Catalogue of Oriental manuscripts and miniatures : including Mughal miniatures of the 17th to 19th century ; an early 17th century royal Mughal manuscript of the Dvadasa Bhava with thirteen miniatures ; Deccani miniatures including a 17th century portrait of Ibrahim' Adil Shah II of Bijapur ; Rajasthani miniatures of the 17th to 19th century ; three Jain manuscripts of the Kalpasutra ; Pahari miniatures of the schools of Guler, Kangra, Mandi, and Basohli ; Persian miniatures of the 14th to 19th century including a page from a Shahnama, c.1340 ; eleven leaves from a Shahnama written for Sultan Mirza 'Alai of Gilan, c.1493 ; portrait of a Mullah by Muhammad 'Ali, mid-17th century ; portrait of a youth by Riza-i 'Abbasi, c.1620-30 ; Persian lacquer, calligraphy, and illumination ; Armenian manuscripts including the four gospels, dated 1596 ; Persian and Arabic manuscripts including Qur'ans of the 14th to 19th century ; an illustrated Judeo-Persian manuscript of Nizami's Khusraw and Shirin, c.1660-80. Which will be sold by auction by Sotheby & Co. ... at their large galleries ... ; day of sale: Tuesday, 11th July, 1972 ..

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Sotheby & Co. (London, England)

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