Nazm Al-Jawahra al-Sheikh Ibrahim al-Qani (a Treatise of Religious Doctrines in Poetic form), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [the coast of Oman, presently either Oman or most probably the United Arab Emirates, dated 4 Safar 1173 AH (1760 AD)] apparently complete, 5 leaves (possible lacking final free endpaper), double column, 15 lines informal naskh, red and purple decorations between the 2 columns, title on verso of first leaf, colophon at the end, contemporary ownership inscription on the first leaf, 220 by 150 mm.; nineteenth-century boards, leather-backed and edges in leather, marbled paper used to decorate covers, extremities a little rubbed, overall good condition This is a remarkable manuscript. Not only does it showcase a scarcely represented genre of Arabic literature, written in poetry instead of prose, but it was also copied in the greater Oman, making it an item of extraordinary rarity. The colophon stipulates that the manuscript was copied in Oman on the 4th Safar 1173 AH, and there is an additional inscription on the first leaf indicating that it was owned by Sa'id bin Yousuf al-Maliki in a village of the great Oman in the year 1190 AH (1776 AD), only 16 years after the manuscript was copied. In the eighteenth century, the greater region of Oman included all the land that has since been divided into the modern-day United Arab Emirates. Thus it is impossible to distinguish exactly in which of these two modern countries the present manuscript was written and the surname of the owner al-Maliki is common to the whole region. However, the terminology used in the colophon sahil bahr is often used to describe the eastern coast of Old Oman, which would indicate that it is in the modern day U.A.E, in either Abu Dhabi, Dubai or one of the neighbouring cities on that side of the Persian Gulf. Only one other Omani manuscript has appeared on the open market in the past few decades, in our rooms on 27 April 2018 (lot 38, achieving £38,000 hammer), which carried many physical similarities and attributes to the present manuscript.
Nazm Al-Jawahra al-Sheikh Ibrahim al-Qani (a Treatise of Religious Doctrines in Poetic form), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [the coast of Oman, presently either Oman or most probably the United Arab Emirates, dated 4 Safar 1173 AH (1760 AD)] apparently complete, 5 leaves (possible lacking final free endpaper), double column, 15 lines informal naskh, red and purple decorations between the 2 columns, title on verso of first leaf, colophon at the end, contemporary ownership inscription on the first leaf, 220 by 150 mm.; nineteenth-century boards, leather-backed and edges in leather, marbled paper used to decorate covers, extremities a little rubbed, overall good condition This is a remarkable manuscript. Not only does it showcase a scarcely represented genre of Arabic literature, written in poetry instead of prose, but it was also copied in the greater Oman, making it an item of extraordinary rarity. The colophon stipulates that the manuscript was copied in Oman on the 4th Safar 1173 AH, and there is an additional inscription on the first leaf indicating that it was owned by Sa'id bin Yousuf al-Maliki in a village of the great Oman in the year 1190 AH (1776 AD), only 16 years after the manuscript was copied. In the eighteenth century, the greater region of Oman included all the land that has since been divided into the modern-day United Arab Emirates. Thus it is impossible to distinguish exactly in which of these two modern countries the present manuscript was written and the surname of the owner al-Maliki is common to the whole region. However, the terminology used in the colophon sahil bahr is often used to describe the eastern coast of Old Oman, which would indicate that it is in the modern day U.A.E, in either Abu Dhabi, Dubai or one of the neighbouring cities on that side of the Persian Gulf. Only one other Omani manuscript has appeared on the open market in the past few decades, in our rooms on 27 April 2018 (lot 38, achieving £38,000 hammer), which carried many physical similarities and attributes to the present manuscript.
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