Manuscript - Tiferet Avot, Unpublished Commentary to Tractate Avot, with Kabbalistic Contents - Persia, 19th Century

Manuscript - Tiferet Avot, Unpublished Commentary to Tractate Avot, with Kabbalistic Contents - Persia, 19th Century
Manuscript, Tiferet Avot, commentary to Tractate Avot, with kabbalistic contents, by R. Yaakov son of Michael. [Persia, 19th century].
Complete and comprehensive composition on Tractate Avot, with commentaries and novellae, including kabbalistic contents. Between chapters IV and V (leaves 125-127), several pages with "Sodot Merkava", including tables and diagrams of the Ten Sefirot and other kabbalistic topics. The manuscript begins and ends with various selections.
In his preface (leaf [9]), the author states: "And it is known, that I, the inadequate one, Yaakov son of Michael, wrote it and composed it in my handwriting, since I cannot afford to print it, therefore this book was not published, for lack of means I handwrote it myself…".
We were not able to identify the writer. He may have been Yaakov son of Michael of Sablagh (Mahabad, Azerbaijan Province), who copied an anthology of compositions - Ben-Zvi Institute, MS 992 (see: Netzer, Otzar Kitvei HaYad shel Yehudei Paras, p. 106).
[9], 8; 42, 42-107, 108-195, [2] leaves (mispagination, no lacking leaves; leaves 163-167 and 192 - blank. Altogether 205 written leaves). Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Dampness damage to several leaves, with ink-smudging and damage to text. Original binding, damaged.