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SHAMS AL-DIN ASSAR TABIRIZI (D. 1377): SHAYKH 'ABD AL-WAHHAB BIN AHMAD
MIHR O MUSHTARI AL-SHA'RANI (D. 1565 AD): KITAB AL-MIZAN
SAFAVID IRAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY AL-SHA'RANIYA
A love story in verse based on the concept of platonic
love, Persian manuscript on paper, 194ff., each with OTTOMAN EMPIRE, DATED DHU'L-HIJJA AH 1104/
12ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in two columns, on AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1693 AD
gold flecked text panel, within gold and polychrome
An important work on the four Sunni schools of law, Arabic
rules, section titles in white nasta'liq on gold panels
manuscript on European watermarked paper, 400ff. plus
with floral scrolls, catchwords, the opening bifolio with
two flyleaves, each with 29ll. of black naskh within red
illuminated headpiece and gold cloudbands around
rules, important words and some titles in red, catchwords,
text, in later black leather binding with medallion and
opening folio with gold and polychrome headpiece, seven
spandrels, orange paper doublures
folios with gold and green diagrams, colophon dated, in
Text panel 6º x 3¡in. (15.8 x 8.4cm.); folio 10 x 5¬in.
red leather binding with brown leather spine and flap
(25.1 x 14.5cm.)
Text panel 7¡ x 3win. (18.5 x 10cm.); folio 11º x 7in. (28.5
£1,000-1,500 US$1,200-1,700 x 17.7cm.)
€1,200-1,700
£4,000-6,000 US$4,600-6,900
€4,600-6,800
PROVENANCE:
Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York
PROVENANCE:
Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York
Shaykh ‘Abd al-Wahhab bin Ahmad al-Sha’rani was a
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prolific and important scholar and historian of Sufism
SHAYKH AL-ISLAM MEHMED ES'AD EFFENDI
of Ottoman Egypt. The present work comprises a
(D. 1753): LEHÇETÜ'L-LÜGAT treatise aiming to reassert the essential unity of the four 13
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
madhahib by arguing that their precepts were derived
Dictionary, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Persian from the same Source of Law (‘ayn al-shari’a). The title
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manuscript on European watermarked paper, 245ff.
is indicative of al-Sha’rani’s own moderately ascetic and
plus three flyleaves, each folio with 13ll. of black and
non-political practise of Sufism. He remained highly
red naskh, within gold and black rules, catchwords,
critical of scholars who troubled the wider population
marginal notes and occasional in text annotations
with the finer legal and theological arguments which,
in nasta'liq, opening folio with a finely illuminated
headpiece which is pasted upside-down from a 15th in his opinion, had little relevance to the essentials of
century manuscript, various later owner inscriptions on Islam (M. Winter, 'Al-Sha'rani' in Bosworth et al. (eds.)
first flyleaf, in gilt stamped brown binding with flap, red Encyclopaedia of Islam, vol. 9, Leiden, 1960-2002, p.316).
leather doublures Another copy of this work was sold at Christie’s, South
Text panel 7æ x 4in. (19.9 x 10.3cm.); folio 11º x 6¬in. Kensington, 28 April 2017, lot 174.
(28.4 x 16.8cm.)
£3,000-5,000 US$3,500-5,700
€3,500-5,700
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MUHAMMAD BIN
PROVENANCE:
Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York ‘ABDULLAH AL-KHATIB AL-TAMARTASHI
(D.1595-96 AD): TANWIR AL-ABSAR WA JAMI‘
This text is the most famous dictionary of Turkish AL-BIHAR
into Arabic and Persian, written by Shaykh al-Islam SIGNED 'ALI BIN MAHMUD, OTTOMAN TURKEY,
Mehmed Es’ad Efendi (d. 1753). He was the son of DATED 23SAFAR AH 1073/ 7 OCTOBER 1662 AD
Shaykh al-Islam Abu İshaq İsmail Efendi and was born The Illumination of Sight and the Gathering of the Seas,
in 1685 in Istanbul. He enjoyed several of the highest on Hanafi jurisprudence, Arabic manuscript on cream
positions in the Ottoman judicial system including the burnished paper, 184ff. plus one flyleaf, 19ll. of black
nasta’liq, marginal notes in similar hand, important
chief judgeships of Thessaloniki, Mecca and Medina
words in red, text within gold and blue rules, catchwords,
as well as the chief military judgeships (kazaskerlik)
paginated in red, opening folio with blue and gold
of Rumelia and Anatolia. In 1748 he was appointed
headpiece, colophon signed and dated Friday the 4/10 th
Shaykh al-Islam, from which position he was removed of the 3/3 of the 2/6 of the first half of the 4/10 of the
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in the following year. He died in 1753 and was buried 8/10 of the 1/10 of the second millennium, equivalent to
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in the mosque his father had built next to the tomb 23 Safar AH 1073/ 7 October 1662 AD, in original leather
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of Sultan Selim. He was a prolific author and poet. binding with flap and stamped and gilt medallion, the
His trilingual dictionary was the first such work to doublures with gilt tooled knot motifs
have the Turkish words as the headings, followed by Text panel 6º x 2yin. (15.6 x 6.7cm.);
folio 8q x 4æin. (21.5 x 12.2cm.)
their Arabic and Persian synonyms. It was completed
between 1725 and 1732 and dedicated to Sultan £3,000-4,000 US$3,500-4,600
Mahmud II. The work contains 3661 entries. An €3,500-4,600
account of his life and works are found in Muhammet
Nur Doğan,“Esad Efendi, Ebû İshakzâde”, İslâm
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Ansiklopedisi. Vol. 11, Istanbul, 1995, pp. 338-40. Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York 14
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