Null COMMENTARY ON THE KORAN (TAFSIR)

Morocco, late 19th century

Arabic manus…

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COMMENTARY ON THE KORAN (TAFSIR) Morocco, late 19th century Arabic manuscript on fine cream polished paper, 194 leaves plus 10 endpapers, 23 lines of maghribi per page, titles in red or black, advertisements, original foliotation, in its original stamped and gilt garnet morocco flap binding, old label reading "Arbîtrage du 2 juillet 1928", flap marked "al-'Iraqi 1", very good condition. Size: 31 x 21.8 cm (leaves); 19.5 x 12.5 cm (written surface)

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COMMENTARY ON THE KORAN (TAFSIR) Morocco, late 19th century Arabic manuscript on fine cream polished paper, 194 leaves plus 10 endpapers, 23 lines of maghribi per page, titles in red or black, advertisements, original foliotation, in its original stamped and gilt garnet morocco flap binding, old label reading "Arbîtrage du 2 juillet 1928", flap marked "al-'Iraqi 1", very good condition. Size: 31 x 21.8 cm (leaves); 19.5 x 12.5 cm (written surface)

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Estim. 500 - 800 EUR

RARE FOND DE MANUSCRITS PERSANS, INDIENS ET ARABES DES XIVe AU XIXe SIECLE HAVING BELONGED TO THE GALERIE R.G. MICHEL IN PARIS SINCE 1912 INTERESTING SET OF NINE MANUSCRIPTS Iran, Central Asia and India, 16th-19th centuries Comprising a half-Qur'an from the Caucasus, probably Dagestan (fragmentary and unbound); a Safavid manuscript of Qazi Nurullah Shushtari's Majalis al-Mu'minin collection of biographies of Shiite personalities, bound, incomplete; a large Indian manuscript of the Khamsa by Amir Khusrow Dehlavi, early 19th century, fragmentary, in its red leather binding, from the Rajah of Bareilly, dated 1856; a large Safavid commentary on the Koran, fragmentary, in its binding: a small poetry manuscript, rub'ayat, 18th century in its original binding; an incomplete Safavid diwan to which illustrated vignettes have been added; an incomplete Mughal diwan in its red leather binding; an Indian Persian manuscript in its black binding; and a large fragment of a Safavid manuscript. Leaves42.5 x 26 cm (largest manuscript) Provenance: Galerie R.G. Michel in 1912. Then Michel Collection (1880-1963). Then by descent. Then Collection P.

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

RARE FOND DE MANUSCRITS PERSANS, INDIENS ET ARABES DES XIVe AU XIXe SIECLE HAVING BELONGED TO THE GALERIE R.G. MICHEL À PARIS DÈS 1912 LARGE SET OF LEAVES FROM VARIOUS TIMURID, SAFAVID AND MOGHUL MANUSCRIPTS Iran, Timurid and Safavid period and Mughal India, 15th-17th century Large number of leaves from Persian manuscripts in nasta'liq; including an important section of a very large Persian manuscript; a set of leaves from a Timurid historical chronicle mentioning Genghis Khan, some illuminated leaves; a leaf from an Arabic Koran. Sharafnama frontispiece 35 x 24 cm Provenance: Galerie R.G. Michel in 1912. Then Michel Collection (1880-1963). Then by descent. Then Collection P.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

RARE FOND DE MANUSCRITS PERSANS, INDIENS ET ARABES DES XIVe AU XIXe SIECLE HAVING BELONGED TO THE GALERIE R.G. MICHEL IN PARIS SINCE 1912 KORAN SECTION (JUZ') Ottoman Empire, 18th century 19-leaf Arabic manuscript on paper, nine lines of text per page, framed by gilt fillet, in its original leather flap binding. Numerous tears and missing paper, soiling, damp stains, damaged binding. Size: 24.5 x 16 cm

Estim. 3 000 - 5 000 EUR

A Bihari Qu'ran and Tafsir in two volumes North India, with date of 1035AH/1625AD Arabic manuscript on paper, Vol I pp.1-351 and Vol II pp.352-684 paginated, each folio approx. 37ll., comprising the entire text of the Qur'an written in black naskh

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