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SIGNED MUHAMMAD 'ABD AL-'AZIZ AL-RIFA'I, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1312/1894-5 AD
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KITAB AFDAL AL-SALAWAT 'ALA SAYID AL-SADAT
SIGNED MUHAMMAD 'ABD AL-'AZIZ AL-RIFA'I, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1312/1894-5 AD
A prayer book, possibly by Ali bin Sultan Muhammad al-Qari al-Makki (d. 1605 AD), Arabic manuscript on paper, 4ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 13ll. of elegant black naskh, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, text within thick black-ruled two-colour-gold frame, with finely illuminated headpiece, catchwords, colophon signed and dated, in original gilt green morocco binding
Text panel 4¾ x 2 5/8in. (12 x 6.5cm.); folio 7¼ x 4¾in. (18.5 x 12cm.)
SIGNED MUHAMMAD 'ABD AL-'AZIZ AL-RIFA'I, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1312/1894-5 AD
A prayer book, possibly by Ali bin Sultan Muhammad al-Qari al-Makki (d. 1605 AD), Arabic manuscript on paper, 4ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 13ll. of elegant black naskh, with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, text within thick black-ruled two-colour-gold frame, with finely illuminated headpiece, catchwords, colophon signed and dated, in original gilt green morocco binding
Text panel 4¾ x 2 5/8in. (12 x 6.5cm.); folio 7¼ x 4¾in. (18.5 x 12cm.)