MIRZA MUHAMMAD AL-AKBARI (D. 1818 AD): TUHFAT AL-KHAQAN

SIGNED ABU TALIB AL-HUSAYNI AL-HAMADANI, QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1233 OR 1273/1817-8 AD OR 1856-7 AD

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MIRZA MUHAMMAD AL-AKBARI (D. 1818 AD): TUHFAT AL-KHAQAN
SIGNED ABU TALIB AL-HUSAYNI AL-HAMADANI, QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1233 OR 1273/1817-8 AD OR 1856-7 AD
Dawa'ir al-'ulum wa jawadil al-ruqum known as Tuhfat al-khaqan, on astronomy, followed by a genealogy of the Prophet Muhammad (Shajaratnama), Persian manuscript on paper, 54ff. plus 2 modern fly-leaves, each folio with diagrams and/or tables in red and black ink, with two polychrome diagrams, text and illustrations within red and blue rules, in light brown morocco binding
Text panel 10 3/8 x 5¾in. (26.4 x 14.8cm.); folio 13¾ x 8½in. (35 x 21.5cm.)

Provenance

The Library of the Late Djafar Ghazi, sold in these Rooms, 8 October 2010, lot 4.

Lot Essay

Abu Ahmad Muhammad bin 'Abd al-Nabi al-Sani' al-Nisaburi al-Asli al-Khurasani known as Mirza Muhammad al-Akbari was born in Akbarabad in India in 1765 and died in 1818 AD. He is known to have promised Fath 'Ali Shah to secure, by supernatural means, the death of Tsitsianov, Commander of the Russian forces besieging Baku. He was a prolific author in fiqh and kalam as well as in occult science (https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/akbari-mirza-mohammad).

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