild 5. Ms. in nastaliq on glazed paper. 25.2 x 14 cm. Two illuminated ʻunvāns; text area framed by ruled lines in blue, red and gold. Catchwords. Headings and keywords in red ink. Very little marginalia. Pervasive water stain and discoloration at edges. Paper repairs to some leaves; endpapers torn. Binding is dark brown leather with repairs to spine and corners in red leather. Spine is plain; covers have blind stamped scroll work frame. Space between this and a smaller double fillet frame contains six stamped rosettes. Inside fillets have scalloped corner designs, a center mandorla and opposing tulips all blind stamped. ELS. 1434. Gift of Robert Garrett (Princeton Class of 1897), 1942. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda.
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