Lot 164
Fethname-i Kale-i Bagdad
£3,200
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 13 January 2016 at 11:00 GMT
Description
[Conquest of the Castle of Bagdad], Persian ms, [undated], 16 pages; Poem, 1 page (incomplete); Fethname-i Kale - Bagdad, dated 1047 AH [A.D. 1637/38], 28 pages, with later Arabic pencil notes, contemporary maroon morocco, contents loose, spine split; Abu al-Nasr Muhammad b Add al-Jabba al-Atabi (d. A.D.1036) [History of Sultan Mahmoud, dedicated to Mahmoud of Ghazni], Arabic manuscript, copy made by Mohammed Alsalem bin Mohammed, known as Hakim Zadeh, dated 1063 AH [A.D.1652-53], 182 leaves, contemporary maroon morocco with flap, occasional dampstaining, some wear (2)
Footnote
Provenance: The Earls of Lovelace, Torridon House
Note: The capture of Baghdad refers to the second conquest of the city by the Ottoman Empire as a part of the Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–39).
Note: The capture of Baghdad refers to the second conquest of the city by the Ottoman Empire as a part of the Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–39).
