Lot 12
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KHULASAT AL-ZIYARAT
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KHULASAT AL-ZIYARAT

COPIED FOR AGA MASHADI 'ALI TAJIR-I TABRIZI USKU'I, SIGNED BIN MUHAMMAD 'ALI ZAYN AL-'ABDIDIN AL-MAHALLATI, QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1211/1796-97 AD

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KHULASAT AL-ZIYARAT
COPIED FOR AGA MASHADI 'ALI TAJIR-I TABRIZI USKU'I, SIGNED BIN MUHAMMAD 'ALI ZAYN AL-'ABDIDIN AL-MAHALLATI, QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1211/1796-97 AD
The Epitomy of Pilgrimages, Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 205ff. plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 9ll. of strong black naskh, text panels outlined in gold and blue, the margins with black and gold outer rules, catchwords, headings in red, first folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, colophon signed and dated, opening fly-leaves with later owners' notes, overall good condition, in elegant lacquer binding with grisaille floral motif surrounded by calligraphic borders, the doublures covered in red paper, in associated brown morocco slipcase
Text panel 5 ½ x 2 5/8in. (14 x 6.8cm.); folio 7 ¾ x 5 1/8in. (19.8 x 13cm.)
Engraved
On the front binding, around the border, Qur'an II, sura al-baqara, v.255 (ayat al-kursi)
On the front binding in the cartouches above and below the flowers, the first half of an Arabic poem in praise of the Prophet and his family
On the back binding, around the border, Qur'an II, sura al-baqara, parts of v.256 to parts of v.257
On the back binding, in the cartouches above and below the flowers, the second half of the Arabic poem in praise of the Prophet and his family
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Lot Essay

This text is a Shi'a pilgrimage guide, which outlines the correct etiquette and prayers to be recited on visiting the major Shi'a shrines. On f.1r, there is a seal impression of ‘Ali bin ‘Abd al-Razzaq which is dated AH 1322/1904-05 AD. The dated notes on the flyleaves are by him - at the bottom of the first flyleaf are records of the births of his children between AH 1323-28/1905-10 AD. The notes on the following fly leaf record key moments in the Persian Constitutional Revolution of 1905-11, for instance the encampment in the British Embassy in 1906, and the bombardment of the Parliament in 1908.

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