Two works by Khwajah 'Abdullah Ansari (D....
Two works by Khwajah 'Abdullah Ansari (D. 481/1088 AD) signed Shah Qasim, Safavid Herat, dated Muharram, 1014AH/19 May 1605AD, Persian manuscript on marbled or gold sprinkled paper, 66ff. plus 8 fly-leaves, each folio with 10ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in a variety of formations of one and two columns with double gold intercolumnar rules, text panels outlined with gold and polychrome rules, folios laid down between wide multicoloured margins with bold illumination of floral and fauna, first
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Two works by Khwajah 'Abdullah Ansari (D. 481/1088 AD) signed Shah Qasim, Safavid Herat, dated Muharram, 1014AH/19 May 1605AD, Persian manuscript on marbled or gold sprinkled paper, 66ff. plus 8 fly-leaves, each folio with 10ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in a variety of formations of one and two columns with double gold intercolumnar rules, text panels outlined with gold and polychrome rules, folios laid down between wide multicoloured margins with bold illumination of floral and fauna, first