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Description:
Persian Manuscript on Paper, a Collection of Treatises. Octavo format manuscript bound along the short edge, with the text in nastaliq script aligned with the short edge of the page including a treatise by the Shi'a scholar Muhammad Jamaluddin al-Makki al-Amili [aka Shahid Awwal "The First Martyr"]; and a treatise on Muhammad ibn Sheikh Hassan ibn Sheikh Jamal al-Din al-Mutahar, al-Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi and other scholars, approximately 400 pages, bound in full black morocco, sewing becoming detached, 7 x 4 1/4 in.
Estimate $800-1,000
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Keywords
Shahid Awwal, al-Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi, al-Makki al-AmiliJohn Dorfman
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