SIX ROYAL LETTERS FROM MUZAFFAR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR TO HIS DEPUTY FINANCE MINSITER VAZIR DAFTAR
Estimation
£6,000
7,897 USD
-
£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
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
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
-
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
-
£25,000
32,723 USD
Realized Price
£20,160
26,387 USD
0.8%
Sale Date
Sotheby's
-
30 March 2022
Nizami (d.1209), Khamsa, copied by Khwaja Mir ibn Shams al-Din Muhammad Munshi Astarabadi, Persia, Safavid, dated 966 AH/1558-9 AD
Estimation
£10,000
13,089 USD
-
£15,000
19,634 USD
Realized Price
£22,680
29,686 USD
81.44%
Sale Date
Sotheby's
-
30 March 2022
Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami (d.1492), Salaman u Absal of Maulana, copied by Mahmud Katib, Persia, dated 10 Jumada II 960 AH/5 May 1553 AD
Estimation
£700
921 USD
-
£900
1,185 USD
Realized Price
£3,000
3,948 USD
275%
Sell at
Sale Date
Rosebery's Auction
-
1 April 2022
‘Abdullah Ansari, The Nasa’ih (Councils), copied by Shah Mahmud Nishapuri, Persia, Tabriz, Safavid, dated 953 AH/1546-47 AD
Estimation
£15,000
19,634 USD
-
£20,000
26,178 USD
Realized Price
£23,940
31,335 USD
36.8%
Sale Date
Sotheby's
-
30 March 2022
An illuminated Qur’an juz’ (XXX), copied by Muhammad ibn Hasan, known as Kamal, Persia, Safavid, dated 930 AH/1523-24 AD
Estimation
£15,000
19,634 USD
-
£20,000
26,178 USD
Realized Price
£18,900
24,738 USD
8%
Sale Date
Sotheby's
-
30 March 2022
SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA’DI (D. 1292): KULLIYAT
Estimation
£6,000
7,897 USD
-
£8,000
10,529 USD
Realized Price
£30,240
39,800 USD
332%
Sell at
Sale Date
Christie's
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31 March 2022