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NORTH INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
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MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D. 1472 AD): DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT
NORTH INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Prayers in honour of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on paper, 126ff. plus 9 fly-leaves, each folio with 9ll. of black naskh script on gold ground with Persian interlinear translation in red nasta'liq script, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, with floral illuminated margins, opening and last bifolios with gold and polychrome illuminated margins, with 6 illuminated headpieces throughout, two original miniatures, in red and grey binding
Text panel 4¾ x 2½in. (12.3 x 6.3cm.); folio 7 1/8 x 4 1/8in. (18 x 10.8cm.)
NORTH INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Prayers in honour of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on paper, 126ff. plus 9 fly-leaves, each folio with 9ll. of black naskh script on gold ground with Persian interlinear translation in red nasta'liq script, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, with floral illuminated margins, opening and last bifolios with gold and polychrome illuminated margins, with 6 illuminated headpieces throughout, two original miniatures, in red and grey binding
Text panel 4¾ x 2½in. (12.3 x 6.3cm.); folio 7 1/8 x 4 1/8in. (18 x 10.8cm.)