A TIMURID MANUSCRIPT, THREE ARTICLES, PERSIA, 15TH CENTURY A TIMURID MANUSCRIPT, THREE ARTICLES, PERSIA, 15TH CENTURY A TIMURID MANUSCRIPT, THREE ARTICLES, PERSIA, 15TH CENTURY A TIMURID MANUSCRIPT, THREE ARTICLES, PERSIA, 15TH CENTURY A TIMURID MANUSCRIPT, THREE ARTICLES, PERSIA, 15TH CENTURY

A TIMURID MANUSCRIPT, THREE ARTICLES, PERSIA, 15TH CENTURY

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Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 22 leaves, each page with 11lines, written in Arabic naskh script and Persian nasta'liq script, ruled in gold border. Titlers and important words picked out in gold colour. The book contains three articles : 1-Safire simurgh/ Simurgh's shrill cry: A philosophical allegorie and mystical treatise by Shihab ad-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi, known as Sohrevardi. A Persian philosopher and founder of the Persian school of Illuminationism, an important school in Islamic philosophy. 2-Poetry/ Quatrains by Afdal al-Din Kashani known as Baba Afzal, a Persian poet and philosopher, is considered one of the three greatset masters of the roba'i ( quatrains), while in philosophical prose only Suhrawardi stands on the same level. 3- Abu Jafar al-Mansur's will to his son al-Mahdi before he went on Hajj. Each chapter or article is decorated with a headpiece stylized with royal blue and gold decoration enclosing Kufic inscriptions. Different ownership statements and seals of 1031AH/ 1204AH/ 1255AH. Text: 6 by 11,5 cm