A DIWAN
COPIED BY 'ALI MUHAMMAD SHIRAZI, QAJAR IRAN, DATED 25 RAJAB AH 1237/17 APRIL 1822 AD
A DIWAN COPIED BY 'ALI MUHAMMAD SHIRAZI, QAJAR IRAN, DATED 25 RAJAB AH 1237/17 APRIL 1822 AD Poetry, including the story of Hir and Ranjah of 'Azim al-Din, Persian manuscript on paper, 295ff. plus 5 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of elegant black nasta'liq in two columns within gold and red rules, headings in red nasta'liq on gold ground with polychrome floral illumination, five fully illuminated bifolium within the text within the elegant nast'aliq within white cloud reserved against gold ground, colophon signed and giving the name of the patron, in later European stamped and gilded binding with red velvet central panels Text panel 6¼ x 3in. (15.8 x 7.5cm.); folio 8 7/8 x 5 5/8in. (22.5 x 14.1cm.)
A DIWAN
COPIED BY 'ALI MUHAMMAD SHIRAZI, QAJAR IRAN, DATED 25 RAJAB AH 1237/17 APRIL 1822 AD
A DIWAN COPIED BY 'ALI MUHAMMAD SHIRAZI, QAJAR IRAN, DATED 25 RAJAB AH 1237/17 APRIL 1822 AD Poetry, including the story of Hir and Ranjah of 'Azim al-Din, Persian manuscript on paper, 295ff. plus 5 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of elegant black nasta'liq in two columns within gold and red rules, headings in red nasta'liq on gold ground with polychrome floral illumination, five fully illuminated bifolium within the text within the elegant nast'aliq within white cloud reserved against gold ground, colophon signed and giving the name of the patron, in later European stamped and gilded binding with red velvet central panels Text panel 6¼ x 3in. (15.8 x 7.5cm.); folio 8 7/8 x 5 5/8in. (22.5 x 14.1cm.)
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