manuscripttext ara A scholar's collection of bits of text, mostly in Persian with some Arabic, accompanied by extensive comments. Manuscript. Title supplied by cataloger. Scribe/owner not identified. Written in Central Asia or India. Paper; various types of paper ranging in quality from being light and polished to dark beige;. black ink; all pages including the margins are filled with notes and commentary; there arebits of blue paper inserted at the back which contain charts and numbers, some written in other scripts. Nastaʻliq? [Collation] Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M154. Binding; brown leather covers are warped, cracked, water damaged, and terribly deteriorated; inside covers are covered with paper including bits of blue paper at the back with various charts and numbers and other scripts are written on them; appears to have been mended with beige cloth at the spine, and there are some twisted pieces of white cloth at the back Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc. Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.) Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.) India Uzbekistan Tajikistan Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/plmp.m154