Shaykh Muhammad al-Mu’ta bin al-Salih al-Sharqi: Dhakhira al-Muhtaj fi sala...

Shaykh Muhammad al-Mu’ta bin al-Salih al-Sharqi: Dhakhira al-Muhtaj fi sala ‘ala Sahib al-Liwa, Morocco, dated 1315AH/1897-98AD, 119ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, on the life of the Prophet Muhammad and the mi’raj, with 18ll. of sepia Magrehbi script per page within red and blue rule, with some words and phrases in polychrome, 4 bifolios with polychrome full page decorations, including a double page representation of Paradise and a depiction of sidrat al-muntaha (the Sidra Tree that marks the end of the seventh heaven), the colophon dated, in brown tooled leather binding with medallion and flap, folio 33.6 x 22.3cm. For a similar manuscript see Christie’s South Kensington, 28 April 2017, lot 118