Extent: 102 leaves : paper ; 214 x 145 (155 x 80) mm bound to 214 x 148 mm.
Note:
Ms. composite codex. Title from fol. 3a. Fol. 1b-2a contain a table of contents for ʻĀlam al-Barzakh. Short inscription on front pastedown. Excerpts of poetry by İsmail Hakkı Bursalı (1653-1724 or 5) on verso and recto of the back flyleaf. Layout: 17-21 lines per page in one or two columns. Description: Written in medium small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper. Origin: Only text 1 is dated, but text 2 is in same hand and on same paper, and is of same or similar date. Text 1 completed on the 5th of Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1156 (1743) -- colophon (fol. 75b). Ownership statement in the name of Şeyh Nureddin el-Kadiri (İbrahim el-Kadiri el-Kastamonı?) on front flyleaf. Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
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