Extent: iv, 104, iv leaves: paper ; 210 x 165 mm. bound to 210 x 175 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from title page (fol. 5a). Physical description: 10 to 18 lines per page. Written in medium small thick taʻlīq and naskh in black ink with use of red and green (the latter only at the beginning and the end of the copy). European paper. Several ḥāshiyah on the margin and on small slips of paper placed between the original leaves (abundant at the beginning of the copy; occasional afterwards). Inscriptions and short... Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Thānī naḥw 28". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "1140/2 Ḥ". Origin: According to colophon, copy completed by Saʻīd on a Tuesday in 1193 H. (fol. 106a). Collated on a copy bearing the handwriting of the author (collation statement, fol. 106a, margin). Ownership statements on fol. 4a (partially erased, with name apparently reading "al-Charkasī"), 4b (in the name of Muḥammad ʻAlī). Apparently from the same group as other manuscripts from the entourage of Imām Shamīl. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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