Frontispiece (blank recto; text verso of folio 2), from a manuscript of Ta‘qibat-i Namaz

The text of this manuscript concerns the rituals of daily prayers in Arabic. It was copied by Muhammad 'Ali b. Muhammad Shafi' Gharib al-Vatan Tabrizi in H. 1233 (1817) according to the colophon. The text panels, consisting of five lines of vocalized naskh, are remargined with dark blue paper. The bindings is dark blue velvet on the boards and reddish-brown leather straps on the edges.