MIRZA MUHAMMAD RAFI` BAZIL (D. 1713-4): HAMLA-I HAYDARI

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Lot 99 | MIRZA MUHAMMAD RAFI' BAZIL (D. 1713-4): HAMLA-I HAYDARI
MIRZA MUHAMMAD RAFI' BAZIL (D. 1713-4): HAMLA-I HAYDARI

PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, NORTH INDIA, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

A versified account of the life of the Prophet, Persian manuscript on paper, 434ff. plus four fly-leaves, each with 15ll. of black nasta'liq in three columns, section headings in red nasta'liq occasionally reserved against silver, within gold rules and a border of diagonal script, catchwords, the opening bifolium with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece and 15ll. of black nasta'liq reserved in clouds against a gold ground, margins with gold floral illumination, 35 half-page illustrations, the flyleaf with later library stamps, in gilt tooled red leather binding, the doublures marbled, in a presentation box

Text panel 8 7/8 x 5 3/8in. (22.6 x 13.7cm.); folio 11 1/2 x 7 1/3in. (29.4 x 18.5cm.)





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