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    26 October 2007

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    • MUHAMMMAD 'ALI QAZRUNI: RAFIQ-
    Lot 360

    MUHAMMMAD 'ALI QAZRUNI: RAFIQ-I TAWAFIQ, IRAN, AH 1112 (1700-01 AD)

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    GBP 1,250

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    GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,600

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    MUHAMMMAD 'ALI QAZRUNI: RAFIQ-I TAWAFIQ, IRAN, AH 1112 (1700-01 AD)
    Persian manuscript on paper, 308ff. with 15ll. of black nasta'liq, opening folio with illuminated heading, final folio with colophon signed by the scribe Muhammad Amin the grandson of Mir 'Imad al-Hasani and dated 1112, dark brown morocco binding with tooled medallions- folio 9½ x 5¾in. (24 x 14.7cm.)

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