Arabic manuscript containing a description of China

Manuscript. Arabic. Title assigned by cataloger. Pencilled note on verso of last page: "Ms. 3. Untranslated, sent by Pres., Roberts of Liberia, to Dwight." Pencilled below colophon: "Amketeb Mebraa Medun Bar Kabere his name this book write" Purchase from Sotheby's London, 30 June 2017. Written in Liberia. Paper; wove ivory paper folded into a booklet with blind stamp "Owen and Hurlbut, of South Lee, Mass"; dark brown ink; many tears and small losses thoughtout the text; catchwords. Maghribi script; 12 lines in written area 17 x 12 cm. Fol. 2a-9b (text). Binding; no binding; sheets sewn into booklet form. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website. Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم صلى الله على سيدنا محمد. قال محمد بن محمد بن علي بن عثمان بن اشهب الفعلاني رحمه الله وتعمده بجنته وغفر له ... Explicit/Colophon: كتب هذ الكتب اسمه كبربر ميؤم مبرم امكنذ.