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* Al-Sharif ibn al-Sharif Daftar Kwan al-Tusi al-‘Adili Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Reza ibn Muhammad al-Husayni al-Musawi (m.1257)

Al-Sharif ibn al-Sharif Daftar Kwan al-Tusi al-'Adili Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Reza ibn Muhammad al-Husayni al-Musawi (d.1257 AD), Alf Ghulam wa-Ghulam (A Thousand and One Lovely Boys), Near East, 13th century Arabic manuscript on paper, acephalous, 38 leaves, 21 lines per page, written in black naskhi script, important words highlighted in red ink, incomplete at the beginning, composite leather binding with stamped and gilded decoration. 24.6 x 18 cm Provenance : Private collection, UK since 1990 This lot is sold as a temporary import. The author of this text is not certain: a copy kept at the Escorial Library, Madrid, attributes it to the same name that appears in the present manuscript. According to other sources, the author's name is Abu Mansur 'Abdalmalik ibn Muhammad Ismail al-Tha'alibi (d.1038). The interest of our manuscript lies in the fact that in the 3rd line of the last page, the name of the author mentioned confirms the reference to the manuscript kept at El Escorial. A poet and author born in Hama, Syria, Al-Sharif ibn al-Sharif Daftar Kwan al-Tusi al-'Adili Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Reza ibn Muhammad al-Husayni al-Musawi wrote, in the style of The Thousand and One Nights (Alf layla wa-layla), one of the first compilations of erotic epigrams, a literary form popular under the Ayyubids and Mamluks, based on the representation of the beloved through typologies. In parallel, he also produced a volume entitled The Thousand and One Girls (Alf jariya wa-jariya). Numerous descriptions of ghulam (which can be translated as "handsome/loveable boys" or "favourites") are listed in the outer margins of each page, including one who "stands in the rain; picks up hailstones; stands in the snow; plays with snow; slips in the mud; likes to spend money; drinks in taverns; swims across the sea; dives into the water; drowns".

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* Al-Sharif ibn al-Sharif Daftar Kwan al-Tusi al-‘Adili Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Reza ibn Muhammad al-Husayni al-Musawi (m.1257)

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