Extent: 144 leaves : paper ; 263 x 165 (163 x 89) mm bound to 263 x 170 mm.
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Ms. composite codex. Title from text 1. Layout: 19 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red. Description: Written in a small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Texts are written by a single hand. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Very thin cream wove paper with blind "Bath" crown and floral stamps, and a small section on similar thin wove paper with a blind "Papeterie Orientale, Smyrna" stamp. The paper is of poor quality and there is a lot of ink duplication... Origin: [Hādhā Dīwān] Copied by Seyit el-Hac Ahmet Reşit ibn Seyit Ali Efendi, the naip [of the Nakşibandi order?] of the town of Köstendil, and completed on 11 Rabīʻ al-Awwal [?] '265 (1849) -- colophon (fol. 84a) -- [Risale-yi hakaik il-aşk] Copied by Derviş Reşit [i.e. Seyit el-Hac Ahmet Reşit ibn Seyit Ali Efendi -- see colophon of the preceding text], the naip [of the Nakşibandi order... A short inscription in black glitter ink on fol. 1a in the name of Mursizade, dated '81 (1864-65).
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