Sothebys: Arts of the Islamic World and India, L25220, London

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Auction Report
Auction Date
April 30, 2025 - April 30, 2025
Page Size: 110 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
502 Abu Nasr Isma'il ibn Hammad al-Jawhari

Taj al-lugha wa sihah al-arabiyya, ('The Crown of Language and the Correct Arabic'), volume 8, copied by Mansur ibn Jama',

probably Iraq, Abbasid, 577 AH/ 1181 AD GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 88,900.00
503

A small illuminated Qur'an, Near East, Abbasid,

late 12th/early 13th century GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 GBP 101,600.00
504

An early fragmentary Qur'an leaf in Hijazi script on vellum, Arabian Peninsula,

second half 7th century AD GBP 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 Not Sold
505

An illuminated Qur'an section in Maghribi script on vellum,

North Africa or Spain 13th/14th century GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 38,100.00
507

Suleyman ibn Khalaf ibn Sa'd al-Baji al-Maliki (d.1081 AD), al-nasihat al-waladiyyah, (The Advice of Abu Walid Al-Baji to his Sons), a collection of wisdom,

North Africa or Andalusia 13th/14th century GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
510

A Qur'an, copied by Muhammad ibn Muhammad, Sub-Saharan Africa,

Nigeria or Chad, late 19th/early 20th century GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 7,620.00
511

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Hadi,

North Africa, 1289 AH/ 1872 AD GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 12,700.00
518

An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh (The Freer Shahnameh): The combat between Hujir and Sepahram, Persia or Baghdad,

Ilkhanid circa 1300-40 GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 17,780.00
519

An illustrated leaf from Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh: Sultan Malik Shah III enthroned

, Herat, Timurid circa 1425-26 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 27,940.00
520

A line from the 'Baysunghur Qur'an', attributed to 'Umar al-Aqta,

Herat or Samarqand circa 1400 GBP 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 GBP 381,000.00
525

A large illuminated volume from a four-volume Qur'an,

Persia, Ilkhanid, early 14th century GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 Not Sold
529 Jamal al-Din Abi Mahmud Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Hilal ibn Tamim al-Maqdisi

Jamal al-Din Abi Mahmud Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Hilal ibn Tamim al-Maqdisi (d. 1364 AD), Kitab Muthir al-gharam 'ila ziyarat al-Quds wa'l-Sham, on the geography and virtues of Jerusalem and the Levant, copied by Ahmad ibn 'Ali ibn Salamah,

probably Egypt, Mamluk, 879 AH/1475 AD GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 25,400.00
530 Sa'id ibn Hibat Allah ibn al-Husayn

Sa'id ibn Hibat Allah ibn al-Husayn (d.1101 AD), Kitab al-Mughni fi'l-Tibb, copied by Muhammad ibn Radwan ibn Radi ibn Layth, Near East,

707 AH/1308 AD GBP 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 GBP 88,900.00
532

An early bound Qur'an section in Kufic script, North Africa or Near East,

Umayyad circa 700-750 AD GBP 250,000.00 - 300,000.00 GBP 317,500.00
533

A Kufic Qur'an leaf,

Near East or North Africa, 8th-9th century GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 44,450.00
534

A Qur'an leaf in Kufic script on vellum,

perhaps Damascus, 9th century GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 12,065.00
535

A Qur'an leaf in Kufic script on vellum,

Near East or North Africa, first half 10th century GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 16,510.00
536

A Qur'an leaf in Kufic script on vellum,

Near East or North Africa 10th century GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 10,160.00
537

An early Maghribi Qur'an leaf,

North Africa or Spain, 11th or 12th century GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 10,160.00
538

An illuminated Qur'an leaf in Maghribi script on vellum,

Spain or North Africa 1250-1350 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 20,320.00
539

A Qur'an bifolium in Eastern Kufic script,

North Africa or Eastern Mediterranean region late 10th century GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 GBP 10,795.00
540

A Qur'an leaf in three scripts,

Yemen or Persia 13th-14th century GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 8,255.00
541

A Qur'an leaf with illumination attributed to Sandal,

Egypt, Mamluk circa 1300-10 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 8,890.00
542

Two compiled works by Ibn Taymiyya (d.1328 AD), al-risala al-qubrisyya ('The Cypriot Letter'), ; followed by a chapter on visiting Jerusalem, copied by Talha ibn Muhammad Ibrahim

Near East 788 AH/1386 AD; 793 AH/1390-91 AD GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
544

Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa ('Epistles of the Brethren of Purity'),

probably Egypt, Mamluk 14th century GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 GBP 279,400.00
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