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MUHAMMAD IBN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI
(D. 1465): DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT
OTTOMAN EMPIRE, SECOND HALF 19TH
CENTURY
The renowned prayer book in praise of the Prophet
Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on paper, 128ff.
plus four flyleaves, 7ll. of black naskh, within thick
gold and red rules, gold rosette verse markers,
opening bifolio with gold illuminations, the
following folio with gold headpiece, a double page
illustration of Mecca and Medina, several folios
with the text in circular formation reserved against
gold ground, in gilt red leather binding with flap,
the doublures pink dyed paper
Text panel 2¬ x 1qin. (6.7 x 3.8cm.); folio 3¬ x
2¡in. (9.4 x 6.1cm.)
£2,000-3,000 US$2,300-3,400
€2,300-3,400
PROVENANCE:
Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York

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MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI
(D. 1465 AD): DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT
SIGNED 'ALI AL-'ULWI THE PUPIL OF 'ALI AL-
WASFI EFFENDI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED
AH 1258/1842-43 AD
The renowned prayer book in praise of the Prophet
Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on burnished
paper, 93ff. plus three flyleaves, each folio
with 11ll. of black naskh within thick gold rules, θ 17
gold rosette verse markers, catchwords, outer MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D. 1465 AD): DALA’IL
margins with occasional rococo floral sprays,
two illuminated headpieces, chapter headings AL-KHAYRAT
separated in gold and polychrome cartouches, SIGNED SALIH AL-NA'ILI KNOWN AS HAFIZ AL-QUR’AN, PROBABLY
with contemporaneous illustrations of Mecca and OTTOMAN EGYPT, DATED AH 1284/1867-68 AD
Medina, colophon signed and dated, in gilt and The renowned prayer book in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic Hafiz Salih Naili Efendi was the son of Kazzaz Şehabüddin Agha and was
tooled binding with flap, gold painted pink paper manuscript on burnished paper, 116ff. plus three flyleaves, each folio with 9ll. of born in AH 1239/1823-24 AD in Manastir (Bitola). He studied with ‘Ali
doublures elegant black naskh, gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, occasional ‘Ulvi Efendi. He went to Istanbul to further his education and while he was
Text panel 4¿ x 2qin. (10.6 x 6.4cm.); folio 6w x marginal medallions, headings in gold illuminated panels, text panels within there earned his living by copying the Qur’an and the Şifa-i Şerif. He then
4¬in. (17.6 x 11.8cm.) thick gold and polychrome rules, catchwords, the opening folio with gold and went to Egypt where he taught Persian and calligraphy. He died there in
polychrome headpiece, one double-page depiction of an aerial view of the
£3,000-4,000 US$3,500-4,600 Ka'ba and the Masjid al-Haram and the Mosque of the Prophet, the colophon AH 1293/1876-77 AD. He was also a poet of some fame. It is likely that he
€3,500-4,600 signed and dated, in brown leather binding with gilt decoration and flap, cream completed this manuscript in Egypt.
paper doublures, in brown slip case
Text panel 7¬ x 5¬in. (19.2 x 14.2cm); folio 11 x 8ºin. (27.8 x 20.8cm.)
PROVENANCE:
Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York
£6,000-8,000 US$6,900-9,100
€6,900-9,100
The scribe of our prayer book, ‘Ali al-Ulwi Efendi
was an Albanian who studied under Ali Wasfi
PROVENANCE:
Efendi and Çömez Mustafa Efendi. He was the
Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York
instructor in calligraphy in the Bezm-i Alem
16 Valide Sultan School in Çemberlitaş. He died in
AH 1270 and is buried in Üsküdar, Turkey.
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