Extent: 326 leaves : paper ; 270 x 160 (202 x 111) mm bound to 280 x 172 mm
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from colophon on fol. 326a. On back cover: Label reading "32 Rozate Sofha / Garden of Purity / 79." Physical description: 20 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Text framed in blue, gold, and red; edges painted blue. Some staining, smudging, and insect damage. Some leaves ragged and/or detached; fol. 1 has been pasted onto a sheet of machine-made paper. Decoration: Illuminated ʻunwān in gold and color on fol. 1b; outer marginal border consisting of a gold foliar design, mostly trimmed away, on fol. 1b, 2a. Origin: 29 Muḥarram 1029 H [5 January 1620], by Mīr Muḥammad Amīn (fol. 326a). On fol. 326b, note in English by Chas. Boddam, Lucknow, 7 October 1786; note in Persian dated 1228 H [1813].
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