Lot 78 DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT BY MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D. 1465 AD), SIGNED UBEYDULLAH ZEHNI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 1217 AH/ 1802 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper depicting prayers in honour of the Prophet Muhammad, 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 red rules, two opening biofolio with royal gold and polychrome decoration.
Further two detailed illustrations Mecca and Medina with Al-Masjid AL-Haram and Al-Masjid AL-Nabawi, different attributed names to the Prophet, 6 chapters or ''Hiz'' of prayers, occasional marginal notes, colophon signed 'written by al-Faqir Ubeydullah zehni, the first Imam of Mihrimah Sultan Mosaque in Edirne, student of Abu Bakr Rasid and dated in Rmadan 1217 AH '
In original tooled and stamped gilt brown morocco binding with flap.
12 by 17 cm.