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Kitāb-i akhlāq al-muḥsinī

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Kitāb-i akhlāq al-muḥsinī

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Text on fundamentals of Islamic ethics.
Manuscript.
Persian.
Title and date from colophon.
Scribe's name in colophon: Muḥammad Gaws̲.
Bookplate of former owner, Thomas Munro, page 2 of cover.
Probably written in India.
Paper: cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink with rubrication; catchwords on rectos.
Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 21 x 11 cm.
Folios 1b-162a.
Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M 44.
Binding is contemporary red leather Indian binging with gold embossed medalions in center, corners, and margins.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Incipit: حضرت پادشاه علي الاطلاق و شاهنشاه بالاستحقاق عزت كلمته و جلت قديرته ...
Explicit/Colophon: تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب كتاب اخلاق المحسني ... جمادى الاول سنة يكهزار و دو صد و بست ودو هجري ...

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01/01/1807
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washington dc
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