Tiles

Tiles, Islamic, Ilkhanid; D: 7 63/64 in. (star tiles); 8 11/32 in. x 8 17/64 in. (cross tiles); fritware with moulded design and lustre decoration

Wall decoration with geometric and floral decoration

1 ft. 1 1/2 in.x 1 ft. 11 1/2 in.; stucco

Vase with floral decoration

H: 5 33/64 in.; cloisonné, gilt copper alloy

[al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah, 16th century?].

Fine copy of al-Būṣīrī's poem in praise of the Prophet accompanied by elucidation in Persian and Turkish.

Blue and white ware hexagonal Vase

H: 1 ft. 2 11/16 in.; porcelain with underglaze blue floral decoration

Poems.

Publisher's advertisement p. [2] facing facsimile.

Tile

Tiles, Islamic, Ilkhanid; 1 ft. 23/64 in.x 1 ft. 19/32 in.x 2 3/32 in.; molded fritware overglaze luster and inglaze painted decoration

Nazm-ı Dilârâ, [1231, i.e. 1815 or 1816].

Elegant autograph copy of the versified Persian-Turkish glossary of the müderris Osman Şakir (whose name appears in Īḍāḥ al-maknūn as ʻUthmān Shukrī, d.1818?). Apparently inspired by the popular Tuhfe-yi Vehbî (used for many years in Ottoman schools) of Sünbülzâde Vehbi Mehmet Efendi (d.1809), see opening matter on p.5-15.