Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left. Layout: 22 lines in four columns, border-ruled with page-opening rule. Script: Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed. Decoration: Rubrications in red. Textblock border-ruled in green, beige, black, and red with double black rules between the columns of text; page-opening framed by a black rule; polychrome illuminated headpieces in red, pink, blue, beige and green (f. 1v, 27v, 88v, 167v, 237v). Binding: Bound in cracked brown leather over pasteboard (Type III); thin, red leather doublure. Origin: The copy is not dated, though it was likely copied in the mid-18th to early-19th century, probably in India. Formerly owned by Theodore W. J. Wylie (bookplate inside back cover). Inscription: "Presented to The Rev. T. W. J. Wylie Professor of Theology in Philadelphia by J. R. Campbell Saharanpur, India, Oct. 20th 1856" (Flyleaf 1r, front of book) with further inscription: "Sháh Námah or The History of the Persian Kings by Molavi Nizámí all handsomely written by hand" (Flyleaf 2r, front of book).
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