ABU 'ALI MUHAMMAD BIN MUHAMMAD AL-BAL'AMI (D. 974 AD) TARIKHNAMA SIGNED 'INAYATULLAH BIN NURULLAH BIN SHAYKH 'ABDULLAH, OTTOMAN, ISTANBUL, DATED RAJAB 940 AH/JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1534 AD
Reference: ART3001736
A translation and abridgement of Al-Tabari’s celebrated Annals of the Prophets and Kings, Persian manuscript on paper, 555 leaves plus six flyleaves, each folio with 25 lines of elegant Ottoman naskh text within gold and blue rules, numerous words picked out in gold, red, orange, brown and blue, catchwords, paginated, illuminated opening shams stating the manuscript belonged to the treasury of Suleyman the Magnificent (r.1520-66), followed by a finally illuminated opening bifolio, one further illuminated headpiece, colophon with signature and date, in brown morocco with blind tooled cusped central medallion, cream paper doublers.
Text panel: 16 by 9 cm.
Folio: 25.6 by 15.7 cm.