Extent: i, 188 leaves : paper ; 206 x 148 (168 x 95) mm. bound to 208 x 154 mm.
Note:
Ms. composite codex (one work but different dates). Title from fol. 1a (also mentioned at the beginning of the text). The ms. is a composite codex: several pages at the beginning and fol. 137-188 are a later replacement. This replacement is dated the last 10 days of Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1119 (1708) and was copied by Ahmet Vehbi el-Kastamonî, a former kadi of the town of ... [?]. The rest of the ms., the original copy, is older, the earliest date present on that part of ms. being that of Shaʻbān 1097 (1686) (see one... 21 (older section) or 27 (newer section) lines per page. Written in a medium small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red for rubrication. The older section of the ms. is written inside a single line frame outlined in red ink. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Two different types of glazed paper. Several short inscriptions on fol. ia (one is inverted). A purchase/ownership note in the name of Ahmet ibn el-Hac Mustafa el-Kastamonî, known as Vehbi-zade, dated Istanbul, 7 of Shaʻbān 1097 (1686) -- fol. 1a. A purchase/ownership note in the name of Abdullah Emin [el-Fenerî?], dated Baghdad, the last night of Rajab 1125 (1713) -- fol. 1a. A purchase/ownership note in the name of Hüseyn ibn Yusuf ... [?], accompanied by a stamp, dated Baghdad, Ṣafar 1192 (1778) -- fol. 1a. Several more ownership statements with dates ranging from 1200 (1785-86) to 1257 (1841-42) and several more stamps on fol. 1a. Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
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