MUHAMMAD B. SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (d. 1465 AD): DALĀ’IL AL-KHAY - Lot 83

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MUHAMMAD B. SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (d. 1465 AD): DALĀ’IL AL-KHAY - Lot 83
MUHAMMAD B. SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (d. 1465 AD): DALĀ’IL AL-KHAYRĀT, WITH THE QASĪDAT AL-BURDA BY MUHAMMAD B. SAʿĪD AL-BŪSĪRĪ (d. 1294 CE), NORTH AFRICA, DATED 1248 H./1832 AD Small devotional manuscript in Arabic on vellum, comprising 146 ff. and 5 ff. of endpapers covered with prayers and talismanic inscriptions; each folio is written in 8 lines in small-modulus Maghribī script in black ink, with vocalization and important terms highlighted in red, yellow, and green. Frontispiece decorated with a polychrome geometric design in red, green, and yellow. The opening of the *Dalā’il al-Khayrāt* inscribed in red within a banner on a yellow and green background, and stylized double depictions of the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina showing the tombs of the Prophet, Abū Bakr’s, and ʿUmar’s, as well as the miḥrāb and the minbar. Section titles are inscribed in polychrome cartouches. Colophon indicating that the copy was completed in 22 days in the year 1248 H./1832 CE by a scribe partially identified as Sayyid Ahmad al-[...]. Frontispiece leaf reinforced with adhesive. Original flap binding in embossed and gilded garnet morocco leather, decorated with a central mandorla and floral spandrels; in good condition. Leaf dimensions: 12 × 11 cm. Writing area dimensions: 7.5 × 7.5 cm.
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