Extent: 58 leaves: paper ; 220 x 165 (150 x 90) mm. bound to 220 x 170 mm.
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Ms. codex. Title from rubric on fol. 1b. Physical description: 15 lines per page. Written in medium large naskh in black ink with use of red. European paper with watermark; thicker paper for last quire. Ḥāshiyah on the margin. Several inscriptions on fol. 1a, in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish. Small piece of paper with short text in Ottoman Turkish placed between fol. 10 and 11. Water damage ; loose leaves. Collation: Paper, fol. 58 ; 1-410 58 610 ; catchword on the verso of each leaf. Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Aqāʼid 15". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "1027/2 Ḥ". Origin: According to colophon, copied by ʻAlī al-Ḥilmī, and completed in 1178 (fol. 57a). Several inscriptions and impression of a seal on the pastedown of the upper cover. Ownership statement in the name of Sulaymān Khurshīd on fol. 1a. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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