(Q19376)
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Mahdī Khān Astarābādī, active 1733-1759
مهدى خان استرابادى،
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Ferrão de Castelo Branco, Jean de Carvalho Martins, 1805-1849
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lacquered bindings (Binding)
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Codices (bound manuscripts)
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Manuscripts (documents)
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Extent: i, 169, i leaves : 230 x 140 (170 x 92) mm, bound to 175 x 147 mm; paper
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Manuscript codex.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Catalog entry in English and description of the manuscript in French in ink pasted onto last flyleaf recto; catalog entry in English, number 237, and bookplate for Le Ch. Ferrão de Castelbranco (inside front cover).
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Inscription in ink: "histoire de Nadir Chah beau manuscrit qui m'a été donné par le Roi du Perse en 1806" [signature illegible] (front flyleaf verso)
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Binding: Lacquered boards; plain black outside covers, red inside covers with painted central mandorla and two pendants on the vertical axis.
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Layout: 19 long lines; ruled with a misṭarah.
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Script: Written in nastaʻlīq shikastah in black ink; pointed; Arabic in naskh.
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Decoration: Texblock border-ruled in red, gold, dark blue; rubrications in red; page-opening frame-ruled in gold.
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Provenance: Formerly owned by Le Ch. Ferrão de Castelbranco with the address 70 Avenue des Champs-Elysées; probably Jean de Carvalho Martins Ferrão de Castelo Branco (1805-1849) (bookplate inside front cover).
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Provenance: Sold at an Anderson Auctions in 1910 (note in pencil, front flyleaf verso).
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Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (bookplate, back flyleaf verso).
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4 December 2023
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4 December 2023
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