book (documentary artefacts)

A book telling the story of Imam Sahib (Sunni) by Ismi Zafar Haider. Saudi Arabia. Written in Arabic script. The book has been rebound with newspaper on the front and back outer pages. The spine is reinforced with cloth. The text is mostly in black handwritten script in close rows; some words are in red ink, and in some places the text is written diagonally or in other arrangements.

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