TWO OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHER'S DIPLOMAS (IJAZA)

ONE GIVEN TO AL-SAYYID HAFIZ MEHMED KHAYRI, THE OTHER TO IBRAHIM SIDQI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, ONE DATED AH 1298/1880-81 AD, THE OTHER AH 1270/1853-54 AD

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TWO OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHER'S DIPLOMAS (IJAZA)
ONE GIVEN TO AL-SAYYID HAFIZ MEHMED KHAYRI, THE OTHER TO IBRAHIM SIDQI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, ONE DATED AH 1298/1880-81 AD, THE OTHER AH 1270/1853-54 AD
Arabic manuscript on cream and brown paper, each ijaza with the bismallah in large black naskh above 3ll. of smaller naskh in clouds reserved against pounced gold with floral illumination, below two cartouches with further lines of naskh similarly reserved against gold ground, laid down between gold and polychrome borders on blue or green card with gold illumination, both backed with marbled paper
Largest 8 3/8 x 12in. (21.4 x 30.2cm.) (2)

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Lot Essay

The ijaza with the blue border was presented to al-Sayyid Hafiz Mehmed Khayri, known as Vahdi and is authorised in a panel in the lower right hand corner by al-Da'i Haqqi and in the left hand corner by al-Da'i Fakhri. The text in the main panels is the bismallah followed by a Prophetic hadith.

The ijaza with the green border was given to Ibrahim Sidqi, a pupil of 'Ali al-Wasfi. It is signed in a panel on the bottom right by al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Khulusi and on the left by Sayyid Mustafa Rasikh, a pupil of Ibrahim al-Shawqi. The text in the main panels is again the bismallah followed by a Prophetic hadith.

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