AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL KHAYRAT, KASHMIR, DATED 1301 AH/1884 AD
An Arabic manuscript on paper, 104 leaves plus 4 fly-leaves, 11 lines to the page, prayers classified according to the days of the week. The text written in black naskh divided into two sections of 4 lines decorated by floral scrolls, alternating with 3 large lines of black thuluth against a gold ground, some words in white, 8 illuminated double pages, densely decorated with interlacing flowers on a blue and gold ground, one gold and polychrome heading (‘unwan), on folio ‘25 b, 26 a’ with paintings of Mecca and Medina, and 4 pages of asma’ allah alhusnaa. In a lacquered Kashmiri binding decorated with flowers.
20.5 by 12.5 cm.