A collection of Persian verses, Safavid Iran, late 17th-early 18th century Persian...

A collection of Persian verses,

Safavid Iran, late 17th-early 18th century

Persian manuscript on paper, 96ff., with two fly leaves, with 18ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in two columns to the page, diagonal text to margins, headers in red nasta'liq, some marginal notes, illuminated header to opening folio worn, final folio with some ink smudges, in later red morocco binding, with a later owner’s Persian label at rear, dated 1335 AH (1917 CE),

17.4 x 9.4cm.

Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of 'Abd al-Wahhab Khan, Nizam ul-Mulk (1848-1916) and thence by descent in the early 20th century to a private London collection