Treaty Compilation

Persian manuscript compiling five treatises, of 261 leaves, calligraphed in cursive, titles and important information in red. It is the first work of a pious work on faith, dated the 8th day of Ramadan 1284H. (=3 January 1868); the second is the medical prescriptions of Ahmad Allah Khan, the third is part of the Faras-Nama (treatise on Hippology) illustrated with 93 miniatures painted in gouache, the last deals with magic formulas and talismans decorated with more than 80 diagrams.

Modern binding.

North India, Kashmir, circa 1830-1885.

23.3 x 14.5 cm



Four treatises on horses, magic, medicine and faith, Cashmere ?, c. 1830-1885

Persian manuscript on paper, 261ff, in black script ink, titles and catchwords in red, with more than 80 drawings and schemes, divided in 4 sections: a) A pious work on the subject of faith (iman) dated 8th Ramadan 1284 (3 January 1868); b) A book of prescriptions for illnesses by Ahmad Allah Khan; c) Part of a Faras-nama (Book of Hippology); d) a work on protective talismans.