Arts of the Islamic World - L09723

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Arts Of The Islamic World

07 October 2009 • London

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Sale Number: L09723

14. abu hamid al-ghazali (d.1111), ihya 'ulum al-din, spain, almohad, 12th-13th century

Estimate: 8,000 – 10,000 GBP

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15. a sufi treatise on mystical doctrine, including explanations of specific devotional practices such as dhikr (remembrance of god), zuhd (asceticism) and the concept of the spirit/soul, with quotes from the prophet, probably persia, late 12th century

Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP

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16. a manuscript treatise on chess, north africa, circa 13th century

Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP

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17. kitab al-masail fi'l-tibb lil-muta'alimin, arabic text on medicine 'for the learned', by hunayn ibn ishaq, with extra commentaries by his pupil and nephew hubaysh ibn al-hasan, copied by yahya al-badia al-ma'aridi, near east, dated 6 jamada, a.h. 496/a.d. 1102

Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 GBP

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19. kitab hada'iq al-adab al-nadira wa durur al-ma'ani al-fakhira, an extract from an anthology of mamluk poetry, egypt or syria, circa 14th century

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP

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21. majmu`at al-mutawassitat, "the compendium of intermediate books", a rare and highly important compendium of treatises on mathematics and astronomy compiled by nasir al-din al-tusi, copied in baghdad in a.h. 682/a.d. 1283, the final part completed in a.h. 706/a.d. 1306

Estimate: 30,000 – 50,000 GBP

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22. an important early copy of the edition of euclid's elements by the 13th-century polymath nasir al-din al-tusi (d.1274), possibly with the first few pages by the author and apparently partially completed by the year 1280

Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 GBP

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23. two panels of calligraphy: a nasta'liq quatrain by faqir 'ali and a calligraphy by muhammad husain al-tabrizi, persia, safavid, late 16th century

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP

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24. two illuminated quatrains by muhammad salih and shah mahmud al-nishapuri, persia, safavid, mid-16th century

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP

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25. two panels of calligraphy by abd al-rahim al-najafi, dated a.h. 1130/a.d. 1717 and wasafi, persia

Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP

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26. a group of four calligraphic pages by mir 'ali; mahmud ibn ishaq al-shahabi; 'imad al-hasani and fakhr al-din 'ali, persia, 16th-17th century

Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP

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27. an illustrated and illuminated manuscript from jami's haft awrang, signed by mir 'ali al-hussaini, khurasan, circa 1570

Estimate: 35,000 – 50,000 GBP

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