153 A group of six Sufi manuscripts, including a large manuscript of a large section of Al-Bukhari’s Sahih, dated AH 1267/1851-52 AD, a seminal work on hadith, in red stamped morocco with flap; an Ottoman compilation of poetry, starting with Mawlana (probably Jalal al-Din Rumi), then Imam ‘Ali, Halti Efendi, Ghazaliyat from Hamdi, verses in praises of the Prophet, joined with a work quoting Ottoman authors and mentioning various Ottoman sultans, rhyming throughout the text, parts arranged alphabetically, in various hands, rebound in modern blue binding; a 19th century Diwan of Kayghusuz Abdal (b.AH 800/1397-98)), a Bektashi poet- joined with a Pandnamah by the same author, dated AH 1132, the final treatise a work in praises of the Prophet; a work on cases and vocalisation (i’rab), dated AH 955, followed by a 18th or 19th century work o grammar, joined together in a marbled paper binding; a 18th or 19th century Ottoman Diwan, probably the work of the Poet Nef’I (d. 1635); an Ottoman work on poetry, Kitab Khayratiya Manzum, composed in AH 1236/1821-22, the manuscript signed Husayn, copied in Mashhad, Iran, dated AH 1248/1833-34, in soft red morocco; and a Persian diwan, dated Thursday 20 Jumada I AH 1249/5 October 1833 AD, in brown stamped and tooled morocco with flap. (6) £4,000-6,000*


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154 A calligraphic composition of poetry signed Mir ‘Imad al-Hasani (d. AH 1024/1615 AD), Iran, first half 17th century, with 4ll. of diagonal nasta’liq, two further lines above and below, all within cloud bands on a gold ground, further panels running vertically to left side on a ground of large scrolling flowers, with polychrome and gold decoration in cobalt blue and red at corners, mounted on an album page, calligraphy 27.5 x 15.3cm £400-600*


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