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IBN ABI BAKR BIN AHMAD BIN HAMID AL-MUSTAWFI QAZVINI (D. 1239 AD): NUZHAT AL-QULUB
IBN ABI BAKR BIN AHMAD BIN HAMID AL-MUSTAWFI QAZVINI (D. 1239 AD): NUZHAT AL-QULUB
IBN ABI BAKR BIN AHMAD BIN HAMID AL-MUSTAWFI QAZVINI (D. 1239 AD): NUZHAT AL-QULUB
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IBN ABI BAKR BIN AHMAD BIN HAMID AL-MUSTAWFI QAZVINI (D. 1239 AD): NUZHAT AL-QULUB

SIGNED MUHAMMAD SA‘ID BIN HUSAM AL-DIN MARAGHI , SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 1084/1673-74 AD

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IBN ABI BAKR BIN AHMAD BIN HAMID AL-MUSTAWFI QAZVINI (D. 1239 AD): NUZHAT AL-QULUB
SIGNED MUHAMMAD SA‘ID BIN HUSAM AL-DIN MARAGHI , SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 1084/1673-74 AD
A cosmographical work with special emphasis on the geography of Iran, Persian manuscript on paper, 217ff. each folio 26ll. of black naskh to the page, titles and important words in red, some phrases highlighted in red, catchwords, with map of Asia and North Africa, illustrations of the twelve zodiac signs, occasional tables, colophon dated and signed by Muhammad Sa’id bin Hisham al-Din Moraqim and illuminator Ibrahim al-Tabrin, dated AH 1258, fly-leaves with copious later owners' notes and seal impressions, in plain black morocco, pink paper doublures
Text panel 8 ½ x 3 ¾in. (21.3 x 9.5 cm.); folio 11 3/8 x 6 5/8in. (29 x 17 cm.)
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Lot Essay

This is a cosmological work concerning the geography of Persia and adjacent countries. The success of Mustawfi’s works can partly be gauged by their circulation; the relative popularity of the Nuzhat al-Qulub is shown by the number of extant manuscripts such as our copy. For another copy of the Nuzhat al-Qulub lot 43.

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