Lot 90
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A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (QIT'A)
A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (QIT'A)

SIGNED 'ALA AL-DIN AL-TABRIZI, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 987/1579-80 AD

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A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (QIT'A)
SIGNED 'ALA AL-DIN AL-TABRIZI, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED AH 987/1579-80 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, with two strong lines of thuluth framing a smaller line of naskh surrounded by panels of gold floral illumination, a panel with 6ll. of diagonal script below, laid down between minor gold illuminated green border and polychrome rules on wide margins with gold highlighted floral illumination reserved against pink ground, laid down on card
Calligraphic panel 6 3/8 x 9 ¼in. (16.1 x 23.5cm.); folio 12 x 15in. (30.4 x 37.9cm.)
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The text includes a Prophetic hadith, 'Your friends are of three types and your enemies are of three types. Your friends are: your friend, the friend of your friend, and the enemy of your enemy. Your enemies are: your enemy, the enemy of your friend, and the friend of your enemy'.
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Lot Essay

‘Ala al-Din Tabrizi was a pupil of Shams al-Din Muhammad Tabrizi, the secretary of Shah Tahmasp. Many Qur’ans by him written in naskh or a combination of naskh and other hands are recorded - these include a Qur’an dated Sha’ban AH 980/1572-73 AD in the Gulistan Palace Library, a Qur’an in naskh and riqa’ from the same library dated AH 989/1581-82 AD, and a Qur’an in naskh, dated AH 964/1556-57 AD in the Malek National Museum and Library, Tehran. In addition, numerous album pages have survived, including, a muraqqa' of 22 pieces by him in thulth and naskh, all written in Qazwin in AH 1001/1592-93 AD, also in the Gulistan Palace Library. He also wrote inscriptions on the Alchaq Mosque Masjid in Tabriz in the name of Shah Tahmasp, in Shawwal AH 972/May 1565 AD. His dated works recorded by Bayani range between AH 964/1556-57 AD and AH 1001/1592-93 AD (Mehdi Bayani, Ahval va asar-i khvush navisan-i iran, vol.II, Tehran, 1363 sh, pp.1113-14).

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