(Q19364)
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Vaqfnāmah-ʼi Shāh Sulṭān Ḥusayn Ṣafavī.
[وقفنامۀ شاه سلطان حسين صفوى]
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Ḥusayn I, Shah of Iran, 1668-1726
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Khātūnʹābādī, Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Ismāʻīl al-Ḥusaynī, active 1706
خاتونآبادى، محمد باقر بن اسماعيل الحسينى،
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Jaʻfar ʻAlī, active 1803
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Codices (bound manuscripts)
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Early works
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Manuscripts (documents)
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Endowments--Iran--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Persian--18th century
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Manuscripts, Oriental--18th century
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Extent: 37 leaves : 229 x 160 (160 x 95) mm bound to 234 x 175 mm; paper
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Ms. codex.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Four seals from the four witnesses at the lower left of each recto, except f. 20r.
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Three items, one in Persian and two in English, explaining what the book is, with some errors of interpretation, tipped in. The first item (f. 27-28), in Persian, is signed Nadhīr al-Dīn Ḥasan and states that he was asked to identify the manuscript by Mr. George Sanders after the manuscript was brought to India by a certain Jaʻfar ʻAlī who presented it to Markham Ṣāḥib Bahādur (a title) after...
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Two catalog entries inserted.
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Binding: Bound in red leather with gilt-stamped frame and interior edges; doublure of marbled paper; brass clasp; gilded edges.
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Layout: 5 long lines.
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Script: Written in thuluth in black and gold ink; pointed, partially vocalized.
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Decoration: Rubrications in gold. Textblock border-ruled in gold, blue, purple, green, and gold with thin gold rules between each line of text.
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Provenance: Sold at the James Park sale (Part II) Anderson Auction Company (New York), 15 March 1910, lot 551 (catalog entry pasted onto inside back cover).
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Provenance: Sold at the Baker-Kennedy-Doyle and Other Collections sale (Third Session) American Art Association (New York), 31 January 1923, lot 436 for $96 (catalog entry tipped in between f. 35 and 36; another copy pasted onto first flyleaf verso).
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Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
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4 December 2023
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4 December 2023
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