Lot Essay
The Uzbek, 'Abdullah Khan was the greatest of the Shaybani rulers of Bukhara and reigned from AH 964-1006/1557-98 AD. He was suceeded briefly by his son 'Abd al-Mu'min Khan shortly before the Uzbek's defeat by Shah Abbas.
Two Bukhara paintings also produced for 'Abdullah Khan's royal library with almost identical inscriptions are known from a copy of Yusuf wa Zulaikha dated AH 973/1565 AD. See: Soudavar,A.: Art of the Persian Courts, New York 1992, pp.212-5, nos.80c. and 80d. The style of the illustrations is typical of Bukhara in the 1560s. (See also lot 72)
Browne, E.G.: A Literary History of Persia, Cambridge 1969, vol.IV, p.105
Two Bukhara paintings also produced for 'Abdullah Khan's royal library with almost identical inscriptions are known from a copy of Yusuf wa Zulaikha dated AH 973/1565 AD. See: Soudavar,A.: Art of the Persian Courts, New York 1992, pp.212-5, nos.80c. and 80d. The style of the illustrations is typical of Bukhara in the 1560s. (See also lot 72)
Browne, E.G.: A Literary History of Persia, Cambridge 1969, vol.IV, p.105