Mirza Rafi', known as Badhil Mashhadi (d. 1711), and Azad Kashmiri (d. 1721), Hamlah-i Haydari, a verse account of the life of the Imam 'Ali, with nine illustrations, North India, probably Kashmir, late 18th/19th Century

Mirza Rafi', known as Badhil Mashhadi (d. 1711), and Azad Kashmiri (d. 1721), Hamlah-i Haydari, a verse account of the life of the Imam 'Ali, with nine illustrations
North India, probably Kashmir, late 18th/19th Century
Persian manuscript on paper, 435 leaves, 19 lines to the page written in four columns of nasta'liq script in black ink, inner margins ruled in green, blue and black, headings in nasta'liq script in red ink, one illuminated double-page frontispiece in colours and gold, one illuminated headpiece at the start of the second section (Azad's text), nine illustrations in gouache and gold, all within the first book (of Badhil), contemporary Kashmiri painted papier-mache binding, doublures with an attractive stylised spray of flowers issuing from a vase, spine rebacked
295 x 200 mm.