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SIGNED MUHAMMAD 'ALI, QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1200/1794-95 AD
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KITAB DU'A AYYAM AL-SAB'A (BOOK OF PRAYERS FOR THE WEEK)
SIGNED MUHAMMAD 'ALI, QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1200/1794-95 AD
Prayers, Arabic manuscript on paper, 14ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 9ll. of fine black naskh script, each line between gold clouds, titles in fine gold thuluth script outlined in black on a ground of polychrome floral arabesques, text within gold and polychrome rules, opening bifolio with finely illuminated headpiece and gold and polychrome floral margins, later added notes in German on first fly-leaf, in cloth covered soft binding
Text panel5.1/4 x 2.7/8in. (13.3 x 7.3cm.); folio 7.5/8 x 4.7/8in. (19.2 x 12.3cm.)
SIGNED MUHAMMAD 'ALI, QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1200/1794-95 AD
Prayers, Arabic manuscript on paper, 14ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 9ll. of fine black naskh script, each line between gold clouds, titles in fine gold thuluth script outlined in black on a ground of polychrome floral arabesques, text within gold and polychrome rules, opening bifolio with finely illuminated headpiece and gold and polychrome floral margins, later added notes in German on first fly-leaf, in cloth covered soft binding
Text panel5.1/4 x 2.7/8in. (13.3 x 7.3cm.); folio 7.5/8 x 4.7/8in. (19.2 x 12.3cm.)
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