This is an illuminated and illustrated manuscript of a small collection of short love poems of the type called tarjÄ«`band by NÅ«r al-DÄ«n âAbd al-RaḥmÄn JÄmÄ« (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE). It was copied in black nastaâlÄ«q script by the calligrapher Muḥammad ZamÄn al-TabrÄ«zÄ« in 998 AH / 1589-90 CE in Safavid Iran. The text is written on orange-tinted paper, and the bluish-green borders are illuminated throughout. The manuscript opens with an incipit page with illuminated headpiece (fol. 1b), and there are two illustrations (fols. 3a and 6a). The Qajar lacquer binding is decorated with floral motifs and is inscribed with verses attributed to ImÄm âAlÄ« ibn AbÄ« ṬÄlib. An ownership statement is present, and dated 1311 AH / 1893-4 CE, stating that this precious book was bought for his son, MaḥmÅ«d AskÄnÄ«, from a woman for 10 ashrafis (gold dinars) (fol. 6b).
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