Extent: (1), 145, (1) leaves : paper ; 205 x 150 (153 x 105) mm. bound to 205 x 156 mm.
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Collation: Paper ; fol. (1) + 145 + (1) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Description: Rubricated ; watermarks ; MS in fair condition but several folios are worm-eaten and some are mended, and some are loose. MS is legible despite extensive staining. MS is rare. Layout: 25 lines per page. Marginal notes. The number of each traditionist is written opposite his name. Kabīkaj (invocation against bookworks) on title page. Ms. codex. Origin: According to colophon copied Friday 29 Jumādá I 1117 by Muḥammad ibn Jābir al-Yamanī in al-Madīnah (fol. 145a-b). Title from title page (fol. 1a). Title page has a number of obliterated or partially obscured owner signatures and seal impressions including: ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Yūsuf al-Anṣārī, and Muḥamad Khālid ... dated 1195 [1780/81]. There is also an obscured tughra. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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