QAJAR IRAN, MID-19TH CENTURY

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INVENTORY OF THE PROPERTY OF NASIR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR
Qajar Iran, mid-19th century
Persian manuscript on green paper, 195ff. copied in black shikasteh script, text within gold rules, marginal commentary in red and blue naskh, green morocco binding with gold tooled decoration, similar black morocco slip case
Folio 8 7/8 x 5 7/8in. (22.6 x 14.7cm.)

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Lot Essay

This is a copy of a handlist of real estate belonging to the Shah. The marginal commentary in blue states that the following is what Mirza Aqa Khan, the Prime Minister wrote on the copy kept by His Majesty. In red below it says that this was written by Mirza Hidayatullah with absolute care.
Mirza Hidayatullah Vazir Daftar was Minister of Finance under Nasir al-Din Shah. (Bamdad, M.: Dictionary of National Biography in Iran, 1700-1960,, Vol. I, Tehran, 1966)

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