MUHYI AL-DIN LARI (D. AH 933/1526-7 AD): KITAB FUTUH AL-HARAMAYN

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Lot 131 | MUHYI AL-DIN LARI (D. AH 933/1526-7 AD): KITAB FUTUH AL-HARAMAYN
MUHYI AL-DIN LARI (D. AH 933/1526-7 AD): KITAB FUTUH AL-HARAMAYN

SIGNED MIR HADI IBN MIR IBRAHIM, ABU QUBAYS, MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA, DATED AH 1003/1594-95 AD

A renowned guide to the historic, geographic and religious places in and around Mecca and Medina, Persian manuscript on paper, 46ff. plus three fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black nasta'liq in two columns, gold and black ruled borders, headings in red nasta'liq across two columns, illuminated opening headpiece, with 18 contemporaneous illustrations in gouache heightened with gold, including Masjid al-Haram and other holy places at Mecca and Medina, illustration on f.17r. dated AH 1007/1598-99 AD, colophon signed and dated AH 1003/1594-95 AD, stating the place of completion of the manuscript in Jibil Abu Qubays, in red blind-stamped Safavid binding, black paper doublures

Text panel 7 x 3 ¼in. (18 x 8.3cm.); folio 10 x 5 ¾in. (25.5 x 14.5cm.)





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