THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts
THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts
MULLAH MUHAMMAD BAQIR IBN MUHAMMAD TAQI MAJLISI, KITAB ZAD AL-MA'AD ('PROVISIONS FOR THE HEREAFTER'), COPIED BY 'ABD AL-WAHAB, PERSIA, QAJAR, DATED 1250 AH/1834-35 AD
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MULLAH MUHAMMAD BAQIR IBN MUHAMMAD TAQI MAJLISI, KITAB ZAD AL-MA'AD ('PROVISIONS FOR THE HEREAFTER'), COPIED BY 'ABD AL-WAHAB, PERSIA, QAJAR, DATED 1250 AH/1834-35 AD
Arabic and Persian on paper, 256 leaves plus 3 fly-leaves, 18 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in black and gold, some pages with the Persian translation in red nasta’liq, titles in gold riqa’ outlined in black within a cartouche, in lacquer binding decorated with flowers
text panel: 15 by 8.5cm.
leaf: 20.1 by 13.5cm.
Sold in these rooms, 19 April 1983, lot 159.
N. Safwat, A Collector’s Eye. Islamic calligraphy in Qur’ans and other manuscripts, London 2010, no.55, pp.220-1.
Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi Majlisi was born in 1627 and was Shaykh al-Islam during the reign of Shah Sulayman Safavi (r.1666-94). The Zad al-ma’ad is a book of prayers and pious observances for ordinary and special days throughout the year.