Defective at end. F1a: three impressions of a small square seal, of Sayyid Qasim Khan? The story of the love of Khidr Khan and Duwalrani. Also known as 'Ishqiyyah. Margins and dividing panels in red. Headings in red. Illuminated initial openinig.
Incipit: Sari (for sar-i) namah bi-nam-i khudawand
Language(s): Persian.
References
As for Codrington Reade No 281 and Ethe No 1187.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 135 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 8.5 × 5.5 in.
Layout
17 lines to the page in double column
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
Blue cloth binding, Carnegie Trust U.K. Grant 1930. The leather of one of the covers of the previous binding stuck inside the present back cover. It is of brown leather with stamped decoration.
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