Lot Essay
Interestingly, this text was dedicated to Muhammad Shah Qajar in the year of his coronation.
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COPIED BY MUHAMMAD BAQIR, DATED AH 1250/1834-35 AD
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MUHAMMAD BAQIR IBN MUHAMMAD TAQI AL-MAJLISI (D. AH 1110/1689 AD): IKHTIYARAT AL-AYYAM
COPIED BY MUHAMMAD BAQIR, DATED AH 1250/1834-35 AD
Dedicated to Muhammad Shah Qajar, Arabic manuscript on paper, 23ff. each with 7ll. of elegant black nasta'liq in cloud reserved against gold ground, important words and phrases picked out in red, text panels within blue rules, gold and polychrome illuminated heading, name of Muhammad Qajar written in gold, on salmon pink margins, in contemporary lacquer binding with figural representations on back and front, good overall conditiong
Text panel 9 x 4in. (22.5 x 10.3cm.); folio 11 3/8 x 6½in. (21.5 x 15/2cm.)
COPIED BY MUHAMMAD BAQIR, DATED AH 1250/1834-35 AD
Dedicated to Muhammad Shah Qajar, Arabic manuscript on paper, 23ff. each with 7ll. of elegant black nasta'liq in cloud reserved against gold ground, important words and phrases picked out in red, text panels within blue rules, gold and polychrome illuminated heading, name of Muhammad Qajar written in gold, on salmon pink margins, in contemporary lacquer binding with figural representations on back and front, good overall conditiong
Text panel 9 x 4in. (22.5 x 10.3cm.); folio 11 3/8 x 6½in. (21.5 x 15/2cm.)
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