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Islamic and Indian Art

Session: Islamic and Indian Art

London, Knightsbridge
19 Jan 2011, session starting at 13:00 GMT
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Two wooden brackets Tamil Nadu (2)
Sold for £4,560 inc. premium
A pair of fine wood Doorway Brackets Tamil Nadu, probably Chettinad, circa 18th Century(2)
A Nishapur figural buffware pottery Bowl depicting a Warrior Persia, 10th Century
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A Nishapur figural buffware pottery Bowl depicting a Warrior Persia, 10th Century
An ivory-inlaid horn Powder Flask India, 18th Century
Sold for £3,600 inc. premium
An ivory-inlaid horn Powder Flask probably Gujerat or Sindh, 18th Century
An Ottoman embroidered silk Panel Turkey, 18th Century
Sold for £3,600 inc. premium
An Ottoman embroidered silk Panel Turkey, 18th Century

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A large Ilkhanid Qur'an leaf with four sura headings Persia, 14th Century
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A large Ilkhanid Qur'an leaf with four sura headings Persia, 14th Century
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A Qur'an leaf Mamluk, probably Egypt, 14th Century(5)
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A Qur'an leaf Mamluk, probably Egypt, 14th Century(5)
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Two large Qur'an leaves Mamluk, Egypt or Syria, 14th/15th Century(3)
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Two large Qur'an leaves Mamluk, Egypt or Syria, 14th/15th Century(3)
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£800 - 1,200
€950 - 1,400
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
Muzaffar al-Din Ahmad bin 'Ali bin Tha'lab bin al-Sa'ati (d. AH 696/AH 1296), Majma' al-Bahrain wa multaqa al-naiyirain, a compendium on Hanafi jurisprudence, copied by Mahmud bin [...] bin Hasan bin Husain probably Anatolia, AH 777/AD 1375-76
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Muzaffar al-Din Ahmad bin 'Ali bin Tha'lab bin al-Sa'ati (d. AH 696/AH 1296), Majma' al-Bahrain wa multaqa al-naiyirain, a compendium on Hanafi jurisprudence, copied by ...
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£800 - 1,200
€950 - 1,400
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
Nine leaves from a Qur'an Persia, probably Shiraz, late 16th Century
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Nine leaves from a Qur'an Persia, probably Shiraz, late 16th Century
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Two scenes depicting cavalry Bokhara, (2)
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Two scenes depicting rulers with cavalry detachments riding through mountainous country Bokhara, late 16th Century(2)
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Persian School,16th/17th century
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Rustam in combat with another warrior Persia, third quarter of the 17th Century(5)
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A Safavid provincial miniature Iran, circa 1600
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An illustrated leaf depicting a couple seated in a chamber with three attendants, one holding a dagger Persia, 16th Century
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£600 - 800
€710 - 950
US$ 910 - 1,200
A manuscript on medicine dated AH 984
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Ikhtiyarat-i Badi', a herbal treatise Persia, dated AH 981/AD 1573-74
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£600 - 800
€710 - 950
US$ 910 - 1,200
Four manuscripts Persia, 17th Century(4)
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Abu Ja'far Muhammad Taqi Astarabadi, Sharh-i Fusus Abu Nasr Faryabi, copied by Ami Beg Mashhadi, written in the shrine of Imam Reza at Mashhad Persia, ...
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£800 - 1,200
€950 - 1,400
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
A collection of treatises, mainly on Hadith, Arabic language and grammar, and philosophy two treatises written in Isfahan, one dated AH 1009/AD 1600-01 and later(3)
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A collection of treatises, mainly on Hadith, Arabic language and grammar, and philosophy two treatises written in Isfahan, one dated AH 1009/AD 1600-01 and later(3)
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Jami, Yusuf va Zulaykha, Persian poetry, copied by Khawajah Mir MANIJEH Persia,...20early 16th Century
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Jami, Yusuf va Zulaykha, Persian poetry, copied by Khawajah Mir (unrecorded) Persia, early 16th Century
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£600 - 800
€710 - 950
US$ 910 - 1,200
Nizami, incomplete India, dated AH 1048
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Nizami, Khamsa (Haft Paykar preceding Khusrau u Shirin), copied by Baha' ad-Din bin 'Ali Rizai, shol [tribe] of Baha' ad-Din Isfahan, dated between Jumada II ...
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Hafiz, Divan MANIJEH: INSCRIPTION AT BEGINNING probably Mughal India, late 16th/early 17th Century
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Hafiz, Divan probably Mughal India, late 16th/early 17th Century
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£600 - 800
€710 - 950
US$ 910 - 1,200
A group of Christian manuscript leaves in Arabic
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A group of Christian manuscript leaves in Arabic
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£500 - 700
€590 - 830
US$ 760 - 1,100
A treatise on Arabic grammar, Sharh Miftah Ottoman Anatolia, probably Kaysari, dated AH 844/AD 1440-41(5)
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A treatise on Arabic grammar, Sharh Miftah Ottoman Anatolia, probably Kaysari, dated AH 844/AD 1440-41(5)
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£300 - 500
€360 - 590
US$ 460 - 760
Muhammad bin Abi Bakr bin Abdul-Qadir al-Razi, Mukhtar al-Sahhah, an abridgement of Jauhari's al-Sahhah, a treatise on Arabic language and grammar Ottoman Turkey, late 15th/16th Century
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Muhammad bin Abi Bakr bin Abdul-Qadir al-Razi, Mukhtar al-Sahhah, an abridgement of Javhari's al-Sahhah, a treatise on Arabic language and grammar Ottoman Turkey, late 15th/16th ...
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£400 - 600
€470 - 710
US$ 610 - 910
Ibn Malik, Al-Wafiyah 'ala Sharh al-Kafiyah, treatise on Arabic grammar, copied by Safar Effendi bin 'Ali Ottoman Anatolia, 16th Century(3)
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Ibn Malik, Al-Wafiyah 'ala Sharh al-Kafiyah, treatise on Arabic grammar, copied by Safar Effendi bin 'Ali Ottoman Anatolia, 16th Century(3)
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A treatise on geography, based on the works of Tusi, Ptolemy, Balkhi, Mas'udi, Ibn al-Athir and al-Marrakishi, copied by Shuja' bin Mirshah Ottoman, dated between AH 994 and 1001/AD 1585-1592
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A treatise on geography, based on the works of Tusi, Ptolemy, Balkhi, Mas'udi, Ibn al-Athir and al-Marrakishi, copied by Shuja' bin Mirshah Ottoman, dated between ...
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Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim al-Halabi, Multaqa al-Abhur, a treatise on jurisprudence, copied by Ahmad bin Khalil Ottoman Turkey, written at Edirne, dated AH 1092/AD 1681-82
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Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim al-Halabi, Multaqa al-Abhur, a treatise on jurisprudence, copied by Ahmad bin Khalil Ottoman Turkey, written at Edirne, dated AH 1092/AD ...
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£600 - 800
€710 - 950
US$ 910 - 1,200
Matali' al-Anzar fi Sharh al-Anwar, commentary, copied by Muhammad bin Ahmad Faqih bin Muhammad bin Shaykh Isma'il Ottoman, 17th Century(3)
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Matali' al-Anzar fi Sharh al-Anwar, commentary, copied by Muhammad bin Ahmad Faqih bin Muhammad bin Shaykh Isma'il Ottoman, 17th Century(3)
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£400 - 600
€470 - 710
US$ 610 - 910
A treatise on Shari'a, Islamic law, copied by Ahmad bin Ishaq Ottoman Anatolia, dated AH 1076/AD 1665-66(4)
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A treatise on Shari'a, Islamic law, copied by Ahmad bin Ishaq Ottoman Anatolia, dated AH 1076/AD 1665-66(4)
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An Arabic manuscript on astronomy; and another Arabic manuscript (2)
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Al-Razi, Sharh Shamsiyyah and Hashiyyat Sharh as-Shamsiyyah, treatise on logic, two works in one volume, copied by Mahmud bin Ibrahim Daghestan, dated AH 1121/AD 1709-10(2)
Sold for £216 inc. premium
Muhammad Mahdi Al-Fasi, Matali' al-masarrat bi-jala' Dala'il al-Khayrat, a commentary on Al-Jazuli's collection of prayers North Africa, dated 15th Rabi' al-Awwal 1124/22nd April 1712
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Muhammad Mahdi Al-Fasi, Matali' al-masarrat bi-jala' Dala'il al-Khayrat, a commentary on Al-Jazuli's collection of prayers North Africa, dated 15th Rabi' al-Awwal 1124/22nd April 1712
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£700 - 900
€830 - 1,100
US$ 1,100 - 1,400
Nabi's Khayrabad and Jami's Absal and Salaman, two works in one volume, the second copied by 'Umar bin 'Ali at a fortress in Belgrade Ottoman, dated AH 1117/AD 1705-06 and AH 990/AD 1582-83 respectively(4)
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Nabi's Khayrabad and Jami's Absal and Salaman, two works in one volume, the second copied by 'Umar bin 'Ali at a fortress in Belgrade Ottoman, ...
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A manuscript invitation to the wedding of the son of the Nawab of Oudh MANIJEH Oudh, 1802
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An illuminated invitation from the Nawab of Oudh to the to the wedding of his son, Mirza Kazim Ali Khan Bahadur Lucknow, dated 1802
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£600 - 800
€710 - 950
US$ 910 - 1,200
A Persian manuscript (flower); an album of calligraphy in safinah form; a Persian manuscript in floral binding (3)
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Hafiz, Divan, Persian poetry North India, 19th Century(3)
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A large Qur'an India, 19th Century
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A large Qur'an India, 19th Century
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£1,000 - 1,500
€1,200 - 1,800
US$ 1,500 - 2,300
A manuscript dated 100[?]; and an incomplete Qur'an in bihari script (2)
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A Qur'an written in bihari script India, 16th-19th Century(2)
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Prayers in Persian and Arabic North India or Afghanistan, 19th Century
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Prayers in Persian and Arabic North India or Afghanistan, 19th Century
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£300 - 500
€360 - 590
US$ 460 - 760
Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Suleyman al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat, with two diagrams of the holy shrines of Mecca and Medina India, 19th Century
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Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Suleyman al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat, with two diagrams of the holy shrines of Mecca and Medina India, 19th Century
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£200 - 300
€240 - 360
US$ 300 - 460
An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting two rulers embracing in friendship Kashmir, 19th Century
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An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting two rulers embracing in friendship Kashmir, 19th Century
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A folio with two couplets of Persian poetry copied by Muhammad Muzaffar al-Din probably Northern India, circa 1850
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A folio with two couplets of Persian poetry copied by Muhammad Muzaffar al-Din probably Northern India, circa 1850
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£600 - 800
€710 - 950
US$ 910 - 1,200
A Qajar manuscript Nizami Khamsa
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Nizami, Khamsa, Persian poetry, illustrated with 28 miniatures Qajar Persia, 19th Century
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Nine items of Calligraphy
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Twelve album pages of naskhi, nasta'liq and shikasteh calligraphy Persia, dated (earliest) AH 1109/AD 1697-98 to AH 1300/AD 1882-83 (latest)(9)
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An incomplete Safavid Qur'an Persia, 18th Century
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Fragments from two manuscripts of the Qur'an, with thirty-four illuminated sura headings Persia, circa AH 1155/AD 1743
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£2,000 - 3,000
€2,400 - 3,600
US$ 3,000 - 4,600
A Shi'a prayer book; and a Qajar manuscript in safinah form (2)
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A prayer book including sura X, Yunus, the physical attributes of the Prophet Muhammad, and prayers according to the times of the day and days ...
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£800 - 1,200
€950 - 1,400
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
Kitab Zulman; Kitab ul-Maq, Qajar (2)
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Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi, Zad al-Ma'ad, prayers, copied by Ibn Muhammad Husain al-Katib Muhammad Ja'far Persia, late 18th/19th Century(2)
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An illuminated book of prayers and sayings of the Prophet (Hadith) Qajar Persia, first half of the 19th Century
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An illuminated book of prayers and sayings of the Prophet (Hadith) Qajar Persia, first half of the 19th Century
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A scroll; a leaf of poetry in a binding (2)
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A Qur'an written in ghubari script in scroll form Persia, dated AH 1244/AD 1828-29, and 20th Century(2)
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Five Qajar official documents Persia, 19th Century(5)
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Five Qajar official documents, including two marriage certificates Persia, 19th Century(5)
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£1,000 - 1,500
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US$ 1,500 - 2,300
Three scrolls with calligraphic inscriptions Persia, 19th Century(3)
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Three scrolls with calligraphic inscriptions Persia, 19th Century(3)
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A recipe book commissioned by Majd al-Sultaneh MANIJEH Qajar Persia, circa 1900
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An unusual recipe book commissioned by Majd al-Sultaneh Qajar Persia, circa 1900
Sold for £1,320 inc. premium
A prince standing by a tree Persia, 20th Century
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A prince and attendants in a landscape Iran, circa 1920s
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£500 - 700
€590 - 830
US$ 760 - 1,100
An elderly man with two ladies, one playing the harp Persia, 20th Century
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A sage seated between a youth holding a wine flask and a musician playing the harp in a landscape with a cascading stream in the ...
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£500 - 700
€590 - 830
US$ 760 - 1,100
A large oil painting of Mohammad Shah
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A large oil painting of Mohammad Shah
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A calligraphic composition by Muhammad Riza Rahimi Iran, 1965
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A calligraphic composition by Muhammad Riza Rahimi Iran, dated SH 1380/AD 2001
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£800 - 1,200
€950 - 1,400
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
A portrait of a seated dervish
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A portrait of a seated dervish
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dble page of Islamic calligraphy
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Two large Qur'an folios (sura II, al-Baqarah, The Heifer, verses 26-45) probably Ottoman, late 19th Century
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£400 - 600
€470 - 710
US$ 610 - 910
Prayers, including the 90 Names of God Ottoman Turkey, 19th Century
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Prayers, including the 90 Names of God Ottoman Turkey, 19th Century(2)
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