Extent: 18 leaves : paper ; 221 x 142 (140 x 87) mm. bound to 232 x 147 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Foliated correctly in Arabic script; foliated erroneously in Western script. Record follows Arabic foliation. Physical description: 9 lines per page; Arabic text in large thuluth in gold with black outline and vocalization in blue, Persian text in small nastaʻliq, on heavy, cream-colored, glazed, laid Arabic paper. Persian catchwords. Light damp staining in upper outer corner and on inner margin, resulting in smudging of some frames. Otherwise in very good condition. Decoration: On fol. 1b, richly illuminated ʻunwān in gold, blue, and orange with a delicate floral pattern. On fol. 1b-2a, the text is set within clouds on a gold background, which is decorated with orange, pale blue, and yellow flowers. One line of Arabic text alternates with two lines of Persian, each set within boxes framed in orange. The width of the boxes containing Persian text are... Owner's stamps on fol 1a, 2a, 18a-18b, all smudged.
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