AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT, TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

Arabic manuscript on paper, 16 leaves, 7 lines to the page written in elegant black naskh script in black ink on a gilt ground, ruled in polychrome and gold borders, occasional marginal notes in Ottoman Turkish script, one illuminated headpiece in colours and gold, last two pages with illustrations in watercolour on a gold ground of Kaaba in Mecca and al-Rawda al-Sharifa in Medina.
In brown morocco binding.
Surah al-Fatiha, verses of surah al-Fath, dua's, verses of surah Yasin with two illustrations.
11 by 17.5 cm.