Silsilename,
Prepared in the year of the coronation of Sultan Abdülmecid I (r. 1839-61).
Ottoman Turkey, dated 1255 AH (1839-40 AD).
Single scroll, illuminated manuscript on paper formed of 8 membranes (formed of two different paper stocks), in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish, the scroll starts with Adam and finishes with the Ottoman Sultan Abülmecid I, c. 8000 x 280 mm; roundels outlined in gold containing names and titles of historical figures in red diwani, linked together with red and blue lines, contemporary annotations and marginalia in black diwani script, dated in the lower left hand corner of the final membrane, a few small smudges or stains, overall clean and attractive condition; housed in modern red cloth box.
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