SULTAN MUHAMMAD, KNOWN AS LA`LI (D. 1467): DIWAN

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27.10.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 129 | SULTAN MUHAMMAD, KNOWN AS LA'LI (D. 1467): DIWAN
SULTAN MUHAMMAD, KNOWN AS LA'LI (D. 1467): DIWAN

SIGNED MUHAMMAD MUHYI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 880/1475-76 AD

Persian manuscript on paper, 45ff. plus seven flyleaves, each folio with 13ll. of black nasta'liq arranged mostly in two columns within gold rules, headings in gold thuluth, the colophon dated in Ottoman siyaq numerals, signed and bearing the seal impression of Sultan Bayezid II, with later owners' inscriptions to flyleaves, in gilt tooled binding with flap, the doublures in red leather

Text panel 5 1/8 x 3 1/8in. (8.1 x 12.8cm.); folio 8 1/4 x 5 7/8in. (20.8 x 14.4cm.)





Provenance

Formerly in the Imperial library of Sultan Bayezid II (1447-1512)

From the library of the late Djafar Ghazi, Munich (d.2007)

Christie's London, 9 October 2009, lot 353

Private UK collection



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