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[MULLA MUZAFFAR].

[Kitab Ilm al-Falak],

[Kitab Ilm al-Falak],

an astronomical treatise,

Stock Code 114810

Zand Persia, probably Shiraz, dated 'Rabi I', circa 1780 AD.

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A working copy of an astronomical treatise broken up into 19 chapters and containing many charts and diagrams of the planets and solar system. Numerous inscriptions indicate authorship by a certain 'Mulla Muzaffar' but no other records of this author's work have been located.

This manuscript includes gilt ruling to every leaf and was evidently copied at notable expense for the personal use of someone that used the margins for their own personal annotations; likely at the hand of a courtier under patronage. Furthermore, the binding strongly suggests the volume was produced in Shiraz and a contemporary seal impression dated '1196 AH' (1782 AD) places the manuscript in the Zand period of PErsian history, when Shiraz was the capital under the rule of Karim Khan Zand.

Single volume, decorated manuscript on paper, in Farsi, 99 leaves plus a final free endpaper, single column, 17 lines cursive naskh script in black, important words and overlining in red, opening leaf with fihrist, contemporary foliation and catch-words throughout, contemporary annotations to margins, double-ruled in red and gilt, numerous astronomical diagrams throughout the text, a few ink stains and smudges overall good internal condition; housed in contemporary leather boards, central gilt medallion cartouches to covers, rebacked, extremities lightly rubbed. Measurements; 210 x 135mm (8¼ x 5¼ inches).

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