Lot Essay
The present copy consists of an account of the lives of sixty sufis and of sixteen rulers of Persia.
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NORTH INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
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Sultan Husayn ibn Mansur Baiqara (d. AH 911/1505 AD): Majlis al-'ushaq
North India, 18th Century
A biographical dictionary of the Sufis, Persian manuscript on paper, 100ff. with 15ll. of black nasta'liq, some words in red, some text arranged in two gold outlined columns, with thirty three full page miniatures, the title of each inscribed above in black, incomplete, in red morocco binding with gold tooled floral meander
Folio 10 x 6in. (25.8 x 18cm.)
North India, 18th Century
A biographical dictionary of the Sufis, Persian manuscript on paper, 100ff. with 15ll. of black nasta'liq, some words in red, some text arranged in two gold outlined columns, with thirty three full page miniatures, the title of each inscribed above in black, incomplete, in red morocco binding with gold tooled floral meander
Folio 10 x 6in. (25.8 x 18cm.)