Friday 23 October 2020 | Lots:
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A Private Collection of Islamic Manuscripts, Miniatures and Calligraphies
Friday 23 October 2020
LOT 1
A folio from a Qur'an, Anatolia or Central Asia, 14th century, Arabic manuscript on...
Estimate: £700 - £900
LOT 2
A section from a Qur'an, Iran, 15th century, 26ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, with 5ll....
Estimate: £200 - £300
LOT 3
Rukn al-Din Awhadi Maraghi (d. 1338 AD): Diwan, Timurid Iran, second half 15th century,...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
![Al-Asma al-Arbain (Prayers of the Forty Idrisid Names), signed Murshid al-Shirazi, Iran, dated Rajab AH [8?]71/1476 AD?, 32ff., Arabic manuscript, prayers to t](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/roseberys/prod/lot_images/medium/46bfee42-8d9e-ed11-b835-d4548b6f1f2f/8593fdff-f29f-ed11-9a88-6045bdd0cb7f.jpeg "Al-Asma al-Arbain (Prayers of the Forty Idrisid Names), signed Murshid al-Shirazi, Iran, dated Rajab AH [8?]71/1476 AD?, 32ff., Arabic manuscript, prayers to t")
LOT 4
Al-Asma al-Arbain (Prayers of the Forty Idrisid Names), signed Murshid al-Shirazi, Iran,...
Estimate: £600 - £800
LOT 5
A monumental Ilkhanid-style Qur'an, Central Asia, possibly Uzbekistan, 15th century, with...
Estimate: £8,000 - £10,000
LOT 6
Juz 21 of a Chinese qur'an, 16th century, 55ff., with 5ll. of black sini script per page,...
Estimate: £400 - £600
LOT 7
A Safavid illustrated folio, Iran, 16th and 18th century, gouache on paper heightened...
Estimate: £500 - £800
LOT 8
A Safavid miniature of a prince offered a cup, Iran, 16th century, with later repainting,...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 9
Imam Jamal al-Din abd al-Rahim bin al-Hasan al-Asnawi (d. 1370 AD): Kitab al-tamhid fi...
Estimate: £500 - £800
LOT 10
Mamluk Juz of tafsir de Shihāb al-Din b. Abd Allah al- Ḥanafī, copied by Hajji Yusuf...
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
LOT 11
Abu al-Abbas Ahmad al-Buni (d. 1225 AD or 1232-33 AD): A treatise on the magical...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
LOT 12
Three Mamluk bone-inlaid carved wood panels, Egypt, circa 14th century, each of polygonal...
Estimate: £300 - £400
LOT 13
Nur al-Din Abd al-Rahman Jami (d. 1492 AD): Layla wa Majnun, signed Sultan Muhammad...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
LOT 14
A Safavid copy of Diwan of Ali Shir Navai (d. 1501 AD), Iran, dated 927AH/1520AD, 105ff.,...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
LOT 15
A Safavid Qu'ran, Iran, early 16th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 342 ff., with...
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
LOT 16
Nur al-Din Abd al-Rahman Jami (d. 1492 AD): Tuhfat al-Ahrar, signed Muhammad Amin
Estimate: £400 - £600
LOT 17
A poetry compilation with excerpts from Sadis Gulistan followed by a work by Abdullah...
Estimate: £600 - £800
LOT 18
A very fine Mughal manuscript folio illuminated with birds, India, circa 1600, Persian...
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
LOT 19
Divân by Khâju Bidel-e Dehlavi (d.1720), India dated 1104AH/1693AD, with later...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
LOT 20
A Mughal engraved brass ewer, North India, 18th century, of typical form with curved...
Estimate: £200 - £400
LOT 21
A section from a Mamluk Qur'an, Egypt or Syria, late 15th-early 16th century, 12ff.,...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 22
A small Safavid miniature of dogs hunting rabbits, Iran, 17th century, gouache on paper...
Estimate: £200 - £300
LOT 23
A Safavid Qur'an, Iran, copied on 11 Rabi II AH 1061/3 April 1651 AD, 387ff., Arabic...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
LOT 24
A Safavid treatise on agriculture: Kitab al-Falaha, Iran, dated 15 Rajab AH 1108/7...
Estimate: £500 - £800
LOT 25
A small Safavid qur'an, Iran, 18th century, 333ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, with...
Estimate: £400 - £600
LOT 26
A small Qajar Qur'an, Iran, 18th century, 235ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, with 17ll....
Estimate: £600 - £800
LOT 27
A Khorasan openwork oil lamp, Iran, 12th century, on trumpet foot, the round body with...
Estimate: £200 - £300
LOT 28
An illuminated Ottoman prayerbook ('Anam Sharif), Turkey, signed Suleyman Serpusizade,...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
LOT 29
A small Ottoman qur'an, Turkey, 18th century, 336ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, with...
Estimate: £600 - £800
LOT 31
A small Ottoman qur'an, Turkey, 18th century, 479ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, opening...
Estimate: £400 - £600
LOT 32
A Qur'an section, Morocco, 18th century, 79ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, starting with...
Estimate: £200 - £400
LOT 33
Muhammad bin Sulayman al-Jazuli (d. 1465 AD): Dalail al-khayrat, North Africa, perhaps...
Estimate: £600 - £800
LOT 34
A fragment of a wooden beam with Kufic inscription, possibly North Africa, 11th century,...
Estimate: £200 - £400
LOT 35
A small Qajar Qur'an, Iran, 18th century, 210ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, with 22ll....
Estimate: £600 - £800
LOT 36
A compilation of treatises including a treatise on adab (Islamic etiquette) and a...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 37
Imam Nur al-Din Ali bin Ghanim al-Maqdisi (d. 1596 AD): Kitab bughiyat al-murtad li...
Estimate: £600 - £800
LOT 38
Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Said al-Shanhaji al-Busiri (d. 1294 AD): Qasida al-Burda,
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 39
Muhammad bin Sulayman al-Jazuli (d. 1465 AD): Dalail al-Khayrat, India, late 18th...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
LOT 40
An embroidered silk, India, 19th century, of square form, with elephants and devanagri...
Estimate: £100 - £150
LOT 41
Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Muhammad al-Jazari (d. 1429 AD): Kitab al-Husn al-Hasin,...
Estimate: £600 - £800
LOT 42
A large Zand Qur'an, Iran, late 18th century, 613ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, with...
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
LOT 43
An Ottoman qur'an, signed Muhammad al-Fardi known as Hafiz al-Quran, Ottoman Turkey or...
Estimate: £600 - £800
LOT 44
An Alif-Ba Mufradat, Turkey, 19th century, 18ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, a manual on...
Estimate: £200 - £300
LOT 45
An Ottoman firman regarding the Holy Lands, Turkey, 19th century, Turkish manuscript on...
Estimate: £100 - £200
LOT 46
An Ottoman illuminated prayer book signed Mir Abd al-Rahman al-Najjati, Qarahisar,...
Estimate: £300 - £400
LOT 48
An Ottoman work on the Companions of the Prophet, Turkey, 19th century, 30ff., Turkish...
Estimate: £200 - £400
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