Lot 207 MAJMA’ AL-ANSAB SILSILA NAMA: AN OTTOMAN GENEALOGY MANUSCRIPT, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

Arabic and Turkish manuscript on paper, comprising 32 leaves with 6 fly-leaves, with names written in red Naskh script within blue, orange and green circular medallions, interconnected by red lines. Supplementary comments are written in black Naskh script. The manuscript is preserved in a brown morocco binding. The genealogy traces Sultan Ahmed I (r. 1603–1617) through the Prophet Muhammad to Adam, presented in a distinctive horizontal format and incorporating numerous prophets, caliphs, rulers of Persia, and celebrated religious and political figures throughout history. 14 × 24 cm