Maghreb to the Far East
We are delighted to present our new Maghreb to the Far East catalogue containing a carefully curated selection of rare book and manuscripts spanning from North Africa and Arabia, Turkey and the Near East, Persia and Central Asia, all the way to India and the Far East.
The catalogue includes Islamic, literary, historical and scientific texts (among others) showcasing magnificent calligraphy, illuminated manuscripts and rare oriental imprints spanning from the 9th century to the 20th century.
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Tarikh-e vaqaye' va savaneh-e Afghanistan, History of Events and Incidents in Afghanistan,
PRINCE IHTIZAD AL-SULTANEH [ALI QULI KHAN].Original price £3,000.00 - Original price £3,000.00Original price £0.00£3,000.00£3,000.00 - £3,000.00Current price £3,000.00An intriguing historical treatise on Afghanistan compiled during the reign of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar which includes a dedication to the Prime min...
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Paintings from a Jain 'Heaven and Hell' series.
[JAINISM].Original price £9,500.00 - Original price £9,500.00Original price £0.00£9,500.00£9,500.00 - £9,500.00Current price £9,500.00Hell and purgatory in Jainism, called Naraka, are realms of cosmology that are characterised by great suffering. There are seven realms of this un...
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Rare Kashmiri Teaching Qur'an,
[QUR'AN].Original price £30,000.00 - Original price £30,000.00Original price £0.00£30,000.00£30,000.00 - £30,000.00Current price £30,000.00Signed Indian binding. Rare example of a north Indian teaching Qur'an in a contemporary signed binding. In most cases, teaching Qur'ans are plain i...
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Fine Indian Qur'an.
[QUR'AN].Original price £7,500.00 - Original price £7,500.00Original price £0.00£7,500.00£7,500.00 - £7,500.00Current price £7,500.00Manuscript with Duke of Wellington association. Rare south indian qur'an in a contemporary indian leather-tooled binding, present here in an excell...
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Selections from the Alif Laylah for the High Proficiency Examination in Arabic for Officers in the Military and Civil Services.
JARRETT, Henry Sullivan (editor).Original price £4,750.00 - Original price £4,750.00Original price £0.00£4,750.00£4,750.00 - £4,750.00Current price £4,750.00Arabian Nights printed for officers in the British Indian Army. Henry Sullivan Jarrett (1839-1919) was a British Colonial officer in India. Born in...
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Hashiyya al-Hijrani,
MA LIANGJUN [AL-HIJRANI, Muhammad Yusuf].Original price £17,500.00 - Original price £17,500.00Original price £0.00£17,500.00£17,500.00 - £17,500.00Current price £17,500.00By a prominent Hui Islamic leader. Ma Liangjun (1871-1957) was a renowned Hui Muslim Akhund in the Northwest and a famous Islamic scholar ('Hui' re...
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