NUR AL-DIN `ABD AL-RAHMAN JAMI (D. AH 898/1492 AD): DIWAN

Lot 37
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 12 000
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Lot 37 | NUR AL-DIN 'ABD AL-RAHMAN JAMI (D. AH 898/1492 AD): DIWAN
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£ 12 000 – 18 000
NUR AL-DIN 'ABD AL-RAHMAN JAMI (D. AH 898/1492 AD): DIWAN
SIGNED SHAYKH MAHMUD, COPIED IN THE DAR AL-'ILM, QARA QOYUNLU BAGHDAD, DATED AH 867 / 1462-3 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 54ff. plus two flyleaves, each folio with 17ll. black nasta'liq arranged in two columns, section headings in the central panel, set within gold and blue rules, the margins plain, catchwords, the opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece with gold strapwork down the central axis, the closing folio with gold scrolling vines and split palmettes, the colophon signed and dated with place of copying, in later gilt soft leather binding, the doublures of dyed paper
Text panel 6 1/8 x 3 1/8in. (15.5 x 8cm.); folio 9 5/8 x 5 7/8in. (24.3 x 14.9cm.)




Provenance

Djafar Ghazi (d.2007), Munich, sold Christie's London, 06 October 2009, lot 75
sold Christie's London, 10 April 2014, lot 1
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