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Sadr al-Din Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Muhammad Yunus Qunawi (d.1274 AD), Kitab al-nafahat al-ilahiya, Jazira, Anatolia or Mesopotamia, dated 729 AH/1329 AD
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- ink on paper, bound
Arabic manuscript on paper, 72 leaves, plus 2 fly-leaves, 17 lines to the page, written in naskh script in black ink, titles in bold thuluth and catchwords highlighted in red, in brown stamped leather binding
Condition
In good overall condition, the margins are overall clean with only occasional margin annotations and comments, water and various stains throughout but the calligraphy bold, as viewed.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Sadr al-Din Qunawi (d.1274 AD) was one of the most influential authors of theoretical Sufism. Adopted by Ibn ‘Arabi after the death of his father, he travelled with Shaykh Awad al-Din Kirmani through Iran and later to Konya and Cairo.
Kitab al-nafahat al-ilahiya largely refers to his visionary experience and can be considered one of his most important texts. A copy dated 998 AH/1589 AD is now in the Bibliotèque Nationale, Paris (ms.1354). A seventeeth-century copy is now in the British Library (P. Stocks and C. Baker (ed.), 2001, p.167 E.) and a Qajar copy dated 1316 AH/1898 AD is now preserved in Tehran (Encyclopedia of Islam, vol.VIII, p.754). See also Brockelmann: GAL, suppl. I. 808.
Kitab al-nafahat al-ilahiya largely refers to his visionary experience and can be considered one of his most important texts. A copy dated 998 AH/1589 AD is now in the Bibliotèque Nationale, Paris (ms.1354). A seventeeth-century copy is now in the British Library (P. Stocks and C. Baker (ed.), 2001, p.167 E.) and a Qajar copy dated 1316 AH/1898 AD is now preserved in Tehran (Encyclopedia of Islam, vol.VIII, p.754). See also Brockelmann: GAL, suppl. I. 808.