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Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 22, 2025 - May 22, 2025
Page Size: 71 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Two conjoined leaves from a Qur'an written in eastern kufic script

Persia or Mesopotamia 11th-12th Century GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
2

A leaf from a dispersed manuscript of the Qur'an written in maghribi script on pink paper

Andalusia late 12th-early 13th Century GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
3

An illustrated manuscript leaf incorporating sections from Jami's Haft Awrang and Nizami's Iskandar-nameh

Persia 16th Century GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,560.00
4

A rare Qur'an in 30 juz', copied by Ahmad 'Amir Zayd al-Shafi'i

Arabian Peninsula, possibly Hejaz 1876 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
5

Three illuminated leaves from an album containing hadiths of the Prophet

Ottoman Turkey 17th Century GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
6

An illuminated Qur'an

Mughal, North India 17th-18th Century GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,240.00
7

A manuscript incorporating verses from the Divan of Hafiz, and other poems attributed to him, a preface to his work, and other poems about Hafiz

Persia 17th Century GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,560.00
8

An illuminated manuscript consisting of a prose version of the Khavaran-nameh, stories relating to Imam 'Ali, ascribed to 'Imad al-Hasani in the colophon written by the Qajar calligrapher 'Abd al-Ghaffar Tabrizi

Persia the text 17th Century GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,920.00
9

Nizami, Makhzan al-Asrar, the first book of the Khamsa, copied by Fazlullah, son of the deceased Mirza Fazlullah, the calligrapher (khosh-nevis)

Qajar Persia 1910 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
10

Pir Muhammad ibn Piri Ahmad bin Khalil, Kitab Anis al-'Arifin, on poetry

Ottoman Turkey 1586-87 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
11

An illuminated Ruzname (almanac or calendar), in scroll form, copied by Sulayman, known as Hikmati

Ottoman Turkey late 18th/early 19th Century GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
12

A large illuminated Hilyeh, signed by al-Hajj Ahmad Kamal

Near East or Turkey 20th Century GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
13

Two illuminated calligrapher's diplomas (ijazeh)

Ottoman Turkey dated AH 1269/AD 1852-53 GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
14

An illuminated calligraphic panel (qit'a)

Ottoman Turkey 18th Century GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
15

Twenty-nine illuminated Qur'an ajza', copied by Muhammad Sadiq al-Husaini al-Yazdi

Qajar Persia dated AH 1243/AD 1827-28 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 9,600.00
16

A small illuminated Qur'an

Qajar Persia 19th Century GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 GBP 1,408.00
17

Mullah Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi Majlisi, Kitab Zad al-Ma'ad (Provisions for the Hereafter), copied by 'Abd al-Wahab

Qajar Persia dated AH 1250/AD 1834-35 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
18

Badr al-Din Abu Nasr Farahi (d. 1242), Lama'at al-Badr, a verse commentary on the al-Jami' al-Saghir, in concertina form

Qajar Persia 19th Century GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,152.00
19

A large calligraphic panel with two lines in the style of the 'Baysunghur' Qur'an

Persia 19th/20th Century GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
20

An illuminated collection of prayers, including al-Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat, with two illustrations of Mecca and Medina

North India, Kashmir 18th-19th Century GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,664.00
74

Four hand-coloured lithographs of interiors of the mosque, from Aya Sofia Constantinople, as Recently Restored by Order of HM the Sultan Abdul Mejid, by Gaspard Fossati

London 1852 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,200.00
89

A printed map of the city of Tabriz

Qajar Persia 1297/ 1880 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,120.00
90

A large printed map of the city of Tehran

Iran 20th Century GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 4,480.00
91

A world map, printed by the Ministry of Sciences for use in state schools

Qajar Persia 1320/1902 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
111

A printed Qur'an housed in a distinctive gold-embossed leather box in the form of the Ka'ba

Istanbul, Turkey AH 1429/AD 2008 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 614.40
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