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Ibn Haji Khalil Muhammad Taqi

A beautiful small-volume commentary on Shi'ite practices, copied in the village of Sanjan Marreh, located on the outskirts of Isfahan, during the Safavid period (when Isfahan was the capital state of the Persian Empire). The manuscript is dated 17 Muharram 1185 AH (1771 AD) and signed Hajji Khalil Muhammad Taqi.

Published
Isfahan, Iran. 1771
Plates
1
Binding/Size
S=8vo
Value
0-5000
Published
Isfahan, Iran. 1771
Ref
1604

A single volume, illuminated Persian manuscript on polished paper, 153 leaves plus an additional contemporary free endpaper at the front, single column, 14 lines of black Naskh script per page, illuminated head-piece opening the text, catch-words throughout, In clean and attractive condition, later silk-backed boards, repaired.