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Catalogue of fine Oriental manuscripts, miniatures and Qajar lacquer : comprising calligraphy from the 9th to the 20th century, including an album page signed by Fath Ali Shah, Qajar, c. 1830 ; Persian and Ottoman miniatures from the 15th to the 20th century ; Persian, Arabic, Ottoman, Ethiopic, Indian and South-East Asian manuscripts and printed books from the 15th to the 19th century, including Ulugh Beg's Zij-i Sultani (astronomical tables), Herat or Samarqand, c. 1447-49 ; a fifteenth-century illuminated Mamluk prayer scroll ; an illuminated Qur'an written by the scribe Yusuf Bin Abdullah, Ottoman, dated 1575 ; Persian lacquer, including a pen-box signed by Muhammad Isma'il, Qajar, 1865 ; Mughal miniatures from the 16th to 19th century, including two illustrations to the Jami al-Tavarikh, Mughal, c. 1596-1600 ; a series of portraits collected by William Fraser, Delhi, c. 1800 ; Deccani and Rajasthani miniatures from the 16th to 19th century, including violets with variegated leaves, by Muhammad Taqi, Deccan or Persia, dated 1666 A.D.; a Ragamala illustration, Bundi, c. 1591 ; Pahari miniatures from the 18th to 19th century, including two illustrations to the Bhagavata Purana, Kangra, c. 1780 ; an illustration to the Gita Govinda, Kangra, c. 1820-25 ; a portrait of a princess, Guler, c. 1770 |
