17 pieces of calligraphy, manuscript on paper, including: a phrase in bold ornamental naskh decorated with foliate devices, (one scratch) - 4½ x 7½in. (11.2 x 19.1cm.); three pieces of shikasteh in gold clouds - largest 6 x 4in. (15.3 x 10cm.); five pieces of nasta'liq, in two columns - largest 5¼ x 3in. (13.2 x 7.8cm.); two pieces of nasta'liq in gold clouds - larger 5¾ x 3in. (14.2 x 7.8cm.); three pieces of naskh in gold clouds, one signed by Sayyid Muhammad al-Mutakhlas and dated AH 1314/1896-7 AD, another dated AH 1143/1730-31 AD - largest 7¾ x 5in .(19.5 x 12.7cm.): a Qur'an folio, 19ll. black naskh, sura heading in red on illuminated panel - 5¾ x 3in. (14.6 x 7.7cm.); two illustrations in Safavid style - larger 8 x 2¾in. (20.3 x 7cm.); all mounted on card with coloured margins, mosstly Persia, 17th century and later