MUHAMMAD B. SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (d. 1465 CE): DALĀ’IL AL-KHAY - Lot 82

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MUHAMMAD B. SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (d. 1465 CE): DALĀ’IL AL-KHAY - Lot 82
MUHAMMAD B. SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (d. 1465 CE): DALĀ’IL AL-KHAYRĀT, WITH THE QASĪDAT AL-BURDA BY MUHAMMAD B. SAʿĪD AL-BŪSĪRĪ (d. 1294 CE), NORTH AFRICA, 19TH CENTURY. A small devotional manuscript in Arabic on vellum, square in format, comprising 164 folios, copied in small-sized Maghribī script in black ink, with certain terms highlighted in red, blue, and green; the first 75 folios—corresponding to nearly half of the *Dalā’il al-Khayrāt*—are arranged in 12 lines within an eight-pointed star-shaped frame, while the remainder of the volume is copied within a rectangular frame with 8 lines per page. Two stylized depictions of the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina on ff. 29–30, showing on one side the tombs of the Prophet, Abū Bakr, and ʿUmar, and on the other the miḥrāb and the minbar, all set against a red and green decorative scheme on a yellow background, followed by al-Būṣīrī’s *Qaṣīdat al-Burda*. Original brown leather binding with flaps, cold-stamped, featuring a central mandorla adorned with a beige leather patch, preserved in its embroidered pouch. Folio dimensions: 11 × 11 cm. Condition report: The beginning and end of the texts are missing. Generally in good condition, with several leaves having tears.
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