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JAWAHER AL-TAFISR LE TOHFAT AL-AMIR BY HUSAIN KASHEFI, SULTANATE INDIA, 897 AH/149 AD

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An illuminated Persian manuscript on paper, 27 lines per page written in fine black nasta`liq script on cream paper. Quran text written in red naskh script throughout. Tafsir text written in black ink, small illuminated florets between Quranic verses, margins ruled in colors and gold, headings in gold thuluth script on illuminated panels, occasional marginal notes with illuminated roundels indicating the 'juz' and hizb', opening double page of fine illumination in striking blue color and gold. 32 by 19 cm.

The author: the scholar and poet Husain Va'iz Kashifi, born at Bayhak in Khurasan and during his lifetime lived at Nishapur, Mashhad and Herat, where his patrons were the Timurid prince Sultan Husain Baiqara and his famous vizier Ali Shir Nava'i. He was renowned as a very eloquent preacher with a beautiful voice. His works include: Anvar-i Suhaili, Rawdhat al-Shuhada and Akhlak-i Muhsini. He died in 1504 in Herat.