Lot 190•
A group of six manuscripts Persia, 14th-19th Century(6)
18 June 2013, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,250 inc. premium
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Persia, 14th-19th Century
Persia, 14th-19th Century
comprising: a commentary on the Qur'an, Arabic and Persian manuscript, 188 leaves, 6 lines to the page in cursive script in black ink with Persian interlinear translation, incomplete at beginning, stamped brown morocco, with flap, 260 x 190 mm.; a prayer book, Qajar Persia, Isfahan, dated AH 1290, commissioned for Saham al-Mulk Mirza Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, copied by Zayn al-'Abidin Isfahani 11 leaves, 7 lines to the page in naskhi script in black ink, interlinear translation in white, soft morocco, 200 x 135 mm., formerly in the H. Kevorkian collection; Majmu' Mu'min-zadeh, an anthology including works by the Imam 'Ali and Muhyi-ad-Din al-'Arabi and Jami, Persia, circa AH 1068/AD 1657-58, on coloured paper, 143 leaves, seal impression of Hassan Tahsin Effendi, gilt and stamped brown morocco, 240 x 140 mm.; another Qajar anthology, 60 leaves, soft brown morocco, 220 x 125 mm.; a Qajar collection of poems on coloured paper, signed by Ibrahim, 276 leaves, 11 lines to the page in nasta'liq script in black ink, stamped morocco, 135 x 95 mm.; and Jami, Baharistan, Persia, 18th Century, 58 leaves, 17 lines to the page in nasta'liq script in black ink, Qajar lacquer binding
203 x 145 mm.(6)
203 x 145 mm.(6)
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Provenance:
The collection of the late Djafar Ghazi.