A TINY PRAYER BOOK, SALAWAT SHARIF, MUHYIDDIN ARABI SIGNED B...

Hammer

£1,400

A TINY PRAYER BOOK, SALAWAT SHARIF, MUHYIDDIN ARABI SIGNED BY SAYYID ALI RASIM, DATED 19 SHAWWAL 1243 AH/ 4 MAY 1828AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 36+5 folos, 21 lines of black naskh script, text set within gold and black rules, gold roundels between verses outlined with black, rectangular gold section dividers surrounding with branches, some marginal diagonally Ottoman Turkish commentaries in black naskh framed with gold and black rules, significant verses in red, marginal gold rosettes with floral decoration, headings in red naskh reserved on plain ground within illuminated panels, illuminated section headings, two illustrations of symbolic Mecca and Madina, colophon dated and signed, original Ottoman leather binding gilded with tools, purple paper doublures, with flap.