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Persian Religious Manuscript Gifted on Behalf of Judge Qazi Mohammad Persian Religious Manuscript Gifted on Behalf of Judge Qazi Mohammad Persian Religious Manuscript Gifted on Behalf of Judge Qazi Mohammad Persian Religious Manuscript Gifted on Behalf of Judge Qazi Mohammad Persian Religious Manuscript Gifted on Behalf of Judge Qazi Mohammad Persian Religious Manuscript Gifted on Behalf of Judge Qazi Mohammad Persian Religious Manuscript Gifted on Behalf of Judge Qazi Mohammad Persian Religious Manuscript Gifted on Behalf of Judge Qazi Mohammad Persian Religious Manuscript Gifted on Behalf of Judge Qazi Mohammad
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LOT 0327

Persian Religious Manuscript Gifted on Behalf of Judge Qazi Mohammad

17TH CENTURY A.D.

9 1/4 x 6 7/8 in. (821 grams, 23.4 x 17.5 cm).

Bound paper manuscript with text in Farsi script, the pages with applied stiff paper edges and binding; mainly set out in three blue-ink ruled columns with text in black ink and headings in red, or as a larger block spanning all three columns with text in a more expansive hand; some marginal notations, numerals, etc.; library binding with olive-green leather covers, decorative tooling and stamped arabesque ornament picked out in red-brown, red spine; the text with inter alia references to Moses, Mount Sinai, Mullana Rummy and Abu Ali Sina; some pages stamped with the matrix of the person who donated this manuscript to a religious centre. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private Norfolk collection, early 2000s.

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LOT 0327

Persian Religious Manuscript Gifted on Behalf of Judge Qazi Mohammad

Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

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