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This copy was made for Muhammad Mihdi, a businessman from Qandahar, whose name also appears on the binding, with the date 1248.
KASHMIR, AH 1248/1832-3
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Mullah Muhammad Baqir Majlisi: Zad al-Ma'ad
Kashmir, AH 1248/1832-3
Prayers in the Shi'ite tradition, Arabic manuscript on polished ivory paper, 380ff. each with 21ll. of black naskh, red Persian interlinear translation, text within gold rules, very light smudging and staining, few folios loose, fine opening gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio, final folio with colophon signed Mirza Murtaza b. Mirza Muhammad 'Abbas and dated 1248, in gold lacquer floral binding
Folio 10 x 5 7/8in. (25.5 x 14.5cm.); text 6¾ x 3 3/8in. (17 x 8.3cm.)
Kashmir, AH 1248/1832-3
Prayers in the Shi'ite tradition, Arabic manuscript on polished ivory paper, 380ff. each with 21ll. of black naskh, red Persian interlinear translation, text within gold rules, very light smudging and staining, few folios loose, fine opening gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio, final folio with colophon signed Mirza Murtaza b. Mirza Muhammad 'Abbas and dated 1248, in gold lacquer floral binding
Folio 10 x 5 7/8in. (25.5 x 14.5cm.); text 6¾ x 3 3/8in. (17 x 8.3cm.)