19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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AN ISLAMIC COMPENDIUM IN THREE PARTS
Possibly Morocco or Tunisia, North Africa, dated 1190 AH (1776 – 1777 AD)
AN ISLAMIC COMPENDIUM IN THREE PARTS
Possibly Morocco or Tunisia, North Africa, dated 1190 AH (1776 – 1777 AD)
Arabic manuscript on lined paper, 104ff., 1 fly-leaf and 1 endpaper, with 25ll. of sepia ink North African naskh script to the page, the text divided into three different parts, the first section dealing with the science of numbers, numerology, and calculations, with various charts, indexes and grids, the numerals written in both Arabic and Roman formats; the second section with commentaries and historical anecdotes by the scholar Muhammad Za'mi al-Abbasiya (?), of Andalusian origin, inscribed by the Tunisian calligrapher Seyyed Ibrahim; and the third section with prayers and further commentaries, the last page dated 1190 and signed by Al-Walad (?) al-Jamil, important words and passages in red, with marginal notes and catchwords, in a modern tooled brown morocco leather binding.
The text panel 15.5cm x 10cm, the folio 21cm x 15cm
Sold for £344
AN ISLAMIC COMPENDIUM IN THREE PARTS
Possibly Morocco or Tunisia, North Africa, dated 1190 AH (1776 – 1777 AD)
Arabic manuscript on lined paper, 104ff., 1 fly-leaf and 1 endpaper, with 25ll. of sepia ink North African naskh script to the page, the text divided into three different parts, the first section dealing with the science of numbers, numerology, and calculations, with various charts, indexes and grids, the numerals written in both Arabic and Roman formats; the second section with commentaries and historical anecdotes by the scholar Muhammad Za'mi al-Abbasiya (?), of Andalusian origin, inscribed by the Tunisian calligrapher Seyyed Ibrahim; and the third section with prayers and further commentaries, the last page dated 1190 and signed by Al-Walad (?) al-Jamil, important words and passages in red, with marginal notes and catchwords, in a modern tooled brown morocco leather binding.
The text panel 15.5cm x 10cm, the folio 21cm x 15cm
Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025
Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
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