Shams al-Din Muhammad Nishapuri (d. AH 838/1434 AD): Kulliyat-i-Katibi

TIMURID PERSIA, AH MUHARRAM 862/19 NOV-17 DEC. 1457 AD

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Shams al-Din Muhammad Nishapuri (d. AH 838/1434 AD): Kulliyat-i-Katibi
Timurid Persia, AH Muharram 862/19 Nov-17 Dec. 1457 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on paper, 254ff. with 15ll. of black nasta'liq in two gold-outlined columns, opening gold and polychrome illuminated heading, three later minatures, final folio with colophon signed Muhammad ibn Abdullah Bakhrizi in Muharram 862, following later folio with inscription panel in gold naskh dated 863, generally clean condition
Folio 10.1/8 x 6in. (25.6 x 15.7cm.); text 5 x 3in. (14 x 8.2cm.)

Lot Essay

The author, also known as Katibi, was born in Turshiz and studied at Nishapur and Herat. He is known as a calligrapher and poet at the courts of Shah Rukh and Baysunqur. This is an early copy of the work.

The nineteenth century miniatures are almost certainly the work of the Imami family.

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