Arts of the Islamic World and India, including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World and India, including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Amir Shahi (d.1453 AD), Diwan, copied by 'Ali al-Husayni, Persia, Safavid, first half 16th century
Auction Closed
April 26, 01:36 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Persian manuscript on polychrome paper, 32 leaves, plus 3 fly-leaves, 12 lines to the page written in nasta'liq in black ink, f.1b with a gold and polychrome headpiece, f.1a with contemporaneous miniature painting, in gilt-stamped leather binding
text panel: 13.2 by 6.6cm.
leaf 19.6 by 11cm.
Although the biography of our scribe is not recorded, he is likely to be the same scribe who copied a manuscript of the Halnameh of 'Arifi dated 934 AH/1527-28 AD in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin (Minovi, Robinson, Wilkinson and Blochet 1960, no.194). Two further manuscript bearing the name of the scribe are in the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul (Karatay 1961, cats.66 and 388).