Extent: 212 leaves : paper, illustration ; 217 x 155 (176 x 85) mm. bound to 216 x 154 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from fol. 4a. Yellow glazed European paper, watermarks. Written in small nastaʻlīq in black ink. Text frame along misṭara dimensions, rare separators and marginalia, rubrication, overlines, occasional sentences and words in red ink. On fol. 1a-2b double flame in black ink filled with gold ink. Catchwords in black ink. Some sections outlined with red ink are missing headings. Binding is well kept, ragged fore edges, not original; sewn quires. Minor damp staining on the top ; the text is slightly affected in the middle area by a single narrow bookworm piercing across the whole manuscript including back cover of binding. Statement of ownership and seal by the author Shānī Zādeh Muḥammad Ṣadīq with a completion date of 1205 H [1790 or 1791], while he was the judge of the holy city of Medina (fol. 211b, colophon). Ownership statement in the name of Muḥammad Masʻūd Chishmī Zādah, accompanied by his seal dated 1225 H [1810 or 1811] (fol. 2a, top left) Ownership statement in the name of Aḥmad Ḥamd Allāh ibn Ismāʻīl al-Anqarawī, dated 1261 H [1845] and accompanied by his stamp (fol. 2a, center and fol. 211b) Ownership statement in the name of Khalīl Afandī who died as dated on 27 Shawwāl 1225 H [25 November 1810] (fol. 212a)
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