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Description:
Mulla Muhammad Baqir [known as] Allama Majlisi (d. 1698) Four Books Selected from the Bihar al-Anwar. Small folio Arabic manuscript on paper, each leaf inscribed in black and red ink on polished laid paper within a an ink and gold frame, decorated title page with painted and gilt cartouche, bound in full dark morocco with gold decorated lozenges painted on front and back boards, rebacked, wear, some damage, a hadith collection from the Shi'i scholar, 10 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.
Estimate $800-1,000
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Muhammad BaqirJohn Dorfman
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