Arabic manuscript on paper, 274 leaves plus 5 fly-leaves, the first 4 pages with Persian interlinear text in red nasta’liq, 12 lines to the page written in naskh in black ink within clouds against a gold ground, ruled in gold and blue, verses separated by gold and polychrome rosettes, surah headings written in gold thuluth against a coloured ground within a cartouche decorated with scrolls and flowers, gold and polychrome verse markers in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with an illuminated frontispiece composed of a thick border of interlacing flowers, in a floral lacquer binding

In good condition, minor stains and rubbing, minor smudges, one page teared, as viewed.
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