SIGNED MUHAMMAD FARAH AL-KHALIQI, PROBABLY HEJAZ, OR OTTOMAN PROVINCES, DATED AH 1292/1875-76 AD

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SIGNED MUHAMMAD FARAH AL-KHALIQI, PROBABLY HEJAZ, OR OTTOMAN PROVINCES, DATED AH 1292/1875-76 AD
From the Prophet Muhammad to the Sharif of Mecca, Arabic manuscript on paper, arranged around the names of the prominent figures of this lineage including the Prophet Muhammad, Muhammad Abi Nami, Abu Nami, Hassan, 'Abdullah, 'Abdullah, Muhsin, 'Ayn, 'Abd al-Mu'min, Muhammad and 'Abdullah, the text written in black and red naskh script, each important name within a gold and polychrome illuminated medallion, the illuminated headpiece framing a panel containing a hadith of Bukhari, laid down between pink paper borders with thick gold frame, with green silk backing at top, signed and dated in a cartouche below the headpiece, in possibly original tin tubular container
740 x 23 5/8in. (1880 x 60cm.)

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'Abdullah Kamil Pasha was Sharif of Mecca between 1858 and 1877, in 1881-82 and in 1908. This official title was born by governors of the Hejaz who were de facto Protectors of the Holy Shrines in Mecca and Medina. More than just being an honorific title, the Sharif had the duty of ensuring the safety of the pilgrims performing the Hajj. The office existed for more than 700 years during which it remained within the hands of the Hawashim clan. Created under the 'Abbasid in 1201 it ended with the Saudi conquest of Hejaz in 1925.

'Abdullah Kamil Pasha was photographed circa 1843 by the renowned photographer and traveller Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (1804-1892) whilst still relatively young and "crown prince" of the reigning Sharif, Muhammad bin 'Abd al-Mu'in al-'Aun (r.1827-58; with interruptions). The Daguerréotype, titled "'Abdallah [Ibn el Kherife] Mecka. Fils du Grand Chérif de La Mecque, c.1843" sold at Gros et Delettrez, Paris, 23 June 2011, lot 128. Girault de Prangey's Daguérreotypes are the earliest surviving photographs of the Near East and 'Abdullah Kamil Pasha was very probably the first Arab personality, particularly from the Arabian peninsula, to sit for a photographer.