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Sheikh Bahai, Nân va Halvâ, Iran qâjâr, signed and dated 1293 H / 1875 Manuscript on paper, 10 lines per page, mostly in two columns, text in Persian nasta'liq in black ink, titles and some terms and signs in red ink. Some marginal notes in another hand. Sarlow frontispiece illuminated in gold and polychrome with a frieze of lambrequins, followed by the title and author's name calligraphed in red ink on either side of the Bismillah. At the end of the manuscript, colophon illuminated with gold plant stems framing the text inscribed in a triangle, giving the name of the copyist Abôl Qâsem ibn Mohammad Tâher Al-Asadâbâdî and the date 1293 H / 1875. One illumination in the text and several stamps, the one on the last page giving the name of the copyist Abôl Qâsem. Bound in black leather embossed with frame lines and a frieze of esses. 19.5 x 12.5 cm Wear, stains and dampening, minor retouching. Baha' Al-Dîn Al-'Amilî, known as Sheikh Bahai (1547-1621) was a Lebanese Sufi poet, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and alchemist. At the age of 13, he emigrated to Iran, which he never left except for a few trips to the Near East and Egypt. In Isfahan, he became an important public figure under the reign of the sovereign Shâh Abbas I, and took part in the design of the Shâh Mosque, where he developed the solar clock that indicates the time of prayer. He also produced a fine literary output, including epic poems and legal compendia. His work Nân va Halvâ (literally "Bread and Sweets") is a collection of moralistic poems on the merits of the ascetic life. A Qajar copy of Nân va Halvâ by Sheikh Bahai, Iran, signed and dated
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Sheikh Bahai, Nân va Halvâ, Iran qâjâr, signed and dated 1293 H / 1875 Manuscript on paper, 10 lines per page, mostly in two columns, text in Persian nasta'liq in black ink, titles and some terms and signs in red ink. Some marginal notes in another hand. Sarlow frontispiece illuminated in gold and polychrome with a frieze of lambrequins, followed by the title and author's name calligraphed in red ink on either side of the Bismillah. At the end of the manuscript, colophon illuminated with gold plant stems framing the text inscribed in a triangle, giving the name of the copyist Abôl Qâsem ibn Mohammad Tâher Al-Asadâbâdî and the date 1293 H / 1875. One illumination in the text and several stamps, the one on the last page giving the name of the copyist Abôl Qâsem. Bound in black leather embossed with frame lines and a frieze of esses. 19.5 x 12.5 cm Wear, stains and dampening, minor retouching. Baha' Al-Dîn Al-'Amilî, known as Sheikh Bahai (1547-1621) was a Lebanese Sufi poet, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and alchemist. At the age of 13, he emigrated to Iran, which he never left except for a few trips to the Near East and Egypt. In Isfahan, he became an important public figure under the reign of the sovereign Shâh Abbas I, and took part in the design of the Shâh Mosque, where he developed the solar clock that indicates the time of prayer. He also produced a fine literary output, including epic poems and legal compendia. His work Nân va Halvâ (literally "Bread and Sweets") is a collection of moralistic poems on the merits of the ascetic life. A Qajar copy of Nân va Halvâ by Sheikh Bahai, Iran, signed and dated
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