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A prayer book, Safavid Iran, 16 century and a printed collection of prayer printed in 1287 AH / 1870-71 AD (2) A Qur’an leaf in Bihari script, India, Sultanate, circa 16th century
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Book 1: A prayer book, Safavid Iran, 16 century: Arabic manuscript on paper, 7 lines to the page, the text written in black naskh divided into two Surah al-Qasas (XXVIII), middle v.85 to 88, Arabic manuscript on paper, 15 lines to the page, written in black Bihari script, the word Allah written in
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sections alternating with three lines of gold or blue thuluth, ruled in blue and gold, f.1b with a gold and polychrome heading, containing a prayer for red, with a round verse marker in blue, red and gold, verses separated by a gold rosettes, the heading of surah al-’Ankabut (XXIX) in gold within a
the Twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, the cartouche with the title of the prayer missing, in a floral lacquer binding with a leather spine, 25cm x polychrome cartouche, mounted, 52cm x 30cm (leaf) 36cm x 31cm (text panel), framed
10cm.
Book 2: A collection of prayers, printed in 1287 AH / 1870-71 AD: Arabic text on paper, including: Qur’an, surah Ya-Sin (36), surah al-Fath (48), surah and a calligraphic page copied by ‘Ali Qasim Iran, 18 century or later, Persian manuscript on paper, written in black nasta’liq within clouds against a
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al-Rahman (55), surah al-Waqi’ah (56), surah al-Mulk (67), surah Nuh (71), surah Muzzammil (73), surah al-Naba (78), surah al-Kahf (18) and other gold ground, laid on cardboard, 45cm x 31cm, framed (2)
prayers, printed in 1287 AH / 1870-71 AD, 12.5cm x 8cm.
Provenance:
Provenance: From the Mohamed Makiya Collection
A note in the doublure states that this prayer book was gifted by Ahmed Shah to R (?) Alory (lieutenant in the 8 Bengal Cavalry) in 1880, when the
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lieutenant was going from Multan to Afghanistan. The 8 Bengal Cavalry fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan war (1878-80), which ended in 1880 £300-500
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with the battle of Kandahar.
Provenance:
From the Mohamed Makiya Collection

£400-600

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