234 - Imam Muhammad Bir 'Ali Al-Birkawi (D. 1573AD) :A devotional manuscript, Al-Tariqa Al-Muhammadiya,

Imam Muhammad Bir 'Ali Al-Birkawi (D. 1573AD) :A devotional manuscript, Al-Tariqa Al-Muhammadiya, signed Ali ibn Uthman al-munif al Mashour ibn palancizadeh, Ottoman empire, dated Ramazan AH1181/February 1768AD, On paper, 83ff., 1fl., 21ll. of black naskh script tot the page within thin gold borders ruled in black, plain gold roundel markers, wide plain margins ruled in red, some words picked in red, catchwords to each right page's lower left corners, the illuminated opening folio with an entrelacs of floral tendrils around a blue trefoiled niche against gold ground under a lobed arch, blue stylised floral sprays above, the whole within light green borders picked in blue, a plain gold cusped cartouche below within red or dark pink strapwork, 12ll. of script below, gilt brown morroco boards with interlocked tendril bearing serrated leaves within a lobed mandorla, thin gold rule and strapwork to edges, upper board detached, spine lightly fritting, flap lacking, 19 x 12.5cm., folio 19.2 x 11.4cm.