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TWO WORKS BY KHWAJAH 'ABDULLAH ANSARI (D. 481/1088 AD)
SIGNED SHAH QASIM, SAFAVID HERAT, DATED MUHARRAM AH 1014/19 MAY 1605 AD
Persian manuscript on marbled or gold sprinkled paper, 66ff. plus 8 fly-leaves, each folio with 10ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in a variety of formations of one and two columns with double gold intercolumnar rules, text panels outlined with gold and polychrome rules, folios laid down between wide multicoloured margins with bold illumination of floral and fauna, first text with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, space left for the second headpiece, first text signed Shah Qasim al-Katib, second text dated, in later lacquer boards with gul-o-bulbul design
Text panel 5 5/8 x 3 1/8in. (14.2 x 7.8cm.); folio 9 3/8 x 6in. (24 x 15.4cm.)