Lot 102
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'ABDULLAH HATIFI (D. AH 858/1454 AD): TIMURNAMA
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'ABDULLAH HATIFI (D. AH 858/1454 AD): TIMURNAMA

SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY

Details
'ABDULLAH HATIFI (D. AH 858/1454 AD): TIMURNAMA
SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, 146ff. plus three fly-leaves, each folio with 14ll. of elegant black nasta'liq in two columns with double gold intercolumn rules, five contemporaneous full page illustrations on bifolios with gold illuminated margins, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece surmounting text in clouds reserved against gold ground, gold illuminated margins with animals and birds, one later Ottoman ownership note stating that the manuscript belonged to a certain Sayyid 'Abd al-Karim, in associated Ottoman tooled and gilded brown morocco
Text panel 5¾ x 3in. ( 14.5 x 7.4cm.); folio 8 3/8 x 5¾in. (21.2 x 14.6cm.)
Provenance
Anon sale in these Rooms, 8 October 2015, lot 43
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Lot Essay

The paintings in this manuscript include:

1. Timur in his harem
2. Rulers come to pay homage to Timur
3. The head of Shah Mansur is presented to Timur
4. Timur fights the army of infidels
5. The battle between Timur and Bayezid

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