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Islamic Arabic Illuminated Manuscript of Jazuli???s

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Islamic Arabic Illuminated Manuscript of Jazuli???s
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Islamic Arabic Illuminated Manuscript of Jazuli’s Guide to Good Deeds, Early 19th Cent. An Elaborate Arabic Illuminated Manuscript of Jazuli’s Guide to Good Deeds. al-JazÅ«lÄ«, AbÅ« `Abd AllÄh Muhammad Ibn SulaymÄn Ibn `Abd ar‑RahmÄn Ibn AbÄ« Bakr (died in the Islamic year 870, corresponding to 1460 AD). DALÄ€'IL AL-KHAYYIRÄ€T (Guide to Good Deeds). This is one of the most famous books of prayer in Islamic literature. Number of leaves: 137 (274 pages); size: 10.1 x 15.7 cm; in beautiful, clear, and elegant naskhÄ« script, in black ink, with keywords and markings in red ink, on beige paper, 9 lines to a page.The Arabic text is completely vocalized. All pages are ruled in several lines of gold and blue throughout. All sentences are separated with gold discs. There are two pages, which are highly illuminated in gold, blue, brown, and other colors. They are the opening page of the book and the page of beginning the prayers. The names of Prophet Muhammad are separated by gold discs, pages 15a - 19a. There are followed by two full‑page miniature paintings, the first representing the Ka`bah in Mecca, the other the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad in the Medina Mosque. Undated, but most likely from the early nineteenth century. Cloth binding, with leather spine, slight chipping at the spine, some minor smudges, otherwise in very good condition.