Harar, 19th century AD. A handwritten copy of the poem Qasida al-Burda by Muhyi al-Din Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr bin Rashid; laid paper pages between leather covers with folding outer flap; first page with colophon within red curved borders and mancript notations in several hands; the naskh text in black ink with diacritics and sparing e of red punctuation. 770 grams, 26 x 20cm (10 1/4 x 8"). London book trade, 2010. Ex central London gallery. The Qasida Al-Burda (The Poem of the Mantle), is a poem in praise of Mohammed. It wasposed by Al Biri in the 7th century AH. It is one of the most widely recited and memorised poems in the world. [No Reserve]