Lot 27 DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT BY MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D. 1465 AD), SIGNED AHMED BIN HASAN, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 1122 AH/1710 AD
Reference: ART3006875
Arabic manuscript on paper depicting prayers in honour of the Prophet Muhammad, 69 leaves with 2 fly-folio, each folio with 11 lines written in elegant black naskh script, with gold verse markers outlined in black and pointed out in polychrome dots, some words picked out in red, text within double gold and blue rules, an opening biofolio with royal gold and polychrome decoration.
Further a detailed illustration of al-Rawda al-Sharifa in Medina, different attributed names to the Prophet, occasional marginal notess, colophon signed 'written by Ahmed Bin Hasan known as Ibn al-Sheikh, student of Darvish Ali and dated: Friday 6 of Muharram 1122 AH'.
In tooled and stamped gilt deep red morocco binding with flap.
11.5 by 16 cm.