Ms. codex. Title from first text (fol. 3a). Physical description: 21 lines per page. Written in black ink with use of red and green. European paper with watermark. Fol. 1 and the unnumbered folio before it are later added fly-leaves, with a title added by a later hand on fol. 1a. Lines of poetry and other short texts on fol. 2a and 3b. Short text from Muḥammad ibn Mūsá al-QDQī to "al-akh al-karīm al-imām al-humām" to whom the text is sent (fol. 4a). Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Naḥw thānī 37 (or 27)". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of upper cover: "1282/2 Ḥ". Origin: Written by Muḥammad ibn Musayt(?) al-HRKNī al-...? from 1192 to 1193 H. [1778 to 1780] (see fol. 3a, 4a, 109a, 110a, 113b, 116a). From the books of Imām Shamīl ("Shamwīl"), bought in 1241 H. [1825 or 6] (see inscription on fol. 3a) from Muḥammad ibn Musayt(?) (see inscription on fol. 4a). Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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