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MUHAMMAD BIN AL-HUSAYN BIN MUSA KNOWN AS ABU ALHASSAN AL-SHARIF AL-RADI (D. AH 406/1016 AD): NAHJ AL-BALAGHA

Lot 44
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 151 200
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 44 | MUHAMMAD BIN AL-HUSAYN BIN MUSA KNOWN AS ABU ALHASSAN AL-SHARIF AL-RADI (D. AH 406/1016 AD): NAHJ AL-BALAGHA
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£ 80 000 – 120 000
MUHAMMAD BIN AL-HUSAYN BIN MUSA KNOWN AS ABU ALHASSAN AL-SHARIF AL-RADI (D. AH 406/1016 AD): NAHJ AL-BALAGHA

SIGNED YA'QUT AL-NURI, ZENGID MOSUL, DATED 14 DHU'L-QADA AH 601/3 JULY 1205 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 214ff. with 15ll.of elegant black naskh, headings in larger script, set within gold and polychrome rules, occasional marginal commentary, catchwords, the opening bifolio with later illumination laid down over original title page and colophon with signature of Ya'qut al-Nuri, the following bifolio with the text reserved against gold cloudbands illuminated with flowering scrolls, in later gilt tooled leather binding, the doublures marbled paper

Text panel 10 ¼ x 5 7/8in. (26 x 14.8cm.); folio 12 5/8 x 8 ½in. (32.2 x 21.6cm.)





Provenance

Private Collection, UK, by 1970



Literature

Nassar M. Mansour, 'A unique Arabic manuscript copied by Ya'qut al-Nouri al-Mouselli (d. 618 H/1221 CE): Analytical study of the artistic features of Ya'qut al-Mouselli's style in calligraphy', al-Majalla al-Urduniyya lil-tarikh w al-athar, 2009, pp.1-31.
Art style:Abbasid (750-940)
Place of origin:Iraq, Asia
Auction house category:Letters, documents and manuscripts
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