Lot Essay
Mahmud ibn Ishaq al-Shahabi was a much praised pupil of Mir 'Ali and was taken to Bukhara by the Shaybanid ruler 'Ubaydallah Khan after the capture of Herat. His recorded works are dated between AH 924/1518-19 AD and AH 993/1585-86 AD (Mehdi Bayani, Ahval-va asar-e khosh-nevisan, vol III., Tehran, 1346, pp.876-880). For a full account of his life see V. Minorsky (tr.), Calligraphers and Painters, Washington, 1959, p. 131.
For a further work copied by the same scribe see lot 11.
For a further work copied by the same scribe see lot 11.