Ms.

Title from introduction, p. 2.

Paper: pp. 1-64 and 77-80 are yellowed cream, with watermarks; pp. 65-76 are from off-white paper, with watermarks (initials AG), but written in the same hand as pp. 1-65 and 77-80. Pp. 81-84 written in different hand on different paper (no chain lines or watermarks, very thin, darker). Medium condition; black stains on title page and brown stains on pp. 33-36. Text is mainly in black, with some rubricated words and chapter headings. Many marginal notes on some pages. Catchwords on rectos.

Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 5-757.

Nastaʻliq script; 17 lines in written area, 16 x 10 cm.

Fol. 1a-42b (numbered 1-84).

Binding: cardboard, with leather spine.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

Arabic.

Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.