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A COLLECTION OF WORKS ON AMULETS, TALISMANS AND THE NAMES OF ALLAH BY AHMAD IBN 'ALI AL-QARSHI AL-BUNI (D.AH 622/1225 AD) AND OTHERS

MAMLUK EGYPT AH SHAWWAL 795/10 AUGUST-7 SEPTEMBER 1393 AD

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A COLLECTION OF WORKS ON AMULETS, TALISMANS AND THE NAMES OF ALLAH BY AHMAD IBN 'ALI AL-QARSHI AL-BUNI (D.AH 622/1225 AD) AND OTHERS
Mamluk Egypt AH Shawwal 795/10 August-7 September 1393 AD
Arabic manuscript on cream paper, in different hands, six works on the amulet, the names of Allah, and a devotional poem in praise of God and the Prophet, 85ff. with 27ll. of black naskh, titles in red, numerous small diagrams in red throughout the text, penultimate work highlighted in gold, the first two works signed by the scribe Muhammad ibn 'Ali known as Ahmad Razi al-Shafi'i, the third in the same hand, the fourth signed Ahmad ibn'Uthman ibn 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Ansari and dated Shawwal 795, the final work probably in the same hand, clean condition, folios loose, later Ottoman maroon morocco binding with central tooled medallion, flap lacking
Folio 10 1/8 x 6 7/8in. (26 x 17.2cm.)

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Lot Essay

The volume includes (1) Qabs al-iqtida ila wiqf al-sa'adah wa najm al-ihtida ila sharaf al-siyadah, (2) Al-kanz al-mutlasam fi ism al 'azam and (4) Al-tawabbiallat al-kitabiyah wa al-tawajjuhat al-'ataiyah by Buni. The other two works are (3) Kitab al-ima' ila 'ilm al-asma' by Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Tunisi al-Kumi (d. 880/1475) and (5) Bad' al-amali by Siraj al-Din 'Ali ibn 'Uthman al-Ushi (c. 569/1173).

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