SIGNED ABU'L-BAQA AL-MUSAVI, COPIED IN SHAHJAHANABAD (DELHI), 17TH CENTURY

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AN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC LEAF
SIGNED ABU'L-BAQA AL-MUSAVI, COPIED IN SHAHJAHANABAD (DELHI), 17TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, 4ll. of black nasta'liq written diagonally, in clouds reserved against the gold ground which is finely illuminated with polychrome arabesques and small birds, with blue illuminated corner pieces, the lower one signed abu'l-baqa al-musavi, mounted on card, slightly worn in places
Folio 12¼ x 7½in. (31 x 19.1cm.); calligraphic leaf 8¾ x 5in. (22.2 x 12.8cm.)

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Lot Essay

A quatrain copied by Abu'l-Baqa al-Musavi in the capital Shah Jahanabad.

Abu'l-Baqa was a nasta'liq scribe from Abarqu who lived in Isfahan in the 17th century. He made a trip to India (the date is not given) and died in Isfahan. Another calligraphic page copied in Shah Jahanabad is recorded.

Mehdi Bayani, ahval va athar-e khshnevisan, vol. I, Tehran, 1345, pp. 22-24.

A presentation note on the back is to Mirza 'Alikhan, the Heravi scribe and gives the title Rustam al-Khattatin to Abu'l-Baqa. This title is recorded by Sanglakh in the 19th century as a title given to Abu'l-Baqa by Shah Abbas I.

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