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James Barrett
West Hempstead, N.Y.
Dec. '05
$9.05
a Moroccan Sufir
jurist

with 1404-
(d. 1465)
Muhammadibu Sulayman al-Jazuli
Dala'il AL-Khayrat, leaves (2)
Morocco: AH 1202/AD 1791.
Copied by the Moroccan calligrapher

See
#604

Ahmad ibh Muhammad al-Rabati, who was
appointed to the court of Alawite Sultan
Mawlay Sulayman as a teacher to the Prince
Abd al-Rahman. During this time he composed
a well known treatise on the art + technique of calligraphy.

Small manuscript (11.2 x 11.5 cm) prayer book.
Written 15 lines to the page in dark brown ink
in maghrebi script or cream colored paper.
Significant words + phrases picked out in red or
blue. Margins ruled in red + blue. Leaves
marked 131 + 132 in pencil.

The most celebrated manual of Blessings on the Prophet
in history-Dala'il al-Khayrot or "Waymakers of
Benefits."
--> Guidance to Righteousness -
a book of daily prayers. The book is divided
into 7 chapters for each day of the week