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Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad bin Suleyman al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa Shawariq al-Anwar, with two illustrations of the holy places at Mecca and Medina, copied by Muhammad better known as al-Khulusi, ruznamejia (Treasury chief) Ottoman, written at the Treasury (khazinah) in Damascus, dated Rabi' al-Thani Ah / March-April AD 1747-48
8 April 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £16,250 inc. premium
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Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad bin Suleyman al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa Shawariq al-Anwar, with two illustrations of the holy places at Mecca and Medina, copied by Muhammad better known as al-Khulusi, ruznamejia (Treasury chief)
Ottoman, written at the Treasury (khazinah) in Damascus, dated Rabi' al-Thani Ah / March-April AD 1747-48
Ottoman, written at the Treasury (khazinah) in Damascus, dated Rabi' al-Thani Ah / March-April AD 1747-48
Arabic manuscript on paper, 100 leaves with four blanks at end, 11 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script in black ink with the words Allah and Muhammad picked out in red, illuminated roundels between verses, inner margins ruled in gold, catchwords, commentaries written horizontally and diagonally by the same hand as the text, one illuminated headpiece in colours and gold, 8 leaves at end left blank but two pages filled with a calendar, probably by the scribe, Muhammad al-Khulusi, some smudging, restricted to outer margins, contemporary green morocco, covers richly decorated with a gilt diaper pattern, with flap
197 x 125 mm.
197 x 125 mm.
Footnotes
According to Redhouse, Turkish and English Lexicon, a ruznameji is the title of the Treasury officer or chief clerk who keeps the day-book of receipts and expenditures. It can also be a calculator or seller of calendars. In the case of this manuscript he is probably the former since the colophon mentions that the scribe wrote this manuscript in the Treasury (khazinah) in Damascus.