DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT BY MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D. 1465 AD), SIGNED HASAN VASFI EFENDI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 1257 AH/1841 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper depicting prayers in honour of the Prophet Muhammad, each folio with 13 lines written in elegant black naskh script, with gold and verse markers with polychrome dots, some words picked out in red, text within gold and black rules, opening biofolio with royal gold and blue decoration. Further two detailed illustrations Mecca and Medina with Al-Masjid Al-Haram and Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi, different attributed names to the Prophet, occasional mar- ginal notes in red and black naskh script, catchwords, colophon signed by Hasan Vasfi student of Al-Sai’d Al-Adranawi. In original tooled and stamped gilt deep red morocco binding with flap, with gilt doublers. 11 by 16 cm.

THE CALLIGRAPHER
Hasan Vasfi Efendi was born in Kırcaali-Bulgaristan and died in 1273 AH/1841 AD. He is buried in Edirne.
Although he is originally from Kardzhali, there is no information about his family and date of birth. In Edirne, where he went for education, he took thuluth and naskh lessons from Tab'î Mehmed Sa'id Efendi, the calligraphy teacher of Gazi Mihal School. After receiving his licence, he became a calligrapher teacher at Taş Mekteb school. Hasan Vasfi Efendi wrote thirty Qurans during his life. It is reported that he passed away after writing the verse about death in the eleventh line of the twelfth page of the fourteenth juz.

دلائل الخيرات للمؤلف محمد بن سليمان الجزولي (ت 1465 م) توقيع حسن الواصفي تركيا العثمانية بتاريخ 1257 هـ / 1841 م

مخطوطة عربية على ورق تحتوي العديد من الأدعية , كل ورقة بها 13 سطراً مكتوب بخط النسخ الأسود الأنيق ، مع علامات ذهبية وآية بنقاط متعددة الألوان ، وبعض الكلمات منتقاة باللون الأحمر ، والنص ضمن القواعد الذهبية والسوداء ، الافتتاحية بزخرفة ذهبية وزرقاء .اثنان من الرسوم التوضيحية التفصيلية لمكة المكرمة والمدينة المنورة ، أسماء شريفة للنبي محمد (ص), ملاحظات هامشية عرضية بخط النسخ الأحمر والأسود , موقعة من قبل الخطاط حسن الوصفي تلميذ السعيد الأدروني.