Lot 78
Husain ibn Mas`ud al-Farra al-Baghawi, Masabih al-sunnah, volume one of a collection of authentic Hadith, Islamic Traditions, copied by Amir Ahmad ibn Jamal al-Din al-Bakbazari, in Qunya Turkey, AH 843/ AD 1439
29 April 2004, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,000 - £1,200
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Turkey, AH 843/ AD 1439
Turkey, AH 843/ AD 1439
Arabic manuscript on paper, 245 leaves, 13 lines of text to the page, copied in neat black naskhi script with copious marginal and interlinear annotations, beginning of each tradition highlighted by a red dot, titles marked by larger ornamental script, several ownership seals, stamped brown leather binding worn, first few gatherings detached, waterstaining restricted to outer margins throughout
243 x 185 mm.
243 x 185 mm.