Akhlaq 'ala'i

BURSA, AH MUHARRAM 990/26 JANUARY-23 FEBRUARY 1582 AD

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Akhlaq 'ala'i
Bursa, AH Muharram 990/26 January-23 February 1582 AD
On ethics, Turkish manuscript on cream paper, 265ff. with 23ll. of flowing black nasta'liq, titles in gold, occasional words in red, text within gold rules, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated heading, final folio with colophon signed Ramadan al-Hamidi and dated Muharram 990, in the Royal Madrassa in Bursa, slight staining, in later red morocco binding with flap with gold tooled medallion
Folio 8 x 4½in. (20.5 x 11.5cm.); text 5.7/8 x 2¼in.(14.6 x 5.7cm.)

Lot Essay

This work is based on three well-known Persin works on ethics: Akhlaq i Nasiri of Nasir al-Din Tusi (d. AH 897/); Akhlaq i Jalali by Jalal al-Din Dawwani (d. AH 908/); Akhlaq i Muhsini by muhsin Kashifi (d. AH 910/).

The preface describes how this work was written during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Sulayman the Magnificent, who reigned from 1520-1566 AD. It was written for 'Ala al-Din, the Prime Minister of the time, whose name gives the ttiles of the book, Akhlaq i 'Ala'i.

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