Fols. 63; 21.2 x 15.3 cm.; written surface 14.5 x 9.7 cm.; 17-33 lines to page; on glazed European paper; in naskhi; with vowel signs; with catchwords; entries in red. A collection containing: 1. Riḥlah, a description by Najīb al-Dīn d. after A.H. 1041 [A.D. 1632] of his journey from Iṣbahān to Makkah and al-Yaman A.H. 1006 [A.D. 1597] in a poem of the short meter, together with some other poems. 2. A collection of answers to questions which the jinn are supposed to have addressed to the author. Copied A.H. 1060 [A.D. 1650] by ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad al-Biqāʻī. Incomplete at beginning. 3. A section of a poem in praise of the Prophet. The name of the author is given by a later hand as Muḥammad al-Baqarī, A.H. 1111 [A.D. 1699]. After colophon are the autograph of the copyist of the last page, ʻUthmān ibn Muḥammad ḥajjāj al-Ṣāliḥī, and a statement by him that the copy was made in Cairo, A.M. 1022 [sic A.D. 1613]. 4. Another fragment of a poem in praise of the Prophet. A few Marginal notes and glosses. MS in fair condition but worm-eaten; Arabic binding. Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.
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