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Najm-ad-Din Baha' as-Sharaf Abu'l-Hasan Muhammad bin al-Hasan bin Ahmad bin 'Ali bin Muhammad bin 'Umar bin Yahya al-'Alawi al-Husaini, Sayings of the Prophet (Hadith) and prayers
Late Safavid Persia, 18th Century
(6)

23 April 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Najm-ad-Din Baha' as-Sharaf Abu'l-Hasan Muhammad bin al-Hasan bin Ahmad bin 'Ali bin Muhammad bin 'Umar bin Yahya al-'Alawi al-Husaini, Sayings of the Prophet (Hadith) and prayers
Late Safavid Persia, 18th Century

Persian manuscript on paper, 231 leaves, 9 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script in black ink, double interlinear rules in gold with interlinear Persian translation written in small nasta'liq script in red, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, catchwords, headings written in thuluth script in white on gold rectangular panels, one illuminated headpiece in colours and gold, outer borders of folios 1b-2a richly decorated with intertwining floral and vegetal motifs in colours and gold, slight waterstaining, split in inner margin, incomplete at end, folio 1b smudged, light brown morocco with patterned cotton covers; and five other Persian manuscripts, 17th-19th Century, including a manuscript of poetry, copied by Muhammad Sali al-Mussami, dated AH 1046/AD 1636
205 x 119 mm.(6)

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