SHARH-I MUFTI ZADA ALA ISTI’AREH AL-ISAM
Ottoman Turkey, dated 1227 AH (1812)

SHARH-I MUFTI ZADA ALA ISTI’AREH AL-ISAM: AN OTTOMAN MANUSCRIPT ON THE MEANING OF WORDS AND METAPHORS
Ottoman Turkey, dated 1227 AH (1812)

Arabic manuscript on paper, 114ff., plus two flyleaves, 25ll. of nasta’liq script to the folio, the opening folio with an elegant sar lawh with gold, silver, and polychrome illumination, quoting individuals’ names in red, marginal notes in red and black, certain phrases underlined in red, in black and gold rules, the colophon inscribed Seyyed Ali Fahim, known as Mufti Zada, and dated 1227 AH, in gold-tooled brown morocco flapped binding, the text panel 17.7cm x 8cm, the folio 23.3cm x 14.8cm.

Dimensions: the text panel 17.7cm x 8cm, the folio 23.3cm x 14.8cm