Details
Eight calligraphic panels,
Arabic and Persian manuscript, including: 7ll. of black nasta'liq in two columns below headings in nasta'liq and kufic, blue border and ground, dated AH 1351/1932-3 AD - 54 x 39cm.; a panel of interwoven naskh, printed surround, Ottoman, dated (1)344/1925-6 AD - 28 x 34.5cm.; another similar, signed by Muhammad Shafiq and dated AH 1285/1868-9 AD - 37 x 49cm.; the bismillah composed of minute yellow script on pale purple ground, signed by Muhammad Nuri Siwasi and dated AH 1348/1929-30 AD - 27 x 74cm.; the shahada in blue on green ground, in velvet or baize, border of meandering fruiting vine - 44.5 x 83.5cm.; 9ll. of pale yellow nasta'liq in two columns on black ground, Ottoman, signed Hilmi and dated AH 1312/1894-5 AD - 41 x 35cm.; all framed; a large phrase in white composed of minute script, signed by Muhammad Nuri(?) and dated AH 1336/1917-18 AD, mounted - 20 x 53cm.; two lines of large white naskh on green ground, gold margins between red and blue rules, Ottoman, signed by Muhammad Amin al-Zuhdi, dated AH 1279/1862-3 AD - 46 x 63cm. (8)
Arabic and Persian manuscript, including: 7ll. of black nasta'liq in two columns below headings in nasta'liq and kufic, blue border and ground, dated AH 1351/1932-3 AD - 54 x 39cm.; a panel of interwoven naskh, printed surround, Ottoman, dated (1)344/1925-6 AD - 28 x 34.5cm.; another similar, signed by Muhammad Shafiq and dated AH 1285/1868-9 AD - 37 x 49cm.; the bismillah composed of minute yellow script on pale purple ground, signed by Muhammad Nuri Siwasi and dated AH 1348/1929-30 AD - 27 x 74cm.; the shahada in blue on green ground, in velvet or baize, border of meandering fruiting vine - 44.5 x 83.5cm.; 9ll. of pale yellow nasta'liq in two columns on black ground, Ottoman, signed Hilmi and dated AH 1312/1894-5 AD - 41 x 35cm.; all framed; a large phrase in white composed of minute script, signed by Muhammad Nuri(?) and dated AH 1336/1917-18 AD, mounted - 20 x 53cm.; two lines of large white naskh on green ground, gold margins between red and blue rules, Ottoman, signed by Muhammad Amin al-Zuhdi, dated AH 1279/1862-3 AD - 46 x 63cm. (8)