A PRAYER BY THE PERSIAN SUFI SAINT KHWAJA ABDULLAH ANSARI (1006 - 1088)
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Qajar Iran, dated 1264 AH (1848 AD) and signed Mohammad Hussein Hazrat Soltani

Persian manuscript on paper, the large album page featuring a horizontal calligraphic composition of nasta’liq script in black ink and sprinkled with gold, the top line in a bold pen, the prayer text in a pseudo-chalipa diagonal arrangement in a finer pen, against a blue cloudband on a gold ground, signed Mohammad Hussein Hazrat Soltani, dated 1264 AH, set within multiple borders, mounted, framed and glazed, the text panel 23cm x 38.3cm, 54.5cm x 67.8cm including the frame.