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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Ḥamlah-ʼi Ḥaydarī by Bāz̲il, Muhammad Rafīʻ ibn Muḥammad al-Mashhadī, d. 1712

An unfinished poem on the careers of Muhammad and the first four caliphs. Unfinished at end

Incipit: بنام خداوند بسيار بخش خرد بخش و دين بخش و دنيا بخش

Explicit: نبوده جز او هیچ بیدار کس چو روزی که مخلوق او و بس

Language(s): Persian

Form: codex

Extent: 209 f.

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