A QADIRITE SUFI PRAYER BOOK BY 'ABD AL-HADI AL-SUDI (d. 1525-1526) China, 17th - 18th century
A QADIRITE SUFI PRAYER BOOK BY 'ABD AL-HADI AL-SUDI (d. 1525-1526)
China, 17th - 18th century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 56ff., each folio with 7ll. of black ink sini script, some notes and headings in Persian and Turkish, with red and black diacritics, in red rules, with illuminated opening and closing bifolios in polychromes and gold, brown cotton endpapers, in brown morocco blind-tooled flapped binding, the text panel 18cm x 12cm, the folio 28.5cm x 19.5cm.
For a similar manuscript composed by 'Abd al-Hadi al-Sudi, a Sudanese follower of the famous early Sufi 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, please see Bonhams London, 18 October 2016, lot 25.
the text panel 18cm x 12cm, the folio 28.5cm x 19.5cm
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A QADIRITE SUFI PRAYER BOOK BY 'ABD AL-HADI AL-SUDI (d. 1525-1526)
China, 17th - 18th century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 56ff., each folio with 7ll. of black ink sini script, some notes and headings in Persian and Turkish, with red and black diacritics, in red rules, with illuminated opening and closing bifolios in polychromes and gold, brown cotton endpapers, in brown morocco blind-tooled flapped binding, the text panel 18cm x 12cm, the folio 28.5cm x 19.5cm.
For a similar manuscript composed by 'Abd al-Hadi al-Sudi, a Sudanese follower of the famous early Sufi 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, please see Bonhams London, 18 October 2016, lot 25.
the text panel 18cm x 12cm, the folio 28.5cm x 19.5cm
Sold for £1,250
Includes Buyer's Premium