ID 1033164
Lot 83 | MUHAMMAD BAQIR AL-MAJLISI (D. 1698): ZAD AL-MA'AD
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
COMPLETED BY IBN MUHAMMAD ZAKI, KNOWN AS ABU'L-HASAN, QAJAR IRAN, DATED 4 RAJAB AH 1232/20 MAY 1817 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 263ff. each with 24ll. of black naskh of 12ll. with interlinear Persian translation in red nasta'liq, key words picked out in red, within blue and gold rules, catchwords, the opening bifolio with dense gold and polychrome illuminated margins and headpiece, the colophon signed and dated, in contemporaneous lacquer binding, the doublures red lacquer, paper pasted over final doublure
Text panel 5 ¾ x 3 ¼in. (14.8 x 8.2cm.); folio 7 7/8 x 5in. (20.2 x 12.8cm.)
| Historical era: | Qajar dynasty |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Historical era: | Qajar dynasty |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
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