The Manuchihr Globe

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A celestial globe commissioned by Abu al-Fatḥ Manuchihr Khan, Governor of Khurasan, signed by Hasan ibn Sa‘d al-Qa‘īnī, Master Mālik Husayn Naqqāsh Isfahānī, and Rezvan Beg Zarneshan, Mashhad, Persia, dated: 1043 AH / 1632-33 AD.

Provenance:  

Wan Dengah Ben Salih Adilnor, Kuala Terengganu, Malaya, bought in Mecca in 1327 AH / 1909 AD.

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