خلاصه ماشینی:
The author has also supplemented very useful information, in detail, about the subjects and material connected with the art of calligraphy, as discussed in the qata' No. 1, from kalima 6 to 20 about the subjects how to begin with, what a calligraphist should take and what he should not, manners about calligraphy,' the proper seat of a calligrapher.
'7· ~U- ":The views expressed in the form of verses composed by Mir Majniin regarding the various aspects of the techniques of calligraphy have been very frequently quoted as authority.
2 · The list of chapters is given as under to convey an idea of the contents of the manuscript :- Qat'a I About the description of scripts comprising twenty-one kalimas (subdivisions} k y~I ;J ~~ ~ ~l-1.
J. ,1 "5 Kalima I About the forty sayings of the Holy, Prophet in support of calligraphy.
(View the image of this page)Kalima 3 About the origin, form and the titles of scripts and the reason as to why these are so called.
(View the image of this page)Kalima 9 About the proper seat of a calligrapher so that it may be a comfort and pleasure to him.
(View the image of this page) Kalima Io About paper and its kinds.
Kalima 20 About the preparation of verdigris (pigment) (View the image of this page)Chapter II..
(View the image of this page) Chapter IV-About the individual alphabet in Nasta'liq ( names of a script) comprising nineteen letters, as quoted above in chapter II, ( Plate No. 3 ).