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Divan-e Sultan, illuminated manuscript of Persian poetry, possibly by the Qajar Prince Sultan Muhammad Mirza Sayf al-Dawla, copied by Muhammad Ibn Murtaza al-Isfahani, Persia, dated A.H.1230/A.D.1815-16
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Divan-e Sultan, illuminated manuscript of Persian poetry, possibly by the Qajar Prince Sultan Muhammad Mirza Sayf al-Dawla, copied by Muhammad Ibn Murtaza al-Isfahani, Persia, dated A.H.1230/A.D.1815-16
80 leaves, 11 lines per page written in neat nasta'liq script in black ink on cream paper, double intercolumnar rules in gold, margins ruled in colours and gold, catchwords in wide margins, headings and significant words and lines in red nasta'liq, two headings decorated with large panels of fine illumination, 3 double pages of fine illumination in colours and gold, plain brown morocco binding
29 by 18.6 cm.
This would appear to be the poetry of Muhsin Mirza, grandson of Fath Ali Shah Qajar, whose pen-name was Sultan. His father was Abdallah Mirza, 11th son of Fath Ali Shah (Bambad, vol.5, p.189).
80 leaves, 11 lines per page written in neat nasta'liq script in black ink on cream paper, double intercolumnar rules in gold, margins ruled in colours and gold, catchwords in wide margins, headings and significant words and lines in red nasta'liq, two headings decorated with large panels of fine illumination, 3 double pages of fine illumination in colours and gold, plain brown morocco binding
29 by 18.6 cm.
This would appear to be the poetry of Muhsin Mirza, grandson of Fath Ali Shah Qajar, whose pen-name was Sultan. His father was Abdallah Mirza, 11th son of Fath Ali Shah (Bambad, vol.5, p.189).