Extent: 223 leaves: paper ; 269 x 180 (203 x 130) mm. bound to 270 x 190 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title from title page (fol. 1a). The title appears at the beginning of text as Taqrīb al-Tahdhīb (fol. 3a, l. 22-23). 29 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red for entries. Light cream paper with pulp visible. Fol. 1b-2a: Blank. Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "Ḥāʼ 17". Note mentioning the date 850 H. [1446 or 7] and the number of quires (33) at the end of the text (fol. 224a). Collation: Paper, fol. 223 ; 110 (-1, before fol. 1) 2-910 1010 (-1) 11-1410 158 16-2010 2110 ("200" omitted in the moder foliation) 2210 236 (+1) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf ; some quires are numbered using Arabic ordinals in the form "Thānī" (see fol. 10a) or Arabic numerals (see fol. 40a). Two ownership statements on fol. 1a: one signed Aḥmad Abū --- al---- ; the other signed Aḥmad Najīb ibn Aḥmad Ṭāhir, who bought the ms. from al-Ṣaḥāf Asʻad Afandī, with date. Inscription "Madrasah-ʼī Ḥaḍrat Muṣṭafá Bābā dar ---" on the upper margin of fol. 3a. Waqf, see stamp on fol. 10b, 155a, 178a, 224a, etc., reading "Waqf al-marḥūm Muṣṭafá al-ʻAtīq ṭāliban li-marḍā Rabbihi al-karīm...
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