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MUHAMMAD BIN HASAN AL-NAWAJI (D. 1455 AD): DIWAN NUZHAT AL-AKHYAR FI MAHAS SHU’ARA AL-AMSAR

OTTOMAN PROVINCES, CIRCA 16TH/17TH CENTURY

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MUHAMMAD BIN HASAN AL-NAWAJI (D. 1455 AD): DIWAN NUZHAT AL-AKHYAR FI MAHAS SHU’ARA AL-AMSAR
OTTOMAN PROVINCES, CIRCA 16TH/17TH CENTURY
A compilation of poems, Arabic manuscript on paper, 102ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 18ll. of black naskh script arranged in two columns, with red dot verse markers, titles in red script, text within double sepia rules, opening folio with added floral cartouche as headpiece, later added colophon stating that this was copied by Hasan bin ‘Ali al-Ihsa’i in Hajar in AH 990, possible later retouching, in modern stamped binding
Text panel 6 1/8 x 3 ¼in. (15.5 x 8.3cm.); folio 7 7/8 x 5in. (20 x 12.8cm.)

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Shams al-Din Muhammad bin Hasan bin ‘Ali bin ‘Uthman al-Nawaji was born in Egypt in 1386 and died in 1455. He was a respected poet and wrote several anthologies. “His most famous work, Halbat al-Kumayt, [is] a literary celebration of wine and connected themes, which remained popular in spite of pious attacks” indicates G.J.H Van Gelder in Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature, New York, 1998, Vol.2, p.584. He is recorded in Al-A’lam, vol.6, p.88.

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