KAMAL AL-DIN HUSAYN (VA'IZ) 'ALI AL-KASHIFI (D. 1504 AD): ANWAR I- SUHAYLI

SIGNED MIHR KAZIM BIN MIHR HUSAYN, IRAN, DATED MONDAY 10 RAMADAN AH 1239/9 MAY 1824 AD

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KAMAL AL-DIN HUSAYN (VA'IZ) 'ALI AL-KASHIFI (D. 1504 AD): ANWAR I- SUHAYLI
SIGNED MIHR KAZIM BIN MIHR HUSAYN, IRAN, DATED MONDAY 10 RAMADAN AH 1239/9 MAY 1824 AD
The Light of Canopus, a Persian adaptation of the Fables of Bidpai, Kalila wa Dimna, Persian manuscript on paper, 263ff. plus 6 fly-leaves, each folio with 17ll. of black nasta'liq script, some words picked out in red, text within gold and polychrome rules, with 26 original miniatures, catchwords, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated margins and headpiece with text in clouds over gold ground, colophon signed and dated, in early 19th century lacquer covered binding, in fitted case
Text panel 7¼ x 3 7/8in. (18.6 x 10.1cm.); folio 10 x 6¼in. (25.5 x 15.7cm.)

Lot Essay

This work is an adaptation in Farsi of the Indian fables of Bidpai also known through their Arabic version Kalila wa Dimna. Kamal al-din Husayn Va'iz 'Ali al-Kashifi is also the author of a renouwed commentary on the Qur'an, Al-Mawahib al-'aliya, of which three copies are offered in this sale, lot 210, lot 213 and lot 216.

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