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Lot 114

Abul-Fadhl ‘Iyadh bin Musa al-Yahsabi. As-Shifa’ bi Ta’rif Huquq al-Mustafa, a treatise on the Prophet Muhammad, copied by Abdul-Qadir al-Juraishi
North Africa, probably Morocco, dated AH 1149/ AD 1736

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29 April 2004, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Abul-Fadhl ‘Iyadh bin Musa al-Yahsabi. As-Shifa’ bi Ta’rif Huquq al-Mustafa, a treatise on the Prophet Muhammad, copied by Abdul-Qadir al-Juraishi
North Africa, probably Morocco, dated AH 1149/ AD 1736

Arabic manuscript on paper, 209 leaves, 21 lines to the page written in maghribi script, the name of the Prophet Muhammad picked out in gold throughout, significant words and letters picked out in red or blue, margins ruled in red and blue, catchwords in wide margins, illuminated frontispiece in colours and gold with two roundels incorporating prayers to the Prophet and the name of the author, paper slightly browned due to ink acidity, some light staining, contemporary red morocco with stamped central medallions and cornerpieces of leather onlay decorated with floral motifs on gold ground, worn with loss of small areas of leather onlay, folio 1a with two dated ownership inscriptions, repaired
274 x 197 mm.

Footnotes

Provenance:

1. Ownership inscription on folio 1a states that this manuscript was legally bought by Hasan Na’mun, dated AH 1212/AD 1797.

2. Ownership inscription on folio1a states that this manuscript was legally acquired by Abul-Hasan as-Sayyid Ali al-Za’zani from al-‘Abbas Ahmad bin Sa’id, dated A.H. 1250 / A.D. 1834

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Exempt

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