Īn mujallad-i suvvum ast az Kitāb-i ḥayāt al-qulūb tālīf khādim-i akhbār aʼimmah-ʼi aṭhār Muḥammad Bāqir ibn-i Muḥammad Taqī ..

Biographies of Pre-Islamic prophets, Qurʼanic prophets and Shiite Imams.
Manuscript.
Persian
Title from 1b.
Scribe's name in colophon: Safar Najmī[?].
Place of writing not recorded
Former owner's name, J. L. Merrick, on front flyleaf.
Paper: light cream colored polished laid paper with horizontal chain lines and no visible watermarks; black ink with some red overlining; catchwords on rectos.
Naskh; 16 lines in written area 15.5 x 9.7 cm.
Folios 1b-201b.
Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M 54.
Binding is contemporary light brown leather with embossed medallions front and back.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
‏Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد الله الذي اوصح لنا مناهج الهدى لبمفاتح الكلم ...
‏Explicit/Colophon: تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب في يوم الاربع شهر شوال المكرم سنة اثنين وخمسون وماتين بعد الالف ...