Lot 9 AN ILLUMINATED IJAZET ( CERTIFICATE) SCROLL, EGYPT AND DATED 1306 AH/1888 -1889 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, written in black ink, with important words highlighted in gold and gold verse roundels.
An Ijazat (diploma certificate) dated 1306 AH, written in Arabic by ʿAli Daghir, an adherent of the Shafiʿi madhhab, who later joined the Shahawiyyah ṭariqa (Sufi order). The Ijāza was issued to Ibrahim al-Dasuqi and granted by Sayyid Muḥammad al-Ḥusayni al-Ḥusayni.
The Ijazat serves as a certificate of competency authorizing the holder to teach a specific discipline and includes a chain of transmission (isnād) tracing back to Imām ʿAli ibn Abi Ṭalib. The text also contains brief narratives about some of the teachers mentioned in the chain of transmission and recounts several karamat (miraculous acts) associated with their piety and pursuit of knowledge.
Executed in scroll form, the manuscript features decorative borders in red pigment and burnished gold. There is minor damage at the end of the scroll.
Dimensions: 33 by 650 cm.
Provenance: Private London collection of F.A, previously acquired on the UK and international art market between the 1970s and 2020.