Sharaf al-Din 'Ali Yazdi (d. AH 858/1454 AD):Zafarnameh with Muqaddimah

TIMURID PERSIA, AH 887/1482-3 AD

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Sharaf al-Din 'Ali Yazdi (d. AH 858/1454 AD):Zafarnameh with Muqaddimah
Timurid Persia, AH 887/1482-3 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 612ff. each with 17ll. of elegant black nasta'liq, occasional words and phrases in blue, purple or gold, occasional lines of verse divided into three columns, gold and blue rules, water damage and light staining, opening folio with extremely fine illuminated heading, final folio with colophon dated 887, in later greenish morocco binding
Folio 10 x 7in. (25.5 x 17cm.); text 7 x 4¼in (18 x 11cm.)

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This well-known history of Timur has an introduction entitled Tarikh Jahangir. This is the earliest and most complete copy of the work recorded, copied less than 30 years after the death of the author.
Notes on the first page indicate that this copy was once in the library of Prince Ihtisham al-Daula, with impressions of the seals of the librarians.

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