NUR AL-DIN 'ABD AL-RAHMAN JAMI (D.1492 AD), SUBHAT AL-ABRAR ('THE ROSARY OF THE DEVOUT'), COPIED BY MIR HUSAYN AL-HUSAYNI AL-HAJI, KNOWN AS MIR KULANGI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, 16TH CENTURY

NUR AL-DIN 'ABD AL-RAHMAN JAMI (D.1492 AD), SUBHAT AL-ABRAR ('THE ROSARY OF THE DEVOUT'), COPIED BY MIR HUSAYN AL-HUSAYNI AL-HAJI, KNOWN AS MIR KULANGI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, 16TH CENTURY

Persian manuscript on coloured paper, 88 leaves, 12 lines to the page, written in nasta’liq in black ink, text divided into two columns, ruled in green, red, blue and gold, headings in gold nasta’liq within clouds, against a hatched ground, f.1b with a gold and polychrome heading (‘unwar), ff.87a-88a with some lines written obliquely against a ground of polychrome floral scrolls, in fine brown gilt and stamped binding, with fine gilt doublures

21.8 by 13.5cm.

Condition Report:
The margins are clean, with minor restorations and some stains, occasionally some splits to the text panel due to the corrosion of the ink, some rubbing and stains, some losses to the illuminations, some seals impressions, as viewed.

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