COPIED BY MUHAMMAD IBN 'ABD AL-RAZZAQ TABIB, PROBABLY OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 20 JUMADA II AH 931/13 APRIL 1525 AD, 26 RAJAB AH 932/8 MAY 1526 AD AND DHU'L QA'DA AH 932/AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1526 AD

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NUR AL-DIN 'ABD AL-RAHMAN JAMI (D. AH 898/1492 AD): KULLIYAT
COPIED BY MUHAMMAD IBN 'ABD AL-RAZZAQ TABIB, PROBABLY OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 20 JUMADA II AH 931/13 APRIL 1525 AD, 26 RAJAB AH 932/8 MAY 1526 AD AND DHU'L QA'DA AH 932/AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1526 AD
Poetry, with the Diwan of Jami as the main text and the Tuhfat al-Ahrar, Subhat al-Abrar, Yusuf wa Zulaykha, Layla wa Majnun and Iskandarnama in the margins, Persian manuscript on ivory paper, 398ff. plus 3 fly-leaves, each folio with 19ll. of tight black nasta'liq arranged in two columns with double gold intercolumnar rules, further text written on the diagonal around the main text, titles in blue, gold and red naskh, opening folio with fine gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, preceding page with large gold and polychrome shamsa, five further similarly illuminated panels of various sizes within the text, with seven contemporary miniatures illustrating the text in the margins, colophon signed Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Razzaq Tabib and three dates throughout the text of 20 Jumada al-Thani 931, 26 Rajab 932, and Dhu'l Qa'da 932, some folios loose in binding, some miniatures slightly smudged, minor staining, with one contemporaneous Ottoman brown morocco board with central stamped medallion and spandrels and doublure with central decoupé medallion and stamped spandrels, worn
Folio 9½ x 6½in. (24.1 x 16.5cm.); text panel 7½ x 4¼in. (19 x 10.8cm.)

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Lot Essay

The miniatures are identified as:

1. The Prophet's Mi'raj
2. Sheikh Safi Abu Turab Nasafi who went to sleep in the middle of a holy war
3. Zulaykha purchasing Yusuf in the market
4. Egyptian women overwhelmed by Yusuf's beauty
5. Majnun goes to see Layla
6. Majnun goes to Layla's camp
7. Alexander taking up submission

The scribe, Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Razzaq Tabib (Physician) is unrecorded.

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