Muhammad bin Sulayman al-Jazuli (d. 1465 AD): Dala’il al-Khayrat, India,...
Muhammad bin Sulayman al-Jazuli (d. 1465 AD): Dala’il al-Khayrat, India, late 18th century, 124ff., Arabic manuscript on paper with Persian interlinear translation, with 9ll. of black naskh text arranged within cloudbands on a gold ground within gold rule, headers in white on gold, translation in red, opening bifolio and four further bifolios decorated in gold and polychrome with dense design of leaves and flowers to margins, including a double page depicting the Ka’ba and Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina, fly-leaves with old stamp from the Library of Bahawalpur [kitab-khaneh sultani Bahawalpur], in worn repaired black leather binding, folio 19.5 x 11.2cm.
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Muhammad bin Sulayman al-Jazuli (d. 1465 AD): Dala’il al-Khayrat, India, late 18th century, 124ff., Arabic manuscript on paper with Persian interlinear translation, with 9ll. of black naskh text arranged within cloudbands on a gold ground within gold rule, headers in white on gold, translation in red, opening bifolio and four further bifolios decorated in gold and polychrome with dense design of leaves and flowers to margins, including a double page depicting the Ka’ba and Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina, fly-leaves with old stamp from the Library of Bahawalpur [kitab-khaneh sultani Bahawalpur], in worn repaired black leather binding, folio 19.5 x 11.2cm.
