Sale 5100
London, South Kensington
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26 October 2007
Price realised
GBP 1,250
Estimate
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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