"AN ARABIC MANUSCRIPT, KITAB AL- SHIFA BI TARIF HUQUQ MUSTAF...

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£5,000 - £7,000

"AN ARABIC MANUSCRIPT,
KITAB AL- SHIFA BI TARIF HUQUQ MUSTAFA (QADI ‘AYYAD BIN MUSA)
OTTOMAN, CONSTANTINOPOLE,
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
SIGNED SAYYID OMAR HILMI ALANI
WRITTEN IN MEDRESE-I DAR-I SULTANIYYEYI ALIYYE (ISTANBUL’S FIRST CLASS MEDRESE’S COMMON NAME)
DATED RABI’L AWWAL 1255/MAY-JUNE1839AD (SULTAN ABDULMAJID PERIOD)
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Arabic manuscript on paper,236ff. plus four fly-leaves, 21ll. of black cursive script verging of nastaliq script, some verses picked out in red, text within black and red-ruled gold frame, opening folio with illuminated heading in gold and polychrome, with marginal notes, illuminated opening index, colophon signed and dated, original green morocco binding with gilt decoration, doublures with turquoise paper