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TEN LITERARY WORKS
IRAN AND TURKEY AND OTTOMAN PROVINCES, 16TH-19TH CENTURY
TEN LITERARY WORKS IRAN AND TURKEY AND OTTOMAN PROVINCES, 16TH-19TH CENTURY Comprising a 16th century Ottoman copy of Abu al-'Ala al-Ma'arri's (d. 1057 AD) saqt al-zand , a collection of poems, 108ff., incomplete at end, with later added notes including one dated AH 973, in marbled paper covered binding; a fine illustrated diwan , 146ff., in shikasteh script, including illustrations of amorous embraces, with illuminated opening bifolio, colophon with date of AH 1124, in original stamped morocco binding, with Iranian export stamp; a 17th century diwan with later added illustrations, in nasta'liq script, with Iranian export stamp, without binding; a small Qajar illustrated manuscript by Mirza 'Ali Muhammad, 64ff., dated AH 1253, in Qajar floral lacquer binding; an 18th or 19th century compilation of treatises ( rasa'il ), including one by Al-Dayani, in marbled paper covered binding; a Persian manual on Astronomy including works by Nasir al-Din Tusi, Abu al-Ma'shar, Ya'qub bin Ishaq and other authors, 391ff., on coloured paper, one diagram on opening folio, in plain morocco binding; a manual on fiqh , al-Karaki's Irshad al-Adhan , 208ff., dated AH 972, copious marginal notes, colophon dated, Iranian export stamps, with H. Kevorkian's hand written notes, in Ottoman stamped binding; a 16th century Ottoman manual on history, a Turkish translation by al-Qadi al-Baydawi, with illuminated headpiece, added notes, in plain brown morocco binding; a 19th century Ottoman manual on language, 22ff., with copious marginal notes, in purple paper binding; a 16th century Safavid diwan in nasta'liq script, 134ff., heavily damaged, with remains of opening illumination, in marbled paper covered binding