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Lot 14
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Calligraphic Album, Illuminated Arabic Manuscript on Paper, Qajar, Persia, 19th Century

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5,000 - 8,000 GBP
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21 leaves, text in black ink in naskhi and thuluth in black ink, mostly against gold cloud bands, margins of red, beige, orange and blue, margins ruled in colours and gold, text of a religious nature including Qur'anic verses, hadith and prayers, all signed examples by the scribe Muhammad Hashim and dated from A.H.1185/A.D.1771 to A.H.1207/A.D.1792, unbound