EARLY 19TH CENTURY MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI DALAIL AL...

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£5,000 - £6,000

EARLY 19TH CENTURY MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI DALAIL AL-KHAYRAT
COPIED BY SULAYMAN BIN ZAYN’AL-ABIDIN HODJA TEWFIQI (STUDENT OF MUSTAFA KUTAHI)
DATED 1212AH-1801AD Arabic manuscript on paper,11 lines to the page, written in elegant black naskh, between verse gold flowered roundels, text panel outlined with gold , black and red lines, significant words in red, marginal notes in black and red, finely illuminated opening page with polychrome and gold, names of Allah in form of gold lined honeycomb, finely depicted Mecca and Madina illustrations, colophon signed and dated, between sections gold and multicolored cartouches, brown Ottoman binding tooled and stamped central medallion and borders gold gilted, doublured with paper,
15,3 x 10 cm
His tutor Mustafa Kutahi’s Qur’an sold in SOTHEBY’S LOT47
another student of Mustafa kutahi is Mustafa HILMI AND HIS DALAIL KHAYRAT SOLD IN CHRISTIES 1 April 2021 LOT81