SIGNED SALIH AL-NA'ILI KNOWN AS HAFIZ AL-QUR’AN, PROBABLY OTTOMAN EGYPT, DATED AH 1284/1867-68 AD

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MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D. 1465 AD): DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT
SIGNED SALIH AL-NA'ILI KNOWN AS HAFIZ AL-QUR’AN, PROBABLY OTTOMAN EGYPT, DATED AH 1284/1867-68 AD
The renowned prayer book in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on burnished paper, 116ff. plus three flyleaves, each folio with 9ll. of elegant black naskh, gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, occasional marginal medallions, headings in gold illuminated panels, text panels within thick gold and polychrome rules, catchwords, the opening folio with gold and polychrome headpiece, one double-page depiction of an aerial view of the Ka'ba and the Masjid al-Haram and the Mosque of the Prophet, the colophon signed and dated, in brown leather binding with gilt decoration and flap, cream paper doublures, in brown slip case
Text panel 7 5/8 x 5 5/8in. (19.2 x 14.2cm); folio 11 x 8 1/4in. (27.8 x 20.8cm.)

Provenance

Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York

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Lot Essay

Hafiz Salih Naili Efendi was the son of Kazzaz Şehabüddin Agha and was born in AH 1239/1823-24 AD in Manastir (Bitola). He studied with ‘Ali ‘Ulvi Efendi. He went to Istanbul to further his education and while he was there earned his living by copying the Qur’an and the Şifa-i Şerif. He then went to Egypt where he taught Persian and calligraphy. He died there in AH 1293/1876-77 AD. He was also a poet of some fame. It is likely that he completed this manuscript in Egypt.

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