SIGNED IBRAHIM KNOWN AS HAMDI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D. 1472 AD): DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT
SIGNED IBRAHIM KNOWN AS HAMDI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 88ff. plus three fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll. of elegant naskh in text panels outlined in gold, black and red, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, headings with illuminated cartouches in gold and polychrome, illustrations of Mecca and Medina, another illuminated headpiece, colophon signed, occasional marginal notes, in brown morocco with flap decorated with stamped and tooled central medallion and borders, gold-sprinkled paper doublures
Text panel 3 7/8 x 2in. (9.8 x 5.2cm.); folio 6 ¾ x 4 ¼in. (17 x 11cm.)

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This manuscript is signed by Ibrahim, known as Hamdi, pupil of the deceased 'Uthman Efendi. The scribe’s teacher was the famous Sayyid 'Uthman Efendi, known as Deli Osman, “mad Osman” who was married to the daughter of the calligrapher Hocapa Şalı Ibrahim Afif. As the scribe’s teacher is described as being deceased, our manuscript must postdate his death in AH 1210/1796-97 AD.

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