Ms. codex. Title from added title (f. 1r) Foliation: Paper, ii + 242; [1-11, i, 12-63, i, 64-85, i, 86-87, i, 88-130, i, 131-220, i, 221-230, i, 231-242], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso. Layout: Written in 19 long lines. Script: Written in neat nastaʻlīq script in black ink, by the author, with marginal commentary in the hand of Mullah Muẓaffar (f. 239v). Decoration: Numerous diagrams and some tables in red and black ink; 2 marginal diagrams in green ink (f. 209r); overlining in red throughout. Binding: Later black leather over pasteboard (Type III); some notes and diagrams in margins show signs of trimming. Origin: Copy completed in Rajab 929 A.H. (June 1523) by the author (Anā al-ʻabd ʻAbd al-ʻAlī) with date conversions given to three other calendars (f. 240r). Reading note (f. 240r); other notes (f. 240v, [242]v). Formerly owned by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; sold at auction as part of his collection at Piasa (Paris), 7 June 1999. Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Mar 2001. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011. Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
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