MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D. 1465 AD): DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT

Lot 17
27.10.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 17 | MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D. 1465 AD): DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT
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£ 6 000 – 8 000
MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D. 1465 AD): DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT

SIGNED SALIH AL-NA'ILI KNOWN AS HAFIZ AL-QUR’AN, PROBABLY OTTOMAN EGYPT, DATED AH 1284/1867-68 AD

The renowned prayer book in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on burnished paper, 116ff. plus three flyleaves, each folio with 9ll. of elegant black naskh, gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, occasional marginal medallions, headings in gold illuminated panels, text panels within thick gold and polychrome rules, catchwords, the opening folio with gold and polychrome headpiece, one double-page depiction of an aerial view of the Ka'ba and the Masjid al-Haram and the Mosque of the Prophet, the colophon signed and dated, in brown leather binding with gilt decoration and flap, cream paper doublures, in brown slip case

Text panel 7 5/8 x 5 5/8in. (19.2 x 14.2cm); folio 11 x 8 1/4in. (27.8 x 20.8cm.)





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Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York



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