al-Muʻjam fī ās̲ār mulūk al-ʻajam

Treatise on the deeds of the Persian kings.
Manuscript.
Persian.
Title from container; based on comparison with other printings of the same work.
Name of scribe not indicated.
Probably written in Iran or India.
Paper; cream color laid paper with no visible chain-lines or watermarks; text with gold and blue ruled borders; black ink with rubrication and highlights in blue ink; some pages colored dark blue, light blue, yellow, and pale orange; catchwords on rectos.
Naskh; 17 lines in written area 15 x 10 cm.
Fol. 1b-129a.
Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M58.
Brown leather contemporary binding with gold medallions front and back.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Incipit: أن احق ما يفتح به الكلام وينجح به المرام حمد الملك العلام القدوس السلام ...
Explicit/Colophon: والله تعالى ان يشب اقدامنا باصشبته الامرا ويعصم انفوسنا عن تصرف الاهواء ...