A WAQFNAMA WITH TUGHRA OF SULTAN AHMAD I (R.1603-1617)

Lot 113
31.03.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 40 000
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Lot 113 | A WAQFNAMA WITH TUGHRA OF SULTAN AHMAD I (R.1603-1617)
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£ 40 000 – 60 000
A WAQFNAMA WITH TUGHRA OF SULTAN AHMAD I (R.1603-1617)

OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED JUMADA II AH 1014/ OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1605 AD

Ottoman Turkish and Arabic manuscript on paper, 38ff., plus six flyleaves, each folio with 11ll. of black naskh, keywords picked out in gold, red and blue, gold roundel verse markers, within gold and black rules, catchwords, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece surmounting text in clouds reserved against a gold ground, a bifolio with illuminated tughra of Sultan Ahmad I on gold floral ground, some folios with marginal notes and seal impressions, overall good condition, in gilt-stamped brown morocco with flap, stamped brown morocco doublures

5 5⁄8 x 2 7⁄8in. (14.3 x 7.3cm.)







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