SAFAVID PERSIA, AH 24 DHU AL-HIJJA 1063/15 NOVEMBER 1653 AD
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Jamal al-Din Nizami (d. AH 613/1217 AD): Khamseh
Safavid Persia, AH 24 Dhu al-Hijja 1063/15 November 1653 AD
Persian manuscript on buff paper, 404ff. with 18ll. of fine black nasta'liq arranged in four columns within gold rules, gold outer rules, headings in red, opening bifolio for each section with text within gold clouds and gold and poychrome illuminated headings, final folio with colophon signed Muhammad Ja'far b. 'Inayat for Shamsa Mirza Muhammad Ma'sum and dated 24 Dhu al-Hijja 1063, staining, occasional slight restorations and remargining, in gold glitter lacquer binding with central floral medallion and spandrels
Folio 11½ x 6¾in. (29.4 x 17cm.); text 8 x 4½in. (20.5 x 11cm.)
Safavid Persia, AH 24 Dhu al-Hijja 1063/15 November 1653 AD
Persian manuscript on buff paper, 404ff. with 18ll. of fine black nasta'liq arranged in four columns within gold rules, gold outer rules, headings in red, opening bifolio for each section with text within gold clouds and gold and poychrome illuminated headings, final folio with colophon signed Muhammad Ja'far b. 'Inayat for Shamsa Mirza Muhammad Ma'sum and dated 24 Dhu al-Hijja 1063, staining, occasional slight restorations and remargining, in gold glitter lacquer binding with central floral medallion and spandrels
Folio 11½ x 6¾in. (29.4 x 17cm.); text 8 x 4½in. (20.5 x 11cm.)