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The horoscope of Iskandar Sultan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

Fateme Keshavarz
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In the spring of 1980, the author was asked to prepare a catalogue of the Persian manuscripts preserved in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. During preliminary stages of this work a remarkable manuscript came to light which is the subject of the present article. This is the personal horoscope of Iskandar Sultan, the grandson of Tīmūr (d. 807/1405). Iskandar ruled in Fars, South West Iran, for five years from 1409 to 1414. He is best known for his interest in the arts and sciences and for his patronage of manuscript production.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 116 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 197 - 208
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1984

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