Abu'l-Fadhl 'Iyadh bin Musa bin 'Iyadh al-Yahsubi (d. AH 544/AD 1149-50), Kitab al-Shifa bi-ta'rif Huquq al-Mustafa, a popular biography of the Prophet Muhammad, copied by Ibrahim al-Shauqi
Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1216/AD 1801-02
Arabic manuscript on paper, 337 leaves, 17 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script in black ink with headings and significant words picked out in red, inner margins ruled in red and gold, catchwords, one fine illuminated frontispiece predominantly in shades of gold, brown morocco with covers decorated with central medallions incorporating intertwining vegetal motifs in gold, with flap, rebacked and repaired, with brown morocco slipcase gilt
165 x 115 mm.