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A collection of selected suras from the Qur'an and prayers, with numerous diagrams and illustrations of the Ka'ba and the Mosque of the Prophet at Medina, copied by Husain al-Rushdi al-Kastamoni Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1260/AD 1844-45 image 1
A collection of selected suras from the Qur'an and prayers, with numerous diagrams and illustrations of the Ka'ba and the Mosque of the Prophet at Medina, copied by Husain al-Rushdi al-Kastamoni Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1260/AD 1844-45 image 2
A collection of selected suras from the Qur'an and prayers, with numerous diagrams and illustrations of the Ka'ba and the Mosque of the Prophet at Medina, copied by Husain al-Rushdi al-Kastamoni Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1260/AD 1844-45 image 3
A collection of selected suras from the Qur'an and prayers, with numerous diagrams and illustrations of the Ka'ba and the Mosque of the Prophet at Medina, copied by Husain al-Rushdi al-Kastamoni Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1260/AD 1844-45 image 4
A collection of selected suras from the Qur'an and prayers, with numerous diagrams and illustrations of the Ka'ba and the Mosque of the Prophet at Medina, copied by Husain al-Rushdi al-Kastamoni Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1260/AD 1844-45 image 5
A collection of selected suras from the Qur'an and prayers, with numerous diagrams and illustrations of the Ka'ba and the Mosque of the Prophet at Medina, copied by Husain al-Rushdi al-Kastamoni Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1260/AD 1844-45 image 6
A collection of selected suras from the Qur'an and prayers, with numerous diagrams and illustrations of the Ka'ba and the Mosque of the Prophet at Medina, copied by Husain al-Rushdi al-Kastamoni Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1260/AD 1844-45 image 7
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A collection of selected suras from the Qur'an and prayers, with numerous diagrams and illustrations of the Ka'ba and the Mosque of the Prophet at Medina, copied by Husain al-Rushdi al-Kastamoni
Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1260/AD 1844-45

Islamic and Indian Art
12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,304 inc. premium

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A collection of selected suras from the Qur'an and prayers, with numerous diagrams and illustrations of the Ka'ba and the Mosque of the Prophet at Medina, copied by Husain al-Rushdi al-Kastamoni
Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1260/AD 1844-45

Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 148 leaves, 11 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink, inner margins ruled in gold and black, verse-endings marked by gold roundels dotted in blue and orange, titles and sura headings written in white cursive on a gold ground, one illuminated opening headpiece in colours and gold in rococo style, one further similar headpiece, numerous hilyehs, the names of Allah, the Prophet and 'Ali, stylised diagrams and two depictions of the Ka'ba and the Mosque of the Prophet at Medina, brown stamped leather binding with covers with diaper pattern in gold, doublures of green paper
103 x 78 mm.

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Provenance
Christie's, Islamic, Indian and Southeast Asian Manuscripts, Miniatures and Works of Art, 24th November 1987, lot 78.
The Shakerine Collection.

Literature
N. Safwat, A Collector's Eye: Islamic calligraphy in Qur'ans and other manuscripts, London 2010, pp. 276-277, no. 73.

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