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Manuscript..

Persian..

Title devised by cataloger..

Written by ʻAlī ibn Ḥāmī..

Date and name of scribe from pencilled note in margin of fol. 205a..

Probably written in Iran.

Paper; polished cream color laid paper of varying thickness, with no visible chain lines or watermarks; several pages from fol. 120-150 are dyed various shades of blue, orange, pale orange or gold; work divided into sections all with similar elaborate unwans in floral pattern in gold blue white and red; titles of sections in all unwans appear to have been erased; text enclosed in ruled border of blue, white, black, gold and red; black ink with rubrication; text divided into four columns separated by two thin red lines; catchwords..

Nastaʻliq; 16 lines in written area 16.5 x 11 cm..

Fol. 1b-271b..

Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M126..

Binding; tannish morocco leather with embossed medallions in centers and corners; possibly early 19th century..

Anthology of sufi religious poetry..