Persian translation of Makārim al-akhlāq, a treatise on moral conduct in 12 bāb. Contents described on fol. 3b-5b.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 1b.
On front cover: Label reading "58" in Arabic script.
On spine: Label reading "Makārim-i akhlāq" in Arabic script.
Physical description: 17 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords; Arabic quotations overlined in red. Fol. 1-7 partially detached. Some foxing and damp staining; edges ragged.
Origin: Copy completed 9 Jumādá II 1255 H. [20 August 1839] (fol. 172a).
Incipit: حمد و ثنا قيومى را که عقول ذرات آدم از ادراک کنه ذات او قاصر است
Binding note
Full light brown leather with blind-stamped central mandorla, pendants, corner designs, and fillets; blue pastedowns. Extensive water damage on front cover.
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