QUR'AN

SIGNED DARWISH 'ALI (THE THIRD) BIN AL-SAYYID SULAYMAN A STUDENT OF HAFIZ MUHAMMAD KNOWN AS QAYYIM ZADEH, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1192/1778-9 AD

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QUR'AN
SIGNED DARWISH 'ALI (THE THIRD) BIN AL-SAYYID SULAYMAN A STUDENT OF HAFIZ MUHAMMAD KNOWN AS QAYYIM ZADEH, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1192/1778-9 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 378ff. plus eight fly-leaves, each folio with 13ll. of black naskh script, with gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, sura headings in white thuluth script on gold ground with gold and polychrome floral illuminated cartouches, marginal section markers in white thuluth script within gold and polychrome floral medallions, text within black-ruled gold frame, with catchwords, opening bifolio with heavily illuminated margins in gold and polychrome, the red doublures with gilt lattice and stamped borders, in original two-colour gold, green and brown stamped morocco binding with flap, some weakness to the spine, otherwise in good condition
Text panel 4 5/8 x 2 5/8in. (11.8 x 6.6cm.); folio 7¼ x 4 5/8in. (18.4 x 11.8cm.)

Lot Essay

Darwish 'Ali the Third, the brother of the calligrapher Mehmed Emin Efendi of Fethiye, was active under Sultan 'Abd al-Hamid I and Sultan Selim III. He studied calligraphy with 'Abd al-Qadir Hamdi Efendi,as well as with the court calligrapher Isma'il Zuhdi Efendi and Sulayman Hikmeti Efendi. His masters have followed the school of Hafiz 'Uthman (d. 1698) through his favourite pupil 'Abdullah Efendi of Yedikule (d. 1731). He passed away in Istanbul.

The colophon of this Qur'an gives the names of his masters back to Yedikuleli Sayyid 'Abdullah Efendi and states that Darwish 'Ali the Third was a pupil of Hafiz Muhammad known as Qayyim Zadeh who was the pupil of the late 'Abd al-Hakim bin al-Sayyid 'Abdullah known as Amir Efendi of Yedikule.

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