MUHAMMAD BAQIR AL-MAJLISI (D. 1698): ZAD AL-MA`AD

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26.10.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 83 | MUHAMMAD BAQIR AL-MAJLISI (D. 1698): ZAD AL-MA'AD
MUHAMMAD BAQIR AL-MAJLISI (D. 1698): ZAD AL-MA'AD

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.)

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