AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY AHMAD FU’AD, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1292 AH/1875-76 AD
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AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY AHMAD FU’AD, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1292 AH/1875-76 AD
Arabic manuscript on light brown paper, 109 leaves plus 3 fly-leaves, 11 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in black, gold and red, verses separated by polychrome and gold rosettes in different designs, titles in white cursive against a gold ground within polychrome cartouches, f.1b with a polychrome and gold rococo heading (‘unwan), illustrations of Mecca (f.22b) and Medina (f.23a), in brown gilt and stamped leather binding, with flap
text panel: 9.2 by 6cm.
leaf: 14.1 by 9.6cm.
Christie’s London, 16 October 1980, lot 20.
N. Safwat, A Collector’s Eye. Islamic calligraphy in Qur’ans and other manuscripts, London 2010, no.74, pp.278-281.
A later inscription at the beginning of the manuscript was written by a Turkish mother recording the engagement and later marriage of her daughter Bari’a on 14 August 1927. This volume of prayers includes suggested prayers and reading to complete before the Dala’il al-khayrat, the Beautiful Names of God and the attributes of The Prophet.