TIMURID PERSIA, AH RABI I 887/APRIL-MAY 1482 AD
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Shaikh Farid al-Din 'Attar (d. AH 627/1230 AD): tazkirat al-aulia
Timurid Persia, AH Rabi I 887/April-May 1482 AD
Biographical account of the great Sufis, Persian manuscript on paper, 170ff. with 25ll. of black naskh occasional words in gold, overlining in red, opening folio with fine gold and blue illumination, final folio signed Junaid ibn Tahirin known as al-Amsi and dated Rabi I 887, copious marginal notes, light staining, in contemporary brown morocco binding with stamped medallion and spandrels, decoupé doublures
Folio 9¼ x 6¼in. (23.5 x 15.5cm.)
Timurid Persia, AH Rabi I 887/April-May 1482 AD
Biographical account of the great Sufis, Persian manuscript on paper, 170ff. with 25ll. of black naskh occasional words in gold, overlining in red, opening folio with fine gold and blue illumination, final folio signed Junaid ibn Tahirin known as al-Amsi and dated Rabi I 887, copious marginal notes, light staining, in contemporary brown morocco binding with stamped medallion and spandrels, decoupé doublures
Folio 9¼ x 6¼in. (23.5 x 15.5cm.)