Persian manuscript on paper, the quatrain with 4 lines of flowing diagonal nasta'liq script in black ink, triangular corner panels with floral decoration on blue and black grounds, signed in the lower, laid down on a later album page with gilt scenes of wildlife in the margins; the calligraphic panel with six lines of elegant nasta'liq script in black ink within cloudbands against a gold ground of scattered flowers, signed in the lower corner panel, six further vertical panels of script, thick blue and red borders, laid down on an album page decorated with animals and foliage in gold 

Both in good overall condition, the quatrain with slight rubbing to the upper corner panel, a few minor stains, the other panel with a consolidated tear to the top right hand corner of the album page, otherwise ink fairly bold, as viewed.
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inscriptions

1) Copied in nasta'liq by Muhammad Husayn al-Tabrizi.

He may be the same as Muhammad Husayn al-Tabrizi, pen-named Mahzun (d. A.H. 985/A.D. 1577-8) who copied manuscripts and inscriptions for monuments. None of his recorded works are dated. (Mehdi Bayani, ahval va asar-e khosh-nevisan, vol. 3, Teheran, 1348 sh., pp. 680-83).

2) Copied in nasta'liq and signed as:  'faqir (Needy) 'Ali'.  This is one of the manners the famous Mir 'Ali al-Harawi signed his work.  He is reported as being one of the scribes who was taken to Bukhara by 'Ubaydullah Khan after his capture of Herat.  His recorded works are dated between A.H. 914 (A.D. 1508-09) and A.H. 951 (A.D. 1644-5) (Mehdi Bayani, ahval va asar-e khosh-nevisan, vol. 2, Teheran, 1346 sh., pp. 493-516).