Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. A certification of the gift by the United States Minister in Tehran laid in. Binding: Embroidered covers of alternating stripes of dark and light with floral motifs over card with green leather edges and spine; gold stamped frame; green leather pastedowns. Matching green leather carrying box with red textile interior. Case is stamped "Gulistan Persian MS." Layout: Chiefly 14 long lines, sometimes half the page in diagonal or perpendicular and half the page straight across; border-ruled. Script: Written in nastaʻliq shikastah in black ink; pointed. Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold, red, blue, green on first opening (f. 1v). The entire text written on cloudbands; textblock double border-ruled in gold; page-opening ruled in black; rubrications in red. Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933. Provenance: Gift of Abū al-Fatḥ Mīrzā, Sālār al-Dawlah, third son of Muẓaffar al-Dīn Shāh to Oliver Henry Perkins, April 11, 1901 (inscription last flyleaf recto and notes laid in). Provenance: Formerly owned by Oliver Henry Perkins (bookplate inside front cover). Provenance: Sold in Perkins' sale at Anderson Galleries on March 23 and 24, 1926 (catalog entry laid in). Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
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