Lot 21
AN EARLY QAJAR BOOK OF SHI'I PROTECTIVE PRAYERS (HIRZ)
PERSIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY/ EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 09 December 2026 from 14:00 GMT
Description
manuscript on paper, twenty folios with eight lines written in black and red ink in elegant nasta'liq script within gilt cloud bands, gilt-floral borders, red lacquered leather binding
Dimensions
19.2cm x 13.2cm
Footnote
This book of protective prayers features work by a number of authors, including one attributed to Mir Damad, said to have been composed for Shah ‘Abbas, and another attributed to Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq.