MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D. 1465 AD): DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT

SIGNED IBRAHIM BIN HAJJI MUSTAFA KHOJA ZADEH A STUDENT OF ISMA'IL ZUHDI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1157/1744-5 AD

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MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D. 1465 AD): DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT
SIGNED IBRAHIM BIN HAJJI MUSTAFA KHOJA ZADEH A STUDENT OF ISMA'IL ZUHDI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1157/1744-5 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 98ff. plus 5 fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll. of black naskh, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, some words in red, within black and red-ruled gold frames, titles within illuminated cartouches, two illuminated openings, two original miniatures of Mecca and Medina, followed by prayers, in original stamped morocco binding with flap
Text panel 4 1/8 x 2 1/8in. (10.4 x 5.5cm.); folio 6 x 3¾in. (15.3 x 9.5cm.)

Lot Essay

Isma'il Zuhdi the Elder (d. 1731 AD) was born in Istanbul and practised calligraphy with Sayyid 'Abdullah of Yedikule (d. 1731 AD) and Anbarizade Dervish 'Ali (d. 1715). Mustaqim-zadeh, the author of Tuhfe-i Hattatin ('The Biographies of Calligraphers'), notes that the famous Khoja Mehmed Rasim Efendi was present at his diploma ceremony. Isma'il Zuhdi the Elder was celebrated for his fine naskh and thuluth. He died in 1731 AD and was buried in Uskudar, Istanbul (Sevket Rado, Turk Hattatlari (Turkish Calligraphers), Istanbul 1980, pp. 135-36).

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