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COMPLETE MANUSCRIT ON TWO FOLDERS OF FIVE DOUBLE LEAVES /// Genealogy of the Prophet Muhammad (al-Tuhfa al-Sharifa wa'l-Turfa al-Munifa). Ottoman Empire, probably Egypt, by Hasan b. 'Ali al-Ghazali, dated 1586-87. Large Arabic manuscript on paper of a text on the genealogy of the Prophet Muhammad and his family, al-Tuhfa al-Sharifa wa'l-Turfa al-Munifa (The Honorable Treasure and the Exalted Rarity). 20 leaves, the first of which is a plain flyleaf. Title-page frontispiece illuminated in polychrome and gold and large polylobed medallion, sarlowh. Text in black, red, blue and green ink in naskhi script, arranged in different directions depending on the page, horizontally, vertically or diagonally. On one page, the text includes a stylized representation of the Prophet's sandal, as well as descriptions of his miracles, his weapons, his animals (horses, mules, donkeys, camels), his possessions and the clothes he wore while dying. The text was copied by Hasan ibn 'Ali al-Ghazali in 995H (1586-87). On the title page, two owner's stamps and a handwritten owner's inscription in the name of Mehmet Tahir b. Hayreddin, who acquired the manuscript on Ramadan 1, 1314 AH (1897). (Mottling, restorations, stains, first leaf of text missing and consolidated with paper). Ottoman binding, probably 17th century, in brown morocco with stamped and gilt decoration of a mandorla with pendentives decorated with arabesques (accidents, wear, paper missing in some places and restorations). 34.5 × 23.5 cm This manuscript, whose title is given as "al-Tuhfa al-Sharifa wa'l-Turfa al-Munifa (The Honored Treasure and the Exalted Rarity)", probably uses the same text as a manuscript entitled "Kitab Shajarat Rasul Allah", preserved in Berlin's Staatsbibliothek, authored by Abu 'Ali Muhammad ibn As'ad ibn 'Ali al-Juwwani (died 1192 in Egypt) and dedicated to Sultan Salah al-din (Saladin). A slightly smaller Genealogy of the Prophet (27 × 19.2 cm), dated 1150 AH, was sold at Gros-Delettrez in Drouot on January 28, 2015, lot 128. Another copy of the Genealogy of the Prophet was sold by Rim Enchères at Drouot on March 10, 2023, lot 115. This was copied by the same scribe Hassan ibn 'Ali al-Ghazali as the one shown here, dated two years later (997H/1588-89) and measuring 29 × 19.5 cm.
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COMPLETE MANUSCRIT ON TWO FOLDERS OF FIVE DOUBLE LEAVES /// Genealogy of the Prophet Muhammad (al-Tuhfa al-Sharifa wa'l-Turfa al-Munifa). Ottoman Empire, probably Egypt, by Hasan b. 'Ali al-Ghazali, dated 1586-87. Large Arabic manuscript on paper of a text on the genealogy of the Prophet Muhammad and his family, al-Tuhfa al-Sharifa wa'l-Turfa al-Munifa (The Honorable Treasure and the Exalted Rarity). 20 leaves, the first of which is a plain flyleaf. Title-page frontispiece illuminated in polychrome and gold and large polylobed medallion, sarlowh. Text in black, red, blue and green ink in naskhi script, arranged in different directions depending on the page, horizontally, vertically or diagonally. On one page, the text includes a stylized representation of the Prophet's sandal, as well as descriptions of his miracles, his weapons, his animals (horses, mules, donkeys, camels), his possessions and the clothes he wore while dying. The text was copied by Hasan ibn 'Ali al-Ghazali in 995H (1586-87). On the title page, two owner's stamps and a handwritten owner's inscription in the name of Mehmet Tahir b. Hayreddin, who acquired the manuscript on Ramadan 1, 1314 AH (1897). (Mottling, restorations, stains, first leaf of text missing and consolidated with paper). Ottoman binding, probably 17th century, in brown morocco with stamped and gilt decoration of a mandorla with pendentives decorated with arabesques (accidents, wear, paper missing in some places and restorations). 34.5 × 23.5 cm This manuscript, whose title is given as "al-Tuhfa al-Sharifa wa'l-Turfa al-Munifa (The Honored Treasure and the Exalted Rarity)", probably uses the same text as a manuscript entitled "Kitab Shajarat Rasul Allah", preserved in Berlin's Staatsbibliothek, authored by Abu 'Ali Muhammad ibn As'ad ibn 'Ali al-Juwwani (died 1192 in Egypt) and dedicated to Sultan Salah al-din (Saladin). A slightly smaller Genealogy of the Prophet (27 × 19.2 cm), dated 1150 AH, was sold at Gros-Delettrez in Drouot on January 28, 2015, lot 128. Another copy of the Genealogy of the Prophet was sold by Rim Enchères at Drouot on March 10, 2023, lot 115. This was copied by the same scribe Hassan ibn 'Ali al-Ghazali as the one shown here, dated two years later (997H/1588-89) and measuring 29 × 19.5 cm.
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