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Taylor, Alexander [Surveyor]. Manuscript plans of Knockando in Moray, Scotland, surveyed in 1774. Comprising 14 linen-backed, double-page maps, entirely hand-drawn in ink & watercolour on laid/chain-lined paper, each map measuring 54 x 74cm, each signed by Taylor. 1: Plan of the Farm of Clune; 2: Plan of the Farms of Balna Clach & Alt Winny; 3: Plan of the Farms of Knockanagore & The Lyn; 4: Plan of the Glebe Borlum & William Garrow's Improvement; 5: Plan of Milntown, Croften Lone & Knockanreich; 6: Plan of Bogg Chur & Upper Strondow; 7: Plan of the Tulishk Improvement; 8: Plan of the Leggans, Garroline More & Garroline Begg; 9: Plan of Knock Churn, Nether Knockans, Upper Knockans & Lynachurn; 10: unknown, pencil outline only; 11: Plan of the Farms of Upper & Nether Tandow; 12: Plan of Keradow, Cardinach & Nether Borlum; 13: Plan of Drum Divan & the Burntland Improvements; 14: Plan of the Mains of Knockandow; 15: Plan of Tam More. The condition on the maps is varied, some have handling marks, creasing, wear & loss, others are better preserved, all housed in a worn half-calf folio volume, boards detached. A unique record and remarkable piece of Scottish history (14)

Financial & Insurance History. An extensive archive of rare fire insurance certificates, policy documents, proposals and specimen copies dating from 1699 to 1936, most with exquisitely engraved designs, several manuscript examples. To include The Fire Office [the first modern fire insurance company founded by Nicholas Barbon in the aftermath of the Great Fire of London, renamed Phoenix Office in 1705], Policy No. 3176, dated 1699, bearing two wax seals; The Fire Office, Policy No. 9945, dated 1700; Amicable Contributionship / Hand-in-Hand, Policy No. 24586, dated 1719; Amicable / Hand-in-Hand, Policy No. 24585, dated 1719; Sun Fire Office, Policy No. 15563, dated 1719; Sun Fire Office, Policy No. 30489, dated 1724; London Assurance House, Policy No. 611, dated 1768; Bristol Crown Fire Office, Policy No. 7141, dated 1750; a London marine policy for a ship named Elsinore, dated 1773; Sun Fire Office, Policy No. 328519, dated 1773; Westminster, Policy No. 22783, dated 1775; Bath Sun Fire Office, Policy No. 458, dated 1777, and others, 14 dating from 1782-99; 32 from 1800-19; 17 from 1820-29; 28 from 1830-39; 33 from 1840-49; 35 from 1850-59; 16 from 1860-69; 33 from 1870-1899; 21 from 1900-1936, plus a bundle of miscellaneous documents with variations in graphics. A wide variety of firms are represented, often demonstrating the changes to company names over time, including documents from Dundee Assurance; Alliance Marine; Protestant Dissenters; Scottish Union; Asylum Life; Argus Life; Anchor; Law Life; Briton Medical & General; British Empire Mutual; Pelican Life; National Provincial Plate Glass; The Century; Pontefract Mutual, and many others. The documents are individually housed in archival wallets with accompanying research & reference notes, the whole housed in one lidded container. More details available or viewing by request. (Approx. 250) Provenance: From the collection of Raymond Tye, retired business archivist and noted collector

Valentine. A late-Georgian manuscript "puzzle purse", c. 1810, depicting a fashionable young woman holding the hand of a man in shako hat and uniform, decorated with love-hearts and romantic verse, beginning 'You are the first and only maid that has my tender heart betrayed', 32 x 31.5cm, watercolour on wove paper bearing watermark for W. Pickering & Co., restored, conservation framed, glazed recto & verso, i.e. both sides visible

Bible in Hebrew, Frankfurt an der Oder: Johann and Friedrich Hartmann, 1620. Quarto, worn calf, rebacked, separate title pages with woodcut borders for the various divisions, the first page of the Book of Job provided in manuscript, contents generally good & bright, creasing & wear to first and final leaves, sold with all faults

Indian School (19th century) illuminated manuscript on parchment, hand painted with Figures by a River, amongst script, the verso with scripture, 16cm x 25cm, framed

A Qajar calligraphic album, Iran, 19th century, Persian manuscript on paper, with 16 panels of shikasteh, nast'liq, and naskh script some on a gold ground or gold sprinkled paper, laid down on coloured card and mounted within the album, owner's seal to inside front cover and reverse of final folio, album 19.5 x 10.6cm. 

Juz’ 29 from a 30-part Qur’an, copied in China, most likely in the 19th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 53ff., with 5ll. of black Sini script per page within red frames, opening folios with floreated frames in green, red, yellow, and blue wash, in contemporary brown, blind-stamped boards, rebacked, folio 23.4 x 17.5cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK

Juz’ 9 from a 30-part Qur’an, Ilkhanid Iran or Iraq, first half of the 14th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 33ff., with 5ll of muhaqqaq per page, fully vocalised, with remnants of illuminated frames on opening pages, gilt verse markers, rebound using earlier boards from another manuscript, margins renewed and extensive paper repairs, folio 44 x 30cm. Provenance: Ex Schøyen Collection MS 4468, offered with four other volumes from the same set at Sotheby’s as Lot 405 on 27 October 2020. The cataloguing note states a number of folios are later replacements using European watermarked paper, probably nineteenth century Italian. Among the watermarks are 'Ranie... Bonazzi', 'AC' and a device consisting of two opposing crescents surmounted by three stars within a serrated domed frame.This monumental manuscript is part of a group of ten surviving parts from a single set, with 19th-century paper repairs and restorations, all with similarly enigmatic bindings. An Ilkhanid attribution for these bindings is optimistic and given the condition of the textblocks, it seems more likely that a 19th-century owner used boards from a similarly monumental Mamluk Qur’an to renew this manuscript.  

Property from a Private London CollectionAn illustrated Safavid compilation manuscript including the Haft Paykar of Nizami, Shiraz, Iran, 16th century, Persian manuscript on paper, 346ff., with 15ll. of nasta’liq within gilt frames, in two vertical columns, with copius marginal comments, 21 illustrations, a collection of different texts, defective at end, in an Ottoman brown morocco binding with flap and gilt decorated tooled medallions, folio 17 x 12.5cm.  

A lectionary, Deacon ‘Ablahad, Iraq, circa 1870 century, biblical readings for the Chaldean Catholic community in Iraq, copied for three patrons of the Church of St Mary in Kirkuk, Syriac manuscript on paper, 199ff., 4fl., two columns of 20ll. of black script within red double-rules per page, section headings in red, polychrome strapwork frame on opening page, original blind-tooled binding, some damaged edges, some scattered marginal staining, clean text throughout, the cover with shelf wear consistent with age, 32.3 x 22.5cm.

Property from a Private London CollectionFive detached folios from a manuscript, Safavid Iran, 17th century and later, black ink and opaque pigments on paper, each with calligraphic panels consisting of 6ll. of nasta'liq script, later illustrations to the reverse, repainted, wide pink margins with gold birds, rabbits, wolves, simurghs amidst trees, tufts and floral sprays, 30.5 x 18cm. (5)

A Qur'an juz', china, late 19th century, begins with a small portion of juz’ 20., Arabic manuscript on paper, 5ll. of Sini per page within double-ruled red frames, opening bifolio with floral frames in green, red, blue, and yellow wash, first page with a  calligraphed roundel in gold, black, and red, blindstamped binding with flap, modern, 22.4 x 18cm.

Property from a Private London CollectionA group of illuminated manuscript folios with illuminated headers, Persia and India, 19th century and earlier (8)

A copy of the Mawlid of Sheikh Hassan b. ‘Ali al-Shafi’i al-Azhari, Egypt, composed 1151 AH (1738-39AD), completed 4 Rabi’ I 1271 AH (25 November 1854), Arabic manuscript on paper, 34ff., with 13ll. of black naskh to the page, disordered possibly defective marginal commentary, in 19th century marbled board binding with flap, folio 22.2 x 16cm.  

A Qur'an, Ottoman Turkey, 17th-18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 3fl., each folio with 12ll. of black naskh, gold roundel verse markers outlined in black, sura headings in white riqa' on gold ground rectangular panels, text on gold speckled ground within gold borders with black rules, catchwords, the opening and final bifolios with gold illumination on blue ground, in modern red-brown binding, the inside with white floral decoration, 19 x 12cm.

A history of the dynasty of Qutb Shahi dynasty, Tawarikh Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah (r. 1580-1612), Northern India, Dated 17 sha'ban of the 11th year of the reign of Akbar II, circa 1817AD, Persian manuscript on paper, 275ff., with 18ll of nasta’liq per page within black and red frames, illuminated headpiece, illuminated double opening page with text in reserve on gold clouds and gilt sarlowh and polychrome painted flower motifs, in 19th-century Indian binding, recornered and rebacked, folio 29.4 x 17cm. Provenance: Delorme Collin du Bocage, 02/12/2022, lot 63 

Property from a Private London CollectionJuz 15 of a 30 part Qur'an, Safavid Iran, 17th century, Arabic manuscript in paper, 22ff., with 9ll of naskh per page, gold rosette verse markers and sura headings, marginal divisions in black-outlined gold, in Ottoman brown blind-tooled binding with flap, folio 25.5 x 17.2cm.    

A Safavid illustration from a manuscript depicting an outdoor celebration, Iran, early 17th century, ink and opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, amidst flowers, a cherry tree and pink rocky landscape a group of revellers are depicted playing the tambourine, lute and saz and drinking and eating, one man having drunk too much is seen nibbling the toes of another who attempts to read a book, a illuminated header above with blank cartouche space, below lines of black nasta'liq text arranges in four columns, mounted, glazed and framed, 32.6 x 21.5cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK

Property from a Private London CollectionAn illustrated copy of Manzume of Jami, Safavid Iran, dated Ah 92[1]/1515 AD, Persian manuscript on paper, 184ff., 3fl.,12ll. of nasta’liq in two columns within gilt and blue frames per page, 5ill., on green, white, blue, and marbled papers, in 19th-century binding of gilt-stamped purple velvet, 15.4 x 10.2cm.

Property from a Private London CollectionPersian manuscript on paper, Safavid Iran, dated AH 842 / 1438 AD and later, on paper, 175ff., 11fl., with 14-17ll. of black nasta'liq script in two columns, headings in red, marginal commentaries throughout, with spaces left for illumination and frames, in blind-ruled aubergine leather binding, marginal inscription dated 1215AH, water staining sometimes affecting the text, some repairs, trimmed, 26.4 x 16.6cm. Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, 8 October 2010, lot 10 (part). 

Property from a Private CollectionTo Be Sold with No ReserveA fragmentary illustrated folio of a boat in the style of Maqamat Al-Hariri by Yahya Ibn Mahmud Al-Wasiti, an illustration of camel and an Arabic manuscript folio on watermarked paper, 30 x 24.4cm.; 26 x 23cm.; 29 x 21cm. (3)

‘Abd al-Hakim ibn Shams al-Din al-Siyalkuti, Siyalkuti ʻala al-tasawwurat. [Istanbul], Dār al-Tiba'a al-'Amira, 1259 AH/ 1843AD,  typographic Arabic text, 138ff., with a handful of manuscript annotations, small ownership seal of Muhammad Said[?], annotations to Quṭb al-Dīn al-Rāzī's commentary on Najm al-Dīn al-Kātibī's treatise on logic, entitled al-Shamsīyah, and to al-Jurjānī's supercommentary, in original gilt-decorated green morocco binding with flap, folio 21 x 15.4cm.   

Two qur'an folios and a Qur'an bifolio,  Turkey or provinces and Iran, 14th to19th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, black ink on paper, the first with 11ll. of large black naskh script to the page, mounted; the second with 12ll. of black naskh script, interlinear translation in Persian in red nasta'liq script between black ruled gold linear separations, within black ruled gold margins, annotation in black naskh script within the wide borders, dotted verse markers in gold within single black rule, mounted ; the bifolio with 10ll. of black naskh script to the page, each line marked, gold and polychrome verse markers, within gold and pink margins, mounted ;  35.5 x 28cm. and 30.3 x 25.3cm.   (3)

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold Without ReserveA group of calligraphies comprising 14 panels with a single line of elegant black nasta'liq and three fragments of a manuscript folio (17)

Fan al-usul, Taqi al-Din ‘Abd al-Wahab, possibly India, lithographed Arabic text, 103pp., the title page missing and replaced in manuscript, contemporary leather-backed boards, 20.4 x14.5cm.

Property from a Private London CollectionAn illuminated frontispiece from a small Safavid manuscript, Iran, 17th century together with three Safavid illuminated panels cut out and mounted (4)

An illustrated Jain manuscript, 19th century or earlier, ink and opaque pigments on colored paper, 345ff., with 10 and 11ll. of black Sanskrit to the page, some with large red dots, 4 illustrations of deities, unbound, folio 13.5 x 12.5cm. Provenance: Acquired by the vendor from Henry Brownrigg in1996

Kitab sharh al-khazraji of Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Da’i al-Bukhari, Egypt or Syria, 19th century, 17ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, with 31ll. of black naskh script per page, important words and phrases in red, red morocco binding with gilt decoration, folio 21.5 x 16.5cm.Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s-1980s

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold with No ReserveA Persian manuscript, Iran, 18th century, Persian mansucript on paper, each folio with18ll. black nasta'liq script, words and sentences overlined in red, one folio with red header and erased stamp or seal impression, opening folio with illuminated header, spine damaged, upper and lower cover lacking, some folios loose, the first with H. Kevorkian collection label numbered 703, poor condition, 20.5 x 11.4cm.  

An illustrated bifolio of a manuscript, Iran, 19th and margins early 20th century, ink and opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with panel containing 15ll. of Persian nasta'liq text to each folio arranged in two horizontal folios, with later decoration of winged angels and seated figures in a rocky landscape, folio 33.5 x 27cm. 

Property from a Private London CollectionTalkhis kitab al-maqulat, Ibn Rushd’s middle commentary on Aristotle’s Categories, copied in Iran in the 18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 219ff., with 17ll of naskh per page, headings and important words in red, red morocco binding incorporating elaborately gilt-stamped binding, painted with animals and plants in gold outline, folio 28 x 25cm.  

A large section from a Qur’an most likely copied in Daghestan, Arabic manuscript on Russian paper, 348ff.,  with 13 lines of naskh within double-ruled purple frames per page, sura headings in orange and green, extensive illumination, disbound with remnants of original sewing and numerous loose leaves, many leaves damaged with loss to text, folio 36 x 23cm., together with paper page marker cut as a foot print of the prophet

Two illustrated bifolios from a manuscript, Iran, early 20th century, ink and opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, one folio of each with panels of diagonal and horizontal Persian nasta'liq script panels containing flowers on a gold ground to interstices, and an illustration of princess receiving visitors in an outdoor pavilion and a similar scene with male ruler, each 30 x 24cm. (2)

A Qur'an juz', China, 19th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 51ff., 2fl., 5ll. of black sini script per page, within double-ruled red frames, opening and closing pages with illuminated frames in green, red, and gold, binding lacking, 26.5 x 20cm.

Property from a Private London CollectionA Qajar manuscript containing the 99 names of God, Iran, 19th century, 8ff. the opening folio with 4ll. of blue naskh, illuminated header, the following folios with the names of Allah in blue marbled end papers, within a floral lacquered binding, folio 21 x 12cm. 

A Qur'an juz', China, 19th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 51ff, 2fl., each folio with 5ll. of black sini script within double-ruled red frames, illuminated opening closing bifolios in red, green, and gold, contemporary blind-stamped boards, re-backed, flap repaired, marginal paper restoration, 25.5 x 20.5cm.

Shaykh Muhammad al-Muta bin al-Salih al-Sharqi: Dhakhira al-Muhtaj fi sala ala Sahib al-Liwa, Morocco, dated 27 Dhu al-Hijja AH 1315/5 May 1898 AD or AH 1325/ 1907-1908 AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 98ff., on the life of the Prophet Muhammad, with 23ll. of sepia Mahgrebi script per page, with polychrome decoration, opening folio possibly a later replacement, colophon dated, including a large polychrome diagram, in original morocco binding, folio 34.2 x 22cm.  

Property from a Private London CollectionTwo leaves, one illustrated, from a dispersed manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting the enthronement of Shapur Persia, school of Mu'in Musavvir, mid-17th century, Persian manuscript on paper, two detached leaves in one mount, 27 lines to the page written in nasta'liq script in black ink in four columns, intercolumnar rules in gold, inner margins ruled in red, blue and gold, headings written in nasta'liq script in red, one miniature, leaf 34.3 x 22 cm. 

An Ottoman talismanic manuscript dated 1229AH and a fragmentary quire with tables, possibly on geomancy, each with black naskh script on paper, two sheets and a fragment thereof of octagonal panels to form a manuscript of concertina format, each panel's text panel within a polychrome margins, larger sheet 37 x 15.5cm. 

An illustrated palm leaf from a Pancharaska manuscript, Nepal, 12th-14th century, opaque pigments on paper, depicting one of the five Goddesses invoked to grant longevity and protect villages or areas, the Goddess shown seated at centre, with red background behind, on either side 5 lines of script in black ink, 33.5 x 8cm. 

A Qur'an juz’ 25, China, late 19th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 55ff., 2fl., 5ll. of sini script within double-ruled red frames, heading in gold naskh script bordering on thuluth script, opening and closing pages with illuminated frames in red, gold, and green, paginated in pencil to left folio's upper left corner, rebound in contemporary red blind stamped leather with flap, the central panel with lotus bloom, within foliate frame, the border with calligraphic lobed medallions, roundels and quatrefoils, 27.5 x 20cm.

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold With No ReserveA Qajar Qur’an, Iran, dated Jumada II 1202 AH/ March 1788AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, with Persian interlinear translation, 193ff., with 18ll of alternating black naskh and red nasta’liq (Persian gloss) within gilt frames, written without sura headings, loose in a worn dark red contemporary binding with flap and tooled medallion, folio 14 x 9cm. 

A Safavid illuminated folio from a manuscript of Nizami’s Makhzan al-'Asrar, probably Shiraz, Iran, circa 1585 AD, the central panel with a large lobed medallion and pendants, 4ll. of white nasta'liq within on gold and polychrome floral ground, the field with elegant polychrome strapworks, scrollwork and scrolling floral tendrils, the corner pieces mirroring the central medallion field, with floral and gold speckled margins within thin blue, black and gold rules, wide foliated borders, the reverse with  loose inscription in pencil, inventory number in pencil and modern torn inventory label, 32 x 20.5cm.Provenance: Bouvier Collection, Alexandria, 1958-1960

Two panels of calligraphy by Gulam Reza, Qajar Iran, late 19th century, Persian manuscript on paper, each panel with 4ll. of thick black nasta'liq arranged in two columns within cloud bands, on a gold ground densely decorated with flowers, with central dividing panel of gold floral scrolls on a cobalt ground, outer border with gold spandrels, on a gold flecked ground, each panel 24.5 x 13.9cm. (2)

Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn 'Ali al-Maqrizi (d. 845AH/1441AD): al-durrah al-bahirah fi tarikh Misr wa khitatahu al-'amirah Part IV, Ottoman Provinces, probably Egypt, AH 9[5]0/1552AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 68ff., with 15ll. of clear sepia naskh to the page, some headers in red, the final part of Maqrizi’s important architectural and social history of Cairo and Egypt, in contemporary brown morocco binding with tooled medallion, folio 22.2 x 16cm. Further volumes this manuscript were sold at Christies Part II on 11 April 2000, Lot 25; Part III at Christie's, 12 October 1999, lot 30. Part I of another of version dated to 966AH/1558AD was sold 14 October, 1997, Lot 76. GAL II 48.Provenance: Private Collection, London acquired in the 1970s 

A West African Qur'an, 19th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, unbound, incomplete, with 17 and 18ll. of black maghrebi text per page, vocalization in red, with ochre trefoil verse markers outlined in red, surah headers in red, marginal decorations in ochre and red, loose brown leather front and back flaps, folio approx. 21 x 14cm. 

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold with No ReserveA Qajar prayer scroll, Arabic manuscript on paper, in black naskh with interlinear Persian translation in red nasta'liq within gold and blue rule, illuminated headpiece detached, contemporary leather wrapper, 132cm. long x 9cm. diam.

A Qur'an juz', China, 19th century, juz' 15, Arabic manuscript on paper, 59ff, 3fl., 5ll. of black sini script within double-ruled red frames per page, opening folios with illuminated frames in red, gold, and green, in  contemporary but not original blind stamped brown binding with flap with juz' title in black ink above a central roundel, numbered 15  and marked 'ben' in Chinese character below, trimmed, clean throughout, 26.5 x 20cm. 

A Qur'an section with spurious attribution to Yaqut ibn Abd'ullah al-Musta'simi, possibly Timurid Iran, late 15th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 18ff., plus an additional fly leaf, with 2ll of muhaqqaq bracketing 6ll of naskh per page, within gilt frames, gilt verse markets, sura headings illuminated in blue and gold, gold rosette verse markers, modern margins throughout, paper repairs and replacements to the text, later illuminated roundel with facsimile seal impressions inserted at rear., modern brown binding, folio 24 x 17cm. Appears to be copied after the monumental calligraphed selections from the Qur’an written by the Timurid prince Ibrahim Sultan. 

Kitab al-Malahama, Ottoman Turkey, dated 15 Sha’ban AH 924 /1 September 1518 AD, Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, an apocalyptic compilation from verse and accounts of the prophets, 123ff., 2fl., each folio with 15ll. lines of naskh, written in two columns, section headings in red numerous annotations, contemporary and later, endpapers inscribed with various shelf marks, with a number of repeated seal impressions, 19th-century quarter roan over boards covered with decorated paper, 19.4 x 13.4cm.

Property from a Private London CollectionA lacquer papier mache pens case (qalamdan), Zand Iran, 18th century, of rectangular form, depicting the Battle of Chaldiran, the lid depicting the battle with a dense scene of cavalry and infantry men, the sides with mounted noblemen at the hunt, the base with gold serrated flower heads on a red ground, the interior lid with scene of a lady bathing, a man and his horse, a prince and courtiers visiting a religious figure and a seated youth, a manuscript under his arm, seated under a tree, old collection label with reference number 6810 to the side, 26.7cm. longProvenance: Property from an Important Private CollectionThe Battle of Chaldiran took place on 23 August 1514 and ended with a decisive victory for the Ottoman Empire over the Safavid Empire. As a result, the Ottomans annexed Eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq from Safavid Iran. It marked the first Ottoman expansion into Eastern Anatolia (Western Armenia), and the halt of the Safavid expansion to the west. The Chaldiran battle was just the beginning of 41 years of destructive war, which only ended in 1555 with the Treaty of Amasya. Though Mesopotamia and Eastern Anatolia (Western Armenia) were eventually reconquered by the Safavids under the reign of Shah Abbas the Great (r. 15881629), they would be permanently lost to the Ottomans by the 1639 Treaty of Zuhab.Condition Report: Losses to the sides, corner and base. Slight tarnish in place. Possible re-lacquering to the lid. Some scattered scratches.

 A Qur'an, probably India, 18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 420ff., with 11ll of naskh per page within gilt frames, with sura headings written in silver, in 20th-century purple roan, gilt, re-margined throughout, with numerous repairs, folio 11.8 x 10.5cm.   

An illustrated copy of the Sihr al-bayan by Mir Ghulam Hasan Dihlavi, North India, circa 18th century, Urdu manuscript on paper, ink and opaque pigments, 105pp., with 11 lines of black nasta'liq to the page arranged in two columns with outer gold red and blue rule, illuminated headpiece, section headings in red, with 14 illustrations in the Lucknow style, in later plain green silk covered boards, folio 23 x 15.4cm.The Sihr al-bayan by Mir Ghulam Hasan Dihlavi, is the romance of Prince Benazir, composed in 1785. Mir Hasan emigrated from Delhi to Faizabad and then Lucknow, where he died in 1786 following the nawabs of Awadh and their patronage. This copy most likely dates from the last quarter of the 18th century, as it omits the anonymous preface which a friend of the poet supplied for the edition published at Calcutta in 1805. 

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold With No ReserveA group of nine calligraphic folios including a group from a manuscript and a cutout on blue paper, Iran, 17th-19th century, ink on paper with polychrome and gold, (9) 

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold With No ReserveA Qajar copy of the Sharh al-Kafiyya of Radi al-Din al-Astarabadi, Iran, 19th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 310ff. approx, with 23 ll of naskh per page within gold and blue frames, inscription dated 1319 AH/1901AD on final leaf, Kevorkian MS 836, in contemporary binding, spine detached, text loose, in poor condition, folio 29 x 19cm.  

Property from a Private London CollectionA Timurid illustrated folio from a Shahnameh, Persia, 15th century, gouache heightened with gold on paper, with 8 lines of black nasta'liq arranged in four gold-outlined columns, depicting a ruler receiving Iskandar, the reverse with title in gold within a floral interlace panel, and diagonal and horizonal lines of nasta'liq and gold and polychrome floral detail, folio 32.6 x 23cm. Another folio from this manuscript was sold Christie's 13 October 1998, Lot 83.   

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold with No ReserveThree Qur'an folios, Persia, 14th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, comprising the first Sura 63 Al Munafiqah (verses 3-11) and Sura 64 Al Taghabon (verses 1-10), Arabic manuscript on cream-coloured paper, 14 lines to the page written in muhaqqaq script in black ink with diacritics in black and red, illuminated roundels decorated with blue dots between verses, illuminated circular devices in outer borders, edges frayed, some staining, short tears in outer borders, 49.5 x 31.5cm; and two folios Sura 71-72 Sura al-Jin, with 9 lines to the page written in Muhaqqaq, with two headers in gold n red ground  (3)

Property from a Private London CollectionA Qur'an juz’, Qajar Iran 19th century, juz'17, Arabic manuscript on paper, 9ll. of black naskh to the page, sura headings in gold, verse markers and marginal divisions in black-outlined gold, large waqf inscriptions on margins, repaired, losses, staining, disbound, 25.4 x 17.4cm.

Juz’ 22 from a 30-part Qur’an, copied in China, most likely in the 18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 59ff.,with 5ll. of Sini per page within double-ruled red frames, fully vocalised, gilt verse markers, opening double-page with elaborate, finely illuminated frames, final double-page with much simpler illuminated frames, perhaps added later, in a contemporary cloth binding with flap, numerous loose leaves but complete, folio 30.2 x 20.2cm. Provenance: Private Collection, London acquired in the 1970s

A Biblical manuscript, Syria or Egypt, 17th-18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, a collection of psalms, defective at beginning and end, 145ff., with 16 lines of naskh per page, with detached leaves at beginning and end, sewing intact, including one with a full-page drawing of an angel, loose in a contemporary blind-ruled binding, heavily worn, folio 16.5 x 10.5cm.Provenance: Rims Encheres, 15/10/2021, lot 134There are many Arabic manuscripts of the Psalms listed in library catalogs, but some of them turn out not to be Arabic translations of the Biblical Psalms, but rather a completely new Zabūr Dāwūd, written by a Muslim and then rewritten several times by subsequent editors. The earliest examples of an Arabic version of Psalms are on a papyrus dating to the late eighth or ninth century. The two surviving leaves of this papyrus codex contain psalms 7–13, sandwiched between other stories and poetry about death and the afterlife.For a discussion on Arabic Psalms see David Vishanoff, Psalms of the Muslim Prophet David Rewritten Bible in a Qur’anic Idiom, March 10, 2019 published online.