DALA’IL AL KHAYRAT WA SHWAARIQ U'L ANWAAR, NORTH AFRICA, 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 7 lines to each page within a double red border, written in Magribi script, titles and catchwords in red and blue.
Polychrome Mihraab decoration with occasional marginal notes.
A collection of prayers for the Islamic prophet Muhammad, which was written by the Moroccan Shadhili Sufi and Islamic scholar Muhammad Sulaiman al-Jazuli ash Shadhili (died 1465).
11 by 11 cm.