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Anwar al-Tanzil wa-Asrar al-Ta'wil , knownas Tafsir al Baidawi أنوار التنزيل و أسرار التأويل أو تفسير البيضاوي a complete Arabic manuscript in one vol. finely illustrated
by Naṣir ad-Din al-Bayḍawi (d. 1319 AD)
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- Used - Very Good+
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- 1541
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Riyadh, SAU
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£20,002.50
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Approx. 1000 p. copied in 948 AH. (1541 AD.) includes 6 fully illuminated pages. copied in neat elegant Naskh script. One heading illustration to the first p. All pages out-ruled and under linen in gold In classic Ottoman binding contains 5 Shamsa on the boards an flap. Corners pressed and illuminated in gold. Titled in gold on the back of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Diwan Layla wa Majnun (The Epic of Layla and Majnun - ديوان ليلى و مجنون) , illustrated Ottoman Turkish lithograph printed in Iran
by Fuzuli Muhammed bin Suleyman (c. 1494 – 1556)
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- Used - Good
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- 1849
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- Contemporary full leather
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Riyadh, SAU
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£4,800.60
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26 x 16.5 cm. 131 p. in Ottoman Turkish. ornamented boards of contemporary leather binding. With 20 contemporarily colored miniatures.
Mahammad bin Suleyman (Classical Azerbaijani: محمد سليمان اوغلی Məhəmməd Süleyman oğlu), better known by his pen name Fuzuli (Azerbaijani: فضولی Füzuli; c. 1494 – 1556), was an Azerbaijani, of the Bayat tribes of Oghuz, poet, writer and thinker. Often considered one… Read more about this item Item Price
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Shahnama (The Epic of Kings)
by Abul-Qasem Ferdowsi Tusi (al Ferdawsi)
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- Used - Good
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- first
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- 1851
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- Contemporary full leather
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Riyadh, SAU
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£5,200.65
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A huge complete book in four parts, with many miniatures of which some are on full pages. Some leaves loose, some some corners restoration, some small cutting and light spots. A lithograph print Item Price
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Silver print photograph of jannat al Mu'alla صورة فتوغرافية لجنة المعلاة
by Haj photography
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- 1910
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Riyadh, SAU
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£2,800.35
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21.5 x 16 cm. Unsigned silver print photograph by Mirza, an Indian photographer.
Jannat al-Mu'alla (Arabic: جَنَّة ٱلْمُعَلَّاة, romanized: Jannah al-Muʿallāh, lit. 'The Most Exalted Paradise'), also known as the "Cemetery of Ma'la" (Arabic: مَقْبَرَة ٱلْمَعْلَاة Maqbarah al-Maʿlāh) and Al-Ḥajūn (Arabic: ٱلْحَجُوْن), is a cemetery to the north of Al-Masjid Al-Haram, and near the Mosque of the Jinn in Makkah, It… Read more about this item Item Price
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Calligraphic booklet by the well-known Ottoman calligrapher Ali Vasfi الخطاط علي الوصفي
by Ali Vasfi
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Contemporary marbled paper
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Riyadh, SAU
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£8,001.00
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22 x 15.5 cm. 50 p. Of Arabic text contains some Quranic Suras. Copied by the well-known Ottoman calligrapher Ali el Vasfi. Item Price
£8,001.00
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Selections (Muntakhabat) from the holy Quran by the Timurid calligrapher and ruler Ibrahim Sultan ibn Shahrukh ibn Timur Gurkan , an extraordinary facsimile
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- Used
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- First
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- 2013
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- Lavishly gilted and tooled
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Riyadh, SAU
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£3,200.40
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70 x 50 cm. Hand prepared 30 pages of Quranic Suras (with other 6 p.of the copie details) lavishly printed and ornamented in gold and floral patterns. Scribed in Muhaqqaq and Reyhani in gold and black outlined in gold. Overweight facsimile of the selections scribed by Ibrahim Sultan in Mashhad 827 of al Hijra . With extra illumination work in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The holy Quran copied by the calligrapher Ahmed Semseddin Karahisari , first limited edition no. 246
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Riyadh, SAU
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£5,600.70
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First Ed. No. 246 Item Price
£5,600.70
Dala'il al Khayrat a lithograph printed book originally copied by Khalil al Shukri and illustrated by contemporary hands, with two miniatures of Mecca and Medina.
by Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Abu Bakr al-Jazuli al-Simlali (d. 1465 AD.)
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- Used
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- first ed.
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- 1262
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- Contemporary hard cover
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Riyadh, SAU
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£1,600.20
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Extra ordinary lithograph of Dalail al Khairat originally copied by the well-known scribe Halil Shukri (Sukru) the student of Suleyman Vehbi. In a Rococo Ottoman Style binding of the period of the Sultan Abdul Mejid. Printed in the Imperial press, Istanbul 1262 H. and completely illustrated by hand with two miniature of Mecca and Medina. Halil Sukru came from Bursa… Read more about this item Item Price
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Un-signed Muraqqa'a , Calligraphy Patch of an Ottoman Mawlawi calligrapher
by An Ottoman Mawlawi calligrapher : Mehmed Zeki Dede el Mevlevi (1821 - 1881) , or Huseyin Sidki Dede elMevlevi (1824 - 1933)
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- Marbeled Classic Ottoman binding ruled in gold
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Riyadh, SAU
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£14,401.80
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Fine example in Ta'liq script contains 11 sides of fine calligraphic patches tooled and sprinkled n gold, with ownership and stamp by a Mawlawi from Filibe called Huseyin Sidki el Mevlevi , whowas a mesnevihan in Mevlana Celal-ed Din el Rumi Mosque in Konya. In marbled contemporary binding tooled in gold, 30 x 20 cm. The ownership shows that the… Read more about this item Item Price
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AL Mizan ul Ma'louf fi wadh' il Kalimat wa l Hurouf ( The common palance in designing words and letters ) on Arabic calligraphy
by Muhammad Efendi Munis zade b. Ibrahim Efendi Munis (the well-known Turkish Egyptian calligrapher d. about 1900 )
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- New
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- first
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- 1867
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Riyadh, SAU
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£32.00
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Facsimile of the first and only edition. 2, 96 p. of Arabic text on calligraphy art by Mehmed Munis zade, an Ottoman Turkish calligrapher lived in Cairo where he taught in the school of improving calligraphy since it's establishment. Printed by the order of Ismail Pasha, Khediv of Egypt in the lithiograph printing house of the Egyptian state. Item Price
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Ottoman painting of the holy mosque of Mecca, signed and dedicated by the painter
by Ottoman painting
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- Used - Very Good
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Riyadh, SAU
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£44,005.50
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50x40 cm. Oil colors on wood, showing Ka'ba and surroundings inside the holy mosque. The painting shows the architectural details of the pillars in defferent colors with gold and design of the flour. Mounted in framework measured 72x61 cm. The painting is signed in red on the left bottom; Mehmed Hilal or Mehmed Jemal (?) and dedicated on the revers… Read more about this item Item Price
£44,005.50
calligraphic panel by the Iraqi chief calligrapher, Hashim al Baghdadi (1917-1973)
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- Used - Very Good
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Riyadh, SAU
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£8,001.00
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Verse no. 24, Surah Al-Israa. Signed Hashim Muhammad al Baghdadi, and dated 1363 AH. (1944). 26x20 cm. Black ink on paper, ruled in gold and fixed on marbled paper. Hashem al-Khattat was born in Baghdad in 1917. He started to learn Arabic calligraphy from an early age, and won a calligraphy Diploma from Mulla 'Ali al-Fadli in 1943. He continued… Read more about this item Item Price
£8,001.00
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Calligraphic panel by Hafiz Osman in 1099 AH. (1688) and illustrated by Rikkat Kunt in 1364 AH. (1945)
by Ottoman art of Calligraphy
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Riyadh, SAU
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£12,001.50
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22.5x18 cm. Text of Hadith: hardening of heart is a cause of satiety. Black ink on paper out-ruled in gold inside fine illustration signed in neat Ottoman Turkish script: Muzehhibesi Rikkat 1364, illustrated by Rikkat 1945. Rikkat Kunt (1903-1986) was an academic and illustration artist. Hâfiz Osman (1642-1698) was a Dervish and Islamic calligrapher, born in Istanbul. He was tutor… Read more about this item Item Price
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Calligraphic panel by Reis ul Hattatin (Chief Calligrapher) Ahmed Kamil Akdik , consists of a part of Qasidat al Burda
by Ottoman art of calligraphy
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Riyadh, SAU
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£4,000.50
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32x25 cm. Thuluth and Naskhi in black ink on paper illustrated and fexed on illustrated paper in golden flworal shapes. Signed in wite ink in Thuluth: Katabahu al Hajj Kamil. Ahmed Kamil Akdik is one of the last great Ottoman calligraphers. Born in the Fındıklı neighborhood of Istanbul in 1861, Ahmed Kâmil displayed an interest in the art of calligraphy… Read more about this item Item Price
£4,000.50
Sulale-i Dvlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye - Chrornologie des Sultans Ottomans (Album of the Ottoman Sultans inscribed by the well-known İraqi calligrapher Mahdi al Jubouri)
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Riyadh, SAU
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£4,800.60
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Sulale-i Dvlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye. 37 images of the Ottoman Sultans on 19 plates, includes 5 photographic of the Sultans; Adbdul Mejid, Abdul Aziz, Abdul Hamid İİ, Murad V, Mehmed Resad. The album was prepared before between 1908 and 1918 titled in French and Ottoman Turkish on the front cover, all plates are separated with tissue guards, each plate contains 2… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dirasa fi Tatawwur al Kitabat al Kufiyya 'ala al ahjar fi Misr fi al Quroun al Khamsa al oula li al Hijra (a study in development of the Kufic script on the stones in Egypt during the first five centuries of Hijra)
by Dr. Ibrahim Jum'aa
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- 1st Edition
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Riyadh, SAU
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£120.02
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Original printer wrappers, many diagrams and photographic illus. Comprihensive study on the Kufic script during the first five centuries of al Hijra, with comparative study between its development in Egypt and the other parts of the Islamic world. Item Price
£120.02
Gurgan Fainces
by Dr. Mehdi Bahrami
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- As New
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- 1st Edition
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Riyadh, SAU
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£240.03
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The author was curator of Islamic art at the Teheran museum. foreword by Ernst Kuehnel in Cairo 1948. 134 p. of text, 11 full plates inside text, 33 fig. during the pages, 98 full page plates at the end of the book. gilded blue hard cover binding. Fine printed book on wite buffed paper. As issued. Item Price
£240.03
