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Two maghribi Qur'an leaves (2)
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Three vellum Qur'an leaves in maghribi script (surat Yusuf (XII), verses 56-65 and verses 65-68) North Africa or Andalusia, 13th/14th Century(2)
Sold for £1,200 inc. premium
A Qur'an section (Juz), including surat al-Qasas Mamluk, probably Egypt, 14th Century
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A Qur'an section (Juz), including surat al-Qasas Mamluk, probably Egypt, 14th Century
Sold for £1,680 inc. premium
A Qur'an section (Juz) written in gold muhaqqaq script Mamluk Syria or Egypt, 15th Century
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A Qur'an section (Juz) written in gold muhaqqaq script (surat al-Najm, al-Rahman, al-Waqi'ah and al-Hadid) Mamluk Syria or Egypt, 15th Century
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£3,000 - 5,000
US$ 4,500 - 7,500
€3,500 - 5,800
A group of nine Qur'an leaves (9)
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A group of nine Qur'an leaves: three large Qur'an leaves (surat al-Naml (XVI), verses 60-118) Persia, 14th Century(9)
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£1,000 - 1,500
US$ 1,500 - 2,300
€1,200 - 1,800
'Ali bin Khalifah al-Mutatabbib al-Salmasi, Durar-e Makhzan-e Kaykawusi or Dhakireh-ye Kaykawusi, 'The Pearls of the Treasury of Kaykawus' or 'Kaykawus's Treasure', commissioned for the library of Sultan Kaykawus II (reigned 1246-1257) Seljuk Anatolia, Konya, dated AH 649/AD 1251
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'Ali bin Khalifah al-Mutatabbib al-Salmasi, Durar-e Makhzan-e Kaykawusi or Dhakireh-ye Kaykawusi, 'The Pearls of the Treasury of Kaykawus' or 'Kaykawus's Treasure', commissioned for the library ...
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£25,000 - 35,000
US$ 38,000 - 53,000
€29,000 - 41,000
Three leaves from an illustrated manuscript of the Majma al-Tawarikh Persia, circa 1430(3)
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Three leaves from an illustrated manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of History), depicting Chinese princes, courtiers and two serpents with multiple human ...
Sold for £18,000 inc. premium
Four leaves from an illustrated manuscript of the Majma al-Tawarikh Persia, circa 1430(4)
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Four leaves with four miniatures from an illustrated manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of History), depicting the devil Shakymuni in disguise; the ...
Sold for £28,800 inc. premium
Four leaves from an illustrated manuscript of the Majma al-Tawarikh Persia, circa 1430(4)
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Four illustrated leaves with five miniatures depicting enthronement and audience scenes, from Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of History) Timurid Persia, Herat, circa 1425(4)
Sold for £45,600 inc. premium
Three Seljuk and two Ayyubid Qur'an leaves (5)
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A group of five Qur'an leaves: two large Qur'an leaves (surat Nuh (LXXI), verse 28, surat al-Jin (LXXII), verses 1-11, surat al-Ma'arij (LXX), verses 26-43) ...
Sold for £2,640 inc. premium
An illustrated Persian miniature?
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An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Persian poetry, in which a gardener is mistaken for an intruder Persia, circa 1600
Estimate:
£1,000 - 1,500
US$ 1,500 - 2,300
€1,200 - 1,800
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