Illuminated Manuscript Prayer, Illuminated colophon, This elegantly calligraphed and illuminated codex contains a prayer (wird) entitled Miftāḥ al-najāḥ attributed to ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, the fourth caliph of Islam. The manuscript was executed by Shaykh Kamāl ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Sabzawārī in Astarabad (present-day Gorgan, Iran) in 941 AH / 1534 CE

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