Arabic manuscript on paper, 110 leaves, 11 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink, significant words written in orange, interlinear rules in gold, inner margins ruled in colours and gold with an inner border of floral motifs in colours on a gold ground, several headings in naskhi script in white within gold panels, one illuminated double-page frontispiece, seven further double-pages of illumination at intervals throughout text, two stylised diagrams of Mecca and Medina, brown leather binding with stamped central medallion, embroidered mirror-work textile wrap 164 x 98 mm.
Arabic manuscript on paper, 110 leaves, 11 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink, significant words written in orange, interlinear rules in gold, inner margins ruled in colours and gold with an inner border of floral motifs in colours on a gold ground, several headings in naskhi script in white within gold panels, one illuminated double-page frontispiece, seven further double-pages of illumination at intervals throughout text, two stylised diagrams of Mecca and Medina, brown leather binding with stamped central medallion, embroidered mirror-work textile wrap 164 x 98 mm.
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