DECCAN, INDIA, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

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MUHAMMAD B. SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D. 1465 AD): DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT
DECCAN, INDIA, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Poetry in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on paper, 79ff. plus one fly-leaf, each folio with 11ll. of large naskh script, some words picked out in red, text within gold and polychrome rules, opening folio with gold and polychrome headpiece, with two large illustrations of the Holy Sites at Mecca and Medina, and a diagram of the Tombs of the Prophet, Abu Bakr and 'Umar, one bifolio with gold floral margins, catchwords, later pagination, main text followed by shorter text, in purple covered binding with gilt decoration, old damage and repairs
Text panel 7 3/8 x 3 ½in. (18.8 x 8.8cm.); folio 9 7/8 x 5 ¾in. (25 x 14.9cm.)

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A manuscript of the Dala'il al-Khayrat in the British Library is illustrated with very similar paintings of Mecca and Medina, although executed with more simple details. The British Library manuscript is dated to the 17th century and attributed to the Deccan (Hajj, exhibition catalogue, London, 2012, fig.27, pp.54-55) . The depiction of onion-shaped domes for the mosque of the Prophet is typically Indian.

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