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SAFAVID AND QAJAR IRAN, 16TH-19TH CENTURY
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A COLLECTION OF PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS
SAFAVID AND QAJAR IRAN, 16TH-19TH CENTURY
Comprising Jalal al-Din al-Dawani's (d. 1502) Akhlaq-e jalali also known as Lawami' al-ishraq fi makarim al-akhlaq (Lustres of Illumination on the Noble Virtues), on ethics, dated AH 950, each folio with 16ll. of black nasta'liq script, text with black and blue-ruled gold frame, catchwords, with original illuminated headpiece, with five Qajar illustrations, in embroidery-covered binding; an 18th or early 19th century manuscript on the history of Iran, each folio with 18ll. of black nasta'liq script, text within polychrome rules, first folio(s) lacking, in stamped brown morocco binding; an illuminated Qajar wedding contract dated 11 Safar (?) AH 1302, in cloth covered soft binding; a printed copy of Anwar Suhayli, a Persian version of Kalila wa Dimna, each page with 25ll. of black nasta'liq script, text in double black rules, in restored brown stamped morocco binding; a Kashmiri manuscript of The Lives of the Prophets, 361ff. as numbered, each folio with 20ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in four columns, text in blue and black-ruled gold frame, with Iranian export stamp dated AH 1340, in Qajar floral lacquer binding; and a fine Safavid work in prose, each folio with 19ll. of elegant black nasta'liq script arranged in two columns, some words in gold, incomplete, in modern binding (6)
SAFAVID AND QAJAR IRAN, 16TH-19TH CENTURY
Comprising Jalal al-Din al-Dawani's (d. 1502) Akhlaq-e jalali also known as Lawami' al-ishraq fi makarim al-akhlaq (Lustres of Illumination on the Noble Virtues), on ethics, dated AH 950, each folio with 16ll. of black nasta'liq script, text with black and blue-ruled gold frame, catchwords, with original illuminated headpiece, with five Qajar illustrations, in embroidery-covered binding; an 18th or early 19th century manuscript on the history of Iran, each folio with 18ll. of black nasta'liq script, text within polychrome rules, first folio(s) lacking, in stamped brown morocco binding; an illuminated Qajar wedding contract dated 11 Safar (?) AH 1302, in cloth covered soft binding; a printed copy of Anwar Suhayli, a Persian version of Kalila wa Dimna, each page with 25ll. of black nasta'liq script, text in double black rules, in restored brown stamped morocco binding; a Kashmiri manuscript of The Lives of the Prophets, 361ff. as numbered, each folio with 20ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in four columns, text in blue and black-ruled gold frame, with Iranian export stamp dated AH 1340, in Qajar floral lacquer binding; and a fine Safavid work in prose, each folio with 19ll. of elegant black nasta'liq script arranged in two columns, some words in gold, incomplete, in modern binding (6)
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