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 119 leaves : 218 x 160 (160 x 85) mm, bound to 222 x 162 mm 21 long lines with marginalia; catchwords every verso. Written in naskh in black ink; pointed.

Bound in brown leather over pasteboard with the flap missing; blind stamped central mandorla and blind tooled frame.

Copy completed in the mid-18th century, probably in Turkey. The preface indicates that the writer left Istanbul in 1133 A.H. (1720 or 1721 CE) to go to Cyprus and he wrote the work there (f. 1v).

between 1720 and 1775? Turkey Turkish poetry--16th century Manuscripts, Turkish Early works to 1800 Codices (bound manuscripts) Commentaries Manuscripts (documents) Early works Full covers Blind tooled (decoration) Islamic bindings (Binding)