Lot 118
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A COMPILATION OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS
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A COMPILATION OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS

SIGNED ISMA'IL YASARI ZADEH STUDENT OF HUSAYN KAFAF ZADEH, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

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A COMPILATION OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS
SIGNED ISMA'IL YASARI ZADEH STUDENT OF HUSAYN KAFAF ZADEH, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 199ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll. of black naskh, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, text panels outlined in gold and black, occasional marginal commentary in black and red naskh, sometimes contained within gold-outlined medallions, headings in white naskh on gold and polychrome illuminated panels, three full-page illustrations of Mecca and Medina within the text, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, four further similar headpieces within the text, signed within the text, one folio loose but retained, in later brown paper covered brown morocco, cream paper doublures, binding stained
Text panel 4¼ x 2in. (10.8 x 5cm.); folio 6¼ x 3 5/8in. (15.9 x 9.3cm.)
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Lot Essay

The texts include:
1. 'Ali al-Qari: 'Al-hizb al-a'zam
2. Sura al-fatiha, sura al-falaq and sura al-nas
3. Al-asma' al-husna (The 99 Names of God)
4. Al-Jazuli: Dala'il al-khayrat
5. Chapter on the Nature of prayers for the Prophet Muhammad
6. Al-Shadhili: Hizb al-bahr
7. Al-Shadhili: Hizb al-barr
8. Shaykh Sayyid Yahya al-Nawawi: The ward (prayer)
9. In a different hand, Salat al-khatam 'ala al-nabi al-khattam (The prayers of the seal on the sealing Prophet)
10. Al-Tanukhi: Hizb al-faraj ba'd al-shiddah

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