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SHAMS AL-DIN MUHAMMAD SHIRAZI HAFIZ (d.AH 792 1390AD): DIWAN
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SHAMS AL-DIN MUHAMMAD SHIRAZI HAFIZ (d.AH 792 1390AD): DIWAN

SAFAVID IRAN, DATED RAJAB AH 999, BUT PROBABLY CIRCA 1510-30

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SHAMS AL-DIN MUHAMMAD SHIRAZI HAFIZ (d.AH 792 1390AD): DIWAN
SAFAVID IRAN, DATED RAJAB AH 999, BUT PROBABLY CIRCA 1510-30
Persian manuscript on polished cream paper, 193ff. each with 14ll. of elegant black nasta'liq in two columns, gold intercolumnar lines between black rules, some couplets written in central panels, flanked by illumination, gold margins between black rules, blue outer rule, catchword below, occasional headings in blue nasta'liq within illuminated panels, opening bifolium of text fully illuminated in blue and gold, preceding bifolium double full page illustration in illuminated margin, preceeding folio with illuminated shamsa and Ottoman seal, colophon dated Rajab AH 999, double page miniature 3v.-5r., 5 further miniatures 33r., 66r., 106r., 129r., 129r., 157r., flyleaves with various owners' notes, in original morocco binding and flap with stamped and gilt medallion design, doublures with decoupe medallion and spandrels, slight loss to margins, very slight water damage, miniatures slightly rubbed, some faces erased
8 2/3 x 4½in. (22 x 11.5cm.)
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Lot Essay

This manuscript was in the collection of "al-Hajj Husayn, the Judge, known as Mir Alay Zadeh" who also added his seal impression. The note and the seal belong to the 16th century.

The shamsa contains a benedictory couplet in Arabic, common in the 14th century under both the Mamluks and the Ilkhanids.

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