Lot Essay
This is a cosmological work concerning the geography of Persia and adjacent countries. The author lived during the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
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IRAN, 18TH CENTURY
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IBN ABI BAKR BIN AHMAD BIN HAMID AL-MUSTAWFI (D. 1239 AD): NUZHAT AL-QULUB
IRAN, 18TH CENTURY
A cosmographical work with special emphasis on the geography of Persia, Persian manuscript on paper, 114ff., 28ll. of black ta'liq to the page, titles and important words in red, some phrases overlined in red, catchwords, with coloured map of Asia and north Africa centred on the Ka'aba in Mecca, occasional tables, later added note following the colophon dated AH 1258, in plain black morocco
Folio 11 7/8 x 7 7/8in. (30.3 x 19.9cm.)
IRAN, 18TH CENTURY
A cosmographical work with special emphasis on the geography of Persia, Persian manuscript on paper, 114ff., 28ll. of black ta'liq to the page, titles and important words in red, some phrases overlined in red, catchwords, with coloured map of Asia and north Africa centred on the Ka'aba in Mecca, occasional tables, later added note following the colophon dated AH 1258, in plain black morocco
Folio 11 7/8 x 7 7/8in. (30.3 x 19.9cm.)
Literature
A note records the birth of Maryam Begum on 7 Shawwal AH 1257/22 November 1841
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