MIRZA MUHAMMAD MAHDI KHAN ASTARABADI (D. 1760 AD): A HISTORY OF NADIR SHAH ( DURRAH NADIRA )
QAJAR IRAN, DATED 14 RABI' II AH 1311/5 NOVEMBER 1893 AD
MIRZA MUHAMMAD MAHDI KHAN ASTARABADI (D. 1760 AD): A HISTORY OF NADIR SHAH ( DURRAH NADIRA ) QAJAR IRAN, DATED 14 RABI' II AH 1311/5 NOVEMBER 1893 AD Persian manuscript on paper, 189ff. plus 6 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black nasta'liq script, some phrases in naskh script, titles in red, text within polychrome rules, catchwords, opening folio with illuminated headpiece, colophon signed Amir Aslan Yuri, with H. Kevorkian Collection labels (666/1265) and hand written notes, in plain brown morocco binding; together with an unbound manuscript in Arabic, probably also a history of Nadir Shah, 108ff., each with 17ll. of black nasta'liq script, sentences overlined in red, titles in red, possibly signed Mirza sayyid Ja'far Abu al-Qasim al-Isfahani dated AH 1250, with H. Kevorkian Collection label (1276) Folio 10 x 6 ¼in. (25.4 x 16cm.); and 11 ¾ x 8in. (30 x 20.4cm.)
MIRZA MUHAMMAD MAHDI KHAN ASTARABADI (D. 1760 AD): A HISTORY OF NADIR SHAH ( DURRAH NADIRA )
QAJAR IRAN, DATED 14 RABI' II AH 1311/5 NOVEMBER 1893 AD
MIRZA MUHAMMAD MAHDI KHAN ASTARABADI (D. 1760 AD): A HISTORY OF NADIR SHAH ( DURRAH NADIRA ) QAJAR IRAN, DATED 14 RABI' II AH 1311/5 NOVEMBER 1893 AD Persian manuscript on paper, 189ff. plus 6 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black nasta'liq script, some phrases in naskh script, titles in red, text within polychrome rules, catchwords, opening folio with illuminated headpiece, colophon signed Amir Aslan Yuri, with H. Kevorkian Collection labels (666/1265) and hand written notes, in plain brown morocco binding; together with an unbound manuscript in Arabic, probably also a history of Nadir Shah, 108ff., each with 17ll. of black nasta'liq script, sentences overlined in red, titles in red, possibly signed Mirza sayyid Ja'far Abu al-Qasim al-Isfahani dated AH 1250, with H. Kevorkian Collection label (1276) Folio 10 x 6 ¼in. (25.4 x 16cm.); and 11 ¾ x 8in. (30 x 20.4cm.)
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