Lot Essay
According to the colophon, this copy was made for the Library of Amir Muhammad, son of Amir Yunus al-'Ala'i al-Nasiri. Amir Muhammad bin Yunus al-Dawadar died in Cairo in AH 902/1496 (Al-Du' al-Lami', vol. II, cat.334, p.102). His father, Yunis al-'Ala'i al-Nasiri Faraj is recorded as Amir Akhur (Master of the Sultan's Horses). He died of plague at the end of the 15th century (Al-Du' al-Lami', vol. II, cat.1323, p.346, accessible https://archive.org/details/Dawou_Lami). The colophon also indicates that Yunis al-'Ala'i al-Nasiri was dawadar to the sultan or Holder of the Sultan's Pencase.