Lot 103
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AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC BAG (FERASET BOCHACI)
AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC BAG (FERASET BOCHACI)
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AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC BAG (FERASET BOCHACI)

INSCRIBED TO MUSTAFA GHALIB EFENDI SON OF AL-HAJJ SALIH EFENDI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1317/1899-1900 AD

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AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC BAG (FERASET BOCHACI)
INSCRIBED TO MUSTAFA GHALIB EFENDI SON OF AL-HAJJ SALIH EFENDI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1317/1899-1900 AD
The dark brown leather body decorated on each side with a red leather lobed cartouche embroidered with inscriptions in thuluth, the front panel dated, leather worn
12 x 11 3/8in. (30.5 x 28.8cm.)
Engraved
On the front: Fadilat Mustafa Ghalib Efendi bin al-Hajj Salih Efendi ra’is al-mujalladin fi kitabkhana shaykh al-Islam al-marhum ‘Arif Hikmat Bey bi-l-madina al-munawwara ‘[To] his virtue Mustafa Ghaleb Effendi son of Al-Hajj Salih Effendi the chief binder in Shayk Al-Islam ‘Arif Hikmet Bey in Medina’

On the reverse: Hadrat al-ruf'at Muzzaffar Bey bin Khalfan Mahruqi muharrar al-sanadat al-kharijiat fi al-bab al-ali '[From] His Excellency Muzzaffar Bey bin Khalfan Mahruqi the issuer of the external bonds of the Sublime Porte'

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Lot Essay

This calligraphic bag records Mustafa Ghaleb Effendi as the son of the Al-Hajj Salih Effendi, the illuminator and binder of the previous lot who was also active in the kitabkhaneh in Medina. It notes Al-Hajj Salih as the chief binder within the Shaykh al-Islam ‘Arif Hikmet Bey library in Medina. The ‘Arif Hikmet Bey library still stands today and its collection remains one of the most important of works in Arabic, Persian and Turkish.

For similar calligraphic bags sold at auction, see Sotheby’s, London, 1 May 2019, lot 225 and 26 April 2017, lot 57.

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