Maghreb to the Far East
We are delighted to present our new Maghreb to the Far East catalogue containing a carefully curated selection of rare book and manuscripts spanning from North Africa and Arabia, Turkey and the Near East, Persia and Central Asia, all the way to India and the Far East.
The catalogue includes Islamic, literary, historical and scientific texts (among others) showcasing magnificent calligraphy, illuminated manuscripts and rare oriental imprints spanning from the 9th century to the 20th century.
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Calligraphic scroll containing excerpts from the Qur'an.
[QUR'ANIC SCROLL].Original price £10,000.00 - Original price £10,000.00Original price £0.00£10,000.00£10,000.00 - £10,000.00Current price £10,000.00An attractive calligraphic Qur'anic scroll containing excerpts from the Holy text in stylised forms forming geometric patterns and calligraphic co...
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Collection of Qur'anic surah and commentaries,
[PRAYERBOOK].Original price £8,750.00 - Original price £8,750.00Original price £0.00£8,750.00£8,750.00 - £8,750.00Current price £8,750.00Fine lacquered binding. An unusual prayerbook containing some Qur'anic sections alongside a number of dua compiled by Ibn Tawus and including relig...
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Prayers for Daily Use,
[QUR'ANIC SCROLL].Original price £8,000.00 - Original price £8,000.00Original price £0.00£8,000.00£8,000.00 - £8,000.00Current price £8,000.00A charming prayer scroll containing prayers arranged in accordance to the 7 days of the week, intended for daily use and probably carried in a sma...
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Divan,
HAFEZ SHIRAZI.Original price £15,000.00 - Original price £15,000.00Original price £0.00£15,000.00£15,000.00 - £15,000.00Current price £15,000.00A fine and beautifully illuminated manuscript of the collected Divan of Hafez Shirazi, one of the most decorated and celebrated poets of the Persi...
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Tarikh-e vaqaye' va savaneh-e Afghanistan, History of Events and Incidents in Afghanistan,
PRINCE IHTIZAD AL-SULTANEH [ALI QULI KHAN].Original price £3,000.00 - Original price £3,000.00Original price £0.00£3,000.00£3,000.00 - £3,000.00Current price £3,000.00An intriguing historical treatise on Afghanistan compiled during the reign of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar which includes a dedication to the Prime min...
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Tarikh'i Iskandar (The History of Alexander),
[ALEXANDER THE GREAT]. CAMPBELL, James.Original price £30,000.00 - Original price £30,000.00Original price £0.00£30,000.00£30,000.00 - £30,000.00Current price £30,000.00With fine marbled paper borders. A fine illuminated manuscript with remarkable decorated marbled borders, of many varying designs and patterns. The...
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Vajradhatumandala Mudras and Caryagttakosa,
[THYASAPHU MANUSCRIPT].Original price £18,750.00 - Original price £18,750.00Original price £0.00£18,750.00£18,750.00 - £18,750.00Current price £18,750.00Buddhist mudras. The Sanskrit word mudras means 'mark' or 'gesture' and in the context of Buddhism, mudras are sacred symbolic hand gestures or pos...
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Paintings from a Jain 'Heaven and Hell' series.
[JAINISM].Original price £9,500.00 - Original price £9,500.00Original price £0.00£9,500.00£9,500.00 - £9,500.00Current price £9,500.00Hell and purgatory in Jainism, called Naraka, are realms of cosmology that are characterised by great suffering. There are seven realms of this un...
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Rare Kashmiri Teaching Qur'an,
[QUR'AN].Original price £30,000.00 - Original price £30,000.00Original price £0.00£30,000.00£30,000.00 - £30,000.00Current price £30,000.00Signed Indian binding. Rare example of a north Indian teaching Qur'an in a contemporary signed binding. In most cases, teaching Qur'ans are plain i...
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Fine Indian Qur'an.
[QUR'AN].Original price £7,500.00 - Original price £7,500.00Original price £0.00£7,500.00£7,500.00 - £7,500.00Current price £7,500.00Manuscript with Duke of Wellington association. Rare south indian qur'an in a contemporary indian leather-tooled binding, present here in an excell...
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Selections from the Divan and Ghazals,
HAFEZ SHIRAZI.Original price £7,500.00 - Original price £7,500.00Original price £0.00£7,500.00£7,500.00 - £7,500.00Current price £7,500.00A charming example of provincial Kashmiri book production presented here in an attractive contemporary Indian stamped binding.Hafez Shirazi (1315-...
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Hashiyya al-Hijrani,
MA LIANGJUN [AL-HIJRANI, Muhammad Yusuf].Original price £17,500.00 - Original price £17,500.00Original price £0.00£17,500.00£17,500.00 - £17,500.00Current price £17,500.00By a prominent Hui Islamic leader. Ma Liangjun (1871-1957) was a renowned Hui Muslim Akhund in the Northwest and a famous Islamic scholar ('Hui' re...
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