THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts

THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts

THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts

THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts

24 September - 23 October 2019 • London

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A LARGE QUR’AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, CIRCA 750-800 AD

1 A LARGE QUR’AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, CIRCA 750-800 AD

AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN SECTION IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT, NORTH AFRICA OR SPAIN, 12TH CENTURY AD

2 AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN SECTION IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT, NORTH AFRICA OR SPAIN, 12TH CENTURY AD

A QUR’AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH CENTURY AD

3 A QUR’AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH CENTURY AD

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, PERSIA OR MESOPOTAMIA, 11TH/12TH CENTURY AD

4 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, PERSIA OR MESOPOTAMIA, 11TH/12TH CENTURY AD

A FRAGMENT FROM A LARGE QUR’AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, CIRCA 750-800 AD

5 A FRAGMENT FROM A LARGE QUR’AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, CIRCA 750-800 AD

FORTY-FIVE FOLIOS FROM A COMMENTARY ON MALIK B. ANAS'S (D.795 AD) AL-MUWATTA, NORTH AFRICA OR ANDALUSIA, LATE 13TH/EARLY 14TH CENTURY AD

6 FORTY-FIVE FOLIOS FROM A COMMENTARY ON MALIK B. ANAS'S (D.795 AD) AL-MUWATTA, NORTH AFRICA OR ANDALUSIA, LATE 13TH/EARLY 14TH CENTURY AD

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN SECTION IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT, NORTH AFRICA OR SPAIN, 13TH-14TH CENTURY AD

7 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN SECTION IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT, NORTH AFRICA OR SPAIN, 13TH-14TH CENTURY AD

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ' (III), EGYPT, MAMLUK, 14TH/15TH CENTURY

8 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ' (III), EGYPT, MAMLUK, 14TH/15TH CENTURY

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (V), EGYPT, MAMLUK, 14TH/15TH CENTURY

9 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (V), EGYPT, MAMLUK, 14TH/15TH CENTURY

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (II), COPIED BY ZAYN AL-‘ABIDIN B. MUHAMMAD AL-KATIB, PERSIA, AQQOYUNLU, DATED 888 AH/1483 AD

10 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (II), COPIED BY ZAYN AL-‘ABIDIN B. MUHAMMAD AL-KATIB, PERSIA, AQQOYUNLU, DATED 888 AH/1483 AD

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY ‘ABD AL-LATIF AL-SAYFI UZBEK, EGYPT, MAMLUK, DATED 876 AH/1472 AD

11 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY ‘ABD AL-LATIF AL-SAYFI UZBEK, EGYPT, MAMLUK, DATED 876 AH/1472 AD

ABU ‘ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD B. ISMA’IL B. IBRAHIM AL-BUKHARI AL-JU’FI (D.870 AD), AL-JAMI’ AL-SAHIH, A CANONICAL COLLECTION OF TRADITIONS, VOL.I, COPIED BY AHMED B. AL-BADR B. MUHAMMED B. UWAIS AL-MA’ARI AL MUWAQQAR, NEAR EAST, POSSIBLY TRIPOLI, MAMLUK, DATED 805 AH/1402 AD

12 ABU ‘ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD B. ISMA’IL B. IBRAHIM AL-BUKHARI AL-JU’FI (D.870 AD), AL-JAMI’ AL-SAHIH, A CANONICAL COLLECTION OF TRADITIONS, VOL.I, COPIED BY AHMED B. AL-BADR B. MUHAMMED B. UWAIS AL-MA’ARI AL MUWAQQAR, NEAR EAST, POSSIBLY TRIPOLI, MAMLUK, DATED 805 AH/1402 AD

SHAMS AL-DIN ABI ‘ABD ALLAH MUHAMMAD AL-DIHNI, KITAB AL-MU’NI FI'L-DU’AF WA BA’D AL-THIQAT, COPIED BY ‘ALI IBN MUHAMMAD B. DAWUD B. KHIDIR, YEMEN, RASULID, DATED 817 AH/1414 AD

13 SHAMS AL-DIN ABI ‘ABD ALLAH MUHAMMAD AL-DIHNI, KITAB AL-MU’NI FI'L-DU’AF WA BA’D AL-THIQAT, COPIED BY ‘ALI IBN MUHAMMAD B. DAWUD B. KHIDIR, YEMEN, RASULID, DATED 817 AH/1414 AD

SHARAF AL-DIN ABU 'ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD B. HASSAN AL-BUSIRI (D.1296-97 AD), QASIDA AL-BURDA, EGYPT OR NEAR EAST, DATED 846 AH/1442-43 AD

14 SHARAF AL-DIN ABU 'ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD B. HASSAN AL-BUSIRI (D.1296-97 AD), QASIDA AL-BURDA, EGYPT OR NEAR EAST, DATED 846 AH/1442-43 AD

ABU 'ALI AL-HUSAYN B. 'ABDULLAH B. AL-HASAN IBN 'ALI IBN SINA, KNOWN AS AVICENNA (D.1037 AD), KITAB AL-SHIFA ('THE BOOK OF HEALING'), COPIED BY AHMED IBN 'ALI AL-SHIRAZI, PERSIA, TIMURID, DATED 897 AH/1492 AD

15 ABU 'ALI AL-HUSAYN B. 'ABDULLAH B. AL-HASAN IBN 'ALI IBN SINA, KNOWN AS AVICENNA (D.1037 AD), KITAB AL-SHIFA ('THE BOOK OF HEALING'), COPIED BY AHMED IBN 'ALI AL-SHIRAZI, PERSIA, TIMURID, DATED 897 AH/1492 AD

AN ILLUMINATED MINIATURE OCTAGONAL QUR’AN, COPIED BY MUHAMMAD IBN AL-HAJJ MUHAMMAD B. MUHAMMAD AL-TUGHRA’I, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 920 AH/1514-15 AD

16 AN ILLUMINATED MINIATURE OCTAGONAL QUR’AN, COPIED BY MUHAMMAD IBN AL-HAJJ MUHAMMAD B. MUHAMMAD AL-TUGHRA’I, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 920 AH/1514-15 AD

A MONUMENTAL ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, PERSIA, SAFAVID, MID-16TH CENTURY

17 A MONUMENTAL ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, PERSIA, SAFAVID, MID-16TH CENTURY

TWO QUR’AN LEAVES IN BIHARI SCRIPT, INDIA, SULTANATE, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY

18 TWO QUR’AN LEAVES IN BIHARI SCRIPT, INDIA, SULTANATE, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY MUHAMMAD AMIN AL-KASHMIRI B. MIR SHAH MUHAMMAD B. MIR AHMAD KHATIB, NORTH INDIA OR PERSIA, MUGHAL OR SAFAVID, DATED 1053 AH/1643 AD

19 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY MUHAMMAD AMIN AL-KASHMIRI B. MIR SHAH MUHAMMAD B. MIR AHMAD KHATIB, NORTH INDIA OR PERSIA, MUGHAL OR SAFAVID, DATED 1053 AH/1643 AD

AN ILLUMINATED MINIATURE QUR’AN, PERSIA, SAFAVID, 17TH CENTURY

20 AN ILLUMINATED MINIATURE QUR’AN, PERSIA, SAFAVID, 17TH CENTURY

AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY AHMAD IBN AMIRZADE, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1091 AH/1681-82 AD

21 AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY AHMAD IBN AMIRZADE, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1091 AH/1681-82 AD

A MINIATURE ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, INDIA, MUGHAL, 17TH CENTURY

22 A MINIATURE ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, INDIA, MUGHAL, 17TH CENTURY

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (I), PERSIA OR TURKEY, SAFAVID OR OTTOMAN, 16TH/17TH CENTURY

23 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (I), PERSIA OR TURKEY, SAFAVID OR OTTOMAN, 16TH/17TH CENTURY

PIR MUHAMMAD IBN PIRI AHMAD B. KHALIL, KITAB ANIS AL-'ARIFIN, ON POETRY, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 995 AH/1586-87 AD

24 PIR MUHAMMAD IBN PIRI AHMAD B. KHALIL, KITAB ANIS AL-'ARIFIN, ON POETRY, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 995 AH/1586-87 AD

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY SULEYMAN, STUDENT OF SELANIKI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, CIRCA 1600

25 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY SULEYMAN, STUDENT OF SELANIKI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, CIRCA 1600

MEHMED IBN ALI SIPAHIZADE BURSAWI, AWDAH AL-MASALIK ILA MA'RIFAT AL-BULDAN WA A-MAMALIK, A GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY DERIVED FROM VARIOUS EARLY ARAB GEOGRAPHIES, OTTOMAN PROVINCES, 977 AH/1569 AD

26 MEHMED IBN ALI SIPAHIZADE BURSAWI, AWDAH AL-MASALIK ILA MA'RIFAT AL-BULDAN WA A-MAMALIK, A GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY DERIVED FROM VARIOUS EARLY ARAB GEOGRAPHIES, OTTOMAN PROVINCES, 977 AH/1569 AD

AN EXCEPTIONAL ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, PERSIA, SAFAVID, FIRST HALF 16TH CENTURY

27 AN EXCEPTIONAL ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, PERSIA, SAFAVID, FIRST HALF 16TH CENTURY

AN ILLUMINATED MINIATURE QUR’AN, COPIED BY QUDRAT ALLAH B. AHMED HIRASI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 961 AH/1553-54 AD

28 AN ILLUMINATED MINIATURE QUR’AN, COPIED BY QUDRAT ALLAH B. AHMED HIRASI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 961 AH/1553-54 AD

SHARAF AL-DIN ABU 'ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD B. HASSAN AL-BUSIRI (D.1296-97 AD), QASIDA AL-BURDA, PERSIA, SAFAVID, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

29 SHARAF AL-DIN ABU 'ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD B. HASSAN AL-BUSIRI (D.1296-97 AD), QASIDA AL-BURDA, PERSIA, SAFAVID, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (XXV), TURKEY, OTTOMAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

30 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (XXV), TURKEY, OTTOMAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

KAMAL AL-DIN MUHAMMAD B. MUSA AL-DAMIRI (D.1405 AD), KITAB HAYAT AL-HAYAWAN, COPIED BY 'ABD AL-MUGHITH B. FATH AL-DIN B. MUHAMMAD ABI AL-RAJA B. MAJID AL-HATAWI, OTTOMAN PROVINCES, DATED 1031 AH/1621-22 AD

31 KAMAL AL-DIN MUHAMMAD B. MUSA AL-DAMIRI (D.1405 AD), KITAB HAYAT AL-HAYAWAN, COPIED BY 'ABD AL-MUGHITH B. FATH AL-DIN B. MUHAMMAD ABI AL-RAJA B. MAJID AL-HATAWI, OTTOMAN PROVINCES, DATED 1031 AH/1621-22 AD

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY AHMED KNOWN AS NA’ILI, TURKEY, CONSTANTINOPLE, OTTOMAN, DATED 1192 AH/1778-79 AD

32 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY AHMED KNOWN AS NA’ILI, TURKEY, CONSTANTINOPLE, OTTOMAN, DATED 1192 AH/1778-79 AD

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY HAFIZ MUSTAFA SUYOLCUZADE, TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY

33 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY HAFIZ MUSTAFA SUYOLCUZADE, TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY MEHMED IBN HUSAIN, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1170 AH/1756-57 AD

34 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY MEHMED IBN HUSAIN, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1170 AH/1756-57 AD

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (I), TURKEY, OTTOMAN, CIRCA 1750-1850

35 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (I), TURKEY, OTTOMAN, CIRCA 1750-1850

AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY OSMAN FROM TUFAT, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1161 AH/1748-49 AD

36 AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY OSMAN FROM TUFAT, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1161 AH/1748-49 AD

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, OTTOMAN PROVINCES, 18TH CENTURY

37 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, OTTOMAN PROVINCES, 18TH CENTURY

AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY MEHMED KHULUSI IBN AHMED B. MEHMED, STUDENT OF IMAMZADE ‘ABD AL-RAHIM EFENDI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1213 AH/1798-99 AD

38 AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY MEHMED KHULUSI IBN AHMED B. MEHMED, STUDENT OF IMAMZADE ‘ABD AL-RAHIM EFENDI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1213 AH/1798-99 AD

AN ILLUMINATED RUZNAME (ALMANAC OR CALENDAR), COPIED BY SULEYMAN KNOWN AS HIKMATI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

39 AN ILLUMINATED RUZNAME (ALMANAC OR CALENDAR), COPIED BY SULEYMAN KNOWN AS HIKMATI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

TWO ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHER’S DIPLOMAS (IJAZEH), TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1279 AH/1862-63 AD

40 TWO ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHER’S DIPLOMAS (IJAZEH), TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1279 AH/1862-63 AD

AN ILLUMINATED HILYE, SIGNED BY MEHMET SADIQ AGHA MERMER HUMAYUN SHAHINSHAH, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1255 AH/1839-40 AD

41 AN ILLUMINATED HILYE, SIGNED BY MEHMET SADIQ AGHA MERMER HUMAYUN SHAHINSHAH, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1255 AH/1839-40 AD

AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY MUSTAFA AL-GUZELHISARI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1169 AH/1755-56

42 AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY MUSTAFA AL-GUZELHISARI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1169 AH/1755-56

AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY MEHMED REJA'I, STUDENT OF IBRAHIM RODOSI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1210 AH/1795-96 AD

43 AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY MEHMED REJA'I, STUDENT OF IBRAHIM RODOSI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1210 AH/1795-96 AD

A FINE ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY MEHMED RASHID KNOWN AS HAFIZ AL-QUR’AN, ILLUMINATED BY HASAN AL-HILMI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1259 AH/1843-44 AD

44 A FINE ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY MEHMED RASHID KNOWN AS HAFIZ AL-QUR’AN, ILLUMINATED BY HASAN AL-HILMI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1259 AH/1843-44 AD

A CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE, ATTRIBUTED TO HAFIZ OSMAN, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY

45 A CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE, ATTRIBUTED TO HAFIZ OSMAN, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY

AN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (QIT'A), TURKEY, OTTOMAN, 18TH CENTURY

46 AN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (QIT'A), TURKEY, OTTOMAN, 18TH CENTURY

AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, PERSIA, POSSIBLY SHIRAZ, SAFAVID AND QAJAR, 17TH AND 19TH CENTURY

47 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, PERSIA, POSSIBLY SHIRAZ, SAFAVID AND QAJAR, 17TH AND 19TH CENTURY

A SMALL ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY FAWZI (?) IBN MUHAMMAD HASHIM MAHMUD AL-MUSAWI, PERSIA, QAJAR, DATED 1277 AH/1860-61 AD

48 A SMALL ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY FAWZI (?) IBN MUHAMMAD HASHIM MAHMUD AL-MUSAWI, PERSIA, QAJAR, DATED 1277 AH/1860-61 AD