AN OTTOMAN PRAYER BOOK, SIGNED MUHAMMAD NURI STUDENT OF

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 166 leaves plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 9 lines. of black naskh, gold and polychrome rosette markers, text within gold frame. Catchwords, headings in white naskh within illuminated cartouches, opening folio with finely illuminated headpiece in gold and polychrome. In the first half of the book different surah’s of the Quran such as surah Al-Dukhan and Al-Anaam with other verses. The second half contains pages with geometrics designs enclosing the names of Allah and his prophet. Hilyas of the prophet with the four Rashidun Caliphs, in small black naskh within a roundel on an illuminated gold and polychrome ground. Different prayers by well-known Companions of the Prophet and imams in Arabic and Ottoman language.
12.5 by 8.5 cm.