DU'A AL-SABAH, SIGNED AND DATED, MIR TAHIR, BEGINNING OF SHAWWAL 1297 AH/1880 AD

Du'a al-Sabah Hazrat Amir al-Muminin 'Ali. Arabic manuscript on paper, 10 leaves, with 6 lines of neat black naskh script arranged in cloud bands on a gold ground per page within larger border of cobalt, red and gold flowers, opening bifolio with polychrome and gold illumination, signed and dated on final folio giving the patron as Muhammad 'Ali Khan Kashani the Deputy (na'ib) of Sultan Murad Mirza Zill al-Sultan, in later red and green polychrome floral lacquer binding. Folio: 24.5 by 16.5 cm.