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KASHMIR, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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MUHAMMAD BAQIR BIN MUHAMMAD TAQI 'ALLAMA MAJLISI (D.1698 AD): KITAB ZAD AL-MA'AD
KASHMIR, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
A religious treatise composed in AH 1107 by the Shaykh al-Islam of Shah Sultan Husayn, Persian manuscript on paper, 349ff. plus six fly-leaves, each folio with 14ll. of elegant black naskh script in clouds on gold ground, some folios with double interlinear divisions, numerous folios with Persian interlinear translation in red nasta'liq script, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, with gold illuminated marginal medallions, catchwords, opening bifolium with finely blue and gold illuminated margins, fly-leaf with owner's inscription and seal impression dated AH 1241, in original lacquered binding with floral decoration, numerous folios with protective gazelle skin leaf, in very good condition
Text panel 6¾ x 3 1/8in. (17 x 8cm.); folio 9¼ x 5½in. (23.5 x 14cm.)
KASHMIR, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
A religious treatise composed in AH 1107 by the Shaykh al-Islam of Shah Sultan Husayn, Persian manuscript on paper, 349ff. plus six fly-leaves, each folio with 14ll. of elegant black naskh script in clouds on gold ground, some folios with double interlinear divisions, numerous folios with Persian interlinear translation in red nasta'liq script, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, with gold illuminated marginal medallions, catchwords, opening bifolium with finely blue and gold illuminated margins, fly-leaf with owner's inscription and seal impression dated AH 1241, in original lacquered binding with floral decoration, numerous folios with protective gazelle skin leaf, in very good condition
Text panel 6¾ x 3 1/8in. (17 x 8cm.); folio 9¼ x 5½in. (23.5 x 14cm.)