A PRAYER BOOK
A PRAYER BOOK

SIGNED AL-'AJAZ KNOWN AS AL-SAYYID MUHAMMAD SADIQ AL-SIDQI A STUDENT OF HAFIZ MUHAMMAD TAHIR AL-RIF'ATI, TURKEY, DATED AH 1293/1876-7 AD

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A PRAYER BOOK
SIGNED AL-'AJAZ KNOWN AS AL-SAYYID MUHAMMAD SADIQ AL-SIDQI A STUDENT OF HAFIZ MUHAMMAD TAHIR AL-RIF'ATI, TURKEY, DATED AH 1293/1876-7 AD
Al-musabba'at al-'ashra, Arabic manuscript on paper, 51ff. plus five fly-leaves, each folio with 13ll. of elegant black naskh script, with gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, some words picked out in red, headings in white thuluth script on gold ground within illuminated cartouches, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, text within thick black and blue-ruled gold frame, with catchwords, colophon between gold floral illuminated panels, signed and dated, in modern stamped morocco binding
Text panel 4¼ x 2½in. (10.8 x 6.3cm.); folio 6¼ x 4¼in. (15.8 x 10.5cm.)