PROBABLY TIMURID IRAN OR IRAQ, 15TH CENTURY

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NAHJ AL-BALAGHAT
Probably Timurid Iran or Iraq, 15th century
Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 214ff. with 15ll.of black naskh, headings in larger script, text outlined with gold, occasional marginal commentary possibly in the hand of the scribe, final folio dated 14 Dhul Qa'da 601, opening bifolio with fine blue and gold illumination, roundels containing poems, erroneous inscription below suggesting the copy is in the hand of Yaqut al-Must'asimi, generally very good condition, later dark brown morocco binding with gold tooled decoration
Folio 12 5/8 x 8¼in. (32 x 21.2cm.)

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Lot Essay

The work is an anthology of the letters and essays of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib. The author of this work is a matter of some dispute, but it is considered one of the jewels of Arabic literature.
Encyclopaedia of Islam, vol. vii, pp. 903-4.

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