Sale 5526
London, South Kensington
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10 October 2014
Price realised
GBP 1,125
Estimate
A FIRMAN OF NASIR NAS'R AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR IRAN, DATED RABI' I AH1300/1883 AD Black ink on paper, six lines of nasta'liq script below a gilt medallion with the seal of Nasir al-Din Shah, issued on the death of Jalal al-Din Mirza, son of Mu'ayyad al-Daula, making an annual grant of 537 toman to his descendants, framed and glazed
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