INTERESTING SET OF NINE MANUSCRIPTS - Lot 14

INTERESTING SET OF NINE MANUSCRIPTS Iran, Central Asia and India, 16th-19th centuries Comprising a half-Qur'an from the Caucasus, probably Dagestan (fragmentary and unbound); a Safavid manuscript of Qazi Nurullah Shushtari's Majalis al-Mu'minin collection of biographies of Shiite personalities, bound, incomplete; a large Indian manuscript of the Khamsa by Amir Khusrow Dehlavi, early 19th century, fragmentary, in its red leather binding, from the Rajah of Bareilly, dated 1856; a large Safavid commentary on the Koran, fragmentary, in its binding: a small poetry manuscript, rub'ayat, 18th century in its original binding; an incomplete Safavid diwan to which illustrated vignettes have been added; an incomplete Mughal diwan in its red leather binding; an Indian Persian manuscript in its black binding; and a large fragment of a Safavid manuscript. Leaves42.5 x 26 cm (largest manuscript) Provenance: Galerie R.G. Michel in 1912. Then Michel Collection (1880-1963). Then by descent. Then Collection P.