Extent: viii, 303, i leaves : paper ; 265 x 190 (185 x 135) mm. bound to 260 x 195 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from colophon (fol. 311b). Physical description: 19 lines per page. Written in medium large naskh (professional hand) in black ink with scarce use of red; larger script in black ink for headings. The text is vocalized. Entries are written on the margin. Thick dark cream and light peach paper, with laid and chain lines visible. Majority of quinions. Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals (counts the first... Collation: Paper, fol. viii, 303, i ; viii (later added fly-leaves; European paper with watermark; fol. 1-8 in modern foliation) 1 (1 leaf ; rest of quire wanting) 2-2210 239 24-3110 32 (3 leaves) i (fly-leaf; European paper wih watermark) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf ; the quires are numbered using Arabic ordinals, in the form of "al-Thālith" (see fol. 10a in the modern foliation... Inscription on fol. (i)a: "al-Jild al-awwal min al-thālith". Inscription on fol 1a (upper margin): "Nihāyah li-Ibn al-Athīr maʻa nuqṣān min al-awwal wa-ikhtaṣarahu al-Imām al-Suyūṭī raḥimahu Allāh". Before fol. 1, pasted piece of paper with note on the text. Origin: According to colophon, copied by Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá ibn ʻAbd al-Walī ibn Abī Muḥammad ibn Khawlān, Baʻlbak, 26 Shawwāl 733 [July 10, 1333] (fol. 311b).
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