A MONUMENTAL GENEALOGY, COPIED BY HAJ ISMA'IL BUKHARI, CENTRAL ASIA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

Illuminated genealogical scroll on paper, the text written in black and gold ink within gold roundels, rectangular panels and illuminated panels, illuminated headpiece with tughra-form device, one further panel with tughra device for the name of the Prophet Muhammad, the whole bordered by a band of meandering foliate motifs in blue and gold, in a contemporary repoussé silver cylindrical scroll holder decorated with floral motifs and with two circular turquoise stones set into silver brackets

in good condition, backed with linen, minor creasing and areas of paper discolouration, small worm holes, as viewed
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This is a remarkbale and very rare scroll, of enormous length and great quality. It traces a lineage from Adam through the Old Testament Propehts to Muhammad, Fatima, Hassan and Husain, and then on through further generations to a final ruler title Hasrat Khwaja Husain Sahib Qiran. While the style of the scroll, the name of the scribe and the style of the silver scroll case would point to a Central Asian origin, possibly one of the dynasties such as the Mangits of Bukahara or a Sufi order such as the Naqshbandis, the exact identities of the final few rulers mentioned on the scroll have not so far been identified.