AL-JAZULI: DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT, PROBABLY NORTH INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
A prayerbook for pilgrims to the Hajj, Arabic manuscript on paper, 118ff. with 11ll. of black naskh on gold-painted panels, blue roundels between phrases, minor titles in blue, divided into eight sections plus a preamble each with an illuminated heading, plus two miniatures of Mecca and Medina, floral lacquer binding-folio 7¼ x 4½in. (18.5 x 11.5cm.)
AL-JAZULI: DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT, PROBABLY NORTH INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
A prayerbook for pilgrims to the Hajj, Arabic manuscript on paper, 118ff. with 11ll. of black naskh on gold-painted panels, blue roundels between phrases, minor titles in blue, divided into eight sections plus a preamble each with an illuminated heading, plus two miniatures of Mecca and Medina, floral lacquer binding-folio 7¼ x 4½in. (18.5 x 11.5cm.)