SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 992/1584-5 AD

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A FIRMAN OF SHAH MUHAMMAD KHUDABANDA (R.1578-87)
SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 992/1584-5 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, with 7ll. of flowing black nasta'liq with preceding declaration in red, the date in the lower left corner, Shah Muhammad Khudabanda's seal impression above, reverse with four further seal impressions of approvals and signatures
13 1/2 x 6 1/4in. (34.3 x 16cm.)

Provenance

Collection of Adrian David Hugh Bivar,
Sold Sotheby's, London, 1975

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Lot Essay

This firman was issued by Shah Muhammad Khudabanda (r. 1578-87). The firman confirms the harvest tax of Kazaj, in the district of Khalkhal in Northern Iran, as an eternal land grant, suyurghal, to the chief servant (khadim-bashi) of the Shrine of Sheikh Safi al-Din in Ardabil.

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