SIX ROYAL LETTERS FROM MUZAFFAR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR TO HIS DEPUTY FINANCE MINSITER VAZIR DAFTAR
Estimation
£6,000
7,897 USD
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£8,000
10,529 USD
Realized Price
£6,300
8,292 USD
10%
Sell at
Sale Date
Christie's
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31 March 2022
An illuminated Qur’an, commissioned by Mukhbir al-Dawlah, the Minister of Science and copied by Muhammad al-Musawi known as Hindi, Persia, Qajar, dated 1305 AH/1887-88 AD
Estimation
£6,000
7,853 USD
-
£8,000
10,471 USD
Realized Price
£11,970
15,668 USD
71%
Sale Date
Sotheby's
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30 March 2022
Hafiz (d.1390), Diwan, commissioned by Muhammad Ja’far Khan, copied by Fath'ali al-Shirazi, pen-named Hijab, in the Dar al-‘Ilm, Shiraz, Qajar Persia, dated 1267 AH/1850-51 AD.
Estimation
£6,000
7,853 USD
-
£8,000
10,471 USD
Realized Price
£18,900
24,738 USD
170%
Sale Date
Sotheby's
-
30 March 2022
SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA’DI (D. 1292): KULLIYAT
Estimation
£5,000
6,581 USD
-
£7,000
9,213 USD
Realized Price
£12,600
16,583 USD
110%
Sell at
Sale Date
Christie's
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31 March 2022
An Anthology of Sa’di, copied by Muhammad Hassan ibn Muhammad Nasir, Isfahan, Persia, dated 1(2)19AH/1804-5 AD
Estimation
£200
263 USD
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£400
526 USD
Realized Price
£1,200
1,579 USD
300%
Sell at
Sale Date
Rosebery's Auction
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1 April 2022
An illustrated and illuminated leaf from the Tarikh-i 'alam-ara-yi Abbasi of Iskander Bayg Munshi: the Uzbek army storms the fort of Isfarain, Persia, Isfahan, Safavid, circa 1650
Estimation
£15,000
19,634 USD
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£25,000
32,723 USD
Realized Price
£20,160
26,387 USD
0.8%
Sale Date
Sotheby's
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30 March 2022
SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA'DI (D.1292): KULLIYAT
Three Qur’an ajza’ (XI, XV and XX), Persia or Turkey, Safavid or Ottoman, circa 1600
Estimation
£20,000
26,178 USD
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£30,000
39,267 USD
Sale Date
Sotheby's
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30 March 2022
'ABDULLAH HATIFI (D. AH 858⁄1454 AD): TIMURNAMA
Estimation
£20,000
26,323 USD
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£30,000
39,484 USD
Realized Price
£60,480
79,600 USD
141.92%
Sell at
Sale Date
Christie's
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31 March 2022