Manuscript. Persian. Caption title. Written by Abī Turāb al-Sirḥānī. Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009. Possibly written in northern Iran. Paper: tan colored glazed laid paper with horizontal chain line and obscured armorial watermark, and countermark G M ; black ink in Naskh; catchwords; lacuna from Folio 1-10 caused by worm damage at top of page, with no loss of text. Naskh; 13 lines in written area 15 x 8.5 cm. Folio 1b-9b; 10a notes. With: Hāz̲ā kitāb-i Sirr-i bakhyah. [December 1853, Year of the Rat]. Bound together subsequent to publication. Library of Congress. Manuscript, M307b. Binding: medium brown leather with embossed gold center medallions front and back.
