SIGNED 'ABD AL-GHANI BIN 'ABD AL-JALIL BIN MUSTAFA BIN ISMA'IL, DATED WEDNESDAY 19 RAMADAN AH 1318/10 JANUARY 1901 AD

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'ABD AL-GHANI AL-NABULSI (D. 1731 AD): AL-RIHLA AL-TARABULSIYA
SIGNED 'ABD AL-GHANI BIN 'ABD AL-JALIL BIN MUSTAFA BIN ISMA'IL, DATED WEDNESDAY 19 RAMADAN AH 1318/10 JANUARY 1901 AD
An account of the author's travel in the Near East, Arabic manuscript on watermarked paper 'Ferdinando Betti', 57ff. plus two modern fly-leaves, each folio with 23ll. of cursory black naskh script, some words in red, with red markers or highlights, occasional marginal notes, colophon signed and dated, in modern stamped binding
Folio 8 5/8 x 6 ¼in. (21.8 x 15.8cm.)

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Lot Essay

Another account of the author's travels through the Middle East sold at Christie's South Kensington, 7 April 2011, lot 104. In the present manuscript, the scribe states that he is a direct descendant of 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi.

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