Lot n° 128
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KHWAJU KIRMANI (1280-1352), Collection of poetry, Central As - Lot 128
KHWAJU KIRMANI (1280-1352), Collection of poetry, Central Asia, Bukhara, signed and dated dhu'l hijja 1029 H / late October 1620
Incomplete manuscript on paper of twenty-one lines per page in four columns, in Persian nasta'liq written in black ink, a few verses written obliquely in various directions. At the head of the manuscript, an illuminated shamseh dedicating the manuscript to Imam Qoli Bahadur Khan and informing of its making under the supervision of the librarian Mirak Yadgar. Division into five poetic books. The first four are introduced by a sarlow frontispiece illuminated in gold and polychrome with a rectangular cartouche inscribed in red with the title of the section in reserve on a gilded background, under a mantling decorated with flowers. The first poem titled Kitab Rawdah al-Anwar, the second titled Kitab Gowhar-nama, the third titled al-Kitab Kamâl-nam, the fourth titled al-Kitab Humay wa Humayun. The last book is untitled. In each book, sections titled in red ink in cartouches. Colophon on the last folio giving the date of copying the first ten days of dhu'l hijja 1029 AH / end of October 1620, the place of execution in the kingdom of Bukhara and the name of the copyist Muhammad Reza al-Katib al-Balkhi. Interesting red morocco binding cut and inlaid with brown, ochre and black leather pieces, decorated with a poly-lobed medallion with appendages on a background of interlacing surrounded by a frieze of epigraphic cartouches in Persian nasta'liq, one containing the date in the abjad system of 1040 H / 1630-31. The back covers are decorated with stamped, painted and gilded medallions with appendages surrounded by a frieze of cartouches and multi-lobed medallions.
Dim. binding : 30 x 18,7 cm
Mottling, some foxing, stains and wear, slight restorations.
Provenance:
Christie's London, April 23, 2002, no. 61.
Khwaju Kirmani (1280-1352) was a Persian poet and Sufi mystic from Kerman. He left his name in Persian literature thanks to his ghazals, the adventures of Humay and Humayun which constitute here the fourth book of our collection, being the most famous.
Imam Qoli Khan (1582-1644), to whom this collection is dedicated, was a governor of the Uzbek Ashtarkhanid dynasty. His reign from 1611 to 1641 gave the Bukhara Khanate its political peak.
KHWAJU KIRMANI (1280 - 1352), A Poetic Manuscript, Central Asia, Bukhara, signed and dated
Private collection in Paris from 1975 to 2000 - first part (lots 120 to 173).
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