This volume contains the Fifth Juz’ of the Qur’ān (Sūrat al-Nisā’; 4) in qazabi (rainbow) style. The text has been copied in the ṣinī style of calligraphy. The opening of the text (ff 1v-2r) and the closing (ff 55v-56r) are heavily illuminated in gold, red, blue, yellow, and green, featuring ban...
[Dürretü’t-tac fi sireti sahibi’l-mi‘rac] - [درة التاج في سيرة صاحب المعراج]
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This volume contains an account of the life of the Prophet Muhammad up to his migration to Medina and building of the Quba mosque on the city’s outskirts. It was authored by the renowned Ottoman writer and poet Üveys ibn-i Mehmed, whose mahlas was Veysi (died 1037 AH/1628 CE). The work is common...
[Tercüme-i Şerhü’s-Senusiyye] – [ترجمهٔ شرح السنوسية]
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This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish translation of Muhammad ibn ‘Amr ibn Ibrāhīm al-Tilimsānī al-Mallālī’s Arabic commentary of the Sanūsiyya, which he completed in around 1000 AH/1591 CE. The Sanūsiyya is a theological primer authored by the theologian of Tlemcen (northern Algeria) Muhammad...