HAFIZ SHAMS AL-DIN SHIRAZI (D.1389 AD), DIWAN, NORTH INDIA KASHMIR, DATED 1231 AH/1815 AD

Persian manuscript on paper, 193 leaves with 14 lines to the page arranged in two columns separated by gilt floral scrolls, written in nasta’liq script within clouds against a gold ground, ruled in gold, red and blue borders, f.1b and f.2a with an illuminated frontispiece in blue and royal gold decorations, in fine deep red leather binding.
Text panel 6.5 by 12 cm.
Leaf 9.5 by 16 cm.

LITERATURE
N. Safwat, A Collector’s Eye. Islamic calligraphy in Qurans and other manuscripts, London 2010, no.59, p.230.

CATALOGUE NOTE
Similar lot of Hafiz’s Diwan copied in Kashmir was sold in Sotheby's auctions, 11 October 2006, lot 24.