Sharaf al-Din Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad ibn Hassan al-Busiri (d.1296-97 AD), Qasida al-Burda, copied by Kamal ibn al-Shahab al-Katib al-Yazdi, Turkey, Ottoman, dated 896 AH/1490-91 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 8 leaves, plus 2 flyleaves, 11 lines to the page, the first, middle and last written in elegant black muhaqqaq script, the intervening lines in neat black naskh, margins ruled in gold and blue, in brown stamped morocco binding, with flap

In overall good condition, the margins are clean and there are no later annotations to the text, heavily water stained but with the text clearly legible, occasional smudges to the text and restoration to the paper, as viewed.
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For more on the Qasida al-Burda, please see catalogue note to lot 10.