AMIR KHUSRAW DIHLAVI (d. AH 725/1324-5 AD): KHAMSA, SIGNED ‘ABDULLAH KATIB ISFAHANI, QARA QOYUNLU ISFAHAN, IRAN, DATED 17 SAFAR AH 868/ 31 OCTOBER 1463 AD

AMIR KHUSRAW DIHLAVI (d. AH 725/1324-5 AD): KHAMSA
SIGNED ‘ABDULLAH KATIB ISFAHANI, QARA QOYUNLU ISFAHAN, IRAN, DATED 17 SAFAR AH 868/ 31 OCTOBER 1463 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on cream burnished paper, 163ff. plus four flyleaves, 25ll. of elegant black nasta'liq arranged in four columns with double gold divisions, titles in gold naskh, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, catchwords, three finely illuminated chapter headings, colophon signed and dated, in 19th century European cream vellum with gold tooling
Text panel 8 3/8 x 5 3/8in. (21 x 13.6cm.); folio 13 1/8 x 8 ¾in. (33.4 x 22cm.)

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Pre-Lot Text
A RECENTLY RE-DISCOVERED MANUSCRIPT MADE FOR THE GREAT QARA QOYUNLU BIBLIOPHILE PRINCE PIR BUDAQ
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