Facsimile · p. 301
This is a passage from a historical book about Sudan. It appears to be a description of a manuscript or artwork, possibly related to calligraphy or painting, with references to artists and dates. The text is in Persian and contains OCR errors.
Here's a translation of the intended words, keeping proper nouns recognizable: "From the collection of Muhammad Husayn, may he be blessed. By the pen of Shkasteh Khfi, No. 1626. A piece of moderate size.
The humble servant Mirza Kuchak, on the first of the month of Rajab, in the year [date missing]. In the Sultanate's library.
Isfahan... was completed.
Mirza Kuchak Isfahani. And Fetrinscha Kardandruvish Abd al-Majid Dodeh, and in the Shkasteh script of the masters.
It is confirmed, and his life is until the year [date missing]. The date of his death is not known.
The name of Mirza Kuchak is written in many of his works, and in the abundant works that exist from him. Here, Mirza Kuchak has written his name.
The humble servant Muhammad Qasim, famous as Mirza Kuchak, and in the work of Muhammad Qasim, it is mentioned and dated.
A piece of moderate size. A table. A table.
He is a painter of tables, and other things. He has a table. It has [number missing] pages. The first page has a golden inscription on a high-quality paper, with gold leaf between the lines.
A golden heading. By the pen of Kitabati Khfi, mostly signed by Muhammad Sadiq. On high-quality paper.
The end: For the sake of Mashkash... Nizam al-Mulk wa al-Milla wa al-K... Bin... Muhammad Hasan...
This treatise was written by [name missing]. The humble servant Sadiq Khanju Muhammad Sadiq. Muhammad Sadiq, from the Sadat of Anju Shirazi, and one of the masters of Shkasteh script.
It is recorded in the Farsnama-yi Naseri, dated [date missing]. The humble servant: This manuscript has been in existence for [number missing] years.
A selected piece, existing. A piece of moderate size. A table. A table.
A piece of Shkasteh script by the humble servant Muhammad Sadiq Isfahani. A table."