HUSAYN JAMAL AL-DIN KASHIFI (1436-1504): TUHFAT AL-SALAWAT

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Lot 52 | HUSAYN JAMAL AL-DIN KASHIFI (1436-1504): TUHFAT AL-SALAWAT
HUSAYN JAMAL AL-DIN KASHIFI (1436-1504): TUHFAT AL-SALAWAT

TIMURID HERAT, DATED 28 RAMADAN AH 899/2 JULY 1494 AD

Autograph copy, Arabic manuscript on paper, 170ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 16ll. of black naskh, important words picked out in red, text within gold and blue rules, catchwords, occasional marginal annotation, opening folio with illuminated headpiece, the colophon signed and dated, with Timurid royal seals, in stamped brown leather binding, the doublures buff paper

Text panel 4 5/8 x 3in. (12.1 x 7.7cm); folio 7 x 5in. (17.8 x 12.5cm.)





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Anon sale, Sotheby's London, 26 April 1990, lot 192
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