SALE DATE & VIEWING | BROWSE ALL LOTS | VIEW E-CATALOGUE This sale features important rare Safavid, Ottoman and Qajar manuscripts, miniatures and calligraphy from the library of the late Mr Djafar Ghazi. This compelling collector, who visited auctions and dealers the world over, quietly amassed one of the finest collections of manuscripts and calligraphies in the world in the solitude of his Munich flat. A passionate linguist, he was able to read Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Persian. The irony and certainly part of his charm lies in the fact that for a man who loved the written word, he documented and literally translated so little, leaving us to simply gaze in wonder at the beauty of the calligraphy. AUCTION Friday 3 April 2009 10.30 am & 2.00 pm VIEWING Saturday 28 March 10.00 am – 4.00 pm Sunday 29 March 10.00 am – 4.00 pm Monday 30 March 9.00 am – 7.30 pm Tuesday 31 March 9.00 am – 5.00 pm Wednesday 1 April 9.00 am – 5.00 pm Thursday 2 April 9.00 am – 5.00 pm     HOME PAGE > ENQUIRIES Alice Bailey Head of Sale, Indian & Islamic abailey@christies.com 020 7752 3239 Pat Frost Director, Textiles pfrost@christies.com 020 7752 3215         A Qajar tile depicting Christ, Isfahan, Iran, £1000-2000 A Safavid Turquoise Glazed Vase, Kirman, Iran, 17th Century £800-1200 A Pair of Birds, Mughal India, mid-17th Century £3000-4000 A Gandharan Stucco Buddha Head, 2nd-3rd Century £3,000 – 5,000   An Ottoman Dagger (KARD), Turkey, 19th Century £1,000 – 2,000   A Calligraphy Panel signed Hasson Shamlu, dated 1021AH/1612AD £1,200 – 1,500 A Timurid grey schist fragment of a cenotaph Afghanistan, 15th century £2000 - £3000   A Kashan Silhouette Ware Bowl , Iran, circa 1200-1220 £1,200 – 1,500   An Ivory Shawl Kashmir, crica 1820 £2,500 – 3,500 A Shakrizshabz Susani, 19th Century £4,000 – 6,000   A Panel of Greek Embroidary Skyros. 18th Century £1,500 – 2,000   A Velvet Floor Spread Mughal, 19th Century £5,000 - £10,0000