QAJAR IRAN, C.1900 AD

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SHEIKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA'DI (d.AH 691/1292 AD): KULLIYAT
QAJAR IRAN, C.1900 AD
The collected works of Sa'di, Persian manuscript on cream paper 380ff. with 14ll. of elegant black nasta'liq in the main text block and approx. 24 ll. written at oblique angles in the margin, thin gold ruled frames, large opening illuminated headpiece in gold, black, blue, pink and orange, with five additional illuminated headpieces also in the Shirazi style (ff. 21v., 147v., 155v., 195v., 275v.), all with script in clouds on gold ground, lacquer binding with naturalistically rendered flowers with gold outline within red border, red doublures with central lozenge and black border, re-laquered, slight damp creasing
Folio 10½ x 6¼in. (26.5 x 15.7cm.)

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Lot Essay

Dedication added on the opening folio, dated 1334/1916 by Mafakhir al-Dawla to Wuthuq al-Dawla.

Wuthuq al-Dawla, (Mirza Hasan Khan Wuthuq al-Dawla) was an official of Nasir al-Din Shah period who rose to become the Prime Minister under Muzaffar al-Din Shah in 1334/1916, the year this manuscript was given to him (M. Bamdad: Dictionary of National Biography of Iran, I, Teheran, 1966, pp. 348-52).

Mafakhir al-Dawla is not identified, although he must have been an official of the Muzaffar al-Din Shah period.

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