COPIED BY 'ABD AL-WAHHAB YAZDANI IBN VESAL (AH 1252-1328/1836-1910 AD), IRAN, DATED SHA'BAN 1282/DECEMBER 1865-JANUARY 1866

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THE MUNAJAT OF THE IMAM 'ALI
COPIED BY 'ABD AL-WAHHAB YAZDANI IBN VESAL (AH 1252-1328/1836-1910 AD), IRAN, DATED SHA'BAN 1282/DECEMBER 1865-JANUARY 1866
The sayings of 'Ali, Persian manuscript on card, 9ff. plus 1 fly-leaf, each with 4ll. of elegant black nasta'liq in cloud-bands with black outline against gold ground, with green, navy, red and gold borders with blue and black rule, most mounted on light blue card apart from the first two folios which are on yellow, all with red outer margins with black rule, green leather binding with tooled gold borders and central medallion, binding split
Folio 9 7/8 x 6 1/8in. (25.2 x 15.6cm.); Text 5 1/8 x 4in. (13 x 10.2cm.)

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Lot Essay

'Abd al-Wahhab was the sixth and youngest son of the well-known calligrapher Muhammad Shafi' Vesal Shirazi. He wrote poems under the pseudonym Yazdani and followed Mir 'Imad's style in nasta'liq. He also wrote in other styles and was much praised for his work. His recorded works include a copy of the divan of Anvari in the Majlis Library in Tehran and a few calligraphic pages. He is also recorded as a scholar in literature, sciences, fine arts, painting and music (Mehdi Bayani, Ahval va Asar-e Khosh-Nevisan, Vol. II, Tehran, 1346 sh, pp.419-20 and M. Bamdad, Dictionary of National Biography of Iran 1700-1900, Vol. 6, Tehran, 1966, pp. 151-2).

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