"A GENEALOGICAL SCROLL (SILSILENAMA) OTTOMAN TURKEY, EARLY 1...

Hammer

£13,500

"A GENEALOGICAL SCROLL (SILSILENAMA)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, EARLY 18TH CENTURY WITH LATER ADDITIONS"

Arabic and Ottoman Turkish manuscript on cream paper, scroll with 23 pasted sheets, polychrome and gold roundels containing historical figures(Adam, Prophets and kings that ruled in the Middle East) in black Ottoman naskh starting with Adam and finishing with Mahmud II (r. 1808-39), the roundels surrounded by extensive notes in black, gold and multicoloured illuminated heading composed of floral sprays in banner form followed by introduction in black naskh, opening section backed on green silk

1059 x 30cm

Starting from the time of Adam, it lists the descendants of biblical figures and their contemporaries in the Eastern world, such as the Sasanian kings of Persia. It continues with Muhammad and the early caliphs through to the twelve major Islamic dynasties, including the Ottomans. 14th sheets start the genealogy of the founder of the Qadiriyya order Abdulkadir Geylani and his Sufi genealogy. Hereafter also starts the House of Osman The last 3 sheets with a different writing style and most circles are empty, so we can assume that these are later additions at the beginning of the 19th century. There is a date at the end containing the year 1223 AH/1808 AD short after the crowning of Sultan Mahmud II.(R. 1808-1839), and also another date 1238 AH/1823 AD