AN EARLY OTTOMAN IJAZA

OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED RABI' AL-AKHAR AH 838/NOVEMBER 1434 AD

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AN EARLY OTTOMAN IJAZA
OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED RABI' AL-AKHAR AH 838/NOVEMBER 1434 AD
Certificate, manuscript on buff paper, the top with two medallions with gold and polychrome geometric outlines, containing lines of black thuluth and naskh, followed by a red-outlined lattice with diagonal text and gold and polychrome roundels in the corners, below this lines of black thuluth, each alternating with three lines of black naskh with gold and polychrome roundels, headings in black outlined gold thuluth, dated Rabi' al-Akhar 838, later owner's notes and sketches at the bottom
108¼ x 5¾in. (275 x 14.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

This ijaza (certificate) was issued to Sheikh Muslih al-Din, son of the Dervish Sayyid Ibn 'Umar Pasha (whose genealogy is given all the way back to the Imam 'Ali). It is witnessed by a number of people with Turkish names and attributes, although it has not been possible to identify these.

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