Extent: 40 leaves : paper ; 203 x 147 (155 x 105) mm. bound to 203 x 155 mm.
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Collation: Paper ; fol. 40 ; catchwords ; quires signed: 2-4 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (circular design, roman-alphabet letters in corner) ; MS in good condition. Layout: 13 lines per page ; ruled. Ms. codex. Origin: According to colophon copied Friday 28 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1004 by the author (fol. 40a). The work was composed on the occasion of the appointment by Maḥmūd III the Ottoman (A.D. 1595-1603) of Muḥammad Pāshā as governor of Egypt 1004-1006 1596-1598. Invocation on the folio before the title page, two lines of verse and an obscured dated statement on the title page Title from title page (fol. 2a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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