Ijazah

OTTOMAN TURKEY, AH 15 RABI I 1257/7 MAY 1841 AD

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Ijazah
Ottoman Turkey, AH 15 Rabi I 1257/7 May 1841 AD
Deed of succession to a Sufi order, Arabic manuscript on paper, 26ll. of black nasta'liq with fine floral gold and polychrome illumination top and bottom, dated 15 Rabi I 1257, backed onto green cloth, small worm holes
41½in. (105.5cm.) long

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This document records the succession of al-Shaikh Muhammad Hamid b. 'Abdullah to the Sufi order Jamali Khilwati, and was drawn up by his uncle al-Sayyid Hasan Takfuri. The document records the succession of the order going back to the Prophet Muhammad.

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