Page from an unidentified text

Unidentified Persian text fragment about the futility of the world, written in the Nasta'liq script in Iran or India, 17th or 18th century. Dimensions of Written Surface: 5.4 (w) x 12 (h) cm The recto and verso of his calligraphic fragment contains portions of an unidentified Persian text about the futility of the world. The text continues on the fragment's verso (1-04-713.19.6 V) which includes a chapter, provided with a heading in red ink in the center of the text panel, providing a description (sifat) of craftsmen in a particular land. The script and page layout suggest that this fragment was executed in Iran or India during the 17th or 18th century. The text is executed in a rather hasty nasta'liq script written horizontally in two columns and diagonally in one column. A number of lines are lost due to water damage. The text and folio frames consist of a number of borders in gold, red, and blue, while the text's margins are decorated with a series of floral sprays and leaves painted in gold. Script: nasta'liq 1-04-713.19.6