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SIGNED 'ALI [...] BIN KHAWAND MULLA MUSA AL-RIDA, QAJAR IRAN OR CENTRAL ASIA, DATED SATURDAY 26 SAFAR 1260/17 MARCH 1844 AD

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SIGNED 'ALI [...] BIN KHAWAND MULLA MUSA AL-RIDA, QAJAR IRAN OR CENTRAL ASIA, DATED SATURDAY 26 SAFAR 1260/17 MARCH 1844 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, ..ff. plus two modern fly-leaves, each folio with 14ll. of black naskh script, sura headings in red script, marginal markers in red script, with catchwords, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpieces and cartouches, colophon signed and dated and mentioning the place of copy as 'Qasba Shashkar?', later owners' notes to first folio, in stamped brown morocco binding
Folio 11 ¾ x 8in. (30 x 20.3cm.)
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