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SIGNED AL-HAJJI ISKANDAR BIN MIRZA MUHAMMAD RAFI' AL-SAKIANI (?), QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1240/1824-25 AD
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A SHI'A PRAYER SCROLL
SIGNED AL-HAJJI ISKANDAR BIN MIRZA MUHAMMAD RAFI' AL-SAKIANI (?), QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1240/1824-25 AD
Prayers, Persian manuscript on paper, the long scroll inscribed in fine black naskh script, the text arranged in panels, some written diagonally, each line in clouds on gold ground, with gold and polychrome illuminated cartouches, fine headpiece, text within gold and polychrome rules, colophon signed and dated, leather piece at top
82 x 3 ½in. (208 x 8.8cm.)
SIGNED AL-HAJJI ISKANDAR BIN MIRZA MUHAMMAD RAFI' AL-SAKIANI (?), QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1240/1824-25 AD
Prayers, Persian manuscript on paper, the long scroll inscribed in fine black naskh script, the text arranged in panels, some written diagonally, each line in clouds on gold ground, with gold and polychrome illuminated cartouches, fine headpiece, text within gold and polychrome rules, colophon signed and dated, leather piece at top
82 x 3 ½in. (208 x 8.8cm.)