This illuminated manuscript is of a prayer (wird) called MiftÄḥ al-najÄḥ, attributed to Ê¿AlÄ« ibn AbÄ« ṬÄlib, the fourth caliph of Islam. According to the colophon, it was completed by Shaykh KamÄl ibn Ê¿Abd al-Ḥaqq al-SabzawÄrÄ«, the calligrapher and illuminator, in Astarabad (present-day Gorgan, Iran) in 941 AH / 1534 CE. The text, divided into five compartments, is in calligraphic vocalized naskh in black ink and vocalized thuluth in gold ink outlined in black. Illuminated rosettes with colored dots serve as verse markers. The decorated colophon (fol. 8b) is written in tawqīʿ/riqÄÊ¿ script in gold ink. Later bequest (waqf) seal impressions of the Vizier al-ShahÄ«d Ê¿AlÄ« PÄshÄ, dated 1130 AH / 1717 CE, appear on fols. 2a, 2b, and 3a. The brown leather binding with interconnected gold-tooled lobed medallions and discs and doublures with filigree decoration is original to the manuscript.
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Upper board outside
Upper board inside
Front flyleaf ia flap closed
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fol. 1a
fol. 1b
fol. 2a
fol. 2b
fol. 3a
fol. 3b
fol. 4a
fol. 4b
fol. 5a
fol. 5b
fol. 6a
fol. 6b
fol. 7a
fol. 7b
fol. 8a
fol. 8b
fol. 9a
fol. 9b
Back flyleaf ia
Back flyleaf ib
Lower board inside flap open
Lower board outside flap open
Spine
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Head
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