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SIGNED 'ABDULLAH IBN SAFAR MUHAMMAD ZAMAN, AFSHARID IRAN, DATED AH 1163/1749-50 AD
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SIGNED 'ABDULLAH IBN SAFAR MUHAMMAD ZAMAN, AFSHARID IRAN, DATED AH 1163/1749-50 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 364ff. each with 15ll. of black naskh in clouds reserved against gold ground, Persian interlinear translation in red nasta'liq, with gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, set in red, blue and gold ruled margins, fully illuminated opening bifolium with gold and polychrome palmettes set on ground of scrolling flowers, sura headings in white muhaqqaq on gold ground, main body of text and Persian interlinear translation in white cloud on gold ground, inserted folio in between opening bifolium with gold outlined palmettes and commentary in margins, signed and dated in colophon, in contemporary lacquer binding
Text panel 9 5/8 x 5¼in. (24.9 x 13.3cm.); folio 12¾ x 8 1/8in. (32.5 x 20cm.)
SIGNED 'ABDULLAH IBN SAFAR MUHAMMAD ZAMAN, AFSHARID IRAN, DATED AH 1163/1749-50 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 364ff. each with 15ll. of black naskh in clouds reserved against gold ground, Persian interlinear translation in red nasta'liq, with gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, set in red, blue and gold ruled margins, fully illuminated opening bifolium with gold and polychrome palmettes set on ground of scrolling flowers, sura headings in white muhaqqaq on gold ground, main body of text and Persian interlinear translation in white cloud on gold ground, inserted folio in between opening bifolium with gold outlined palmettes and commentary in margins, signed and dated in colophon, in contemporary lacquer binding
Text panel 9 5/8 x 5¼in. (24.9 x 13.3cm.); folio 12¾ x 8 1/8in. (32.5 x 20cm.)
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