A TRAVELLER'S TALISMANIC COMPENDIUM, SIGNED BY AHMED RESMIZADE, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 1260 AH/1844 AD A TRAVELLER'S TALISMANIC COMPENDIUM, SIGNED BY AHMED RESMIZADE, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 1260 AH/1844 AD A TRAVELLER'S TALISMANIC COMPENDIUM, SIGNED BY AHMED RESMIZADE, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 1260 AH/1844 AD A TRAVELLER'S TALISMANIC COMPENDIUM, SIGNED BY AHMED RESMIZADE, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 1260 AH/1844 AD A TRAVELLER'S TALISMANIC COMPENDIUM, SIGNED BY AHMED RESMIZADE, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 1260 AH/1844 AD A TRAVELLER'S TALISMANIC COMPENDIUM, SIGNED BY AHMED RESMIZADE, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 1260 AH/1844 AD

A TRAVELLER'S TALISMANIC COMPENDIUM, SIGNED BY AHMED RESMIZADE, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 1260 AH/1844 AD

Reference: ART3003533

Arabic manuscript on paper, comprising 32 folding panels, written in red and black naskh, thuluth and Kufic script, decorated in polychrome heightened with gold, numerous diagrams and illustrations in various forms.
50 by 50 cm.

A list of the manuscript's contents are as follows:
Grids containing the Beautiful Names of God and the Names of the Prophet Muhammad, squares containing words and verses from surahs, the hilyeh of the Prophet, a circle with the names of the companions. There are also numerous illustrations, including depictions of the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina, the grave of the Prophet, the mountain of Arafat, Maqam Ibrahim, Kalimaat al-Tawhid in Kufic script, v.13 from surah Al-Saff in Kufic and naskh script, a star enclosing the words Allah in Kufic script, graves of Khadija, Uthman, Fatima and Hamzah, the illustration of the scale (mizan) on Judgement Day and the mihrab of the Mosque of the Prophet, six verses from surah At-Tur forming a sailing ship referring to the calligraphic galleon by abd Qadir hisari and signed by Ahmed Resmizade in 1260 AH.