[Arabic prayer manuscript]. Duaa al-Qamous. Duaa al-Tamta.

€ 3.500,00

Devotional invocation manuscript, bound as a leporello. Begins with "bi-hawli llah wa-quwwatihi" ("with God's power and strength"); text has been separated and continues on a previous page. Elaborately decorated title and chapter heading within ornamental borders, gilt and coloured. The name of the scribe, Muhammad Ja'far al-Lahijani (from Lâhîjân in northern Iran on the Caspian Sea), as well as the date 1246, are stated in the colophon. The work contains "Duaa al-Qamous" and "Duaa al-Tamta", which were later collected by Abbas Qumi (1877-1941 CE) in his book "Mafatih Al Jinan" (Keys to Heaven) as supplications narrated from Ahl al-Bayt.