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Home > Auction >  Islamic and Indian Art >  Lot.37•R A fine prayer book, beginning with du'a' al-'alawi (The 'Alawi Prayer), and ending with dua' sayfi (The Sayfi Prayer), commissioned by, or in the library of Ihtisham al-Dawlah, governor and military commander Qajar Persia, circa AH 1253/AD 1837-38

LOT 37•R A fine prayer book, beginning with du'a' al-'alawi (The 'Alawi Prayer), and ending with dua' sayfi (The Sayfi Prayer), commissioned by, or in the library of Ihtisham al-Dawlah, governor and military commander Qajar Persia, circa AH 1253/AD 1837-38

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Arabic and Persian manuscript on cream and sky blue paper, 98 leaves, 7 lines to the page written in fine, bold naskhi script in black ink within cloudbands, interlinear undulating gold floral motifs, inner margins ruled in gold, red and blue, occasional headings written in naskhi script in red on a gold ground within illuminated panels, double-page illuminated frontispiece with outer margins profusely decorated with scrolling floral motifs in colours and gold, one further similar double page of illumination, fine contemporary lacquer binding with Arabic text in thuluth script within central medallions and border cartouches, written by Muhammad Husain al-Sharif, dated AH 1253/AD 1837-38, doublures of red leather gilt, buff leather slipcase with embossed ownership impressions 220 x 143 mm.

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