Manuscript. Persian. Title determined by comparison with editions of Saʻdī's Gulistān. Written by ʻAbd al-Bārī Muḥammad Maḥmūd Lārī. Probably written in Iran. Date from colophon written in pencil in a later hand. Paper: cream colored lighly polished laid paper with no visible chain-lines or watermarks; unwan in gold, blue, red, white and green; text enclosed blue and gold ruled border; black ink with rubrication; some marginal corrections; catchwords on rectos. Nastaʻliq; 11 lines in written area 11.5 x 5.7 cm. Fol. 1b-160a. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M83. Contemporary dark brown leather envelope binding with elaborate gold embossed design covering most of the front and back covers and flap. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website. Explicit/Colophon: ... كتبه العبد البارى محمد محمود لاري عفو عنه.
