Extent: 72 leaves : paper ; 205 x 137 (150 x 76) mm. bound to 215 x 145 mm.
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Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 72 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Decoration: Elaborate illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, red, orange, green and black (fol. 2b). Frame-ruled in gold on fol. 2b and 3a. Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (grapes, crown, roman-alphabet letters?) ; MS in good condition. Layout: 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red. Marginal notes and glosses. On the folio before the title page occur 3 verses of poetry, the date of the death of ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Kīlānī, a statement by al-Dhahabī about al-Safarjalānī. It is evident from the colophon of the first work that MS was copied for Muḥammad Afandī al-Qādirī al-Kīlānī. Ms. codex. Origin: [Dīwān al-Safarjilānī] According to colophon copied Jumādá II 1141 for Muḥammad Afandī al-Qādirī al-Kīlānī (fol. 32b). Title from title page (fol. 2a). Ownership signatures on collective title page (fol. 2a): Jaʻfar Muḥyī Qādirī dated 1219 with his seal impression, and ʻAlī, Nāʼib al-Ḥaram dated [1]263. Three other stamp impressions are obliterated. Ownership signatures of second work (fol. 33a): obscured name dated 1219 followed by ʻAlī, Nāʼib al-Ḥaram dated [1]263 (fol. 33a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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