The rare manuscript which is believed to have belonged to the founder of the Safavid dynasty Shah Ismail features the words written in blue and gold ink, ISNA has reported.
Originally compiled in 15 pages, the script includes only 11 pages of the Persian translation of the words of Imam Ali (PBUH), the first Imam of the Shia Muslims.
The Safavids ruled from 1501 to 1722 in Iran and controlled all of modern Iran, Azerbaijan and Armenia, most of Iraq, Georgia, Afghanistan, and the Caucasus, as well as parts of Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Turkey.
The Safavid artists were influenced by Turkmen culture, Chinese, Ottoman and Western cultures.
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An ancient Persian manuscript datable to Safavid dynasty, has been discovered in a library in Wiesbaden, a city in southwest Germany.
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