DIPLÔME, (IJAZA OU ICAZET) REÇU PAR OSMAN BIN OSMAN ORDEVI

TURKEY, OTTOMAN ART, DATED 27 SEPTEMBER 1857 Fine Turkish manuscript on paper. 7 folios, plus 1 unwritten and 2 blank. 13 lines per page in black ink within a gilt frame, and gilt end-of-verse rosettes. Illuminated frontispiece. Colophon dated 7 Safar 1274 AH / 27 September 1857. Soft-bound in orange with embossed designs. H: 19 x W: 11.7 cm This diploma (ijaza or icazet) validating knowledge ('alim) was issued in 1857 by Mustafa Sharif ibn al-Khalil al-Zaghrawi to his pupil 'Uthman ibn 'Uthman al-Urdawi (Osman bin Osman Ordevi). The professor gives several chains of transmission from his own master, Mustafa bin 'Umar (Mustafa bin Ömer) known as Vidini (from Vidin in Bulgaria), and chains including masters such as Fakhr al-Din Razi and Imam al-Ghazali. Expert: L.S. A DIPLOMA (IJAZA OR ICAZET) RECEIVED BY OSMAN BIN OSMAN ORDEVI, TURKEY, DATED SEPTEMBER 27TH, 1857. Minor wear, small tears at the bottom of some pages, collated and complete