Arts of the Islamic World & India

Arts of the Islamic World & India

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 529. Jamal al-Din Abi Mahmud Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Hilal ibn Tamim al-Maqdisi (d. 1364 AD), Kitab Muthir al-gharam 'ila ziyarat al-Quds wa'l-Sham, on the geography and virtues of Jerusalem and the Levant, copied by Ahmad ibn 'Ali ibn Salamah, probably Egypt, Mamluk, dated 19 Ramadan 879 AH/4 February 1475 AD.

Jamal al-Din Abi Mahmud Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Hilal ibn Tamim al-Maqdisi (d. 1364 AD), Kitab Muthir al-gharam 'ila ziyarat al-Quds wa'l-Sham, on the geography and virtues of Jerusalem and the Levant, copied by Ahmad ibn 'Ali ibn Salamah, probably Egypt, Mamluk, dated 19 Ramadan 879 AH/4 February 1475 AD

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April 30, 03:48 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Arabic manuscript on paper, 111 leaves, plus 2 fly leaves, 19 lines to the page written in naskh ink black ink, headings and keywords picked out in red, in brown leather binding

19.5 by 3.6cm.

For further manuscript copies of the text, see Brockelmann, GAL, II, p.162, and GAL, S.II, p.162. 

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