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Works on Paper from the Islamic and Near Eastern Worlds
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12 Jun 2020 14:00 BST
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![Majmia' al-Munafia... (medical treatise), manuscript on paper [Near East, c.1130 AH (1717 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/b16ecb06-a8fb-429c-96b6-abca00ae378b.jpg?h=175)
![A devotional treatise on Prophet Muhammad, manuscript on paper [Turkey, probably 18th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/d2d3488b-cdb1-4926-b8b7-abca00ae3c79.jpg?h=175)
![Section of a Caucasian Qur'an, manuscript on paper [likely Daghistan, dated 1153 AH (1740 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/266160d6-61d5-4611-a528-abca00ae43db.jpg?h=175)
![Leaves from a Muraqqa, manuscripts on paper [Ottoman and Persian Empires, 14-17th centuries]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/31eabc0d-1f71-4f88-b6b2-abca00ae4b5e.jpg?h=175)
![Tafsir al-Jalayan (Tafsir of the two Jalals), imanuscript on paper [Ottoman Levant, c. 1780]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/ec4975c9-b36f-43e9-a844-abca00ae528d.jpg?h=175)
![Ma'rifetnama (an Encyclopedic Compendium), manuscript on paper [Ottoman Turkey, 19th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/f572fcb5-bf0e-49cb-bee5-abca00ae55a0.jpg?h=175)
![Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat, manuscript on pink paper [Near East, late 18th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/b8a94393-2d59-4957-9496-abca00ae653a.jpg?h=175)
![Astronomical treatise, manuscript on blue paper [probably Ottoman, dated 1231 AH (1816 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/3f692ab1-c2de-4b38-a203-abca00ae6b06.jpg?h=175)
![Divan'e Shams'e Tabrizi, manuscript on paper [Ottoman provinces, dated 1248 AH (1832-33 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/57cf2955-cf1e-4fc9-9e92-abca00ae7591.jpg?h=175)
![Panel from a Muraqqa, manuscript on green paper [Turkey, dated 1277 AH (1859-60 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/68ecf852-42a7-4384-9549-abca00ae7d63.jpg?h=175)
![Six calligraphic panels, manuscripts on paper [Turkey, dated 1283-1284 AH (1866-67 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/d70e481a-a60e-470d-a42a-abca00ae8178.jpg?h=175)
![Leaf from Kufic Qur'an, manuscript on parchment [Near East, probably 9th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/14f52907-9127-4b9a-b1f5-abca00ae882f.jpg?h=175)
![Two leaves from Eastern Kufic Qur'an, manuscript on paper [Seljuk Persia, first half 12th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/db314145-da00-4f16-8c7b-abca00ae8b80.jpg?h=175)
![Section from Abbasid Qur'an, manuscript on paper [Mesopotamia, 13th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/5846d39e-fc9c-4256-a8bc-abca00ae8f11.jpg?h=175)
![Six Qur'anic plaques, cut-steel with silver overlay [Eastern Ilkhanate provinces, c. 1380]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/27b022bc-f36d-44e1-a333-abca00ae98cd.jpg?h=175)
![Single elegant plaque, cut-steel with silver overlay [Eastern Ilkhanate provinces, c. 1380]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/6911e1d4-5050-46e3-a388-abca00aea337.jpg?h=175)
![Prayerbook dedicated to Sultan bin Timur Lang, manuscript on paper [Timurid Persia, c. 1430]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/779767a0-72e0-4ceb-a54b-abca00aea664.jpg?h=175)
![Rostam with his Courtiers, miniature on paper [Timurid Persia, c. 1400]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/50b0fc7c-b71b-4422-bf42-abca00aeafa0.jpg?h=175)
![Rostam in conversation with a Prince, miniature on paper [Timurid Persia, c. 1400]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/0cc00249-6ee2-4e4a-acf0-abca00aeb373.jpg?h=175)
![Rostam fighting the White Demon, reverse with second miniature, on paper [Timurid Persia,c. 1400]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/703e6be1-9336-42ad-867b-abca00aeb71c.jpg?h=175)
![Rostam and Courtiers, miniature on paper, Turkmen School [Eastern Timurid regions, c. 1490]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/423333e0-d8ea-4f5b-b996-abca00aeb9c2.jpg?h=175)
![Timurid 'marriage' leaf with an illuminated miniature, on paper [Timurid Persia, c. 1500]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/785afcb6-a739-41ec-ada2-abca00aebd45.jpg?h=175)
![Portrait of a courtier, miniature on polished paper [Safavid Persia, late 16th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/20fe3592-6c70-42d6-b399-abca00aec5c3.jpg?h=175)
![Hafez Shirazi, Divan'e Hafez, in Farsi, manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia, c. 1530]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/7285f962-932b-4abb-8f53-abca00aec8f0.jpg?h=175)
![Leila and Majnun fainting, manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia, c. 1570]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/53191644-c2e1-4319-82c9-abca00aecef3.jpg?h=175)
![Folio from a Safavid Shahnameh, manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia, second half of 16th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/1b727b74-b411-44f6-97e3-abca00aed237.jpg?h=175)
![Jami, Divan (collected poems), manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia, dated 971 AH (1563 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/b6a8127d-6f6e-4d2a-99b7-abca00aed590.jpg?h=175)
![An enthroned Zal and Rudabeh, manuscript on polished paper [Safavid Persia, c. 1580]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/32a161e9-b509-41ff-8801-abca00aedeed.jpg?h=175)
![The Shah consulting a Mulla, manuscript on polished paper [Safavid Persia, c. 1580]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/e5d1b2e4-92bd-43d0-979c-abca00aee1cf.jpg?h=175)
![A seated Mulla, manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia, last decades of 16th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/9a670c6a-918c-4d0d-9352-abca00aee5a8.jpg?h=175)
![Nizami, section from the Khamsa, manuscript on paper [Persia or India, dated 1(0)52 AH (1642-3)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/978e3b03-4b2c-4d1f-ad92-abca00aee906.jpg?h=175)
![A Fine Safavid Binding, leather over pasteboards [Safavid Persia (possibly Shiraz) c. 1700]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/2c9e027a-5a33-4b7b-93a7-abca00aeef0d.jpg?h=175)
![Three leaves from the Gelpke Album, manuscripts on paper [Persia, 16-17th centuries]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/7006df2b-0a30-4b9f-9a09-abca00aef249.jpg?h=175)
![Calligraphic quatrain of poetic verse, manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia, c. 1680]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/88fe4bf7-315f-4409-a85a-abca00aefab5.jpg?h=175)
![Fine lacquered binding, two conjoined book-boards [Safavid Persia, dated 1197 AH (1983)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/c119749e-0034-420d-8a41-abca00aefe3a.jpg?h=175)
![Muhammad al-Amili, Tashrih al-Aflak, manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia, c. 1720]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/7efcb786-e56f-4c42-a615-abca00af03f3.jpg?h=175)
![An early Talismanic Chart, manuscript on paper [Qajar Persia, dated 1218 AH (1803 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/9b43bed8-9d0b-4c01-914c-abca00af13c5.jpg?h=175)
![Qajar Qur'an for Sultan Hasan Khan, manuscript on paper [Persia, dated 1221 AH (1806 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/3d86c039-844b-439a-a33f-abca00af1a05.jpg?h=175)
![Mulla Sadra, Hikmaat al-Mutalyaa ..., manuscript on paper [Persia, dated 1238 AH]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/e650601d-a4d5-4f2f-a44a-abca00af1f2e.jpg?h=175)
![A fine Qajar Prayerbook, manuscript on paper [Qajar Persia, probably c. 1840]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/3eda644d-d955-4b1b-a5e1-abca00af252e.jpg?h=175)
![Fine large Qajar lacquered board, for use as a binding, with text in Farsi [Qajar Persia, c. 1850]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/1b14114e-28b7-4f4c-b20f-abca00af2cd9.jpg?h=175)
![A pair of fine decorated boards, for use as binding [Ottoman or Turkish, mid-19th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/814f1758-be98-488a-b72c-abca00af32b3.jpg?h=175)
![Portrait of Amir Sher Ali Khan of Kabul, painting on paper [Eastern Afghan regions, c. 1860]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/3b1db110-cc8e-4906-8485-abca00af3885.jpg?h=175)
![Persian calligraphic panel, manuscript on paper [Qajar Persia, late 19th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/795b43aa-82fc-48ae-bb0d-abca00af3c65.jpg?h=175)
![Qajar painted wooden frame, with painting of Qasim Khan, on paper [Persia, 19th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/9e637f70-a0ff-44a3-b580-abca00af3f8f.jpg?h=175)
![Aref Muhammad Arzani, Hudud al-Amraz (a medical treatise), manuscript on paper [India, c. 1620]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/6aa92a05-848d-4bcf-9004-abca00af42d2.jpg?h=175)
![Kanz al-Daqaiq, manuscript on paper [Mughal India, late17th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/cb41b573-bcf7-47a1-a28e-abca00af48ac.jpg?h=175)
![Three full-page illustrations from Shahnameh, miniatures on paper [India (Deccan), c. 1700]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/5fb7e135-fb64-4281-875c-abca00af4fa5.jpg?h=175)
![Tanka Ragini Megh Malhar, miniature on card, Amber school [India (Mewar), early 18th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/6480569c-de38-44dc-a428-abca00af573a.jpg?h=175)
![Kanda Deepak Ragini, miniature on card, Amber school [India (Mewar), early 18th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/96bf5ffc-5cef-44a6-8f0b-abca00af5a35.jpg?h=175)
![Maulshree Ragini, miniature painting on card, Mewar School [India (Mewar), c. 1720]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/20114961-3495-45d7-9b43-abca00af5d61.jpg?h=175)
![Gujari Ragini, miniature on card, Amber school [India (Mewar), c. 1720]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/1a709d4a-b463-4670-ae89-abca00af6094.jpg?h=175)
![Muhammad Kazim, Alamgirnameh, manuscript on paper [India, dated 1125 AH (1713 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/d884ff1d-6b91-4291-8c0a-abca00af63f6.jpg?h=175)
![A scholar's Qur'an, manuscript on paper [India (possibly Kashmir), c. 1200 AH (1786 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/cf10042c-45c8-46d0-b71a-abca00af675c.jpg?h=175)
![Nezami Ganjavi, Eskandarnameh, manuscript on paper [India, dated 1203 AH (1789 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/82bafd0d-b7a9-4351-8635-abca00af6b9e.jpg?h=175)
![Dala'il al-Khayrat, manuscript on paper [India (possibly Kashmir), 19th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/270e8403-3344-4e1f-b223-abca00af72f4.jpg?h=175)
![Two large conjoined boards for use as a binding [Mughal India, early 19th century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10010/images/ce626be6-62c6-4d49-99a4-abca00af7a6d.jpg?h=175)
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